¹Nekuti ushe hwekumatenga hwakafanana nemunhu, mwene weimba, wakabuda mangwanani-ngwanani kunopinza basa vashandi mumunda wake wemizambiringa.

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

²Wakati atenderana nevabati padhenari* pazuva, akavatuma kumunda wake wemizambiringa.

² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³Akabuda neawa rinenge rechitatu, akaona vamwe vamire pamusika, vasina chekuita;

³ He went out about the third hour, Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

⁴akati kwavariwo: Endai imwiwo mumunda wemizambiringa, ndigokupai chero zvakafanira. Vakaendawo.

⁴ To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

⁵Akabudazve neawa rinenge rechitanhatu nerepfumbamwe, akaita saizvozvo.

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, noon and 3:00 P. M. and did likewise.

⁶Zvino neawa rinenge regumi nerimwe wakabuda, akawana vamwe vamire vasina chekuita, akati kwavari: Makamirirei pano zuva rose musina chekuita?

⁶ About the eleventh hour 5:00 PM he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

⁷Vakati kwaari: Nekuti hapana munhu wakatipinza basa. Akati kwavari: Endai nemwiwo mumunda wemizambiringa, muchagamuchira zvose zvakafanira.

⁷ “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

⁸Kuzoti ava madekwana, mwene wemunda wemizambiringa wakati kumutariri wake: Dana vabati, uvape mubairo, uchitanga kune vekupedzisira, kusvikira kune vekutanga.

⁸ When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

⁹Zvino vakati vachiuya veawa rinenge regumi nerimwe, vakagamuchira umwe neumwe dhenari*.

⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

¹⁰Asi vekutanga vakati vachiuya, vakafunga kuti vachagamuchira zvakapfuura; asi ivo vakagamuchira umwe neumwe dhenari*.

¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

¹¹Vakati vagamuchira vakagunun'unira mwene weimba,

¹¹ When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

¹²vachiti: Ava vekupedzisira, vakabata awa rimwe chete, asi mavaenzanisa nesu takatakura mutoro wezuva nekupisa.

¹² saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

¹³Asi wakapindura akati kune umwe wavo: Shamwari, handikuitiri zvisakarurama; hauna kutenderana here neni padhenari*?

¹³ “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

¹⁴Tora zvako uende; ndinoda kupa kune uyu wekupedzisira sewewo.

¹⁴ Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

¹⁵Ko handitenderwi kuita zvandinoda nezvangu here? Ziso rako rakaipa, nekuti ini ndakanaka here?

¹⁵ Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

¹⁶Saizvozvo vekupedzisira vachava vekutanga, nevekutanga vekupedzisira; nekuti vazhinji vakadamwa, asi vashoma vachasarudzwa.

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁷Jesu wakati okwira kuJerusarema akatora vadzidzi gumi nevaviri vari vega munzira, akati kwavari:

¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

¹⁸Tarirai, tinokwira kuJerusarema, zvino Mwanakomana wemunhu uchakumikidzwa kuvapristi vakuru nevanyori, vachamutongera rufu.

¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

¹⁹Vachamukumikidza kuvahedheni, kuti vasveveredze, varove netyava, nekuroverera pamuchinjikwa; asi nezuva retatu uchamuka.

¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

²⁰Zvino kwakauya kwaari mai vevanakomana vaZebhedhi nevanakomana vavo, vakagwadama vachikumbira chimwe chinhu kwaari.

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

²¹Akati kwavari: Munodei? Vakati kwaari: Rairai kuti vanakomana vangu ava vaviri vagare, umwe kuruoko rwenyu rwerudyi, umwe kuruboshwe, muushe hwenyu.

²¹He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

²²Asi Jesu akapindura, akati: Hamuzivi chamunokumbira. Mungagona kumwa mukombe wandichamwa ini here, uye kubhabhatidzwa nerubhabhatidzo rwandinobhabhatidzwa narwo ini? Vakati kwaari: Tinogona.

²²But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”

²³Akati kwavari: Muchamwa zvirokwazvo mukombe wangu, nekubhabhatidzwa nerubhabhatidzo rwandinobhabhatidzwa narwo ini; asi kugara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi, nekuruboshwe rwangu, hazvisi zvangu kuti ndipe, asi ndezvevakazvigadzirirwa naBaba vangu.

²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²⁴Vanegumi vakati vanzwa, vakatsamwira avo mukoma nemunin'ina vaviri.

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁵Asi Jesu akavadanira kwaari, akati: Munoziva kuti vatungamiriri vechirudzi vanovatsikirira, nevakuru vanoratidza simba pamusoro pavo.

²⁵But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁶Asi hazvingazodaro pakati penyu; asi ani nani unoda kuva mukuru pakati penyu, ngaave mushandiri wenyu.

²⁶ It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be” your servant.

²⁷Ani nani unoda kuva wekutanga pakati penyu, ngaave muranda wenyu.

²⁷ Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

²⁸SeMwanakomana wemunhu usina kuuya kuzoshandirwa, asi kuzoshandira, nekupa upenyu hwake rwuve rudzikinuro rwevazhinji.

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

²⁹Vakati vachibuda Jeriko, chaunga chikuru chikamutevera.

²⁹As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³⁰Zvino tarira, mapofu maviri agere parutivi rwenzira, akati achinzwa kuti Jesu wopfuura, akadanidzira, achiti: Tinzwirei tsitsi, Ishe, Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi!

³⁰Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³¹Chaunga chikaatsiura kuti anyarare; asi akanyanya kudanidzira, achiti: Tinzwirei tsitsi, Ishe, Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi!

³¹The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³²Jesu ndokumira, akaadana, akati: Munoda kuti ndikuitirei?

³²Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³³Akati kwaari: Ishe, kuti meso edu asvinudzwe:

³³They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³⁴Jesu akanzwa tsitsi, akabata meso awo; pakarepo meso awo akaonazve, akamutevera.

³⁴Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.