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

¹And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

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

²and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

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

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

⁴Asi vakanyarara. Zvino akamubata akamuporesa ndokurega achienda.

⁴and they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], he healed him, and let [him] go;

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

⁵and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?`

⁶Vakasagona kumupindurazve pamusoro pezvinhu izvi.

⁶and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

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

⁷And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

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

⁸`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

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

⁹and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

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

¹⁰`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

¹¹Nekuti ani nani unozvikwiridzira, uchaninipiswa; neunozvininipisa uchakwiridzirwa.

¹¹because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling 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.

¹²And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

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

¹³but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

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

¹⁴and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.`

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

¹⁵And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;`

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

¹⁶and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

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

¹⁷and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

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

¹⁸`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

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

¹⁹`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

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

²⁰and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to 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.

²¹`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

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

²²`And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

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

²³`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

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

²⁴for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.`

²⁵Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvaifamba naye; akatendeuka akati kwavari:

²⁵And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he 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.

²⁶`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

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

²⁷and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

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

²⁸`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

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

²⁹lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may 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?

³¹`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

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

³²and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

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

³³`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

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

³⁴`The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

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

³⁵neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.`