¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi, Ishe wakagadza vamwe makumi manomwewo, akavatuma vaviri vaviri pamberi pechiso chake muguta rimwe nerimwe nenzvimbo imwe neimwe iye kwaakange achizoenda.

¹And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

²Naizvozvo wakati kwavari: Goho zvirokwazvo iguru, asi vashandi vashoma. Naizvozvo kumbirai Ishe wegoho kuti abudisire vashandi pagoho rake.

²then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

³Endai; tarirai, ini ndinokutumai semakwayana pakati pemapumhi.

³`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

⁴Musatakura chikwama, kana hombodo, kana manyatera; uye musakwazisa munhu panzira.

⁴carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

⁵Zvino paimba ipi neipi yamunopinda, tangai mati: Rugare kuimba ino.

⁵and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

⁶Uye kana mwanakomana werugare ari ipapo, rugare rwenyu ruchazorora pamusoro payo; kana zvisakadaro, ruchadzokera kwamuri.

⁶and if indeed there may be there the son of peace, rest on it shall your peace; and if not so, upon you it shall turn back.

⁷Garai muimba iyo, muchidya nekumwa zvinobva kwavari; nekuti mushandi wakafanirwa nemubairo wake; musapota-pota nedzimba.

⁷`And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy [is] the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

⁸Muguta ripi neripi mamunopinda vakakugamuchirai, idyai zvinoiswa mberi kwenyu,

⁸and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

⁹muporese varwere varimo, muchiti kwavari: Ushe hwaMwari hwaswedera kwamuri.

⁹and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

¹⁰Asi muguta ripi neripi ramunopinda, vakasakugamuchirayi, budirai munzira dzaro, muti:

¹⁰`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

¹¹Kunyange guruva reguta renyu rakatinamatira, tinorikuhumurira kwamuri; asi muzive chinhu ichi, kuti ushe hwaMwari hwaswedera kwamuri.

¹¹And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

¹²Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Zvicharerukira Sodhoma nezuva iro, kupfuura guta iro.

¹²and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

¹³Une nhamo, Korazini! Une nhamo, Bhetisaidha! Nekuti dai akaitwa muTire neSidoni mabasa esimba akaitwa mamuri, vangadai vatendeuka kare, vakagara vakapfeka masaga nedota.

¹³`Wo to thee, Chorazin; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

¹⁴Asi zvicharerukira Tire neSidoni pakutongwa, kupfuura imwi.

¹⁴but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵Newe Kapenaume, wakasimudzirwa kudenga, uchawisirwa pasi kuHadhesi*,

¹⁵`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

¹⁶Unokunzwai imwi unondinzwa ini; neunokurambai imwi unondiramba ini; neunondiramba ini unomuramba wakandituma.

¹⁶`He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.`

¹⁷Vanemakumi manomwe vakadzoka nemufaro, vachiti: Ishe, nemadhimoni anozviisa pasi pedu muzita renyu.

¹⁷And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;`

¹⁸Zvino akati kwavari: Ndakaona Satani semheni achiwa achibva kudenga.

¹⁸and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

¹⁹Tarirai, ndinopa kwamuri simba rekutsika pamusoro penyoka nezvinyavada, nepamusoro pesimba rose remuvengi; hakuna chinhu chingatongokukuvadzai.

¹⁹lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

²⁰Asi musafara nechinhu ichi kuti mweya inozviisa pasi penyu; asi zvikuru mufare kuti mazita enyu akanyorwa kumatenga.

²⁰but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.`

²¹Neawa iro Jesu wakafara mumweya, akati: Ndinokuvongai, Baba, Ishe wekudenga nenyika, kuti makavanza zvinhu izvi kune vakachenjera nevanonzwisisa, mukazvizarurira vacheche; hongu, Baba, nekuti saizvozvo zvakava zvakanaka pamberi penyu.

²¹In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

²²Zvose zvakakumikidzwa kwandiri naBaba vangu; uye hakuna unoziva kuti Mwanakomana ndiani, kunze kwaBaba, uye kuti Baba ndiani, kunze kweMwanakomana, uye ani nani Mwanakomana waanoda kuzarurira.

²²`All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].`

²³Zvino akatendeukira kuvadzidzi vari vega akati: Akaropafadzwa meso anoona zvamunoona.

²³And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, `Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

²⁴Nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Vaporofita vazhinji nemadzimambo vaishuva kuona zvinhu zvamunoona imwi, asi havana kuzviona, nekunzwa zvinhu zvamunonzwa, asi havana kuzvinzwa.

²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.`

²⁵Zvino tarira, imwe nyanzvi yemutemo yakasimuka, ichimuidza, ichiti: Mudzidzisi, ndingaitei kuti ndigare nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi?

²⁵And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?`

²⁶Ndokuti kwaari: Pamurairo pakanyorwei? Unoverenga sei?

²⁶And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?`

²⁷Uye achipindura, akati: Ude Ishe Mwari wako, nemoyo wako wose, uye nemweya wako wose, uye nesimba rako rose, uye nefungwa dzako dzose; neumwe wako sezvaunozvida iwe.

²⁷And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.`

²⁸Akati kwaari: Wapindura zvakarurama; ita izvozvo, ugorarama.

²⁸And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.`

²⁹Iye, achida kuzviruramisa, wakati kuna Jesu: Zvino ndiani umwe wangu?

²⁹And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?`

³⁰Jesu akapindura akati: Umwe munhu wakaburuka kubva kuJerusarema achienda Jeriko; akawira pakati pemakororo, akamukururawo akamupa mavanga akaenda, ndokusiya oda kufa.

³⁰and Jesus having taken up [the word], said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

³¹Zvakangoitikawo kuti umwe mupristi wakange achiburuka nenzira iyo; akati achimuona, akapfuura neparutivi rwakapesa.

³¹`And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

³²Saizvozvowo muRevhi asvika panzvimbo iyo, akamuona, akapfuura neparutivi rwakapesa.

³²and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.

³³Zvino umwe muSamaria, wakange achifamba wakasvika paaiva, akati achimuona akanzwa tsitsi,

³³`But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

³⁴akaswedera ndokupomba mavanga ake, achidira mafuta newaini; akamugadza pachipfuwo chake pachake, ndokumuisa kuimba yevafambi, ndokumuchengeta.

³⁴and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

³⁵Zvino pamangwana oenda, wakabudisa madhenari* maviri akapa kumwene weimba, akati kwaari: Muchengete; uye zvose zvaunoshandisa kupfuura izvi, ini ndichakupazve, kana ndichidzoka.

³⁵and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee.

³⁶Naizvozvo ndeupi wevatatu ava waunofunga kuti waiva umwe waiye wakawira pakati pemakororo?

³⁶`Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?`

³⁷Akati: Ndiye wakamuitira tsitsi. Ipapo Jesu akati kwaari: Enda, newe unoita saizvozvo.

³⁷and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,` then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.`

³⁸Zvino zvakaitika pakufamba kwavo, kuti iye wakapinda mune umwe musha; umwe mukadzi wainzi Marita akamugamuchira mumba make.

³⁸And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

³⁹Uye iye wakange ane munin'inawo wainzi Maria, wakagarawo pamakumbo aJesu, akanzwa shoko rake.

³⁹and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

⁴⁰Asi Marita wakange akabatikana kwazvo nekushanda kukuru, akaswedera akati: Ishe, hamuna hanya here nekuti munin'ina wangu wandisiya ndoga ndichishanda? Naizvozvo muudzei kuti andibatsire.

⁴⁰and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.`

⁴¹Jesu akapindura akati kwaari: Marita, Marita, unozvidya moyo nekutambudzika nezvinhu zvizhinji;

⁴¹And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

⁴²asi chinhu chimwe chinodikamwa; asi Maria wasanangura mugove wakanaka, waasingazotorerwi.

⁴²but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.`