¹Zvino wakataurawo kuvadzidzi vake achiti: Kwakange kune umwe munhu mufumi, waiva nemutariri; iye wakapomerwa kwaari seunoparadza nhumbi dzake.

¹And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

²Zvino wakamudana akati kwaari: Chii ichi chandinonzwa nezvako? Rondedzera nezveutariri hwako; nekuti hauchazogoni kuva mutariri.

²and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

³Zvino mutariri wakati mukati make: Ndichaitei, sezvo ishe wangu wonditorera utariri? Handigoni kuchera, kupemha ndinonyara.

³`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: —

⁴Ndaziva zvandichaita, kuti kana ndabudiswa pautariri, vandigamuchire mudzimba dzavo.

⁴I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

⁵Zvino wakadanira kwaari umwe neumwe wakange ane chikwereti kuna ishe wake, akati kune wekutanga: Une chikwereti chakadini kuna ishe wangu?

⁵`And having called near each one of his lord`s debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

⁶Iye ndokuti: Zviyero zana zvemafuta. Ndokuti kwaari: Tora rugwaro rwako, ugare pasi nekukurumidza unyore makumi mashanu.

⁶and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

⁷Ndokuti kune umwe: Newe, une chikwereti chakadini? Iye ndokuti: Zviyero zana zvezviyo. Akati kwaari: Tora rugwaro rwako, unyore makumi masere.

⁷`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

⁸Zvino Ishe wakarumbidza mutariri usakarurama, nekuti wakange aita nekuchenjera; nekuti vana venyika ino vakachenjera pazera ravo kukunda vana vechiedza.

⁸`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

⁹Neni ndinoti kwamuri: Muzviitire shamwari nafuma wekusakarurama, kuti kana musingachagoni, vakugamuchirei mudzimba dzekusingaperi.

⁹and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

¹⁰Wakatendeka pachidukusa wakatendekawo pachikuru, neusakarurama pachidukusa haana kururamawo pachikuru.

¹⁰`He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

¹¹Naizvozvo kana musina kutendeka pana fuma usakarurama, ndiani uchakubatisai chinhu chechokwadi?

¹¹if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?

¹²Uye kana musina kutendeka pane cheumwe, ndiani uchakupai chenyu?

¹²and if in the other`s ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?

¹³Hakuna muranda unogona kubatira vana tenzi vaviri; nekuti zvimwe uchavenga umwe, ndokuda umwe; kana kuti uchanamatira kune umwe agozvidza umwe. Hamugoni kubatira Mwari nafuma.

¹³`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.`

¹⁴Zvino nevaFarisi vakange vari vadi vemari, vakanzwa zvinhu izvi zvose, vakamunyomba.

¹⁴And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

¹⁵Zvino wakati kwavari: Imwi ndimwi vanozviruramisa pamberi pevanhu, asi Mwari unoziva moyo yenyu; nekuti icho chinokwiridzirwa pakati pevanhu, chinyangadzo pamberi paMwari.

¹⁵and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;

¹⁶Murairo nevaporofita zvaivapo kusvikira kuna Johwani; kubva ipapo evhangeri neushe hwaMwari zvinoparidzwa, uye umwe neumwe unosenerera mahwuri.

¹⁶the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

¹⁷Asi zvakareruka kuti denga nenyika zvipfuure, pakuti chidodzi chimwe chemurairo chiwe.

¹⁷and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

¹⁸Ani nani unoramba mukadzi wake akawana umwe unoita upombwe; uye ani nani unowana wakarambwa kumurume unoita upombwe.

¹⁸`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

¹⁹Kwakange kune umwe munhu mufumi, waipfeka zvine ruvara rwehute nemicheka yerineni yakapfava, nekufara paumbozha mazuva ose.

¹⁹`And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

²⁰Zvino kwakange kune umwe mupemhi wainzi Razaro, wakange akaiswa pasuwo rake azere maronda,

²⁰and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

²¹uye waishuva kugutswa nezvimedu zvaiwa patafura yemufumi; kunyange imbwa dzaiuya dzichinanzwa maronda ake.

²¹and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

²²Zvino zvakaitika kuti mupemhi wakafa, akatakurirwa nevatumwa kuchifuva chaAbhurahamu; mufumi akafawo, akavigwa.

²²`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham — and the rich man also died, and was buried;

²³Zvino ari muhadhesi* wakasimudza meso ake, ari pamarwadzo, ndokuona Abhurahamu ari kure, naRazaro ari pachifuva chake.

²³and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

²⁴Iye ndokudanidzira akati: Baba Abhurahamu, ndinzwirei tsitsi, mutume Razaro, kuti anyike muromo wemumwe wake mumvura, atonhodze rurimi rwangu; nekuti ndinorwadziswa mumurazvo uyu.

²⁴and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

²⁵Asi Abhurahamu wakati: Mwana, rangarira kuti iwe muupenyu hwako wakagamuchira zvakanaka zvako, saizvozvo naRazaro zvakaipa; asi zvino iye unonyaradzwa, uye iwe unorwadziwa.

²⁵`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

²⁶Uye pamusoro peizvi zvose, pakati pedu nemwi pane mukaha mukuru wakaiswa, kuti vanoda kuyambuka kubva kuno vachiuya kwamuri vakonewe, neveko varege kuyambukira kwatiri.

²⁶and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

²⁷Iye ndokuti: Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai, baba, kuti mumutumire kuimba yababa vangu,

²⁷`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

²⁸nekuti ndine vanakomana vamai vangu vashanu, kuti anyatsovapupurira, zvimwe ivowo vangauya panzvimbo ino yemarwadzo.

²⁸for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

²⁹Abhurahamu akati kwaari: Mozisi nevaporofita vanavo; ngavanzwe ivo.

²⁹`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

³⁰Iye ndokuti: Kwete, Baba Abhurahamu; asi kana umwe akaenda kwavari kubva kuvakafa, vachatendeuka.

³⁰and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

³¹Asi wakati kwaari: Kana vasingateereri Mozisi nevaporofita, havangatendiswi, kana umwe akamuka kuvakafa.

³¹And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.`