¹Zvino wakataurawo kuvadzidzi vake achiti: Kwakange kune umwe munhu mufumi, waiva nemutariri; iye wakapomerwa kwaari seunoparadza nhumbi dzake.

¹He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

²Zvino wakamudana akati kwaari: Chii ichi chandinonzwa nezvako? Rondedzera nezveutariri hwako; nekuti hauchazogoni kuva mutariri.

² He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

³Zvino mutariri wakati mukati make: Ndichaitei, sezvo ishe wangu wonditorera utariri? Handigoni kuchera, kupemha ndinonyara.

³ “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

⁴Ndaziva zvandichaita, kuti kana ndabudiswa pautariri, vandigamuchire mudzimba dzavo.

⁴ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

⁵Zvino wakadanira kwaari umwe neumwe wakange ane chikwereti kuna ishe wake, akati kune wekutanga: Une chikwereti chakadini kuna ishe wangu?

⁵ Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

⁶Iye ndokuti: Zviyero zana zvemafuta. Ndokuti kwaari: Tora rugwaro rwako, ugare pasi nekukurumidza unyore makumi mashanu.

⁶ He said, ‘A hundred batos 100 batos is about 395 litres or 104 U. S. gallons. of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

⁷Ndokuti kune umwe: Newe, une chikwereti chakadini? Iye ndokuti: Zviyero zana zvezviyo. Akati kwaari: Tora rugwaro rwako, unyore makumi masere.

⁷ Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

⁸Zvino Ishe wakarumbidza mutariri usakarurama, nekuti wakange aita nekuchenjera; nekuti vana venyika ino vakachenjera pazera ravo kukunda vana vechiedza.

⁸ “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

⁹Neni ndinoti kwamuri: Muzviitire shamwari nafuma wekusakarurama, kuti kana musingachagoni, vakugamuchirei mudzimba dzekusingaperi.

⁹ I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

¹⁰Wakatendeka pachidukusa wakatendekawo pachikuru, neusakarurama pachidukusa haana kururamawo pachikuru.

¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

¹¹Naizvozvo kana musina kutendeka pana fuma usakarurama, ndiani uchakubatisai chinhu chechokwadi?

¹¹ If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹²Uye kana musina kutendeka pane cheumwe, ndiani uchakupai chenyu?

¹² If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

¹³Hakuna muranda unogona kubatira vana tenzi vaviri; nekuti zvimwe uchavenga umwe, ndokuda umwe; kana kuti uchanamatira kune umwe agozvidza umwe. Hamugoni kubatira Mwari nafuma.

¹³ No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon “Mammon” refers to riches or a false god of wealth. .”

¹⁴Zvino nevaFarisi vakange vari vadi vemari, vakanzwa zvinhu izvi zvose, vakamunyomba.

¹⁴The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

¹⁵Zvino wakati kwavari: Imwi ndimwi vanozviruramisa pamberi pevanhu, asi Mwari unoziva moyo yenyu; nekuti icho chinokwiridzirwa pakati pevanhu, chinyangadzo pamberi paMwari.

¹⁵He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁶Murairo nevaporofita zvaivapo kusvikira kuna Johwani; kubva ipapo evhangeri neushe hwaMwari zvinoparidzwa, uye umwe neumwe unosenerera mahwuri.

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

¹⁷Asi zvakareruka kuti denga nenyika zvipfuure, pakuti chidodzi chimwe chemurairo chiwe.

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

¹⁸Ani nani unoramba mukadzi wake akawana umwe unoita upombwe; uye ani nani unowana wakarambwa kumurume unoita upombwe.

¹⁸ Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

¹⁹Kwakange kune umwe munhu mufumi, waipfeka zvine ruvara rwehute nemicheka yerineni yakapfava, nekufara paumbozha mazuva ose.

¹⁹ “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

²⁰Zvino kwakange kune umwe mupemhi wainzi Razaro, wakange akaiswa pasuwo rake azere maronda,

²⁰ A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²¹uye waishuva kugutswa nezvimedu zvaiwa patafura yemufumi; kunyange imbwa dzaiuya dzichinanzwa maronda ake.

²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²²Zvino zvakaitika kuti mupemhi wakafa, akatakurirwa nevatumwa kuchifuva chaAbhurahamu; mufumi akafawo, akavigwa.

²² It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

²³Zvino ari muhadhesi* wakasimudza meso ake, ari pamarwadzo, ndokuona Abhurahamu ari kure, naRazaro ari pachifuva chake.

²³ In Hades or, Hell , he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

²⁴Iye ndokudanidzira akati: Baba Abhurahamu, ndinzwirei tsitsi, mutume Razaro, kuti anyike muromo wemumwe wake mumvura, atonhodze rurimi rwangu; nekuti ndinorwadziswa mumurazvo uyu.

²⁴ He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

²⁵Asi Abhurahamu wakati: Mwana, rangarira kuti iwe muupenyu hwako wakagamuchira zvakanaka zvako, saizvozvo naRazaro zvakaipa; asi zvino iye unonyaradzwa, uye iwe unorwadziwa.

²⁵ “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

²⁶Uye pamusoro peizvi zvose, pakati pedu nemwi pane mukaha mukuru wakaiswa, kuti vanoda kuyambuka kubva kuno vachiuya kwamuri vakonewe, neveko varege kuyambukira kwatiri.

²⁶ Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

²⁷Iye ndokuti: Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai, baba, kuti mumutumire kuimba yababa vangu,

²⁷ “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;

²⁸nekuti ndine vanakomana vamai vangu vashanu, kuti anyatsovapupurira, zvimwe ivowo vangauya panzvimbo ino yemarwadzo.

²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

²⁹Abhurahamu akati kwaari: Mozisi nevaporofita vanavo; ngavanzwe ivo.

²⁹ “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

³⁰Iye ndokuti: Kwete, Baba Abhurahamu; asi kana umwe akaenda kwavari kubva kuvakafa, vachatendeuka.

³⁰ “He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

³¹Asi wakati kwaari: Kana vasingateereri Mozisi nevaporofita, havangatendiswi, kana umwe akamuka kuvakafa.

³¹ “He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”