¹Zvino zvakaitika apo Jesu apedza mashoko iwayo, akabva Garirea, akasvika kumiganhu yeJudhiya mhiri kweJoridhani.

¹It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

²Zvaunga zvikuru zvikamutevera, akazviporesapo.

²Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

³VaFarisi vakauyawo kwaari, vachimuidza vachiti kwaari: Zvinotenderwa here kumunhu kuramba mukadzi wake nemhaka ipi neipi?

³Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

⁴Akapindura, akati kwavari: Hamuna kurava here, kuti uyo wakavaita kubva pakutanga wakavaita murume nemukadzi?

⁴He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, Genesis 1:27

⁵Akati: Nekuda kwaizvozvi munhu uchasiya baba namai, uye uchanamatira kumukadzi wake; avo vaviri vachava nyama imwe.

⁵ and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’ Genesis 2:24

⁶Naizvozvo havachisiri vaviri, asi nyama imwe. Naizvozvo izvo Mwari zvaakabatanidza ngakurege kuva nemunhu unoparadzanisa.

⁶ So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

⁷Vakati kwaari: Mozisi wakagorairei kupa rugwaro rwekurambana, nekumuramba?

⁷They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”

⁸Akati kwavari: Nekuda kweukukutu hwemoyo yenyu Mozisi wakakutenderai kuramba vakadzi venyu; asi kubva pakutanga zvakange zvisina kudaro.

⁸He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

⁹Asi ndinoti kwamuri: Ani nani unoramba mukadzi wake, kunze kwemhaka yeupombwe, akawana umwe, unopomba; neunowana wakarambwa unopomba.

⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

¹⁰Vadzidzi vake vakati kwaari: Kana nyaya yemunhu nemukadzi yakadaro, hazvibatsiri kuwana.

¹⁰His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

¹¹Asi akati kwavari: Vose havagamuchiri shoko iri, kunze kwevakaripiwa.

¹¹But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

¹²Nekuti kune vakachekwa, vakaberekwa vakadaro kubva mudumbu ramai; uye kune vakachekwa, vakaitwa vakachekwa nevanhu; uye kune vakachekwa vakazviita vakachekwa nekuda kweushe hwekumatenga. Unogona kugamuchira izvi, ngaagamuchire.

¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

¹³Zvino kwakauyiswa kwaari vana vaduku, kuti aise maoko pamusoro pavo, anyengetere; asi vadzidzi vakavatsiura.

¹³Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴Asi Jesu wakati: Tenderai vana vaduku, musavadzivisa kuuya kwandiri; nekuti ushe hwekumatenga ndehwevakadai.

¹⁴But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

¹⁵Akaisa maoko pamusoro pavo, akabvapo.

¹⁵He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

¹⁶Zvino tarira, kwakaswedera umwe akati kwaari: Mudzidzisi wakanaka, ndingaita chinhu chakanaka chipi kuti ndive neupenyu husingaperi?

¹⁶Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

¹⁷Akati kwaari: Unondiidzirei wakanaka? Hakuna wakanaka, kunze kweumwe, ndiye Mwari. Asi kana uchida kupinda muupenyu, chengeta mirairo.

¹⁷He said to him, “Why do you call me good? So MT and TR. NU reads “Why do you ask me about what is good?” No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸Akati kwaari: Ipi? Jesu ndokuti: Usauraya, usapomba, usaba, usapupura nhema;

¹⁸He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

¹⁹kudza baba vako namai, uye, ude umwe wako sezvaunozvida iwe.

¹⁹ ‘Honor your father and mother.’ Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Leviticus 19:18

²⁰Jaya rikati kwaari: Izvozvo zvose ndakazvichengeta kubva pauduku hwangu; ndichiri kushaiwei?

²⁰The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

²¹Jesu akati kwariri: Kana uchida kuva wakaperera, enda utengese zvaunazvo upe varombo, uye uchava nefuma kudenga; ugouya pano unditevere.

²¹Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

²²Asi jaya rakati ranzwa shoko iro rikaenda richishungurudzika; nekuti rakange rine nhumbi zhinji.

²²But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

²³Jesu akati kuvadzidzi vake: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Mufumi ucharemerwa kupinda muushe hwekumatenga.

²³Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

²⁴Ndinotizve kwamuri: Zvakarerukira kamera kudarika nemuburi retsono, kumufumi kupinda muushe hwaMwari.

²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁵Vadzidzi vake vakati vazvinzwa, vakashamisika kwazvo, vachiti: Ndiani ungagona kuponeswa?

²⁵When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁶Asi Jesu wakatarira akati kwavari: Kuvanhu izvi hazvibviri, asi kuna Mwari zvose zvinobvira.

²⁶Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷Ipapo Petro akapindura, akati kwaari: Tarirai, isu takasiya zvose, tikakuteverai; tichagowanei?

²⁷Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”

²⁸Jesu akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Imwi makanditevera, pakuberekwa kutsva kana Mwanakomana wemunhu achizogara pachigaro cheushe chekubwinya kwake, imwiwo muchagara pazvigaro zveushe gumi nezviviri, muchitonga marudzi gumi nemaviri aIsraeri.

²⁸Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹Uye umwe neumwe wakasiya dzimba, kana vanin'ina nemadzikoma, kana hanzvadzi, kana baba, kana mai, kana mukadzi, kana vana, kana minda, nekuda kwezita rangu, uchagamuchira zvine zana, akagara nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi.

²⁹ Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

³⁰Asi vazhinji vekutanga vachava vekupedzisira, nevekupedzisira vekutanga.

³⁰ But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.