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 announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,

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

²and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

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

³And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:

⁴Rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani rwakabva kudenga, kana kuvanhu?

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

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

⁵And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

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

⁶but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

⁷Vakapindura, vachiti havazivi kwarwakabva.

⁷And they answered, they did not know whence.

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

⁸And Jesus said to them, Neither do *I* tell 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 to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.

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

¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.

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

¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.

¹²Zvino wakatumazve wechitatu; uyuwo ndokumukuvadza, vakamukandira kunze.

¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast [him] out.

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: perhaps when they see him they will respect [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 among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

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

¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

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

¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

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

¹⁷But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

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

¹⁸Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

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

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

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

²⁰And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and 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 no [man's] person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

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

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

²³Asi wakaziva unyengeri hwavo, ndokuti kwavari: Munondiidzirei?

²³But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?

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

²⁴Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.

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

²⁵And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

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

²⁶And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

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

²⁷And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up [to him],

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.

²⁸demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

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

²⁹There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

³⁰newechipiri akatora mukadzi uyo, naiye akafa asina mwana;

³⁰and the second [took the woman, and *he* died childless];

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

³¹and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

³²Pakupedzisira kwavo vose mukadzi wakafawo.

³²and last of all the woman also died.

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

³³In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

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

³⁴And Jesus said to 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 who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among [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 to 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 rise, even Moses shewed in [the section of] the bush, when he called [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.

³⁸but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.

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

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

⁴⁰Uye havana kuzoshinga kumubvunzazve chinhu.

⁴⁰For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.

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

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

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

⁴²and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand

⁴³kusvikira ndaita vavengi vako chitsiko chetsoka dzako.

⁴³until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?

⁴⁴Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi unomuidza Ishe, ko Mwanakomana wake sei?

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

⁴⁵Zvino vanhu vose vachakateerera, wakati kuvadzidzi vake:

⁴⁵And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

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

⁴⁶Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

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

⁴⁷who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.