¹Zvino wakati asimukapo, akauya kumiganhu yeJudhiya, achigura nemhiri kwaJoridhani; chaunga chikaunganirazve kwaari; akapamha kuvavadzidzisa zvose sezvaakange ajaira.

¹And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

²VaFarisi vakauya kwaari, vakamubvunza vachiti: Zviri pamutemo here kuti murume arambe mukadzi? vachimuidza.

²And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

³Akapindura, akati kwavari: Mozisi wakakurairai chii?

³and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?`

⁴Zvino vakati: Mozisi wakatendera kunyora rugwaro rwerambano, nekumuramba.

⁴and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.`

⁵Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Nekuda kweukukutu hwemoyo yenyu, wakakunyorerai murairo uyu.

⁵And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

⁶Asi kubva pakutanga kwezvisikwa, Mwari wakavaita murume nemukadzi.

⁶but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

⁷Nekuda kweizvozvo munhu uchasiya baba namai vake, anamatire mukadzi wake;

⁷on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

⁸zvino avo vaviri vachava nyama imwe. Naizvozvo havasichiri vaviri, asi nyama imwe.

⁸and they shall be — the two — for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

⁹Naizvozvo Mwari zvaakabatanidza, ngapasava nemunhu unoparadzanisa.

⁹what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.`

¹⁰Mumba vadzidzi vake vakapamha kumubvunza pamusoro pazvo.

¹⁰And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

¹¹Zvino akati kwavari: Ani nani unoramba mukadzi wake, akawana umwe, unoita upombwe kwaari.

¹¹and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

¹²Uye kana mukadzi achiramba murume wake, achiwanikwa neumwe, unoita upombwe.

¹²and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.`

¹³Zvino vakauya nevana vaduku kwaari, kuti avabate; asi vadzidzi vakatsiura avo vaiuya navo.

¹³And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,

¹⁴Zvino Jesu wakati achizviona, akatsamwa zvikuru, akati kwavari: Tenderai vana vaduku kuuya kwandiri, uye musavadzivisa, nekuti ushe hwaMwari ndohwevakadai.

¹⁴and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

¹⁵Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Ani nani usingagamuchiri ushe hwaMwari semucheche, haangatongopindi mahuri.

¹⁵verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child — he may not enter into it;`

¹⁶Uye akavagumbatira, achiisa maoko pamusoro pavo, akavaropafadza.

¹⁶and having taken them in his arms, having put [his] hands upon them, he was blessing them.

¹⁷Zvino wakati achibudira kunzira, umwe wakamumhanyira, akamufugamira akamubvunza, achiti: Mudzidzisi wakanaka, ndingaitei kuti ndigare nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi?

¹⁷And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?`

¹⁸Jesu akati kwaari: Unondiidzirei wakanaka? Hakuna wakanaka, kunze kweumwe, iye Mwari.

¹⁸And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God;

¹⁹Unoiziva mirairo inoti: Usaita upombwe, usauraya, usaba, usapupura nhema, usabiridzira, kudza baba namai vako.

¹⁹the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.`

²⁰Zvino akapindura akati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, izvi zvose ndakazvichengeta kubva pauduku hwangu.

²⁰And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.`

²¹Jesu ndokumutarira akamuda, akati kwaari: Chinhu chimwe chaunoshaiwa; enda, utengese zvose zvaunazvo, upe varombo, zvino uchava nefuma kudenga; ugouya utakure muchinjikwa, unditevere.

²¹And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast — sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.`

²²Asi atsamwa neshoko iro, wakaenda neshungu, nekuti wakange ane nhumbi zhinji.

²²And he — gloomy at the word — went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

²³Ipapo Jesu akaringa-ringa, akati kuvadzidzi vake: Vacharemerwa sei vane fuma kupinda muushe hwaMwari!

²³And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!`

²⁴Vadzidzi vakashamisika nemashoko ake. Asi Jesu wakapindurazve, akati kwavari: Vana, zvinorema sei kune vanovimba nefuma kupinda muushe hwaMwari;

²⁴And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

²⁵zvingarerukira kamera kudarika nemuburi retsono, pane kuti mufumi apinde muushe hwaMwari.

²⁵It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.`

²⁶Ipapo vakashamisika zvisingaverengeki, vachitaurirana vachiti: Ndiani zvino ungagoponeswa?

²⁶And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?`

²⁷Zvino Jesu wakati achivatarira, akati: Kuvanhu hazvibviri, asi kwete kuna Mwari; nekuti kuna Mwari zvinhu zvose zvinobvira.

²⁷And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.`

²⁸Petro akatanga kuti kwaari: Tarira, isu takasiya zvose tikakuteverai.

²⁸And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.`

²⁹Jesu akapindura akati: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna munhu wakasiya imba, kana vanin'ina nemadzikoma, kana hanzvadzi, kana baba, kana mai, kana mukadzi, kana vana, kana minda, nekuda kwangu nekweevhangeri,

²⁹And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news`,

³⁰usingazogamuchiri kane zana ikozvino nenguva ino, dzimba, nevanin'ina nemadzikoma, nehanzvadzi, nanamai, nevana, neminda; pamwe nekushushwa, neupenyu husingaperi munguva inouya.

³⁰who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

³¹Asi vazhinji vekutanga vachava vekupedzisira, nevekupedzira vekutanga.

³¹and many first shall be last, and the last first.`

³²Zvino vachiri munzira vachikwira kuJerusarema; Jesu akavatungamirira; vakashamisika; zvino pavaitevera, vaitya. Akatorazve vanegumi nevaviri, akatanga kuvaudza zvinhu zvakange zvichizoitika,

³²And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

³³achiti: Tarirai, tinokwira kuJerusarema, uye Mwanakomana wemunhu uchakumikidzwa kuvapristi vakuru nekuvanyori, uye vachamutongera rufu, nekumukumikidza kuvahedheni,

³³— `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

³⁴vachamusveveredza, vachamurova netyava, nekumupfira, nekumuuraya; zvino nezuva retatu uchamukazve.

³⁴and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.`

³⁵Zvino Jakobho naJohwani, vanakomana vaZebhedhi, vakauya kwaari vachiti: Mudzidzisi, tinoda kuti mutiitire chero chatichakumbira.

³⁵And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;`

³⁶Akati kwavari: Chii chamunoda kuti ndikuitirei?

³⁶and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?`

³⁷Vakati kwaari: Tipei kuti tigare, umwe kuruoko rwenyu rwerudyi, uye umwe kuruboshwe rwenyu mukubwinya kwenyu.

³⁷and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;`

³⁸Asi Jesu wakati kwavari: Hamuzivi chamunokumbira. Mungagona kumwa mukombe wandinomwa ini here? nekubhabhatidzwa norubhabhatidzo rwandinobhabhatidzwa narwo ini here?

³⁸and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with — to be baptized?`

³⁹Vakati kwaari: Tingagona. Jesu akati kwavari: Muchamwa zvirokwazvo mukombe wandinomwa ini, nekubhabhatidzwa norubhabhatidzo rwandinobhabhatidzwa narwo ini;

³⁹And they said to him, `We are able;` and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;

⁴⁰asi kugara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi nekuruboshwe rwangu, hazvisi zvangu kupa, asi zvevakazvigadzirirwa.

⁴⁰but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared.`

⁴¹Vanegumi vakati vachizvinzwa, vakatanga kutsamwira zvikuru Jakobho naJohwani.

⁴¹And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

⁴²Asi Jesu akavadanira kwaari akati kwavari: Munoziva kuti avo vanonzi machinda evahedheni anovadzvinyirira, nevakuru vavo vanoshandisa simba pamusoro pavo.

⁴²but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;

⁴³Zvino hazvingadaro pakati penyu; asi ani nani unoda kuva mukuru pakati penyu, ngaave mushandiri wenyu;

⁴³but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

⁴⁴ani nani wenyu unoda kuva wokutanga, ngaave mushandi wevose.

⁴⁴and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

⁴⁵Nekuti kunyange Mwanakomana wemunhu haana kuuya kuzoshumirwa, asi kushumira, nekupa upenyu hwake ruve rudzikunuro rwevazhinji.

⁴⁵for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.`

⁴⁶Vakasvika Jeriko; zvino wakati achibuda Jeriko nevadzidzi vake nechaunga chikuru, Bhatimio bofu, mwanakomana waTimio, akange agere padivi penzira achipemha.

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus — Bartimaeus the blind — was sitting beside the way begging,

⁴⁷Wakati anzwa kuti ndiJesu weNazareta, akatanga kudanidzira nekuti: Jesu Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, ndinzwirei tsitsi!

⁴⁷and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David — Jesus! deal kindly with me;`

⁴⁸Vazhinji vakamutsiura kuti anyarare; asi iye wakanyanya kudanidzira kwazvo, achiti: Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, ndinzwirei tsitsi!

⁴⁸and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.`

⁴⁹Jesu ndokuramba amire, akati adamwe; vakadana bofu vachiti kwariri: Tsunga moyo; simuka, unokudana.

⁴⁹And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;`

⁵⁰Ipapo rikarasha nguvo yaro rikasimuka, rikauya kuna Jesu.

⁵⁰and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.

⁵¹Jesu akapindura, akati kwariri: Unoda kuti ndikuitirei? Bofu rikati kwaari: Rabhoni*, kuti ndionezve.

⁵¹And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?` and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;`

⁵²Jesu akati kwariri: Enda; rutendo rwako rwakuponesa. Pakarepo rikaonazve, rikatevera Jesu munzira.

⁵²and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:` and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.