¹Zvino wakavaudzawo mufananidzo kuti vanofanira kunyengetera nguva dzose, uye vasaora moyo,

¹He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

²achiti: Kwaiva mune rimwe guta neumwe mutongi, wakange asingatyi Mwari, uye asingaremekedzi munhu;

²saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man.

³zvino kwakange kune chirikadzi muguta iro, yakange ichiuya kwaari, ichiti: Ndiruramisirei kumuvengi wangu.

³ A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

⁴Asi wakange asingadi kwenguva; asi pashure pezvinhu izvi wakati mukati make: Kunyange ndisingatyi Mwari, uye ndisingaremekedzi munhu;

⁴ He wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

⁵asi nekuti chirikadzi iyi inonditambudza, ndichairuramisira, zvimwe pakupedzisira ingandisvota.

⁵ yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”

⁶Ishe ndokuti: Inzwai mutongi usakarurama zvaanoreva.

⁶The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

⁷Ko Mwari haangaruramisiri here vakasanangurwa vake, vanodana kwaari masikati neusiku, kunyange achivanonokera?

⁷ Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

⁸Ndinoti kwamuri: Uchakurumidza kuvaruramisira. Asi kana Mwanakomana wemunhu achisvika, uchawana rutendo panyika here?

⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

⁹Zvino wakareva mufananidzo uyu kune vamwewo vaizvivimba kuti vakarurama, vachizvidza vamwe, akati:

⁹He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

¹⁰Vanhu vaviri vakakwira kutembere kunonyengetera; umwe muFarisi, uye umwe muteresi.

¹⁰ “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

¹¹MuFarisi wakamira akazvinyengeterera zvinhu izvi, akati: Mwari, ndinokutendai kuti handina kufanana nevamwe vanhu, makororo, vasakarurama, mhombwe, kana kunyange semuteresi uyu.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

¹²Ndinotsanya kaviri pavhiki, ndinopa chegumi chezvose zvandinowana.

¹² I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

¹³Asi muteresi amire kure wakasada kunyange kusimudzira meso kudenga, asi wakarova pachifuva chake, achiti: Mwari, ndinzwirei tsitsi ini mutadzi.

¹³ But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

¹⁴Ndinoti kwamuri: Uyu wakaburukira kumba kwake aruramiswa pane uya; nekuti umwe neumwe unozvikwiridzira uchaninipiswa, uye unozvininipisa uchakwiridzirwa.

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹⁵Zvino vakauyisa kwaari vachechewo, kuti avabate; asi vadzidzi vakati vachizviona, vakavatsiura.

¹⁵They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

¹⁶Asi Jesu wakadanira vacheche kwaari akati: Tenderai vacheche vauye kwandiri, musavadzivisa, nekuti ushe hwaMwari ndehwevakadai.

¹⁶Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁷Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Ani nani usingagamuchiri ushe hwaMwari semucheche, haangatongopindi mahwuri.

¹⁷ Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

¹⁸Zvino umwe mutungamiriri wakamubvunza, achiti: Mudzidzisi wakanaka, ndiitei kuti ndigare nhaka yeupenyu hwusingaperi?

¹⁸A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁹Jesu ndokuti kwaari: Unondiidzirei wakanaka? Hakuna wakanaka, kunze kweumwe, Mwari.

¹⁹Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

²⁰Mirairo unoiziva, inoti: Usaita upombwe, usauraya, usaba, usapupura nhema, kudza baba vako namai vako.

²⁰ You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’” Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

²¹Iye ndokuti: Izvi zvose ndakazvichengeta kubva pauduku hwangu.

²¹He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”

²²Zvino Jesu wakati achinzwa zvinhu izvi akati kwaari: Uchiri kushaiwa chinhu chimwe; tengesa zvose zvaunazvo, ugovere varombo, uye uchava nefuma yakakosha kudenga; ugouya pano wonditevera.

²²When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”

²³Zvino wakati anzwa zvinhu izvi, akashungurudzika zvikuru; nekuti wakange akafuma zvikuru.

²³But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

²⁴Zvino Jesu wakati achiona kuti washungurudzika zvikuru akati: Zvicharemera sei vane fuma kupinda muushe hwaMwari.

²⁴Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

²⁵Nekuti zvakareruka kuti kamera ripinde richidarika nemuburi retsono, kumufumi kupinda muushe hwaMwari.

²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁶Zvino avo vakanzwa, vakati: Zvino ndiani unogona kuponeswa?

²⁶Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁷Asi iye akati: Zvinhu zvisingagoneki nevanhu, zvinogoneka naMwari.

²⁷But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

²⁸Petro ndokuti: Tarirai, isu takasiya zvose, tikakuteverai.

²⁸Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.”

²⁹Zvino akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna munhu wakasiya imba, kana vabereki, kana madzikoma nevaninina, kana mukadzi, kana vana, nekuda kweushe hwaMwari,

²⁹He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake,

³⁰usingazogamuchiri zvakapetwa kazhinji nenguva ino, nemunguva inouya upenyu hwusingaperi.

³⁰ who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”

³¹Zvino wakatora vanegumi nevaviri, akati kwavari: Tarirai, tinokwira kuJerusarema, uye zvinhu zvose zvakanyorwa nevaporofita maererano neMwanakomana wemunhu zvichazadziswa.

³¹He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

³²Nekuti uchakumikidzwa kune vechirudzi, agosekwa, nekuitirwa zvakaipa, nekupfirwa,

³² For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

³³uye vachamurova netyava nekumuuraya; uye pazuva retatu uchamukazve.

³³ They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”

³⁴Asi ivo havana kunzwisisa chinhu chimwe cheizvozvi, uye shoko iri rakange rakavanzwa kwavari, uye havana kunzwisisa zvinhu zvakarehwa.

³⁴They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.

³⁵Zvino zvakaitika oswedera Jeriko, rimwe bofu raigara padivi penzira richipemha;

³⁵It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

³⁶rakati richinzwa chaunga chichipfuura, rikabvunza kuti chinyi ichi.

³⁶Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

³⁷Zvino vakariudza kuti: Jesu weNazareta unopfuura.

³⁷They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

³⁸Zvino rakadanidzira richiti: Jesu Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, ndinzwirei tsitsi!

³⁸He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹Zvino vakange vakatungamira vakaritsiura kuti rinyarare; asi iro rakanyanyisa kudanidzira, richiti: Mwanakomana waDavidhi, ndinzwirei tsitsi!

³⁹Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰Zvino Jesu wakamira, akaraira kuti riuyiswe kwaari; zvino rakati raswedera akaribvunza,

⁴⁰Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,

⁴¹achiti: Unoda kuti ndikuitirei? Zvino rakati: Ishe, kuti ndionezve.

⁴¹ “What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”

⁴²Jesu ndokuti kwaari: Chionazve! Rutendo rwako rwakuponesa.

⁴²Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”

⁴³Pakarepo rikaonazve, rikamutevera, richirumbidza Mwari; vanhu vose vakati vachizviona vakarumbidza Mwari.

⁴³Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.