¹Zvino shure kwemazuva matanhatu Jesu akatora Petro naJakobho naJohwani munin'ina wake, akavakwidza mugomo refu vari vega.

¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

²Akashandurwa chimiro pamberi pavo, chiso chake chikapenya sezuva, nguvo dzake dzikachena sechiedza.

²and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

³Zvino tarira, kwakaonekwa kwaari Mozisi naEria vachitaura naye.

³and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

⁴Zvino Petro akapindura akati kuna Jesu: Ishe, zvakatinakira kuva pano; kana muchida, ngatiite pano matende matatu, rimwe renyu, nerimwe raMozisi, nerimwe raEria.

⁴And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths — for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.`

⁵Wakati achataura, tarira, gore rinopenya rakavadzikatira; uye tarira, inzwi rikabva mugore, richiti: Uyu Mwanakomana wangu unodika, wandinofadzwa maari kwazvo, inzwai iye.

⁵While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.`

⁶Vadzidzi vakati vachizvinzwa, vakawa nechiso chavo, vakatya zvikuru.

⁶And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

⁷Asi Jesu akaswedera akavabata, akati: Simukai, musatya.

⁷and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise, be not afraid,`

⁸Vakati vachisimudza meso avo, havana kuona munhu, kunze kwaJesu chete.

⁸and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

⁹Zvino vakati vachiburuka mugomo, Jesu akavaraira, achiti: Musaudza munhu chiratidzo ichi, kusvikira Mwanakomana wemunhu amuka kuvakafa.

⁹And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.`

¹⁰Vadzidzi vake vakamubvunza vachiti: Vanyori vanogotaurirei vachiti Eria unofanira kutanga kuuya?

¹⁰And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?`

¹¹Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Eria uchatanga kusvika zvirokwazvo, uchavandudza zvinhu zvose.

¹¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,

¹²Asi ndinotaura kwamuri kuti Eria wakatosvika, asi havana kumuziva, asi vakamuitira zvose zvavakada; saizvozvowo Mwanakomana wemunhu uchatambura navo.

¹²and I say to you — Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.`

¹³Zvino vadzidzi vakanzwisisa kuti wakataura kwavari zvaJohwani Mubhabhatidzi.

¹³Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

¹⁴Vakati vasvika kuchaunga, kwakauya kwaari munhu, akamufugamira, achiti:

¹⁴And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,

¹⁵Ishe, donzwirai mwanakomana wangu tsitsi, nekuti une zvipusha, unotambudzika kwazvo; nekuti kazhinji unowira mumoto, kazhinji mumvura.

¹⁵and saying, `Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,

¹⁶Uye ndakamuuyisa kuvadzidzi venyu, asi havana kugona kumuporesa.

¹⁶and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.`

¹⁷Jesu akapindura akati: Zera risina rutendo nerakakombama, ndichava nemwi kusvikira rinhi? Ndichakuitirai moyo murefu kusvikira rinhi? Muuisei pano pandiri.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;`

¹⁸Zvino Jesu akaritsiura, dhimoni rikabuda kwaari, mwana akaporeswa kubva panguva iyoyo.

¹⁸and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

¹⁹Zvino vadzidzi vakauya kuna Jesu vari voga, vakati: Isu takange tisingagoni nei kuribudisa?

¹⁹Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?`

²⁰Jesu akati kwavari: Nemhaka yekusatenda kwenyu. Nekuti zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Kana mune rutendo rwakaita setsanga yemasitadha, mungati kugomo iri: Ibva pano, enda koko; uye richabva; hakuna chinhu chingakukonai.

²⁰And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

²¹Asi zera iri haribudi kunze chete nekunyengetera nekutsanya.

²¹and this kind doth not go forth except in prayer and fasting.`

²²Zvino vachakagara muGarirea, Jesu wakati kwavari: Mwanakomana wemunhu wobva wokumikidzwa mumaoko evanhu,

²²And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,

²³uye vachamuuraya, asi nezuva retatu uchamutswa. Vakashurukirwa zvikuru.

²³and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,` and they were exceeding sorry.

²⁴Zvino vakati vachisvika Kapenaume, vanhu vaigamuchira mutero vakauya kuna Petro, vakati: Mudzidzisi wenyu haateri here?

²⁴And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher — doth he not pay the didrachms?` He saith, `Yes.`

²⁵Akati: Hongu. Zvino wakati achipinda mumba, Jesu akamutangira achiti: Unofungei Simoni? Madzimambo enyika anotora muripo kana mutero kuna vana ani? Kuvanakomana vavo kana kuvatorwa?

²⁵And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth — from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?`

²⁶Petro akati kwaari: Kuvatorwa. Jesu akati kwaari: Saka vanakomana vakasununguka.

²⁶Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.` Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free;

²⁷Asi kuti tirege kuvagumbusa, enda kugungwa ukande chiredzo; ubate hove inotanga kubuda; kana washamisa muromo wayo, uchawana mari; uitore uvape, ive yangu neyako.

²⁷but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.`