¹Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

¹Ipapo kwakauya kuna Jesu vanyori nevaFarisi vachibva kuJerusarema vachiti:

²“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

²Sei vadzidzi venyu vachidarika tsika dzevakuru? Nekuti havashambi maoko avo kana vachidya chingwa.

³He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

³Asi akapindura akati kwavari: Nemhaka yei imwiwo muchidarika murairo waMwari nekuda kwetsika dzenyu?

⁴ For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

⁴Nekuti Mwari wakaraira achiti: Kudza baba namai vako; uye kuti: Unotuka baba kana mai, unofanira kufa rufu.

⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

⁵Asi imwi munoti: Ani nani unoti kuna baba kana mai: Chipi nechipi chaungabatsirwa neni chibayiro,

⁶ he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

⁶naizvozvo haatongokudzi baba vake kana mai vake; naizvozvo mashayisa murairo waMwari maturo netsika dzenyu.

⁷ You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

⁷Vanyepedzeri, Isaya wakaporofita zvakanaka pamusoro penyu achiti:

⁸ ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

⁸Vanhu ava vanoswedera kwandiri nemuromo wavo, vachindikudza nemiromo; asi moyo wavo uri kure neni.

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’” Isaiah 29:13

⁹Asi vanondinamata pasina, vachidzidzisa dzidziso dzemirairo yevanhu.

¹⁰He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

¹⁰Zvino akadanira chaunga kwaari, akati kwavari: Teererai munzwisise.

¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

¹¹Hazvisi zvinopinda mumuromo zvinosvibisa munhu; asi izvo zvinobuda mumuromo, ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu.

¹²Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”

¹²Zvino vadzidzi vake vakaswedera vakati kwaari: Munoziva kuti vaFarisi vakati vachinzwa shoko iri vakagumbuka here?

¹³But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

¹³Asi wakapindura akati: Chinomera chimwe nechimwe Baba vangu vekudenga chavasina kusima chichadzurwa.

¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁴Varegei; vatungamiriri mapofu vemapofu; zvino kana bofu richitungamirira bofu, achawira mugomba ari maviri.

¹⁵Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

¹⁵Petro akapindura akati kwaari: Tidudzirei mufananidzo uyu.

¹⁶So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

¹⁶Zvino Jesu akati: Imwiwo muchigere kunzwisisa here?

¹⁷ Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

¹⁷Nazvino hamunzwisisi here, kuti zvose zvinopinda mumuromo zvinoenda mudumbu, zvichizorashwa kunze?

¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

¹⁸Asi zvinhu zvinobuda mumuromo zvinobva mumoyo; izvo zvinosvibisa munhu.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

¹⁹Nekuti mumoyo munobuda ndangariro dzakaipa, umhondi, ufeve, upombwe, umbavha, uchapupu hwenhema, kunyomba.

²⁰ These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

²⁰Izvi ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu; asi kudya nemaoko asina kushambwa hazvisvibisi munhu.

²¹Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

²¹Zvino Jesu wakabvapo akaenda kumiganhu yeTire neSidhoni.

²²Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!”

²²Zvino tarira, mukadzi muKanani wakabva kumiganhu iyoyo akadanidzira kwaari achiti: Ndinzwirei tsitsi! Ishe, Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi. Mukunda wangu wakabatwa zvakaipa nedhimoni.

²³But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

²³Asi haana kumupindura kana shoko. Vadzidzi vake ndokuuya kwaari vakamukumbirisa vachiti: Muindisei, nekuti unodanidzira shure kwedu.

²⁴But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

²⁴Asi wakapindura akati: Handina kutumwa zvimwe, kunze kwekumakwai akarashika eimba yaIsraeri.

²⁵But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

²⁵Zvino akauya akamukotamira achiti: Ishe, ndibatsirei henyu.

²⁶But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

²⁶Asi wakapindura akati: Hazvina kunaka kutora chingwa chevana ndokukandira imbwanana.

²⁷But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

²⁷Asi iye akati: Hongu, Ishe, asi nembwanana dzinodya zvezvimedu zvinowa patafura yavatenzi vadzo.

²⁸Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

²⁸Zvino Jesu akapindura akati kwaari: Haiwa mukadzi, rutendo rwako rukuru! Ngazvive kwauri sezvaunoda. Mukunda wake akaporeswa kubva panguva iyoyo.

²⁹Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

²⁹Jesu ndokubva ipapo akauya pedo negungwa reGarirea; akakwira mugomo, akagara ipapo.

³⁰Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

³⁰Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvikauyisa kwaari, vanokamhina, mapofu, zvimumumu, zvirema, nevamwe vazhinji, vakavakanda patsoka dzaJesu; akavaporesa;

³¹so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

³¹zvekuti zvaunga zvakashamisika zvichiona zvimumumu zvichitaura, zvirema zvakagwinya, vanokamhina vachifamba, nemapofu achiona; vakarumbidza Mwari waIsraeri.

³²Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”

³²Jesu ndokudanira vadzidzi vake kwaari akati: Ndinonzwa tsitsi nechaunga, nekuti vakagara neni zvino mazuva matatu vasina chinhu chekudya, uye handingavaindisi vasina kudya, zvimwe vangaziya panzira.

³³The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”

³³Vadzidzi vake ndokuti kwaari: Tichawanepi zvingwa zvakawanda zvakadaro murenje, kuti tigutise chaunga chikuru chakadai?

³⁴Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

³⁴Jesu ndokuti kwavari: Mune zvingwa zvingani? Vakati: Zvinomwe, nehove duku shomanene.

³⁵He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

³⁵Ndokuraira zvaunga kuti zvigare pasi pavhu.

³⁶and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

³⁶Akatora zvingwa zvinomwe nehove, akavonga, akamedura, ndokupa vadzidzi vake, vadzidzi vakapa chaunga.

³⁷They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

³⁷Vakadya vose vakaguta; vakanonga zvimedu zvakasara, matengu manomwe azere.

³⁸Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁸Zvino avo vakadya vakange vari varume zvuru zvina pasina vakadzi nevana vaduku.

³⁹Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

³⁹Zvino wakati aregera zvaunga zvichienda, akapinda muchikepe, akasvika kumiganhu yeMagidhara.