¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi Jesu wakasimuka akaenda mhiri kwegungwa reGarirea, rinova reTibheriasi.

¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, [or] of Tiberias,

²Zvino chaunga chikuru chikamutevera, nekuti vakaona zviratidzo zvake zvaaiita kune avo vairwara.

²and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

³Jesu ndokukwira mugomo, akagarapo nevadzidzi vake.

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples:

⁴Zvino pasika, mutambo wevaJudha, wakange waswedera.

⁴but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

⁵Zvino Jesu paakasimudza meso, ndokuona kuti chaunga chikuru chinouya kwaari, akati kuna Firipi: Tichatengepi zvingwa, kuti ava vadye?

⁵Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

⁶Wakareva izvozvo achimuidza, nekuti iye waiziva zvaaizoita.

⁶But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.

⁷Firipi akamupindura achiti: Zvingwa zvemadhenari* mazana maviri hazvivakwani, kuti umwe neumwe wavo atore chiduku.

⁷Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].

⁸Umwe wevadzidzi vake, Andiriyasi munin'ina waSimoni Petro, akati kwaari:

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him,

⁹Pane kamukomana pano kane zvingwa zvishanu zvebhari* nehove duku mbiri; asi zvinyi kuvazhinji vakadai?

⁹There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

¹⁰Asi Jesu wakati: Garisai vanhu pasi. Zvino kwakange kune uswa uzhinji panzvimbo iyo. Naizvozvo varume vakagara pasi, muuwandu vachinge zvuru zvishanu.

¹⁰[And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹Zvino Jesu wakatora zvingwa, avonga akagovera kuvadzidzi, vadzidzi vakagovera avo vakange vagere pasi; saizvozvowo zvehove diki zvakawanda sezvavaida.

¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed [them] to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would.

¹²Zvino vakati vaguta, akati kuvadzidzi vake: Unganidzai zvimedu zvasara, kuti kurege kurashika chinhu.

¹²And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.

¹³Naizvozvo vakaunganidza, vakazadza matengu gumi nemaviri nezvimedu zvezvingwa zvishanu zvebhari, zvakasara kune avo vakadya.

¹³They gathered [them] therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.

¹⁴Kuzoti vanhu avo vaona chiratidzo Jesu chaakaita, vakati: Zvirokwazvo uyu ndiye muporofita uchauya panyika.

¹⁴The men therefore, having seen the sign which Jesus had done, said, This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world.

¹⁵Naizvozvo Jesu aziva kuti voda kuuya nekumubata nesimba, kumuita mambo, akasuduruka akaenda mugomo ari oga.

¹⁵Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make [him] king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶Zvino ava madekwana, vadzidzi vake vakaburukira kugungwa,

¹⁶But when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷zvino vapinda muchikepe, vakayambuka gungwa kuuya Kapenaume. Zvino kwakange kwatosviba, asi Jesu wakange asati asvika kwavari.

¹⁷and having gone on board ship, they went over the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them,

¹⁸Gungwa ndokumuka nekuti mhepo huru yaivhuvhuta.

¹⁸and the sea was agitated by a strong wind blowing.

¹⁹Zvino vakati vakwasva masitadhiya* anenge makumi maviri nemashanu kana makumi matatu, vakaona Jesu achifamba pamusoro pegungwa, achiswedera pachikepe; zvino vakatya.

¹⁹Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship; and they were frightened.

²⁰Asi wakati kwavari: Ndini, musatya.

²⁰But he says to them, It is I: be not afraid.

²¹Zvino vakada kumugamuchira muchikepe; pakarepo chikepe chikasvika kunyika kwavakange vachienda.

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land to which they went.

²²Chifume chaunga chakange chimire kune rumwe rutivi rwegungwa, chichiona kuti pakange pasina rimwe igwa ipapo kunze kweriri rimwe makange mapinda vadzidzi vake mariri, uye kuti Jesu haana kupinda nevadzidzi vake mugwa, asi vadzidzi vake vakange vaenda voga,

²²On the morrow the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little ship there except that into which his disciples had got, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the ship, but [that] his disciples had gone away alone;

²³(asi kwakasvika mamwe magwa aibva Tibheriyasi pedo nenzvimbo pavakadya chingwa, mushure mokunge Ishe avonga)

²³(but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks;)

²⁴naizvozvo chaunga chakati chaona kuti Jesu wakange asipo kana vadzidzi vake, ivo vakapindawo mumagwa, vakasvika Kapenaume, vachitsvaka Jesu.

²⁴when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, *they* got into the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵Zvino vamuwana mhiri kwegungwa, vakati kwaari: Rabhi*, masvika pano rinhi?

²⁵And having found him the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when art thou arrived here?

²⁶Jesu akavapindura akati: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Munonditsvaka, kwete nekuti makaona zviratidzo, asi nekuti makadya zvezvingwa mukaguta.

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

²⁷Musashandira chikafu chinoparara, asi chikafu chinogara kusvika kuupenyu hwusingaperi, Mwanakomana wemunhu chaachakupai; nekuti Mwari Baba vakaisa pane uyu mucherechedzo.

²⁷Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even] God.

²⁸Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Tichaitei, kuti tishande mabasa aMwari?

²⁸They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?

²⁹Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Iri ndiro basa raMwari, kuti mutende kune waakatuma iye.

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent.

³⁰Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: Ko imwi munoita chiratidzo chipi kuti tione tikutendei? munoshandei?

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹Madzibaba edu akadya mana* murenje, sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Wakavapa chingwa chakabva kudenga kuti vadye.

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

³²Naizvozvo Jesu akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Mozisi haana kukupai chingwa chakabva kudenga; asi Baba vangu vanokupai chingwa chechokwadi chinobva kudenga.

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, [It is] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

³³Nekuti chingwa chaMwari ndiye unoburuka achibva kudenga achipa upenyu kunyika.

³³For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

³⁴Zvino vakati kwaari: Ishe, tipei chingwa ichi nguva dzose.

³⁴They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.

³⁵Jesu ndokuti kwavari: Ndini chingwa cheupenyu; uyo unouya kwandiri, haangatongovi nenzara; neunotenda kwandiri haangatongovi nenyota.

³⁵[And] Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.

³⁶Asi ndakati kwamuri: Nemwi makandiona, asi hamuna kutenda.

³⁶But I have said to you, that ye have also seen me and do not believe.

³⁷Vose Baba vavanondipa vachauya kwandiri; neunouya kwandiri, handingatongomurasiri kunze.

³⁷All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.

³⁸Nekuti ndakaburuka kudenga, kwete kuti ndiite chido changu, asi chido chaiye wakandituma.

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.

³⁹Zvino ichi ndicho chido chaBaba vakandituma, kuti chose chavakandipa, ndisarasikirwa nechinhu pachiri, asi ndichimutse nezuva rekupedzisira.

³⁹And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

⁴⁰Uye ichi ndicho chido chewakandituma, kuti wose unoona Mwanakomana uye achitenda kwaari, ave neupenyu hwusingaperi, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹Zvino vaJudha vakagunin'ina pamusoro pake, nekuti wakati: Ndini chingwa chakaburuka kubva kudenga.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

⁴²Ndokuti: Uyu haasi iye Jesu Mwanakomana waJosefa, baba namai vake vatinoziva isu here? Zvino iye unogoti sei: Ndakaburuka kubva kudenga.

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does *he* say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³Naizvozvo Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Musagunin'ina pakati penyu.

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴Hakuna munhu unogona kuuya kwandiri, kunze kwekuti Baba vakandituma vamukweva, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁴⁴No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵Zvakanyorwa muvaporofita zvichinzi: Uye vachadzidziswa vose naMwari. Wose naizvozvo wakanzwa naBaba akadzidza, unouya kwandiri.

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father [himself], and has learned [of him], comes to me;

⁴⁶Kwete kuti kune wakaona Baba, kunze kweuyo unobva kuna Mwari, ndiye wakaona Baba.

⁴⁶not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.

⁴⁷Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Unotenda kwandiri, une upenyu hwusingaperi.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes [on me] has life eternal.

⁴⁸Ini ndiri chingwa cheupenyu.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹Madzibaba enyu akadya mana* murenje, asi akafa.

⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.

⁵⁰Ichi chingwa chinoburuka kubva kudenga, kuti munhu adye pachiri agorega kufa.

⁵⁰This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

⁵¹Ini ndini chingwa chipenyu, chakaburuka kubva kudenga; kana munhu achidya zvechingwa ichi, uchararama nekusingaperi. Uye chingwa ini chandichapa, inyama yangu, ini yandichapira upenyu hwenyika.

⁵¹I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

⁵²Naizvozvo vaJudha vakakakavadzana vachiti: Uyu unogona kutipa sei nyama yake tidye?

⁵²The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

⁵³Naizvozvo Jesu wakati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Kunze kwekuti mudye nyama yeMwanakomana wemunhu nekumwa ropa rake, hamuna upenyu mamuri.

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

⁵⁴Unodya nyama yangu nekumwa ropa rangu, une upenyu hwusingaperi, uye ini ndichamumutsa nezuva rekupedzisira.

⁵⁴He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:

⁵⁵Nekuti nyama yangu chikafu zvirokwazvo, neropa rangu chimwiwa zvirokwazvo.

⁵⁵for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.

⁵⁶Unodya nyama yangu nekumwa ropa rangu, unogara mandiri, neni maari.

⁵⁶He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.

⁵⁷Baba vapenyu sezvavakandituma, neni ndinorarama naBaba; naizvozvo unondidya, naiye uchararama neni.

⁵⁷As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.

⁵⁸Ichi chingwa chakaburuka kubva kudenga; hazvina kuita semadzibaba enyu akadya mana* akafa; unodya chingwa ichi, uchararama nekusingaperi.

⁵⁸This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹Zvinhu izvi wakazvireva musinagoge achidzidzisa paKapenaume.

⁵⁹These things he said in [the] synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Naizvozvo vazhinji vevadzidzi vake vakati vachinzwa, vakati: Iri shoko igukutu; ndiani unogona kurinzwa?

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

⁶¹Asi Jesu aziva mukati make kuti vadzidzi vake vanogunin'ina neizvi, wakati kwavari: Izvi zvinokugumbusai kanhi?

⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?

⁶²Ko muchagodini kana muchiona Mwanakomana wemunhu achikwira kwaaiva pakutanga?

⁶²If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?

⁶³Mweya ndiye unoraramisa, nyama haibatsiri chinhu; mashoko ini andinotaura kwamuri, mweya uye upenyu.

⁶³It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

⁶⁴Asi variko vamwe venyu vasingatendi. Nekuti Jesu wakange achiziva kubva pakutanga, kuti ndivanaani vaisatenda, uye kuti ndiani waizomutengesa.

⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would deliver him up.

⁶⁵Akati: Nekuda kwaizvozvi ndati kwamuri: Hakuna munhu unogona kuuya kwandiri, kunze kwekuti azvipiwa naBaba.

⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father.

⁶⁶Kubva ipapo vazhinji vevadzidzi vake vakadzokera shure, vakasazofambazve naye.

⁶⁶From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Naizvozvo Jesu wakati kune vanegumi nevaviri: Imwiwo hamudi kuenda here?

⁶⁷Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?

⁶⁸Zvino Simoni Petro akamupindura, akati: Ishe, tichaenda kuna ani? Mashoko eupenyu hwusingaperi ari kwamuri,

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;

⁶⁹uye isu tinotenda, uye tinoziva kuti ndimwi Kristu Mwanakomana waMwari mupenyu.

⁶⁹and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God.

⁷⁰Jesu akavapindura akati: Ini handina kukusanangurai imwi vanegumi nevaviri here, asi umwe wenyu ndidhiabhorosi.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil.

⁷¹Waireva Judhasi Isikarioti waSimoni; nekuti ndiye waizomutengesa, ari umwe wevanegumi nevaviri.

⁷¹Now he spoke of Judas [the son] of Simon, Iscariote, for he [it was who] should deliver him up, being one of the twelve.