¹Zvino zvakaitika apo Jesu apedza mashoko iwayo, akabva Garirea, akasvika kumiganhu yeJudhiya mhiri kweJoridhani.

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

²Zvaunga zvikuru zvikamutevera, akazviporesapo.

²and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

³VaFarisi vakauyawo kwaari, vachimuidza vachiti kwaari: Zvinotenderwa here kumunhu kuramba mukadzi wake nemhaka ipi neipi?

³And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?`

⁴Akapindura, akati kwavari: Hamuna kurava here, kuti uyo wakavaita kubva pakutanga wakavaita murume nemukadzi?

⁴And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made them,

⁵Akati: Nekuda kwaizvozvi munhu uchasiya baba namai, uye uchanamatira kumukadzi wake; avo vaviri vachava nyama imwe.

⁵and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh?

⁶Naizvozvo havachisiri vaviri, asi nyama imwe. Naizvozvo izvo Mwari zvaakabatanidza ngakurege kuva nemunhu unoparadzanisa.

⁶so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.`

⁷Vakati kwaari: Mozisi wakagorairei kupa rugwaro rwekurambana, nekumuramba?

⁷They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?`

⁸Akati kwavari: Nekuda kweukukutu hwemoyo yenyu Mozisi wakakutenderai kuramba vakadzi venyu; asi kubva pakutanga zvakange zvisina kudaro.

⁸He saith to them — `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

⁹Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Ani nani unoramba mukadzi wake, kunze kwemhaka yeupombwe, akawana umwe, unopomba; neunowana wakarambwa unopomba.

⁹`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.`

¹⁰Vadzidzi vake vakati kwaari: Kana nyaya yemunhu nemukadzi yakadaro, hazvibatsiri kuwana.

¹⁰His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.`

¹¹Asi akati kwavari: Vose havagamuchiri shoko iri, kunze kwevakaripiwa.

¹¹And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

¹²Nekuti kune vakachekwa, vakaberekwa vakadaro kubva mudumbu ramai; uye kune vakachekwa, vakaitwa vakachekwa nevanhu; uye kune vakachekwa vakazviita vakachekwa nekuda kweushe hwekumatenga. Unogona kugamuchira izvi, ngaagamuchire.

¹²for there are eunuchs who from the mother`s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it] — let him receive.`

¹³Zvino kwakauyiswa kwaari vana vaduku, kuti aise maoko pamusoro pavo, anyengetere; asi vadzidzi vakavatsiura.

¹³Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴Asi Jesu wakati: Tenderai vana vaduku, musavadzivisa kuuya kwandiri; nekuti ushe hwekumatenga ndehwevakadai.

¹⁴But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;`

¹⁵Akaisa maoko pamusoro pavo, akabvapo.

¹⁵and having laid on them [his] hands, he departed thence.

¹⁶Zvino tarira, kwakaswedera umwe akati kwaari: Mudzidzisi wakanaka, ndingaita chinhu chakanaka chipi kuti ndive neupenyu husingaperi?

¹⁶And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?`

¹⁷Akati kwaari: Unondiidzirei wakanaka? Hakuna wakanaka, kunze kweumwe, ndiye Mwari. Asi kana uchida kupinda muupenyu, chengeta mirairo.

¹⁷And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.`

¹⁸Akati kwaari: Ipi? Jesu ndokuti: Usauraya, usapomba, usaba, usapupura nhema;

¹⁸He saith to him, `What kind?` And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁹kudza baba vako namai, uye, ude umwe wako sezvaunozvida iwe.

¹⁹honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.`

²⁰Jaya rikati kwaari: Izvozvo zvose ndakazvichengeta kubva pauduku hwangu; ndichiri kushaiwei?

²⁰The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?`

²¹Jesu akati kwariri: Kana uchida kuva wakaperera, enda utengese zvaunazvo upe varombo, uye uchava nefuma kudenga; ugouya pano unditevere.

²¹Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.`

²²Asi jaya rakati ranzwa shoko iro rikaenda richishungurudzika; nekuti rakange rine nhumbi zhinji.

²²And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

²³Jesu akati kuvadzidzi vake: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Mufumi ucharemerwa kupinda muushe hwekumatenga.

²³and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

²⁴Ndinotizve kwamuri: Zvakarerukira kamera kudarika nemuburi retsono, kumufumi kupinda muushe hwaMwari.

²⁴and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.`

²⁵Vadzidzi vake vakati vazvinzwa, vakashamisika kwazvo, vachiti: Ndiani ungagona kuponeswa?

²⁵And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?`

²⁶Asi Jesu wakatarira akati kwavari: Kuvanhu izvi hazvibviri, asi kuna Mwari zvose zvinobvira.

²⁶And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.`

²⁷Ipapo Petro akapindura, akati kwaari: Tarirai, isu takasiya zvose, tikakuteverai; tichagowanei?

²⁷Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?`

²⁸Jesu akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Imwi makanditevera, pakuberekwa kutsva kana Mwanakomana wemunhu achizogara pachigaro cheushe chekubwinya kwake, imwiwo muchagara pazvigaro zveushe gumi nezviviri, muchitonga marudzi gumi nemaviri aIsraeri.

²⁸And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit — ye also — upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

²⁹Uye umwe neumwe wakasiya dzimba, kana vanin'ina nemadzikoma, kana hanzvadzi, kana baba, kana mai, kana mukadzi, kana vana, kana minda, nekuda kwezita rangu, uchagamuchira zvine zana, akagara nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi.

²⁹and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name`s sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

³⁰Asi vazhinji vekutanga vachava vekupedzisira, nevekupedzisira vekutanga.

³⁰and many first shall be last, and last first.