¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi, Ishe wakagadza vamwe makumi manomwewo, akavatuma vaviri vaviri pamberi pechiso chake muguta rimwe nerimwe nenzvimbo imwe neimwe iye kwaakange achizoenda.

¹Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him literally, “before his face” into every city and place, where he was about to come.

²Naizvozvo wakati kwavari: Goho zvirokwazvo iguru, asi vashandi vashoma. Naizvozvo kumbirai Ishe wegoho kuti abudisire vashandi pagoho rake.

²Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

³Endai; tarirai, ini ndinokutumai semakwayana pakati pemapumhi.

³ Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

⁴Musatakura chikwama, kana hombodo, kana manyatera; uye musakwazisa munhu panzira.

⁴ Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

⁵Zvino paimba ipi neipi yamunopinda, tangai mati: Rugare kuimba ino.

⁵ Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁶Uye kana mwanakomana werugare ari ipapo, rugare rwenyu ruchazorora pamusoro payo; kana zvisakadaro, ruchadzokera kwamuri.

⁶ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

⁷Garai muimba iyo, muchidya nekumwa zvinobva kwavari; nekuti mushandi wakafanirwa nemubairo wake; musapota-pota nedzimba.

⁷ Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

⁸Muguta ripi neripi mamunopinda vakakugamuchirai, idyai zvinoiswa mberi kwenyu,

⁸ Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

⁹muporese varwere varimo, muchiti kwavari: Ushe hwaMwari hwaswedera kwamuri.

⁹ Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹⁰Asi muguta ripi neripi ramunopinda, vakasakugamuchirayi, budirai munzira dzaro, muti:

¹⁰ But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,

¹¹Kunyange guruva reguta renyu rakatinamatira, tinorikuhumurira kwamuri; asi muzive chinhu ichi, kuti ushe hwaMwari hwaswedera kwamuri.

¹¹ ‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹²Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Zvicharerukira Sodhoma nezuva iro, kupfuura guta iro.

¹² I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

¹³Une nhamo, Korazini! Une nhamo, Bhetisaidha! Nekuti dai akaitwa muTire neSidoni mabasa esimba akaitwa mamuri, vangadai vatendeuka kare, vakagara vakapfeka masaga nedota.

¹³ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴Asi zvicharerukira Tire neSidoni pakutongwa, kupfuura imwi.

¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵Newe Kapenaume, wakasimudzirwa kudenga, uchawisirwa pasi kuHadhesi*,

¹⁵ You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.

¹⁶Unokunzwai imwi unondinzwa ini; neunokurambai imwi unondiramba ini; neunondiramba ini unomuramba wakandituma.

¹⁶ Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

¹⁷Vanemakumi manomwe vakadzoka nemufaro, vachiti: Ishe, nemadhimoni anozviisa pasi pedu muzita renyu.

¹⁷The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

¹⁸Zvino akati kwavari: Ndakaona Satani semheni achiwa achibva kudenga.

¹⁸He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

¹⁹Tarirai, ndinopa kwamuri simba rekutsika pamusoro penyoka nezvinyavada, nepamusoro pesimba rose remuvengi; hakuna chinhu chingatongokukuvadzai.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

²⁰Asi musafara nechinhu ichi kuti mweya inozviisa pasi penyu; asi zvikuru mufare kuti mazita enyu akanyorwa kumatenga.

²⁰ Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

²¹Neawa iro Jesu wakafara mumweya, akati: Ndinokuvongai, Baba, Ishe wekudenga nenyika, kuti makavanza zvinhu izvi kune vakachenjera nevanonzwisisa, mukazvizarurira vacheche; hongu, Baba, nekuti saizvozvo zvakava zvakanaka pamberi penyu.

²¹In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

²²Zvose zvakakumikidzwa kwandiri naBaba vangu; uye hakuna unoziva kuti Mwanakomana ndiani, kunze kwaBaba, uye kuti Baba ndiani, kunze kweMwanakomana, uye ani nani Mwanakomana waanoda kuzarurira.

²²Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

²³Zvino akatendeukira kuvadzidzi vari vega akati: Akaropafadzwa meso anoona zvamunoona.

²³Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

²⁴Nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Vaporofita vazhinji nemadzimambo vaishuva kuona zvinhu zvamunoona imwi, asi havana kuzviona, nekunzwa zvinhu zvamunonzwa, asi havana kuzvinzwa.

²⁴ for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

²⁵Zvino tarira, imwe nyanzvi yemutemo yakasimuka, ichimuidza, ichiti: Mudzidzisi, ndingaitei kuti ndigare nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi?

²⁵Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶Ndokuti kwaari: Pamurairo pakanyorwei? Unoverenga sei?

²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

²⁷Uye achipindura, akati: Ude Ishe Mwari wako, nemoyo wako wose, uye nemweya wako wose, uye nesimba rako rose, uye nefungwa dzako dzose; neumwe wako sezvaunozvida iwe.

²⁷He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; Deuteronomy 6:5 and your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

²⁸Akati kwaari: Wapindura zvakarurama; ita izvozvo, ugorarama.

²⁸He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

²⁹Iye, achida kuzviruramisa, wakati kuna Jesu: Zvino ndiani umwe wangu?

²⁹But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

³⁰Jesu akapindura akati: Umwe munhu wakaburuka kubva kuJerusarema achienda Jeriko; akawira pakati pemakororo, akamukururawo akamupa mavanga akaenda, ndokusiya oda kufa.

³⁰Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹Zvakangoitikawo kuti umwe mupristi wakange achiburuka nenzira iyo; akati achimuona, akapfuura neparutivi rwakapesa.

³¹ By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³²Saizvozvowo muRevhi asvika panzvimbo iyo, akamuona, akapfuura neparutivi rwakapesa.

³² In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³³Zvino umwe muSamaria, wakange achifamba wakasvika paaiva, akati achimuona akanzwa tsitsi,

³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

³⁴akaswedera ndokupomba mavanga ake, achidira mafuta newaini; akamugadza pachipfuwo chake pachake, ndokumuisa kuimba yevafambi, ndokumuchengeta.

³⁴ came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁵Zvino pamangwana oenda, wakabudisa madhenari* maviri akapa kumwene weimba, akati kwaari: Muchengete; uye zvose zvaunoshandisa kupfuura izvi, ini ndichakupazve, kana ndichidzoka.

³⁵ On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’

³⁶Naizvozvo ndeupi wevatatu ava waunofunga kuti waiva umwe waiye wakawira pakati pemakororo?

³⁶ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

³⁷Akati: Ndiye wakamuitira tsitsi. Ipapo Jesu akati kwaari: Enda, newe unoita saizvozvo.

³⁷He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

³⁸Zvino zvakaitika pakufamba kwavo, kuti iye wakapinda mune umwe musha; umwe mukadzi wainzi Marita akamugamuchira mumba make.

³⁸It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

³⁹Uye iye wakange ane munin'inawo wainzi Maria, wakagarawo pamakumbo aJesu, akanzwa shoko rake.

³⁹She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

⁴⁰Asi Marita wakange akabatikana kwazvo nekushanda kukuru, akaswedera akati: Ishe, hamuna hanya here nekuti munin'ina wangu wandisiya ndoga ndichishanda? Naizvozvo muudzei kuti andibatsire.

⁴⁰But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

⁴¹Jesu akapindura akati kwaari: Marita, Marita, unozvidya moyo nekutambudzika nezvinhu zvizhinji;

⁴¹Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

⁴²asi chinhu chimwe chinodikamwa; asi Maria wasanangura mugove wakanaka, waasingazotorerwi.

⁴² but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”