¹Zvino zvakaitika pakupinda kwake mumba meumwe wevakuru kuvaFarisi kuzodya chingwa nesabata, kuti ivo vakamucherekedza.

¹And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

²Zvino tarira, kwakange kune umwe munhu pamberi pake waiva nerukandwe.

²And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

³Jesu ndokupindura akataura kunyanzvi dzemutemo nevaFarisi, achiti: Zviri pamutemo here kuporesa nesabata?

³And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

⁴Asi vakanyarara. Zvino akamubata akamuporesa ndokurega achienda.

⁴And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

⁵Akavapindura achiti: Ndiani pakati penyu, ungati kana ane mbongoro kana nzombe ikawira mugomba, akasaisimudza pakarepo nesabata?

⁵And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

⁶Vakasagona kumupindurazve pamusoro pezvinhu izvi.

⁶And they could not answer him again to these things.

⁷Zvino wakataura mufananidzo kune vakakokwa, achiona kuti vanozvisanangurira sei zvigaro zvepamusoro, akati kwavari:

⁷And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

⁸Kana wakokwa neumwe munhu kumuchato, usagara pachigaro chepamusoro; zvimwe umwe unokudzwa kupfuura iwe wakokwa naye,

⁸When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

⁹zvino wakakukoka iwe naiye asvike ati kwauri: Dziurira uyu; ipapo uchatanga kugara kunzvimbo yepasisa nenyadzi.

⁹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

¹⁰Asi kana wakokwa, enda ugare panzvimbo yepasisa, kuti kana uyo wakakukoka achisvika, angati kwauri: Shamwari, kwira kumusoro; zvino uchava nerukudzo pamberi pevagere pakudya newe.

¹⁰But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹Nekuti ani nani unozvikwiridzira, uchaninipiswa; neunozvininipisa uchakwiridzirwa.

¹¹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹²Ipapo akatiwo kune wakamukoka: Kana waita chisvusvuro kana chirayiro, usadana shamwari dzako, kana vanakomana vamai vako, kana hama dzako, kana vavakidzani vafumi, zvimwe ivo vangazokukokazve, ugoripirwa.

¹²Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

¹³Asi kana waita mabiko, dana varombo, vanokamhina, mhetamakumbo, mapofu;

¹³But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

¹⁴uye ucharopafadzwa, nekuti havana zvokukuripira nazvo, nekuti ucharipirwa pakumuka kwevakarurama.

¹⁴And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

¹⁵Umwe wevakange vagere naye pakudya wakati achinzwa zvinhu izvi, akati kwaari: Wakaropafadzwa uyo uchadya chingwa paushe hwaMwari.

¹⁵And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶Asi akati kwaari: Umwe munhu wakaita chirayiro chikuru, akakokera vazhinji.

¹⁶Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

¹⁷Akatuma muranda wake nenguva yekurayira kuti ati kune vakange vakakokwa: Uyai, nekuti zvose zvagadzirwa zvino.

¹⁷And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

¹⁸Zvino vose vakatanga umwe neumwe kuzvikumbirira ruregerero. Wekutanga akati kwaari: Ndatenga munda, ndinofanira kuenda kunomuona; ndinokukumbira, undiregerere.

¹⁸And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

¹⁹Umwe akati: Ndatenga zvipani zvishanu zvenzombe, ndinoenda kundodziidza; ndinokumbira undiregerere.

¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

²⁰Uye umwe akati: Ndawana mukadzi, naizvozvo handigoni kuuya.

²⁰And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

²¹Zvino muranda uyo wakauya akapira zvinhu izvi ishe wake. Ipapo mwene weimba akatsamwa, akati kumuranda wake: Buda nekukurumidza uende kumigwagwa nemunzira dzemuguta, upinze pano varombo, nezvirema, nemhetamakumbo, nemapofu.

²¹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

²²Muranda ndokuti: Ishe, zvaitwa sezvamaraira, asi nzvimbo ichipo.

²²And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

²³Ishe akati kumuranda: Buda kumigwagwa nekuuzhowa, ugombedzere vapinde, kuti imba yangu izadzwe.

²³And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²⁴Nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna umwe kune varume avo vakakokwa ucharavira chirayiro changu.

²⁴For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

²⁵Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvaifamba naye; akatendeuka akati kwavari:

²⁵And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

²⁶Kana ani nani achiuya kwandiri, akasavenga baba vake namai, nemukadzi, nevana, nevanin'ina nemadzikoma, nehanzvadzi, hongu, kunyange neupenyu hwake, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.

²⁶If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁷Zvino ani nani usingatakuri muchinjikwa wake akanditevera, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.

²⁷And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

²⁸Nekuti ndiani wenyu, unoti achida kuvaka shongwe, usingatangi agara pasi, akaverenga madhuriro, kana ane zvekupedzesa?

²⁸For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁹Kuti zvimwe ateya nheyo akasagona kupedza, vose vanoona vanotanga kumuseka,

²⁹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰vachiti: Uyu munhu wakatanga kuvaka, asi akakoniwa kupedzisa.

³⁰Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³¹Kana ndeupi mambo, kana achienda kuhondo akamirisana neumwe mambo, usingatangi agara pasi, akafungisisa kana angagona nezvuru gumi kusangana neunouya akapikisana naye nezvuru makumi maviri?

³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³²Asi kana zvisakadaro, iye achiri kure, unotuma nhume, akumbire zverugare.

³²Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

³³Saka saizvozvo, ani nani kwamuri usingasii zvose zaanazvo, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.

³³So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

³⁴Munyu wakanaka; asi kana munyu warasa kuvava, ucharungwa nei?

³⁴Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵Hauchina kufanira kunyange pamunda, kana padutu remupfudze; vanourashira kunze. Une nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

³⁵It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.