¹Zvino wakatanga kutaura kwavari nemifananidzo, achiti: Munhu wakasima munda wemizambiringa, akaisa ruzhowa rwakaukomberedza, akachera pekusvinira waini, akavaka shongwe, akauhaisa* kuvarimi, ndokuenda parwendo.

¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

²Nenguva yakafanira, akatumira muranda kuvarimi, kuti agamuchire kubva kuvarimi zvezvibereko zvemunda wemizambiringa.

²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

³Vakamubata vakarova, vakamurega achienda asina chinhu.

³But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

⁴Akatumazve kwavari umwe muranda; iye vakamuposhera mambwe, vakamukuvadza mumusoro, vakamurega achienda anyadziswa.

⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.

⁵Akatumazve umwe; naiye vakamuuraya; nevamwe vazhinji, vachirova vamwe, nekuuraya vamwe.

⁵And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

⁶Naizvozvo wakange achine mwanakomana umwe mudikamwa wake, akamutumirawo kwavari pakupedzisira, achiti: Vachakudza mwanakomana wangu.

⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

⁷Asi varimi ivavo vakataurirana, vachiti: Uyu ndiye mugari wenhaka; uyai ngatimuurayei, nhaka ichava yedu.

⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

⁸Vakamutora vakauraya, vakaposhera kunze kwemunda wemizambiringa.

⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

⁹Naizvozvo mwene wemunda wemizambiringa uchaitei? Uchauya akaparadza varimi, akapa munda wemizambiringa kune vamwe.

⁹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

¹⁰Ko hamuna kuverenga here rugwaro urwu runoti: Ibwe vavaki ravakarasha, ndiro rava musoro wekona;

¹⁰Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

¹¹izvozvo zvakaitwa naIshe, uye zvinoshamisa pameso edu?

¹¹this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

¹²Zvino vakatsvaka kumubata, asi vakatya chaunga; nekuti vaiziva kuti wakange ataura mufananidzo uyu akanangana navo. Vakamusiya vakaenda.

¹²And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

¹³Zvino vatuma kwaari vamwe vevaFarisi nevevaHerodhe, kuti vamubate pakutaura.

¹³And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

¹⁴Zvino vakati vauya, vakati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, tinoziva kuti ndimwi wechokwadi, hamuna hanya nemunhu; nekuti hamutariri chimiro chemunhu, asi munodzidzisa nzira yaMwari muchokwadi: Zviri pamutemo kupa Kesari mutero here, kana kwete?

¹⁴And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

¹⁵Tipe here, kana tirege kupa? Asi iye wakaziva unyepedzeri hwavo, wakati kwavari: Munondiidzirei? Ndivigirei dhenari*, kuti ndione.

¹⁵Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see [it].

¹⁶Vakariuyisa. Akati kwavari: Mufananidzo uyu nerunyoro urwu ndezvani? Vakati kwaari: ZvaKesari.

¹⁶And they brought [it]. And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

¹⁷Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Dzoserai kuna Kesari zvinhu zvaKesari, nekuna Mwari zvinhu zvaMwari. Vakashamisika naye.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them, Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. And they wondered at him.

¹⁸Zvino kwakauya kwaari vaSadhusi, vanoti hakuna kumuka kwevakafa, vakamubvunza vachiti:

¹⁸And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

¹⁹Mudzidzisi, Mozisi wakatinyorera kuti: Kana mukoma wemunhu akafa, akasiya mukadzi, akasasiya vana, kuti munin'ina wake atore mukadzi wake, amutsire mukoma wake mbeu.

¹⁹Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁰Zvino kwakange kune vanakomana vanomwe vemunhu umwe; wekutanga akawana mukadzi, akafa akasasiya mbeu.

²⁰There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

²¹Wechipiri akamutora, akafa, uyu akasasiyawo mbeu; newechitatu saizvozvo.

²¹and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.

²²Nevanomwe vose vakamutora, vakasasiya mbeu; shure kwevose mukadzi akafawo.

²²And the seven [took her and] did not leave seed. Last of all the woman also died.

²³Naizvozvo pakumuka kwevakafa, kana vachimuka, uchava mukadzi wani kwavari? Nekuti vanomwe vakava naye kuita mukadzi.

²³In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

²⁴Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Hamuna kurashika here naizvozvo, nekuti hamuzivi magwaro kana simba raMwari?

²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Do not ye therefore err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?

²⁵Nekuti kana vachimuka kuvakafa, havawanani, kana kuwaniswa, asi vakaita savatumwa vari kumatenga.

²⁵For when they rise from among [the] dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels [who are] in the heavens.

²⁶Zvino maererano nevakafa, kuti vanomutswa, hamuna kurava here mubhuku raMozisi, kuti Mwari wakataura naye sei mugwenzi, achiti: Ndiri Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho?

²⁶But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the section of] the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, *I* [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

²⁷Haazi Mwari wevakafa, asi Mwari wevapenyu; imwi naizvozvo marashika kwazvo.

²⁷He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. *Ye* therefore greatly err.

²⁸Zvino umwe wevanyori wakasvika, wakati anzwa vachirangana, achiziva kuti wakange avapindura zvakanaka, akamubvunza achiti: Ndeupi murairo wekutanga kune yose?

²⁸And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?

²⁹Jesu akamupindura, achiti: Wokutanga kumirayiro yose ndiwoyu: Inzwa Israeri, Ishe Mwari wedu, ndiIshe umwe chete!

²⁹And Jesus answered him, [The] first commandment of all [is], Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

³⁰Uye ida Ishe Mwari wako nemoyo wako wose, uye nemweya wako wose, uye nefungwa dzako dzose, uye nesimba rako rose. Uyu murairo wekutanga.

³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is [the] first commandment.

³¹Newechipiri wakadai ndeuyu: Ida umwe wako sezvaunozvida. Hakuna umwe murairo mukuru kune iyeyi.

³¹And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

³²Zvino munyori akati kwaari: Zvakanaka, Mudzidzisi, mareva zvirokwazvo kuti kuna Mwari umwe chete, uye hakuna umwe kunze kwake;

³²And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to [the] truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;

³³nekumuda nemoyo wose, uye nefungwa dzose, uye nemweya wose, uye nesimba rose, nekuda wekwako sewe, zvinopfuura zvipiriso zvose zvinopiswa nezvibayiro.

³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

³⁴Zvino Jesu wakati achimuona kuti wapindura nenjere, akati kwaari: Hausi kure neushe hwaMwari. Kukasava nemunhu shure kweizvozvo wakazotsunga kumubvunza.

³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

³⁵Zvino Jesu wakati achidzidzisa mutembere, akapindura akati: Vanyori vanoreva sei kuti Kristu mwanakomana waDhavhidhi?

³⁵And Jesus answering said [as he was] teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

³⁶Nekuti Dhavhidhi amene wakati neMweya Mutsvene: Ishe wakati kuna Ishe wangu: Gara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi, kusvikira ndaita vavengi vako chitsiko chetsoka dzako.

³⁶[for] David himself said [speaking] in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet.

³⁷Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi amene unomuidza Ishe, ko mwanakomana wake papi? Chaunga chikuru chikamunzwa nemufaro.

³⁷David himself [therefore] calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the mass of the people heard him gladly.

³⁸Zvino wakati kwavari padzidziso yake: Chenjerai vanyori, vanoda kufamba nenguvo refu, nekwaziso pamisika,

³⁸And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

³⁹nezvigaro zvemberi mumasingagoge, nezvinzvimbo zvakakwirira pazvirairo;

³⁹and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

⁴⁰vanodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, uye nekunyepedzera vachiita minyengetero mirefu; ivava vachagamuchira kurashwa kukuru kwazvo.

⁴⁰who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

⁴¹Jesu akagara pasi akatarisana nechivigiro chezvipo, akatarira kuti chaunga chinokanda sei mari muchivigiro; zvino vafumi vazhinji vakange vachikanda zvizhinji.

⁴¹And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.

⁴²Zvino kwakasvika imwe chirikadzi murombo, ikakanda tumari twemhangura tuviri tuduku, ndiro kobiri.

⁴²And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

⁴³Akadanira vadzidzi vake kwaari, akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Chirikadzi iyi murombo yakanda zvizhinji kupfuura vose vakanda muchivigiro chezvipo;

⁴³And having called his disciples to [him] he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

⁴⁴nekuti vose vakanda pamuraudziro wavo; asi iye paurombo hwake wakanda zvose zvaanazvo, zvose zveupenyu hwake.

⁴⁴for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.