¹He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

¹Zvino wakatanga kutaura kwavari nemifananidzo, achiti: Munhu wakasima munda wemizambiringa, akaisa ruzhowa rwakaukomberedza, akachera pekusvinira waini, akavaka shongwe, akauhaisa* kuvarimi, ndokuenda parwendo.

² When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

²Nenguva yakafanira, akatumira muranda kuvarimi, kuti agamuchire kubva kuvarimi zvezvibereko zvemunda wemizambiringa.

³ They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

³Vakamubata vakarova, vakamurega achienda asina chinhu.

⁴ Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

⁴Akatumazve kwavari umwe muranda; iye vakamuposhera mambwe, vakamukuvadza mumusoro, vakamurega achienda anyadziswa.

⁵ Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

⁵Akatumazve umwe; naiye vakamuuraya; nevamwe vazhinji, vachirova vamwe, nekuuraya vamwe.

⁶ Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

⁶Naizvozvo wakange achine mwanakomana umwe mudikamwa wake, akamutumirawo kwavari pakupedzisira, achiti: Vachakudza mwanakomana wangu.

⁷ But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

⁷Asi varimi ivavo vakataurirana, vachiti: Uyu ndiye mugari wenhaka; uyai ngatimuurayei, nhaka ichava yedu.

⁸ They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁸Vakamutora vakauraya, vakaposhera kunze kwemunda wemizambiringa.

⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

⁹Naizvozvo mwene wemunda wemizambiringa uchaitei? Uchauya akaparadza varimi, akapa munda wemizambiringa kune vamwe.

¹⁰ Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

¹⁰Ko hamuna kuverenga here rugwaro urwu runoti: Ibwe vavaki ravakarasha, ndiro rava musoro wekona;

¹¹ This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?” Psalm 118:22-23

¹¹izvozvo zvakaitwa naIshe, uye zvinoshamisa pameso edu?

¹²They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

¹²Zvino vakatsvaka kumubata, asi vakatya chaunga; nekuti vaiziva kuti wakange ataura mufananidzo uyu akanangana navo. Vakamusiya vakaenda.

¹³They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

¹³Zvino vatuma kwaari vamwe vevaFarisi nevevaHerodhe, kuti vamubate pakutaura.

¹⁴When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

¹⁴Zvino vakati vauya, vakati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, tinoziva kuti ndimwi wechokwadi, hamuna hanya nemunhu; nekuti hamutariri chimiro chemunhu, asi munodzidzisa nzira yaMwari muchokwadi: Zviri pamutemo kupa Kesari mutero here, kana kwete?

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

¹⁵Tipe here, kana tirege kupa? Asi iye wakaziva unyepedzeri hwavo, wakati kwavari: Munondiidzirei? Ndivigirei dhenari*, kuti ndione.

¹⁶They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

¹⁶Vakariuyisa. Akati kwavari: Mufananidzo uyu nerunyoro urwu ndezvani? Vakati kwaari: ZvaKesari.

¹⁷Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

¹⁷Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Dzoserai kuna Kesari zvinhu zvaKesari, nekuna Mwari zvinhu zvaMwari. Vakashamisika naye.

¹⁸There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

¹⁸Zvino kwakauya kwaari vaSadhusi, vanoti hakuna kumuka kwevakafa, vakamubvunza vachiti:

¹⁹“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

¹⁹Mudzidzisi, Mozisi wakatinyorera kuti: Kana mukoma wemunhu akafa, akasiya mukadzi, akasasiya vana, kuti munin'ina wake atore mukadzi wake, amutsire mukoma wake mbeu.

²⁰There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

²⁰Zvino kwakange kune vanakomana vanomwe vemunhu umwe; wekutanga akawana mukadzi, akafa akasasiya mbeu.

²¹The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

²¹Wechipiri akamutora, akafa, uyu akasasiyawo mbeu; newechitatu saizvozvo.

²²and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.

²²Nevanomwe vose vakamutora, vakasasiya mbeu; shure kwevose mukadzi akafawo.

²³In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”

²³Naizvozvo pakumuka kwevakafa, kana vachimuka, uchava mukadzi wani kwavari? Nekuti vanomwe vakava naye kuita mukadzi.

²⁴Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

²⁴Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Hamuna kurashika here naizvozvo, nekuti hamuzivi magwaro kana simba raMwari?

²⁵ For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

²⁵Nekuti kana vachimuka kuvakafa, havawanani, kana kuwaniswa, asi vakaita savatumwa vari kumatenga.

²⁶ But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ Exodus 3:6 ?

²⁶Zvino maererano nevakafa, kuti vanomutswa, hamuna kurava here mubhuku raMozisi, kuti Mwari wakataura naye sei mugwenzi, achiti: Ndiri Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho?

²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

²⁷Haazi Mwari wevakafa, asi Mwari wevapenyu; imwi naizvozvo marashika kwazvo.

²⁸One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

²⁸Zvino umwe wevanyori wakasvika, wakati anzwa vachirangana, achiziva kuti wakange avapindura zvakanaka, akamubvunza achiti: Ndeupi murairo wekutanga kune yose?

²⁹Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

²⁹Jesu akamupindura, achiti: Wokutanga kumirayiro yose ndiwoyu: Inzwa Israeri, Ishe Mwari wedu, ndiIshe umwe chete!

³⁰ you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Deuteronomy 6:4-5 This is the first commandment.

³⁰Uye ida Ishe Mwari wako nemoyo wako wose, uye nemweya wako wose, uye nefungwa dzako dzose, uye nesimba rako rose. Uyu murairo wekutanga.

³¹ The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Leviticus 19:18 There is no other commandment greater than these.”

³¹Newechipiri wakadai ndeuyu: Ida umwe wako sezvaunozvida. Hakuna umwe murairo mukuru kune iyeyi.

³²The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

³²Zvino munyori akati kwaari: Zvakanaka, Mudzidzisi, mareva zvirokwazvo kuti kuna Mwari umwe chete, uye hakuna umwe kunze kwake;

³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

³³nekumuda nemoyo wose, uye nefungwa dzose, uye nemweya wose, uye nesimba rose, nekuda wekwako sewe, zvinopfuura zvipiriso zvose zvinopiswa nezvibayiro.

³⁴When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” No one dared ask him any question after that.

³⁴Zvino Jesu wakati achimuona kuti wapindura nenjere, akati kwaari: Hausi kure neushe hwaMwari. Kukasava nemunhu shure kweizvozvo wakazotsunga kumubvunza.

³⁵Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

³⁵Zvino Jesu wakati achidzidzisa mutembere, akapindura akati: Vanyori vanoreva sei kuti Kristu mwanakomana waDhavhidhi?

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ Psalm 110:1

³⁶Nekuti Dhavhidhi amene wakati neMweya Mutsvene: Ishe wakati kuna Ishe wangu: Gara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi, kusvikira ndaita vavengi vako chitsiko chetsoka dzako.

³⁷ Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.

³⁷Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi amene unomuidza Ishe, ko mwanakomana wake papi? Chaunga chikuru chikamunzwa nemufaro.

³⁸In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

³⁸Zvino wakati kwavari padzidziso yake: Chenjerai vanyori, vanoda kufamba nenguvo refu, nekwaziso pamisika,

³⁹ and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

³⁹nezvigaro zvemberi mumasingagoge, nezvinzvimbo zvakakwirira pazvirairo;

⁴⁰ those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

⁴⁰vanodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, uye nekunyepedzera vachiita minyengetero mirefu; ivava vachagamuchira kurashwa kukuru kwazvo.

⁴¹Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

⁴¹Jesu akagara pasi akatarisana nechivigiro chezvipo, akatarira kuti chaunga chinokanda sei mari muchivigiro; zvino vafumi vazhinji vakange vachikanda zvizhinji.

⁴²A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. which equal a quadrans coin. A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

⁴²Zvino kwakasvika imwe chirikadzi murombo, ikakanda tumari twemhangura tuviri tuduku, ndiro kobiri.

⁴³He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

⁴³Akadanira vadzidzi vake kwaari, akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Chirikadzi iyi murombo yakanda zvizhinji kupfuura vose vakanda muchivigiro chezvipo;

⁴⁴ for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”

⁴⁴nekuti vose vakanda pamuraudziro wavo; asi iye paurombo hwake wakanda zvose zvaanazvo, zvose zveupenyu hwake.