¹On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

¹Nezuva iro, Jesu wakabuda mumba akagara pasi pagungwa.

²Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

²Uye zvaunga zvikuru zvakaungana kwaari, kusvikira apinda muchikepe akagara pasi; nechaunga chose chakamira pamahombekombe.

³He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

³Ndokutaura zvinhu zvizhinji kwavari nemifananidzo, achiti: Tarirai, mukushi wakabuda kunokusha.

⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁴Zvino pakukusha kwake, imwe mbeu yakawira kurutivi rwenzira; shiri dzikasvika dzikaidya.

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁵Imwe ikawira panzvimbo dzine mabwe, payakange iisina ivhu zhinji; ikamera pakarepo, nekuti pakange pasina kudzika kwevhu.

⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁶Kuzoti zuva rabuda, yakapiswa, uye nekuti yakange isina mudzi, yakasvava.

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁷Asi imwe yakawira pamhinzwa; mhinzwa ikakura, ikaivhunga.

⁸ Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁸Asi imwe yakawira muvhu rakanaka, ikabereka chibereko, imwe zana, imwe makumi matanhatu, imwe makumi matatu.

⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

⁹Une nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

¹⁰The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

¹⁰Zvino vadzidzi vakasvika, vakati kwaari: Munotaurirei kwavari nemifananidzo?

¹¹He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹¹Akapindura akati kwavari: Nekuti kwakapiwa kwamuri kuziva zvakavanzika zveushe hwekumatenga, asi kwavari hakuna kupiwa.

¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹²Nekuti ani nani unazvo uchapiwa, uye uchava nezvakawanda; asi ani nani usina uchatorerwa kunyange nezvaanazvo.

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

¹³Naizvozvo ndinotaura kwavari nemifananidzo, kuti vachiona, havaoni; uye vachinzwa havanzwi, uye havanzwisisi.

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁴Uye kwavari kwakazadziswa chiporofita chaIsaya chinoti: Nekunzwa muchanzwa, asi hamungatongonzwisisi; nekuona muchaona, asi hamungatongoonesesi.

¹⁵ for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.’ Isaiah 6:9-10

¹⁵Nekuti moyo wevanhu ava wava mukukutu, uye vanonzwa nenzeve nemutsutsuru, nemeso avo vakaatsinzina; zvichida vangaona nemeso, nekunzwa nenzeve, uye vanzwisise nemoyo, uye vatendeuke, ndigovaporesa.

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁶Asi akaropafadzwa meso enyu, nekuti anoona; nenzeve dzenyu, nekuti dzinonzwa.

¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

¹⁷Nekuti zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Vaporofita nevakarurama vazhinji vakange vachishuva kuona zvamunoona, asi havana kuzviona; nekunzwa zvamunonzwa, asi havana kunzwa.

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁸Naizvozvo imwi inzwai mufananidzo wemukushi.

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

¹⁹Umwe neumwe unonzwa shoko reushe asi asinganzwisisi, wakaipa unosvika ndokubvuta chakakushwa mumoyo make. Uyu ndiye wakakushwa kurutivi rwenzira.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²⁰Asi wakakushwa panzvimbo dzine mabwe, ndiye unonzwa shoko ndokurigamuchira pakarepo nemufaro;

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²¹asi haana mudzi maari, asi unogara kwenguva, nekuti kana dambudziko nekushushwa zvichiuya nekuda kweshoko, pakarepo unogumburwa.

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²²Uye wakakushwa pamhinzwa, ndiye unonzwa shoko, asi kufunganya kwenyika ino nekunyengera kwefuma zvinovhunga shoko, rikava risingabereki.

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

²³Asi wakakushwa muvhu rakanaka, ndiye unonzwa shoko akanzwisisa, unoberekawo zvibereko, achiita, umwe zana, umwe makumi matanhatu, umwe makumi matatu.

²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

²⁴Wakaisa pamberi pavo umwe mufananidzo, achiti: Ushe hwekumatenga hunofananidzwa nemunhu wakakusha mbeu yakanaka mumunda make.

²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent. also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁵Asi vanhu vakati vavete, muvengi wake wakauya, akakusha mashawi pakati pezviyo, akaenda.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

²⁶Asi chipande chakati chamera nekubereka, zvino mashawi akaonekwawo.

²⁷ The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’

²⁷Zvino varanda vemwene weimba vakaswedera vakati kwaari: Ishe, hamuna kukusha mbeu yakanaka mumunda wenyu here? Zvino wawanepi mashawi?

²⁸ “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁸Akati kwavari: Muvengi waita izvi. Varanda vakati kwaari: Munoda kuti tindoaunganidza here?

²⁹ “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

²⁹Asi wakati: Kwete, zvimwe kana muchiunganidza mashawi, mungadzura zviyowo nawo.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

³⁰Regai zvikure pamwe zviri zviviri kusvikira pakukohwa; zvino nenguva yekukohwa ndichati kuvakohwi: Unganidzai pakutanga mashawi, muasunge mwanda kuti muapise; asi muunganidze zviyo mudura rangu.

³¹He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

³¹Wakaisa pamberi pavo umwe mufananidzo achiti: Ushe hwekumatenga hwakafanana netsanga yemasitadha*, munhu yaanotora akaidzvara mumunda make.

³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

³²Iyo iduku zvirokwazvo pambeu dzose, asi kana yakura ihuru pamiriwo, inoita muti, zvekuti shiri dzekudenga dzinouya dzichivaka matendere pamatavi awo.

³³He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel of meal, until it was all leavened.”

³³Akataura umwe mufananidzo kwavari akati: Ushe hwekumatenga hwakafanana nembiriso, mukadzi yaakatora, akaiisa muzviyero zvitatu zveupfu kusvikira hwose hwaviriswa.

³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

³⁴Izvi zvinhu zvose Jesu wakaudza zvaunga nemifananidzo, uye pasina mufananidzo haana kutaura kwavari;

³⁵that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.” Psalm 78:2

³⁵kuti chizadziswe chakarehwa nemuporofita, achiti: Ndichazarura muromo wangu nemifananidzo; ndichataura zvinhu zvakange zvakavanzika kubva pamavambo enyika.

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³⁶Zvino Jesu wakati arega zvaunga zvichienda, akapinda mumba; vadzidzi vake vakaswedera kwaari, vachiti: Tidudzirei mufananidzo wemashawi emunda.

³⁷He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁷Akapindura akati kwavari: Unokusha mbeu yakanaka Mwanakomana wemunhu;

³⁸ the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

³⁸uye munda inyika; nembeu yakanaka, ndivo vanakomana veushe; asi mashawi vanakomana vewakaipa.

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

³⁹Muvengi wakaakusha ndidhiabhorosi; kukohwa kuguma kwenyika; nevakohwi vatumwa.

⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

⁴⁰Naizvozvo mashawi sezvaanounganidzwa achipiswa mumoto, zvichava saizvozvo pakuguma kwenyika ino.

⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

⁴¹Mwanakomana wemunhu uchatuma vatumwa vake, vagounganidza kubva muushe hwake zvigumbuso zvose nevanoita zvakaipa;

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴²zvino vachavakandira muvira remoto; ipapo pachava nekuchema nekugeda-geda kwemeno.

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴³Ipapo vakarurama vachapenya sezuva muushe hwaBaba vavo. Une nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁴Zvekare ushe hwekumatenga hwakafanana nefuma yakavigwa mumunda, inoti kana munhu aiwana, unoiviga; zvino nemufaro wake unoenda akanotengesa zvose zvaanazvo akatenga munda uwoyo.

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

⁴⁵Zvekare ushe hwekumatenga hwakafanana nemushambadziri unotsvaka maparera* akanaka;

⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁶akati awana parera rimwe rine mutengo mukuru, akaenda akanotengesa zvose zvaakange anazvo, akaritenga.

⁴⁷ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

⁴⁷Zvekare ushe hwekumatenga hwakafananawo nemumbure unokandirwa mugungwa, ukaunganidza marudzi ose ehove.

⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁴⁸Iwo kana wazara, vanoukwevera pamahombekombe, vogara pasi, vounganidzira dzakanaka mumidziyo, asi dzakaipa vanodzirashira kunze.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

⁴⁹Zvichava saizvozvo pakuguma kwenyika; vatumwa vachabuda, vachaparadzanisa vakaipa kubva pakati pevakarurama,

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

⁵⁰uye vachavakandira muvira remoto; ipapo pachava nekuchema nekugeda-geda kwemeno.

⁵¹Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵¹Jesu akati kwavari: Manzwisisa izvi zvose here? Vakati kwaari: Hongu Ishe.

⁵²He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

⁵²Zvino akati kwavari: Naizvozvo munyori umwe neumwe wakadzidziswa zveushe hwekumatenga wakafanana nemunhu, mwene weimba, unobudisa zvinhu zvitsva nezvisharu pafuma yake.

⁵³It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵³Zvino zvakaitika kuti Jesu apedza mifananidzo iyi wakabvapo.

⁵⁴Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁴Uye wakati asvika kunyika yekwake akavadzidzisa musinagoge ravo, kusvikira vashamisika vakati: Kunobvepi kuchenjera uku nemabasa esimba?

⁵⁵Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas or, Judah ?

⁵⁵Uyu haazi mwanakomana wemuvezi here? Ko mai vake havanzi Maria here, nevanin'ina vake Jakobho naJose naSimoni naJudhasi here?

⁵⁶Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”

⁵⁶Nehanzvadzi dzake hadzisi nesu dzose here? Ko zvinobvepi zvinhu izvozvi zvose.

⁵⁷They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

⁵⁷Vakagumbuswa naye. Asi Jesu akati kwavari: Muporofita haavi usina kukudzwa kunze kwemunyika yekwake nemumba make.

⁵⁸He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

⁵⁸Uye haana kuita mabasa esimba mazhinji ipapo nekuda kwekusatenda kwavo.