¹Ipapo Jesu wakataura kuzvaunga nekuvadzidzi vake,

¹Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,

²achiti: Vanyori nevaFarisi vagere pachigaro chaMozisi;

²saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

³saka zvose chero zvipi zvavanokuudzai kuti muzvichengete, chengetai nekuita; asi musaita semabasa avo; nekuti vanotaura, asi havaiti.

³all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

⁴Nekuti vanosunga mitoro inorema uye inorwadza kutakura, vachiisa pamafudzi evanhu, asi havadi kuisudurusa nemumwe wavo.

⁴for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

⁵Asi mabasa avo ose vanoaita kuti vaonekwe nevanhu; nekuti vanofarisa mafirakitera* avo, vanorebesa mipendero yenguvo dzavo;

⁵`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

⁶vanoda zvinzvimbo zvakakwirira pazvirairo, nezvigaro zvemberi mumasinagoge,

⁶they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁷nekwaziso pamisika, nekuidzwa nevanhu kuti: Rabhi*, Rabhi.

⁷and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁸Asi imwi musaidzwa Rabhi, nekuti umwe ndiye mudzidzisi wenyu, Kristu; imwi mose muri hama.

⁸`And ye — ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director — the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

⁹Musaidza munhu panyika baba venyu; nekuti umwe ndiBaba venyu, ivo vari kumatenga.

⁹and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

¹⁰Musaidzwawo vadzidzisi; nekuti umwe ndiye mudzidzisi wenyu, iye Kristu.

¹⁰nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director — the Christ.

¹¹Asi mukurusa pamuri uchava muranda wenyu.

¹¹And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

¹²Ani nani unozvikwiridzira uchaderedzwa; ani nani unozvideredza, uchakwiridzirwa.

¹²and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹³Asi mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munopfigira vanhu ushe hwekumatenga; nekuti imwi hamupindi, zvekare hamutenderi avo vanopinda kupinda.

¹³`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

¹⁴Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, uye muchiita mano-mano eminyengetero mirefu; naizvozvo muchagamuchira kutongwa nekupfuurisa.

¹⁴`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

¹⁵Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munopoteredza gungwa nenyika kuzoita umwe atendeuke kuva muJudha; kana awanikwa, munomuita mwanakomana wegehena kukunda imwi kaviri.

¹⁵`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen — ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

¹⁶Mune nhamo, vatungamiriri vakapofumara, munoti: Ani nani unopika netembere, hachizi chinhu, asi ani nani unopika nendarama yetembere, une mhosva.

¹⁶`Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary — is debtor!

¹⁷Mapenzi nemapofu! Nekuti chikuru ndechipi, ndarama kana tembere inoita ndarama ive tsvene?

¹⁷Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

¹⁸Uye: Ani nani unopika nearitari, hachizi chinhu; asi ani nani unopika nechipo chiri pamusoro payo, une mhosva.

¹⁸`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it — is debtor!

¹⁹Mapenzi nemapofu! Nekuti chikuru ndechipi, chipo kana aritari inoita chipo chive chitsvene?

¹⁹Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

²⁰Naizvozvo unopika nearitari, unopika nayo nezvose zviri pamusoro payo.

²⁰`He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

²¹Neunopika netembere, unopika nayo, neunogara mairi;

²¹and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

²²neunopika nedenga, unopika nechigaro cheushe chaMwari, neunogara pamusoro pacho.

²²and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

²³Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munopa chegumi cheminte*, neadhiri*, nekumini*, muchirega zvakakosha zvemurairo zvinoti: Kururamisira mhaka, netsitsi, nekutendeka; izvi zvamaifanira kuita nekusarega zvimwe.

²³`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law — the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved [you] to do, and those not to neglect.

²⁴Vatungamiriri mapofu, munomimina rutunga, muchimedza kamera.

²⁴`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.

²⁵Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munonatsa kunze kwemukombe nekwendiro, asi mukati muzere neupambi nekusazvidzora.

²⁵`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

²⁶MuFarisi wakapofumara, tanga kunatsa mukati memukombe nendiro, kuti kunze kwazvo kugochenawo.

²⁶`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

²⁷Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti makafanana nemarinda akadzudzurwa akaita machena, anoonekwa akanaka zvirokwazvo kunze, asi mukati muzere nemafupa evakafa netsvina yose.

²⁷`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

²⁸Saizvozvo nemwi munoonekwa kunze makarurama kuvanhu, asi mukati muzere neunyepedzeri neuipi.

²⁸so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁹Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munovaka marinda evaporofita, nekushongedza makuva evakarurama,

²⁹`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

³⁰muchiti: Dai taiva pamazuva emadzibaba edu, tingadai tisina kugoverana navo paropa revaporofita.

³⁰and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³¹Saka munopupura nezvenyu kuti muri vanakomana veavo vakauraya vaporofita.

³¹So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

³²Nemwi chizadzisai chiyero chemadzibaba enyu!

³²and ye — ye fill up the measure of your fathers.

³³Imwi nyoka, chizvarwa chezviva, muchatiza sei kutonga kwegehena?

³³`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

³⁴Naizvozvo, tarirai, ini ndinotumira kwamuri vaporofita, nevakachenjera, nevanyori; vamwe vavo vamuchauraya nekuvaroverera pamuchinjikwa; vamwe vavo vamucharova netyava mumasinagoge enyu, nekushusha muguta nemuguta.

³⁴`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

³⁵Kuti kuuye pamusoro penyu ropa rose revakarurama, rakateurirwa panyika, kubva paropa raAberi wakarurama, kusvikira paropa raZakaria, mwanakonana waBharakia, wamakaponda pakati petembere nearitari.

³⁵that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

³⁶Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Izvi zvose zvichauya pamusoro pezera iri.

³⁶verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁷Jerusarema! Jerusarema! Iwe unouraya vaporofita, nekutaka nemabwe avo vanotumwa kwauri! Ndakange ndichida kazhinji sei kuunganidza vana vako, semhambo inounganidza hukwana dzayo munyasi memapapiro, asi hamuna kuda.

³⁷`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

³⁸Tarirai, imba yenyu yasiiwa kwamuri riri dongo.

³⁸Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

³⁹Nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hamuchazondioni kubva zvino, kusvikira muchiti: Wakaropafadzwa unouya nezita raIshe.

³⁹for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.`