¹Nenguva iyo vadzidzi vakauya kuna Jesu vachiti: Ko ndiani mukurusa paushe hwekumatenga?

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

²Jesu akadanira kwaari mucheche akamumisa pakati pavo.

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

³Akati: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Kana musingashandurwi mukava sevacheche, hamungatongopindi muushe hwekumatenga.

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴Naizvozvo ani nani unozvininipisa semucheche uyu ndiye mukurusa muushe hwekumatenga.

⁴ Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁵Zvino ani nani unogamuchira mucheche umwe wakadai muzita rangu unogamuchira ini.

⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

⁶Asi ani nani unogumbusa umwe wevacheche ava vanotenda kwandiri, zvaiva nani kwaari kuti guyo guru risungirirwe pamutsipa wake, anyudzwe mukudzika kwegungwa.

⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷Une nhamo nyika, nemhaka yezvigumbuso! Nekuti kunodikamwa kuti zvigumbuso zviuye; asi une nhamo munhu uyo chigumbuso wachinouya naye!

⁷ “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

⁸Zvino kana ruoko rwako kana rutsoka rwako zvichikugumbusa, uzvigure urashire kure newe; zviri nani kwauri kuti upinde muupenyu uri mhetamakumbo kana uri chirema pakuti une maoko maviri kana tsoka mbiri ukandirwe mumoto wekusingaperi.

⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

⁹Kana ziso rako richikugumbusa, uridzure urashire kure newe; zviri nani kwauri kuti upinde muupenyu une ziso rimwe pakuti une meso maviri ukandirwe mugehena remoto.

⁹ If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna or, Hell of fire.

¹⁰Chenjerai kuti murege kuzvidza umwe wevaduku ava, nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Kumatenga vatumwa vavo vanogaroona chiso chaBaba vangu vari kumatenga.

¹⁰ See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

¹¹Nekuti Mwanakomana wemunhu wakauya kuzoponesa chakange chakarashika.

¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

¹²Munofunga sei? Kana umwe munhu ane zana remakwai, rimwe rawo rikarashika, haangasii here makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe, akaenda kumakomo kunotsvaka rakarashika?

¹² “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

¹³Kana zvikaitika kuti ariwana, zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Unorifarira kupfuura makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe asina kurashika.

¹³ If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

¹⁴Saizvozvo hakusi kuda kwaBaba venyu vari kumatenga, kuti umwe wevaduku ava aparare.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵Asi kana hama yako yakutadzira, enda umudzore pakati pako naye moga; kana akakunzwa, wawana hama yako.

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

¹⁶Asi kana asinganzwi, tora umwe kana vamwe vaviri newe, kuti nemuromo wezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu shoko rose risimbiswe.

¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

¹⁷Kana asina hanya nekuvanzwa, uudze kereke; asi kana asina hanya nekunzwa kerekewo, ngaave kwauri semuhedheni nemuteresi.

¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Chipi nechipi chamuchasunga panyika, chichasungwa kudenga; uye chipi nechipi chamunosunungura panyika, chichasunungurwa kudenga.

¹⁸ Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

¹⁹Zvekare ndinoti kwamuri: Kana vaviri venyu vakatenderana panyika pamusoro pechinhu chipi nechipi chavanokumbira, chichaitwa kwavari naBaba vangu vari kumatenga.

¹⁹ Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

²⁰Nekuti apo vaviri kana vatatu vakaungana muzita rangu, ipapo ndiripo pakati pavo.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

²¹Zvino Petro wakauya kwaari akati: Ishe, hama yangu ichanditadzira kangani, ndichiikangamwira? Kusvikira kanomwe here?

²¹Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

²²Jesu akati kwaari: Handiti kwauri: Kusvikira kanomwe, asi kusvikira makumi manomwe akapamhidzirwa kanomwe.

²²Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

²³Naizvozvo ushe hwekumatenga hunofananidzwa neumwe mambo, wakange achida kugadzirisa zvemari nevaranda vake.

²³ Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

²⁴Zvino wakati achitanga kugadzirisa zvemari, umwe akauyiswa kwaari wakange ane chikwereti chematarenda* zvuru zvemazana zvinegumi.

²⁴ When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.

²⁵Asi zvaakange asina chaangaripa nacho, ishe wake akaraira kuti atengeswe nemukadzi wake nevana, nezvose zvaakange anazvo, kuti muripo uitwe.

²⁵ But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶Naizvozvo muranda wakawira pasi, akamunamata, achiti: Ishe, ivai nemoyo murefu neni, ndichazokuripirai zvose.

²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

²⁷Zvino ishe wemuranda uyo akamunzwira tsitsi, akamusunungura, akamukangamwira chikwereti.

²⁷ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁸Asi muranda uyo wakati achibuda, akawana umwe muranda waibata pamwe naye, wakange ane ngava kwaari remadhenari* zana; akamubata, akamudzipa, akati: Ndiripe ngava rangu.

²⁸ “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent. and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

²⁹Zvino muranda waibata pamwe naye akawira pasi patsoka dzake akamugombetedza achiti: Uve nemoyo murefu neni, ndichazokuripira zvose.

²⁹ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

³⁰Asi iye haana kutenda, asi wakaenda, akamupotsera mutirongo, kusvikira achizoripa chikwereti.

³⁰ He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

³¹Zvino varanda vaibata pamwe naye vakati vachiona zvakange zvaitika, vakashungurudzika kwazvo, vakaenda vakaudza ishe wavo zvose zvakaitika.

³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

³²Zvino ishe wake wakati amudanira kwaari akati kwaari: Iwe muranda wakaipa, ndakakukangamwira chikwereti icho chose, nekuti wakandigombetedza.

³² Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

³³Ko iwe hauzaifanira kunzwira tsitsi here umwe muranda unobata pamwe newe, seniwo ndakakunzwira tsitsi.

³³ Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

³⁴Zvino ishe wake akatsamwa, akamukumikidza kuvarwadzisi, kusvikira achizoripa zvose zvakafanira kwaari.

³⁴ His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

³⁵Saizvozvo Baba vangu vari kudenga vachakuitiraiwo, kana musingakangamwiri umwe neumwe hama yake zvitadzo zvavo nemoyo yenyu yose.

³⁵ So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”