¹Nenguva iyo Jesu wakagura nemumunda wezviyo nesabata; zvino vadzidzi vake vakange vane nzara, vakatanga kutanha hura ndokudya.

¹At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

²Asi vaFarisi vakati vachiona vakati kwaari: Tarira, vadzidzi vako vanoita zvisingatenderwi kuitwa nesabata.

²and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.`

³Asi wakati kwavari: Hamuna kurava here Dhavhidhi zvaakaita paakange ava nenzara, iye nevakange vanaye;

³And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him —

⁴kuti wakapinda sei mumba maMwari, akadya zvingwa zvekuratidza, zvaakange asingatenderwi kuzvidya, kunyange nevaiva naye kunze kwevapristi chete?

⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

⁵Kana hamuna kuverenga here pamurairo, kuti nemasabata vapristi vanosvibisa masabata mutembere asi vasina chavangapomerwa?

⁵`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

⁶Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Pano pane mukuru kutembere.

⁶and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

⁷Asi dai maiziva kuti zvinorevei kuti: Ndinoshuva tsitsi kwete chibayiro, mungadai musina kuti vane mhosva vasina mhosva.

⁷and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice — ye had not condemned the blameless,

⁸Nekuti Mwanakomana wemunhu ndiIshe kunyangwe wesabata.

⁸for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.`

⁹Zvino wakati abvapo akapinda musinagoge ravo.

⁹And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

¹⁰Zvino tarira, kwakange kune munhu wakange ane ruoko rwakawonyana. Vakamubvunza vachiti: Zvakatenderwa kuporesa nemasabata here? kuti vamupe mhosva.

¹⁰and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?` that they might accuse him.

¹¹Asi wakati kwavari: Ndeupi munhu pakati penyu uchava negwai rimwe, iro kana rikawira mugomba nemasabata ungarega kuribata akasimudza?

¹¹And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise [it]?

¹²Asi munhu unopfuura gwai zvikuru sei! Naizvozvo zvakatenderwa kuita zvakanaka nemasabata.

¹²How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? — so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.`

¹³Zvino akati kumunhu: Tambanudza ruoko rwako. Akarutambanudza, rwukaporeswa rwukagwinya serumwe.

¹³Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,` and he stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

¹⁴Zvino vaFarisi vakabuda, vakaita dare pamusoro pake kuti vangamuparadza sei.

¹⁴And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

¹⁵Asi Jesu wakati aziva, akabvapo; zvaunga zvikuru zvikamutevera, akavaporesa vose.

¹⁵and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

¹⁶Akavarairisa kuti varege kumubudisa pachena.

¹⁶and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

¹⁷Kuti zvizadziswe zvakarehwa naIsaya muporofita, achiti:

¹⁷that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁸Tarira muranda wangu wandakasanangura, mudikamwa wangu, mweya wangu unofara naye. Ndichaisa mweya wangu pamusoro pake, uye uchazivisa vahedheni kutonga.

¹⁸`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

¹⁹Haangarwisi kana kudanidzira, uye hakuna uchanzwa inzwi rake munzira dzemumaguta.

¹⁹he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

²⁰Rutsanga rwakapwanyika haangaruvhuni, netambo yemwenje inopfungaira haangadzimi; kusvikira achituma kutonga mukukunda.

²⁰a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

²¹Uye vahedheni vachavimba mizita rake.

²¹and in his name shall nations hope.`

²²Zvino kwakauyiswa kwaari wakagarwa nedhimoni, bofu uye mbeveve; akamuporesa, zvekuti bofu mbeveve rakati kutaura rikati kuona.

²²Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

²³Zvaunga zvose zvikashamisika zvikati: Ko uyu haasi Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi here?

²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?`

²⁴Asi vaFarisi vakati vachinzwa vakati: Uyu haabudisi madhimoni, kunze naBheerizebhuri mukuru wemadhimoni.

²⁴but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.`

²⁵Zvino Jesu akaziva ndangariro dzavo, akati kwavari: Ushe humwe nohumwe hwakapesana hwakazvimirisana hunoparadzwa, neguta rimwe nerimwe kana imba yakapesana yakazvimirisana haingamiri.

²⁵And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

²⁶Uye kana Satani achibudisa Satani unopesana achizvimirisana; zvino ushe hwake huchamira sei?

²⁶and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?

²⁷Uye kana ini ndichibudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri, vanakomana venyu vanoabudisa nani? Naizvozvo ivo vachava vatongi venyu.

²⁷`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons — by whom do they cast out? because of this they — they shall be your judges.

²⁸Asi kana ini ndichibudisa madhimoni neMweya waMwari, saka ushe hwaMwari hwasvika kwamuri.

²⁸`But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

²⁹Kana munhu ungapinda sei mumba mehamburamakaka akapamba nhumbi dzake kunze kwekuti atanga kusunga hamburamakaka? Ipapo uchapamba imba yake.

²⁹`Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

³⁰Uyo usina ini, unomirisana neni, neusingaunganidzi neni, unoparadzira.

³⁰`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

³¹Naizvozvo ndinoti kwamuri: Vanhu vachakangamwirwa chivi chose nekunyomba, asi kunyomba Mweya hakungakanganwirwi vanhu.

³¹Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

³²Uye ani nani unotaura shoko rinopikisa Mwanakomana wemunhu uchakangamwirwa; asi ani nani unotaura achipikisa Mweya Mutsvene haangakanganwirwi, kana panguva ino kana kune inouya.

³²And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

³³Kana itai muti uve wakanaka nechibereko chawo chakanaka, kana itai muti uve wakaipa nechibereko chawo chakaipa, nekuti muti unozikamwa nechibereko.

³³`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

³⁴Zvibereko zvenyoka, mungagona sei kutaura zvinhu zvakanaka makaipa? Nekuti muromo unotaura kubva pazvizere mumoyo.

³⁴`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things — being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

³⁵Munhu wakanaka unobudisa zvinhu zvakanaka pafuma yakanaka yemoyo; nemunhu wakaipa pafuma yakaipa unobudisa zvinhu zvakaipa.

³⁵The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

³⁶Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Shoko rimwe nerimwe risina maturo vanhu ravanoreva, vachazvidavirira pamusoro paro nezuva rekutongwa.

³⁶`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

³⁷Nekuti nemashoko ako ucharuramiswa, uye nemashoko ako uchapiwa mhosva.

³⁷for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.`

³⁸Zvino vamwe vevanyori nevevaFarisi vakapindura vakati: Mudzidzisi, tinoda kuona chiratidzo kubva kwamuri.

³⁸Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.`

³⁹Asi wakapindura akati kwavari: Zera rakaipa rinofeva rinotsvaka chiratidzo; asi hakuna chiratidzo chingapiwa kwariri, kunze kwechiratidzo chaJona muporofita.

³⁹And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

⁴⁰Nekuti Jona sezvaakava mudumbu rehove huru mazuva matatu neusiku utatu, saizvozvo Mwanakomana wemunhu uchava mumoyo wenyika mazuva matatu neusiku utatu.

⁴⁰for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴¹Varume veNinivhi vachasimuka mukutongwa nezera iri, vacharipa mhosva; nekuti vakatendeuka nemharidzo yaJona; zvino tarirai, mukuru kuna Jona uri pano.

⁴¹`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

⁴²Mambokadzi wekumaodzanyemba achasimuka mukutongwa nezera iri, agoripa mhosva; nekuti wakabva pamagumisiro enyika kuzonzwa uchenjeri hwaSoromoni; zvino tarirai, mukuru kuna Soromoni uri pano.

⁴²`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

⁴³Zvino kana mweya wetsvina wabuda kumunhu, unofamba uchigura nzvimbo dzakawoma, uchitsvaka zororo asi uchishaiwa.

⁴³`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

⁴⁴Zvino unoti: Ndichadzokera kumba kwangu kwandakabuda; uye uchisvika unoiwana isina chinhu, yakatsvairwa yakarongedzwa.

⁴⁴then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

⁴⁵Ipapo unoenda ndokutora pamwe naye mimwe mweya minomwe yakaipa kumupfuura pachake, zvino ndokupinda, ndokugaramo; kuguma kwemunhu uyu kwakaipa kupfuura kutanga. Zvichava saizvozvowo kuzera iri rakaipa.

⁴⁵then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.`

⁴⁶Wakati achataura nezvaunga, tarira, mai nevanin'ina vake vakamira panze, vachitsvaka kutaura naye.

⁴⁶And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

⁴⁷Umwe ndokuti kwaari: Tarirai, mai venyu nevanin'ina venyu vamire panze, vachitsvaka kutaura nemwi.

⁴⁷and one said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.`

⁴⁸Asi wakapindura akati kuna iye wakamuudza: Mai vangu ndiani? Nevanin'ina vangu ndivana ani?

⁴⁸And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?`

⁴⁹Zvino wakatandavadzira ruoko rwake kuvadzidzi vake, akati: Tarirai, mai vangu nevanin'ina vangu.

⁴⁹And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

⁵⁰Nekuti ani nani unoita kuda kwaBaba vangu vari kumatenga, ndiye munin'ina wangu, nehanzvadzi, namai.

⁵⁰for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.`