¹Zvino kwakaunganira kwaari vaFarisi nevamwe vevanyori vaibva kuJerusarema;

¹And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

²vakati vaona vamwe vevadzidzi vake vachidya zvingwa nemaoko ane tsvina, ndiko kuti asina kushambwa, vakasvora.

²and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

³Nekuti vaFarisi, nevaJudha vose, havadyi kunze kwekuti vashamba maoko kwazvo, vachibatirira tsika dzevakuru.

³(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

⁴Kana vachibva pamusika, kunze kwekuti vashamba, havadyi; nezvimwe zvinhu zvizhinji zviripo zvavakange vagamuchira kuti vazvichengete, zvinoti: Kusuka mikombe, nehari, nemidziyo yendarira, nenhovo.

⁴and [when they come] from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

⁵Ipapo vaFarisi nevanyori vakamubvunza, vachiti: Nemhaka yei vadzidzi venyu vasingafambi netsika yevakuru, asi vanodya chingwa nemaoko asina kushambwa?

⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

⁶Asi wakapindura akati kwavari: Isaya wakaporofita zvakanaka pamusoro penyu imwi vanyepedzeri, sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Zera iri rinondikudza nemiromo, asi moyo wavo uri kure neni.

⁶And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

⁷Asi vanondinamata pasina, vachidzidzisa dzidziso, dziri mirairo yevanhu.

⁷But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

⁸Nekuti munosiya mirairo yaMwari, muchibatirira tsika yevanhu, sekusuka hari nemikombe, nezvimwe zvizhinji zvakadaro munozviita.

⁸Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

⁹Zvino akati kwavari: Munoramba nemazvo murairo waMwari, kuti muchengete tsika yenyu.

⁹And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

¹⁰Nekuti Mozisi wakati: Kudza baba vako namai vako; uye: Unotuka baba kana mai, unofanira kufa rufu.

¹⁰For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

¹¹Asi imwi munoti: Kana munhu achiti kuna baba kana mai: Chinhu chipi nechipi chamunobatsirwa nacho neni "iKorbani*", ndokuti chipo kuna Mwari,

¹¹but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];

¹²hamuchamutenderi kuitira baba vake kana mai vake chinhu,

¹²ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

¹³muchishayisa shoko raMwari maturo netsika dzenyu dzamunogamuchidzana; nezvinhu zvizhinji zvakadaro munozviita.

¹³making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

¹⁴Zvino wakati adanira kwaari chaunga chose akati kwavari: Nditeererei mose, munzwisise.

¹⁴And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

¹⁵Hapana chinhu chinobva kunze kwemunhu chinopinda maari chingamusvibisa; asi zvinhu zvinobuda maari, ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu.

¹⁵there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

¹⁶Kana aripo ane nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

¹⁶[If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.]

¹⁷Zvino wakati apinda mumba achibva kuchaunga, vadzidzi vake vakamubvunza pamusoro pemufananidzo.

¹⁷And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

¹⁸Akati kwavari: Saizvozvo nemwi hamunzwisisi here? Hamunzwisisi here kuti chose chinobva kunze chichipinda mumunhu hachigoni kumusvibisa?

¹⁸And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;

¹⁹Nekuti hachipindi mumoyo make, asi mudumbu; chichibuda kunze, achinatsa zvikafu zvose.

¹⁹because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.

²⁰Ndokubva ati: Icho chinobuda mumunhu, ndicho chinosvibisa munhu.

²⁰And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹Nekuti kubva mukati mumoyo wevanhu munobuda mifungo yakaipa, upombwe, ufeve, umhondi,

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

²²umbavha, ruchiva, kuipa, kunyengera, meso-meso, ziso rakaipa, kunyomba, kuzvikudza, upenzi;

²²covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

²³zvose zvinhu izvi zvakaipa zvinobva mukati, zvichisvibisa munhu.

²³all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

²⁴Zvino kubva ipapo wakasimuka akaenda kumiganhu yeTire neSidoni; akapinda mumba, asingadi kuti pave neunozviziva, asi akakoniwa kuvanzika.

²⁴And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.

²⁵Nekuti mukadzi, waiva nemukunda muduku wakange ane mweya wetsvina, wakanzwa nezvake, akauya akawira patsoka dzake.

²⁵But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

²⁶Uye mukadzi waiva muGiriki, muSirofenike pachizvarwa; akamukumbirisa kuti abudise dhimoni pamukunda wake.

²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷Asi Jesu akati kwaari: Regai vana vatange kuguta, nekuti hazvina kunaka kutora chingwa chevana, ndokukandira kuimbwanana.

²⁷And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

²⁸Akapindura akati kwaari: Hongu, Ishe; kunyange nembwanana dziri pasi petafura dzinodya zvezvimedu zvevana.

²⁸But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²⁹Akati kwaari: Nekuda kweshoko iri, enda; dhimoni rabva pamukunda wako.

²⁹And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰Akabva akaenda kumba kwake, akawana dhimoni rabuda, mukunda avete panhovo.

³⁰And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

³¹Zvino wakatizve achibva kumiganhu yeTire neSidhoni, akauya kugungwa reGarirea, nepakati pemiganhu yeDhekapori.

³¹And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

³²Vakauisa kwaari umwe waiva matsi waikakamira, vakamukumbirisa kuti aise ruoko pamusoro pake.

³²And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.

³³Akamutora ari oga kubva pachaunga, akapinza mimwe yake munzeve dzake, akapfira, ndokubata rurimi rwake.

³³And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;

³⁴Atarira kumusoro kudenga, akagomera, akati kwaari: "Efata"; ndiko kuti: Zarurwa!

³⁴and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵Pakarepo nzeve dzake dzakazarurwa, chisungo cherurimi rwake chikasunungurwa, akataura zvakarurama.

³⁵And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

³⁶Ndokuvaraira, kuti varege kuudza munhu; asi pakunyanya kuvaraira, vakanyanya zvikuru kuparidza izvozvo.

³⁶And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.

³⁷Vakashamisika zvikuru kwazvo, vachiti: Wakaita zviri zviviri zvakanaka; wakaita matsi kuti dzinzwe, nezvimumumu kuti zvitaure.

³⁷And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.