¹Zvino wakatangazve kudzidzisa pagungwa; kukaungana kwaari chaunga chikuru zvekuti wakapinda muchikepe akagara mugungwa; uye chaunga chese chakange chiri pagungwa panyika.

¹Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

²Akavadzidzisa zvinhu zvizhinji nemifananidzo, akati kwavari padzidziso yake:

²He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

³Teererai; tarirai, mukushi wakabuda kunokusha.

³ “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

⁴Zvino zvakaitika pakukusha, imwe yakawira parutivi rwenzira; shiri dzekudenga dzikauya dzikaidya dzikaipedza.

⁴ and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds TR adds “of the air” came and devoured it.

⁵Asi imwe yakawira panzvimbo dzine mabwe, payakange isina ivhu zhinji; pakarepo ikamera, nekuti yakange isina udziku hwevhu;

⁵ Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

⁶asi zuva rakati rabuda, yakapiswa, uye nekuti yakange isina mudzi ikasvava.

⁶ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷Uye imwe yakawira pamhinzwa, mhinzwa ikakura ikaivhunga, ikasabereka chibereko.

⁷ Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸Uye imwe yakawira muvhu rakanaka; ikabereka chibereko chakakura ikawedzera, ikabereka, imwe makumi matatu, neimwe makumi matanhatu, neimwe zana.

⁸ Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”

⁹Ndokuti kwavari: Une nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

⁹He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰Zvino wakati ava oga, vakange vakamukomba nevanegumi nevaviri vakamubvunza zvemufananidzo.

¹⁰When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

¹¹Uye akati kwavari: Kwamuri kwakapiwa kuziva chakavanzika cheushe hwaMwari; asi kune avo vari kunze, zvose zvinoitwa nemifananidzo;

¹¹He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

¹²kuti vachiona vaone asi varege kuonesesa, vachinzwa vanzwe asi vasinganzwisisi, zvimwe chero nguva varege kutendeuka, vakangamwirwe zvivi.

¹² that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’” Isaiah 6:9-10

¹³Zvino akati kwavari: Hamuzivi mufananidzo uyu here? Zvino muchaziva sei mifananidzo yose?

¹³He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

¹⁴Mukushi unokusha shoko.

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.

¹⁵Zvino ava ndivo veparutivi rwenzira, apo panokushwa shoko, uye kana vachirinzwa, pakarepo Satani unouya ndokubvisa shoko rakakushwa mumoyo yavo.

¹⁵ The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

¹⁶Uye saizvozvo ava ndivo vakakushwa panzvimbo dzine mabwe, ivo kana vanzwa shoko, pakarepo vanorigamuchira nemufaro,

¹⁶ These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

¹⁷asi havana mudzi mavari, asi ndevenguva; pashure kana matambudziko nekushushwa zvichiuya nekuda kweshoko, pakarepo vanogumburwa.

¹⁷ They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

¹⁸Zvino ava ndivo vanokushwa mumhinzwa, vanonzwa shoko,

¹⁸ Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

¹⁹asi kuzvidya moyo kwezvenyika ino nekunyengera kwefuma neruchiva pamusoro pezvimwe zvinhu zvichipinda, zvichivhunga shoko, rova risingabereki.

¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²⁰Naava ndivo vakakushwa muvhu rakanaka, ndivo vanonzwa shoko, ndokugamuchira, vagobereka chibereko, umwe makumi matatu, uye umwe makumi matanhatu, uye umwe zana.

²⁰ Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

²¹Zvino wakati kwavari: Mwenje unouiswa kuti uiswe pasi pedengu kana pasi pemubhedha here? Kwete kuti uiswe pachigadziko chemwenje here?

²¹He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres) or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

²²Nekuti hapana chakavigwa chisingazovhundunurwi, kana chakachengetwa chakavanda, asi kuti zvibude pachena.

²² For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

²³Kana munhu ane nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴Zvino wakati kwavari: Chenjererai zvamunonzwa; nechiyero chamunoyera nacho chichayerwa kwamuri, nekwamuri imwi munonzwa, chichawedzerwa.

²⁴He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

²⁵Nekuti ani nani unacho uchapiwa; asi usina uchatorerwa kunyange nechaanacho.

²⁵ For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁶Zvino akati: Hwakadaro ushe hwaMwari, sezvinonzi munhu unokusha mbeu muvhu.

²⁶He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

²⁷Zvino ovata nekumuka usiku nemasikati, mbeu inomera ichikura iye asingazivi kuti sei.

²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how.

²⁸Nekuti ivhu rinozviberekera chibereko pacharo, pakutanga chipande, pashure hura, pashure zviyo zvakakora pahura.

²⁸ For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

²⁹Asi kana chibereko chaibva, pakarepo unotuma jeko nekuti kukohwa kwasvika.

²⁹ But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

³⁰Zvino wakati: Tichafananidza nei ushe hwaMwari? Tingahuenzanisa nemuenzaniso upi?

³⁰He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

³¹Setsanga yemasitadha*, iyo kana ichidzvarwa muvhu, idukusa kumbeu dzose dzepanyika;

³¹ It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

³²asi kana yadzvarwa, inokura ichiva huru kumirivo yose, ichiita matavi makuru zvekuti shiri dzekudenga dzinogona kuvakira pamumvuri wawo.

³² yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”

³³Zvino nemifananidzo mizhinji yakadaro, akataura shoko kwavari, sepavaigona kunzwa napo.

³³With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁴Asi kunze kwemifananidzo haana kutaura kwavari; asi vava vega, wakadudzira vadzidzi vake zvose.

³⁴Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

³⁵Zvino nezuva iroro ava madekwana, wakati kwavari: Ngatiyambukire mhiri.

³⁵On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

³⁶Vakarega chaunga chichiinda, vakaenda naye akangodaro muchikepe. Zvino kwaivawo nemamwe magwa naye.

³⁶Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

³⁷Zvino kwakamuka dutu guru remhepo, mafungu akazviroverera muchikepe, zvekuti chakange zvino chozadzwa.

³⁷A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

³⁸Asi iye wakange ari shure muchikepe avete pamutsago; vakamumutsa, vakati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, hamuna hanya kuti toparara here?

³⁸He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

³⁹Akamuka akatsiura mhepo, akati kugungwa: Nyarara, gadzikana! Mhepo ikamira, kukava nekudzikama kukuru.

³⁹He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰Ndokuti kwavari: Munotyirei zvakadaro? Hamuna rutendo sei?

⁴⁰He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

⁴¹Vakatya nekutya kukuru, vakati umwe kune umwe: Zvino ndiani uyu, kuti kunyange mhepo negungwa zvinomuteerera?

⁴¹They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”