¹Ipapo Jesu wakataura kuzvaunga nekuvadzidzi vake,

¹Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

²achiti: Vanyori nevaFarisi vagere pachigaro chaMozisi;

²saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

³saka zvose chero zvipi zvavanokuudzai kuti muzvichengete, chengetai nekuita; asi musaita semabasa avo; nekuti vanotaura, asi havaiti.

³ All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.

⁴Nekuti vanosunga mitoro inorema uye inorwadza kutakura, vachiisa pamafudzi evanhu, asi havadi kuisudurusa nemumwe wavo.

⁴ For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

⁵Asi mabasa avo ose vanoaita kuti vaonekwe nevanhu; nekuti vanofarisa mafirakitera* avo, vanorebesa mipendero yenguvo dzavo;

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8. broad, enlarge the fringes or, tassels of their garments,

⁶vanoda zvinzvimbo zvakakwirira pazvirairo, nezvigaro zvemberi mumasinagoge,

⁶ and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

⁷nekwaziso pamisika, nekuidzwa nevanhu kuti: Rabhi*, Rabhi.

⁷ the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

⁸Asi imwi musaidzwa Rabhi, nekuti umwe ndiye mudzidzisi wenyu, Kristu; imwi mose muri hama.

⁸ But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

⁹Musaidza munhu panyika baba venyu; nekuti umwe ndiBaba venyu, ivo vari kumatenga.

⁹ Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

¹⁰Musaidzwawo vadzidzisi; nekuti umwe ndiye mudzidzisi wenyu, iye Kristu.

¹⁰ Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

¹¹Asi mukurusa pamuri uchava muranda wenyu.

¹¹ But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

¹²Ani nani unozvikwiridzira uchaderedzwa; ani nani unozvideredza, uchakwiridzirwa.

¹² Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

¹³Asi mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munopfigira vanhu ushe hwekumatenga; nekuti imwi hamupindi, zvekare hamutenderi avo vanopinda kupinda.

¹³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

¹⁴Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, uye muchiita mano-mano eminyengetero mirefu; naizvozvo muchagamuchira kutongwa nekupfuurisa.

¹⁴ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.

¹⁵Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munopoteredza gungwa nenyika kuzoita umwe atendeuke kuva muJudha; kana awanikwa, munomuita mwanakomana wegehena kukunda imwi kaviri.

¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna or, Hell as yourselves.

¹⁶Mune nhamo, vatungamiriri vakapofumara, munoti: Ani nani unopika netembere, hachizi chinhu, asi ani nani unopika nendarama yetembere, une mhosva.

¹⁶ “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

¹⁷Mapenzi nemapofu! Nekuti chikuru ndechipi, ndarama kana tembere inoita ndarama ive tsvene?

¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

¹⁸Uye: Ani nani unopika nearitari, hachizi chinhu; asi ani nani unopika nechipo chiri pamusoro payo, une mhosva.

¹⁸ ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’

¹⁹Mapenzi nemapofu! Nekuti chikuru ndechipi, chipo kana aritari inoita chipo chive chitsvene?

¹⁹ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

²⁰Naizvozvo unopika nearitari, unopika nayo nezvose zviri pamusoro payo.

²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

²¹Neunopika netembere, unopika nayo, neunogara mairi;

²¹ He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living NU reads “lives” in it.

²²neunopika nedenga, unopika nechigaro cheushe chaMwari, neunogara pamusoro pacho.

²² He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

²³Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri, nekuti munopa chegumi cheminte*, neadhiri*, nekumini*, muchirega zvakakosha zvemurairo zvinoti: Kururamisira mhaka, netsitsi, nekutendeka; izvi zvamaifanira kuita nekusarega zvimwe.

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice. and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

²⁴Vatungamiriri mapofu, munomimina rutunga, muchimedza kamera.

²⁴ You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

²⁵Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munonatsa kunze kwemukombe nekwendiro, asi mukati muzere neupambi nekusazvidzora.

²⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. TR reads “self-indulgence” instead of “unrighteousness”

²⁶MuFarisi wakapofumara, tanga kunatsa mukati memukombe nendiro, kuti kunze kwazvo kugochenawo.

²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

²⁷Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti makafanana nemarinda akadzudzurwa akaita machena, anoonekwa akanaka zvirokwazvo kunze, asi mukati muzere nemafupa evakafa netsvina yose.

²⁷ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

²⁸Saizvozvo nemwi munoonekwa kunze makarurama kuvanhu, asi mukati muzere neunyepedzeri neuipi.

²⁸ Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²⁹Mune nhamo, vanyori nevaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nekuti munovaka marinda evaporofita, nekushongedza makuva evakarurama,

²⁹ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

³⁰muchiti: Dai taiva pamazuva emadzibaba edu, tingadai tisina kugoverana navo paropa revaporofita.

³⁰ and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

³¹Saka munopupura nezvenyu kuti muri vanakomana veavo vakauraya vaporofita.

³¹ Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

³²Nemwi chizadzisai chiyero chemadzibaba enyu!

³² Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

³³Imwi nyoka, chizvarwa chezviva, muchatiza sei kutonga kwegehena?

³³ You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna or, Hell ?

³⁴Naizvozvo, tarirai, ini ndinotumira kwamuri vaporofita, nevakachenjera, nevanyori; vamwe vavo vamuchauraya nekuvaroverera pamuchinjikwa; vamwe vavo vamucharova netyava mumasinagoge enyu, nekushusha muguta nemuguta.

³⁴ Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

³⁵Kuti kuuye pamusoro penyu ropa rose revakarurama, rakateurirwa panyika, kubva paropa raAberi wakarurama, kusvikira paropa raZakaria, mwanakonana waBharakia, wamakaponda pakati petembere nearitari.

³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

³⁶Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Izvi zvose zvichauya pamusoro pezera iri.

³⁶ Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

³⁷Jerusarema! Jerusarema! Iwe unouraya vaporofita, nekutaka nemabwe avo vanotumwa kwauri! Ndakange ndichida kazhinji sei kuunganidza vana vako, semhambo inounganidza hukwana dzayo munyasi memapapiro, asi hamuna kuda.

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

³⁸Tarirai, imba yenyu yasiiwa kwamuri riri dongo.

³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

³⁹Nekuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hamuchazondioni kubva zvino, kusvikira muchiti: Wakaropafadzwa unouya nezita raIshe.

³⁹ For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Psalm 118:26