¹Zvino panguva iyo kwakange kune vamwe vakamuudza zvevaGarirea, ropa ravo Pirato raakange avhenganisa nezvibayiro zvavo.

¹Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

²Zvino Jesu achipindura wakati kwavari: Munofunga kuti vaGarirea avo vaiva vatadzi kupfuura vaGarirea vose here, nokuti vakatambudzika zvinhu zvakadai?

²Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

³Kwete, ndinoti kwamuri: Asi kana musingatendeuki, mose muchaparara saizvozvo.

³ I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

⁴Kana vaya gumi nevasere, rusvingo parwakawira pamusoro pavo muSiroami, rwukavauraya, munofunga kuti ivo vakange vari vadariki kukunda vanhu vose vaigara muJerusarema here?

⁴ Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

⁵Kwete, ndinoti kwamuri: Asi kana musingatendeuki, mose muchaparara saizvozvo.

⁵ I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”

⁶Zvino wakataura mufananidzo uyu akati: Umwe wakange ane muonde, wakange wakasimwa mumunda wake wemizambiringa; akasvika achitsvaka chibereko kwauri, asi wakashaiwa.

⁶He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

⁷Zvino wakati kumurimi wemunda wemizambiringa: Tarira, makore matatu ndichiuya ndichitsvaka chibereko pamuonde uyu, ndikashaiwa; uteme, unourayirei kunyange ivhu?

⁷ He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’

⁸Iye achipindura wakati kwaari: Ishe, muregei gore rinowo, kusvikira nditimbe ndichiupoteredza, nekuuisa mupfudze;

⁸ He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

⁹zvino kana ukabereka chibereko, zvakanaka; asi kana zvikasadaro, shure kweizvozvo mungazoutema henyu.

⁹ If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”

¹⁰Zvino waiva achidzidzisa mune rimwe remasinagoge nesabata;

¹⁰He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

¹¹zvino tarira, kwaiva kune mukadzi waiva nemweya weundonda makore gumi nemasere, wakange akakombama musana, asingatongogoni kutasamuka.

¹¹Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

¹²Zvino Jesu wakati achimuona, akamudanira kwaari, akati kwaari: Mukadzi, wasunungurwa paundonda hwako.

¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”

¹³Ndokuisa maoko pamusoro pake; pakarepo akatasanudzwa, akarumbidza Mwari.

¹³He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

¹⁴Asi mutungamiriri wesinagoge wakapindura akatsamwa nekuti Jesu wakaporesa nesabata, akati kuchaunga: Pane mazuva matanhatu anofanira kubatwa nawo; naizvozvo uyai naiwayo muporeswe, asi kwete nemusi wesabata.

¹⁴The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

¹⁵Naizvozvo Ishe wakamupindura, akati: Munyepedzeri, umwe neumwe wenyu haangasununguri nzombe yake kana mbongoro pachidyiro nesabata, akaitungamidza kunoimwisa here?

¹⁵Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

¹⁶Zvino uyu, ari mukunda waAbhurahamu, Satani waakange akasunga, tarira, makore gumi nemasere, hazvina kufanira kuti asunungurwe pachisungo ichi nesabata here?

¹⁶ Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷Zvino achireva zvinhu izvi, vapikisi vake vose vakanyadziswa; asi chaunga chose chakafara nezvinhu zvose zvinorumbidzwa zvakaitwa naye.

¹⁷As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹⁸Zvino akati: Ushe hwaMwari hwakaita sei? Uye ndichahwufananidza nei?

¹⁸He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁹Hwakaita setsanga yemasitadha, munhu yaakatora akakanda mubindu rake; ikakura, ikaita muti mukuru, neshiri dzekudenga dzikavaka matendere pamatavi awo.

¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”

²⁰Akatizve: Ndichahwufananidza nei ushe hwaMwari?

²⁰ Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

²¹Hwakaita sembiriso, mukadzi yaakatora akaiisa muzviyero zvitatu zveupfu, kusvikira hwose hwaviriswa.

²¹ It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel of flour, until it was all leavened.”

²²Zvino wakafamba achipfuura mumaguta nemisha achidzidzisa, ari munzira kuenda kuJerusarema.

²²He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

²³Umwe ndokuti kwaari: Ishe, vachaponeswa vashoma here? Akati kwavari:

²³One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,

²⁴Rwisai kupinda nesuwo rakamanikana; nekuti vazhinji, ndinoti kwamuri, vachatsvaka kupinda, asi havangagoni.

²⁴ “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

²⁵Shure kwekunge mwene weimba asimuka avhara mukova, zvino mukatanga kumira kunze nekugogodza pamukova, muchiti: Ishe, Ishe, tizarurirei; iye agopindura achiti kwamuri: Handikuziviyi kwamunobva.

²⁵ When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶Ipapo muchatanga kuti: Takadya nekumwa pamberi penyu, uye makadzidzisa panzira dzekwedu.

²⁶ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

²⁷Asi uchati: Ndinoti kwamuri: Handikuziviyi kwamunobva; ibvai kwandiri imwi mose vaiti vezvakaipa.

²⁷ He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

²⁸Apo pachava nekuchema nekugeda-geda kwemeno, kana moona Abhurahamu naIsaka naJakobho nevaporofita vose muushe hwaMwari, asi imwi marasirwa kunze.

²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

²⁹Uye vachabva kumabvazuva nemavirira, uye kubva kumaodzanyemba nechamhembe, vachagara pakudya muushe hwaMwari.

²⁹ They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

³⁰Zvino tarirai, varipo vekupedzisira vachava vekutanga, uye varipo vekutanga vachava vekupedzisira.

³⁰ Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

³¹Nezuva iroro kwakasvika vamwe vaFarisi, vachiti kwaari: Budai mubve pano, nekuti Herodhe unoda kukuurayai.

³¹On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”

³²Akati kwavari: Endai, munoudza gava iro, muti: Tarira, ndinobudisa madhimoni nekuita kuporesa nhasi namangwana, neretatu ndinopedzeredza.

³²He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.

³³Asi zvakafanira kuti ndifambe nhasi namangwana nerinotevera, nekuti hazvigoneki kuti muporofita apararire kunze kweJerusarema.

³³ Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’

³⁴Jerusarema, Jerusarema, iwe unouraya vaporofita, nekutaka nemabwe avo vanotumwa kwauri! Ndakange ndichida kazhinji sei kuunganidza vana vako semhambo hukwana dzayo pasi pemapapiro, asi hamuna kuda.

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

³⁵Tarirai, imba yenyu yasiiya kwamuri riri dongo; asi zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Hamuchazondioni, kusvikira zvasvika kuti muti: Ngaarumbidzwe iye unouya nezita raIshe!

³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Psalm 118:26