¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi Jesu wakasimuka akaenda mhiri kwegungwa reGarirea, rinova reTibheriasi.

¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),

²Zvino chaunga chikuru chikamutevera, nekuti vakaona zviratidzo zvake zvaaiita kune avo vairwara.

²and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

³Jesu ndokukwira mugomo, akagarapo nevadzidzi vake.

³and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

⁴Zvino pasika, mutambo wevaJudha, wakange waswedera.

⁴and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

⁵Zvino Jesu paakasimudza meso, ndokuona kuti chaunga chikuru chinouya kwaari, akati kuna Firipi: Tichatengepi zvingwa, kuti ava vadye?

⁵Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?` —

⁶Wakareva izvozvo achimuidza, nekuti iye waiziva zvaaizoita.

⁶and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.

⁷Firipi akamupindura achiti: Zvingwa zvemadhenari* mazana maviri hazvivakwani, kuti umwe neumwe wavo atore chiduku.

⁷Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries` worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;`

⁸Umwe wevadzidzi vake, Andiriyasi munin'ina waSimoni Petro, akati kwaari:

⁸one of his disciples — Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter — saith to him,

⁹Pane kamukomana pano kane zvingwa zvishanu zvebhari* nehove duku mbiri; asi zvinyi kuvazhinji vakadai?

⁹`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?`

¹⁰Asi Jesu wakati: Garisai vanhu pasi. Zvino kwakange kune uswa uzhinji panzvimbo iyo. Naizvozvo varume vakagara pasi, muuwandu vachinge zvuru zvishanu.

¹⁰And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;` and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

¹¹Zvino Jesu wakatora zvingwa, avonga akagovera kuvadzidzi, vadzidzi vakagovera avo vakange vagere pasi; saizvozvowo zvehove diki zvakawanda sezvavaida.

¹¹and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

¹²Zvino vakati vaguta, akati kuvadzidzi vake: Unganidzai zvimedu zvasara, kuti kurege kurashika chinhu.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;`

¹³Naizvozvo vakaunganidza, vakazadza matengu gumi nemaviri nezvimedu zvezvingwa zvishanu zvebhari, zvakasara kune avo vakadya.

¹³they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

¹⁴Kuzoti vanhu avo vaona chiratidzo Jesu chaakaita, vakati: Zvirokwazvo uyu ndiye muporofita uchauya panyika.

¹⁴The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said — `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;`

¹⁵Naizvozvo Jesu aziva kuti voda kuuya nekumubata nesimba, kumuita mambo, akasuduruka akaenda mugomo ari oga.

¹⁵Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶Zvino ava madekwana, vadzidzi vake vakaburukira kugungwa,

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷zvino vapinda muchikepe, vakayambuka gungwa kuuya Kapenaume. Zvino kwakange kwatosviba, asi Jesu wakange asati asvika kwavari.

¹⁷and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,

¹⁸Gungwa ndokumuka nekuti mhepo huru yaivhuvhuta.

¹⁸the sea also — a great wind blowing — was being raised,

¹⁹Zvino vakati vakwasva masitadhiya* anenge makumi maviri nemashanu kana makumi matatu, vakaona Jesu achifamba pamusoro pegungwa, achiswedera pachikepe; zvino vakatya.

¹⁹having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;

²⁰Asi wakati kwavari: Ndini, musatya.

²⁰and he saith to them, `I am [he], be not afraid;`

²¹Zvino vakada kumugamuchira muchikepe; pakarepo chikepe chikasvika kunyika kwavakange vachienda.

²¹they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

²²Chifume chaunga chakange chimire kune rumwe rutivi rwegungwa, chichiona kuti pakange pasina rimwe igwa ipapo kunze kweriri rimwe makange mapinda vadzidzi vake mariri, uye kuti Jesu haana kupinda nevadzidzi vake mugwa, asi vadzidzi vake vakange vaenda voga,

²²On the morrow, the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little boat there except one — that into which his disciples entered — and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat, but his disciples went away alone,

²³(asi kwakasvika mamwe magwa aibva Tibheriyasi pedo nenzvimbo pavakadya chingwa, mushure mokunge Ishe avonga)

²³(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

²⁴naizvozvo chaunga chakati chaona kuti Jesu wakange asipo kana vadzidzi vake, ivo vakapindawo mumagwa, vakasvika Kapenaume, vachitsvaka Jesu.

²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;

²⁵Zvino vamuwana mhiri kwegungwa, vakati kwaari: Rabhi*, masvika pano rinhi?

²⁵and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, `Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?`

²⁶Jesu akavapindura akati: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Munonditsvaka, kwete nekuti makaona zviratidzo, asi nekuti makadya zvezvingwa mukaguta.

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

²⁷Musashandira chikafu chinoparara, asi chikafu chinogara kusvika kuupenyu hwusingaperi, Mwanakomana wemunhu chaachakupai; nekuti Mwari Baba vakaisa pane uyu mucherechedzo.

²⁷work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.`

²⁸Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Tichaitei, kuti tishande mabasa aMwari?

²⁸They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?`

²⁹Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Iri ndiro basa raMwari, kuti mutende kune waakatuma iye.

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.`

³⁰Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Ko imwi munoita chiratidzo chipi kuti tione tikutendei? munoshandei?

³⁰They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹Madzibaba edu akadya mana* murenje, sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Wakavapa chingwa chakabva kudenga kuti vadye.

³¹our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.`

³²Naizvozvo Jesu akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Mozisi haana kukupai chingwa chakabva kudenga; asi Baba vangu vanokupai chingwa chechokwadi chinobva kudenga.

³²Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

³³Nekuti chingwa chaMwari ndiye unoburuka achibva kudenga achipa upenyu kunyika.

³³for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.`

³⁴Zvino vakati kwaari: Ishe, tipei chingwa ichi nguva dzose.

³⁴They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.`

³⁵Jesu ndokuti kwavari: Ndini chingwa cheupenyu; uyo unouya kwandiri, haangatongovi nenzara; neunotenda kwandiri haangatongovi nenyota.

³⁵And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst — at any time;

³⁶Asi ndakati kwamuri: Nemwi makandiona, asi hamuna kutenda.

³⁶but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not;

³⁷Vose Baba vavanondipa vachauya kwandiri; neunouya kwandiri, handingatongomurasiri kunze.

³⁷all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

³⁸Nekuti ndakaburuka kudenga, kwete kuti ndiite chido changu, asi chido chaiye wakandituma.

³⁸because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

³⁹Zvino ichi ndicho chido chaBaba vakandituma, kuti chose chavakandipa, ndisarasikirwa nechinhu pachiri, asi ndichimutse nezuva rekupedzisira.

³⁹`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

⁴⁰Uye ichi ndicho chido chewakandituma, kuti wose unoona Mwanakomana uye achitenda kwaari, ave neupenyu hwusingaperi, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁴⁰and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.`

⁴¹Zvino vaJudha vakagunin'ina pamusoro pake, nekuti wakati: Ndini chingwa chakaburuka kubva kudenga.

⁴¹The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, `I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;`

⁴²Ndokuti: Uyu haasi iye Jesu Mwanakomana waJosefa, baba namai vake vatinoziva isu here? Zvino iye unogoti sei: Ndakaburuka kubva kudenga.

⁴²and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?`

⁴³Naizvozvo Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Musagunin'ina pakati penyu.

⁴³Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, `Murmur not one with another;

⁴⁴Hakuna munhu unogona kuuya kwandiri, kunze kwekuti Baba vakandituma vamukweva, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁴⁴no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁴⁵Zvakanyorwa muvaporofita zvichinzi: Uye vachadzidziswa vose naMwari. Wose naizvozvo wakanzwa naBaba akadzidza, unouya kwandiri.

⁴⁵it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;

⁴⁶Kwete kuti kune wakaona Baba, kunze kweuyo unobva kuna Mwari, ndiye wakaona Baba.

⁴⁶not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Unotenda kwandiri, une upenyu hwusingaperi.

⁴⁷`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

⁴⁸Ini ndiri chingwa cheupenyu.

⁴⁸I am the bread of the life;

⁴⁹Madzibaba enyu akadya mana* murenje, asi akafa.

⁴⁹your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

⁵⁰Ichi chingwa chinoburuka kubva kudenga, kuti munhu adye pachiri agorega kufa.

⁵⁰this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

⁵¹Ini ndini chingwa chipenyu, chakaburuka kubva kudenga; kana munhu achidya zvechingwa ichi, uchararama nekusingaperi. Uye chingwa ini chandichapa, inyama yangu, ini yandichapira upenyu hwenyika.

⁵¹`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live — to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.`

⁵²Naizvozvo vaJudha vakakakavadzana vachiti: Uyu unogona kutipa sei nyama yake tidye?

⁵²The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?`

⁵³Naizvozvo Jesu wakati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Kunze kwekuti mudye nyama yeMwanakomana wemunhu nekumwa ropa rake, hamuna upenyu mamuri.

⁵³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

⁵⁴Unodya nyama yangu nekumwa ropa rangu, une upenyu hwusingaperi, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁵⁴he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁵⁵Nekuti nyama yangu chikafu zvirokwazvo, neropa rangu chimwiwa zvirokwazvo.

⁵⁵for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

⁵⁶Unodya nyama yangu nekumwa ropa rangu, unogara mandiri, neni maari.

⁵⁶he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷Baba vapenyu sezvavakandituma, neni ndinorarama naBaba; naizvozvo unondidya, naiye uchararama neni.

⁵⁷`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

⁵⁸Ichi chingwa chakaburuka kubva kudenga; hazvina kuita semadzibaba enyu akadya mana* akafa; unodya chingwa ichi, uchararama nekusingaperi.

⁵⁸this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live — to the age.`

⁵⁹Zvinhu izvi wakazvireva musinagoge achidzidzisa paKapenaume.

⁵⁹These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum;

⁶⁰Naizvozvo vazhinji vevadzidzi vake vakati vachinzwa, vakati: Iri shoko igukutu; ndiani unogona kurinzwa?

⁶⁰many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?`

⁶¹Asi Jesu aziva mukati make kuti vadzidzi vake vanogunin'ina neizvi, wakati kwavari: Izvi zvinokugumbusai kanhi?

⁶¹And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, `Doth this stumble you?

⁶²Ko muchagodini kana muchiona Mwanakomana wemunhu achikwira kwaaiva pakutanga?

⁶²if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?

⁶³Mweya ndiye unoraramisa, nyama haibatsiri chinhu; mashoko ini andinotaura kwamuri, mweya uye upenyu.

⁶³the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

⁶⁴Asi variko vamwe venyu vasingatendi. Nekuti Jesu wakange achiziva kubva pakutanga, kuti ndivanaani vaisatenda, uye kuti ndiani waizomutengesa.

⁶⁴but there are certain of you who do not believe;` for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up,

⁶⁵Akati: Nekuda kwaizvozvi ndati kwamuri: Hakuna munhu unogona kuuya kwandiri, kunze kwekuti azvipiwa naBaba.

⁶⁵and he said, `Because of this I have said to you — No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.`

⁶⁶Kubva ipapo vazhinji vevadzidzi vake vakadzokera shure, vakasazofambazve naye.

⁶⁶From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

⁶⁷Naizvozvo Jesu wakati kune vanegumi nevaviri: Imwiwo hamudi kuenda here?

⁶⁷Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?`

⁶⁸Zvino Simoni Petro akamupindura, akati: Ishe, tichaenda kuna ani? Mashoko eupenyu hwusingaperi ari kwamuri,

⁶⁸Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

⁶⁹uye isu tinotenda, uye tinoziva kuti ndimwi Kristu Mwanakomana waMwari mupenyu.

⁶⁹and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.`

⁷⁰Jesu akavapindura akati: Ini handina kukusanangurai imwi vanegumi nevaviri here, asi umwe wenyu ndidhiabhorosi.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you — the twelve? and of you — one is a devil.

⁷¹Waireva Judhasi Isikarioti waSimoni; nekuti ndiye waizomutengesa, ari umwe wevanegumi nevaviri.

⁷¹And he spake of Judas, Simon`s [son], Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.