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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

⁵Akabudazve neawa rinenge rechitanhatu nerepfumbamwe, akaita saizvozvo.

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?’

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

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.’

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

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.’

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹Vakati vagamuchira vakagunun'unira mwene weimba,

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!’

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

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

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

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.

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

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?’

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.”

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

²⁹Vakati vachibuda Jeriko, chaunga chikuru chikamutevera.

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!”

³⁰Zvino tarira, mapofu maviri agere parutivi rwenzira, akati achinzwa kuti Jesu wopfuura, akadanidzira, 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!”

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

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

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

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

³³Akati kwaari: Ishe, kuti meso edu asvinudzwe:

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

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