¹Zvino zvakaitika parimwe remazuva iwayo, achidzidzisa vanhu mutembere nekuparidza evhangeri, vapristi vakuru nevanyori vakasvika nevakuru,

¹And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

²ndokutaura kwaari vachiti: Tiudzei, munoita zvinhu izvi nesimba ripi, kana ndiani iye wakakupai simba iri?

²and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

³Zvino wakapindura akati kwavari: Ini ndichakubvunzaiwo shoko rimwe; uye mundiudze:

³And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

⁴Rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani rwakabva kudenga, kana kuvanhu?

⁴The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

⁵Zvino vakarangana, vachiti: Kana tikati: Kudenga; uchati: Naizvozvo makaregerei kumutenda?

⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

⁶Asi kana tikati: Kuvanhu; vanhu vose vachatitaka nemabwe; nekuti vaiva nechokwadi kuti Johwani waiva muporofita.

⁶But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

⁷Vakapindura, vachiti havazivi kwarwakabva.

⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was].

⁸Jesu ndokuti kwavari: Neni handikuudzii kuti ndinoita zvinhu izvi nesimba ripi.

⁸And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

⁹Zvino wakatanga kuudza vanhu mufananidzo uyu: Umwe munhu wakasima munda wemizambiringa, akauhaisa kuvarimi, akaenda parwendo nguva refu;

⁹And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

¹⁰nenguva yakafanira wakatuma muranda kuvarimi, kuti vamupe zvechibereko chemunda wemizambiringa; asi varimi vakamurova, vakamuendesa asina chinhu.

¹⁰And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹¹Zvino wakatumazve umwe muranda; naiye vakamurovawo vakamunyadzisa, vakamuendesa asina chinhu.

¹¹And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

¹²Zvino wakatumazve wechitatu; uyuwo ndokumukuvadza, vakamukandira kunze.

¹²And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.

¹³Zvino mwene wemunda wemizambiringa wakati: Ndichaitei? Ndichatuma mwanakomana wangu unodikamwa, zvimwe vakaona iye vachamukudza.

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

¹⁴Asi varimi vakati vachimuona vakarangana, vachiti: Uyu ndiye mugari wenhaka; uyai, ngatimuuraye, kuti nhaka igova yedu.

¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

¹⁵Vakamukandira kunze kwemunda wemizambiringa, vakauraya. Naizvozvo mwene wemunda wemizambiringa uchavaitirei?

¹⁵And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

¹⁶Uchauya, ndokuparadza varimi ivava, agopa munda wemuzambiringa vamwe. Zvino vachinzwa, vakati: Zvisadaro!

¹⁶He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

¹⁷Asi wakavatarisa, akati: Naizvozvo chii ichi chakanyorwa, chinoti: Ibwe vavaki ravakaramba, ndiro rava musoro wekona?

¹⁷But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

¹⁸Wose unowira pamusoro pebwe iro, uchavhuniwavhuniwa; asi ani nani warinowira pamusoro richamukuya.

¹⁸Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

¹⁹Zvino vapristi vakuru nevanyori neawa iroro vakatsvaka kuisa maoko paari, asi vakatya vanhu; nekuti vakaziva kuti wakareva mufananidzo uyo akanangana navo.

¹⁹And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

²⁰Vakamucherekedza, vakatumira vashori vakanyepedzera kuva vakarurama, kuti vamubate pakutaura, kuti vamukumikidze kuushe nesimba remutungamiriri.

²⁰And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

²¹Zvino vakamubvunza, vachiti: Mudzidzisi, tinoziva kuti munotaura nekudzidzisa zvakarurama, uye hamugamuchiri chiso, asi munodzidzisa nzira yaMwari muchokwadi.

²¹And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person [of any], but of a truth teachest the way of God:

²²Zviri pamutemo here kwatiri kupa mutero kuna Kesari, kana kwete?

²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

²³Asi wakaziva unyengeri hwavo, ndokuti kwavari: Munondiidzirei?

²³But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,

²⁴Ndiratidzei dhenari*; Rine mufananidzo nerunyoro rwaani? Vakapindura vakati: ZvaKesari.

²⁴Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar's.

²⁵Ndokuti kwavari: Naizvozvo dzorerai kuna Kesari zvinhu zvaKesari, nekuna Mwari zvinhu zvaMwari.

²⁵And he said unto them, Then render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.

²⁶Vakakoniwa kumubata neshoko rake pamberi pevanhu; vakashamisika nemhinduro yake; vakanyarara.

²⁶And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

²⁷Zvino kwakaswedera vamwe vevaSadhusi, vanoramba kuti kune kumuka kwevakafa, ndokumubvunza,

²⁷And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;

²⁸vachiti: Mudzidzisi, Mozisi wakatinyorera kuti: Kana mukoma wemunhu akafa ane mukadzi, asi iye akafa asina vana, munin'ina wake atore mukadzi, amutsire mukoma wake mbeu.

²⁸and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁹Naizvozvo kwakange kune vanakomana vemunhu umwe vanomwe; wekutanga ndokutora mukadzi, akafa asina vana;

²⁹There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

³⁰newechipiri akatora mukadzi uyo, naiye akafa asina mwana;

³⁰and the second:

³¹newechitatu akamutora. Zvikadarowo nevanomwe, uye vakasasiya vana, vakafa.

³¹and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

³²Pakupedzisira kwavo vose mukadzi wakafawo.

³²Afterward the woman also died.

³³Naizvozvo pakumuka kwevakafa, uchava mukadzi waani kwavari? Nekuti vanomwe vakava naye semukadzi.

³³In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

³⁴Zvino Jesu wakapindura akati kwavari: Vana venyika ino vanowana, vanowaniswa;

³⁴And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

³⁵asi avo vachanzi vakafanira kuwana nyika iyo nekumuka kuvakafa havawani kana kuwaniswa;

³⁵but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

³⁶nekuti havagoni kufazve; nekuti vakaita sevatumwa, uye vanakomana vaMwari, vari vanakomana vekumuka kwevakafa.

³⁶for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

³⁷Asi kuti vakafa vanomutswa, kunyange Mozisi wakaratidza pagwenzi, paakaidza Ishe Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho.

³⁷But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in [the place concerning] the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

³⁸Nekuti haazi Mwari wevakafa, asi wevapenyu; nekuti vose vanoraramira iye.

³⁸Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

³⁹Zvino vamwe vevanyori vakapindura vakati: Mudzidzisi, mataura zvakanaka.

³⁹And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

⁴⁰Uye havana kuzoshinga kumubvunzazve chinhu.

⁴⁰For they durst not any more ask him any question.

⁴¹Zvino wakati kwavari: Vanoreva sei kuti Kristu Mwanakomana waDavhidhi?

⁴¹And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?

⁴²Nekuti Dhavhidhi pachake wakareva mubhuku reMapisarema achiti: Ishe wakati kuna Ishe wangu: Gara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi,

⁴²For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

⁴³kusvikira ndaita vavengi vako chitsiko chetsoka dzako.

⁴³Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.

⁴⁴Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi unomuidza Ishe, ko Mwanakomana wake sei?

⁴⁴David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

⁴⁵Zvino vanhu vose vachakateerera, wakati kuvadzidzi vake:

⁴⁵And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,

⁴⁶Chenjerai vanyori, vanoda kufamba nenguvo refu, uye vanoda kwaziso pamisika, nezvigaro zvepamusorosa mumasinagoge, nezvigaro zvemberi pazvirairo;

⁴⁶Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

⁴⁷vanodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, vanonyepedzera nekuita minyengetero mirefu; ivavo vachagamuchira kurashwa kukuru.

⁴⁷who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.