¹Zvino Jesu wakatungamirirwa neMweya kurenje kuti anoidzwa nadhiabhorosi.

¹Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

²Zvino wakati atsanya mazuva makumi mana neusiku makumi mana, akazonzwa nzara.

²and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

³Zvino muidzi wakati auya kwaari, akati: Kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari, raira kuti mabwe awa aite zvingwa.

³And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God — speak that these stones may become loaves.`

⁴Asi iye wakapindura akati: Kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Munhu haangararami nechingwa choga, asi neshoko rimwe nerimwe rinobuda mumuromo maMwari.

⁴But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.`

⁵Zvino dhiabhorosi akamutora akamuisa muguta dzvene, akamumisa pachiruvu chetembere,

⁵Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

⁶ndokuti kwaari: Kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari, zvikandire pasi; nekuti kwakanyorwa kuti: Iye ucharaira vatumwa vake pamusoro pako, pamaoko vachakugamha, zvimwe ungagumbusa rutsoka rwako pabwe.

⁶and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God — cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.`

⁷Jesu akati kwaari: Kwakanyorwa zvekare: Usaidza Ishe Mwari wako.

⁷Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.`

⁸Dhiabhorosi akamuisazve pagomo refusa, akamuratidza ushe hwose hwenyika, nekubwinya kwahwo.

⁸Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

⁹Akati kwaari: Zvose zvinhu izvi ndichapa kwauri kana ukawira pasi ukandinamata.

⁹and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.`

¹⁰Ipapo Jesu akati kwaari: Ibva, Satani, nekuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Uchanamata Ishe Mwari wako, uchashumira iye woga.

¹⁰Then saith Jesus to him, `Go — Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.`

¹¹Ipapo dhiabhorosi akamusiya; zvino tarira, vatumwa vakauya vakamushandira.

¹¹Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

¹²Zvino Jesu wakati anzwa kuti Johwani wakumikidzwa mutirongo, akabva akaenda Garirea.

¹²And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

¹³Zvino wakabva Nazareta, akauya akagara muKapenaumi riri pagungwa, mumiganhu yeZebhuroni neNafitarimi;

¹³and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

¹⁴kuti zvizadziswe zvakarehwa naIsaya muporofita, achiti:

¹⁴that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁵Nyika yeZebhuroni nenyika yeNefitarimi, panzira yegungwa, mhiri kwaJoridhani, Garirea revahedheni;

¹⁵`Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! —

¹⁶vanhu vakange vagere murima vakaona chiedza chikuru; nevakange vagere panharaunda nemumumvuri werufu, chiedza chakabudira kwavari.

¹⁶the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death — light arose to them.`

¹⁷Kubvira panguva iyoyo Jesu wakatanga kuparidza nekuti: Tendeukai, nekuti ushe hwekumatenga hwaswedera.

¹⁷From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.`

¹⁸Zvino Jesu wakati achifamba-famba pagungwa reGarirea akaona vanakomana vemunhu umwe vaviri, Simoni anonzi Petro, naAndiriya munin'ina wake, vachikandira mumbure mugungwa; nekuti vakange vari varedzi.

¹⁸And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea — for they were fishers —

¹⁹Akati kwavari: Nditeverei, ndigokuitai varedzi vevanhu.

¹⁹and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,`

²⁰Pakarepo vakasiya mimbure vakamutevera.

²⁰and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

²¹Zvino wakati apfuurira kubva ipapo akaona vamwe vaviri vanakomana vemunhu umwe, Jakobho waZebhedhi naJohwani munin'ina wake muchikepe pamwe naZebhedhi baba vavo, vachigadzira mimbure yavo, akavadana.

²¹And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,

²²Pakarepo vakasiya chikepe nababa vavo vakamutevera.

²²and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

²³Jesu akapota neGarirea rose achidzidzisa mumasinagoge avo, nekuparidza evhangeri yeushe, achiporesa denda roga roga neurwere hwoga hwoga pavanhu.

²³And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,

²⁴Shoko rake rikabudira kuSiria yose; vakauyisa kwaari varwere vose, vakabatwa nehosha dzakasiyana-siyana nemarwadzo, nevakange vane madhimoni, nevaiva nezvipusha, nevakange vakafa mitezo; akavaporesa.

²⁴and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

²⁵Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvakamutevera, vaibva Garirea, neDhekapori, neJerusarema, neJudhiya, nemhiri kwaJoridhani.

²⁵And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.