¹Zvino wakadanira kwaari vadzidzi vake gumi nevaviri, akavapa simba pamusoro pemweya yetsvina, kuti vaibudise nekuporesa ukosha hwose neurwere hwose.

¹And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

²Zvino mazita evaapositori gumi nevaviri ndiwawa: Wekutanga, Simoni, unonzi Petro, naAndiriya munin'ina wake; Jakobho waZebhedhi, naJohwani munin'ina wake;

²And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³Firipi, naBhatoromeo; Tomasi, naMatewu muteresi; Jakobho waArifiyo, naRebheu wainziwo Tadhiyo;

³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;

⁴Simoni muKanani, naJudhasi Isikarioti iyewo wakamutengesa.

⁴Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

⁵Ava gumi nevaviri Jesu akavatuma, akavaraira, achiti: Musaenda munzira yevahedheni, musapinda muguta revaSamaria;

⁵These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

⁶asi zvikuru muende kumakwai akarasika eimba yaIsraeri.

⁶and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷Zvino pakufamba, muparidze muchiti: Ushe hwekumatenga hwaswedera.

⁷`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

⁸Poresai vanorwara, natsai vane maperembudzi, mutsai vakafa, budisai madhimoni. Makagamuchira pachena, ipai pachena.

⁸infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out — freely ye did receive, freely give.

⁹Musawana ndarama, kana sirivheri, kana ndarira mubhanhire renyu,

⁹`Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

¹⁰kana homwe yerwendo, kana shati mbiri, kana manyatera, kana tsvimbo; nekuti mushandi wakafanira chikafu chake.

¹⁰nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff — for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

¹¹Muguta ripi neripi kana mumusha wamunopinda, bvunzai kuti ndiani mauri wakafanira, mugarepo, kusvikira muchibva.

¹¹`And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

¹²Zvino kana muchipinda mumba, muikwazise.

¹²And coming to the house salute it,

¹³Kana imba yakafanira, rugare rwenyu ngaruuye pamusoro payo, asi kana isingafaniri, rugare rwenyu ngarudzokere kwamuri.

¹³and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

¹⁴Uye ani nani usingakugamuchiriyi, kana kuteerera mashoko enyu, kana muchibuda paimba iyo kana paguta iro, zuzai guruva retsoka dzenyu.

¹⁴`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

¹⁵Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Zvicharerukira nyika yeSodhoma neyeGomora nezuva rekutongwa kupfuura guta iro.

¹⁵verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶Tarirai, ini ndinokutumai semakwai pakati pemapumhi; naizvozvo chenjerai senyoka mururame senjiva.

¹⁶`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

¹⁷Asi svinurirai vanhu; nekuti vachakukumikidzai kudare remakurukota, uye vachakurovai netyava mumasinagoge avo;

¹⁷And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

¹⁸zvino muchauiswawo pamberi pevatungamiriri nemadzimambo nekuda kwangu, chive uchapupu kwavari nekuvahedheni.

¹⁸and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹Asi kana vachikukumikidzai, musafunganya kuti muchataura sei kana chinyi; nekuti muchapiwa nenguva iyo chamuchataura.

¹⁹`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

²⁰Nekuti hamusi imwi munotaura asi Mweya waBaba venyu unotaura mamuri.

²⁰for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

²¹Mwanakomana wamai uchakumikidza mwanakomana wamai kurufu, nababa mwana; uye vana vachamukira vabereki nekuvauraya.

²¹`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

²²Uye muchavengwa nevose nekuda kwezita rangu; asi unotsungirira kusvika pakuguma, ndiye uchaponeswa.

²²and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

²³Asi kana vachikushushai muguta iri, tizirai kune rimwe; nekuti zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Hamungapedzi maguta aIsraeri, kusvikira Mwanakomana wemunhu asvika.

²³`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

²⁴Mudzidzi haasi pamusoro pemudzidzisi, kana muranda pamusoro paishe wake.

²⁴`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

²⁵Zvakaringanira mudzidzi kuti ave semudzidzisi wake, nemuranda saishe wake. Kana vaidza Ishe weimba kuti Bheerizebhuri, vachadaro zvikuru sei veimba yake!

²⁵sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

²⁶Naizvozvo musavatya; nekuti hakuna chakafukidzwa chisingazobvundunurwi; kana chakavanzika chisingazozikamwi.

²⁶`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

²⁷Zvandinokuudzai murima, taurai pachiedza, nezvamunonzwa munzeve, paridzirai pamusoro pematenga edzimba.

²⁷that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

²⁸Uye musatya vanouraya muviri, asi havagoni kuuraya mweya; asi mutye zvikuru uyo unogona kuparadza zvose mweya nemuviri mugehena.

²⁸`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

²⁹Ko dhimba mbiri hadzitengeswi nekobiri here? Asi imwe yadzo haingawiri pasi kunze kwekuda kwaBaba venyu.

²⁹`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

³⁰Asi nevhudzi remusoro wenyu rakaverengwa rose.

³⁰and of you — even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

³¹Naizvozvo musatya, imwi munopfuura dhimba zhinji.

³¹be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

³²Naizvozvo umwe neumwe uchandibvuma pamberi pevanhu, iye ndichamubvumawo pamberi paBaba vangu vari kumatenga.

³²`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

³³Asi ani nani unondiramba pamberi pevanhu, iye ndichamurambawo pamberi paBaba vangu vari kumatenga.

³³and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴Musafunga kuti ndakauya kuzoisa rugare panyika; handina kuuya kuzoisa rugare, asi munondo.

³⁴`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

³⁵Nekuti ndakauya kuzopesanisa munhu nababa vake, nemukunda namai vake, nemuroora navamwene vake;

³⁵for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

³⁶nevavengi vemunhu ndeveimba yake.

³⁶and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

³⁷Unoda baba kana mai kupfuura ini haana kufanira ini; neunoda mwanakomana kana mukunda kupfuura ini haana kufanira ini;

³⁷`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

³⁸uye usingatori muchinjikwa wake akanditevera, haana kufanira ini.

³⁸and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹Unowana mweya wake ucharashikirwa nawo; asi unorashikirwa nemweya wake nekuda kwangu uchauwana.

³⁹`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰Uyo unogamuchira imwi unogamuchira ini; neunogamuchira ini unogamuchira iye wakandituma.

⁴⁰`He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

⁴¹Unogamuchira muporofita muzita remuporofita uchawana mubairo wemuporofita; neunogamuchira wakarurama muzita rewakarurama uchawana mubairo wewakarurama.

⁴¹he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet`s reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man`s reward,

⁴²Uye ani nani unonwisa umwe wevaduku ava mukombe chete wemvura inotonhora muzita remudzidzi, zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Haangatongorashikirwi nemubairo wake.

⁴²and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.`