Chiducua: Bible for 1 John, 1 Peter, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 John, 2 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, 3 John, Acts, Colossians, Ephesians, Galatians, Hebrews, James, John, Jude, Luke, Matthew, Philemon, Revelation, Romans, Titus

Formatted for Translators

©2022 Wycliffe Associates
Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Bible Text: The English Unlocked Literal Bible (ULB)
©2017 Wycliffe Associates
Available at https://bibleineverylanguage.org/translations
The English Unlocked Literal Bible is based on the unfoldingWord® Literal Text, CC BY-SA 4.0. The original work of the unfoldingWord® Literal Text is available at https://unfoldingword.bible/ult/.
The ULB is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Notes: English ULB Translation Notes
©2017 Wycliffe Associates
Available at https://bibleineverylanguage.org/translations
The English ULB Translation Notes is based on the unfoldingWord translationNotes, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The original unfoldingWord work is available at https://unfoldingword.bible/utn.
The ULB Notes is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

To view a copy of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Below is a human-readable summary of (and not a substitute for) the license.
You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following conditions:

Attribution — You must attribute the work as follows: "Original work available at https://BibleInEveryLanguage.org." Attribution statements in derivative works should not in any way suggest that we endorse you or your use of this work.

ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

Matthew

Chapter 1

¹Awa ndiwo makholo a dzindza ya Yezu Kirixtu, Mwana wa Dhavidhi, Mwana wa Abharaamu. ²Abharaamu abala Izaki, Izaki abala Djakobo, Djakobo abala Djudaa na abale ace. ³Djudaa na nkazi wace Tamari abala Peresi na Zara, Peresi abala Eziromu, Eziromu abala Arau.⁴Arau abala Abhinadhabhi, Abhinadhabhi abala Naasomi, Naasomi abala Solomoni. ⁵Solomoni na nkazi wace Raabhi abala Bhowazi, Bhowazi na nkazi wace Ruti abala Obhedhi, Obhedhi abala Djesi, ⁶Djesi abala Mambo Dhavidhi. Dhavidhi abala Salomau na nkazi akhali wa Uriya,⁷Salomau abala Robhuwau, Robhuwau abala Abhiya, Abhiya abala Aza. ⁸Aza abala Djosafati, Djosafati abala Djoramu, Djoramu abala Uziya.⁹Uziya abala Djotamu, Djotamu abala Akasi, Akasi abala Ezekiya. ¹⁰Ezekiya abala Manase, Manase abala Amoni, Amoni abala Djosiya. ¹¹Djosiya abala Djekoniya na abale ace, pa midzidzi ikhadatapatwa mbumba ya madjuda kwenda ku dziko ya Bhabhilonya.¹²Pa kubuluka kwawo pa kutapatwa ku dziko ya Bhabhilonya, Djekoniya abala Salatiyeli, Salatiyeli abala Zorobhabheli. ¹³Zorobhabheli abala Abhiyudhi, Abhiyudhi abala Eliyakimu, Eliyakimu abala Azori. ¹⁴Azori abala Sadhoki, Sadhoki abala Akimu, Akimu abala Eliyudhi.¹⁵Eliyudhi abala Eliazari, Eliazari abala Matani, Matani abala Djakobo. ¹⁶Djakobo abala Zuze, mamuna wace Mariya. Mariya abalambo Yezu, anacemerwa Kirixtu. ¹⁷Na tenepo, asagumanika makholo khumi na manai a dzindza ya madjuda, kutomera kuna Abharaamu mpaka kuna Dhavidhi. Kutomera kuna Dhavidhi mpaka kubuluka kwawo pa kutapatwa ku Bhabhilonya, asagumanika makholo khumi na manai. Pontho kubulukira ku Bhabhilonya mpaka kufikira pa kubaliwa kwa Kirixtu, asagumanika makholo khumi na manai¹⁸Kubalwa kudacitwa Yezu Kirixtu ndi tenepa: Mariya, mai wace Yezu, pa n'dzidzi ukhabvundzirana iwo na mamuna wace Zuze, amuona mbali na pathupi mbadzati kudziwana na iye. Mbwenye ipi pyacitika na mphambvu za Nzimu Wakucena. ¹⁹Zuze, mankhadzi wace Mariya, na thangwi ya kukhala munthu wakulungama, pontho toera akhonde kun'nyadzisa, anyerezera kun'khonda n'cibiso-biso.²⁰Mbwenye n'dzidzi unowu ukhanyerezera iye kun'khonda, Mulungu atuma anju wace, mbabwera mu ndoto mbampanga kuti: “Zuze, mwana wa Dhavidhi, leka kugopa kutambira Mariya kuti akhale nkazi wako, thangwi ipi pina iye pyacitika na mphambvu za Nzimu Wakucena. ²¹Iye anadza kabala mwana-mamuna, iwe unadza kan'thula dzina ya Yezu. Thangwi Iye anadza kapulumusa mbumba yace n'kudawa kwawo.”²²Pyonsene ipi pyacitika toera pisimbisiswe pire pikhadapangwa mporofeta kale ene na Mulungu kuti: ²³“Lang'anani, mwali m'bodzi anadza kakhala na pathupi mbabala mwana-mamuna, dzina yace inadza kakhala Emanuweli.” Emanuweli ndi kubveka kuti: “Mulungu ali pakati pathu.”²⁴Zuze, mudadza iye kadzizimuka n'citulo, acita ninga mukhadampangira anju wa Mulungu, mbakwata nkazi wace. ²⁵Mbwenye akhonda kudziwana na iye, mpaka kufikira kubaliwa kwa mwana. Buluka penepo, Zuze an'thula mwana dzina ya “Yezu.”

Chapter 2

¹Yezu abaliwa ku cisa ca Bheleya, ku dziko ya Djudeya, pa midzidzi ikhatonga mambo Herodhi. Pakupita ntsiku zingasi Yezu mbadabalwa kale, abwera ku Djerusalema anthu anyakudziwisa pya nyenyezi, a kumabulukira dzuwa. Pidafika iwo: ²abvundzisa tenepa: “Ali kupi mambo wa madjuda adabaliwa cincino? Thangwi ife taiona nyenyezi yace kumabulukira dzuwa. Na tenepo, tabwera kamulambira.” ³Mambo Herodhi, na kupibva pinthu penepi, atutumuka napyo pikulu iye na anthu anango onsene a mu nzinda unowu wa Djerusalema⁴Na thangwi eneyo, mambo Herodhi acemeresa akulu onsene aanyantsembe na anyakudziwisa a Mwambo a mbumba, mbaabvundza kuti: “Kodi ndipangeni, ndi kupi kunafuna baliwa Kirixtu?” ⁵Iwo antawira tenepa: “Anabaliwa ku Bheleya, mu dziko ya Djudeya.” Thangwi Mulungu alonga na mporofeta Mikeya kuti: “ ⁶‘Iwe Bheleya, cisa ca dziko ya Djudeya, leka kunyerezera kuti iwe ndiwe cinzinda cing'ono-ng'ono kakamwe pakati pa mizinda inango mikulu mu Djudeya. Thangwi n'dziko mwako, ndimo munafuna buluka N'tsogoleri anafuna kumbiza mbumba yanga ya Izarayeli.’⁷Buluka penepo, mambo Herodhi acemeresa pa khundu ale anyakudziwisa pya nyenyezi a kumabulukira dzuwa, mbaabvundzisa na kuaphemba kuti ampange mwadidi n'dzidzi udatoma iwo kuona nyenyezi. ⁸Pakumala penepi, aatuma kuti aende ku dziko ya Bheleya, mbaapanga tenepa: “Ndokoni mukhabvundzise mwadidi mwene, mungan'gumana, bwererani na kuno mundidziwisembo toera ine ndiyendembo kamulambire.”⁹Pakumala kubva pyonsene pikhalonga mambo, anyakudziwisa nyenyezi abuluka mbaenda ulendo wawo. Penepo, iwo aona kuti nyenyezi ire ikhaatsogolera pakubuluka kwawo kumabulukira dzuwa, yaabulukira pontho kutsogolo kwawo mbikhaatsogolera mpaka kufikira kulimira cidzulu-dzulu pa nyumba ikhagumanika mwana. ¹⁰Na tenepo, iwo, na kuiona pontho nyenyezi, akomerwa pikulu kakamwe.¹¹Pidafika iwo penepo, apita n'nyumba, agumana mwana na Mariya, mai wace. Iwo atoma kugodamira mwana na kumulambira. Pidamala iwo, abulusa mbapereka miyoni yawo ya ntengo ukulu kakamwe, inacemerwa oro, insensu na mira. ¹²Buluka penepo, Mulungu aacenjeza mu ndoto kuti aleke kwenda kaonana pontho na mambo Herodhi. Na tenepo, iwo abwerera na njira inango kwenda ku dziko kwawo.¹³Pikhabwerera iwo kwenda ku dziko kwawo, anju m'bodzi wa Mulungu abwera kuna Zuze, mu ndoto, mbampanga tenepa: “Lamuka, kwata mwana na mai wace uthawire ku Idjipitu. Khala kweneko mpaka kufikira ntsiku inalonga ine pontho kuti ubwerere, thangwi Herodhi anadza kasaka mwana toera amuphe.” ¹⁴Zuze alamuka, akwata mwana na mai wace, mbaenda na iwo ku Idjipitu na masiku, ¹⁵mbakhala kweneko mpaka kufa kwa mambo Herodhi. Na tenepo, pyacitika pire pikhadalonga Mulungu kale ene na mulomo wa mporofeta kuti: “Ndacemera mwana wanga kuti abuluke ku Idjipitu.”¹⁶Mambo Herodhi mudapyona iye kuti anyengezwa na anthu anyakudziwisa pya nyenyezi a kumabulukira dzuwa, akhala wakuipirwa. Mbatoma kubulusa mwambo wace wa kuphesa ana onsene akhagumanika na pyaka piwiri kwenda pantsi mu dziko ya Bheleya na m'pisa pinango pya n'khundu-n'khundu, ninga mukhadapangirwa iye na amuna a kumabulukira dzuwa, pa thangwi ya n'dzidzi udatoma kuonekera nyenyezi.¹⁷Na tenepo, pyasimbiswa pire pikhadalonga mporofeta Jeremiya kuti: ¹⁸“Ku Ramaa kwabveka n'khuwo. Cikhali ciriro na kubva kupha pikulu kwa mai Rakeli, na thangwi ya kuferwa na anace. Na tenepo, iye asakhonda kumatamizwa thangwi anace onsene amala kufa.”¹⁹Pa kufa kwa Herodhi, anju m'bodzi wa Mulungu aonekera kuna Zuze mu ndoto ku Idjipitu, ²⁰mbampanga tenepa: “Lamuka, kwata mwana na mai wace uyende na iwo ku dziko ya Izarayeli, thangwi afa ale akhafuna kupha mwana.” ²¹Zuze alamuka, akwata mwana na mai wace, mbabwerera kwenda na iwo ku dziko ya Izarayeli²²Mbwenye Zuze, na kubva kuti pa kufa kwa mambo Herodhi adapita pa mpando pace ndi mwana wace anacemerwa Arikilau, agopa kubwerera ku dziko eneyo. Na thangwi eneyo, Mulungu amulotesa pontho. Iye alamuka mbaenda ku dziko ya Galileya, ²³mbaenda kakhala mu nzinda wa Nazareti. Tenepa, pyasimbiswa pire pikhadalongwa na maporofeta kuti: “Iye anadza kacemerwa wa ku Nazareti.”

Chapter 3

¹Pa midzidzi eneyo, abulukira Juwau Bhatixta mbakhamwaza mphangwa n'thando mu dziko ya Djudeya, mbakhalonga tenepa: ²“Chunyukani kudawa kwanu, thangwi Umambo wa kudzulu uli dhuzi.” ³Uyu ndiye akhalongwa na mporofeta Izaya kuti: “Fala iri kukhuwa n'thando mbilonga kuti: Sasanyirani njira ya Mbuya mbamundendemeza mipsalu yace.”⁴Juwau akhabvala nguwo zakucitwa na uweya wa pinyama pinacemerwa kamelo, mbakhamanga bhande ya nthembe n'cunu mwace, mbakhadya nthete na uci wa n'tsanga. ⁵Na tenepo, anthu onsene a ku Djerusalema na anthu onsene akhagumanika m'pisa mwa dziko ya Djudeya, na anango anthu akhagumanika n'khundu-n'khundu mwa nyandza ya Djorodani, onsene akhaenda kuna iye. ⁶Akhadambula kudawa kwawo, Juwau mbakhaatambirisa batixmu mu nyandza ya Djorodani.⁷Akhalipo madjuda anango anacemerwa afarisi na asadhusi, akhadza katambirambo batixmu. Pikhadza iwo, Juwau aapanga tenepa: “Dzindza ya m'bobo! Mbani akupangani kuthawa nyatwa zinafuna kudza? ⁸Citani pinthu pinapangisa kuti imwe mwachunyukadi. ⁹Lekani kunyerezera mwekha ene mbamulonga tenepa: ‘Tina baba wathu Abharaamu,’ thangwi ine ndisakupangani kuti Mulungu ana mphambvu za kusanduza myala iyi, mbikhalambo dzindza ya Abharaamu.¹⁰Pontho ndisakupangani kuti mbadzo yamala kusasanyirwa toera kugwanda miti na michici ene. Na tenepo, miti yonsene inakhonda kubala misapu yadidi, inatemiwa mbiponyiwa pa moto. ¹¹Ine ndisakutambirisani batixmu na madzi kuti muchunyuke kudawa kwanu. Mbwenye munthu unango anadza n'nduli mwanga, unowu ndiye ana mphambvu za kupiringana ine. Pontho ine sine cinthu pamaso pace kuti ndinakwanisa kukwata ntsapato zace. Unowu ndiye anadza kakutambirisani batixmu na Nzimu Wakucena na moto. ¹²Iye ana foxolo m'manja mwace toera kucenesa mbuwa yace. Pontho anakoya mapira n'cikwa, mbakwata dzungu yace mbaipisa pa moto wakukhonda kuthima.”¹³Ntsiku ibodzi, Yezu abuluka ku dziko ya Galileya, mbaenda ku nyandza ya Djorodani, toera atambiriswembo batixmu na Juwau Bhatixta. ¹⁴Mbwenye Juwau akhafuna kun'khondera mbalonga tenepa: “Ine ndine anafuna kutambiriswa batixmu na imwe. Mphapo lero imwe ndimwe munadza kuna ine?” Mbwenye Yezu antawira tenepa: “Pa n'dzidzi uno siya tenepo. Thangwi mphyadidi ticite tenepa, toera pisimbiswe pinafuna Mulungu.” ¹⁵Mphapo Juwau na kubva tenepo, am'bvera mbantambirisa batixmu.¹⁶Yezu pakumala kwace kutambira batixmu, abuluka m'madzi. Pa n'dzidzi unowu thambo yafunguka. Iye aona Nzimu wa Mulungu mbuchita ninga nkhangaiwa, mbum'phamira. ¹⁷Penepo yabveka fala kubulukira kudzulu mbilonga tenepa: “Uyu ndi mwana wanga wakufunika kakamwe, ananditsandzaisa.”

Chapter 4

¹4Buluka penepo, Yezu akwatiwa na Nzimu Wakucena mbaenda n'thando, kuti aende kanyengererwe na Dyabu. ²Pidamala iye kupimana cakudya ntsiku makumanai, masiku na masikati, Yezu abva njala. ³Penepo, Dyabu nyakunyengerera, afendedzera Yezu dhuzi mbampanga tenepa: “Ngakhala iwe ndiwedi Mwana wa Mulungu sanduza myala iyi idze mikate.” ⁴Mbwenye Yezu antawira tenepa: “Pyalembwa m'Bukhu ya Mulungu kuti: ‘Si cakudya basi tayu cinapulumusa munthu, mbwenye na mafala onsene anabuluka pa mulomo wa Mulungu’⁵Buluka penepo, Dyabu ankwata mbaenda na iye ku nzinda wakucena, ankwiza padzulu kakamwe pa Nyumba ya Mulungu, ⁶mbampanga tenepa: “Ngakhala iwe ndiwe Mwana wa Mulungu, numpha padzulu pano ugwe pantsi, thangwi pyalembwa kuti: “ ‘Mulungu anadza kapanga anju zace pa thangwi yako, pontho iwo anakugampha na manja awo, toera ukhonde kuphekeka na myala.’”⁷Mbwenye Yezu antawira tenepa: “Pyalembwambo n'kati mwa Bukhu kuti: ‘Leka kunyengerera Mbuya Mulungu wako.’” ⁸Penepo Dyabu akwata Yezu mbaenda na iye pa phiri yakulapha kakamwe, mbampangisa umambo onsene wa pantsi pano na mbiri zawo, ⁹mbampanga kuti: “Pyonsene ipi ndinakupasa, male ungandigodamira mbundilambira.”¹⁰Yezu ampanga kuti: “Buluka, Sathani! Thangwi pyalembwa m'Bukhu ya Mulungu kuti: ‘Lambira Mbuya, Mulungu wako, pontho phatira basa iye ekha basi’” ¹¹Penepo Dyabu ansiya, mbabwera maanju kudza kaphatira basa Yezu.¹²Yezu na kupibva kuti Juwau Bhatixta afungirwa n'kaidi, abwerera mbaenda ku Galileya. ¹³Yezu abuluka ku Nazareti kukhakhala iye, mbaenda kakhala ku nzinda wa Kafaranaumi, ukhagumanika n'khundu-n'khundu mwa nyandza ya Galileya, ku dziko ya Zebhuloni na ya ku Nafitali¹⁴Toera pisimbiswe pikhadalongwa na mporofeta Izaya kuti: ¹⁵Iwe dziko ya Zebhuloni na ya Nafitali, dziko inagumanika mu mbale mwa nyandza ya Galileya na ntunda unango wa nyandza ya Djorodani, iwe Galileya ya anthu adakhonda kukhala madjuda! ¹⁶Mbumba ikhakhala n'cidima, yaona cieza cikulu. Pontho kuna ale akhakhala mu mbuto ya cidima ca kufa, amwanikirwa na cieza.¹⁷Kutomera n'dzidzi unowu kwenda kutsogolo, Yezu atoma kupfundzisa Mphangwa Zadidi mbakhalonga tenepa: “Chunyukani kudawa kwanu, thangwi Umambo wa kudzulu uli dhuzi.”¹⁸Yezu pikhafamba iye dhuzi na nyandza ya Galileya, aona anyakokota awiri muubale mwawo, mbakhagwisira makokota awo n'nyandza. M'bodzi ndi Simau, anadziwika pontho na dzina ya Pedhru. Unango ndi Andereya. ¹⁹Yezu aapanga kuti: “Nditowereni, Ine ndinakucitani anyakokota a anthu.” ²⁰Na tenepo, iwo pa n'dzidzi ubodzi-bodzi, asiya makokota awo mbantowera.²¹Yezu pakufamba pang'ono kutsogolo, aona pontho anthu awiri muubale mwawo. Akhali Tiyago na Juwau, ana a Zebhedheu. Iwo akhali pabodzi na baba wawo m'bote mbakhasona makokota awo, Yezu mbaacemera. ²²Penepo pene, iwo asiyiratu bote na baba wawo ene, mbaenda na Yezu.²³Na tenepo, Yezu akhafamba dziko yonsene ya Galileya, mbakhapfundzisa n'kati mwa nyumba za kuphemberera, mbakhalonga Mphangwa Zadidi za Umambo wa kudzulu, pontho mbakhawangisa nthenda zonsene na ale akhaduwala pakati pa mbumba. ²⁴Mbiri yace yamwazika dziko yonsene ya Sirya. Na tenepo, anthu onsene akhaenda kuna Yezu na atenda awo akhathabuka na nthenda zakusiyana-siyana, ninga za mizimu yakuipa, za njiri, na za mpfutete. Zonsene izi Yezu akhaziwangisa. ²⁵Na tenepo, mwinji ukulu wa anthu ukhantowera, kubulukira ku dziko ya Galileya, na ya Dhekapoli, na anthu a ku nzinda wa Djerusalema, na a ku Djudeya, pontho na anthu a ntunda unango wa nyandza ya Djorodani.

Chapter 5

¹Yezu na kuona mwinji wa anthu, akwira pa phiri mbakhala pantsi. Penepo, anyakupfundza ace anfendedzera. ²Yezu atoma kuapfundzisa mbalonga tenepa: ³“Mbatsandzaye ale anyakucherenga mu nzimu, thangwi Umambo wa kudzulu ndi wawo. ⁴Mbatsandzaye ale analira, thangwi anadza kamatamizwa na Mulungu.⁵Mbatsandzaye ale anyakupicepesa, thangwi anadza kapasiwa unthaka wa dziko ya pantsi na Mulungu. ⁶Mbatsandzaye ale ana njala na nyota ya kucita kufuna kwa Mulungu, thangwi anadza kapasiwa pyonsene na Mulungu. ⁷Mbatsandzaye anabvera andzawo ntsisi, thangwi iwo anadza kabverwambo ntsisi na Mulungu. ⁸Mbatsandzaye anyakucena ntima, thangwi iwo anadza kaona Mulungu.⁹Mbatsandzaye ale anasaka ntendere pakati pa anthu, thangwi iwo anadza kacemerwa ana a Mulungu. ¹⁰Mbatsandzaye ale anazondiwa na thangwi ya kucita kufuna kwa Mulungu, thangwi Umambo wa kudzulu ndi wawo¹¹“Tsandzayani mungatikanwa, mungazondiwa, na kulongerwa uthambi wa kusiyana-siyana na thangwi ya kukhala anyakupfundza anga. ¹²Komerwani mbamudzala na kutsandzaya, thangwi muwoni wanu unakudikhirani kudzulu ndi ukulu. Thangwi maporofeta akale azondiwambo sawa-sawa ninga imwe.”¹³“Imwe ndimwe munyu wa padziko. Lang'anani, munyu ungasuluka, unadza kadzipa tani pontho? Na tenepo, unamalisira taiwa, thangwi nkhabe cinango cakucita na iwo, mbumalisira kupwandiwa na anthu. ¹⁴“Imwe ndimwe cieza ca padziko. Nzinda udamangwa pa phiri nkhabe kubisalika.¹⁵Pontho nkhabe munthu anagasa nyale yace mbaigudumira na citundu. Mbwenye anasaka mbuto ya padzulu toera kumwanikira mwadidi anthu onsene n'kati mwa nyumba. ¹⁶Sawa-sawa ninga imwembo, citani kuti cieza canu cimwanikire anthu onsene, toera aone mabasa anu adidi anacita imwe. Na tenepo, iwo anapasa mbiri Baba wanu ali kudzulu.”¹⁷Lekani kunyerezera kuti ndadza kamalisa mwambo wa Mozesi peno cipfundzo ca maporofeta akale. Sidadza kamalisa penepyo tayu, mbwenye ndadza kasimbisisa. ¹⁸Pontho dziwani kuti n'dzidzi uno unagumanika thambo na mataka, nkhabe cinthu cibodzi cing'ono n'kati mwa malemba, peno cidzindikiro cinango ca malemba cinafuna kubuluswa pa Mwambo wa Mozesi, pyonsene mbapidzati kucitika¹⁹Na thangwi eneyo, ule anakhonda kubvera mwambo, peno mbudakhala pyawo ung'ono tani, mbapfundzisambo andzace kucita pibodzi-bodzi, munthu unowu anaoniwa wang'ono mu Umambo wa kudzulu. Mbwenye ule anabvera mwambo na kupfundzisa andzace kucita pibodzi-bodzi, anakhala nkulu mu Umambo wa kudzulu. ²⁰Pontho ndisakupangani kuti, imwe mungakhonda kucita mbamutoweza kufuna kwa Mulungu kupiringana anyakudziwisa a Mwambo wa Mozesi na afarisi, nkhabe m'bodzi anafuna kudza kapita mu Umambo wa kudzulu.”²¹“Imwe mwabva pikhadalongwa kuli akulu anu akale kuti: ‘Leka kupha munthu.’ Ule anapha munthu, anatongwa. ²²Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani kuti munthu onsene anaipirwa na ndzace, anatongwa. Ule anatikana ndzace, anatongwa, pontho ule anacemera ndzace ‘dzemwa,’ asatongwa kwenda mu moto wa infernu²³Na tenepo, ngakhala iwe uli pa guwa ya ntsembe toera kupereka muwoni wako kuna Mulungu, penepo ungakumbuka kuti ndzako m'bodzi ana thangwi na iwe. ²⁴siya muwoni wako pa guwa ya ntsembe, ndoko pakutoma ukhasekesane na iye. Ungamala, bwerera ukhapereke muwoni wako kuna Mulungu²⁵Pontho pa n'dzidzi unaenda iwe katongwa pabodzi na ndzako, saka kusekesana na mwansanga na nyamalwa wako, toera iye akhonde kukupereka m'manja mwa nkulu wa nyakutonga, iye mbakuperekambo m'manja mwa nsupai wace, mbufungirwa n'kaidi. ²⁶Ndimo mwene ndisakupanga kuti iwe nkhabe kudza kabuluka mwenemu mbudzati kumalisa kulipa mangawa ako onsene.”²⁷“Imwe mwabva pidalongwa kuti: ‘Leka kucita upombo.’ ²⁸Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani kuti: Munthu onsene analang'ana nkazi mbansirira, n'dzidzi unowu ali kucita upombo na iye muntima mwace²⁹Mphapo, ngakhala diso yako ya khundu ya madyo iri kukugwisa mwa kudawa, ibuluse mbuitaya kutali na iwe. Thangwi mphyadidi kuluza phindi ibodzi ya manungo ako, mbukhonda kuponyiwa manungo onsene mu infernu. ³⁰Sawa-sawa, ngakhala manja ako a khundu ya madyo asakugwisa mwa kudawa, agwande mbuataya kutali na iwe. Thangwi mphyadidi kuluza phindi ibodzi ya manungo ako, mbukhonda kuponyiwa manungo onsene mu infernu.”³¹“Pyalongwambo pontho kuti: ‘Mamuna onsene anakhonda nkazi wace, asatongwa kumpasa tsamba ya kumwalana.’ ³²Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani kuti: Mamuna onsene anamwalana na nkazi wace, thangwi yace mbikhonda kukhala ya lukwali, ali kum'pfundzisa upombo. Mphapo mamuna onsene anacita banja na nkazi wa kumwaliwa, ali kucitambo upombo na iye.”³³“Pontho imwe mwabva pidapangwa akulu anu akale kuti: ‘Leka kudumbira papezi, mbwenye usatongwa kucita pidadumbirira iwe pamaso pa Mbuya.’ ³⁴Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani pontho kuti: Siyani kudumbira konsene. Lekani kudumbira na dzina ya kudzulu, thangwi ndi mpando wa Umambo wa Mulungu. ³⁵Peno na dzina ya pantsi, thangwi ndipo panaikha iye myendo yace. Peno na dzina ya Djerusalema, thangwi ndi nzinda wa Mambo wa nkulu.³⁶Pontho leka kudumbira na dzina ya nsolo wako, thangwi unacimwana kusanduza tsisi ibodzi mbidza yakuswipa, peno mbidza yakucena. ³⁷Mbwenye mphyadidi kulonga tenepa: ‘Ande’, ‘ande’. ‘Nkhabe’, ‘nkhabe’. Pyonsene pinango kupiringana penepi, mphya Nyamalwa.”³⁸Mwabva pidalongwa kuti: ‘Diso na diso, dzino na dzino.’ ³⁹Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani kuti: lekani kubwerezera uipi kuli ale anakucitani uipi. Munthu angakumenya ku phutu ya khundu ya madyo, mpase akumenyembo khundu inango.⁴⁰Munthu angafuna kukusumira kwa atongi toera akupokosere kamiza, mpase pontho kazako yako. ⁴¹Munthu angakukakamiza kufamba na ntolo nsindzo ubodzi, famba na iye pontho misindzo miwiri. ⁴²Munthu anakuphemba cinthu, mpase. Munthu anafuna kukubwereka cinthu, leka kumpasa nkhodolo.”⁴³“Imwe mwabva pidalongwa kuti: ‘Funa ndzako, mbwenye ida nyamalwa wako.’ ⁴⁴Mbwenye Ine ndisakupangani kuti: Funani anyamalwa anu, phembererani ale anakuzondani. ⁴⁵Na tenepo, munakhaladi ana a Baba wanu wa kudzulu. Thangwi iye asagasira dzuwa yace anyakuipa na adidi, pontho asabvumbira anyakulungama na anyakukhonda kulungama⁴⁶Thangwi mungafuna ale anakufunani basi, munapaswa m'bairo wanji na Mulungu? Anyakukumbusa misonkho asacitambo pibodzi-bodzi. ⁴⁷Pontho, mungamwanyika abale anu basi, ndi ninji pinacita imwe kupiringana anango? Penepyo ndi pinacitambo ale anakhonda kutawira Mulungu. ⁴⁸Na tenepo, imwe khalani akukwana, ninga Baba wanu wa kudzulu ndi wakukwana.”

Chapter 6

¹Mungacita udidi, lekani kucita toera kusimbwa na anthu. Thangwi mungacita tenepo, nkhabe kudza kapaswabve m'bairo na Baba wanu wa kudzulu. ²“Na tenepo, ungapasa cinthu nyakucherenga leka kuimba kaluta, ninga pinacita anthu anyauthambi n'kati mwa nyumba za kuphemberera peno m'miseu, toera asimbwe na anthu. Ndimo mwene, Ine ndisakupangani kuti anthu enewa amala kale kutambira m'bairo wawo.³Mbwenye iwe, ungapasa cinthu nyakucherenga, cita kuti manja ako a nkono wa bzere akhonde kudziwa pinacita nkono wa madyo. ⁴Toera pinthu pidabulusa iwe pikhonde dziwika na anthu. Thangwi Baba wako asadziwa pyakubisala. Na tenepo, Iye anakupasa m'bairo.”⁵Mungaphembera lekani kucita ninga pinacita anthu a uthambi, anaphembera mbadalimira n'kati mwa nyumba za kuphemberera, na m'mphambano mwa miseu, toera aoniwe na anthu onsene. Ndimo mwene, Ine ndisakupangani kuti anthu enewa amala kale kutambira m'bairo wawo. ⁶Mbwenye iwe ungafuna kuphembera, pita n'nyumba mwako, funga citseko cako, mbuphembera kuna Baba wako anakhonda kuoneka. Na tenepo, Baba wako anaona pinacita iwe n'cibiso-biso, anakupasa m'bairo wako. ⁷Mungaphembera, lekani kumala midzidzi mizinji na kulonga mafala mabodzi ene, ninga pinacita anthu anakhonda kutawira Mulungu, thangwi iwo asanyerezera kuti na kulonga mafala mazinji, Mulungu anaabvera.⁸Lekani kucita ninga iwo! Thangwi Mulungu, Baba wanu, asadziwa pinafuna imwe mbamudzati kum'phemba. ⁹Na tenepo, musatongwa kuphembera tenepa: “Baba wathu, muli kudzulu, dzina yanu mbikhale na mbiri. ¹⁰Umambo wanu mbudze kuna ife. Pinafuna imwe mbapicitwe, pantsi pano ninga kudzulu¹¹Tipaseni cakudya cathu ntsiku na ntsiku. ¹²Tilekerereni madawi athu ninga ifembo tinalekerera andzathu madawi awo. ¹³Lekani kutisiya mbatigwa n'kudawa, mbwenye tipulumuseni mwa kuipa.¹⁴Thangwi mungalekerera andzanu madawi awo, Baba wanu wa kudzulu anakulekereranimbo. ¹⁵Mbwenye mungakhonda kulekerera andzanu, Baba wanu wa kudzulu nkhabe kudza kakulekereranimbo madawi anu.”¹⁶Mungapimana cakudya toera kuphembera, lekani kupangisa nkhope ya kutsukwala ninga anthu a uthambi, anaphinduza nkhope zawo toera kupangisa kuli anthu onsene, kuti asapimana cakudya. Ndimo mwene ndisakupangani kuti, anthu enewa, atambira kale m'bairo wawo. ¹⁷Mbwenye iwe, ungapimana cakudya toera kuphembera, samba nkhope, mbusapula pyadidi tsisi yako,. ¹⁸Toera ukhonde kupangisa kuna anthu kuti usapimana cakudya, mbwenye kuna Baba wako anakhonda kuoneka. Na tenepo, Baba wako anaona pyonsene pyakubisala, anakupasa m'bairo.”¹⁹Lekani kukoya mpfuma zanu pa dziko ino panagumanika maberethi na furuju mbazifudza, pontho na panagumanika mambava mbaziba. ²⁰Mbwenye koyani mpfuma zanu kudzulu kunakhonda kugumanika ucenje na furuju mbazifudza, peno mambava mbaswa mbaziba. ²¹Thangwi panagumanika mpfuma yanu, penepo ndipo panagumanikambo ntima wanu.”²²Maso ndi nyale ya manungo. Na tenepo, ngakhala maso ako mbadidi, manungo ako onsene anadzala na cieza. ²³Mbwenye ngakhala kulang'ana kwako ndi kwakuipa, manungo ako onsene anakhala n'cidima. Na tenepo, ngakhala cieza ciri muna iwe ndi cidima, cidima ceneci ndi cikulu kakamwe!” ²⁴“Nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kuphatira basa ambuya awiri. Thangwi unaida m'bodzi mbufuna unango, peno unalemedza m'bodzi mbupwaza unango. Apo lekani kuphatira basa Mulungu, uku mbamuphatira pontho kobiri²⁵“Na thangwi eneyi Ine ndisakupangani kuti: Lekani kunentseka na makhaliro anu pa thangwi ya pinafuna imwe kudya, peno na pinafuna imwe kumwa. Peno na manungo anu pa thangwi ya pinafuna imwe kubvala. Imwe nkhabe kupidziwa kuti moyo wanu na cakudya, cikulu ndi moyo wanu? Peno manungo anu na cakubvala, cikulu ndi manungo anu? ²⁶Lang'anani mbalame za kudzulu. Nkhabe kubzala, nkhabe kubvuna pontho nkhabe koya n'pikwa. Mbwenye Baba wanu ali kudzulu ali kuzipasa cakudya. Imwe nkhabe funika pikulu kakamwe kupiringana mbalame?²⁷Mbani pakati panu, iye mbapifuna pyace, anakwanisa kuthimizira n'dzidzi ubodzi pa moyo wace?” ²⁸“Pontho, thangwi yanji musakhala mbamudzudzumika na pya kubvala? Lang'anani kukula kunacita maluwa a n'tsanga! Iwo nkhabe kuphata basa pontho nkhabe kucita nguwo. ²⁹Mbwenye ine ndisakupangani kuti Salomau, na mbiri yace yonsene ikhali na iye, acimwana kubvalira ninga maluwa awa.³⁰Lang'anani, ngakhala Mulungu asabvazika tenepa maluwa a n'tsanga, anacita kuti lero alipo, mangwana asaponyiwa pa moto, ndiye tani kuna imwe, anthu a cikhulupiro cing'ono? ³¹Na tenepo, lekani kunentseka mbamulonga kuti: ‘Tinadyanji?’ peno ‘Tinamwanji?’ peno ‘Tinabvalanji?’³²Thangwi anasaka penepi ndi ale anakhonda kutawira Mulungu. Mbwenye Baba wanu wa kudzulu asadziwa pyonsene pinafuna imwe. ³³Mbwenye sakani pakutoma Umambo wa Mulungu na kulungama kwace. Pyonsene ipi munadza kapithimizirwa. ³⁴Mphapo lekani kudzudzumika na ntsiku ya mangwana, thangwi ntsiku ya mangwana ina pyayo. Ntsiku na ntsiku ina kuipa kwayo.”

Chapter 7

¹Lekani kutonga munthu, toera mukhonde kutongwambo na Mulungu. ²Thangwi na matongero anacita imwe, munadza katongwambo sawa-sawa. Pontho na n'dida ubodzi-bodzi unapimira imwe andzanu, munadza kapimirwambo na n'dida unowu³Thangwi yanji usalang'ana cirombo cing'ono ciri n'diso mwa m'bale wako, mbukhonda kuona nkhuni iri n'diso mwako? ⁴Usakwanisa tani kupanga m'bale wako kuti: ‘Bwera ndikubuluse cirombo cing'ono ciri n'diso mwako,’ mbukhonda kuona nkhuni iri n'diso mwako? ⁵Nyauthambi! Pakutoma bulusa nkhuni iri n'diso mwako, na tenepo iwe unaona mwadidi toera ubulusembo cirombo ciri n'diso mwa m'bale wako.⁶Lekani kupasa anambwa pinthu pyakucena! Thangwi iwo anadza kakuzungunukirani mbakulumani. Pontho, lekani kutaya mpfuma zanu muna nkhumba, thangwi izo zinadza kazipwanda.”⁷Phembani, munapaswa. Sakani, munapigumana. Gogodzani, munafungulirwa. ⁸Thangwi onsene anaphemba, anapaswa. Anasaka, anapigumana. Pontho ule anagogodza citseko, anafungulirwa. ⁹Mbani pakati panu anapasa mwana wace mwala, angam'phemba nkate? ¹⁰Peno mbampasa nyoka angam'phemba nyama ya m'madzi?¹¹Lang'anani, imwe ninga anthu a kuipa musakwanisa kupasa ana anu pinthu pyadidi, ndiye tani Baba wanu ali kudzulu, nkhabe bulusa pinthu pyadidi mbapasa ale anam'phemba? ¹²Na tenepo, pyonsene pinafuna imwe kuti mucitirwe na andzanu, acitirenimbo imwe pakutoma. Thangwi ipi ndipyo pinalonga Mwambo wa Mozesi na pinapfundzisa Maporofeta.”¹³Pitani na nsuwo ung'ono. Thangwi nsuwo ukulu na njira ikulu pisapitisa ku mbuto ya kutaika. Mbazinji anthu anapita na mwenemu. 14 ¹⁴Mbwenye nsuwo ung'ono na njira yakupata zisafikisa ku mbuto ya upulumuki. Apo anthu ace anaigumana acepa.¹⁵Cenjerani na maporofeta a uthambi! Thangwi ali kudza kuna imwe ninga mabira, mbwenye m'mitima mwawo ndi mibindzi ya ukali. ¹⁶Anthu enewa imwe munaadzindikira na misapu yawo. Pisakwanisika kuti munthu achode mauva pa miti ya minga, peno masambvu pa psepse? ¹⁷Na tenepo, muti onsene wadidi usabala misapu yadidi, muti wa kuipa unabalambo misapu ya kuipa.¹⁸Pontho, nkhabe kucitika kuti muti wadidi ubale misapu ya kuipa, peno muti wa kuipa ubale misapu yadidi. ¹⁹Muti onsene unakhonda kubala misapu yadidi usagwandiwa mbuponyiwa pa moto. ²⁰Na tenepo, munati muadziwe na misapu yawo.”²¹Si onsene tayu analonga ‘Mbuya, Mbuya’ anafuna kupita mu Umambo wa kudzulu, mbwenye ale basi anacita kufuna kwa Baba wanga ali kudzulu. ²²Ntsiku eneyo ingafika, anthu azinji anati alonge kuna Ine kuti: ‘Mbuya, Mbuya! Kodi ife tikhalonga tayu Mphangwa Zadidi na dzina yanu? Tikhabulusa tayu madimonyo na dzina yanu? Tikhacita tayu pirengo pikulu na dzina yanu?’ ²³Na tenepo, Ine ndinaapanga pakweca kuti: Nkhabe kukudziwani. Bulukani pano, imwe monsene munacita kuipa!”²⁴Anthu onsene anabva mafala anga mbaacita, asalandana na mamuna m'bodzi wa ndzeru adamanga nyumba yace padzulu pa mwala. ²⁵Na tenepo, mulungu abvumba, mikulo mbikuka na madzi, mbicibwera conzi cikulu kudza kamenya nyumba. Mbwenye iyo nkhabe kugwa, thangwi nyumba eneyo yamangwa pa mwala²⁶Mbwenye ule anabva mafala anga mbakhonda kuacita, asalandana na mamuna m'bodzi wa kusoweka ndzeru, adamanga nyumba yace pa checa. ²⁷Na tenepo, mulungu abvumba pikulu kakamwe, mikulo mbikuka na madzi, mbicibwera conzi cikulu kudza kamenya nyumba. Iyo yagwa, mbifudzika yonsene.”²⁸Yezu pidamala iye kulonga mafala awa, anthu onsene adzumatirwa na mapfundzisiro ace. ²⁹Thangwi iye akhapfundzisa na mphambvu za utongi, mbakhonda kupfundzisa ninga anyakudziwisa a Mwambo.

Chapter 8

¹Yezu mukhachita iye pa phiri anthu azinji atoma kuntowera. 2 ²Mamuna m'bodzi wa matanya afendedzera Yezu mban'godamira mbalonga kuti: “Mbuya, mungafuna munandiwangisa.” ³Yezu afuthula nkono wace, an'khuya mbalonga tenepa: “Ndisafuna, iwe waceneswa.” Pa n'dzidzi ubodzi-bodzi mamuna awangiswa matanya ace.⁴Buluka penepo Yezu ampanga kuti: “Lang'ana, leka kupanga munthu penepi. Ndoko kuna nyantsembe, toera akudinkhe. Ungamala upereke ntsembe ninga mudapilongera Mozesi, toera anthu akudziwe kuti iwe wawangadi.”⁵Yezu mudapita iye n'cisa ca Kafaranaumi, afendedzerwa na nkulu m'bodzi wa anyankhondo a ku Roma mbam'phemba tenepa: ⁶“Mbuya, nyabasa wanga ali kugona ku nyumba na kuthabuka pikulu kakamwe na nthenda ya mpfutete.” ⁷Yezu ampanga kuti: “Ndinaenda kweneko kamuwangisa.”⁸Mbwenye nkulu wa anyankhondo antawira tenepa: “Mbuya, ine sine munthu kuti ndikutambireni n'nyumba mwanga. Mbwenye longani fala ibodzi basi, nyabasa wanga anawanga. ⁹Thangwi ine ndiri nawombo atsogoleri anga anabvera ine. Inembo ndisabverwa na anyankhondo anga. Na tenepo, ndisapanga nyankhondo wanga m'bodzi kuti: Ndoko kule, iye asaenda. Unangombo mbandimpanga kuti: Bwera kuno, iye asabwera. Pontho ndisapanga nyabasa wanga kuti: Cita ici, iye asacita.” ¹⁰Yezu na kubva penepyo, adzumatirwa napyo mbalonga kuna anthu akhantowera kuti: “Ndimo mwene ndisakupangani kuti: cipo ndidzati kugumana cikhulupiro ninga ici muno mu Izarayeli.¹¹Ndinakupangani pontho kuti anabwera anthu azinji a kumabulukira dzuwa na a kumadokero a dzuwa, mbadza kakhala pa thando ya kudya pabodzi pene na Abharaamu, na Izaki, na Djakobo, mu Umambo wa kudzulu. ¹²Mbwenye ana a Umambo, anati aponyiwe kunja, ku cidima. Mwenemu munadza kaoneka kulira na kukukuta mano.” ¹³Buluka penepo, Yezu alonga kuna nkulu wa anyankhondo kuti: “Ndoko ku nyumba, kutawira kwako kunacitika.” Na tenepo, pa n'dzidzi ubodzi-bodzi nyabasa wace awanga¹⁴Yezu pidafika iye pa nyumba ya Pedhru, agumana mebzala wace Pedhru mbakhagona, thangwi akhadaferuka. ¹⁵Yezu amphata manja ace, nthenda mbiwanga. Na tenepo, iye alamuka mbatoma kum'phatira basa.¹⁶Na maulo mwace anthu an'dzesera atenda azinji akhali na mizimu ya kuipa. Mbwenye Yezu na fala yace basi aithamangisa mizimu ya kuipa mbaawangisa atenda onsene. ¹⁷Na tenepo, pyasimbiswa pire pikhadalonga mporofeta Izaya kuti: “Iye ene akwata kuduwala kwathu, na nthenda zathu zonsene.”¹⁸Yezu na kuona mbumba ya anthu ikhadanzungulira, aapanga anyakutumwa ace kuti aende ntunda unango wa nyandza. ¹⁹Na tenepo, nyakudziwisa m'bodzi wa Mwambo anfendedzera dhuzi mbampanga kuti: “Mpfundzisi, ine ndinakutowerani konsene kunafuna imwe kwenda.” ²⁰Mphapo Yezu antawira tenepa: “Minyenga ina mphako zawo, mbalame za kudzulu zinantsandza zawo, mbwenye Ine, Mwana wa Munthu, nkhabe pa kutsamisa nsolo.”²¹M'bodzi wa anyakupfundza aphemba Yezu mbalonga kuti: “Mbuya, ndisiyeni pakutoma ndiyende kaikhise baba wanga.” ²²Mbwenye Yezu antawira tenepa: “Iwe nditowere. Aleke anyakufa aikhane okha.”²³Na tenepo, Yezu akwira m'bote na anyakupfundza ace mbaenda na iwo pabodzi. ²⁴Na mwansanga, caoneka conzi cikulu kakamwe n'nyandza, mabimbi mbakhamenya bote, mbakhafuna kuilowesa. Mbwenye pa n'dzidzi unowu Yezu akhagona pyace. ²⁵Na thangwi eneyo anyakupfundza ace aenda kamulamusa mbakhakhuwa tenepa: “Mbuya, tipulumuseni! Tiri kufa ife!”²⁶26 Mbwenye Yezu aabvundza tenepa: “Thangwi yanji imwe musagopa tenepa, anthu a cikhulupiro cing'ono?” Buluka penepo, Yezu alamuka mbamatamisa conzi na mabimbi, pyonsene mbapimatamiratu. 27 ²⁷Anyakupfundza ace na kupiona, adzumatirwa mbalonga kuti: “Mbani unowu anafikira kubverwa na mphepo na mabimbi ene?”²⁸Yezu afika cisa cinango cinacemerwa Gadala, cinagumanika ntunda unango wa nyandza ya Galileya. Penepo, abwera kuna Iye amuna awiri anyansala akhali na mizimu ya kuipa kubulukira m'masiye, pontho akhali anthu akugopsa kakamwe. Na tenepo, njira ikhadafa thangwi anthu akhagopa kupita nayo. ²⁹Mizimu ya kuipa ikhakhala muna anthu pidaona iyo Yezu, yatoma kukhuwa kuti: “Iwe, Mwana wa Mulungu, usafunanji na ife? Wabwera katithabusa n'dzidzi mbudzati kukwana?”³⁰Cifupi na penepo, ukhalipo nkumbi ukulu wa nkhumba mbukhasodza. ³¹Na tenepo, madimonyo aphemba kuna Yezu kuti: “Mungatibulusa, tipitiseni pyathu mu nkumbi wa nkhumba.” ³²Yezu aatawira kuti: “Ndokoni!” Iwo abuluka muna anthu mbapita mu nkumbi wa nkhumba. Na tenepo, nkhumba zonsene zanumpha pa nkhomole, mbazilowa n'nyandza³³Akumbidzi a nkhumba athawa, aenda mu nzinda mbalonga pyonsene, na pire pidacitika kuna amuna akhali na mizimu ya kuipa. ³⁴Na tenepo, anthu onsene a mu nzinda aenda kalonga na Yezu. Pidamuona iwo am'phemba kuti iye abuluke pa cisa ceneci.

Chapter 9

¹Buluka penepo, Yezu apakira bote mbawambuka nyandza mpaka ntunda unango, mbaenda ku nzinda kwace. ²Penepo anthu an'dzesera mamuna m'bodzi wa mpfutete pa khangala. Yezu na kuona cikhulupiro cikhali na anthu awa, alonga kuna nyampfutete kuti: “Leka kugopa mwana wanga, madawi ako alekererwa.”³Mbwenye anyakudziwisa a Mwambo anango akhalonga okha ene kuti: “Munthu uyu ali kuxola Mulungu!” ⁴Na tenepo, Yezu na kudziwa manyerezero awo, aapanga tenepa: “Thangwi yanji imwe muli kunyerezera pya kuipa m'mitima mwanu? ⁵Ndi ninji pinakhonda kunentsa? Kulonga kuna ntenda kuti: ‘Madawi ako alekererwa’ peno kumpanga kuti: ‘Lamuka ufambe?’ ⁶Mbwenye toera mudziwe kuti Ine, Mwana wa Munthu ndina mphambvu za kulekerera madawi,” ampanga nyampfutete kuti: “Lamuka, kwata khangala yako, ndoko ku nyumba kwako.”⁷Iye alamuka mbaenda ku nyumba kwace. ⁸Mwinji wa anthu na kuona penepyo adzumatirwa napyo, mbapasa mbiri Mulungu adapasa anthu mphambvu zenezi. ⁹Buluka penepo, Yezu aona mamuna m'bodzi nyakukumbusa misonkho anacemerwa Mateu, akhakhala nawa pa mbuto ikhakumbuswa misonkho, mbampanga kuti: “Nditowere.” Iye alamuka, mbantowera.¹⁰Mbwenye pa n'dzidzi ukhali Yezu na anyakupfundza ace pa nyumba ya Mateu, abwerambo azinji anyakukumbusa misonkho na anyakudawa, kudza kadya na iwo pabodzi. ¹¹Afarisi na kupiona penepyo abvundzisa anyakupfundza a Yezu kuti: “Thangwi yanji mpfundzisi wanu ali kudya pabodzi na anyakukumbusa misonkho pontho na anyakudawa?”¹²Yezu mudabva Iye penepyo aatawira tenepa: “Angumi nkhabe kusaka nkondzi, mbwenye ntenda ndiye anasaka nkondzi. ¹³Ndokoni mukhapfundze asalongeranji mafala awa: ‘Ntsisi na ntsembe, cinafuna Ine maka-maka ndi ntsisi.’ Thangwi Ine sidadza kacemera anyakulungama tayu, mbwenye ndadzera anyakudawa.”¹⁴Pa n'dzidzi unowu, anyakupfundza a Juwau Bhatixta afendedzera Yezu mbam'bvundzisa kuti: “Thangwi yanji ife na afarisi tiri kupimana cakudya, mbwenye anyakupfundza anu nkhabe?” ¹⁵Yezu aatawira tenepa: “Pisacitika kuti adacemerwa ku phwandu ya banja akhale pontho mbadatsukwala, mwali wa mamuna mbali na iwo? Mbwenye zinafika ntsiku zinafuna iwo kukwatirwa mwali wa mamuna pakati pawo. Ntsiku zenezi iwo anati apimane cakudya¹⁶Nkhabe munthu anaikha cigamba ca nguwo ipsa pa nguwo yakale. Thangwi cigamba cipsa cinathimiza pandula nguwo yakale, benga mbikula¹⁷Pontho nkhabe munthu anaikha vinyu ipsa m'pyombo pya nthembe zakale. Thangwi angacita penepyo, pyombo pinasweka, vinyu inataika pontho pyombo mbipibvungika. Mbwenye vinyu ipsa isatongwa kuti ikoyiwe m'pyombo pipsa. Na tenepo, vinyu na pyombo pyene pinakoyeka.”¹⁸Yezu mukhalonga Iye na thangwi ya pinthu pinango, afika m'bodzi wa atsogoleri a nyumba ya kuphemberera, an'godamira mbam'phemba tenepa: “Mbuya, mwana wanga wa nkazi afa cincino pano. Bwerani mudze kansandzike manja anu, iye anapulumuka.” ¹⁹Yezu alamuka mbaenda na iye, pabodzi na anyakupfundza ace.²⁰Pa n'dzidzi ubodzi-bodzi abulukirambo nkazi m'bodzi akhathabuka na utenda wakubuluka ciropa pa pyaka khumi na piwiri. Iye abwera na kunduli kwace, anfendedzera mban'khuya nguwo zace. ²¹Thangwi iye akhalonga ekha ene kuti: “Male ndingakwanisa kun'khuya nguwo zace basi, ndinawanga.” ²²Yezu azungunuka, amulang'ana mbampanga kuti: “Leka kugopa mwana wanga, Kukhulupira kwako kwakuwangisa!” Na tenepo, kubulukira pa n'dzidzi unowu nkazi awanga.²³Pidafika Yezu pa nyumba pa n'tsogoleri wa nyumba ya kuphemberera, na kuona anyakuimba pitoliro na mwinji wa anthu mbakhakhuwa, ²⁴aapanga kuti: “Bulukani kunja! Ntsikana hadafa tayu, mbwenye ali kugona.” Onsene atoma kunseka.²⁵Pidabuluswa anthu kunja, Yezu apita n'nyumba mukhali ntsikana, amphata nkono wace, iye mbalamuka. ²⁶Na tenepo, mphangwa zenezi zamwazika kuna anthu onsene a pa cisa ceneci²⁷Buluka penepo, Yezu atowererwa n'nduli mwace na maboli-boli awiri, mbakhakhuwa tenepa: “Mwana wa Dhavidhi, tibverenimbo ntsisi!” ²⁸Yezu mukhapita Iye n'nyumba, maboli-boli abodzi-bodzi anfendedzera. Na tenepo, Yezu aabvundza kuti: “Imwe musatawira kuti Ine ndinacita penepyo?” Iwo antawira tenepa: “Ande Mbuya, tisatawira.”²⁹Yezu aakhuya m'maso mwawo, mbalonga tenepa: “Mbapicitike kuna imwe ninga kukhulupira kwanu.” ³⁰Na tenepo, maso awo afunguka mbaona. Mbwenye Yezu aacenjeza, mbaapanga na mphambvu zonsene kuti: “Lekani kupanga munthu.” ³¹Mbwenye iwo abuluka penepo, mbatoma kumwaza mphangwa cisa cenecire consene³²Pa n'dzidzi ukhafuna iwo kubuluka, afika anthu anango kuna Yezu na bewewe m'bodzi akhali na nzimu wa kuipa. ³³Mudathamangiswa dimonyo, bewewe atoma kulonga. Mwinji wa anthu wadzumatirwa napyo mbalonga tenepa: “Ipi cipo pidzati kuoneka muno mu Izarayeli.” ³⁴Mbwenye afarisi akhadungunya, mbakhalonga kuti: “Ndi nkulu wa madimonyo anampasa mphambvu za kuthamangisa madimonyo³⁵Yezu akhafamba m'mizinda na m'pisa pyonsene mbakhapfundzisa n'kati mwa nyumba za kuphemberera, mbakhalonga Mphangwa Zadidi za Umambo wa Mulungu, na kukondza nthenda na mautenda akusiyana-siyana. ³⁶Yezu na kuona mwinji wa anthu, aabvera ntsisi, thangwi iwo akhali akutsukwala na kukhala ninga mabira akusoweka nkumbidzi.³⁷Na tenepo, alonga kuna anyakupfundza ace kuti: “Munda wakula, mbwenye anyabasa acepa. ³⁸Phembani mphapo kuna mwanacinthu munda, kuti atume anyabasa toera adze kabvune.”

Chapter 10

¹Yezu acemera anyakupfundza ace khumi na awiri, aapasa mphambvu za kuthamangisa mizimu ya kuipa, na kuwangisa nthenda za kusiyana-siyana.²Madzina a apoxtolo khumi na awiri mbawa: Wakutoma ndi Simau, anacemerwa Pedhru, na Andereya, m'bale wace Pedhru, Tiyago na Juwau, ana a Zebhedheu, ³Filipi na Bhatolomeu, Tomasi na Mateu, nyakukumbusa misonkho, Tiyago, mwana wa Alufeu, na Tadheu, ⁴Simau, nyakukakamira mwambo wa Mulungu, na Djuda Xikariyoti, ule adasandukira Yezu.⁵Yezu atuma khumi na awiri awa, na mafala awa: “Lekani kwenda kuna anthu anango adakhonda kukhala madjuda, peno kupita m'mizinda ya ku Samariya. ⁶Mbwenye pakutoma ndokoni kuna mabira a kutaika a dzindza ya Izarayeli. ⁷Kunaenda imwe ndokoni mbamulonga kuti Umambo wa kudzulu uli dhuzi.⁸Wangisani atenda, lamusani anyakufa, wangisani anyamatanya, thamangisani madimonyo. Mwapasiwa pezi, apasenimbo pezi. ⁹Lekani kukwata oro, parata peno nkuwa n'cunu mwanu. ¹⁰Lekani kukwata malikofa pa ulendo, peno kukwata nguwo ziwiri, peno ntsapato, peno mpsimbo, thangwi nyabasa asatongwa kupaswa cakudya.¹¹Mungafika mu nzinda peno n'cisa, sakani munthu wakunyindirika mbamukhala pa nyumba pace mpaka kubuluka kwanu. ¹²Pakupita n'nyumba, amwanyikeni. ¹³Mungaona kuti anthu mbadidi, siyani ntendere wanu muna iwo. Mbwenye pezi, khalani na ntendere wanu¹⁴Mungapita mu nzinda peno n'nyumba ya munthu mbamukhonda kutambirwa peno kubverwa mafala anu, mungabuluka mwenemu, gubudzani pfumbi ya manyalo anu. ¹⁵Ndimo mwene, ndisakupangani kuti n'dzidzi wa kutongwa ungafika, nyatwa za dziko ya Sodhoma na Gomora zinacepa kupiringana nzinda unowu.”¹⁶Lang'anani, Ine ndisakutumani ninga mabira pakati pa mibindzi. Na tenepo, cenjerani ninga nyoka, pontho cepesekani ninga nkhangaiwa.” ¹⁷“Citani mphole na anthu, thangwi iwo anati akuperekeni m'manyumba a kutongera miseru, pontho mbakukwaxamulani n'kati mwa nyumba zawo za kuphemberera. ¹⁸Na thangwi yanga, munati muperekwe pamaso pa atongi na pa amambo ninga amboni kuna iwo, na kuna ale adakhonda kukhala madjuda¹⁹Mbwenye mungaperekwa, lekani kunentseka na kunyerezera kuti ‘Tinalonganji peno tinalonga tani?’ Thangwi pa n'dzidzi unowu Mulungu anakupangisani pinafuna imwe kulonga. ²⁰Thangwi simwe anafuna kulonga tayu, mbwenye ndi Nzimu Wakucena wa Baba wanu, unafuna kukupfundzisani kulonga²¹Azinji anadza kaphesa abale awo ene. Ababa na amai anadza kaphesa anawo. Anambo anadza kasandukira ababa awo na amai awo, mbaapha. ²²Anthu onsene anati akuideni na thangwi ya dzina yanga. Mbwenye ule anapirira mpaka pakumalisa, anapulumuswa. ²³Mungaidiwa pa cisa cibodzi, thawirani cisa cinango. Thangwi ndimo mwene, ndisakupangani kuti mbamudzati kumala kuifamba mizinda yonsene ya Izarayeli, Ine, Mwana wa Munthu, ndinabwera.”²⁴Nkhabe nyakupfundza anapita mpfundzisi wace, peno nyabasa anapita mbuya wace. ²⁵Male nyakupfundza angakhala ninga mpfundzisi wace, pontho nyabasa akhale ninga mbuya wace. Ngakhala mwanacinthu nyumba acemerwa Bhelizebhu, ndiye tani imwembo anthu anango a pa nyumba!”²⁶Na tenepo, imwe lekani kuagopa. Thangwi nkhabe cinthu cidabiswa cinakhonda kudza kapangizika, peno cidabisala mbacikhonda kudza kadziwika. ²⁷Cire cinakupangani Ine n'cibiso-biso, cilongeni pakweca. Pontho na cire cinabva imwe n'ciwerewere, cilongeni pa ntsoyi.²⁸Lekani kugopa ale anapha manungo, mbacimwana kupha nzimu. Mbwenye gopani Mulungu, anapha nzimu na manungo ene mu infernu. ²⁹Kodi nkhabe guliswa mbalame ziwiri na kobiri ibodzi? Mphapo nkhabe ibodzi inagwa pantsi Baba wanu mbakhonda kupifuna. ³⁰Na tsisi yanu ene ya munsolo, yonsene yamala kulengeswa. ³¹Na tenepo, lekani kugopa. Imwe musafunika pikulu kakamwe kupiringana mbalame zizinji.”³²Na tenepo, onsene ale anandicitira umboni pamaso pa anthu, Ine ndinaacitirambo pibodzi-bodzi pamaso pa Baba wanga ali kudzulu. ³³Mbwenye ule anandikhonda pamaso pa anthu, Ine ndinadza kan'khondambo pamaso pa Baba wanga ali kudzulu.”³⁴Lekani kunyerezera kuti ndabweresa ntendere pa dziko. Sidabweresa ntendere tayu, mbwenye ndabweresa nkhondo. ³⁵Ndimo mwene, ndadzesadi kumwazana pakati pa “ ‘mwana-mamuna na baba wace, mwana-nkazi na mai wace, pontho nkwenya na mebzala wace. ³⁶Na tenepo, anyamalwa a munthu anati akhale abale ace ene³⁷Ule anafuna baba wace peno mai wace kupita Ine, nkhabe cibverano na Ine. Ule anafuna mwana wace wa mamuna peno wa nkazi kupita Ine, unowu nkhabe cibverano na Ine. ³⁸Ule anakhonda kukwata ntanda wace mbanditowera, nkhabe cibverano na Ine. ³⁹Ule anasaka kukoya moyo wace, anauluza. Mbwenye ule analuza moyo wace na thangwi yanga, anaugumana.⁴⁰Ule anakutambirani, asatambira Ine. Ule ananditambira, asatambira ule adandituma. ⁴¹Ule anatambira mporofeta na kun'dziwa kuti ndi mporofeta, Mulungu anantambirisa muwoni ninga wa mporofeta. Pontho, ule anatambira munthu wakulungama na kun'dziwa kuti ndi wakulungama, anatambira muwoni ninga wa munthu wakulungama.⁴²Na ulembo anapasa ndiko ibodzi basi ya madzi a kutonthola m'bodzi wa ana awa na thangwi ya kukhala nyakupfundza wanga, ndimo mwene ndisakupangani kuti iye nkhabe kudza kaluza m'bairo wace.”

Chapter 11

¹Paakapedza Jesu kupanga vadzidzi vake gumi navairi, wakabvepo, akaenda koodzidzisa nokuparidza mumadhorobha avo. ²Zvino apo Johani azwa ari mutirongo mabhasa a Kristu, wakatumira ngevadzidzi vake kuti vamuvundze kuti: ³Ndiwe here uwo unouya, kanakuti tichagarira umweni?⁴NaJesu wakavapingura, etchiti: Endai, muronzere Johani izvo zvomunozwa nezvomunoona: ⁵Mapofu oona, nezvirema zvohamba, nevanemapere vocheneskwa, nemadziiranzee ozwa, nevakafa vanomuswa, nevarombo vane vhangeri rinochumairwa kwavari. ⁶Unomuchena uwo usikapumhunwi ndini.⁷Apo vachaenda, Jesu wakatanga kureketa kumbungano ngendaa yaJohani, wakati: Mwakaenda mushango kooneyi? Itsanga yakazungunyiswa ngedutu here? ⁸Asi mwakaenda kooneyi? Munhu wakapfekeswa ngemachira akapfaa here? Ndivo avo vanopfeka machira akapfaa vari mumhatso dzemadzimambo⁹9 Asi mwakaendeyo kooneyi? Muprofeti here? Eya, ndinoti kwomuri, nouwo unonyanya kupinda muprofeti. ¹⁰Uyu ndiye wevakanyora kuti: ndinotuma mutumi wangu pamberi pehope yako, uwo unozonasira njira yako pamberi pako.¹¹Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, ‘Pakati peavo vakaberekwa ngevakadzi, akuzi kutomboita mumwe mukuru kupinda Johani Mubhabhatidzi; Asi uyo ari mudoko muumambo hwokudenga mukuru kwaari. ¹²Kubvira kumazuva aJohani Mubhabhatidzi metsa zvino, umambo hwokudenga hunopambwa ngezvigebengwa zvinohutora ngesimba.¹³Ngokuti vaprofeti veshe neMupango vakaprofeta metsa Johani. ¹⁴Kudai mwechitenda kuchiashira, ‘Uyu ndiye Erija, uwo aizo uuya. ¹⁵Uwo unenzee dzekuzwa ngaazwe.¹⁶Asi ndouedzanisa neyi uyu mubarirwana? Wakadai ngevana vanogara pandau dzomusika, vechidaidzira kunevangani vavo vechiti: ¹⁷Takaridza minanzi kwomuri, nemwi amuzikutamba; takaita chiriro, nemwi amuzikubonda¹⁸Ngokuti Johani wakauya, asikarhi kana kumwa, avo vakati, ‘Unedhimoni. ¹⁹Mwanakomana woMunhu wakauya echirha nokumwa, avo vakati: mubhoki nomumwisi wevhini, shamwari yevatheresi neyevashaishi! Asi kungwara kunopembedzwa ngemabasa yake.²⁰Apo Jesu wakatanga kuganyira madhorobha umwo mwainga mwaitwa mabasa majinji yake inesimba, ngokuti avazi kutendeuka. ²¹Kune uyo kwouri, Khorazini! kune uyo kwouri, Bhethisaidha! Ngokuti kudai mushando unesimba yainga yakaitwa muThire neSidhoni, iyo yakaitwa mukati mwenyu, vaidai vakatotendeuka kuretu, vane masaka nemarota ²²Kani hai, ndinoti kwomuri, Kunozopinda kureruka kuneThire neSidhoni ngezuva rokutongwa kunekwomuri²³Newe Khapernaume, unozokuriswa mudenga here? Unozodzaswa pashi kuHaidhesi; Ngokuti kudai mushando unesimba wainga wakaitwa muSodhoma, iyo wakaitwa mukati mwako, raidai riripo nanyamashi. ²⁴Kani hai, ndinoti kwomuri kuti kunozopinda kureruka kunyika yeSodhoma ngezuva rokutongwa kuneiwewe.”²⁵Ngouwo nguva Jesu wakapingura, akati: “Ndinokutenda, Baba, Mambo wokudenga newenyika, ngokuti iwewe wakazvifisha izvi kune vakangwara nevanekuzia, wakazvipangidzira vadoko. ²⁶Eya, Baba, ngokuti chainga chinodakadza mukuona kwako. ²⁷Zviro zveshe zvakapiwa kwendiri ndiBaba angu; Akuna unozia Mwanakomana, ndiBaba ega. Akunazve unozia Baba, asi Mwanakomana ega, nouwo waanoda kukombidzira Mwanakomana.²⁸Uyai kwendiri imwimwi mweshe makaremba neku dvinhirirwa, inini ndinozomuzorodza. ²⁹Mwechitora joka rangu padera penyu, mudzidzai kwendiri, ngokuti inini ndakapfaa mumwoyo, nemwi munozoona kuzorora kumweya yenyu. ³⁰Ngokuti joka rangu rakanaka, nomutwaro wangu wareruka.

Chapter 12

¹Ngenguwa iyo Jesu wakahamba ngomuminda yekoroni ngezuva reSabatha; Nevadzidzi vake vainga vanenzara, vakatanga kupurura mitsonzoti yekoroni vechirya. ²Asi apo vaFarisi vechivaona izvo, vakati kwavari: Ningira, vadzidzi vako varikuita zwisikatenderwi ngeMupango kuti chiitwe ngeSabatha.³Asi Jesu, ena wakati kwavari: “Amuzikudzidza here icho chaakaita Dhavhidha, apo paainga aaita nzara, ena ne vangani vake? ⁴vaka ngena mumhatso yaMwari, ne kurya zvingwa izvo zvaipangidzirwa, zvainga zvisikatenderwi kuti ena azvirye, kana avo vainga vanaye, asi ku vapristi wega.⁵Zve amuzikufunda here muMupango kuti muMasabatha vapristi vari muTemperi vanogura Sabatha, nekugara vasina ndaa? ⁶Asi ndinoti kwomuri chiri panapa chiro chinopinda Temperi kukura.⁷Asi dai mwaizia kuti zwinobuyei: Ndinoda nyasha, haiwa kuzwipira mubairo, mwaizodai musikazi kuvaitira ndaa avo vasina ndaa. ⁸Ngokuti Mwanakomana woMunhu ndiye Mambo weSabatha.⁹Kubvira apapo Jesu wakangena mumhatso yavo yekunamata. ¹⁰Apo, paiva pane murume vainga anenyara imwe yakaonyana; nekuti avo vechidha ku pumha Jesu, vakamubvunza wechiti: Kunotenderwa here kuponesa muMaSabatha?¹¹Ena wakati kwavari: Ndiani pakati penyu munhu, anenge anegwai rimwe, kuti iro rikazowira mudzara ngezuva yeSabatha, aazoribati here kuribudisa? ¹²Ndizvo, munhu wakapinda kukosha kune gwaiǃ Ndizvo kunotenderwa ngeMupango kuita zvakanaka muMaSabatha.¹³13 Apo Jesu wakati kunemunhu uwo: Tambanudza nyara yako. Naye wakaitambanudza, nayo yikaponeswa kudai ngeimweni. ¹⁴NevaFarisi vakabuda, vakaita bangano ndiye, kuti vangamuita mauraireyi.¹⁵Asi Jesu echizia wakabvepo nembungano huru yikamuteera, akayiponesa yeshe. ¹⁶Wakaziisa kuti vasazoita kuti aziikanwe; ¹⁷Kuti rizadzisike izwi rakareketwa ndiIsaya muprofeti echiti:¹⁸18 Ningirai muranda wangu wendakaketa, mudikani wangu, uwo mweya wangu unodakara ndiye. Ndinozoisa mweya wangu padera pake, naye unozoteketesa kutonga kwakatendeka kumadzinza.¹⁹Aazorwi kana kudaidzira, zve akuna unozozwa izwi rake mumapato. ²⁰Aazorivhuni rutsanga rwakabenda, netonje rinopwititika aazoridzimi, metsa atume kutonga kwakwo kuti kunyise; ²¹Vemadzinza vanozogonda kunezita rake.²²Apo kwakaunzwa kwaari umwe wainga nedhimoni, ari bofu nechimumumu. Ena wakamuponesa, ngokudaro chimumumu chakareketa nokuona. ²³Nevanhu vajinji veshe vakashamiswa, vakati: Uyu andiyepi here Mwanakomana waDhavhidha?²⁴Asi vaFarisi Pavakazwa izvo vakati: Uyu munhu unodzinga madhimoni ngesimba raBheerizebhuri, mambo wemadhimoni. ²⁵Jesu echizia ndangariro yavo, wakati kwavari: Umambo weshe unodziparadza hunozopera; nemadhorobha eshe nokuti mhatso zvinodziparadza azvizoemi.²⁶Nokudai Sathani echidzinga Sathani, unonge echi dziparadza. Ndizvo umambo wake hungazoita maemereyi? ²⁷Kudai inini ndechidzinga madhimoni ngesimba raBheerizebhuri, ndizvo vanakomana venyu vanoadzinga ndiani? Ndizvo vachaita vatongi venyu.²⁸Asi kuti inini ngoMweya waMwari ndechidzinga madhimoni, ndizvo umambo hwaMwari wauya kwomuri. ²⁹Munhu ungaita manguenereyi mumhatso yeuwo unesimba, nekumubira zviro zvake, kuti asati atanga kusunga uwo unesimba? Apo azoona kumu bhira mhatso yake. ³⁰Uyo usiri neni unorwa neni neuyo asikaunganidzi neni, unoparadzira.³¹Ndizvo, ndinoti kwomuri: kushaisha kweshe ne zvituko zveshe zvinozorekererwa kuvanhu, asi kutukwa kwe mweya akurekererwi. ³²Neuyo unoreketa shoko rakashata kune Mwana Wemunhu, unozorekererwa, asi uyo unoreketa shoko rakashata kune Mweya Wakachena, aazorekererwi munyika muno kana munyika inouya.³³33 Itai muti wakanaka, nemuchero yawo unonaka. Kana kuti itai muti wakashata, nemuchero yawo unoshata. Ngokuti muti unoziikanwa ngemichero yawo. ³⁴Imwimwi vana vemabuura, mungaita mareketereyi zvakanaka, muri vakashata? Ngokuti muromo unoreketa kubva kunezvakawanda zviri mumwoyo. ³⁵Munhu wakanaka kubva kuupfumi wakanaka unobudisa zvakanaka, Nomunhu wakashata kubva kuupfumi hwakashata unobudisa zvakashata.³⁶Asi inini ndinoti kwomuri, mazwi eshe asina shwiro anozoreketwa ngevanhu, vanozobvunzisiswa ndiwo ngezuva rekutongwa. ³⁷Ngokuti ngemazwi ako unozopembedzwa, zve ngemazwi ako unozopariswa ndaa.”³⁸Apo vamweni vevanyori nevaFarisi vakamupingura vechiti: Mudzidzisi, tinoda kuona chioniso chinoitwa ndimwi. ³⁹Asi ena wakapingura akati kwavari: dzindza rakashata neupoombwe rinotsvaka chioniso; asi akuna chioniso chinozooniswa kwouri, asi kuna Jona muprofeti. ⁴⁰Ngokuti kudai ndiJona wakapedza mazuva matatu nemasiku matatu mundani yehove huru, ngokudaro Mwana woMunhu unozogara mazuva matatu nemasiku matatu ari mumwoyo wenyika⁴¹Vanhu veNinevhe vanozomuruka pazuva rekutongwa pamwepo neiri dzindza, nokuripomera ndaa; ngokuti vona vakatendeuka ngokuparidza kwaJona. Ningirai, chiri panapa chiro chikuru chinopinda Jona.⁴²Mambokadzi wokubani unozomiruka ngezuva rokutongwa pamwepo nedzindza iri nokuipoomra ndaa. Ngokuti ena wakabva ari kumagumo enyika kuuya koozwa ngokungwara kwaSoromoni. Ningirai, chiri panapa chiro chikuru chinopinda Soromoni.⁴³Asi apo mweya unetsvina wakabuda kumunhu, unohamba ndau dzisina mvura, wechitsvaka kuzorora, usikakuoni. ⁴⁴4Apo unoti: Ndinozohwirira kumhatso kangu, uko kundakabva. Apo paakaguma wakaiona isina chiro, yakatsvairwa nekurongedzwa. ⁴⁵Apo unoenda wotorazve mweya imweni minomwe, inoupinda ngokushata, nayo inongena yechigara powo; Nokupedzisira, kugara kwouwo munhu kunozopinda kushata kunekugara kwokutanga. Kunozodarowo nokuneuyu mubarirwana wakashata.⁴⁶Apo achareketa kumbungano,vainga vakaema ngekubanze, mai ake nevanukuna vake, vechitsvaka kuti varekete naye. ⁴⁷Noumweni wakati kwaari: Ningirai, mai ako nevanukuna vako vakaema kubanze vechitsvaka kureketa newe''.⁴⁸Asi ena wakapingura akati kuneuwo wakamuronzera, “Ndiani mai angu, ndianizve vanukuna vangu? ⁴⁹Naye wakatambanudzira nyara yake kunevadzidzi vake akati: Ningirai, mai angu nevanukuna vangu! ⁵⁰Ngokuti uwo unozoita kuda kwaBaba angu vari kudenga, ndiye munukuna wangu, hanzvadzi namai.

Chapter 13

¹Ngeiro zuva Jesu wakabuda mumhatso, akagara ngeparuandhle. ²Kwakaungana kwaari mbungano jinji, ndizvo akangena mungarava, akagara nembungano yeshe yakaema ngepamhiri.³Ena wakavareketera zviro zvakawanda ngemuedzaniso, etchiti: Ningirai, kwakabuda musimi koosima. ⁴Kwakati mukusima kwake mbeu dzimweni dzakawira munjira, shiri dzakauya dzikadzirya. ⁵Nedzimweni dzakawira pamapuwe apo pedzaiya dzisina mavhu majinji: dzikamera ngokukasira, ngokuti dzainga dzisina mavhu akadzika. ⁶Apo zuva parakwira dzakapishwa, ngokuti dzainga dzisina nzinde, dzikaoma.⁷Dzimweni dzakawira pane minzwa; neminzwa yakakura yakadzizingizira. ⁸Nedzimweni dzakawira mumavhu akanaka, nadzo dzakabereka tsangu, dzimweni zana rakapetwa, dzimweni makumi matanhatu akapetwa nedzimweni makumi matatu akapetwa. ⁹Uwo unenzee dzekuzwa, ngaazwe.”¹⁰Nevadzidzi vakauya kwaari, vakavundza: Ngeyi unoreketa kwavari ngemiedzaniso? ¹¹Jesu akapingura akati kwavari: Ngokuti kunopuwa kwomuri kuzia zvakafishika zvoumambo hwokudenga, asi kwavari avo akuzi kupuwa. ¹²Ngokuti kwaari unacho kunozopuwazve, nekuzoa nezvakawanda; Asi uwo usina neicho chaanacho chinozoduswa kwaari.¹³Ndiyo ndaa ndeshireketa kwavari ngemuedzaniso, ngokuti vechiona avaoni, vechizwa avazwi, zve avazwisisi. ¹⁴Kwavari kwakazadziska kuprofeta kwaIsaya, ukwo kunoti: Ngokuzwa munozozwa, nemwi musikazwisisi, mwechiona munozoona, musikaonisisi.¹⁵Ngokuti mwoyo yaavo vanhu yakaita gwizhimbira, nenzee dzavo dziri madziiranzee, nemadziso avo akatswatira, kuti pamweni vangazoona ngemadziso avo, vazwe ngenzee dzavo nokuzwisisa ngemwoyo yavo, vatendeuke, neni ndivaponese¹⁶Asi anomuchena madziso enyu, ngokuti anoona, nenzee dzenyu, ngokuti dzinozwa. ¹⁷Ngokuti ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, vaprofeti vajinji nevanhu vakatendeka vakadisisa kuona zvomunoona imwimwi, nekuti avazi kuzviona, nokuzwa zvomunozwa navo avazi kuzvizwa.¹⁸Ndizvo, izwai muedzaniso womusimi. ¹⁹Munhu weshe nyange eizwa shoko roumambo, nekusarizwisisa, apo panouya uwo wakashata unovhomora izvo zvakasimwa mumwoyo mwake; uyu ndiye wakakushwa panjira.²⁰Nouwo wakasima pamapuwe, uyu ndiye unorizwa shoko, nekuriashira ngekudakara. ²¹Asi aana kuita nzinde mukati mwake, pakutanga geenguva doko; nekupona mukutambudzwa nekuteerwa ngendaa yeshoko, ngokukasira unopumhunwa.²³Iyo yakasimwa pakati pe muminzwa, uyu ndiye unorizwa shoko, asi kudembatemba ngezvenyika nokuchengedzerwa kwoupfumi kunodzipa shoko, naro aribereki. ²²Asi iyo yakasimwa pamavhu akanaka, uyu ndiye unorizwa shoko, nekurizwisisa; zve unobereka muchero, umwe unobereka zana rakapetwa, amweni makumi matanhatu akapetwa, neamweni makumi matatu akapetwa.²⁴akawapa zve Muedzaniso umweni kwavari echiti: Umambo hwokudenga hunoedzaniswa nomunhu wakasima mbeu dzakanaka mumunda wake. ²⁵Asi apo vanhu vachaata, muengi wake wakauya, akasimawo senga mukati mwezviyo, akaenda. ²⁶Asi apo miningwi yakamera, yechi tanga kutumbuka, apo senga rakaonekawo²⁷Apo varanda vomunikazi wemhatso vakauya, vakati kwaari: Mambo, amuzi kusima mbeu dzakanaka mumunda yenyu here? Ndizvo senga rakabva pari? ²⁸Asi ena wakati kwavari: ‘Mumwe muvengii wakaita izvi. Ndizvo varanda vakati kwaari: Mungada here kuti tiende koribvita?²⁹Asi ena wakati: ‘Haiwa, ngekuti apo mwechibvita senga mungabvita nekoroni. ³⁰Zvirekerei zveshe zvikure pamwepo metsa nguva yekukukura. Panguva wekukukura ndinozoti kuvakukuri, mwechiunganidza senga kutanga, murisunge kuita mwanda kuti ripishwe. Asi unganidza koroni mutsapi yangu.³¹Wakavapa Muedzaniso umweni echiti: Umambo wokudenga unoedzaniswa ngetsangu yomustadhi, iyo yaakatora munhu, akaisima mumunda wake. ³²Iyo ngegwinyiso idoko kunetsangu dzeshe; asi ingakura inopinda mapfiba eshe kukura, inozoitwa m`mbuti, kuti shiri dzemudenga dziuye, dzimate nokuaka zvisaki munhai dzawo.³³Muedzaniso umweni wakati kwavari echiti: Umambo wokudenga unoedzaniswa nomumera uwo waakatora mudzimai, akauisa mukati mwemutani mutatu youskwa metsa weshe wafema''.³⁴Izvi zveshe Jesu wakazvireketa kunembungano ngemiedzaniso, pabanze pemiedzaniso aazikureketa kwavari nachimwe. ³⁵kuti kuzadzisike shoko iro rakareketwa ngomuprofeti echiti: Ndinozovura muromo wangu ngemuedzaniso, ndinozoonisa zvakafishika kubvira pakusikwa kwenyika''.³⁶Apo Jesu wakaendisa mbungano, akabgena mumhatso. Vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari, vakati: Tidudzire muedzaniso wesenga romumunda. ³⁷Naye wakapingura akati kwavari: Uyo inosima mbeu dzakanaka ndiye Mwanakomana woMunhu. ³⁸Munda inyika; Mbeu dzakanaka vana veumambo, senga vana veuwo wakashata ³⁹Gaa iro rakarisima ndiDhiabhorosi. Nokukukura kuri kupera kwenyika, nevakukuri ingirosi.⁴⁰Ndizvo kudai ngesenga rinounganidzwa pamwepo rechipishwa ngemwoto; ndizvo zvinozoitwa mukupera kwenyika. ⁴¹Mukororo woMunhu unozotuma ngirosi dzake, nadzo dzinozounganidza kubva muumambo hwake zveshe zvinopumhunisa, naavo veshe vanoita zvinonyangadza. ⁴²Nadzo dzinozovakandira muchoto chomwoto. Kunozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino. ⁴³Naapo vakarurama vanozojeka kudai ngezuva muumambo hwaBaba avo. Uwo unenzee ngaazwe.⁴⁴Zve, umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa noupfumi hwakafishwa mumunda; uhwo hwaakaona munhu akahufishazve, ngokudakara kwake unoenda nokutengesa zveshe zvaanazvo, echitenga uwo munda. ⁴⁵“Zve, umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa nomunhu mutengisi unotsvaka mapuwe akanaka. ⁴⁶Uwo apo aona buwe rimwe rinomutengo mukuru, wakaenda, akatengesa zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, akaritenga.⁴⁷Zve, umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa nechitaa chakakandirwa muruandhle, nacho chakaunganidza mbeu dzeshe dzehove. ⁴⁸Icho apo chazara vakachikweera kuhumbikumbi, vakagara pashi, vakaunganidza dzakanaka muzvidziyo, asi dzakashata vakadzirasha.⁴⁹Ndizvo zvinozoitika mukupera kwenyika; ngirosi dzinozobuda dziparadzanise vakashata kubva mukati mwevakarurama, ⁵⁰dzivakandire muchoto chomwoto. Kunozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino.⁵¹Mwanasa kuzwa izvi zveshe here?” Navo vakati kwaari, “Eya''. ⁵²Jesu Wakati kwavari, “Ndizvo munyori weshe uwo wakadzidziswa ngezvoumambo hwomudenga, wakadai ngomunhu uri munewemhatso, uwo unobudisa kubva kwoupfumi hwake zviro zvitsva nezvekaretu''. ⁵³Kwakaitika apo Jesu apedza iyi miedzaniso, wakabvapo.⁵⁴Naapo Jesu auya kunyika yake, wakavadzidzisa mumhatso yavo yokudira, zvakaita kuti vashamiswe, vakati, “Kunobva kuri uku kungwara kwouyu munhu neiyi mishando yesimba? ⁵⁵Uyu andiyepi here mukororo womutsetsi? Mai ake avadaidzwi kuti Maria here? Nevanun'una vake ndiJakobe, Josefa, Simoni naJudhasi here? ⁵⁶Nehanzvadzi dzake dziri panapa nesu dzeshe here? Ndizvo iye wakazviona pari izvi zveshe?”⁵⁷Navo vakapumhuniswa ndiye. Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Muprofeti aarekeri kuremeredzwa kwega munyika mwake nomumhatso yake''. ⁵⁸Naye aazi kuita apo mishando ine simba yakawanda ngendaa yokusikatenda kwavo.

Chapter 14

¹Ngouwo mukuwo Herodhi mutongi wematunhu marongomuna wakazwa mbiri yaJesu. ²Naye wakati kuvaranda vake, “Uyu ndiJohani Mubhabhatidzi; wamuka kwevakafa. Ndizvo mishando iyi ine simba inoitwa ndiye''.³Ngokuti Herodhi waiya akamubata Johani, akamusunga, akamuisa mutirongo ngendaa yaHerodhiasi mukadzi womunun'una wake Firipi. ⁴Ngokuti Johani waiya akati kwaari, “Autenderwi ngezvironzo kuti umuroore''. ⁵Naapo aida kumuuraya, wakatya mbungano ngokuti vaiti muprofeti.⁶Asi apo zuva rokuberekwa kwaHerodhi raguma, mwanasikana waHerodhiasi wakazvina pakati pavo, naye wakadakadza Herodhi. ⁷Ndizvo iye wakagondisa ngokupika mhiko kuti unozomupa kunyazwi chiinyi chaaizokumbira.⁸Naye echiangiridzwa ndimai ake, wakati, “Ndipe panapa muchidziyo soro raJohani Mubhabhatidzi''. ⁹Namambo wakakurudzwa; asi ngendaa yokupika kwake, nendaa yaavo vaigara naye panokudya, wakapanga kuti rihinwe kwaari.¹⁰Naye wakatuma kuti Johani agurwe soro mutirongo. ¹¹Nesoro rakaunzwa riri muchidziyo rikapuwa kumusikana, naye wakariunza kunamai ake. ¹²Nevadzidzi vake vakauya vakatora muiri wake, vakauika, navo vakaenda vakaronzera Jesu.¹³Zvinopano Jesu azwa izwi wakabvapo ngengarava kuenda kundau iri yega ari ega. Naapo mbungano yazwa ndizvo, yakamuteera ngetsoka, yechibva kumadhorobha. ¹⁴Naye wakabuda akaona mbungano huru, wakavazwira urombo naye wakaponesa vairwara vavo.¹⁵Kwakati aamadeekoni vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari vechiti, “Panapa muri pandau iri yega nomukuwo watopera zvinopano. Ndizvo chiparadza mbungano kuti vaende mumaguta vadzitengere zvokudya''.¹⁶Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Avasisiri kuenda; vapei imwimwi zvokudya''. ¹⁷Navo vakati kwaari, “Panapa tine zvingwa zvishanu zvega nehove mbiri''. ¹⁸Naye wakati, “Zviunzenyi panapa pendiri''.¹⁹Naye wakapanga mbungano kuti igare pashi pamwenje, atora zvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri, wakaringira mudenga, akazvibonga, akazvigura, akazvihina kunevadzidzi, nevadzidzi vakahina kune mbungano. ²⁰Navo veshe vakadya, vakaguta, navo vakatonhera matsekeneswa ezvaiwarakatika vakazadza zvitundu gumi nazviiri. ²¹Naavo vakadya vaiya vanoda kuita mazana makumi mashanu evamuna, ngepabanze pevakadzi nevana.²²Paripo iye wakaronzera vadzidzi vake kuti vapotere mungarava, vatungamire kuambuka ruseri, achiendesa mbungano. ²³Naapo aendesa mbungano, wakakwira pamutunhu ari ega kookumbira. Kwoita madeekoni waiya aripo ega. ²⁴Asi zvinopano ngarava yaiya yaane mastadhia akawanda kubva kuhumbikumbi, yechikandirwa apo naapo ngemafungu, ngokuti dutu raipesana navo.²⁵Panguva yokurinda yechirongomuna yousiku iye wakauya kwavari, echihamba padera peruandhle. ²⁶Asi vadzidzi vechimuona echihamba padera poruandhle vakatyiswa vechiti, “Idzimudzangara.” Navo vakadaidzira ngokutya. ²⁷Asi paripo Jesu wakaereketa kwavari echiti, “Shingai, ndini hangu, musatya''.²⁸NaPetro wakamupingura echiti, “Mambo, kuti uriwe, ronza kuti ndiuye kwouri padera pemvura''. ²⁹Naye wakati, “Uya.” Naapo Petro adzaka kubva mungarava, wakahamba padera pemvura kuuya kunaJesu. ³⁰Asi echiona dutu rine simba rechipesana naye, wakatya; naye echitanga kudzemera, wakadaidzira echiti, “Mambo, ndiponese''.³¹Asi paripo Jesu wakatambanudza nyara yake, akamubata, akati kwaari, “Iwewe unokutenda kudoodoko, wagononda ngenyi?” ³²Kwakati apo vakwira mungarava, dutu rakaterama ³³Naavo vaiya mungarava vakamudira, vakati, “Ngegwinyiso iwewe uri Mukororo waMwari''.³⁴Naapo vakaambuka ruseri vakaguma munyika yeGenesareta., ³⁵Naapo vanhu vomunyikamwo vamuzia, vakaziisa munyika mweshe, vakaunza kwaari veshe avo vaiya nenhenda. ³⁶Navo vakamupota kuti ava vatenderwe kwega kubata mupendero wegauni rake. Naavo veshe vakaubata vakaponeswa yaamho.

Chapter 15

¹Zvinopano kwakauya kunaJesu vaFarisi nevanyori vechibva Jerusarema vechiti, ²“Ngenyi vadzidzi vako vechigura tsika dzevakuru, ngokuti avashambi nyara dzavo apo vechidya chingwa'' ³Asi Jesu wakavapingura, akati kwavari, “Imwimwi nemwi munogura ngenyi mupango waMwari ngetsika dzenyu?⁴Ngokuti Mwari wakati, ‘Remeredza baba ako namai ako, nouwo unotuka baba nokuti mai, ngaafe. ⁵Asi imwimwi munoti, iye unozoti kunababa ake nokuti kunamai ake, ‘Chiro chiri nechiri icho chemwaida kudetserwa ndicho ndini chaachipo kunaMwari'', ⁶aachatamiki kuremeredza baba ake nokuti mai ake. Ndizvo ngokudaro munoita kuti izwi raMwari riite risina shwiro ngetsika dzenyu.⁷Imwimwi vadziitisi, Isaya wakanasa kuprofeta ndimwi echiti ⁸‘Vanhu ava vanondiremeredza ngemiromo yavo, asi mwoyo yavo iri kuretu kwendiri. ⁹Asi vanotera kundidira, vechidzidzisa kuita zvidzidziso mipango yevanhu''.¹⁰Naye echidaidza pamwepo mbungano, wakati kwavari, “Izwai muzwisise. ¹¹Andichopi akadi chinopotera mumuromo chinosvipisa munhu, asi icho chinobuda mumuromo, ndicho chinosvipisa munhu.¹²Naapo vakauya vadzidzi vake, vakati kwaari, “Auzii here kuti vaFarisi vapumhuniswa ngokuzwa izwi iri? ¹³Asi Jesu wakapingura, akati, “Chisimwa cheshe chisikazi kusimwa ndiBaba angu vari mudenga chinozobvitwa. ¹⁴Varekerenyi, vari mapofu anokweya mapofu. Nokudai bofu rechikweya bofu, eshe anozowira mukati mwerindi''.¹⁵NaPetro wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Tidudzire muedzaniso uyu''. ¹⁶Asi wakati, “Imwimwi nemwi hamusati mwanasa kuzia here? ¹⁷Amuzwisisi here kuti icho chinopotera ngepamuromo chinoenda mundani, chinorashwa mushango?¹⁸Asi izvo zvinobuda kumuromo zvinobva mumwoyo. Izvi zvinomusvipisa munhu. ¹⁹Ngokuti mumwoyo munobva mirangariro yakashata, kuuraya, kuomba, kuhura, umbavha, uchapupu hwokunyepa, kutuka. ²⁰Izvi ndizvo zvinomusvipisa munhu. Asi kudya ngenyara dzisikazi kushambwa akusvipisi munhu akadi''.²¹Naapo Jesu wakabvapo, wakaenda munyika yeThire neyeSidhoni. ²²Penya dzimai reKhenani rakabva kundau iyo, rakadaidzira rechiti, “Ndiitire nyasha, Mambo, Mukororo waDhavhidha. Mwanasikana wangu unotambudzwa kakurutu ngedhimoni''. ²³Asi Jesu aazi kuripingura neizwi. Nevadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari, vakamupota vechiti, “Wechimuendesa, ngokuti unodaidzira sure kwedu''.²⁴Asi Jesu wakapingura, akati, “Ndakatumirwa kwega kumakwai akarashika emhatso yaIsuraeri''. ²⁵Asi uwo wakauya akagwadama, akati, “Mambo, ndidetsere''. ²⁶Asi wakapingura, akati, “Akuzi kunaka kutora chingwa chevana nokuchikandira kuzvimbwa''.²⁷Asi uwo wakati, “Eya, Mambo, kunyazwi zvituhwa zvembwa zvinodya matsekeneswa anowarakatika patafura ramambo wazvo''. ²⁸Naapo Jesu wakapingura, akati kweriri, “A dzimai, kutenda kwako kwakakura! Ngakuitike kwouri kudai ngezvounoda.” Nemwanasikana waro wakaponeswa kubvira ngeawa iro.²⁹NaJesu wakabvapo, wakauya pasinde peruandhle rweGarire; wakakwira pamutunhu, akagara apo. ³⁰Nembungano huru yakauya kwaari, inazvo zvirema nemapofu nevakakuvara nezvimbungumbungu, nevamweni vazhinji, vakavaisa pashi kutsoka dzake, naye wakavaponesa. ³¹Ngokudaro mbungano yakashamiswa apo yaona zvimbungumbungu zvichiereketa nevakakuvara vechiponeswa nezvirema zvechihamba nemapofu echiona. Navo vakakudza Mwari waIsuraeri.³²Naapo Jesu wakadaidza vadzidzi vake kwaari, akati, “Mwoyo wangu unovazwira urombo, ngokuti vaiya neni mazuva matatu vasina zvokudya. Neni andizovaendesi vasikazi kudya, ngokuti vangazodemera munjira''. ³³Nevadzidzi vake vakati kwaari, “Ngepari petingaona zvingwa zvakawanda murubaya muno zvinokwanisa kugutisa vanhu vazhinji vakadai?'' ³⁴NaJesu wakati kwavari, “Munezvingwa zvinganai?” Navo vakati, “Zvinomwe nezvihove zvishomani''. ³⁵Naye wakaronzera mbungano kuti igare pashi.³⁶Naye wakatora zvingwa zvinomwe nehove, akazvibonga, akazvigura, akahina kunevadzidzi, nevadzidzi vakazvihina kune mbungano. ³⁷Navo vakadya veshe, vakaguta. Navo vakatonhera matsekeneswa akasara, zvitundu zvinomwe zvakazara. ³⁸Naavo vakadya vaiya vamuna mazana makumi marongomuna, ngepabanze pevakadzi nevana. ³⁹Naye Jesu wakaendesa mbunganu, wakapotera mungarava, akauya kumigano yeMagadhana.

Chapter 16

¹VaFarisi nevaSadhusi vakauya vechimuedza, vakakumbira kuti avaitire chioniso chinobva mudenga. ²Asi iye wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Kwooita madeekoni munoti, ‘Kubanze kunozoara, ngokuti mudenga mwakatsvuka.³Nomumangwanani munoti, ‘Kunozonaya nyamashi, ngokuti mudenga mwakatsvuka muneruseto.’ Munozia kududzira hope yomudenga, asi amukoni here kududzira zvioniso zvemikuwo? ⁴Mubarirwana wakashata nounoomba unotsvaka chioniso, akuna chioniso chinozoitwa kwouri, asi kwega chioniso chaJona.” Jesu wakavasiya akaenda.⁵Naapo vadzidzi vake vaguma ruseri vaiya variyarwa kutora zvingwa. ⁶NaJesu wakati kwavari, “Wonai mungware mumera wevaFarisi newevaSadhus''. ⁷Navo vakapangana pakati pavo, vakati, “Unodaro ngokuti atizi kutora zvingwa''. , ⁸NaJesu echizia izvo, wakati, “Munopangana ngenyi pakati penyu, imwimwi munokutenda kudoodoko, ngokuti amuna chingwa?⁹Amuzii nazvinopano here nokuti kukarakadza ngezvingwa zvishanu zvakapuwa vanhu makumi emazana mashanu, nezvitundu zvinganai zvemwakatonhera matsekeneswa? ¹⁰Zve, nokuti zvingwa zvinomwe zvevanhu vaiya makumi emazana marongomuna, nezvitundu zvinganai zvemwakatonhera matsekeneswa?¹¹Amuzi kuzwisisa ngenyi kuti andizi kuereketa kwomuri ngezvingwa? Asi mungware mumera wevaFarisi newevaSadhusi''. ¹²Naapo vakanasa kuzwisisa kuti aasaivapanga kuti vangware ngomumera wezvingwa, asi kuti vangware kudzidzisa kwevaFarisi nekwevaSadhusi.¹³Zvino Jesu auya munyika yeSizaria Firipi, wakabvunza vadzidzi vake echiti, “Vanhu vanoti Mukororo woMunhu ndiani?'' ¹⁴Navo vakati, “Vamweni vanoti ndiJohani Mubhabhatidzi, nevamweni vanoti ndiErija, nevamweni vanoti ndiJeremia nokuti umwe wevaprofeti''. ¹⁵Iye wakati kwavari, “Asi imwimwi munoti ndiri anani?” ¹⁶Simoni Petro wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Iwewe uri Kristu, Mukororo waMwari Unopona''.¹⁷NaJesu wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Unomuchena iwewe Simoni, mukororo waJona, ngokuti nyama nengazi azvizi kuonisa ichi kwouri, asi Baba angu vari mudenga. ¹⁸Neni ndinoti kwouri, ‘Iwewe uri Petro, nepadera peiri buwe ndinozoaka chiara changu; nezvimana zveHaidhesi azvizochinyisi''.¹⁹Neni ndinokupa makii oumambo hwomudenga; neicho chounozosunga munyika, chinozosungwa mudenga. Neicho chounozosunhura munyika, chinozosunhurwa mudenga''. ²⁰Naapo wakapanga vadzidzi vake kuti vasazoronzera munhu naumwe kuti ndiye Kristu.²¹Kubvira ngouwo mukuwo Jesu wakatanga kuonisa kuvadzidzi vake kuti kunosisira kuti aende Jerusarema, atambudzike ngezvakawanda ngevakuru nevapristi vakuru nevanyori, aurawe nezuva rechitatu amuswe. ²²Naapo Petro wakamutora dumba, akatanga kumupanga echiti, “Mwari ngaaite kuti chisaitika icho kwouri, Mambo. Ichi achizoitiki kwouri nariin''. ²³Asi iye wakakunukuka, akati kunaPetro, “Ibva sure kwangu, Sathani. Uri mupumhunisi kwendiri; ngokuti aunyeri ngeizvo zvaMwari, asi ngeizvo zvevanh''.²⁴Naapo Jesu wakati kuvadzidzi vake, “Kunyazwi ndiani unoda kuuya sure kwangu, ngaadzirambe atore muchinjiko wake, anditeere. ²⁵Ngokuti iye unoda kuuyirwa ngendaramo yake, unozorashikirwa ndiyo; nouwo unozorasha ndaramo yake ngepamusoro pangu, unozoiona. ²⁶Munhu unozouyirwa ngenyi kudai echiona nyika yeshe, akarashikirwa ngendaramo yake? Nokuti munhu unozoita mutenganisonyi nendaramo yake?²⁷Ngokuti Mukororo woMunhu unozouya muutende hwaBaba ake pamwepo nengirosi dzake; naapo unozopa munhu weshe kudai ngemishando yake. ²⁸Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, varipo vamweni venyu vanoema panapa, avo vasikazozwi kufa metsa vaona Mukororo woMunhu echiuya muumambo hwake''.

Chapter 17

¹Ngesure kwemazuva matanhatu Jesu wakatora Petro, Jakobe naJohani, munun'una wake, wakavatungamira akakwira navo padera pomutunhu wakareba, vari vega. ²Naye wakatsandudzwa pamberi pavo, nehope yake yakajeka kudai ngezuva, nezvokufuka zvake zvakachena kudai ngokujeka.³Penya, kwakaoneka kwaari Mosi naErija, vechiereketa naye. ⁴NaPetro wakati kunaJesu, “Mambo, kwakanaka kwetiri ngokuti tiri panapa. Kudai wechida, ndinozoaka pano zvitumba zvitatu, chimwe chako, chimweni chaMosi nechimweni chaErija''.⁵Apo achaereketa, penya gore rinon'anikira rakavatibikira, penya izwi rakabva mugore rechiti, “Uyu ndiye Mukororo wangu, wendinoda, wendinonasa kudakara ndiye; mwechimuzwa''. ⁶Naapo vadzidzi vazwa izvi, vakadzikandira pashi vakatsikitsira hope dzavo pamavhu, vakatya kakurutu. ⁷NaJesu wakauya, akavabata, akati, “Mirukai, musatya''. ⁸Naapo vamirudza madziso avo, avazi kuona munhu, kwega Jesu.⁹Vachadzaka kubva padera pomutunhu, Jesu wakavapanga echiti, “Musazoronzera munhu naumwe ngendaa yechioniso metsa Mukororo woMunhu amuka kwavakafa. ¹⁰Nevadzidzi vake vakamubvunza vechiti, “Ndizvo, ngenyi vanyori vanoti, ‘Kunosisira kuti Erija atange kuuya?’¹¹Naye wakapingura echiti, “Ngegwinyiso Erija unouya aunzidzire zveshe. ¹²Asi ndinoti kwomuri, Erija wakatouya hake, navo avazi kumuzia, asi vakaita kwaari zveshe izvo zvevakada. Ngokudaro Mukororo woMunhu naye unozotambudzwa ndivo''. ¹³Naapo vadzidzi vakazwisisa kuti wakaereketa kwavari ndiJohani Mubhabhatidzi.¹⁴Vaguma kunembungano kwakauya kwaari munhu, akamugwadamira pashi echiti, ¹⁵Mambo, wechimuitira nyasha mwana wangu; ngokuti unenhutu, unotambudzika kakurutu. Ngokuti kazhinji unowa mumwoto nekazhinjizve mumvura. ¹⁶Neni ndamuunza kunevadzidzi vako, navo vakorera kumuponesa''.¹⁷Jesu wakapingura, akati, “A! Mubarirwana usikatendi nounopauka, ndinozogara nemwi mukuwo wakaitawani? Ndinozomusengerera mukuwo wakaitawani? Wechimuunza pano kwendiri''. ¹⁸NaJesu wakakaraidza iro dhimoni; naro rakabuda kubva kwaari. Nomurumbwana wakaponeswa kubvira ngeawa iro.¹⁹Naapo vadzidzi vakauya kunaJesu, ari ega, navo vakati, “Ngenyi isusu takorera kuridzinga?'' ²⁰Naye wakati kwavari, “Ngendaa yokutenda kwenyu kudoko, ngokuti ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kudai munokutenda kudai ngetsangu yomustadhi, mungaronza kuneuyu mutunhu kuti, ‘Ibva panapa, uende apo;’ nawo unozobva apo; kusina chiro chisikazoitwi ndimwi. ²¹Asi iyi mbeu aibudi kwega ngokukumbira nangokuera kudya.²²Navo vachaungana pamwepo muGarire, Jesu wakati kwavari, “Mukororo woMunhu unozohinwa munyara dzevanhu. ²³Navo vanozomuuraya, naye ngezuva rechitatu unozomukazve.” Navo vakatambudzika kakurutu.²⁴Naapo vauya muKhapernaume, avo vaiashira chibharo vakauya kuna Petro, vakati, “Mudzidzisi wenyu aadusi chibharo chemare chinozwi dhidhirakama here?” ²⁵Wakati, “Eya.” Kwakati apotera mumhatso Jesu wakatanga kuereketa kwaari echiti, “Unopinimidzenyi, Simoni? Madzimambo enyika vanoashira kunaani murimwa nokuti chibharo? Kunevakororo vavo nokuti kuvapara here?”²⁶Petro wakati kwaari, “Kuvapara.” Naapo Jesu wakati kwaari, “Ngokudaro vakororo vavo vari vakasunungurwa. ²⁷Asi kuti tisazovapumhunisa, enda iwewe kuruandhle, ukandire chitebo, utore hove iyo inotanga kubatwa. Naapo wabeura muromo wayo, unozoona chigurwa chemare yesirivha chinozwi sitatera; icho unozochitora uhine kwavari ngepamusoro pangu nepako.

Chapter 18

¹Panguva iyo vadzidzi vakauya kunaJesu, vakati, “Ndiani wakakurisisa muumambo hwomudenga?” ²NaJesu wakadaidza kwaari mwana mudoko, wakamuisa pakati pavo. ³Akati, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, musikatenderuki, muite kudai ngevana vadoko, amutongozopindi muumambo hwomudenga.⁴Ndizvo iye unozodzipfaisa kudai ngouyu mwana mudoko, iye ndiye wakakurisisa muumambo hwomudenga. ⁵Nouwo unozoashira umwe mwana mudoko wakadai ngouyu ngezina rangu, unondiashira inini. ⁶“Asi kunyazwi ndiani unozoita kuti umwe wevadoko vakadai vanonditenda vashaishe, kunopinda kumunakira iye kuti guyo gurutu risungirwe muhuro mwake, kuti anzvaidzwe muudzamu rworuandhle.⁷Ihehe kunyika ngendaa yezvipumhuniso! Ngokuti kunotamika kuti zvipumhuniso zviuye; asi ihehe kwaari munhuwo unoita kuti vanhu vashaishe!, ⁸Kuti nyara yako dangani rutsoka rwako rwechikuita kuti ushaishe, ruteme, ururashe kubva kwouri. Kunopinda kunaka kwouri kuti upotere mukurarama uri chirema nokuti wechikumhina, kunekuti unenyara mbiri dangani tsoka mbiri ukandirwe mumuriro usikadzimi.⁹Nokudai dziso rako rechikuita kuti ushaishe, ribvite, urirashe kubva kwouri. Kunopinda kunaka kwouri kuti upotere mukurarama uri jochotore kunekuti unemadziso mairi ukandirwe mumuriro weGehena.¹⁰Ngwarai kuti musazoshoora umwe weava vadoko. Ngokuti ndinoti kwomuri, mudenga ngirosi dzavo dzinogara dzechiona hope yaBaba angu vari mudenga. ¹¹Ngokuti Mukororo woMunhu wakauya kuponesa avo vakarashika.¹²Munopinimidzenyi? Kuti munhu anezana remakwai nerimwe rawo rarashika, aasii here arimakumi mapfumbamwe nepfumbamwe, aende mumitunhu kutsvaka iro rakarashika? ¹³Kudai kwechiitika kuti unoriona, ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, unopinda kudakara ngeiro kunemakumi mapfumbamwe nepfumbamwe asikazi kurashika. ¹⁴Ngokudaro andikwopi kuda kwaBaba enyu vari mudenga kuti umwe weava vadoko arove.¹⁵Kudai munun'una wako echizokushaishira, enda umuonise ndaa yake pakati penyu muri mwega. Kudai iye echizopurutana, wauyirwa ngomunun'una wako, ¹⁶Asi kuti asikazopurutani, tora umwe dangani vairi kuenda newe, kuti ngemiromo yevairi dangani yevatatu vanoita chapupu, mazwi eshe angagwinyiswa.¹⁷Asi kuti iye echizoramba kuvapurutana, wechironzera vechiara. Asi kudai echizoramba kupurutana kunyazwi kunevechiara, ngaaite kwouri kudai ngewevemadzinza nokudai ngomubharisi.¹⁸Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, ‘Kunyazwi chiinyi chomunozosunga munyika, chinozosungwawo mudenga. Neicho chomunosunhura munyika, chinozosunhurwawo mudenga. ¹⁹Zve ndinoti kwomuri, kudai vairi venyu vanozotenderana panyika ngechiro chevanozokumbirira, chinozoitwa kwavari ndiBaba angu vari mudenga., ²⁰Ngokuti apo vairi nokuti vatatu vechiungana pamwepo ngezina rangu, ndiripo pakati pavo''.²¹Naapo Petro wakauya echiti kwaari, “Mambo, munun'una wangu unozondishaishira kanganai ndechimurekerera? Metsa mikuwo minomwe here?” ²²Jesu wakati kwaari, “Andironzi kwouri kuti, metsa mikuwo minomwe akadi; asi metsa mikuwo iri makumi manomwe akapetwa kanomwe.²³Ndizvo umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa nomunhu uri mambo, uwo waida kuerengerana nevaranda vake chikwereti. ²⁴Naapo atanga kuerenga, umwe wakaunzwa kwaari anechikwereti chematarenda makumi emazana gumi. ²⁵Asi ngokuti iye waiya asina chokuripira ndicho, mambo wake wakapanga kuti atengeswe nomukadzi wake nevana vake nazvo zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, kuti chikwereti chiripwe.²⁶Ndizvo muranda uwo wakawa pashi ngemabvi, akamupota echiti, ‘Wechindikungurira, neni ndinozokuripira zveshe''. ²⁷Naapo mambo wouwo muranda wakamukungurira, akamusunhura, akamurekerera chikwereti.²⁸Asi uwo muranda wakabuda, akaona umwe wevaranda mungani wake, uwo waakakweretwa ndiye zana remadhinari;[16] naye wakamubata ngenyara, akamudzipa pahuro echiti, ‘Ripa kwendiri chikwereti chako''. ²⁹Ndizvo muranda uwo mungani wake wakawa pashi, akamupota echiti, ‘Wechindikungurira, neni ndinozokuripira''.³⁰Asi aazi kutenda. Asi wakaenda akamuisa mutirongo, metsa aripa icho chikwereti. ³¹Ndizvo varanda vangani vake, vechiona icho chakaitika, vakasvipa mwoyo kakurutu, vakauya, vakaronzera mambo wavo izvo zveshe zvakaitika.³²Naapo mambo wake amudaidza, wakati kwaari, ‘Iwewe muranda wakashata, ndakakukungurira chikwereti icho cheshe, apo wandipota. ³³Usaisisa newe here kuti ukungurire muranda uwo mungani wako, kudai ndini ndakakukungurira iwewe?’³⁴Namambo wake wakatseneka, akamuhina kuvashwinyisi metsa aripa izvo zveshe zvaaiya nechikwereti kwaari ndizvo. ³⁵Ngokudaro Baba angu vari mudenga vanozoita kwomuri, kuti imwimwi musikakunguriri munun'una wenyu ngomumwoyo mwenyu''.

Chapter 19

¹Kwakatika apo Jesu apedza kuereketa aya mazwi, wakabuda muGarire, wakauya kumigano yeJudhia, ruseri rweJorodhani. ²Mbungano huru yakamuteera, naye wakavaponesa apo.³NevaFarisi vakauya kwaari, vechimuedza vechiti, “Kunotenderwa here ngezvironzo kuti munhu arambe mukadzi wake ngendaa kunyazwi ngeiri? ⁴Jesu wakapingura, akati, “Amuzikudzidza here kuti uwo wakavasika pakutanga, wakavasika mwamuna nomukadzi.⁵Akati, ‘Ngeiyi ndaa munhu unozosiya baba ake namai, unozonamatira kumukadzi wake neava vairi vanozoita nyama imwe''. ⁶Ndizvo avachaiti vairi, asi nyama imwe. Ndizvo icho chaakasunganidza Mwari, munhu asasunhura''.⁷Vakati kwaari, “Ndizvo ngenyi Mosi akapanga kuhina tsamba yokuparadzana nokumuramba?” ⁸Wakati kwavari, “Mosi ngendaa yokukonza kwomwoyo yenyu wakamutendera kuti murambe vakadzi venyu. Asi kubvira pakutanga zvaiya zvisikazi kudaro. ⁹Asi inini ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi ndiani uwo unoramba mukadzi wake isiri ndaa yokuomba, aroore umweni, unoomba''.¹⁰Vadzidzi vakati kwaari, “Kuti yakadaro ndaa yomunhu nomukadzi wake, akuzi kunaka kuroora''. ¹¹Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Veshe avangaashiri izwi iri, asi kwega kwavari avo vakaripuwa. ¹²Ngokuti varipo vari ngomwa kubva mundani dzemadzimai avo; varipozve mitenwa avo vakatenwa ngevanhu, varipozve vakadziitisa ngomwa ngepamusoro poumambo hwomudenga. Iye unesimba rokuashira, ngaariashire''.¹³Naapo vakaunza kwaari vana vadoko, kuti aise nyara dzake padera pavo, avakumbirire. Asi vadzidzi vakavarambidza''. ¹⁴Asi Jesu wakati, “Tenderai vana vadoko kuti vauye kwendiri, musavarambidza, ngokuti umambo hwomudenga ngehwevakadaro''. ¹⁵Naye wakaisa nyara dzake padera pavo, akabva apo.¹⁶Penya, umwe wakauya kwaari Jesu, akati, “Mudzidzisi, chiinyi icho chakanaka chendingaita kuti ndizoona kupona kusikaperi?” ¹⁷Jesu wakati kwaari, “Unondibvunza ngenyi ngendaa yechakanaka? Uripo umwe wakanaka, asi kudai wechida kupotera mukupona wechingwarira mipango''.¹⁸Wakati kwaari, “Mipango iri?” NaJesu wakati, “Usazouraya, usazoomba, usazoba, usazoita chapupu chokunyepa, ¹⁹remeredza baba ako namai, unozoda muakirwana wako kudai ngokudzida iwewe''.²⁰Jaha rakati kwaari, “Ndakazvingwarira izvi zveshe. Chiinyi chasara kuti ndiite?” ²¹Jesu wakati kweriri, “Kuti wechida kuita wakaperera, enda utengese zveshe zvounazvo, uhine kuvarombo, newe unozoona upfumi mudenga, uuye unditeere''. ²²Asi apo jaha razwa izwi iro rakaenda rechitambudzika; ngokuti raiya noupfumi hwakawanda.²³Naapo Jesu wakati kuvadzidzi vake, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kwakakonza kunegurudza kuti ripotere muumambo hwomudenga. ²⁴Zve ndinoti kwomuri, kwakapinda kuita nyore kuti kamera ripotere ngepauri renaiti, kunekuti gurudza ripotere muumambo hwaMwari''.²⁵Apo vadzidzi vazwa izvi, vakashamiswa kakurutu, vakati, “Kuti zvakadaro, ndiani ungaponeswa?” ²⁶Asi Jesu echivaringira, wakati kwavari, “Kunevanhu ichi achiitiki; asi kunaMwari zveshe zvinoitika''. ²⁷Naapo Petro wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Ringira, isusu takasiya zveshe, tikakuteera; ndizvo tinozoonenyi?”²⁸Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, munyika itsva, apo Mukororo woMunhu paanozogara padera pedendemaro routhende hwake, imwimwiwo mwakanditeera munozogarawo padera pemadendemaro gumi namairi, mwechitonga madzinza gumi namairi aIsuraeri.²⁹Nemunhu weshe wakasiya mhatso, nokuti vanun'una, nokuti hanzvadzi, nokuti baba, nokuti mai, nokuti vana, nokuti minda, ngepamusoro pezina rangu, unozoashira zvakapetwa kuita zana, naye unozogara nhaka yokupona kusikaperi. ³⁰

Chapter 20

¹Ngokuti umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa nomunhu uri mune wemhatso, uwo wakafumira mangwanani maishi kootora vashandi vomunda wake vemivhini. ²Naapo atenderana nevashandi ngechigurwa chesirivha ngezuva, wakavatuma kumunda wemivhini.³Naye wakabudazve rooda kuita awa rechitatu, akaona vamweni vakaema pandau yomusika, vasikashandi. ⁴Wakati kwavari, ‘Mwechiendawo mumunda wemivhini, neicho chinomusisira ndinozomupa.’ Navo vakaenda.⁵Wakabudazve rooda kuita awa rechitanhatu nerechipfumbamwe, wakaitazve kudaro. ⁶Rooda kuita awa rechigumi narimwe wakabuda, akaona vamweni vakaema, akati kwavari, ‘Munoema panapa ngenyi zuva reshe musina chomunoshanda?’ ⁷Vakati kwaari, ‘Ngokuti apana munhu watitora.’ Wakati kwavari, ‘Mwechiendawo mumunda wemivhini''.⁸Kwaita madeekoni mambo womunda wemivhini wakati kunenhunge yake, ‘Daidza vashandi, uvape misharo yavo, utange ngouwo wokugumisira metsa kuguma kunouwo wokutanga''. ⁹Kwakati vechiuya avo vakatorwa ngeawa rechigumi narimwe vakaashira chigurwa chesirivha. ¹⁰Kwakati avo vokutanga voouya vakapinimidza kuti vangatutsirwa; navo ngokudaro vakaashira munhu weshe chigurwa chesirivha.¹¹Naapo vaashira, vakavhuruvhutira munewemhatso, ¹²vechiti, ‘Ava vokupedzisira vashanda awa rimwe rega, newe waita kuti vaedzane nesu, isusu takatwara mutwaro nokupisha kwezuva''.¹³Asi iye wakapingura, akati kunoumwe wavo, ‘Mungani, andizi kukuitira chakashata. Auzi kutenderana neni here ngechigurwa chesirivha? ¹⁴Tora icho chiri chako uende. Ndinoda kumupawo uyu wokupedzisira kudai ndiwe.¹⁵Akutenderwi here kwendiri kuti ndiite icho chendinoda ngezviri zvangu? Nokuti dziso rako raita godo ngokuti inini ndakanaka here?’ ¹⁶Ndizvo avo vesure vanozoita vepamberi, nevepamberi vanozoita vesure''.¹⁷Apo Jesu akwira Jerusarema, wakatora vadzidzi gumi navairi vari vega munjira, naye wakati kwavari/ ¹⁸“Penyai, tinokwira Jerusarema; noMukororo woMunhu unozohinwa kuvapristi vakuru nevanyori, navo vanozomutongera rufu. ¹⁹Navo vanozomuhina kunevemadzinza kuti aitirwe jee nokuchaiwa nokukohomerwa, ngezuva rechitatu unozomuka''.²⁰Naapo kwakauya kwaari Jesu mai evakororo vaZebhedhi, pamwepo nevakororo vake, akagwadama, echikumbira kwaari chiro. ²¹Naye wakati kwaari, “Chiinyi chomunoda?” Wakati kwaari, “Ronza kuti ava vakororo vangu vairi vagare umwe ngokumudyo kwako noumweni ngokumuoshwe kwako muumambo hwako''.²²Asi Jesu wakapingura, akati “Amuzii chomunokumbira. Munokona here kumwa kutsani yendichamwa inini?” Vakati kwaari, “Tinokona''. ²³Iye wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso munozomwa kutsani yangu; asi kugara ngokumudyo kwangu nokuti ngokumuoshwe kwangu, andikwopi kwangu kuhina, asi ngekwaavo vakakunasirirwa ndiBaba angu''. ²⁴Naapo varigumi vazwa, vakatsenekera avo vakoma vairi.²⁵Asi Jesu wakavadaidza kwaari, akati, “Munozia kuti vatongi vemadzinza vanotonga padera pavo, nevakuru vavo vanesimba padera pavo. ²⁶Asi akuzodaropi pakati penyu; asi iye unoda kuti aite mukuru pakati penyu ngaaite mushandiri wenyu. ²⁷Nouwo unoda kuita wokutanga pakati penyu ngaaite muranda wenyu. ²⁸Kudai ngoMukororo woMunhu aazi kuuya kushandirwa, asi kushandira nokuhina kupona kwake kuita muripo wevazhinji''.²⁹Navo vachabuda kubva muJerikho mbungano huru yakamuteera. ³⁰Penya, mapofu mairi akagara panjira, apo akazwa kuti Jesu waizopindapo, akadaidzira echiti, “Mambo, Mukororo waDhavhidha, tiitire nyasha''. ³¹Nembungano yakaakaraidza kuti anyarare. Asi akapinda kudaidzisa echiti, “Mambo, Mukororo waDhavhidha, tiitire nyasha''.³²NaJesu wakaema, akaadaidza, akati, “Munoda kuti ndimuitirenyi?” ³³Akati kwaari, “Mambo, kuti madziso edu apembenudzwe''. ³⁴Ndizvo Jesu wakaazwira urombo, akagwama madziso awo; paripo madziso awo akapembenudzwa, nawo akamuteera.

Chapter 21

¹Naapo Jesu vakwedzera pasinde peJerusarema, vaguma Bhethifaje, kuMutunhu wemaOrivhi, Jesu wakatuma vairi vevadzidzi vake. ²Wakati kwavari, “Endai kuguta iro remwakaringirana naro, paripo munozoona mbongoro yakasungwa netsiru pamwepo nayo; mwechidzisunhura, mudziunze kwendiri. ³Kuti aripo unozoereketa chiro kwomuri, munozoti, ‘Mambo unodzitama,’ chiriporipo unozodzitumira''.⁴Ichi chakaitika kuti kuzadzisike ukwo kwakaereketwa ngomuprofeti echiti, ⁵“Ronzerai mwanasikana weZioni. Penya, Mambo wako unouya kwouri, ari wakapfaa, echigadha padera pembongoro nepadera petsiru rechifuyo chemitwaro''.⁶Nevadzidzi vakaenda, vakaita kudai ngezvaakavapanga Jesu. ⁷Navo vakaunza mbongoro netsiru rayo, vakaisa zvokufuka zvavo padera padzo, vakamugadzika padera payo. ⁸Norupande ruzhinji rwembungano rwakachinga zvokufuka zvavo munjira; nevamweni vakatema matai emiti, vakaawara munjira.⁹Nembungano yaihamba pamberi paJesu, neiyo yaiteera ngesure, yakadaidzira yechiti, “Hosana kuMukororo waDhavhidha! Unomuchena uwo unouya ngezina raMambo! Hosana mudengadenga''. ¹⁰Naapo Jesu apotera muJerusarema, vedhorobha reshe vakaita nyongano vechiti, “Ndiani uyu?” ¹¹Nembungano yakati, “Uyu muprofeti Jesu, unobva Nazaretha reGarire''.¹²NaJesu wakapotera muTemperi, wakabudisa avo veshe vaitengesa naavo vaitenga muTemperi, naye wakapinduridza matafura eavo vaitenganisana mare nezvigaro zvaavo vaitengesa njia. ¹³Wakati kwavari, “Kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Mhatso yangu inozozwi imhatso yokudira; asi imwimwi mwaiita bako rembavha.''. ¹⁴Mapofu nezvirema zvakauya kwaari muTemperi, naye wakavaponesa.¹⁵Asi apo vapristi vakuru nevanyori vaona izvo zvinoshamisa zvaakaita, nevana vaidaidzira muTemperi vechiti, “Hosana kuMukororo waDhavhidha,” vakatseneswa, ¹⁶navo vakati kwaari, “Unozwa here icho chevanoereketa ava?” NaJesu wakati kwavari, “Eya. Amuzi kutongodzidza here, kuti kubva kumiromo yendumure neyevanoamwa unoashira kukudzwa kwakaperera?” ¹⁷Naye wakavasiya, akabuda mudhorobha, akaenda Bhethani, naye wakaata apo.¹⁸Mangwanani apo echihwirira kudhorobha waiya nenzara. ¹⁹Naapo aona muonde pasinde penjira, wakaguma kwouri, akaona usina chiro, asi mashakani ega, naye wakati kwouri, “Michero isachazoberekwa kwouri kunoti mhera nariini.” Paripo muonde wakazeketera.²⁰Kwakati vadzidzi vaona, vakashamiswa vechiti, “Muonde wazeketera ngokukasira ngenyi?” ²¹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kudai munokutenda musikagonondi, amungazoiti chega icho chakaitwa kunemuonde, asi kunyazwi mwechizoti kunouyu mutunhu, ‘Ibva panapa, ukandirwe muruandhle,’ chinozoitika. ²²Nazvo zveshe zvomunozokumbirira mumikumbiro ngokugonda, munozozviashira''.²³Naapo Jesu angena muTemperi, vapristi vakuru nevakuru vevanhu vakauya kwaari achadzidzisa, vakati, “Ngesimba raani rounoita izvi ndiro? Ndiani wakakupa simbaro?” ²⁴Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Inini ndinozomubvunzawo chiro chimwe, kuti mukandironzera, ndinozomuronzerawo kuti isimba raani rendinoita izvi ndiro.,²⁵Rubhabhatidzo rwaJohani rwakabva kuri? Rwakabva mudenga here, nokuti rwakabva kuvanhu?” Navo vakapangana pakati pavo vechiti, “Kuti tikaronza kuti, ‘Rwakabva mudenga,’ unozoti kwetiri, ‘Ndizvo amuzikumutenda ngenyi?’

²⁶Asi kuti tikaronza kuti, ‘Rwakabva kuvanhu,’ tinotya vanhu; ngokuti veshe vanoti kuti Johani waiya muprofeti''. ²⁷Navo vakapingura kunaJesu vakati, “Atizii.” Naye wakati kwavari, “Ininiwo andimuronzeri kuti ndinoita izvi ngesimba raani.²⁸“Asi munopinimidzenyi? Munhu waiya nevakororo vairi; naye wakaenda kunewokutanga, akati, ‘Mwana, enda nyamashi ushande mumunda wemivhini''. ²⁹Naye wakapingura, akati, ‘Andidi’, asi ngesure wakatenderuka, akaenda. ³⁰Naye wakaenda kunewechipiri, wakaereketa ndizvo ndizvo. Iye wakapingura, akati, ‘Ndinoenda, baba’, asi ngesure aazi kuenda³¹Ndiani pavairi wakaita kuda kwababa ake?” Vakati, “Uwo wokutanga.” Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, vabharisi nemhombo vanomutangira kupotera muumambo hwaMwari. ³²Ngokuti Johani wakauya kwomuri munjira yokururama, nemwi amuzi kumutenda; asi vabharisi nemhombo vakamutenda; nemwi apo mwaona izvo amuzi kutenderuka ngesureni, kuti mugonde kwaari.³³“Izwai muedzaniso umweni. Kwaiyapo munewemhatso wakatikuti, wakasima munda wemivhini, wakaushoshera ngerusvingo, wakatsvaka pokukamurira vhini mukati mwawo, naye wakaaka chitumba akauhina kuti ungwarirwe ngevarimi, akaenda kunyika imweni., ³⁴Naapo nguva yokuibva kwemichero yakwedzera, wakatuma varanda vake kuvarimi avo, kuti vaashire chikoaniswa chake chemichero.³⁵Nevarimi avo vakatora varanda vake, vakachaya umwe, vakauraya umweni, vakaponda umweni ngemapuwe. ³⁶Wakatumazve varanda vamweni vakapinda kuwanda kuneavo vokutanga, navo vakaita kwavari ndizvo ndizvo. ³⁷Asi pakupedzisira wakatuma kwavari mukororo wake echiti, ‘Vanozoremeredza mukororo wangu''.³⁸Asi apo varimi vaona mukororo uwo, vakati pachavo, ‘Uyu ndiye unogara nhaka. Uyai ngatimuuraye, titore nhaka yake''. ³⁹Navo vakamubata, vakamubudisa kubanze kwomunda wemivhini, vakamuuraya.⁴⁰Ndizvo apo mambo womunda wemivhini ouya, unozoitenyi kuneavo varimi?” ⁴¹Vakati kwaari, “Unozouraya vanhu vakashata ngokuuraya kwakashata, naye unozohina munda uwo wemivhini kuvarimi vamweni, avo vanozohina kwaari michero ngemikuwo yayo''.⁴²Jesu wakati kwavari, “Amuzi kutongodzidza here muzvinyorwa kuti, ‘Buwe iro rakarambwa ngevaaki, ndiro rakaitwa soro repakona; ichi chakabva kunaMambo, nacho chinoshamisa mukuona kwedu?⁴³Ndizvo ndinoti kwomuri kuti, umambo hwaMwari hunozoduswa kwomuri, nahwo hunozohinwa kudzinza iro rinobereka michero yahwo. ⁴⁴Naye uwo unozowa padera pebuwe iri, unozoputika; asi iye werinowa padera pake, rinozomukuya kuita bukuta.⁴⁵Naapo vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vazwa miedzaniso yake, vakazia kuti unoereketa ndivo. ⁴⁶Naapo vakatsvaka kuti vamubate, vakatya mbungano ngokuti iyi yaigonda kuti muprofeti.

Chapter 22

¹NaJesu wakapingura, akaereketazve kwavari ngemiedzaniso echiti, ²“Umambo hwomudenga hunoedzaniswa nomunhu uri mambo, wakaitira mukororo wake dhiri romuchadho. ³Naye wakatuma varanda vake kudaidza avo vakakokwa kudhiri romuchadho, navo avazi kuda kuuya.⁴Wakatumazve varanda vamweni echiti, ‘Ronzerai avo vakakokwa kuti, penyai ndanasirira kudya kwangu; n'ombe dzangu nedzakanuna dzangu dzaurawa, nazvo zveshe zvanasirirwa; uyai kudhiri romuchadho''.⁵Asi avo vakazvirerusa, vakaenda, umwe kumunda wake noumweni kootengesa kwake, ⁶navo vakasara vakabata varanda vake, vakavashononesa, vakavauraya. ⁷Naapo mambo azwa izvi wakatseneka, naye wakatuma hondo dzake, akavauraya avo vaurayi, akapisha dhorobha ravo.⁸Naapo wakati kuvaranda vake, ‘Dhiri romuchadho ranasirirwa, asi avo vakakokwa vaiya vasikasisiri. ⁹Ndizvo endai pamhararano dzenjira, navo veshe vomunozoona, mwechivakoka kuti vauye kudhiri romuchadho''. ¹⁰Naavo varanda vakabuda, vakaenda munjira, vakaunganidza veshe avo vevakandoona, veshe vakashata nevakanaka; mhatso yedhiri romuchadho yakazara ngevaeni.¹¹Asi apo mambo apotera kuringira vaeni, wakaona munhu waiya asikazi kupfeka bhachi romuchadho. ¹²Naye wakati kwaari, ‘Hama, waita mapoterenyi muno usina bhachi romuchadho?’ Asi iye wakanyarara.¹³Naapo mambo wakati kuvaranda vake, ‘Mwechimusunga tsoka nenyara, mwechimukandira muchidima chiri kubanze; kunozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino''. ¹⁴Ngokuti vazhinji vanodaidzwa, asi vashomani vanotsanangurwa¹⁵Naapo vaFarisi vakaenda, vakaita bangano rokuti vamuteye mukuereketa kwake. ¹⁶Navo vakatumira kwaari vadzidzi vavo pamwepo nevaHerodhi vechiti, “Mudzidzisi, tinozia kuti iwewe uri wegwinyiso, unodzidzisa njira yaMwari ngegwinyiso, autunhumadzi munhu; ngokuti aupenyi hope yomunhu. ¹⁷Tironzere zvinopano unopinimidzenyi. Ndizvo here kuti tibhadhare chibharo kunaSiza nokuti tisabhadhara?¹⁸Asi Jesu, echizia kushata kwavo, wakati, “Munondiedza ngenyi, imwimwi vadziitisi? ¹⁹Ndipangidzirenyi mare yechibharo.” Navo vakaunza kwaari chigurwa chemare chinozwi dhinariusi.²⁰Naye wakati kwavari, “Ngowaani uyu mutodzaniso nouku kunyorwa? ²¹Vakati, “NgezvaSiza.” Naapo wakati kwavari, “Ndizvo mwechihina kunaSiza zvaSiza, nokunaMwari izvo zviri zvaMwari''. :22 ²²Naapo vazwa, vakashamiswa, vakamusiya vakaenda.²³Ngezuva ndiro ndiro, vaSadhusi avo vanoti akuna kumuka kwevakafa, vakauya kwaari, vakamubvunza. ²⁴vechiti, “Mudzidzisi, Mosi wakati, ‘Kuti munhu akafa, asina vana, munun'una wake unozoroora mukadzi wake aberekere mukoma wake vana''.²⁵Ndizvo kwaiyapo nesu vakoma vanomwe; nouwo wokutanga wakaroora, wakafa asina vana, wakasiya mukadzi wake kune munun'una wake. ²⁶Ngokudarozve newechipiri newechitatu, metsa kupedzisira ngowechinomwe. ²⁷Napakugumisira kwavo veshe mukadzi wakazofawo. ²⁸Ndizvo mukumuka kwevakafa, unozoita mukadzi waani kwavari vanomwe? Ngokuti veshe vakamuroora''.²⁹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Munokangaidzwa ngokusikazia zvinyorwa nokuti simba raMwari. ³⁰Ngokuti mukumuka kwavakafa, avaroori, zve avaroorwi, asi vari vakadai ngengirosi dziri mudenga.³¹Asi ngendaa yokumuka kwevakafa, amuzi kutongodzidza here icho chakaereketwa kwomuri ndiMwari echiti, ³²‘Inini ndiri Mwari waAbrahama naMwari waIsaka naMwari waJakobe?’ Mwari aasiri Mwari wevakafa akadi, asi wevanopona''. ³³Naapo mbungano yazwa izvi, yakashamiswa ngokudzidzisa kwake.³⁴Asi apo vaFarisi vazwa kuti waiya anyararisa vaSadhusi, vakaungana pamwepo. ³⁵Umwe wavo waiya gweta, wakamubvunza mubvunzo, echimuedza echiti, ³⁶“Mudzidzisi, ngouri mupango mukuru muMipango?”³⁷Jesu wakati kwaari, “Unozomuda Mambo Mwari wako ngomwoyo wako weshe, ngomweya wako weshe nemirangariro yako yeshe''. ³⁸Ichi chiri mupango mukuru nowokutanga.³⁹Newechipiri wakadai ngouyu, “Unozomuda muakirwana wako kudai ngokudzida iwewe. ⁴⁰Kuneiyi mipango miiri ndipo pasingwisingwi yeMipango yeshe nevaprofeti''.⁴¹Zvinopano vaFarisi vachaungana, Jesu wakavabvunza; ⁴²echiti, “Munopinimidzenyi ndiKristu? Mwana waani?” Vakati kwaari, “Mukororo waDhavhidha.''.⁴³Wakati kwavari, “Ndizvo ngenyi Dhavhidha, ari muMweya, unomudaidza kuti Mambo echiti, ⁴⁴‘Mambo wakati kunaMambo wangu, gara ngokumudyo kwangu, metsa ndiite magaa ako chitambarariro chetsoka dzako?⁴⁵Ndizvo, kuti Dhavhidha akamudaidza kuti Mambo, zvino uri mukororo wake ngokuitawani?” ⁴⁶Kwaiya kusina munhu waikona kumupingura neizwi, zve, kwaiya kusina munhu kubvira ngezuva iro waishinga kuchamubvunza mibvunzo.

Chapter 23

¹Naapo Jesu wakaereketa kumbungano nokuvadzidzi vake, ²echiti, “Vanyori nevaFarisi vanogara pachigaro chaMosi. ³Ndizvo zviro zveshe zvevanomupanga, zviitei muzvingwarire; asi musaita kudai ngemishando yavo; ngokuti vanotera kuereketa vasikazviiti.⁴Ngokuti vanosunga mitwaro inorema, inokonza kutwara nokuiisa pamapfudzi evanhu, asi ivo vemene avatendi kumirudza chinwe chavo kuvadetsera kutwara mitwaro iyo. ⁵Asi mishando yavo yeshe vanoiita kuti vaoneke ngevanhu; vanosungira zvibhokisi zvikuru zvine mavhesi pahuma dzavo, vechikurisa mipendero yemagauni avo.⁶Vanoda zvigaro zvepamberi mumishongano yokudya nezvigaro zvepamberi mumhatso dzokudira, ⁷nokuchingamidzwa pandau dzemisika, nokudaidzwa ngevanhu kuti ‘Rabhi''.⁸Asi imwimwi musatenda kudaidzwa kuti ‘Rabhi;’ ngokuti umwe uri Mudzidzisi wenyu neimwimwi mweshe muri hama. ⁹Musadaidza munhu kunyazwi ngouri munyika kuti ‘Baba,’ ngokuti umwe uri Baba enyu, vari mudenga. ¹⁰Zve musadaidzwa kuti ‘Matenzi,’ ngokuti Tenzi wenyu umwe ndiKristu.¹¹Asi iye uri mukuru pakati penyu unozoita muranda wenyu. ¹²Kunyazwi ndiani unozodzikurisa iye unozopfaiswa; nouwo unozodzipfaisa unozokuriswa.¹³Asi ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Ngokuti munokonyera umambo hwomudenga kuvanhu ngokuti amupoteri imwimwi, zve amutenderi avo vanoda kupotera kuti vapotere. ¹⁴Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi, ngokuti munopedza mhatso dzeshirikadzi, ngokudziitisa munoita mikumbiro yakareba, ndizvo munozoashira kutongwa kwakapinda kukura. ¹⁵“Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Ngokuti munoambuka ruandhle nenyika kutsvaka mudzidzi umwe, naapo atenderuka, munomuita kakapetwa kairi kuita mukororo weGehena kupinda imwimwi.¹⁶“Ihehe kwomuri imwimwi vatungamiriri mapofu, imwimwi munoti, ‘Kunyazwi ndiani unopika ngeTemperi, aanandaa; asi uwo unopika ngomukore womuTemperi, ndiye unendaa yemhiko yake''. ¹⁷Imwimwi mapenzi mapofu; ngechiri chakapinda kukura, mukore nokuti Temperi, iro rinochenesa mukore?¹⁸Zve munoti, ‘Kunyazwi ndiani unopika ngearita, aanandaa; asi kunyazwi ndiani unopika ngechipo chiri padera paro, unendaa'. ¹⁹Imwimwi mapofu; ngechiri chakapinda kukura, chipo nokuti arita iro rinochenesa chipo?²⁰Ndizvo uwo unopika ngearita, unopika ndizvo zveshe zviri padera paro. ²¹Nouwo unopika ngeTemperi, unopika ndiro nouwo unogara mukati mwaro. ²²Nouwo unopika ngedenga, unopika ngedendemaro raMwari nouwo unogara padera paro.²³Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Munohina chimwe chegumi cheminte neanise nokumini, nemwi mwarekera kuita zvakakura zveMipango, kutonga kwakwo nenyasha nokugondeka; kwaisisira kuti muzviite izvi, musikasii zvimweni zvisikazi kuitwa. ²⁴Imwimwi vatungamiriri mapofu, munohluza nhunzi mwechitangurira kamera.²⁵Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Ngokuti munosuka kubanze kwetsani nekwendiro, asi mukati mwakazara ngokukara nokudzida. ²⁶Iwewe muFarisi uri bofu, suka kutanga mukati mwetsani nemwendiro kuti kubanze kwadzo kuchenewo.²⁷“Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Ngokuti mwakadai ngemaiba akacheneswa, awo ngegwinyiso anooneka akanaka ngokubanze, asi ngomukati akazara ngemagodo evakafa nezveshe zvinetsvina. ²⁸Ngokudaro nemwi kubanze munooneka muri vakarurama kunevanhu, asi ngomukati mwakazara ngokudziitisa nokushata.²⁹“Ihehe kwomuri vanyori nevaFarisi, vadziitisi! Ngokuti imwimwi munoaka maiba evaprofeti nokunemesa maiba evakarurama. ³⁰Nemwi munoti, ‘Kudai taiyapo ngemazuva emadzibaba edu, tingadai tisikazi kutenderana navo mukuparadza ngazi yevaprofeti''. ³¹Ndizvo munodzipupurira kuti imwimwi muri vakororo vaavo vakauraya vaprofeti.³²Zadzisai imwimwi chipimo chemadzibaba enyu. ³³Imwimwi nyoka, imwimwi vana vemabuura, mungaita mapokonyokerenyi kubva mukutongwa nokukandirwa muGehena?³⁴Ndizvo, ringirai ndinotuma kwomuri vaprofeti nevakangwara nevanyori; vamweni vavo munozovauraya nokuvakohomera; nevamweni vavo munozovarova mumhatso dzenyu dzokudira nokuvatambudza kubva kudhorobha rimwe kuenda kunerimweni, ³⁵kuti padera penyu iuye ngazi yeshe yevakarurama yakaparadzwa munyika, kubvira kungazi yaAbheri wakarurama, metsa kuguma kungazi yaZekharia, mukororo waBharakia, uwo wemwakauraya pakati peruwanze nearita, ³⁶Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, izvi zveshe zvinozoitika kunouyu mubarirwana.³⁷Jerusarema, Jerusarema, iwewe unouraya vaprofeti, wechivaponda ngemapuwe avo vanotumwa kwouri, kuwandanyi kwemikuwo yendakada kuunganidza vana vako pamwepo, kudai ngemhambo inounganidza zvitiyo zvayo pashi pemaphaphiro ayo, nemwi amuzikutenda! ³⁸Penyai, mhatso yenyu yasiiwa kwomuri iri dongo., ³⁹Ngokuti ndinoti kwomuri, amuchatongozondioni metsa munozoti, ‘Unomuchena uwo unouya ngezina raMambo.

Chapter 24

¹Jesu wakabuda muTemperi; oenda vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari kuti vamupangidzire mhatso dzeTemperi, ²Naye wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Amuoni izvi zveshe here? Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, arizosiiwi panapa buwe padera pebuwe rimweni risikazoputsirwi pashi''.³Jeasu achagara paMutunhu wemaOrivhi, vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari ari ega vechiti, “Tironzere, izvi zvinozoitika riini? Zve chiinyi chinozoita chioniso chokuuya kwako nechokuguma kwenyika''. ⁴Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Ngwarai kuti musazopaukiswa ngomunhu. ⁵Ngokuti vazhinji vanozouya ngezina rangu vechiti, ‘Inini ndiri Kristu’, vanozorashikisa vazhinji.,⁶Nemwi munozozwa ngokuambana nemawirira okuambana; ngwarai kuti musazotambudzika; ngokuti kunosisira kuti zveshe zviitike, asi magumo aasati aguma, ⁷Ngokuti dzinza rinozomukirana nedzinza, noumambo hunozomukirana noumambo; kunozoapo nzara nokuzungunyika kwenyika kundau dzakaparadzana. ⁸Izvi zveshe zviri zvokuamba kwemadambudziko.⁹Izvi zveshe zviri zvokuamba kwemadambudziko. ¹⁰Naapo vanozomuhina mukutambudzwa, navo vanozomuuraya; nemwi munozonyenywa ngemadzinza eshe ngepamusoro pezina rangu. Naapo vazhinji vanozopumhunwa, vanozohinana umwe noumweni nokunyenyana., ¹¹Nevaprofeti vokunyepa vazhinji vanozoapo, navo vanozorashikisa vazhinji.¹²Ngokuti kushaisha kunozowanda, rudo rwevazhinji runozopora. ¹³Asi iye unozoshingirira metsa kumagumo unozoponeswa. ¹⁴Neiri vhangeri roumambo rinozochumairwa munyika dzeshe kuita chapupu kumadzinza eshe; naapo kupera kunozoguma.¹⁵Ndizvo apo mwozoona chinyangadzo chokuparadza chaakaereketa ndicho Dhanieri muprofeti chechiema mundau yakachena, (uwo unodzidza ngaazwisise), ¹⁶naapo avo vari muJudhia ngavatizire kumitunhu. ¹⁷Naye uri padera pechachungu chemhatso, asadzaka kutora zviro zviri mumhatso yake. ¹⁸Naye uri mumunda asahwirira sure kootora bhachi rake.¹⁹Asi ihehe kwavari avo vaanemimba naavo vanoamwisa ngaao mazuva!, ²⁰Kumbirai kuti kutiza kwenyu kusazoitika ngenguva yechando nokuti ngezuva reSabatha. ²¹Ngokuti kunozoapo kutambudzika kukurutu, ukwo kusikazi kumboitika kwakadaro kubvira mukuamba kwenyika metsa kuguma zvinopano, zve, akuchatongozoitiki zvakadaro. ²²Kudai mazuva awo asikazofupiswi, akuna nomunhu unozoponeswa; asi ngepamusoro pevakatsanangurwa, awo mazuva anozofupiswa.,²³Ngouwo mukuwo kuti aripo munhu unozoti kwomuri, ‘Penyai, Kristu uri panapa’, nokuti ‘Apo’, musazozvitenda. ²⁴Ngokuti vanozoapo vaKristu vokunyepa nevaprofeti vokunyepa, navo vanozoita zvioniso zvikuru nemishamiso, kupaukisa, kudai zvechiitika, eya nevakatsanangurwa. ²⁵Penyai, ndamuronzera izvi ngepamberi.²⁶Ndizvo kuti vechizoti kwomuri, ‘Penyai, uri mushango,’ musaendeyo. ‘Penyai, uri mukamera romukati,’ musazotenda. ²⁷Ngokuti kudai ngemheni inobva kumabvazuva, inojekisa metsa kuguma kumabirirazuva; kunozodaro nokuuya kwoMukororo woMunhu. ²⁸Ngokuti apo panemiiri yakafa, ndipo pedzinoungana ngwanga.²⁹Ngokukasira ngesure kwokutambudzika kwemazuva awo, zuva rinozoita chidima, nemwedzi auzojeki, nenyeredzi dzinozowa kubva mudenga, nesimba reshe romudenga rinozozungunyiswa.³⁰Naapo kunozooneka chioniso choMukororo woMunhu mudenga, nemadzinza eshe enyika anozobonda, nawo anozomuona Mukororo woMunhu echiuya padera pemakore omudenga, anesimba nouthende hukuru. ³¹Naye unozotuma ngirosi dzake ngokuridzwa kukurutu kwegwama, nadzo dzinozounganidza vakatsanangurwa vake kubva kumadutu marongomuna, kubva kumagumo amwe omudenga metsa kuguma kumagumo amweni.³²Zvinopano dzidzai muedzaniso kumuti womuonde; apo dai rawo riri mbishi, rechiburikira mashakani, imwimwi munozia kuti zienza raapasinde. ³³Ngokudaro imwimwiwo, apo mwoona izvi zveshe, munozia kuti uri pasinde pamisiwo.³⁴Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri kuti uyu mubarirwana auzopindi metsa izvi zveshe zviitike. ³⁵Denga nenyika zvinozopinda, asi mazwi angu aatongozopindi akadi.³⁶Asi ngendaa yezuva iro neawa iro akuna naumwe unozia, kunyazwi ngirosi dzomudenga nokuti Mukororo, kwega Baba.³⁷Ngokuti kudai ngemazuva aNoa, kunozodarozve kuuya kwoMukororo woMunhu. ³⁸Ngokuti ngemazuva awo ngepamberi pendambi, vakadya, vechimwa nokuroora nokuroodza, metsa rakaguma zuva iro raakapotera ndiro Noa mungarava. ³⁹Navo avazikuzia metsa ndambi yakaguma, yakavatora veshe, kunozodarowo kuuya kwoMukororo woMunhu.,⁴⁰Naapo vanhu vairi vanozoapo mumunda, umwe unozotorwa noumweni unozosiiwa. ⁴¹Vakadzi vairi vechikuya paguyo, umwe unozotorwa noumweni unozosiiwa. ⁴²Ndizvo rindai; ngokuti amurizii zuva raanozouya Mambo wenyu.⁴³Asi mwechizia ichi, kuti kudai munewemhatso aizia mukuwo weinouya ndiwo mbavha iye waizorinda, asikatendi kuti mhatso yake ipwanyiwe, ⁴⁴Ndizvo itai vakanasirirwa; ngokuti ngeawa romusikapinimidzi Mukororo woMunhu unouya.⁴⁵Ndizvo ndiani uri muranda unogondeka newakangwara, uwo mambo wake wakamuemesa kuita mutongi padera pemhatso yake, kuti avape kudya kwavo ngenguva kwayo? ⁴⁶Unomuchena muranda uwo apo mambo wake ouya unozomuona echiita kudaro. ⁴⁷Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, unozomuemesa kuti aite mutongi padera peizvo zveshe zvaanazvo.⁴⁸Asi kuti uwo muranda wakashata unozoti mumwoyo mwake, ‘Mambo wangu unononoka kuuya; ⁴⁹naye atange kurova varanda avo vari vangani vake, adye echimwa pamwepo nezviradza, ⁵⁰mambo wouwo muranda unozouya ngezuva raasikakariri neawa raasikazii. ⁵¹Naye unozomutema kuita zvigurwa, aemese kwaari chikoaniswa chake pakati pevadziitisi. Unozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino.

Chapter 25

¹Zvino umambo womudenga hunoedzaniswa nevasikana varigumi, avo vakatora zvibani zvavo, vakabuda koossangana nemukwambo. ²Vashanu vavo vainga mapenzi nevashanu vainga vakangwara. ³Ngokuti avo vainga mapenzi vakatora zvibani zvavo, avazikutora mafuta navo. ⁴Asi vakangwara vakatora mafuta mukati mwezvio zvavo, pamwepo nezvibani zvavo.⁵Apo mukwambo achanonoka, vakakutsira veshe vakaata. ⁶Asi pakati pousiku kwakadaidzirwa kuti, ‘mukai, mukwambo! Budai koossangana naye.⁷Apo vasikana veshe vakamuruka, vakanasirira zvibani zvavo. 8 ⁸Nemapenzi akati kunevakangwara, ‘Tipenyiwo mafuta enyu; ngokuti zvibani zvedu zvinodzima''. ⁹Asi vakangwara vakapingura: Azvingadaropi, ngokuti aazokwani isusu nemwi. Asi mwechienda kuneavo vanotengesa, mudzitengere''.¹⁰Asi vachaenda kootenga, mukwambo wakauya; naavo vainga vakanasirira vakangea naye mumuchadho, nomusiyo wakakonywa. ¹¹Ngepasure, kwa kauyawo vasikana vamweni vechiti: ‘Mambo, Mambo, tibeurire''. ¹²Asi ema wakapingura echiti: ‘Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, anditongomuzii''. ¹³Ndizvo rindai imwimwi ngokuti amuzii zuva kana nguva.¹⁴Ngokuti zvakadai ngomunhu wakatikuti echida kuenda kunyika imweni, wakadaidza varanda vake, akatemba kwavari zviro zvake. ¹⁵Nokuneumwe wakatemba matarenda ari mashanu, nokuneumweni wakamutemba mairi, nokuneumweni rimwe; kuneumwe ngaumwe wavo wakatembwa kudai ngokukona kwake kushandisa, akaenda rwendo rwake. ¹⁶Paripo uwo wakaashira matarenda mashanu wakaenda akaaberekesa, akauyirwa ngemashanu amweni.¹⁷Ngokudarozve uwo wakaashira mairi, wakauyirwazve ngemairi. ¹⁸Asi ena wakaashira rimwe, akaenda, akatsira mumavhu, akafisha mare yamambo wake.¹⁹Ngesure kwomukuwo wakareba mambo wevaranda avo wakauya, akavaerengera. ²⁰Nouwo wakaashira matarenda mashanu wakauya, akaunza matarenda amweni mashanu echiti: ‘Mambo, wakatemba kwendiri matarenda ainga mashanu, vonai, ndakauyirwa ngeamweni matarenda mashanu’. ²¹Namambo wake wakati kwaari, ‘Wakashuma, iwewe muranda wakanaka nounogondeka; wakagondeka padera pezvishomani, ndinozo kuemesa padera pezvakawanda; pinda mukudakara kwamambo wako’.²²Wakauyawo uwo wakaashira matarenda mairi, akati: ‘Mambo, wakahina kwendiri matarenda mairi; penya, ndakauyirwa ngematarenda amweni mairi''. ²³Mambo wake wakati kwaari, ‘Wakashuma, muranda wakanaka nounogondeka; iwewe wakagondeka ngezvishomani, ndinozokuemesa padera pezvakawanda, pinda mukudakara kwamambo wako.²⁴Wakauyawo uwo wakaashira tarenda rimwe, akati: ‘Mambo, ndakakuzia iwewe kuti uri munhu wakakonza, unokukura pousikazi kusima nokuunganidza pousikazi kuparadzira. ²⁵Neni ndakatya, ndikaenda, ndikafisha tarenda rako mumavhu. Zviri apa zviri zwako'.²⁶Asi mambo wake wakapingura, akati kwaari: ‘Iwewe muranda wakashata nounenungo! Waizia here kuti ndinokukura pendisikazi kusima nokuunganidza pendisikazi kuparadzira? ²⁷Ndizvo kwaifanira kuti uise mare yangu kwavari vebhange, kuti mukuuya kwangu ndaizovashirazve yangu nokuuyirwa kwayo.²⁸Ndizvo torai kwaari tarenda, mupe kwaari unematarenda gumi. ²⁹Ngokuti kwaari weshe unacho unozohinwa, naye unozoa nezvakawanda. Asi kunouwo usina, eya, neicho chaanacho chinozobviswa kwaari. ³⁰Mwechirasha muranda uwo usikadetseri chiro muchidima chiri kubanze. Kunozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino;;.³¹Asi apo Mwanakomana woMunhu oouya muuthende hwake nengirosi dzeshe naye, apo unozogara padera pedendemaro routhende wake. ³²Nepamberi pake anozounganidzwa madzinza eshe, naye unozovaparadzanisa umwe kuneumweni kudai ngomuushi unoparadzanisa makwai kubva kunembudzi. ³³Naye unozoisa makwai ngokumudyo kwake, asi mbudzi ngokumuoshwe kwake.³⁴Naapo Mambo unozoti kwavari vari ngokumudyo kwake: ‘Uyai, imwimwi mwakadakadziswa ndiBaba wangu, mugare nhaka youmambo hwakanasirirwa imwimwi kubvira pakusikwa kwenyika. ³⁵Ngokuti ndaiya ndinenzara nemwi mwakandipa kudya, ndaiya ndinenyota nemwi mwakandipa chokumwa, ndaiya ndiri mupfumba nemwi mwakandiashira, ³⁶Ndainga ndiri mitu nemwi mwakandifukidza, ndairwara nemwi mwakandihambira, ndainga mugehena nemwi mwakauya kwendiri''.³⁷Apo vanozomupingura vakarurama vechiti: ‘Mambo, takakuona riini unenzara tikakupa kudya? Nokuti unenyota tikakupa chokumwa? ³⁸Takakuona riini uri mupfumba, tikakuashira? Nokuti uri mutitinini tikakufukidza? ³⁹Takakuona riini wechirwara nokuti uri mutirongo tikauya kwouri? ⁴⁰NaMambo unozopingura echiti kwavari: ‘Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kudai ngezvemwakaita kuneumwe weava vadoko vanukuna vangu, mwakachiita kwendiri.’⁴¹’41 Naapo unozoti kwavari vari ngokumuoshwe kwake, ‘Ibvai kwendiri, imwimwi mwakatukwa, muende mumwoto usikaperi, uwo wakanasirirwa Dhiabhorosi nengirosi dzake. 42 ⁴²Ngokuti ndainga nenzara amuzi kundipa kudya, ndaiya ndine nyota amuzi kundipa chokumwa, 43 ⁴³ndainga ndiri mupfumba amuzikundiashira, ndaiya ndiri mutitinini amuzikundifukidza, ndairwara, ndaiya mutirongo amuzi kundihambira''.⁴⁴Apozve avo navo vanozomupingura vechiti: ‘Mambo, takakuona riini unenzara, nokuti unenyota, nokuti uri mupfumba, nokuti uri mitu, nokuti wechirwara, nokuti uri mugehena, nesu atizikukushandira?’ ⁴⁵Apo ena unozovapingura echiti: ‘Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kudai ngezvemusikazi kuitira kuneumwe weava vadoko vanun'una vangu, amuzi kuchiitira kwendiri.’ ⁴⁶Apo vanozoenda mukuororwa kusikaperi, asi vakarurama mukupona kusikaperi''.

Chapter 26

¹1 Naapo Jesu aiya apedza eshe mazwi aya, wakati kuvadzidzi vake, ²“Munozia kuti ngesure kwemazuva mairi Phasika rinozoapo, noMukororo woMunhu unozopirwa kuti akohomerwe''.³Naapo vakaungana vapristi vakuru nevakuru vevanhu kungome yomupristi mukuru, uwo waidaidzwa kuti Kaiafasi. ⁴Navo vakaita bangano rokuti vabate Jesu ngourimbwi, vamuuraye. ⁵Asi vakati, “Haiwa ngemazuva omushongano wokudya, kuti isazoapo hohoho pakati pevanhu.⁶Naapo Jesu ari muBhethani mumhatso yaSimoni uwo waiya nemapere, ⁷kwakauya kwaari dzimai raiya nenhera yearibhasitera yemakha anomutengo mukuru, naro rakaadurura musoro mwake, achatseama pakudya. ⁸Asi apo vadzidzi vake vaona, vakarurumwiswa vechiti, “Kurashanyi uku? ⁹Ngokuti aya aizotengeswa ngomutengo mukuru uhinwe kuvarombo''.¹⁰Asi Jesu echizia, wakati kwavari, “Munoritambudzirenyi dzimai? Ngokuti naro rashanda mushando wakanaka kwendiri. ¹¹Ngokuti munavo varombo nguva dzeshe, asi inini amuneni akadi nguva dzeshe.¹²Ngokuti radurura makha aya padera pomuiri wangu, raita kunasirira muiri wangu kuikwa., ¹³Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi ngepari perinozochumairwa vhangeri munyika dzeshe, ichiwo cheraita dzimai iri chinozoereketwa ndicho, kuita chicherechedziso kweriri''.¹⁴Naapo umwe wegumi navairi, unozwi Judhasi Isikarioti, wakaenda kuvapristi vakuru. ¹⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Chiinyi chomunozondipa kuti ndikazomuhina kwomuri?” Navo vakamuerengera zvigurwa zvesirivha makumi matatu. ¹⁶Kubvira ngouwo mukuwo iye wakatsvaka nguva yokuti amupire.¹⁷Zvinopano ngezuva rokutanga rokudya zvingwa zvisina mumera, vadzidzi vakauya kunaJesu vechiti, “Unoda kuti tikunasirire pari pokudyira Phasika?” ¹⁸Naye wakati kwavari, “Endai muguta kunemunhu wakatikuti, mwechiti kwaari, ‘Mudzidzisi unoti nguva yangu yaapedo; ndinozodyira Phasika kumhatso yako nevadzidzi vangu.''. ¹⁹Nevadzidzi vakaita kudai ngezvaakavapanga Jesu, vakanasirira Phasika.²⁰Zvino apo kwaita madeekoni, wakatseama pakudya nevadzidzi varigumi navairi. ²¹Kwakati vachadya, wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, umwe wenyu unozondipira.” ²²Navo vakatambudzika kakuru, vakatanga kuronza kwaari umwe ngaumwe kuti: “Ndini here, Mambo?”²³Naye wakapingura, akati: “Uwo washeya ngenyara yake muchidziyo neni, ndiye unozondipira. ²⁴Mwanakomana woMunhu unoenda kudai ngezvakanyorwa ndiye. Asi kuneuwo munhu waanozopirwa ndiye Mwanakomana woMunhu! Kwaizopinda kunaka kunouwo munhu dai asakabarwa”. ²⁵NaJudhasi uwo wakamupira wakapingura, akati: “Rabhi, ndini here?” Iye wakati kwaari: “Watoronza''.²⁶Vachadya, Jesu wakatora chingwa, akachiropafadza, akachigura; ena wakachipa kwavari echiti: “Torai, mudye; ichi muiri wangu.”²⁷Wakatora tsani, akairopafadza, akapa kwavari echiti: “Imwai mweshe kweiri. ²⁸Ngokuti iyi ingazi yangu yechitenderano, inoparadzirwa ngepamusoro pevazhinji kuita kurekererwa kwezvishaishi. ²⁹Asi ndinoti kwomuri andichazomwi ngesure kwouku kumichero iyi yomuvhini metsa zuva rendinozorimwazve idzva muumambo hwaBaba angu”.³⁰Apo vainga vaemba ruyo, vakabuda kuenda kuMutunhu wemaOrivhi. ³¹Apo Jesu wakati kwavari: “Imwimwi mweshe munozopumhuniswa ndini usiku uno; ngokuti kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Ndinozorova muushi nemakwai edanga anozopararira.’ ³²Asi ngesure kwokumuka kwangu ndinozoenda pamberi penyu muGarire”.³³Asi Petro wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Kunyazwi veshe vanozopumhuniswa ndiwe, inini anditongozopumhuniswi.” ³⁴Jesu wakati kwaari: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwouri, usiku huno, risati rarira jongwe, iwewe unozondiramba katatu” ³⁵Petro wakati kwaari: “Kunyazwi ndechizofa newe, anditongozokurambi.” Nevadzidzi veshe vakaronza kudaro.³⁶36 Naapo Jesu wakauya navo kundau inozwi Getsemani, akati kuvadzidzi vake, “Garai panapa imwimwi ndichaendapo kookumbira.” ³⁷wakatora naye Petro nevanakomana vairi vaZebhedhi, naye akatanga kutsamwa nokutambudzika kakuru. ³⁸asi akati kwavari: “Mweya wangu unotambudzika kakuru metsa kufa. Garai panapa, murinde neni''.³⁹paaienda mberi adoko, akawa ngehope yake, akakumbira echiti: “Baba angu, kudai kungaitika, tsani iyi ngaibve kwendiri; asi kusaita kudai ngokuda kwangu, asi kudai ngokuda kwenyu.” 40 ⁴⁰Ena wakauya kunevadzidzi vake, akavaona vakaata, akati kuna Petro, “Ndizvo mwakorera kurinda neni awa rimwe here? ⁴¹Rindai, mwechikumbira, kuitira kuti musapinda mukuedzwa; mweya ngegwinyiso unotenda, asi nyama aina simba''.⁴²Zve ngokwechipiri wakaenda echiti, “Baba angu, kudai iyi isikapindi ngokubanze kwokuti ndiimwe inini, kuda kwako ngakuitike''. ⁴³Wakauyazve akavaona vakaata, ngokuti madziso avo aiya echiremerwa, ⁴⁴Naye wakavasiyazve, akaenda, akakumbira ngokwechitatu, echironza mazwi ndiwo ndiwo.,⁴⁵Naapo wakauya kuvadzidzi, akati kwavari, “Muchakaata here zvinopano, mwechizorora? Penyai mukuwo waapasinde, noMukororo woMunhu unohinwa munyara dzevashaishi. ⁴⁶Mirukai, tiende; penyai, waa pasinde uwo unondipira''.⁴⁷Achaereketa, penya, Judhasi, umwe wevanegumi navairi, wakauya, nayo mbungano huru vaneshoti nenduku, vechibva kuvapristi vakuru nevakuru vevanhu. ⁴⁸Zvinopano uwo wakamupira, waiya avapa chioniso echiti, “Uwo wendinozochingamidza ngomuromo ndiye; mwechimubata.⁴⁹Paripo wakauya kunaJesu, akati, “Mwauya, Rabhi”; naye wakamuchingamidza ngomuromo. ⁵⁰Jesu wakati kwaari, “Hama, ita icho chewahambira kuita.” Naapo vakauya, vakamubata Jesu ngenyara dzavo, vakamutora.⁵¹Penya umwe weavo vaiya naJesu wakatambanudza nyara yake, akashwamura shoti yake, wakatema muranda womupristi mukuru, akagura nzee yake. ⁵²Naapo Jesu wakati kwaari, “Hwirinza shoti yako mundau mwayo; ngokuti avo veshe vanotora shoti vanozopera ngeshoti. ⁵³Aupinimidzi here kuti ndingakumbira kunaBaba angu, naye ungatuma zvinopano ngirosi dzinopinda hondo dzirigumi nambiri ngokuwanda? ⁵⁴Asi kuti zvakadaro zvinyorwa zvingazoita mazadzisikirenyi, zvinoti kunosisira kuti zviitike kudaro?”⁵⁵Ngeawa ririro Jesu wakati kumbungano, “Mwabuda here muneshoti nenduku kuti mundibate kudai ngevanorwa negandanga? Ndakagara nemwi mazuva eshe ndechimudzidzisa muTemperi, nemwi amuzi kundibata. ⁵⁶Asi izvi zveshe zvakaitika kuti kuzadzisike izvo zvakanyorwa ngevaprofeti.” Naapo vadzidzi vake veshe vakamusiya, vakatiza.⁵⁷Naavo vaiya vamubata Jesu vakamukweya kuenda kunaKaiafasi mupristi mukuru, apo pevaiya vakaungana vanyori nevakuru. ⁵⁸Asi Petro wakamuteera ari kuretu, metsa kuguma kungome yomupristi mukuru, naye wakapotera mukati, akagara pashi nevadzimbabwe kuti aone magumo azvo.⁵⁹Nevapristi vakuru nemakurukota eshe vakatsvaka chapupu chokunyepa kumuitira ndaa Jesu kuti aurawe. ⁶⁰Asi avazi kuiona; kunyazwi zvizhinji zvapupu zvokunyepa zvakauya, asi avazi kuiona. Pakugumisira kwakauya zviiri zvapupu zvokunyepa. ⁶¹Avo vakati, “Uyu wakati, ‘Ndinesimba rokuputsa Temperi raMwari, nangemazuva matatu ndinozoriakazve''.⁶²Nomupristi mukuru wakamiruka, akati kwaari, “Aupinguri chiro here? Chiinyi chevanopupura ava kukuitira ndaa?” ⁶³Asi Jesu wakanyarara. Nomupristi mukuru wakati kwaari, “Ndinokuphikisa ndiMwari Unopona, kuti utironzere kuti uri Kristu here, Mukororo waMwari?”, ⁶⁴Jesu wakati kwaari, “Watoronza; kani hai ndinoti kwomuri, ngesure kweizvi munozoona Mukororo woMunhu echigara pashi ngokumudyo kwoUnesimba, echiuya ari padera pemakore omudenga''.⁶⁵Naapo mupristi mukuru wakabaura zvokufuka zvake echiti, “Waereketa kutuka. Tichatama ngenyi zvimweni zvapupu? Penyai zvinopano mwazwa kutuka kwake, ⁶⁶Munopinimidzenyi imwimwi?” Navo vakapingura, vakati, “Unosisira kufa.⁶⁷Naapo vakamupfirira muhope mwake, vakamupamhadza, vakamurova ngendonga, ⁶⁸vechiti, “Profeta kwetiri, iwewe Kristu, kuti ndiani wakurova?”⁶⁹NaPetro waiya akagara pashi kubanze paruwanze; nomusikana wakauya kwaari echiti, “Iwewewo waiya naJesu weGarire''. ⁷⁰Asi iye wakaramba pamberi pavo veshe echiti, “Andizii chounoreketa''.⁷¹Naapo abuda kuenda muberere, musikana umweni wakamuona, akati kuneavo vaiyapo, “Uyu naye waiya naJesu weNazaretha''. ⁷²Zve wakaramba ngokupika mhiko kuti, “Andimuzii munhuwo''.⁷³Ngesure kwekamukuwo vakauya avo vaiema apo, navo vakati kuna Petro, “Ngegwinyiso iwewe newe uri umwe wavo, ngokuti kuereketa kwako kunopangidzira kudaro''. ⁷⁴Naapo wakatanga kutuka nokupika kuti, “Anditongomuzii munhuwo.” Paripo jongwe rakarira. ⁷⁵NaPetro wakakarakadza izwi raJesu, iro raakaereketa kuti, “Risati rarira jongwe, iwewe unozondiramba katatu.” Naye wakabuda kubanze, akachema kakurutu.

Chapter 27

¹Kwaedza vapristi vakuru veshe nevakuru vevanhu vakaita bangano ndiJesu kuti vamuuraye. ²Naapo vaiya vamusunga, vakamukweya kuenda naye kunaPiratu mutongi.³Naapo Judhasi, uwo wakamupira, aona kuti Jesu wakaitirwa ndaa, wakatenderuka, akaunzazve zvigurwa zvesirivha makumi matatu kuvapristi vakuru nevakuru, ⁴echiti, “Ndakashaisha ngokupira ngazi isina ndaa.” Asi vakati, “Chinenyi icho kwetiri? Wechidzionera wemene.''. ⁵Naye wakakandira zvigurwa zvesirivha muTemperi, akaenda akadzisungira.⁶Nevapristi vakuru vakatora zvigurwa zvesirivha, vakati, “Akutenderwi kuti tizviise mubhokisi remare yezvipo, kwechioneka kuti imare yengazi''. ⁷Vakaita bangano, vakatenga ndizvo munda womuumbi wehari, kuti vaikemwo vapara. ⁸Ndizvo uwo munda unodaidzwa metsa nanyamashi kuti, Munda weNgazi.⁹Naapo rakazadzisika izwi iro rakaereketwa ndiJeremia muprofeti echiti, “Navo vakatora zvigurwa zvesirivha makumi matatu, mutengo wakatenderwana ngevamweni vevana vaIsuraeri kuti vamutenge ndiwo. ¹⁰Navo vakazvipa kutenga munda womuumbi wehari, kudai ngezvaakandipanga Mambo''.¹¹NaJesu wakaema pamberi pomutongi. Nomutongi wakamubvunza echiti, “Iwewe uri Mambo wevaJudha here?” Jesu wakati, “Watoronza kudaro''. ¹²Naapo aitirwa ndaa ngevapristi vakuru nevakuru, aazikupingura chiro. ¹³Zvino Piratu wakati kwaari, “Auzvizwi here izvo zvakawanda zvevanokuitira ndaa ndizvo?” ¹⁴Naye aazi kupingura neizwi, ngokudaro mutongi wakashamiswa kakurutu.¹⁵Zvinopano pamushongano wokudya, mutongi waindosunhurira vanhu bhanditi rimwe, iro revaida., ¹⁶Ngouwo mukuwo vaiya nebhanditi raiya nembirikira, raizwi ndiBharabhasi.¹⁷Ndizvo apo vakaungana pamwepo, Piratu wakati kwavari, “Munoda kuti ndimusunhurire anani, Bharabhasi nokuti Jesu unozwi Kristu?” ¹⁸Ngokuti iye waizia kuti yaiya ndaa yendurumwa yavakamupira ndiyo. ¹⁹Apo agara pashi padendemaro rokutonga, mukadzi wake wakatumira kwaari echiti, “Usaa nechiro chounoita kunouno munhu wakarurama; ngokuti ndatambudzwa ngezvakawanda nyamashi mukurota ngendaa yake''.²⁰Asi vapristi vakuru nevakuru vevanhu vakanyengerera mbungano kuti ikumbire Bharabhasi nokuuraya Jesu. ²¹Mutongi wakati kwavari, “Ndiani pakati paavo vairi womunoda kuti ndimusunhurire?” Navo vakati, “Bharabhasi''. ²²Piratu wakati kwavari, “Ndizvo ndinozoitenyi ndiJesu, uwo unozwi Kristu?” Veshe vakati, “Ngaakohomerwe''.²³Naye wakati, “Ngenyi? Kushatanyi kwaakaita?” Asi avo vakapinda kudaidzira kuti, “Ngaakohomerwe.”, ²⁴Naapo Piratu aona kuti asaikona kudetsera chiro, asi kwega kuti hohoho yaimuswa, wakatora mvura, akashamba nyara dzake pamberi pembungano echiti, “Inini andina ndaa yengazi youyu munhu. Dzionerenyi pachenyu imwimwi''.²⁵Nevanhu veshe vakapingura, vakati, “Ngazi yake ngaiuye padera pedu nepadera pevana vedu.''. ²⁶Naapo wakavasunhurira Bharabhasi. Naapo aiya ashwapura Jesu yaamho, wakamuhina kuti akohomerwe.²⁷Naapo majoni omutongi akatora Jesu kuenda naye mumhatso yokutongera, akaunganidza pamberi pake chikwata cheshe chemajoni. ²⁸Nawo akamukumura, akamupfekedza gauni rakatsvukuruka. ²⁹Naapo varuka dzungudza reminzwa, vakariisa musoro mwake, norutsanga munyara yake yokumudyo; navo vakagwadama pashi pamberi pake, vakamuitira jee vechiti, “Mwauya, Mambo wevaJudha!”³⁰Navo vakamupfira mata, vakatora rutsanga vakamurova musoro. ³¹Naapo vaiya vamuitira jee, vakakumura gauni, vakamupfekedza zvokufuka zvake, navo vakamukweya koomukohomera.³²Naapo vachabuda kubanze vakaona munhu weKureni, zina rake raizwi Simoni; uwo wavakaangiridza kuti atware muchinjiko wake. ³³Naapo vaguma kundau inozwi Gorogotha, ukwo kunoti, Ndau yeDehenya, ³⁴vakamupa vhini rakakumanidzwa nezvinozhazha kuti arimwe. Kwakati araira, wakaramba kurimwa.³⁵Naapo vaiya vamukohomera, vakakoanisana zvokufuka zvake, vechiita mabhigidha.. ³⁶Navo vakagara pashi, vechimurindapo. ³⁷Navo vakaisa padera pesoro rake mazwi endaa yake, yakanyorwa kuti, “UYU NDIJESU, MAMBO WEVAJUDHA''.³⁸Naapo kwakakohomerwa naye magandanga mairi, rimwe ngokumudyo nerimweni ngokumuoshwe. ³⁹Navo vaipinda ndipo vakamutuka, vechigudwaira masoro avo, ⁴⁰vechiti, “Iwewe unoputsa Temperi nokuriaka ngamazuva matatu, dziponese. Kuti uri Mukororo waMwari, dzaka pamuchinjikopo''.⁴¹Ngokudarowo vapristi vakuru vakamuitira jee, pamwepo nevanyori nevakuru vevanhu vechiti, ⁴²“Iye wakaponesa vamweni, asi aakoni kudziponesa. NdiMambo waIsuraeri, ngaadzake pashi zvinopano kubva pamuchinjiko, nesu tinozomutenda.⁴³Iye wakagonda kunaMwari; ngaachimununura zvinopano, kuti echimuda; ngokuti wakati, ‘Inini ndiri Mukororo waMwari''. ⁴⁴Nemagandanga awo akakohomerwa naye akamutukawo zvimwezvo⁴⁵Zvinopano kubvira ngeawa rechitanhatu chaiyapo chidima padera penyika yeshe metsa kuguma awa rechipfumbamwe. ⁴⁶Rooita awa rechipfumbamwe Jesu wakadaidzira ngeizwi guru echiti, “Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabakathani?” Uko kunoti, “Mwari wangu, Mwari wangu, wandisiya ngenyi?” ⁴⁷Vamweni avo vaiema apo vazwa, vakati, “Uyu unodaidza Erija''.⁴⁸Paripo umwe wavo wakarumba wakatora siponji, wakainyika muvhini rinorungura, wakariisa parutsanga, akamuita kuti amwe. ⁴⁹Asi vamweni vakati, “Murekerei, ngatione kuti Erija unouya here koomuponesa''. ⁵⁰Naapo Jesu adaidzirave ngeizwi guru, wakafa.⁵¹Penya, jira reTemperi rakabaurwa kuita mairi, kubvira ngedera metsa kuguma pashi; nenyika yakazungunyika nemapuwe akamweka, ⁵²nemaiba akabeurwa nemiiri mizhinji yevakafa vakarurama yakamuswa. ⁵³Navo vakabuda mumaiba ngesure kwekumuka kwake, vakapotera mudhorobha rakachena, vakaoneka ngevazhinji.⁵⁴Zvinopano apo nduna yezana, naavo vaiya nayo, vechirinda Jesu, vaona kuzungunyika kwenyika neizvo zvakaitika, vakatya kakurutu vechiti, “Ngegwinyiso uyu waiya Mukororo waMwari! ⁵⁵Kwaiyapo madzimai mazhinji vairingira vari kuretu, avo vaiya vakamuteera Jesu kubva Garire, vechimushandira, ⁵⁶Pakati pavo kwaiyapo Maria Magadhareni, Maria mai aJakobe naJosefa, namai evana vaZebhedhi.⁵⁷Kwooita madeekoni kwakauya gurudza reArimathia, zina raro raizwi Josefa, iro naro raiya mudzidzi waJesu. ⁵⁸Iro rakaenda kunaPiratu, rikapota kupuwa muiri waJesu. Naapo Piratu wakapanga kuti riupuwe.⁵⁹Naapo Josefa aiya atora muiri uwo, wakauputira ngejira rakachena, ⁶⁰Naye wakamuisa muiba idzva raiya rake, iro raiya akatsa pabuwe; naye wakamburumbudzira buwe guru pamuromo weiba akaenda. ⁶¹Kwaiyapo Maria Magadhareni naMaria umweni vakagara ngepamberi peiba.⁶²Nechimangwani ngesure kwezuva rokunasirira Phasika, vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vakaungana kunaPiratu, ⁶³vechiti, “Changamire, tinokarakadza kuti uwo muchengedzi wakati achapona, ‘Ngesure kwemazuva matatu ndinozomukazve''. ⁶⁴Ndizvo panga kuti iba rigwinyisiswe metsa kuguma zuva rechitatu, kuti vasazouya vadzidzi vake usiku, vamube nokuronza kune vanhu kuti, ‘Wakamuka kwevakafa.’ Nokuchengedza kwokugumisira kungapinda kushata kunoukwo kwokutanga''.⁶⁵Piratu wakati kwavari, “Imwimwi munavo varindi. Endai mwechirigwinyisisa kudai ngezvomunokona''. ⁶⁶Ndizvo vakaenda, vakagwinyisisa iba, vechinamira namo pabuwe, varindi varipo navo.

Chapter 28

¹Ngesure kweSabatha, mumambakwedza ngezuva rokutanga revhiki, kwakauya Maria Magadhareni noumweni Maria koona iba. ²Penya, kwaiya kuriyo kuzungunyika kukurutu kwenyika; ngokuti ngirosi yaMambo yakadzaka kubva mudenga, yakauya yakamburumbudza ikabusa buwe, nayo yakagara padera paro.³Kuoneka kwayo kwaiya kwakadai ngemheni, nezvokufuka zvayo zvaiya zvakachena kudai ngechando. ⁴Ngokuitya varindi vakahuta, vakaita kudai ngevakafa.⁵Nengirosi yakati kumadzimai, “Musatya imwimwi; ngokuti ndinozia kuti munotsvaka Jesu uwo wakakohomerwa. ⁶Apachina panapa akadi; ngokuti wamuka, kudai ngezvaakaronza. Uyai muone pandau apo paaiya akaata. ⁷Kasirai muende muronzere vadzidzi vake kuti, ‘Wamuka kwevakafa, penyai, unomutangira kuenda Garire; naapo munozomuonapo! Ringirai, ndamuronzera!''⁸Navo vakaenda ngokukasira vechibva paiba, vanokutya nokudakara kukurutu; vakarumba kooronzera vadzidzi vake. ⁹Penya, Jesu wakashongana navo, akati, “Mwauya.” Navo vakauya vakabata tsoka dzake, vakamudira. ¹⁰Naapo Jesu wakati kwavari, “Musatya; endai mwooronzera vanun'una vangu kuti vaende Garire, vanozondionapo''.¹¹Naapo vachaenda, penya vamweni vevarindi vakauya kudhorobha, vakaronzera vapristi vakuru zveshe izvo zvakaitika. ¹²Naapo vakaungana pamwepo nevakuru vevanhu, apo vaiya vapangana, vakahina mare yakawanda kumajoni, ¹³vechiti, “Ronzai imwimwi kuti vadzidzi vake vakauya nousiku, vakamuba takaata.¹⁴Kudai izvi zvikanyazwika ngomutongi, tinozonasirisa kuti musaa nendaa''. ¹⁵Navo vakatora mare iyo, vakaita kudai ngezvevakapangwa, neizwi iri rakashumirwa pakati pevaJudha metsa nanyamashi.¹⁶Nevadzidzi gumi naumwe vakaenda muGarire, pamutunhu apo paakavaronzera Jesu. ¹⁷Naapo vamuona vakamudira. Asi vamweni vakagononda.¹⁸NaJesu wakauya kwavari, akaereketa kwavari echiti, “Simba reshe rakapuwa kwendiri mudenga nomunyika. ¹⁹Ndizvo endai, mwechiita vadzidzi kumadzinza eshe, mwechivabhabhatidza ngezina raBaba neroMukororo neroMweya Wakachena,²⁰mwechivadzidzisa kungwarira zviro zveshe zvendakamupanga; penyai, ndinemwi mazuva eshe metsa kuguma kwenyika''.

Luke

Chapter 1

¹Ngokuti vanhu vazhinji vakaedza kurongedza tsamba ngendaa yezviro zvakaitika pakati pedu, ²kudai ngezvezvakapuwa kwetiri ngaavo kubvira pakutanga vaiya zvapupu zvakaona ngemadziso nevashandi veizwi, ³kwakandinakira ininiwo, apo ndaiya ndanasa kuringisisa ngokwakaperera zviro zveshe kubvira pakutanga, kuti ndinyore ngokuteererana kwomuri, imwimwi makosi Theofirusi, ⁴kuti muzie gwinyiso remazwi awo emwakadzidziswa.⁶Ngamazuva aHerodhi, mambo weJudhia, waiyapo mupristi waizwi ndiZekharia, webingo raAbhia, waiya nomukadzi wake waiya mukunda weverudzi rwaAroni, nezina rake raiya Erizabhethi. ⁵Navo veshe vaiya vakarurama pamberi paMwari, vechingwarira mipango nezviemeso zveshe zvaMambo Mwari vasina ndaa., ⁷Navo vaiya vasina mwana, ngokuti Erizabhethi waiya ngomwa, navo vaiya vakura yaamho veshe.⁸Zvino achaita mushando woupristi pamberi paMwari ngokuteererana kwebingo rake, ⁹kudai ngomushuma woupristi, bingo rake raiya rokupotera muTemperi raMambo Mwari nokupisha mutombo unegwema rakanaka., ¹⁰Nembungano yeshe yevanhu yaikumbira kubanze ngeawa rokupisha mutombo unegwema rakanaka.¹¹Kwakaoneka kwaari ngirosi yaMambo Mwari yakaema ngokumuryo wearita rokupishira mutombo unegwema rakanaka. ¹²Zekharia wakatambudzika ngokuiona, nokutya kwakamugumira. ¹³Asi ngirosi yakati kwaari, “Usatya, Zekharia, ngokuti kukumbira kwako kwakazwika, nomukadzi wako Erizabhethi unozokubarira mukororo, newe unozodudza zina rake kuti Johani.¹⁴Newe unozodakara nokudakadzwa, navazhinji vanozodakara ngokubarwa kwake;, ¹⁵ngokuti iye unozoita mukuru mukuona kwaMambo Mwari, naye aazomwi vhini nokuti zvinoradzisa, naye unozozadzwa ngoMweya Wakachena, eya kubvira mundani yamai ake.¹⁶Naye unozotenderudzira vazhinji vevana vaIsuraeri kunaMambo Mwari wavo, ¹⁷naye unozohamba pamberi pehope yake ngomweya nesimba raErija, kutenderudzira mwoyo yemadzibaba kunevana, nevasikapurutani kuti vahambe mukungwara kwevakarurama, kunasirira vanhu kuti vaite vakanasirirwa Mambo Mwari”.¹⁸NaZekharia wakati kunengirosi, “Ndinozozia ngenyi ichi? Ngokuti ndakura yaamho nomukadzi wangu wakura yaamho”. ¹⁹Nengirosi yakamupingura yechiti kwaari, “Ndiri Gabhurieri, uwo unoema pamberi paMwari, neni ndatumwa kuti ndierekete kwouri nokukuunzira aya mashoko akanaka. ²⁰Penya, unozoita chimbungumbungu usikakoni kuereketa metsa rigume zuva iro rezvinozoitika izvi, ngokuti auzi kugonda mazwi angu, awo anozoitika ngenguva yawo”.²¹Nevanhu vechigarira Zekharia vakashamiswa ngokunonoka kwake muTemperi. ²²Naapo abuda, waiya asikachakoni kuereketa kwavari, navo vakazia kuti iye waiya aona chioniso ari muTemperi; naye wakaereketa kwavari ngenyara, akagara ari chimbungumbungu. ²³Naapo mazuva okushanda kwake apera, wakaenda kanyi kwake.²⁴Naapo abuda, waiya asikachakoni kuereketa kwavari, navo vakazia kuti iye waiya aona chioniso ari muTemperi; naye wakaereketa kwavari ngenyara, akagara ari chimbungumbungu., ²⁵“Ndizvo Mambo Mwari wakaita ichi kwendiri ngamazuva awo aakandiringira ndiwo, kuti aduse chimene changu pakati pevanhu”.²⁶Ngomwedzi wechitanhatu ngirosi Gabhurieri yakatumwa kubva kunaMwari kuenda kudhorobha reGarire raizwi Nazaretha, ²⁷kumhandara yaiya yakaemeserwa munhu zina rake raizwi ndiJosefa, worudzi rwaDhavhidha, nezina remhandara iyo raizwi Maria. ²⁸Nayo yakapotera kwaari ikati, “Mwauya, iwewe waona nyasha, Mambo Mwari unewe!”. ²⁹Asi iye wakatambudzika kakurutu ngokuereketa kwayo, akapinimidza kuti uku kuchingamidza kunoronzenyi.³⁰Nengirosi yakati kwaari, “Usatya, Maria, ngokuti iwewe waona nyasha kunaMwari., ³¹Penya, unozoita mimba newe unozobara mukororo, unozodudza zina rake kuti Jesu., ³²Naye unozoita mukuru, unozozwi Mukororo woUwo Uripadera pazveshe; naMambo Mwari unozomupa dendemaro rababa ake Dhavhidha, ³³naye unozotonga padera pemhatso yaJakobe mhera nariini; noumambo hwake ahutongozoa nemagumo”.³⁴Maria wakati kunengirosi, “Ichi chingaita maitikirenyi ndisina mwamuna?” ³⁵Ngirosi yakapingura, ikati kwaari, “Mweya Wakachena unozouya padera pako, ndizvo uwo unozobarwa unozozwi wakachena, Mukororo waMwari.³⁶Penya, Erizabhethi hama yako unemimba yomukororo, akura yaamho; nouyu waamwedzi wechitanhatu kwaari uwo waizwi ingomwa. ³⁷Ngokuti kunaMwari apana chinokorereka”. ³⁸NaMaria wakati, “Penya, ndiri murandakadzi waMambo Mwari; ngakuitike kwendiri kudai ngeizwi rako.” Nengirosi yakabva kwaari.³⁹NaMaria wakamiruka ngaawo mazuva, wakaenda ngokukasira kunyika yezvimitunhu, kuguta reJudhia, ⁴⁰naye wakapotera mumhatso yaZekharia, akachingamidza Erizabhethi. ⁴¹Kwakaitika apo Erizabhethi azwa kuchingamidza kwaMaria, mwana wakanyanduka mundani mwake; naErizabhethi wakazadzwa ndiMweya Wakachena.⁴²naye wakadaidzira ngeizwi guru echiti, “Unomuchena iwewe pakati pevakadzi. Unomuchena uwo unozobarwa mundani mwako ⁴³:Chaitika ngenyi ichi kwendiri, kuti mai aMambo wangu auye kwendiri? ⁴⁴RNgokuti penya, apo izwi rokuchingamidza kwako razwika munzee dzangu, mwana wakanyanduka mundani mwangu ngokudakara. ⁴⁵:Unomuchena uwo wakatenda kuti kunozoapo kuitika kweizvo zvakaereketwa kwaari zvechibva kunaMambo Mwari”.⁴⁶Maria wakati, “Mweya wangu unokurisa Mambo, ⁴⁷nomweya wangu unodakara kukurutu kuna Mwari, Muponesi wangu,⁴⁸ngokuti iye wakaringira upashi hwomurandakadzi wake. Ngokuti ringira, kubvira zvinopano yeshe mibarirwana inozondierenga kuti ndinomuchena. ⁴⁹ngokuti uwo unesimba wakaita zvikuru kwendiri, nezina rake riri rakachena.⁵⁰Nenyasha dzake dziri padera pavo vanomutya kubvira kumubarirwana kuenda kumubarirwana. ⁵¹Iye wakaonisa simba rake ngomuoko wake, wakaparadza avo vanodzikudza ngokupinimidza kwomwoyo yavo.⁵²Wakadzasa pashi vane simba kubva pamadendemaro avo, akakurisa avo varipashi, ⁵³wakagutisa avo vanenzara ngezvakanaka, akaendesa makurudza asina chiro.⁵⁴Wakadetsera muranda wake Isuraeri, kuti akarakadze nyasha dzake, ⁵⁵kudai ngezvaakaereketa kunemadzibaba edu, kunaAbrahama nokurudzi rwake mhera nariini”.⁵⁶NaMaria wakagara naye kwaida kuita mwedzi mitatu, naye wakapetuka kanyi kwake. ⁵⁷Zvinopano mukuwo waErizabhethi wakasvika wokuti abare, naye wakabara mukororo. ⁵⁸Nevaakirwana vake nehama dzake vakazwa kuti Mambo Mwari waiya akurisa nyasha dzake kwaari, navo vakadakara pamwepo naye.⁵⁹Kwakaitika ngezuva rechisere kuti vakauya kuzocheka mwana, navo vaida kumududza zina rake kuti ndiZekharia, kudai ngezina rababa ake., ⁶⁰Asi mai ake vakapingura vakati, “Haiwa; asi unozodudzwa kuti Johani”. ⁶¹Navo vakati kwaari, “Apana naumwe wehama dzenyu wakambodudzwa ngeiro zina”.⁶²Navo vakakopera kunababa ake, kuti vazwe kuti ungada kuti adudzwe kutinyi. ⁶³Naye wakakumbira pokunyorerapo, wakanyora kuti, “Zina rake ndiJohani.” Navo veshe vakashamiswa.⁶⁵Paripo muromo wake wakabeurwa norurimi rwake rwakasunhurwa, naye wakaereketa, echikudza Mwari ⁶⁴. Nokutya kwakagumira avo veshe vaigara pasinde pavo. Nemashoko eizvi akashumirwa munyika yeshe yezvimitunhu zveJudhia, ⁶⁶navo veshe vakazvizwa vakazvingwarira mumwoyo yavo vechiti, “Uyu unozoita mwana wakaitawani?” Ngokuti nyara yaMambo Mwari yaiya naye.⁶⁷Nababa ake Zekharia wakazadzwa ndiMweya Wakachena, naye wakaprofeta echiti. ⁶⁸“Unomuchena Mambo Mwari waIsuraeri, ngokuti iye wakahambira nokuripira vanhu vake.⁶⁹naye wakatimirudzira runyanga rworuponeso mumhatso yomuranda wake Dhavhidha, ⁷⁰kudai ngezvaakaereketa ngomuromo wevaprofeti vakacheneswa vake vekaretu, ⁷¹kuponeswa kubva kumagaa edu nokubva kunyara yaavo veshe vanotinyenya.⁷²kuonisa nyasha kunemadzibaba edu, nokukarakadza chitenderano chake chakachena,, ⁷³mhiko iyo yaakapika kunababa edu Abrahama, ⁷⁴yokuti isusu, techinunurwa kubva munyara yemagaa edu, timushandire tisina chokutya, ⁷⁵mukucheneswa nomukururama pamberi pake mazuva eshe okurarama kwedu.⁷⁶Iwewe, mwana, unozozwi muprofeti woUwo Uripadera pazveshe; ngokuti iwewe unozohamba pamberi pehope yaMambo Mwari kunasirira njira dzake, ⁷⁷kupa ruziyo rworuponeso kuvanhu vake ngokurekererwa kwezvishaishi zvavo.⁷⁸Ngendaa yokupfaa kwenyasha dzaMwari wedu, naapo kuedza kwezuva kunobva mudenga kunozotihambira, ⁷⁹kujeka padera paavo vanogara muchidima nomubvute rokufa, kutungamirira tsoka dzedu munjira yokunyarara''.⁸⁰Mwana wakakura, wakagwinya mumweya, waiya mushango metsa rorooguma zuva rokuoniswa kwake kunevaIsuraeri.

Chapter 2

¹Ngaawo mazuva chakabuda chironzo chechibva kunaSiza Agustusi kuti nyika yeshe inyorwe mazita. ²Nouku kunyorwa kwaiya kwokutanga kwakaitika apo Kureniusi ari mutongi weSiria. ³Navo veshe vakaenda koonyorwa, munhu weshe kudhorobha raakabarirwa.⁴NaJosefawo wakakwira echibva Garire, mudhorobha reNazaretha, akaenda Judhia, kudhorobha raDhavhidha raizwi Bhetherehema, ngokuti iye waiya wemhuri norudzi rwaDhavhidha,, ⁵kuti anyorwe pamwepo naMaria, uwo waiya chigango chake, akurirwa ngemimba.⁶Naapo vechiguma kuBele, mazuva akakwana okuti Maria abereke. ⁷Naye wakabara dangwe rake romukororo, naye wakamuputira ngejira, akamuradzika muchidziyo chen'ombe, ngokuti kwaiya kusina ndau yavo mumhatso yevaeni.⁸Kwaiya nevaushi munyikeyo, vaigara mushango vechingwarira makwai avo usiku. ⁹Nengirosi yaMambo Mwari yakaoneka kwavari, noumambo hwaMambo Mwari hwakajeka kuvatendenedza, navo vakatya kakurutu.¹⁰Nengirosi yakati kwavari, “Musatya; ngokuti penyai, ndinomuunzira mashoko akanaka, anodakadza kakurutu awo ari evanhu veshe. ¹¹ngokuti mwaberekerwa nyamashi mudhorobha raDhavhidha Muponesi, ndiye Kristu Mambo. ¹²RNeichi chinozoita chioniso kwomuri; kuti munozoona mwana akaputirwa ngejira akaradzikwa muchidziyo chen'ombe''.¹³Paripo yaiyapo nengirosi mbungano huru yehondo yomudenga yechikudza Mwari yechiti, ¹⁴“Ngaakudzwe Mwari mudengadenga, nokunyarara munyika pakati pevanhu, avo vaanonasa kudakara ndivo”.¹⁵Naapo ngirosi dzaenda mudenga kubva kwavari, vaushi vakati umwe kunoumweni, “Ngatiende Bhetherehema, toona ichi chaitika, chaaziisa Mambo kwetiri'. ¹⁶Navo vakaenda ngokukasira, vakavaona veshe Maria naJosefa, nomwana akaradzikwa muchidziyo chen'ombe.¹⁷Naapo vechimuona vakaziisa mashoko awo akaronzwa kwavari ngendaa yemwana uyu. ¹⁸navo veshe vakazwa vakashamiswa ngeizvo zvevakaronzerwa ngavaushi. ¹⁹Asi Maria wakangwarira izvi zveshe, echizvitsengesesa mumwoyo mwake. ²⁰Nevaushi vakahwirira, vechikurisa nokukudza Mwari ngeizvo zveshe zvevakazwa nezvevakaona, kudai ngezvezvakaronzwa kwavari.²¹Naapo mazuva masere apera okuti achekwe, vakadudza zina rake kuti Jesu, iro rakadudzwa ngengirosi isati yaapo mimba yake.²²Naapo apera mazuva okucheneswa kwavo, kudai ngeMipango yaMosi, vakakwira naye Jerusarema kuti vamupire kunaMambo Mwari. ²³Kudai ngezvezvakanyorwa muMipango yaMambo Mwari kuti, “Vanakomana veshe varimatangwe vanozozwi vakachena kunaMambo Mwari'. ²⁴nokupira mudiro kudai ngezvezvakaronzwa muMipango yaMambo Mwari, “Wemagora mairi nokuti mabwipwi mairi enjia'.²⁵Penya, kwaiyapo munhu muJerusarema zina rake raizwi ndiSimeoni, nomunhu uyu waiya akarurama nowaidira Mwari, echigarira kuembedzerwa kwaIsuraeri, noMweya Wakachena waiya padera pake. ²⁶Nakwo kwakaoniswa kwaari ngoMweya Wakachena kuti aatongozofi asati aona Kristu waMambo Mwari.²⁷Echikweiwa ndiMweya wakauya muTemperi; naapo vabari vaunza mwana Jesu, kuti vaite kwaari kudai ngomushuma weMipango,, ²⁸Simione wakaashira Jesu, akakudza Mwari echiti; ²⁹Mambo Mwari, zvinopano tendera kuti muranda wako aende ngokunyarara, kudai ngeizwi rako.³⁰Ngokuti madziso angu aona ruponeso rwako, ³¹urwo rwewakanasirira pamberi pehope yevanhu veshe; ³²Kujeka ukwo kunovhenekera vemadzinza, kuri uthendezve kuvanhu vako Isuraeri'.³³Baba ake namai ake vakashamiswa ngeizvo zvakaereketwa ngepamusoro pake. ³⁴NaSimeoni wakavafumisa, akati kunamai ake Maria, “Penya, mwana uyu wakaemeserwa kuwa nokumuka kwevazhinji muIsuraeri, nokuitazve chioniso chinozorambwa ³⁵(eya neshoti inozobayawo mweya wako) kuti mipinimidzo yomwoyo mizhinji ioniswe.³⁶Kwaiyapozve Ana muprofeti womukadzi, mwanasikana waFanueri wedzinza raAsha. Waiya aamusharuka, iye waiya akagara nemwamuna wake makore manomwe sure kwousikana hwake. ³⁷Naye wakaita shirikadzi makore makumi masere namarongomuna. Aazi kutongobuda kubva muTemperi, echidira nokuera kudya nokukumbira usiku nemasikati. ³⁸Naye echiuya ngeiro awa wakabonga Mwari, wakaereketa ndiye kwavari veshe vaigarira kuripirwa kweJerusarema.³⁹Naapo vapedza kuita zviro zveshe kudai ngezvaidiwa ngeMipango yaMambo Mwari, vakahwirira Garire, kudhorobha ravo Nazaretha. ⁴⁰Nomwana wakakura, akagwinya, aneungwaru; nenyasha dzaMwari dzaiya padera pake.⁴¹Nevabereki vake vakagara vechindoenda makore nemakore Jerusarema kumushongano wokurya wePhasika. ⁴²Naapo Jesu aanemakore gumi namairi, vakakwira kudai ngomushuma wokuenda kumushongano wokudya. ⁴³Naapo vapedza mazuva awo voopetuka, murumbwana Jesu wakasara sure muJerusarema. Nevabari vake avazi kuzvizia. ⁴⁴Asi vechipinimidza kuti uri mukati mwembungano, vakahamba muhambo wezuva rimwe, navo vakamutsvaka mukati mwehama dzavo neshamwari dzavo.⁴⁵Naapo vasikamuwoni, vakapetuka Jerusarma veimutsaka. ⁴⁶Ngesure kwemazuva matatu vakamuona ari muTemperi, akagara mukati mwevadzidzisi, echivazwa nokuvabvunza mibvunzo. ⁴⁷Navo veshe vakamuzwa vakashamiswa ngokuzia kwake nokupingura kwake.⁴⁸Naapo vakati vechimuona vakahahairwa; namai ake vakati kwaari, “Mwana, watiitira zvakadai ngenyi? Penya, baba ako neni taikutsvaka techitambudzika”. ⁴⁹Naye wakati kwavari, “Mwainditsvaka ngenyi? Musaizia here kuti kunosisira kuti ndiwe mumhatso yaBaba angu?”. ⁵⁰Navo avazi kuzwisisa izwi iro raakaereketa kwavari.⁵¹Naye wakadzaka navo, akaguma Nazaretha, wakavapurutana. Namai ake vakangwarira mazwi eshe aya mumwoyo mwavo. ⁵²NaJesu wakakura muungwaru nomuiri, nomukudiwa ndiMwari nevanhu.

Chapter 3

¹Ngegore regumi namashanu rokutonga kwaThibheriusi Siza, Phontiusi Piratu mutongi weJudhia, naHerodhi sadunhu weGarire, nomunun'una wake Firipu sadunhu wenyika yeIturia neyeTrakhonitisi, naRusaniasi sadunhu weAbhirene, ²Anasi naKaiafasi, vari vapristi vakuru, izwi raMwari rakauya kuna Johani mukororo waZekharia ari mushango.³Naye wakauya kunyika yeshe inotendenedza Jorodhani, echichumaira rubhabhatidzo rwokutenderuka kwokurekererwa kwezvishaishi.⁴Kudai ngezvezvakanyorwa mubhuku remazwi aIsaya muprofeti kuti, “Izwi rounodaidzira mushango kuti: Nasirirai njira yaMambo Mwari, ruramisai makwara ake.⁵Mabani eshe anozozadzwa, nemitunhu yeshe nezvimitunhu zvinozodzaswa pashi, nenjira dzakabenda dzichazo thobwa, nenjira dzakaita marindi dzinozoserereswa;, ⁶nevanhu veshe vanozoona ruponeso rwaMwari”.⁷Ndizvo Johan wakati kuvazhinji avo vakabuda kuuya kuzobhabhatidzwa ndiye, “Imwimwi vana vemabuura! Ndiani wakamunyowedza kuti mutize ushungu hunouya?⁸Ndizvo mwechibara michero inoonisa kutenderuka, musatanga kukarakadza mukati mwenyu kuti, tina Abrahama baba edu, ngokuti ndinoti kwomuri, Mwari unesimba kumusira vana kunaAbrahama ngaaya mapuwe.⁹Sandho ratoiswa panzinde dzemiti; ndizvo muti weshe usikabari michero yakanaka unotemerwa pashi nokukandirwa mumwoto''.¹⁰Nembungano yakamubvunza yechiti, “Ndizvo tinozoitenyi? ¹¹Naye wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Uwo unemabhachi mairi, ngaakowane nousina; nouwo unezvokudya ngaaitewo kudaro”.¹²Nevabhadarisi vemuthero vakauyawo kuti vazobhabhatidzwa, vakati kwaari, “Mudzidzisi, isusu tinozoitenyi?” ¹³Wakati kwavari, “Musapamba zviro zvinopinda izvo zvakaemeserwa kwomuri”.¹⁴Masojdja nawo akamubvunzawo, akati, “Nesuwo tinozoitenyi?” Naye wakati kwavari, “Musazotorera munhu chiro ngesimba nokuti musazoitira munhu ndaa yokunyepa, asi mwechigutiswa ngekuhola kwenyu”.¹⁵Naapo vanhu vachakarira, navo veshe vaidzibvunza mumwoyo ngendaa yaJohani, kuti pamweni ndiye Kristu. ¹⁶Johani wakapingura echiti kwavari veshe, “Inini ndinomubhabhatidza ngemvura, asi unouya uwo unondipinda ngesimba, uwo wendisikasisiri nokusunhura rusinga rwemagwada ake. Unozomubhabhatidza ndiMweya Wakachena nemwoto.¹⁷Ena unefochoro munyara dzake, kuti anase kutsvaira mbuwa yake nokuunganidza koroni mudura rake; asi makoto unozoapisha ngomwoto usikadzimi.¹⁸Ndizvo wakachumaira mashoko akanaka nezviro zvimweni zvakawanda kuvanhu echivapanga. ¹⁹Asi Herodhi sadunhu, arambidzwa ndiye ngendaa yaHerodhiasi, mukadzi womunun'una wake, zve ngendaa yezveshe zvakashata zvaaiya akaita Herodhi, ²⁰wakatutsira ichi chiro padera pazvo zveshe, kuti wakakonyera Johani mutirongo.²¹Naapo vanhu veshe veibhabhatidzwa ndi johani, na Jesu wakabhabhatidzwawo, achakumbira, denga rakabeurwa, ²²noMweya Wakachena, wairingirika wakadai ngenjia, wakadzaka padera pake, neizwi rakauya rechibva mudenga rechiti, “Iwewe uri Mukororo wangu, unodikanwa, ndinonasa kudakara ndiwe''.²³Jesu wsakatanga kudzidzisa anemakore anoda kuita makumi matatu, ari mukororo waJosefa, mukuona kwevanhu, uwo waiya mukororo waHeri,, ²⁴mwana waMathati, mwana waRevhi, mwana waMereki, mwana waJanai, mwana waJosefa.²⁵mwana waMatatiasi, mwana waAmosi, mwana waNahumi, mwana waEsiri, mwana waNagai, ²⁶mwana waMaathi, mwana waMatathiasi, mwana waSemeini, mwana waJoseki, mwana waJodha.²⁷mwana waJohanani, mwana waResa, mwana waZerubhabheri, mwana weShearatieri, mwana waNeri, ²⁸mwana waMereki, mwana waAdhi, mwana waKhosami, mwana waEramadhamu, mwana waEri, ²⁹mwana waJoshua, mwana waErieza, mwana waJorimu, mwana waMathati, mwana waRevhi.³⁰mwana waSimeoni, mwana waJudha, mwana waJosefa, mwana waJonamu, mwana waEriakimu, ³¹mwana waMerea, mwana waMena, mwana waMatatha, mwana waNathani, mwana waDhavhidha, ³²mwana waJesi, mwana waObhedhi, mwana waBhoazi, mwana waSara, mwana waNashoni.³³mwana waAminadhabhi, mwana waAdhimini, mwana waArni, mwana waHezironi, mwana waPerezi, mwana waJudha, ³⁴mwana waJakobe, mwana waIsaka, mwanma waAbrahama, mwana waThera, mwana waNahori, ³⁵mwana waSerugi, mwana waReu, mwana waPheregi, mwana waEbha, mwana waShera,³⁶muwana waKhenani, mwana waArifakisadhi, mwana waShemu, mwana waNoa, mwana waRameki, ³⁷mwana waMethusera, mwana waEnokhi, mwana waJaredhi, mwana waMaharareri, mwana waKhenani, ³⁸mwana waEnosi, mwana waSethi, mwana waAdhamu, mwana waMwari.

Chapter 4

¹NaJesu, azadzwa ndiMweya Wakachena, wakahwirira kubva Jorodhani, wakasundwa ndiMweya kuenda kushango. ²Wakapedza mazuva makumi marongomuna mushango echiedzwa ndiDhiabhorosi. Naye aazi kudya chiro ngaawo mazuva; naapo apera, wakafukama.³Dhiabhorosi wakati kwaari, “Kudai uri Mukororo waMwari, panga buwe iri kuti riite chingwa”. ⁴Jesu wakamupingura akati, “Kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Munhu aazoponi ngechingwa chega''.⁵Dhiabhorosi wakamukwidza pamutunhu, akamupangidzira umambo hweshe ngekamukuwo kadoko, ⁶naye wakati kwaari, “Ndinozopa kwouri iri simba reshe nouthende hwazvo, ngokuti rakapuwa kwendiri, kunyazwi ngouri wendinoda ndinozomupa. ⁷Ndizvo kudai iwewe wechizondidira zveshe zvinozoita zvako”.⁸NaJesu wakamupingura akati kwaari, “Kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Unozodira Mambo Mwari wako, umushandire iye ega''.⁹Diabhurosi wakatora Jesu kuenda Jerusarema, akamuisa padera pechachungu cheTemperi, akati kwaari, “Kudai uri Mwana waMwari, dzikandire pashi kubva panapa, ¹⁰ngokuti kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Iye unozopanga ngirosi dzake ngepamusoro pako, kuti dzikungwarire. ¹¹Nomunyara dzadzo dzinozokubata, kuti kunyazwi ngouri mukuwo usapumhunwa tsoka yako pabuwe''.¹²NaJesu wakapingura akati kwaari, “Kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Usazoedza Mambo Mwari, Mwari wako”. ¹³Naapo Dhiabhorosi aiya apedza zviedzo zveshe, wakabva kwaari kwekamukuwo.,¹⁴Jesu wakahwirira Garire ari musimba roMweya, nembiri yakateketeswa ngendaa yake munyika dzeshe dzinotendenedza. ¹⁵Naye wakadzidzisa mumhatso dzavo dzokudira, echikudzwa ngevanhu veshe.¹⁶Naye wakauya Nazaretha, padhoroba raakakurira; ena wakangena mumhatso. ngezuwa reSabhatha, apapo wakamuruka kuti aerenge zvinyorwa. ¹⁷Kwakapuwa kwaari bhuku romuprofeti Isaya. Naye wakabeura bhuku, akaona apo pakanyorwa kuti,¹⁸“Mweya waMambo Mwari uri padera pangu, ngokuti iye wakandidzodza kuchumaira vhangeri kuvarombo. Wakandituma kuteketesa kusunhurwa kumabhanditi nokusvinurwa madziso emapofu, kusunhura avo vakatsikirirwa, ¹⁹kuteketesa gore rinoashirika raMambo Mwari”.²⁰Naye wakakonya bhuku, akarihwirinza kunemuranda, akagara pashi. Nemadziso eavo veshe vaiya mumhatso akamuringira. ²¹Naye wakatanga kuereketa kwavari kuti, “Nyamashi ichi chinyorwa chazadzisika munzee dzenyu” ²²Veshe vakamupupurira zvakanaka, vakashamiswa ngemazwi enyasha akabva kumuromo wake; navo vakati, “Uyu andiyepi ere mwana waJosefa?”.²³Naye wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso munozoti kwendiri ngeichi chisana kuti ‘N'anga dziponese iwewe. Izvo zvetakazwa kuti wakazviita muKhapernaume, chizviitazve panapa munyika yekwako ”. ²⁴Wakati, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, akuna muprofeti unoashirika munyika yake.²⁵Asi ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, vaiya vazhinji vaiya shirikadzi muIsuraeri ngemazuva aErija, apo denga rakakonywa makore matatu nemwedzi mitanhatu, kwakaita nzara huru padera penyika yeshe. ²⁶Asi Erija aazi kutumwa kunoumwe wavo, asi kwega kuZarefathi, munyika yeSidhoni, kunedzimai raiya shirikadzi. ²⁷Panguwa yamuprofita Erisha, Vaiyapo vazhinji vaiya namapere muIsuraeri, asi umwe ndiye akarapwa, Naamani ega muSiria”.²⁸Navo vakazara veshe ngoushungu vaiya mumhatso yokudira, apo vazwa izvi zviro. ²⁹Navo vakamuruka, vakamubudisa kubanze kwedhorobha, vakamukweyera kuruwere rwomutunhu apo paiya pakaakiwa dhorobha ravo, kuti vamukandire pashi. ³⁰Asi iye wakahamba ngepakati pavo akaenda.³¹Naye wakadzaka Khapernaume, dhorobha reGarire. Waivadzidzisa ngezuva reSabatha., ³²Navo vakashamiswa ngokudzidzisa kwake, ngokuti mazwi ake aiya nesimba.,³³Mumhatso kwaiyapo munhu unemweya wedhimoni unetsvina. Naye waka daidza ngeizwiguru, ³⁴Tinenyi isusu newe, iwewe Jesu weNazaretha? Wauya here kutiuraya? Ndinokuzia kuti urianani, ndiwe Wakachena waMwari”.³⁶³⁵Asi Jesu wakadaira dhimoni akati, “Nyarara, buda kubva kwaari!” Naapo dhimoni rakamukandira pashi pakati pavo, rakabuda kwaari, risikazi kumuremadza.v 36 Vakashamiswa veshe navo vakaereketa umwe noumweni vechiti, “Izwi iri rinoronzenyi? Ngokuti unopanga mweya ine tsvina ngesimba, nayo inobuda”. ³⁷Mbiri yake yakateketeswa munyika dzeshe dzakatendenedza.³⁸Naye wakamuruka kubuda mumhatso, akapotera mumhatso yaSimoni. Ambuya vaSimoni vaiya nokudziyamuiri kukuru, navo vakamupota ngepamusoro pavo. ³⁹Jesu wakakotama ngedera kwakewakanyaradza kudziya muiri, kungadarika. Paripo wakamuruka, akavashandira.⁴⁰Naapo zuva roopota, avo veshe vaiya nevanorwara ngenhenda dzakaparadzana, vakavaunza kwaari; naye wakaisa nyara dzake padera poumwe ngaumwe wavo, akavaponesa. ⁴¹Nemadhimoni akabudawo kubva kuvazhinji, echizhambarara echiti, “Iwewe uri Mukororo waMwari!” Asi wakaakaraidza, aazi kuatendera kuti aerekete, ngokuti aimuzia kuti ndiKristu.⁴²Naapo kwaedza iye wakabuda, akaenda murubaya musina vanhu. Vanhu vakamutsvaka, vakauya kwaari vechida kumubatiridza kuti asabva kwavari. ⁴³asi wakati kwavari, “Kunosisira kuti ndichumaire vhangeri roumambo hwaMwari mumadhorobha amweniwo, ngokuti icho ndicho chendakatumirwa”. ⁴⁴Naye waichumaira mumhatso dzokudira dzeJudhia.

Chapter 5

¹Naapo mbungano yakamanikana kuti izwe izwi raMwari, iye wakaema pagandwa reGenesareta. ²Naye wakaona ngarava mbiri dzakaema pagandwa, asi vabati vehove vaiya vabuda mungarava vechisuka nhaa dzavo. ³Naye wakakwira kuneimweni yengarava, yaiya yaSimoni, wakamukumbira kuti aisundire mugandwa kadodoko kubva pahumbikumbi. Naye wakagara pashi, akadzidzisa mbungano ari mungarava.⁴Naapo apedza kudzidzisa, wakati kunaSimoni, “Sundira kwakadzama mwechidzasa nhaa dzenyu koobata hove”. ⁵Simoni wakapingura akati, “Mambo, tashanda usiku hweshe, atizi kubata chiro! Asi ngeizwi rako ndinozodzasa nhaa”. ⁶Naapo vaita kudaro, vakatendenedza hove zhinji, nenhaa dzavo dzaibauka. ⁷Vakakopera vamweni vavo vaiya mungarava imweni kuti vauye vavadetsere. Navo vakauya, vakazadza ngarava dzeshe mbiri, nadzo dzakatanga kunyura.⁸Asi Simoni Petro aona wakadzirigira pashi pamabvi aJesu echiti, “Mambo, ibva kwendiri, ngokuti ndiri munhu wakashata”. ⁹Ngokuti iye wakashamiswa, naavo veshe vaiya naye ngokuwanda kwehove dzevaiya vabata. ¹⁰Ndizvo zvakaitikawo kunaJakobe naJohani, vakororo vaZebhedhi, avo vaiya shamwari dzaSimoni. NaJesu wakati kunaSimoni, “Usatya; kubvira zvinopano unozobata vanhu”. ¹¹Naapo vaunza ngarava dzavo kuhumbikumbi, vakasiya zveshe, vakamuteera.¹²Naapo ari munerimwe remadhorobha, penya, kwakauya munhu waiya nemapere muiri wake weshe; naapo aona Jesu, wakawa pashi ngehope yake, akamupota echiti, “Mambo, kudai wechida, ungandimhodyosa”. ¹³Jesu wakatambanudza nyara yake, akamubata, akati, “ichi ndicho chidochangu.” Paripo mapere akapera.¹⁴Naye wakamupanga kuti asazoronzera munhu naumwe; asi wakati, “Enda, udzipangidzire kumupristi, upe mubairo ngendaa yokumhodyoswa kwako, kudai ngezvaakapanga Mosi, kuita chapupu kwavari”.¹⁵Asi mbiri yake yakaangirira kuteketeswa. Nembungano huru yakaungana pamwepo kuzwa nokuponeswa nhenda dzayo. ¹⁶Asi iye wakadzipaura kuenda murubaya kookumbira.¹⁷Ngerimweni remazuva awo, Jesu echidzidzisa, vaiyapo vaFarisi nevadzidzisi veMipango vakagarapo, avo vaiya vakauya kubva kumaguta eshe eGarire, Judhia neJerusarema; nesimba raMambo Mwari rokuponesa raiya naye.¹⁸Apapo, vamweni varume vakaunza munhu wairwara ngokuoma muiri, ari pamusengere, navo vakatsvaka kuti vamungenese mukati nokumuradzika pamberi paJesu. ¹⁹Vasikaoni njira yokumungenesa ndiyo mukati ngendaa yembungano, vakakwira padera vakaita buri padenga remhatso, vakamudzasa pashi ari pamusengere pakati pevanhu pamberi paJesu.²⁰Iye echiona kugonda kwavo wakati, “Mwamuna, zvishaishi zvako zvarekererwa kwouri”. ²¹Vanyori nevaFarisi vakatanga kubvunzana pachavo vechiti, “Ndiani uyu unoereketa zvituko? Ndiani ungakona kurekerera zvishaishi, kwega Mwari”.²²Asi Jesu echindozia kupinimidza kwavo, wakapingura akati kwavari, “Munobvunzana ngenyi mumwoyo yenyu;? ²³Chiinyi chinopinda kureruka, kuronza kuti, ‘Zvishaishi zvako zvarekererwa kwouri,’ nokuti kuronza kuti, ‘Miruka uhambe?’ ²⁴Asi kuti muzie kuti Mwana woMunhu unesimba munyika rokurekerera zvishaishi, Ndinoti kwouri, ;muruka utore musengere wako, uyende kumhatso kwako”.²⁵Paripo wakamuruka pamberi pavo, wakatora icho chaaiya akaata padera pacho, akaenda kumhatso yake echikudza Mwari. ²⁶Navo veshe vakabatwa ngokushamiswa, navo vakakudza Mwari, vakazara ngokutya vechiti, “Taona zvinoshamisa nyamashi”.²⁷Ngesure kweizvi Jesu wakabvapo, akaona mubharisi zina rake ndiRevhi, akagara pandau yokubhadarisa muthero, wakati kwaari, “Nditeere”. ²⁸Levi wakasiya zveshe, wakamuruka, akamuteera.²⁹NaRevhi wakaitira Jesu dhiri guru mumhatso yake; vaiyapo vazhinji vevabharisi nevamweni avo vaaigara navo pakudya. ³⁰VaFarisi nevanyori vavo vakavhuruvhutira vadzidzi vake vechiti, “Munodya nokumwa ngenyi nevabharisi nevashaishi?”. ³¹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Avo vakapona avatami n'anga, asi avo vanorwara, ³²andizi kuuya kudaidza vakarurama akadi, asi vashaishi kuti vatenderuke”.³³Navo vakati kwaari, “Vadzidzi vaJohani vanogara nguwadzeshe variparutsanyo vechikumbira, ngokudarozve naavo vevaFarisi, asi vadzidzi vako vanorya nokumwa”. ³⁴Jesu wakati kwavari, “Mungakona here kuita kuti vemhatso yanyamuroorwa vaere kurya apo mukwambo achinavo? ³⁵Asi mazuva anozouya apo mukwambo unozoduswa kwavari, naapo vanozoera kudya ngaawo mazuva”.³⁶Jesu wakavaronzera muedzaniso echiti, “Akuna munhu unobaura chitembwe pajira idzva kuchitungira pajira ratsakara; echiita kudaro, unozoshaishira jira idzva nechitembwe chitsva achizotodzani nejira rakatsakara.³⁷Apana munhu unoisa vhini idzva mukati mwenyede dzatsakara; echiita kudaro, vhini idzva rinozoputisa nyede nevhini rinozorashika nenyede inozotsakatika. ³⁸Asi vhini idzva rinoiswa munyede itsva. ³⁹Zve apana munhu wakambomwa vhini rekare, paripo orooemura idzva; ngokuti unoti, ‘Rekare rakapinda kunaka''.

Chapter 6

¹Ngezuva reSabatha, echihamba ngomukati mweminda yekoroni, vadzidzi vake vakavhuna mitsonzoti yekoroni, vakapukutira panyara dzavo vechidya. ²Asi vamweni vevaFarisi vakati, “Munoita ngenyi icho chisikatenderwi mumipango kuitwa ngezuva reSabatha?³Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Amusati mwatongodzidza here icho chakaitwa ndiDhavhidha apo aiya nenzara, iye naavo vaiya naye? ⁴kupotera kwaakaita mumhatso yaMwari, akatora, akadya zvingwa zvakapirwa kunaMwari, akapawo kuneavo vaiya naye, izvo zvisikatenderwi mumipango kuti zvidyiwe, asi kwega ngevapristi. ⁵Jesu akati kwavari, “Mukororo woMunhu ndiMambo weSabatha”.⁶Ngezuva rimwenizve reSabatha, apo Jesu paakangena mumhatso yokunamatira, akadzidzisa. Waiyapo munhu uwo waiya nenyara yokumudyo yakaoma. ⁷Vanyori nevaFarisi vakamurinda, kuti vaone kuti unozomuponesa here ngezuva reSabatha, vechitsvaka chokumuparisa ndaa ndicho. ⁸Asi Jesu waizia mikarakadzo yavo, akati kunemunhu uwo waiya nenyara yakaoma, “Uya ueme panapa.” Naye wakamiruka, akaemapo.⁹Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ndinomubvunza kuti, kunotenderwa here ngezuva reSabatha kuita zvakanaka nokuti kuita zvakashata? Kuponesa ndaramo nokuti kuiuraya?” ¹⁰Naye wakavaringisisa veshe, akati kwaari, “Tambanudza nyara yako.” Naye wakaita kudaro, nenyara yake yakaponazve. ¹¹Asi vakazadzwa ngoushungu, vakapangana pakati pavo ngechevangaita kunaJesu.¹²Ngaawo mazuva Jesu wakakwira pamutunhu kookumbira; naye wakakumbira usiku hweshe kunaMwari. ¹³Naapo kwaedza, wakadaidza vadzidzi vake, naye wakatsanangura kubva pakati pavo gumi navairi, avo vaakadudzazve kuti vapostori:¹⁴Simoni, uwo waakadudza kuti Petro, naAndreu munun'una wake, Jakobe, Johani, Firipu, Bhathoromeu, ¹⁵Mateu, Thomasi, Jakobe mukororo waArifeusi, Simoni uwo waizwi muZeroti, ¹⁶Judhasi mukororo waJakobe, naJudhasi Isikarioti, uwo wakapira Mambo.¹⁷Naye Jesu wakadzaka navo, akaema pandau yakaterama, nembungano huru yevadzidzi vake nembungano huru yevanhu vakabva Judhia kweshe neJerusarema nenharaunda dzeshe dzokuruandhle dzeThire nedzeSidhoni, avo vakauya kumuzwa nokuponeswa nhenda dzavo. ¹⁸naavo vakatambudzwa ngomweya inetsvina vakaponeswa. ¹⁹Nembungano yeshe yakaedza kumubata, ngokuti simba raibva kwaari rechivaponesa veshe.²⁰Naye wakaringira vadzidzi vake, akati: “Munomuchena imwimwi muri varombo, ngokuti umambo hwaMwari ngohwenyu. ²¹Munomuchena imwimwi munofukama zvinopano, ngokuti munozogutiswa. Munomuchena imwimwi munochema zvinopano, ngokuti munozosheka.²²Munomuchena imwimwi apo vanhu vanozomunyenya nokuparadzana nemwi, nokumukaraidza nokurasha zina renyu kudai ngerakashata, ngendaa yoMwana woMunhu. ²³Dakarai ngeiro zuva mwechinyanduka ngokudakara, ngokuti ringirai, musharo wenyu mukuru mudenga; ngokuti madzibaba avo vakaita kudarowo kunevaprofeti.²⁴Asi hezvo kwomuri imwimwi vapfumi, ngokuti imwimwi mwatoashira musharo wenyu. ²⁵Hezvo kwomuri munogutiswa zvinopano, ngokuti munozofukama. Hezvo kwomuri imwimwi munosheka zvinopano, ngokuti munozotsumba nokuchema.²⁶Hezvo kwomuri apo vanhu veshe vooereketa zvakanaka ndimwi, ngokuti madzibaba avo vakaereketa kudaro kunevaprofeti vokunyepa.²⁷Asi inini ndinoti kwomuri imwimwi munondizwa, idai magaa enyu, muite zvakanaka kwavari avo vanomunyenya, ²⁸6:28fumisai avo vanomutuka, kumbirirai avo vanomutambudza.²⁹Nokwaari unokurova padama, mupindurire rimwenizve, nokwaari uwo unokutorera bhachi rako, mupe nehembe yakozve. ³⁰Wechipa kwavari veshe vanokumbira kwouri, nokwaari uwo unotora zviro zvako, usazviteerazve.³¹Kudai ngezvomunoda kuti vanhu vamuitire, itaiwo kwavari zvakadaro., ³²Kudai mwechivada avo vanomuda, munenyi chomungazobongwa ndicho? Ngokuti nevashaishi vanovada avo vanovadawo. ³³Nokudai mwechiitira zvakanaka kwavari avo vanomuitira zvakanaka, munenyi chomungazobongwa ndicho? Ngokuti nevashaishi vanondoitawo zvakadaro. ³⁴Nokudai mwechikweretwa ngaavo vomunogonda kuzoashirazve kwavari, munenyi chomungazobongwa ndicho? Ngokuti nevashaishi vanokweretwa ngevashaishi kuti vandozoashira zvakadaro kubva kwavari.³⁵Asi idai magaa enyu, muvaitire zvakanaka, mwechivakweretesa musikakariri kupetudzirwa, nomusharo wenyu unozoita mukuru, nemwi munozoita vana veUwo Uripadera pazveshe; ngokuti iye unenyasha kwavari vasikabongi nekwavari vakashata. ³⁶Itai vane nyasha, kudai ndiBaba enyu vane nyasha.³⁷Musatonga, nemwi amuzotongwi; musaparisa ndaa, nemwi amuzopariswi ndaa; rekererai, nemwi munozorekererwa.³⁸ipai, nakwo kunozopuwawo kwomuri. Chipimo chakanaka, chakarondwa, chakazunguzirwa nechinerushangu, vanozotindikira kwomuri. Ngokuti ngeicho chipimo chomunozopima ndicho, chinozopimirwawo kwomuri.³⁹Naye wakaronza muedzaniso kwavari echiti, “Bofu ringatungamirira bofu here? Avazowi veshe murindi here? ⁴⁰Mudzidzi aari padera pomudzidzisi wake akadi, asi mudzidzi weshe apedza kudzidza unozodai ngomudzidzisi wake.⁴¹Unopenyerenyi chitsepedzo chiri mudziso romukoma wako, asi usikaoni danda riri mudziso rako? ⁴²Nokuti ungazoita maronzerenyi kunemukoma wako kuti, ‘Mukoma, tenda kuti ndibvise chitsepedzo chiri mudziso rako,’ apo iwewe wemene usikaoni danda riri mudziso rako wemene? Iwewe mudziitisi, tanga kubvisa danda riri mudziso rako, naapo unozonasa kuona pamhene kubvisa chitsepedzo chiri mudziso romukoma wako.⁴³Ngokuti akuna muti wakanaka ungabereka michero yakashata, nokutizve muti wakashata aungabereki michero yakanaka. ⁴⁴Ngokuti muti weshe unoziikanwa ngemichero yawo. Ngokuti vanhu avakayi maonde kubva pamiti yeminzwa, nokuti parukato avakayi michero yemavhini.⁴⁵Munhu wakanaka kubva paupfumi hwokanaka hwemumwoyo mwake unobudisa icho chakanaka, nomunhu wakashata kubva paupfumi hwakashata hwemumwoyo wake unobudisa icho chakashata; ngokuti muromo unoereketa kubva kunezvakawanda zviri mumwoyo.⁴⁶Munondidaidza ngenyi kuti, ‘Mambo, Mambo,’ musikaiti izvo zvendinomuronzera? ⁴⁷Munhu weshe unouya kwendiri echizwa mazwi angu, echiaita ndinozomupangidzira uwo waanotodzana naye. ⁴⁸Unodai ngomunhu echiaka mhatso, uwo wakatsa akadzamisa, akaisa tsikiro paruware; naapo ndambi yakwira, yakarova iyo mhatso, yaiya isina simba rokuikutukusa, ngokuti yaiya yakanasa kuakwa.⁴⁹Asi iye unozwa asikaiti, wakadai ngomunhu wakaaka mhatso padera pevhu isina tsikiro; naapo ndambi yakarova iyo mhatso, paripo yakawa, nokuwa kweiyo mhatso kwaiya kwakakura.

Chapter 7

¹Naapo Jesu apedza mazwi ake eshe mukuzwa kwevanhu, wakangena muKhapernaume.²Hloko yenduna yezana, yaidikanwa ndiye, yairwara, iri paduze pokufa. ³Naapo yazwa ndiJesu, yakatuma kwaari vakuru vevaJudha yechikumbira kuti auye aponese hloko yayo. ⁴Naapo vakaguma kunaJesu, vakamupota kakurutu vechiti, “Iyo inosisira kuti uyiitire ichi, ⁵ngokuti inoda dzinza redu, nayo yakatiakira mhatso yedu yokudira”.⁶NaJesu wakaenda navo. Naapo aapasinde pemhatso, nduna yezana yakatuma hama dzayo yechiti kwaari, “Mambo, usadzinesa, ngokuti andisisiri kuti iwewe upotere pashi pedenga rangu. ⁷ndizvo ndapinimidza kuti andisisiri kuuya kwouri ndemene. Asi ronzai izwi, nomuranda wangu unozopona., ⁸Ngokuti inini neniwo ndiri munhu wakaemeswa pashi pesimba, ndine masoja pashi pangu; neni ndinoti kuneiri, ‘Chienda,’ naro rinoenda, nokunerimweni, ‘Chiuya,’ naro rinouya, nokunemuranda wangu, ‘Chiita ichi,’ naye unochiita.⁹Naapo Jesu azwa ichi wakashamiswa ndiyo, naye wakakunukukira kune mbungano yaimuteera, akati kweiri, “Ndinoti kwomuri, andizi kutongomboona kutenda kukurutu kwakadaro, kunyazwi muIsuraeri”. ¹⁰Naavo vakatumwa vapetuka kumhatso, vakaona muranda apona.¹¹Paripo ngesure kweizvo, Jesu wakaenda kudhorobha rinozwi Naini, nevadzidzi vake vakaenda naye nembungano huru. ¹²Naapo echikwedzera pamusiwo wedhorobha, penya, munhu wakafa waitwarwa kubva mudhorobha, uwo waiya ari mukororo umwe ega wamai ake, vaiya shirikadzi; nevanhu vazhinji vedhorobha vaiya naye. ¹³Naapo Mambo amuona, wakamuzwira urombo, akati kwaari, “Usachema”. ¹⁴Naye wakakwedzera, akabata ruhlaka, nevatwari vakaema. Wakati, “Jaha, ndinoti kwouri, muka”. ¹⁵Nouwo waiya afa wakamuka akagara, akatanga kuereketa. Naye wakamupa kunamai ake.¹⁶Kutya kwakabata veshe; navo vakairikidza Mwari vechiti, “Muprofeti mukuru wakabuda pakati pedu!” “NaMwari wakahambira vanhu vake”. ¹⁷Nembiri iyi yakateketeswa ngendaa yake muJudhia mweshe nomunyika dzeshe dzaitendenedza.¹⁸NaJohani wakaziiswa izvi zviro zveshe ngevadzidzi vake. NaJohani, echidaidza kwaari vadzidzi vake vairi, ¹⁹wakavatuma kunaMambo echiti, “Ndiwe here uwo unouya, nokuti ticharindira umweni? ²⁰Naapo vanhu avo vaguma kwaari, vakati, “Johani Mubhabhatidzi wakatituma kwouri echiti, ‘Ndiwe here uwo unouya, nokuti ticharindira umweni?²¹Ngeiro awa wakaponesa vazhinji vairwara ngenhenda nomweya yakashata, nevazhinji vaiya vari mapofu wakavapembenudza. ²²Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Endai muronzere Johani zvemwaona nezvemwazwa: mapofu anosvinurwa, zvirema zvinohamba, vane mapere vanoshambidzwa, madziiranzee anozwa, vakafa vanomuswa nevarombo vane mashoko akanaka anochumairwa kwavari. ²³Naye unomuchena usikapumhunwi ndini”.²⁴Naapo nhumwa dzaJohani dzaiya dzaenda, Jesu wakatanga kuereketa kune mbungano ngendaa yaJohani echiti, “Mwakabuda kuenda mushango koopenyei? Rutsanga rwakazungunyiswa ngedutu here? ²⁵Asi mwakabuda kuenda koonenyi? Munhu wakapfekeswa ngemachira akapfaa here? Penyai avo vanopfeka machira akapfaa vanogara mungome. ²⁶Asi mwakabuda kuenda koonenyi? Muprofeti here? Eya, ndinoti kwomuri nouwo unonyanya kupinda muprofeti.²⁷Uyu ndiye wakanyorwa ndiye kwechizwi, ‘Penyai, ndinotuma nhumwa yangu pamberi pehope yako, uwo ndiye unozonasirira njira yako pamberi pako. ²⁸Ndinoti kwomuri, mukati mwaavo vakaberekwa ngevakadzi akuna mukuru kupinda Johani; asi uwo uri mudoko muumambo hwaMwari uri mukuru kupinda Johani”.²⁹Vanhu veshe apo vazwa izvi pamwepo nevabharisi, navo vakatenda kururama kwaMwari, ngokuti vakabhabhatidzwa ngorubhabhatidzo rwaJohani. ³⁰Asi vaFarisi nemagweta vakadzirambira zano raMwari, vakaramba kubhabhatidzwa ndiJohani.³¹''Ndizvo ndovaedzanisa nenyi vanhu vomubarirwana uyu, vanotodzaniswa nenyi? ³²Vanotodzaniswa nevana vanogara pandau yomusika, vechidaidzana vechiti, ‘Takaridza kwomuri, nemwi amuzi kuzvina; takabonda, nemwi amuzi kuchema’.³³Ngokuti Johani Mubhabhatidzi wakauya asikadyi chingwa nokuti kumwa vhini, mwakati, ‘Une dhimoni’. ³⁴Mwana woMunhu wakauya echidya nokumwa, nemwi mwakati, ‘Penyai, munhu unemakaro nomumwisi wevhini, shamwari yevabharisi neyevashaishi!’ ³⁵Nokungwara kunopembedzwa ngevana vakwo veshe”.³⁶Umwe wevaFarisi wakakumbira kuti adye naye, naye wakapotera mumhatso youwo muFarisi, akagara patafura. ³⁷Painga nemudzimai womudhorobha, waiya mushaishi, naapo azia kuti wakagara patafura panekudya mumhatso yomuFarisi, wakaunza nhera yemafuta anonuhwira, ³⁸naye echiema ngesure kwetsoka dzaJesu, echichema, wakatanga kunyakatisa tsoka dzaJesu ngemasodzi ake, akadzipukuta ngebvudzi resoro rake, akachingamidza tsoka dzake ngomuromo, akadzidzodza ngemafuta.³⁹Asi muFarisi uwo wakakoka Jesu echiona, wakati mukati mwake, “Uyu munhu dai aiya muprofeti, waidai azia kuti ndiani, nokuti mudzimai uyu wakadini unomubata, ngokuti mushaishi”. ⁴⁰NaJesu echipingura wakati kwaari, “Simoni, ndinacho chokuereketa newe.” Naye wakati, “Mudzidzisi, chierekete”.⁴¹Jesu wakati ''Kwaiyapo munhu wakakweretwa ngevanhu vairi. Umwe wavo wakamukwereta zvigurwa zvesirivha mazana mashanu, noumweni zvigurwa zvesirivha makumi mashanu. ⁴²Naapo vasina chokuripira ndicho, iye wakavarekerera veshe. Ndizvo ndiani kwavari unozopindisisa kumuda? ⁴³Simoni wakapingura akati, “Ungaita uwo wakarekererwa zvakapinda kuwanda.” Wakati kwaari, “Wanasa kutonga”.⁴⁴Jesu echikunukukira kunemudzimai wakati kunaSimoni, “Unomuona here uyu mudzimai? Inini ndapotera mumhatso yako, auzi kundipa mvura yokushamba tsoka dzangu, asi iye wanyakatisa tsoka dzangu ngemasodzi ake, akadzipukuta ngebvudzi rake. ⁴⁵Iwewe auzi kundipa kisi, asi iye kubvira mukuwo wendapotera ndiwo aazi kurekera kuchingamidza tsoka dzangu ngomuromo.⁴⁶Iwewe auzi kudzodza soro rangu ngemafuta, asi iye wadzodza tsoka dzangu ngemafuta. ⁴⁷Ndizvo ndinoti kwouri, zvishaishi zvake zvakawanda zvarekererwa kwaari, ngokuti iye wada kakurutu. Asi kwaari warekererwa zvishomani, iye unondodawo zvishomani”.⁴⁸Naye wakati kwaari, “Zvishaishi zvako zvarekererwa kwouri”. ⁴⁹Zvino navo vaigara naye patafura panekudya vakatanga kuereketa mukati mwavo vechiti, “Ndiani uyu unokona kurekerera zvishaishi? ⁵⁰Naye wakati kuno mudzimai, “Kugonda kwako kwakuponesa; enda ngokunyarara”.

Chapter 8

¹Apapo ngesure kweizvo, Jesu wakahamba ngomukati mwemadhorobha nemaguta, echichumaira nokuunza mashoko akanaka oumambo hwaMwari. Nevarigumi navairi vaiya naye, ²nevakadzi avo vaiya vaponeswa mweya yakashata nenhenda: Maria Magadhareni, uwo wakabviswa madhimoni manomwe, ³naJoana mukadzi waChuza, muranda waHerodhi, Suzana nevazhinji vamweni, avo vaimushandira ngezviro zvavo.⁴Naapo mbungano yaungana pamwepo nevanhu vakauya kwaari kubva kumadhorobha eshe, Jesu wakavaronzera muedzaniso echiti. ⁵“Mukushi wakabuda kookusha mbeu dzake. Naapo achakusha mbeu, dzimweni dzakawira panjira; nadzo dzakatsikwatsikwa ngetsoka, neshiri dzomudenga dzakadzidya. ⁶Nedzimweni dzakawira paruware; paripo dzakamera dzikazeketera, ngokuti dzaiya dzisina mwando.⁷Dzimweni dzakawira mukati mweminzwa; neminzwa yakakura pamwepo nadzo, yakadzizingizira. ⁸Dzimweni dzakawira mumavhu akanaka, dzakakura, dzikabereka tsangu zana rakapetwa.” Jesu achaereketa izvi wakadaidzira echiti, “Uwo une nzee dzokuzwa, ngaazwe”.⁹Naapo vadzidzi vake vakamubvunza kuti muedzaniso uyu biningidzo rawo ngerenyi, ¹⁰Jesu wakati kwavari, “Kwakapuwa kwomuri kuzia zvakafishika zvoumambo hwaMwari; asi kunevamweni kuti vazwe ngemiedzaniso, kuti, ‘Vechinyaona avaonisisi, vechinyazwa avazwisisi.¹¹Zvinopano muedzaniso ndiwo uyu: Mbeu izwi raMwari. ¹²Neidzo dziri pamhiri penjira, ndivo avo vakazwa; naapo Dhiabhorosi unouya nokubvisa izwi kubva mumwoyo yavo, kuti vasazotenda nokuponeswa. ¹³Neidzo dziri paruware, ndivo avo vanozwa izwi, vanoriashira ngokudakara; navo avana nzinde, vanotenda mukuwo mudoko, ngenguva yokuedzwa vanopumhunwa.¹⁴Mbeu dzakawira mukati mweminzwa, ndivo vandhu vanozwa, vechienda mberi vanozingizirwa ngokudembatemba noupfumi, zvidakadziso zvendaramo ino nemichero yayo. ¹⁵Asi mbeu dzakawira mumavhu akanaka, ndivo avo vanozwa izwi ngomwoyo usina kuchengedza nowakanaka, vanobereka michero ngokusengerera.¹⁶Akuna munhu unoti abasa chibani, unozochidumaidza ngechidziyo nokuti kuchiisa pashi pomubhedhi, asi unochiisa padera pechigadzikiro chechibani, kuti avo vanopotera vaone kujeka. ¹⁷Ngokuti akuna chiro chakafishika chisikazooniswi, nechakadumaidzwa chisikazoziikanwi, chisikazobudi mukujeka., ¹⁸Ndizvo ngwarai ngenjira dzokuzwa kwomunoita; ngokuti kunyazwi ngouri unacho, kunozotutsirwa kwaari, asi iye usina, kunozotorwa kubva kwaari neicho chaanopinimidza kuti unacho”.¹⁹Naapo mai ake nevanun'una vake vakauya kwaari, asi ngendaa yembungano avazi kukona kuguma paari. ²⁰Wakaronzerwa kuti, “Mai ako nevanun'una vako vakaema kubanze, vanoda kukuona”. ²¹Asi Jesu wakapingura kwavari akati, “Mai angu nevanun'una vangu ndivo avo vanorizwa izwi raMwari nokuriita”.²²Zuva rimweni Jesu wakapotera mungarava nevadzidzi vake, naye wakati kwavari, “Ngatiambuke ruseri rwegandwa.” Ndizvo vakahluza. ²³Asi vachahluza Jesu wakabatwa ngehope. Kwakadzaka mubvumo wedutu padera pegandwa, ngarava yakatanga kuzara ngemvura, navo vaiya mungozi.²⁴Navo vakauya kwaari Jesu, vakamumusa vechiti, “Mambo, Mambo, tofa!” Naye wakamuka, akakaraidza dutu nemafungu emvura; nawo akaterama, kwakaapo kunyarara. ²⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Kugonda kwenyu kuripari?” Navo vakatya nokushamiswa, vechiti umwe kunoumweni, “Uyu ungaita anani, unopanga dutu nemvura, nazvo zvechimupurutana?''²⁶Naapo vaguma kunyika yeGerasa, iyo yakaringirana neGarire. ²⁷Naapo Jesu paakabuda mungarava nokutsika panyika, wakashongana nomunhu waibva mudhorobha, waiya nemadhimoni; kwomukuwo wakareba aazi kusimira zvokufuka, naye waiya asikagari mumhatso, asi mumaiba.²⁸Naapo aona Jesu wakazhambarara, akawa pashi pamberi pake, akati ngeizwi guru, “Ndinenyi newe, Jesu, iwewe Mukororo waMwari Uripadera pazveshe? Ndinokupota, usandishononesa”. ²⁹Ngokuti Jesu waiya apanga dhimoni rine tsvina kuti ribude kubva mumunhu. (Ngokuti kazhinji raimubata; naye waingwarirwa ngevarindi, akasungwa ngemaketani nemanguri, asi waidambura zvisungo izvo, echisundwa kuenda mushango ngedhimoni.³⁰Jesu wakamubvunza, akati, “Zina rako ndiani?” Naye wakati, “Ndiri Hondo.” Ngokuti madhimoni akawanda aiya akapotera mukati mwake. ³¹Nawo akamupota kuti asazoapanga kuti aende murindi.³²Raiyapo danga renguruve dzakawanda dzaifura padera pomutunhu; nawo akamupota kuti aatendere kuti apotere mwedziri. Naye wakaatendera. ³³Nemadhimoni akabuda kubva kunemunhu, akapotera munguruve. Nedanga iro rakarumba kudzaka ngepamakaha kupotera mugandwa, nadzo dzakanzvaira dzikafa.³⁴Naapo vaushi vaona zvakaitika, vakatiza, vakateketesa zvakaitika mudhorobha nomunharaunda. ³⁵Navo vakabuda kuenda koona zvakaitika, vakauya kunaJesu, vakaona munhuwo wakabviswa madhimoni akagara patsoka dzaJesu, asimira aterama. Navo vakatya.³⁶Naavo vakazviona vakavaronzera ngenjira yaakaponeswa ndiyo uwo waiya nemadhimoni. ³⁷Naapo vanhu veshe venharaunda dzenyika yevaGeraseni vakakumbira kuti jesu abve kwavari; ngokuti veshe vakabatwa ngokutya kukurutu. Apapo Jesu wakapotera mungarava, akahwirira.³⁸Asi munhu uwo wakabviswa madhimoni wakamupota kuti agare naye; asi Jesu wakamuendesa echiti,, ³⁹“Hwirira kumhatso yako, uvaronzere ngokukura kweizvo zvaakakuitira Mwari.” Naye wakahamba echiteketesa mudhorobha reshe kukura kweizvo zvaakaita Jesu kwaari.,⁴⁰Naapo Jesu auyazve, mbungano yakamuashira ngokudakara, ngokuti veshe vaiya vakamugarira. ⁴¹Naapo kwakauya munhu zina rake raizwi ndiJairosi, naye waiya mukuru wemhatso yokudira; naye echiwira patsoka dzaJesu wakamupota kuti auye kumhatso yake, ⁴²ngokuti waiya nemwanasikana umwe ega, waiya anemakore anoda kuita gumi namairi, naye waiya oodakufa. Naapo echienda, mbungano yakamutsikirira.⁴³Nedzimai raibuda ngazi makore gumi namairi, iro raiya rapedza zveshe zveraipona ndizvo ngeman'anga pasina waikona kumurapa. ⁴⁴Iro rakauya ngesure kwaJesu, rakabata mupendero wechokufuka chake; paripo nhenda yaro yokubuda ngazi yakapora.⁴⁵NaJesu wakati, “Ndiani uwo wandibata?” Naapo veshe varamba, Petro naavo vaiya naye vakati, “Mambo, mbungano inokutsikirira nokukupfanyirira”. ⁴⁶Asi Jesu wakati, “Uripo wandibata; ngokuti ndinozwa kuti simba rabuda kwendiri”.⁴⁷Naapo dzimai raona kuti arizi kufishika, rakauya rechihuta, rakawa pashi pamberi paJesu, rikaronza zveshe pamberi pevanhu veshe kuti ramubata ngendaa yenyi, nokuti raponeswa chiriporipo., ⁴⁸Jesu wakati kweriri, “Mwanasikana, kugonda kwako kwakuponesa; enda ngokunyarara”.⁴⁹Achaereketa Jesu kwakauya umwe echibva kumhatso yomukuru wemhatso yokudira echiti, “Mwanasikana wako watofa; usachanesa Mudzidzisi”. ⁵⁰Asi Jesu echizwa, wakapingura kwaari echiti, “Usatya. Kwega tenda, naye unozoponeswa”.⁵¹Naapo Jesu aguma kumhatso, aazi kutendera kuti munhu apotere naye, kwega Petro, Johani, Jakobe, nababa omusikana namai ake., ⁵²Navo veshe vaimuchema vechimutsumba; asi wakati, “Musachema; ngokuti aazi kufa, asi wakaata”. ⁵³Navo vakamusheka, vechizia kuti watofa.⁵⁴Asi iye echimubata ngenyara wakadaidzira echiti, “Musikana, muka” ⁵⁵Mweya wake wakauyazve, naye wakamuka chiriporipo. Iye wakapanga kuti apuwe chokudya. ⁵⁶Vabereki vake vakashamiswa; asi wakavapanga kuti vasaronzera munhu ngeizvo zvaitwa.

Chapter 9

¹Jesu wakadaidza pamwepo gumi navairi, akavapa simba rokukurira madhimoni eshe nokurapa nhenda, ²Naye wakavatuma kuenda koochumaira umambo hwaMwari nokurapa vanorwara.³Wakati kwavari, “Musatora chiro parwendo rwenyu, haiwa ndonga, nokuti nyede, nokuti chingwa, nokuti mare; zve, musatora mabhachi mairi. ⁴Kunyazwi ngeyani mhatso yomunozopotera, garaimwo metsa mubve muripo.⁵Naavo vasikazomuashiri, mwoobva mudhorobha iro, munozoguwa bukuta pashi petsoka dzenyu kuita chapupu chokuvaitira ndaa”. ⁶Navo vakaenda, vakahamba mumaguta eshe, vechichumaira vhangeri nokuponesa vanhu kundau dzeshe.⁷Zvinopano Herodhi sadunhu, azia zveshe zvaiya zvaitika, wakatambudzika, ngokuti vamweni vakaronza kuti Johani wamuswa kubva kwevakafa, ⁸vamweni vaiti Erija wakaoneka, nevamwenizve vaiti umwe wevaprofeti vekare wakamukazve. ⁹Herodhi wakati, “Ndakagura soro raJohani; asi uyu ndiani, uwo wendinozwa ndiye zviro zvakadai?” Naye wakaedza kuti amuone Jesu.¹⁰Vapetuka vapostori vakamushumira zveshe izvo zvevakaita. Naye wakavatora, Jesu akaenda navo vari vega kudhorobha raizwi Bhethisaidha. ¹¹Naapo mbungano yazvizia, yakamuteera. Naye wakavaashira ngokudakara, akaereketa kwavari ngoumambo hwaMwari, naye wakaponesa avo vaitama kuponeswa.¹²Naapo zuva ratanga kubira, vanegumi navairi vakauya, vakati kwaari, “Wechiendesa mbungano, vaende mumaguta nomunharaunda inotendenedza, vaatemwo nokuona zvokudya; ngokuti tiri murubaya rusina vanhu. ¹³Asi iye wakati kwavari, “Mwechivapa imwimwi zvokudya.” Vakati, “Atina zvimweni zvinopinda zvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri, asi kuti tikaenda kootengera vanhu ava veshe kudya''. ¹⁴Ngokuti vaida kuguma makumi emazana mashanu evamuna. Naye wakati kuvadzidzi vake, “Mwechivagarisa pashi ngezvikwata, chimwe chinoda kuita makumi mashanu”.¹⁵Navo vakaita kudaro, vakavagarisa pashi veshe. ¹⁶Naye echitora zvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri, wakaringira mudenga, akazvibonga, akazvigura, wakazvipa kuvadzidzi kuti vaise pamberi pembungano. ¹⁷Navo vakadya, vakaguta veshe. Navo vakaunganidza matsekeneswa, vakazadza zvitundu gumi nazviiri.¹⁸Zvinopano kwakaitika kuti Jesu echikumbira ari ega, vadzidzi vake vaiya naye; naye wakavabvunza echiti, “Mbungano inoti inini ndirianani?” ¹⁹Navo vechipingura vakati, “Johani Mubhabhatidzi; asi vamweni vanoti ndiErija; asi vamweni vanoti umwe wevaprofeti vekare wamukazve”.²⁰Naye wakati kwavari, “Imwimwi munoti inini ndirianani?” NaPetro echipingura wakati, “Iwewe ndiwe Kristu waMwari”. ²¹Asi wakavaronzera nokuvapanga kuti vasazoronzera munhu naumwe ichi, ²²echiti, “Kunosisira kuti Mukororo woMunhu atambudzike ngezvakawanda, arambwe ngevakuru nevapristi vakuru nevanyori, aurawe, ngezuva rechitatu amuswe”.²³Kudai aripo munhu unoda kuuya sure kwangu, ngaadzirambe, atore muchinjiko wake zuva ngezuva anditeere. ²⁴Ngokuti kunyazwi ndiani ungada kungwarira kurarama kwake, unozorashikirwa ndikwo; asi kunyazwi ndiani unozorasha kurarama kwake ngepamusoro pangu, ndiye unozokuponesa. ²⁵Ngokuti unodetserwa ngenyi munhu kudai echizouyirwa ngenyika yeshe, asi arashikirwe ngokupona kwake?²⁶Ngokuti iye unozoita nyowa ndini nemazwi angu, Mukororo woMunhu unozoitawo nyowa ndiye, apo ouya muuthende hwake nehwaBaba nehwengirosi dzakachena. ²⁷Asi ndinomuronzera ngegwinyiso, kuti varipo veavo vanoema panapa, avo vasikazorairi rufu metsa vaona umambo hwaMwari.²⁸Zvinopano kwaakuda kuita mazuva masere ngesure kweaya mazwi,Jesu wakatora naye Petro, Johani naJakobe, akakwira pamutunhu kookumbira. ²⁹Echikumbira, kuoneka kwehope yake kwakatsandudzwa, nezvokusimira zvake zvakachena zvechin'anikira.³⁰Vanhu vairi vaiereketa naye, Mosi naErija,, ³¹avo vakaoneka vari muuthende, vakaereketa ngendaa yokuenda kwake, ukwo kwaaizoita muJerusarema.³²Petro naavo vairi vaiya naye vakabatwa ngehope, asi pevakamuka, vakaona ukuru wa Jesu nevanhu vairi avo vainga naye., ³³Naapo vanhu avo vooparadzana na Jesu, Petro wakati kunaJesu, “Mambo, kwakanaka kwetiri kuti tigare panapa; ngatiake zvitumba zvitatu, chimwe chako nechimweni chaMosi nechimweni chaErija,” asikazii chaaiereketa.³⁴Naapo achaereketa izvi, gore rakauya, rikavatibikira; navo vakatya apo vambonywa ngegore. ³⁵Neizwi rakabuda rechibva mugore rechiti, “Uyu ndiye Mukororo wangu, uwo wakatsanangurwa; mwechimupurutana. ³⁶Naapo izwi rapinda, Jesu wakaoneka ari ega. Navo vakanyarara, avazi kuronzera munhu ngaawo mazuva ngechimwe cheizvo zvevakaona.³⁷Mangwani wachona, apo vadzaka kubva pamutunhu, mbungano huru yakashongana naye. ³⁸Penya, munhu waibva mukati mwembungano wakadaidzira echiti, “Mudzidzisi, ndinokupota kuti uringire mukororo wangu, ngokuti ndiye ega mwana wangu. ³⁹Penya, mweya unomubata, paripo ngokukasira unoboorera, nawo unomuhutisa kumuita kuti abudise mafuro, unoramba wechimukuadza kakurutu, aumurekeri. ⁴⁰Neni ndapota vadzidzi vako kuti vaudzinge, asi vaukorera.⁴¹Jesu wakapingura, akati, “A mubarirwana usikatendi nounopauka, ndinozogara nemwi mukuwo wakaitawani ndechitsengerera? Unza panapa mwana wako''. ⁴²Naapo achauya, dhimoni rakamupwamhwatisa pashi, rikamuhutisa kakurutu. Asi Jesu wakakaraidza mweya wakashata, akaponesa murumbwana, akamupazve kunababa ake.⁴³Navo veshe vakashamiswa ngoukuru hwaMwari. Naapo veshe vachashamiswa ngezviro zveshe zvaakaita ndiJesu, wakati kuvadzidzi vake, ⁴⁴“Mazwi aya ngaapinde munzee dzenyu; ngokuti Mwana woMunhu unozopirwa munyara dzevanhu”. ⁴⁵Asi avazi kuzwisisa izwi iri, rakafishika kwavari kuti vasazorizia; navo vakatya kumubvunza ngeiri izwi.⁴⁶Kwakamuka hasha pakati povadzidzi kuti ndiani wavo unozoita mukuru. ⁴⁷Asi apo Jesu aona kupinimidza kwomwoyo yavo, wakatora mwana mudoko, wakamugadzika parutii pake. ⁴⁸Wakati kwavari, “Uwo unoashira mwana uyu mudoko ngezina rangu unondiashira inini, nouwo unondiashira inini unoashirawo uwo wakandituma; ngokuti uwo uri mudoko mukati mwenyu mweshe, ndiye mukuru''.⁴⁹NaJohani wakapingura, akati, “Mambo, takaona munhu echirasha madhimoni ngezina rako, nesu takamurambidza, ngokuti aazi kukuteera nesu”. ⁵⁰Asi Jesu wakati kwaari, “Musazomurambidza; ngokuti usikaambani nemwi, unomurwira imwimwi''.⁵¹Naapo mazuva ookwedzera okuti aashirwe mudenga, wakaringira hope yake kuenda Jerusarema. ⁵²Naye wakatuma nhumwa pamberi pake, navo vakapotera muguta revaSamaria kuti vamunasirire. ⁵³Asi avazi kumuashira, ngokuti hope yake yairingira kuenda Jerusarema.⁵⁴Naapo vadzidzi vake Jakobe naJohani vaona ichi, vakati, “Mambo, unoda here kuti tironze kuti muriro udzake kubva mudenga, uvapedze?” ⁵⁵Asi Jesu wakakunukuka, akavadaira. ⁵⁶Navo vakaenda kuguta rimweni.⁵⁷Vachahamba munjira, munhu umweni wakati kwaari, “Ndinozokuteera kunyazwi ngepari pounoenda''. ⁵⁸NaJesu wakati kwaari, “Hava dzine mirindi neshiri dzomudenga dzine zvisaki, asi Mukororo woMunhu aana nopokutsamira soro rake''.⁵⁹Naye wakati kuneumweni, “Nditeere iwewe.” Asi iye wakati, “Mambo, tenda kuti ndiende kutanga ndimbotsira baba angu''. ⁶⁰Asi wakati kwaari, “Siya vakafa kutsira vakafa vavo; asi iwewe enda uteketese umambo hwaMwari''.⁶²Munhu umweni wakati, “Ndinozokuteera, Mambo; asi kutanga tenda kuti ndiende ndivhaise vemhatso yangu''. ⁶¹Asi Jesu wakati kwaari, “Akuna munhu wakamboisa nyara yake kubata badza ren'ombe echiringira sure ungasisira umambo hwaMwari.

Chapter 10

¹Ngesure kweizvi Mambo wakaemesa vamweni makumi manomwe, naye wakavatuma vairi vairi pamberi pake kumadhorobha eshe nokundau dzeshe, apo paaida kuguma emene. ²Naye wakati kwavari, “Kukukura kwakakura, asi vashandi vashomani; ndizvo kumbirai kunaMambo wokukukura kuti atume vashandi mukukukura kwake.³Endai! Penya, ndinomutuma muri vakadai ngevana vemakwai mukati mwemathika. ⁴Musatora chikwama nokuti nyede nokuti magwada. Musachingamidza munhu munjira.⁵Kunyazwi ngeiri mhatso yomunozopotera, kutanga mwechiti, ‘Kunyarara ngakua kuneiyi mhatso!. ⁶Kuti aripo mukororo wokunyarara, kunyarara kwenyu kunozoa padera pake; asi kuti asipo, kunyarara kwenyu kunozohwirira kwomuri. ⁷Garai mumhatsomwo, mwechidya nokumwa izvo zvevanozomupa. Ngokuti mushandi unosisira muthuso wake. Musazohamba-hamba mwechibva pamhatso imwe mwechienda pane imweni.⁸Kunyazwi ngomuri mudhorobha mwomunozopotera, navo vechimuashira, mwechidya izvo zvinoiswa pamberi penyu. ⁹Mwechiponesa vanorwara varimwo, mwechironza kwavari kuti, ‘Umambo hwaMwari hwakwedzera kwomuri’.¹⁰Asi kunyazwi ngeriri dhorobha romunozopinda, navo vasikazomuashiri, budai muende mumapato aro mwechiti, ¹¹‘Eya, kunyazwi nebukuta redhorobha renyu, iro rinonamira kutsoka dzedu, tinorizuwira kwomuri; asi mwechizia ichi, kuti umambo hwaMwari hwakwedzera pasinde’. ¹²Ndinomuronzera, kunozopinda kurerukira Sodhoma ngeiro zuva kune iro dhorobha.¹³“Hezvo kwouri, Khorazini! Hezvo kwouri, Bhethisaidha! Ngokuti kudai mishando yesimba iyo yakaitwa kwomuri, yaiya yakaitwa muThire neSidhoni, vaizodai vakatenderuka karetu, vechigara mumarota vakasimira masaka. ¹⁴Asi kunozopinda kurerukira Thire neSidhoni ngezuva rokutongwa kuneimwimwi. ¹⁵Iwewe, Khapernaume, unozokuriswa mudenga here? Iwewe unozodzaswa pashi muHaidhesi.¹⁶Iye unomuzwa imwimwi unondizwa inini. Naye unomuramba imwimwi unondiramba inini. Nouwo unondiramba inini unoramba uwo wakandituma.¹⁷Makumi manomwe vakapetuka ngokudakara vechiti, “Mambo, nemadhimoni aitipfaira ngezina rako”. ¹⁸Wakati kwavari, “Ndakamuona Sathani echiwa kubva mudenga, akadai ngemheni. ¹⁹Penyai, ndakamupa simba rokutsika nyoka nezvinyaada, nepadera pesimba reshe regaa; akuna nechiro nachimwe chinozomuremadza. ²⁰Zvakanyadaro musadakara ngeichi, kuti mweya inomupfaira; asi dakarai ngokuti mazina enyu akanyorwa mudenga”.²¹Ngeawa iro iye wakadakara muMweya Wakachena, akati, “Ndinokubonga Baba, Mambo womudenga nenyika, kuti wakazvifisha izvi kunevakangwara nevanozia ukazvionisa kunevana vadoko; eya Baba, ngokuti mwakazviona izvi zvakanaka mukuona kwenyu.,²²Zveshe zvakapuwa kwendiri ndiBaba angu; akuna naumwe unozia Mukororo kuti ndiani, kwega Baba, nokuti Baba kuti ndiani, kwega Mukororo nouwozve waanoda Mukororo kuti amuonise kwaari Baba.”,²³Naye wakakunukukira kuvadzidzi vake, ngokufishika akati, “Anomuchena madziso awo anoona zvomunoona imwimwi. ²⁴Ngokuti ndinoti kwomuri vaprofeti vazhinji nemadzimambo vaiya nechidisiso chokuona zvomunoona, navo avazi kuzviona, zve, nokuzwa zvomunozwa, navo avazi kuzvizwa''.²⁵Penya, gweta rakamiruka rechimuedza, rikati, “Mudzidzisi, chiinyi chendinozoita kuti ndigare nhaka yokupona kusikaperi?”, ²⁶Iye wakati kwaari, “Chiinyi chakanyorwa muMipango? Unodzidzenyi?'' ²⁷Naro rechipingura rakati, “Unozomuda Mambo Mwari wako ngomwoyo wako weshe nomweya wako weshe nesimba rako reshe nokurangarira kwako kweshe; nomuakirwana wako kudai ngokudzida kwako''. ²⁸Naye wakati kwaari, “Wanasa kupingura; ita kudaro, newe unozorarama''.²⁹Asi iro rechida kudzipembedza rakati kunaJesu, “Ndiani muakirwana wangu?” ³⁰Jesu wakapingura, akati, “Munhu waidzaka echibva Jerusarema kuenda Jerikho, naye wakashongana namadzongoni awo akamukhumura zvokufuka zvake, akamurova, akaenda, echimusiya ooda kufa.³¹Zvinopano mupristi wakatikuti waidzaka ngeiyo njira; naapo echimuona wakapwashira ngokurutii rumweni. ³²Ngokudarozve muRevhi, naapo aguma echimuona, wakapwashira ngokurutii rumweni.³³Asi muSamaria, echihamba rwendo, wakagumapo paaiya; naapo amuona, wakamuzwira urombo, ³⁴wakauya kwaari, akapomba maronda ake, echidurura mafuta nevhini. Naye wakamugadzika pachifuyo chake, akamuunza kumhatso yevaeni, akamungwarira. ³⁵Nechimangwani wakabudisa zvigurwa zvesirivha zviiri, wakazvipa kunemuna wemhatso, akati, ‘Wechimungwarira; neicho chounozotutsira kubhadhara, inini apo ndouyazve ndinozokuripira.³⁶Ngouri kwavari vatatu, mukupinimidza kwako, wakaita muakirwana kwaari uwo wakawira pakati pemadzongoni? ³⁷Naro rakati, “Uwo wakamuitira nyasha.” NaJesu wakati kwaari, “Enda, uite kudaro newe''.³⁸Zvinopano vachahamba murwendo rwavo, vakaguma muguta, nomudzimai unozwi Maritha wakamuashira mumhatso mwake. ³⁹Naye waiya nemunun'una waizwi Maria, iye wakagara patsoka dzaMambo, echipurutana kudzidzisa kwake.⁴⁰Asi Maritha wakaneseka ngemishando yakawanda; naye wakauya kwaari, akati, “Mambo, amunawo ndaa ndizvo here kuti munun'una wangu wandisiya ndechishanda ndega? Ndizvo muronzerei kuti andidetsere''. ⁴¹Asi Mambo wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Maritha, Maritha, unodembatemba nokuneseka ngezviro zvakawanda, ⁴²asi chiro chimwe chinodikanwa. Maria watsanangura rupande rwakanaka, rusikazoduswi kubva kwaar''.

Chapter 11

¹Jesu waikumbira pandau imweni, naapo apedza, umwe wevadzidzi vake wakati kwaari, “Mambo, tidzidzisei kukumbira, kudai ndiJohani wakadzidzisa vadzidzi vake''.²Jesu wakati kwavari, “Naapo mwookumbira, muti: Baba, ngariremeredzwe zina renyu. Umambo hwenyu ngahuuye.³Tipei zuva ngezuva kudya kwedu. ⁴Tirekererei zvishaishi zvedu, ngokuti isusuwo tinorekerera veshe avo vanendaa kwetiri. Musatipinza mukuedzwa''.⁵Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ndiani kwomuri uneshamwari, ungati aenda kweiri pakati pousiku echiti kwaari, ‘Shamwari, ndikweretisewo zvingwa zvitatu, ⁶ngokuti shamwari yangu yaguma kwendiri yechibva parwendo rwayo, neni andina chokuipa chokudya; ⁷Naye ungapingura arimukati echiti, ‘Usandinesa; musiwo wakonywa zvinopano, nevana vangu vaata neni mumubhedhi; andikoni kumuka kuti ndikupe''. ⁸Ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi asikazomuki amupe ngokuti ishamwari yake, asi ngendaa yokuangirira kwake unozomuka, amupe zveshe zvaanoda.⁹Neni ndinomuronzera kuti, kumbirai, kunozopuwa kwomuri; tsvakai, munozoona; dododzai, munozobeurirwa. ¹⁰Ngokuti munhu weshe unokumbira unozoashira, nouwo unotsvaka unozoona, nouwo unodododza unozobeurirwa.¹¹Ndiani baba pakati penyu, apo mukororo wake echikumbira hove, unozomupa nyoka here? ¹²Nokuti kudai echikumbira zanda, unozomupa chinyaada here? ¹³Ndizvo kudai imwimwi mutori vakashata mwechizia kupa vana venyu zvipo zvakanaka, Baba enyu ari mudenga vanozopinda kwakaitawani kupa Mweya Wakachena kunevanokumbira kwaari?¹⁴Zvinopano Jesu waibudisa dhimoni raiya chimumu; naapo dhimoni rabuda, chimbungumbungu chakaereketa, nevanhu vazhinji vakashamiswa. ¹⁵Asi vamweni vavo vakati, “Iye unobudisa madhimoni ndiBheerizebhuri, muzvare wemadhimoni''.¹⁶Naapo vamweni vechimuedza vakatsvaka kwaari chioniso chinobva mudenga. ¹⁷Asi Jesu echizia mikarakadzo yavo, wakati kwavari, “Umambo hweshe hunodzipaura mukati mwahwo, hunoparara, nemhatso inodzipaura inowa pashi.¹⁸Nokudai Sathani echidzimukira ngokwake, umambo hwake hungaita maemerenyi? Ngokuti munoti inini ndinobudisa madhimoni ndiBheerizebhuri. ¹⁹Kuti inini ndechibudisa madhimoni ndiBheerizebhuri, vakororo venyu vanoabudisa ndiani? Ndizvo ivo vanozoita vatongi venyu. ²⁰Asi kuti inini ndechiabudisa madhimoni ngechinwe chaMwari, ngokudaro umambo hwaMwari hwauya kwomuri.²¹Naapo uwo unesimba, anezvokurwa ndizvo, unongwarira mhatso yake, nenhumbi dzake dzinozongwaririka, ²²Asi kuti umweni unomupinda ngesimba akauya padera pake, amunyise, unozobvuka kubva kwaari zvokurwa ndizvo zvake, izvo zvaaigonda ndizvo, unokoanisira zvakachakatwa zvake. ²³Iye usipo neni unorwa neni, nouwo usikaunganidzi neni unotatanisa.²⁴Naapo mweya unetsvina wabuda kumunhu, unohamba ndau dzisina mvura wechitsvaka kuzorora; usikakuoni unoti, ‘Ndohwirira kumhatso yangu apo pendakabva. ²⁵Naapo wauyazve, unoiona yakatsvairwa nokurongedzwa. ²⁶Naapo unoenda worowotorazve mweya imweni minomwe iyo inopinda kushata kuneuwo wokutanga, nayo inopoteremwo nokugara umwo; nokupedzisira kwechiemo chake munhuwo chinozoshata kupinda chiemo chokutanga''.²⁷Naapo achaereketa izvi, dzimai raiya pakati pembungano rakadaidzira, rikati kwaari, “Inomuchena iyo ndani yakakubereka nemazamo awo ewakaamwa!'' ²⁸Asi iye wakati, “Eya, kakurutu vanomuchena avo vanorizwa izwi raMwari vechiringwarira''.²⁹Naapo mbungano yechiangira kuungana pamwepo, wakatanga kuti, “Uyu mubarirwana, mubarirwana wakashata; unotsvaka chioniso, asi akuna chioniso chinozopuwa kwouri, asi chioniso chaJona. ³⁰Ngokuti kudai ndiJona wakaita chioniso kuvanhu veNinevhe, ngokudarozve Mukororo woMunhu unozoita chioniso kuneuyu mubarirwana.³¹Mambo womukadzi wenyika yokubani unozomiruka pamwepo nevanhu vomubarirwana uyu ngezuva rokutongwa, naye unozovaparisa ndaa; ngokuti iye wakabva kumagumo enyika, kuenda koozwa kungwara kwaSoromoni. Penyai, mukuru kunaSoromoni uri panapa.³²Vanhu veNinevhe vanozoema ngezuva rokutongwa pamwepo nouyu mubarirwana, navo vanozouparisa ndaa; ngokuti ivo vakatenderuka ngokuchumaira kwaJona. Penyai, mukuru kunaJona uri panapa.³³“Akuna munhu unobasira chibani echichiisa pandau yakafishika nokuti pashi pechitundu, asi pachigadzikiro pacho, kuti avo vanopotera vaone kujeka. ³⁴Chibani chomuiri idziso rako. Apo dziso rako rakanaka, muiri wako weshe unozara ngokujeka; asi kuti rakashata, muiri wako uri muchidima. ³⁵Ndizvo ngwara kuti kujeka ukwo kuri mukati mwako kusaita chidima. ³⁶Ndizvo kudai muiri wako weshe wakazara ngokujeka, pasina rupande runechidima, muiri weshe unozozara yaamho ngokujeka, kudai ngechibani chechinasa kujeka, chinozokujekisa yaamho.³⁷Naapo achaereketa, muFarisi wakamukoka kuti arye naye; naye wakapotera, Jesu akagara patafura. ³⁸MuFarisi aona wakashamiswa kuti iye aazi kushamba asati adya.³⁹NaMambo wakati kwaari, “Zvinopano imwimwi vaFarisi munosuka kubanze kwetsani nokwendiro, asi mukati mwenyu mwakazara ngokukara nokushata. ⁴⁰Imwimwi mapenzi! Iye wakaita zvokubanze, aazi kuitazve zvomukati here? ⁴¹Asi ipai zviri mukati kuita zvipo kuvarombo; penyai, zveshe zvinochena kwomuri.⁴²Asi hezvo kwomuri imwimwi vaFarisi! Ngokuti munopa chegumi chemindi nerue nemiriwo yeshe, asi munorekeredza kutonga kwakwo norudo rwaMwari; asi kwaisisira kuti muite izvi, musikarekeri zvimweni.⁴³Hezvo kwomuri imwimwi vaFarisi! Ngokuti munoda zvigaro zvepamberi mumhatso dzokudira nokuchingamidzwa pandau dzemisika. ⁴⁴Hezvo kwomuri! Ngokuti mwakadai ngemaiba asikaoneki, nevanhu vanohamba padera pawo vasikazii.⁴⁵Umwe wemagweta wakapingura echiti kwaari, “Mudzidzisi, mwechiereketa kudai, munotitukawo nesu''. ⁴⁶Jesu wakati, “Hezvo kwomuri nemwi magweta! Ngokuti munotwikisa vanhu mitwaro inodzimbira kuitwara, nemwi mwemene musikaigwami ngechimwe chezvinwe zvenyu.⁴⁷Hezvo kwomuri! Ngokuti munoaka maiba evaprofeti, avo vakaurawa ngemadzibaba enyu. ⁴⁸Ndizvo muri zvapupu nevanotenderana nemishando yemadzibaba enyu; ngokuti ivo vakavauraya, nemwi munoaka maiba avo.⁴⁹Ndizvozve ungwaru hwaMwari hwakati, ‘Ndinozotuma kwavari vaprofeti nevapostori, nevamweni vavo vanozovauraya nevamweni vavo vanozovatambudza''. ⁵⁰kuti ngazi yevaprofeti veshe yakaparadzwa kubvira pakusikwa kwenyika ibvunzisiswe kuneuyu mubarirwana, ⁵¹kubvira kungazi yaAbhera metsa kuguma kungazi yaZekharia, uwo wakafa pakati pearita neTemperi. Eya ndinoti kwomuri, inozobvunzisiswa kuneuyu mubarirwana.⁵²Hezvo kwomuri magweta! Ngokuti imwimwi mwakadusa kii rokuzia; amuzi kupotera imwimwi mwemene, naavo vaipotera mwakavarambidza''.⁵³Naapo echibva apo, vanyori nevaFarisi vakatanga kumuangiridza kakurutu nokumunyangadza kuti aerekete zviro zvakawanda, ⁵⁴vechimuteya kuti vamubate ngechiro chinobva pamuromo wake.

Chapter 12

¹Ngouwo mukuwo, naapo vanhu vasikaerengeki vaungana pamwepo vaitsikirirana, wakatanga kuereketa kunevadzidzi vake kuti, “Ngwarai mumera wevaFarisi, uwo uri kudziitisa.²Ngokuti akuna chiro chakadumaidzwa chisikazoonekwi, nokuti chakafishika chisikazoziikanwi. ³Ndizvo icho chemwakaereketa muchidima chinozozwika mukujeka, neicho chemwakapangirana munzee mukati mwemakamera akafishika, chinozoteketeswa padera pechachungu chemhatso.⁴Ndinomuronzera, shamwari dzangu, musatya avo vanouraya muiri, ngesure kweizvo vasina chevangaita. ⁵Asi ndinomunyowedza ngouwo womunosisira kutya; mwechimutya uwo ngesure kwokuuraya, unesimba rokurasha mugehena, eya, ndinomuronzera mutyenyi uwo.⁶Zviwanzaburi zvishanu azvitengeswi ngemasendi mairi here? Nechimwe chazvo achizoriyarikanwi pamberi paMwari. ⁷Asi nebvudzi resoro renyu rakaerengwa reshe. Musatya; imwimwi munopinda kudikanwa kunezviwanzaburi zvizhinji.⁸Neni ndinomuronzera, kunyazwi ndiani unonditenda pamberi pevanhu, Mswana woMunhu unozomutendawo pamberi pengirosi dzaMwari; ⁹asi iye unondiramba pamberi pevanhu, ndinozomurambawo pamberi pengirosi dzaMwari. ¹⁰Nomunhu weshe unoereketa izwi rakashata ngeMwana woMunhu, kunozorekererwa kwaari; asi uwo unotuka Mweya Wakachena akuzorekererwi kwaari.¹¹Naapo voomuunza mumhatso dzokudira nepamberi pevatongi nepamberi pevanesimba, musazodembatemba ngenjira yomunozopingura ndiyo nokuti munozopingura ngemazwi akadini nokuti munozoereketenyi, ¹²ngokuti Mweya Wakachena unozomudzidzisa ngeiro awa icho chinosisira kuti muerekete.¹³Umwe wembungano wakati kwaari, “Mudzidzisi, wechironzera mukoma wangu kuti tikoane nhaka.'' ¹⁴Jesu wakati kwaari, “Munhuwe, ndiani wandiemesa kuti ndiite mutongi nokuti mukoanisiri padera penyu?'' ¹⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Ngwarai, mwechidzitarausa kubva mukuemura kweshe; ngokuti kurarama kwomunhu akubvi mukuwanda kwoupfumi hwaanahwo.''¹⁶Jesu wakavaronzera muedzaniso akati, “Munda wegurudza wakabereka zvakawanda ¹⁷naro rakakarakadza mukati mwaro rechiti, ‘Ndinozoitenyi, ngokuti andina ndau yokuisa zviyo zvangu?’. ¹⁸Naro rakati, ‘Ndinozodai; ndoputsira pashi matura angu, ndiake anopinda kukura, naapo ndinozoisa zviyo zvangu zveshe nezviro zvangu. ¹⁹Neni ndinozoti kumweya wangu, ‘Une zviro zvakawanda zvakaunganidzirwa kukwanisa makore mazhinji, chigarisika, wechidya, wechimwa, wechidakara.²⁰Asi Mwari wakati kwaari, ‘Iwewe benzi! Ngouyu usiku mweya wako unozodaidzwa kubva kwouri. Neizvo zvewakadzingwaririra zvinozoita zvaani?’. ²¹“Ndizvo zvakaita uwo unodziunganidzira upfumi, asi asiri mupfumi pamberi paMwari''.²²Jesu Wakati kunevadzidzi vake, “Ngeiyi ndaa ndinoti kwomuri, musadembatemba ngendaa yokurarama kwenyu, kuti munozodyenyi, nokuti ngendaa yomuiri wenyu, kuti munozofukenyi. ²³Ngokuti kupona kunopinda kudya, nomuiri unopinda zvokufuka.²⁴Mwechipinimidza ngemakungu, kuti aakushi nokuti kuunganidza, aana tsapi nokuti matura, asi Mwari unoaburira. Imwimwi munopinda kwakaitawani kudikanwa kuneshiri!, ²⁵Ndiani kwomuri ngokudembatemba ungatutsira zuva rimwe rokupona kwake? ²⁶Ndizvo kudai imwimwi musina simba rokuita icho chidodoko, munodembatemba ngenyi ngezvimweni?²⁷Pinimidzai ngemaruva, kukura kwaanoita; aashandi, zve, aaruki; asi inini ndinoti kwomuri, naSoromoni muuthende hwake hweshe aazi kumbopfekeswa kudai ngerimwe rawo. ²⁸Asi kudai Mwari echipfekesa kudaro mwenje worubaya, uwo uripo nyamashi namangwani unokandirwa muchoto, iye unozopinda kwakaitawani kumupfekesa, imwimwi munokutenda kudoodoko!²⁹Musatsvaka zvokudya nezvokumwa nokuti musanyunyuta., ³⁰Ngokuti madzinza eshe enyika anozvitsvaka izvi zveshe, asi Baba enyu vanozia kuti munozvitama izvi zviro.³¹Asi tsvakai umambo hwake, neizvi zvinozotutsirwa kwomuri. ³²“Musatya, imwimwi chikwata chidoko, ngokuti chiri chidisiso chaBaba enyu kuti vamupe umambo.³³Tengesai zvomunazvo, mukovere varombo; mudziitire zvikwama zvisikatsakari, noupfumi mudenga husikaperi, apo mbavha peisikakwedzeri nokuti unundu pousikaparadzi. ³⁴Ngokuti apo pouri upfumi hwenyu, apo ndipo panemwoyo wenyu.³⁵Zviunu zvenyu ngazvisungiswe nezvibani zvenyu ngazvijeke; ³⁶nemwi muite kudai ngevanhu vanorindira mambo wavo apo oobva kudhiri romuchadho, kuti apo oouya nokudododza, vamubeurire paripo.³⁷Vanomuchena avo varanda apo mambo oouya unozovaona vechirinda; ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, unozodzisimidza nokuita kuti vagare pashi panekudya, naye unozouya nokuvashandira. ³⁸Kudai baba echizouya ngomurindo wechipiri nokuti wechitatu, andovaona vakadaro, vanomuchena avo varanda.³⁹Asi mwechizia ichi, kuti kudai munewemhatso aiya azia awa iro raiuya ndiro mbavha, waizorinda asikatendi kuti mhatso yake ipwanyiwe. ⁴⁰Ndizvo imwimwi itai vakanasirirwa, ngokuti Mwana woMunhu unouya ngeawa romusikapinimidzi''.⁴¹Petro wakati, “Mambo, unoereketa muedzaniso uyu kwetiri here nokuti kwavari veshe?” ⁴²Mambo wakati, “Ndiani muranda unogondeka newakangwara, uwo mambo wake unozomuemesa padera pemhatso yake, kuti avape kudya kwavo ngomukuwo wakwo? ⁴³Unomuchena uwo muranda apo mambo wake oouya unozomuona echiita kudaro. ⁴⁴Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, unozomuemesa padera pezviro zveshe zvaanazvo.⁴⁵Asi kudai uwo muranda echizoti mumwoyo mwake, ‘Mambo wangu unononoka kuuya,’ orootanga kurova varanda vevamuna nevarandakadzi, adye nokumwa nokuradza, ⁴⁶mambo womuranda uwo unozouya ngezuva raasikamukariri neawa raasikazii, naye unozomugura kuita zvigurwa zviiri, amuemesere chikoaniswa chake pamwepo nevasikatendi.⁴⁷Nouwo muranda waizia chiri kuda kwamambo wake, asi aazi kunasirira nokuti kuita kudai ngokuda kwake, unozoshwapurwa ngemishwapu mizhinji. ⁴⁸Asi uwo usikazi kuzia, akaita izvo zvinosisira kuti ashwapurwe, unozoshwapurwa ngemishwapu mishomani. Nokwaari uwo wakapuwa zvakawanda, kunozobvunzwa zvakawanda. Nokwaari uwo wevakapa zvakawanda, vanhu vanozobvunza zvakapinda kuwanda.⁴⁹“Ndakauya kukandira mwoto padera penyika; neni ndinozodenyi kuti mwoto watobaka nazvinopano. ⁵⁰Asi ndinorubhabhatidzo rwokubhabhatidzwa ndirwo; ndinokumanikidzwa metsa rwaitika.⁵¹Munopinimidza here kuti ndakauya kupa kunyarara munyika? Ndinomuronzera kuti haiwa, asi kuparadzana! ⁵²Ngokuti kubvira zvinopano vanozoapo vashanu mumhatso imweyo vakaparadzana, vatatu vakapesana nevairi, nevairi vakapesana nevatatu; ⁵³“Baba vanozopesana nomukororo, nomukororo unozopesana nababa, namai vanozopesana nemwanasikana, nemwanasikana unozopesana namai, namazvarira vanozopesana nomuzakazi wake, nemuzakazi unozopesana namazvarira ake''.⁵⁴Jesu wakatizve kumbungano, “Apo mwoona gore rechimirukira mudenga ngokumabirirazuva, paripo munoti, ‘Kunoda kunaya,’ nakwo kunonaya., ⁵⁵Naapo mwoona dutu rechivhuvhuta kubva ngokubani, munoti, ‘Kunozopisha,’ nakwo kunopisha. ⁵⁶Imwimwi vadziitisi! Munokona kududzira hope yenyika neyomudenga; asi ngenyi musikazii njira yokududzira ndiyo nguva iyi?⁵⁷“Amukoni ngenyi ngokwenyu kuparadzanisa icho chakanaka? ⁵⁸Naapo wechienda negaa rako pamberi pamambo, ita kuti utenderane naro uchimunjira, kuti asazokukweya akuunze pamberi pomutongi, uwo unozokupira kumuphurisa nomuphurisa unozokuisa mutirongo. ⁵⁹Ndinoti kwouri, autongozobudimwo usati waripa nesendi rokupedzisira.

Chapter 13

¹Vaiyapo ngouwo mukuwo vamweni vakaronzera Jesu ngevaGarire, avo vaiya vakumanidzirwa ngazi yavo nemidiro yavo ndiPiratu. ²Naye Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Munopinimidza here kuti avo vaGarire vaiya vashaishi kupinda vamweni veshe vaGarire, ngokuti ivo vakaanenhamo yakadaro? ³Ndinomuronzera, kuti haiwa; asi ngepabanze pokuti mwatenderuka imwimwi, munozoperawo mweshe ngokudaro.⁴Nokuti avo varigumi navasere avo vakawirwa padera pavo ngorusvingo rwaiya muSiroamu, rukavauraya, munopinimidza here kuti vaiya vanendaa kupinda vanhu veshe vanogara muJerusarema? ⁵Ndinomuronzera, kuti haiwa; asi ngepabanze pokuti mwatenderuka imwimwi, munozopera mweshe ngokudaro.⁶Jesu wakavaronzera uyu muedzaniso, “Munhu waiya nomuonde wakasimwa mumunda wake wemivhini; naye wakauya echitsvaka michero kwouri, asi aazi kuona chiro. ⁷Wakati kumurimi wemivhini, ‘Ringira, makore aya matatu ndakauya ndechitsvaka michero kuneuyu muonde, ndisikaioni. Chiutemera pashi; unopedzerenyi kudya mumunda?.⁸Nouwo wakapingura, akati kwaari, ‘Mambo, chimborekerai nyamwakazve ndipande pashi pawo kuutendenedza, ndiise mwarira. ⁹Kudai wechizobereka michero ngesure kweizvi, zvakanaka; asi kudai usikazobereki, unozoutemera pashi!''.¹⁰NayeJesu waidzidzisa muneimwe yemhatso dzokudira ngeSabatha. ¹¹Penya mudzimai waiya nomweya waimurwarisa makore gumi namasere, waiya nenunda, asikakoni napadoodoko kudzitwasura.¹²Naapo Jesu amuona, wakamudaidza, akati kwaari, “Mudzimai, wasunhurwa kubva kunhenda yako''. ¹³Naye wakaisa nyara dzake padera pake, paripo iye wakatwasurwa, akakudza Mwari. ¹⁴Asi mukuru wemhatso yokudira, wakashishwa ngokuti Jesu waiya amuponesa ngezuva reSabatha, wakati kunembungano, “Aripo mazuva matanhatu awo anosisira kuti vanhu vashande ndiwo, ndizvo ngaawo mazuva mwechiuya muponeswe, haiwa ngezuva reSabatha''.¹⁵Asi Mambo wakamupingura akati, “Imwimwi vadziitisi! Umwe ngaumwe wenyu aasunhuri here ngezuva reSabatha n'ombe yake nokuti mbongoro yake kubva muchibaya, kuitinha kuenda nayo kumvura? ¹⁶Akusisiri here kuti uyu mudzimai, mukunda waAbrahama uwo waakasunga Sathani, ringirai, makore aya gumi namasere, asunhurwe kubva mukusungwa uku ngezuva reSabatha?''.¹⁷Naapo aiya aereketa izvi, magaa ake akatsverudzwa; mbungano yeshe yakadakara ngendaa yeizvo zveshe zvakanaka yaamho zvakaitwa ndiye.¹⁸Ndizvo Jesu wakati, “Umambo hwaMwari hwakadai ngenyi, ndohuedzanisa nenyi? ¹⁹Hwakadai ngetsangu yomustadhi iyo yaakatora munhu, akaisima mumunda mwake, nayo yakamera, yakaita muti neshiri dzomudenga dzakaaka zvisaki mumatai awo''.²⁰Wakatizve, “Ndohuedzanisa nenyi umambo hwaMwari? ²¹Hwakadai ngomumera uwo waakatora mudzimai, akaufisha mukati mwemitani mitatu yeufu, metsa hwafemeswa hweshe.²²Jesu wakahamba ngomumadhorobha nomumaguta echidzidzisa, echienda Jerusarema. ²³Noumweni wakati kwaari, “Mambo, vashomani here vanozoponeswa?''. Jesu wakati kwavari: ²⁴Shingirirai kupinda ngepamusiwo wakamanikana, ngokuti ndinoti kwomuri vazhinji vanozotsvaka kupinda, navo avazokoni.²⁵Naapo amiruka munewemhatso nokukonya musiwo, nemwi mwotanga kuema kubanze nokudododza pamusiwo mwechiti, ‘Mambo, tibeurire.’ Naye unozopingura echiti kwomuri, ‘Andimuzii kuti munobva pari’, ²⁶Naapo munozotanga kuti, ‘Takadya nokumwa mukuona kwako, newe wakadzidzisa mumapato edu’. ²⁷Asi unozoti, ‘Ndinomuronzera, andimuzii kuti munobva pari; ibvai kwendiri, imwimwi mweshe vashandi vezvakashata!’.²⁸Apo kunozoiteyo kuboorera nokukwetsana kwemazino, naapo mwozoona Abrahama, Isaka naJakobe nevaprofeti veshe muumambo hwaMwari, nemwi mwemene mwarashwa kubanze. ²⁹Vanozobva kumabvazuva nokumabirirazuva, dera nokubani, navo vanozogara patafura muumambo hwaMwari. ³⁰Penyai, varipo vamweni vesure vanozoita vepamberi, varipo vamweni vepamberi vanozoita vesure.³¹Ngeawa iro vakauya vamweni vevaFarisi vechiti kwaari, “Buda uende kubva panapa, ngokuti Herodhi unoda kukuuraya''. ³²Jesu wakati kwavari, “Endai mwechiti kuneiyo hava, ‘Penya, ndinodzinga madhimoni ndechiponesa nyamashi namangwani, ngezuva rechitatu ndizopedza mushando wangu. ³³Asi kunodikanwa kuti ndihambe njira yangu nyamashi namangwani nezuva rinoteera; ngokuti azvingaitiki kuti muprofeti afire kubanze kweJerusarema.³⁴A Jerusarema, Jerusarema, iwewe unouraya vaprofeti wechivaponda ngemapuwe avo vanotumwa kwouri! Kanganai kendaida kuunganidza vana vako pamwepo kudai ngemhambo inounganidza zvitiyo zvayo pashi pemaphaphiro ayo, nemwi amuzi kutenda. ³⁵Penyai, mhatso yenyu yasiiwa kuita dongo. Neni ndinoti kwomuri, amuchazondioni metsa munozoti, ‘Unomuchena uwo unouya ngezina raMambo''.

Chapter 14

¹Ngezuva reSabatha rimweni Jesu wakapotera mumhatso yomutongi uwo waiya umwe wevaFarisi, koodya, vaimuringisisa. ²Penya, kwaiyapo pamberi pake munhu waiya nenhenda yechizvimbo. ³NaJesu wakavunzisa kunemagweta nevaFarisi echiti, “Kunotenderwa here kuponesa ngezuva reSabatha nokuti akutenderwi?”⁴Asi ivo vakanyarara. Jesu wakamutora, akamuponesa, akamurekera kuti aende. ⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Ndiani kwomuri, unemwana nokuti kabi yake yawa muhunza, usikazoibudisi ngokukasira ngezuva reSabatha?” ⁶Navo avazi kukona kumupingura ngendaa iyi.⁷, Naapo Jesu aona kuti vakakokwa pamutambo vatchatsanangura zvigaro zvepamberi, wakapa mufananidzo kwavari eiti. ⁸“Naapo wakokwa kudhiri romuchadho, usazogara pashi pandau yepamberi, ngokuti pamweni munhu mukuru kupinda iwewe wakokwawo ndiye. ⁹nouwo wakakukoka iwewe naye unozouya echiti kwouri, ‘Taraukira uyu agare panapa,’ naapo unozotanga kutsveruka ngekoogara ndau yesure.¹⁰Asi apo wakokwa, enda ugare pandau yesure, naapo uwo wakakukoka ouya, ungazoti kwouri, ‘Shamwari, enda pandau yepamberi;’ naapo unozokuriswa mukuona kwavo veshe vanogara newe pakudya. ¹¹Ngokuti iye unodzikurisa unozopfaiswa, nouwo unodzipfaisa unozokuriswa”.¹²Jesu wakati kuneuwozve wakamukoka, “Apo wonasira kudya kwemasikati nokuti kwemadeekoni, usazodaidza shamwari dzako nokuti vakoma vako nokuti hama dzako nokuti makurudza ari vaakirwana vako, kuti pamweni vanozokukokawo, nakwo kuite kuhwirinzirwa kwouri.¹³Asi apo woonasira kudya iwewe, koka varombo, vakakuwara nezvirema nemapofu, ¹⁴newe unozofumiswa, ngokuti avo avana chokuhwirinzira kwouri. Ngokuti iwewe unozohwirinzirwa mukumuka kwevakarurama''.¹⁵Naapo umwe weavo vaigara naJesu patafura pakudya azwa izvi, wakati kwaari, “Unomuchena uwo unozodya chingwa muumambo hwaMwari!''. ¹⁶Jesu wakati kwaari, “Munhu wakanasira kudya kwemadeekoni kwakawanda, wakakoka vazhinji; ¹⁷naye wakatuma varanda vake ngomukuwo wokudya kwemadeekoni kooronza kwavari vakakokwa kuti, ‘Chiuyai; ngokuti zviro zveshe zvanasirwa zvino’.¹⁸Asi veshe vakatanga kutendamurandu ngomwoyo umwe. Uwo wokutanga wakati kwaari, ‘Ndakatenga munda, nakwo kunosisira kuti ndiende ndiuone; ndapota ngandirekererwe’. ¹⁹Noumweni wakati, ‘Ndakatenga kabi dzemajoka mashanu, neni ndinoendayo koodziedza. Ndapota ngandirekererwe’. ²⁰Noumweni wakati, ‘Ndakaroora mukadzi, ndizvo andingakoni kuuyayo’,²¹Nomuranda uwo wakauya akaziisa mambo wake izvi. Naapo mune wemhatso wakatseneka, akati kumuranda wake, ‘Enda ngokukasira mumapato nomunjira dzomudhorobha, uvaunze panapa varombo nevakakuwara nemapofu nezvirema’. ²²Nomuranda wakati, ‘Mambo, icho chewapanga chaitwa, asi ndau ichirimwo’.²³Namambo wakati kuno muranda wake, ‘Buda uende munjira nomumarushosha, uite kuti vapotere, kuti mhatso yangu izare. ²⁴Ngokuti ndinomuronzera kuti, apana munhu naumwe weavo vakakokwa unozoraira kudya kwangu kwemadeekoni.²⁵Zvinopano yaihamba naye mbungano hurutu. Jesu wakapetuka, akati kwavari, ²⁶“Kudai aripo munhu unoda kuuya sure kwangu, asikanyenyi baba ake namai ake, mukadzi wake, vana vake, vakoma vake, hanzvadzi, eya, nokurarama kwakezve, aangakoni kuita mudzidzi wangu. ²⁷Iye usikatwari muchinjiko wake nokuuya sure kwangu, aangakoni kuita mudzidzi wangu.²⁸Ngokuti ndiani kwomuri echida kuaka rusvingo, asikatangi kugara pashi aerenge mare yarwo, kuti unayo here yokurupedza?, ²⁹Kuti pamweni apedza kuisa madzeyo, asikakoni kurupedza, avo veshe vanoruona vatange kumuitire jee, eiti ³⁰Uyu munhu wakatanga kuaka, asikazi kukona kurupedza''.³¹Nokuti ndiani mambo, uwo echienda kooshongana namambo umweni mukurwa, asikatangi kugara pashi apangane kuti dani unesimba here ane vanhu makumi emazana gumi kushongana nouwo unouya kurwa naye anemakumi emazana makumi mairi evanhu? ³²Nokuti umweni achikuretu yaamho, atume nhumwa kubvunza chaanoda chokuti vaiyane. ³³Ndizvo kunyazwi ndiani kwomuri usikasii zveshe zvaanazvo, aangakoni kuita mudzidzi wangu.³⁴“Munyu wakanaka, asi kuti munyu warasha kunaka kwawo, ucharungwa ngenyi? ³⁵Auchadetseri chiro kuuisa mumunda nokuti kuita mwarira; vanhu vanourasha kubanze. Uwo unenzee dzokuzwa, ngaazwe''.

Chapter 15

¹Zvinopano vabhadarisi vemuthero nevashaishi veshe vaikwedzera kwaari Jesu kumuzwa, ²VaFarisi nevanyori vakavhuruvhuta vechiti, “Munhu uyu unoashira vashaishi nokudya navo”.³Jesu wakavaronzera uyu muedzaniso echiti, ⁴“Ndiani munhu kwomuri, kudai anezana remakwai, nerimwe rawo rarashika, aasii here makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe mushango, aende kootsvaka iro rakarashika, metsa ariona? ⁵Naapo ariona, unoripakata pamapfudzi ake ngokudakara.⁶Naapo aguma kanyi, unodaidza pamwepo shamwari dzake nevaakirwana vake echiti kwavari, ‘Dakarai neni, ngokuti ndariona gwai rangu iro raiya rakarashika. ⁷Ndinoti kwomuri, ngokudaro kunozoapo kudakara mudenga ngendaa youmwe mushaishi watenderuka kupinda kudakara ngemakumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe vari vakarurama vasikatami kutenderuka.⁸Nokuti ngouri mudzimai, unezvigurwa zvesirivha zviri gumi, kuti akarasha chimwe chazvo, aabasiri chibani here, atsvaire mhatso nokunasa kutsvakisisa metsa achiona?, ⁹Naapo achiona, unodaidza pamwepo shamwari dzake nevaakirwana vake echiti, ‘Dakarai neni, ngokuti ndachiona chigurwa chesirivha icho chendakarasha’. ¹⁰Ngokudaro ndinoti kwomuri, kuripo kudakara pamberi pengirosi dzaMwari ngendaa yomushaishi umwe watenderuka''.¹¹Jesu wakati, “Munhu umweni waiya nevakororo vairi. ¹²Nomudoko wavo wakati kunababa ake, ‘Baba, chindikoanisirai chikoaniswa chenhaka chendakaemeserwa.’ Naye wakakoanisira kwavari pfuma yake.¹³Ngesure kwemazuva mashomani mwana mudoko wakaunganidza zveshe pamwepo, akaenda kunyika iri kuretu, naye wakaparadza nhaka yake ngokupona kwokushaisha. ¹⁴Naapo aiya apedza zveshe, yakaguma nzara huru munyikamwo, naye wakatanga kutama.¹⁵Ndizvo wakaenda akadzipira kunemunhu wenyikayo, naye wakamutuma kuenda murubaya koousha nguruve. ¹⁶Naye waido kugutisa ndani yake ngemateko aidyiwa ngenguruve; apana munhu waimupa chiro.,¹⁷Asi apo anasa kuzia pachake wakati, ‘Kuwandanyi kwakaita varanda vababa angu vane chingwa chinokwana nechokusiya, neni ndiri kufa ngenzara panapa! ¹⁸Ndomiruka ndiende kunababa angu, ndinozoti kwavari: ‘Baba, ndashaisha pamberi paMwari nepamberi penyu; ¹⁹neni andichasisiri kudaidzwa kuti ndiri mwana wenyu. Chindibatai kudai ngoumwe wevaranda venyu.²⁰Djaha rakamuruka, rikauya kunababa varo. Asi apo achikuretu, baba ake vakamuona vakamuzwira nyasha, navo vakarumba, vakamumbundira, vakamuchingamidza ngomuromo. ²¹Mwana wakati kwaari, ‘Baba, ndakashaisha pamberi paMwari nepamberi penyu; andichasisiri kudaidzwa kuti ndiri mwana wenyu’.²²Asi baba vakati kuvaranda vavo, ‘Unzai ngokukasira gauni rakapindisisa kunaka, mumupfekese; muise ndandazi pachikunwe chake nemagwada mutsoka dzake, ²³mwechiunza mhuru inonuna muiuraye, ngatidye tidakare; ²⁴ngokuti uyu mukororo wangu waiya afa, naye unoponazve; wakarashika, naye waoneka.’ Navo vakatanga kudakara.²⁵Zvinopano mukororo wake wedangwe waiya mumunda; naapo achauya echikwedzera kumhatso, wakazwa kuridzwa nokuzvina. ²⁶Naye wakadaidza umwe wevaranda, akabvunza kuti izvi zviinyi! ²⁷Naye wakati kwaari, ‘Munun'una wako wauya nababa ako vamuuraira mhuru inonuna, ngokuti vamuashira achangwaririka nokupona.²⁸Asi dangwe rakanyangadzwa, akaramba kungena. Nababa ake vakabuda kubanze, vakamunyengerera. ²⁹Asi mwana wakapingura, akati kunababa ake, ‘Ringirai, makore aya mazhinji ndakakushandira neni andizi kutongogura chimwe chemipango yako; asi auzi kundipa kachimbudzana kuti ndidakare neshamwari dzangu. ³⁰Asi wauya uyu mukororo wako uwo wakapedza pfuma yako pamwepo nemamhombo, iwewe wamuuraira mhuru inonuna’.³¹Asi baba wakati kwaari, ‘Mwana, undori neni nguva dzeshe neizvo zvendinazvo zvindori zvako. ³²Asi kwaisisira kuti tidakare nokudakadzwa, ngokuti uyu munun'una wako waiya afa, naye unoponazve; waiya akarashika, nazvinopano unoonekazve.

Chapter 16

¹jesu wakati kuvadzidzi vake, “Kwaiyapo munhu waiya gurudza, uwo waiya nomungwariri, naye wakaitirwa ndaa yokuti waiparadza pfuma yamambo wake. ²Naye wakamudaidza, akati kwaari, ‘Chiinyi ichi chendinozwa ndiwe? Wechindipa mushumo womushando woungwariri hwako, ngokuti iwewe aungachaiti mungwariri’.³Nomungwariri wakati mukati mwake, ‘Ndodini, ngokuti mambo wangu unodusa kwendiri mushando woungwariri hwangu? Andina simba rokurima, ndinenyowa dzokupemha. ⁴Ndinozia chendinozoita, apo ndadzingwa kubva mumushando woungwariri hwangu, kuti vanhu vazondiashira mumhatso dzavo’.⁵Ndizvo mudzwiti echidaidza kwaari veshe vaiya nezvikwereti kunamambo wake umwe ngaumwe, wakati kuneuwo wokutanga, ‘Unechikwereti chakadini kunamambo wangu?’. ⁶Iye wakati, ‘Zana remabiya emafuta.’ Naye wakati kwaari, ‘Tora tsamba yako ukasire kugara pashi, unyore kuti makumi mashanu’. ⁷Naapo wakatizve kuno umweni, ‘Iwewe unechikwereti chakadini?’ Naye wakati, ‘Zana rezvitundu zvekoroni.’ Naye wakati kwaari, ‘Tora tsamba yako unyore kuti makumi masere’.⁸Namambo wake wakakudza mungwariri wakashata ngokuti yaiya aita ngourimbwi. Ngokuti vanhu veiyi nyika vanopinda kungwara kundanga dzavo kunevanhu vokujeka. ⁹Neni ndinomuronzera, mwechidziitira shamwari ngoupfumi husikazi kururama, kuti apo hwapera vazomuashira muugaro husikaperi.¹⁰Uwo unogondeka ngezvidoodoko unozogondekazve ngezvakawanda; nouwo usikazi kururama ngezvidoodoko aazi kururamazve ngezvakawanda. ¹¹Ndizvo kuti musikazi kuita vanogondeka ngoupfumi husikazi kururama, ndiani unozomugonda ngoupfumi hwegwinyiso? ¹²Kudai musikazi kuita vanogondeka ngeizvo zvaiya zvevamweni, ndiani unozopa kwomuri izvo zviri zvenyu?¹³Apana muranda ungakona kushandira madzimambo mairi; ngokuti unozonyenya umwe ade umweni, nokuti unozobatirira kuneumweni, ashoore umweni. Amungakoni kushandira Mwari neMare”.¹⁴VaFarisi, avo vaida mare, vakazwa zveshe izvi, navo vakamusvereredza. ¹⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Imwimwi muri avo vanodzipembedza pamberi pevanhu, asi Mwari unozia mwoyo yenyu; ngokuti icho chinoremeredzwa pakati pevanhu, chiri chinonyangadza pamberi paMwari.¹⁶Mupango nezvinyorwa zvevaprofeti zvaindoapo metsa kuguma kwaJohani; kubvira ngouwo mukuwo umambo hwaMwari hunochumairwa, nomunhu weshe unopoteramwo ngesimba. ¹⁷Asi kunopinda kureruka kuti denga nenyika zvipinde, kunekuti kadonhwe kamwe keMipango kakorere kuitika.¹⁸Kunyazwi ndiani unoramba mukadzi wake, aroore umweni unoomba, nouwo unomuroora uwo wakarambwa kubva kumwamuna wake unoomba.¹⁹Kwaiyapo munhu waiya gurudza, uwo waipfeka machira akatsvukuruka neakachena akanaka echidya zvakanaka mazuva eshe. ²⁰Kwaiyapozve mupemhi waizwi Razarusi waiiswa pamusiwo wegurudza, akazara ngezvironda, ²¹waida kudya matsekeneswa aiwa kubva patafura pegurudza; kunyazwi nembwa dzaiuya dzechinambura zvironda zvake.²²Kwakaitika kuti mupemhi wakafa, akatwarwa ngengirosi kuenda paditi raAbrahama. Negurudza rakafawo rikaikwa; ²³riri muHaidhesi, rakamirudza madziso aro rechishononwa, rikaona Abrahama ari kuretu naRazarusi ari paditi pake.²⁴Naro rakadaidzira rikati, ‘Baba Abrahama, ndiitirei nyasha, tumai Razarusi kuti anyike kumagumo kwechinwe chake mumvura atonhodze rurumi rwangu; ngokuti ndiri mukurwadziwa mumurazvu uyu’.²⁵Asi Abrahama wakati, ‘Mwana, karakadza kuti iwewe ngenguva yokupona kwako wakaashira zviro zvako zvakanaka, naRazarusi ngokudaro wakaashira zviro zvakashata; asi zvinopano unoembedzerwa, newe uri mukurwadziwa. ²⁶Nepadera peizvi zveshe, riripo gaha guru rakaiswa pakati pedu nemwi, kuti avo vanoda kubva uno kuuya kwomuri, avangakoni, zve akuna ungaambuka kubva kwomuri kuuya kwetiri`.²⁷Mufhumi wakati, ‘Ndinokupota, baba Abrahama, kuti umutume kumhatso yababa angu,, ²⁸ngokuti ndine vanun'una vashanu, kuti anase kupupura kwavari, kuti vasazouyawo kundau iyi yokushononwa.’,²⁹Asi Abrahama wakati, ‘Vanaye Mosi nevaprofeti; ngavavapurutane`. ³⁰Asi iye wakati, ‘Haiwa, baba Abrahama; asi kudai umwe akaenda kwavari echibva kwevakafa, vanozotenderuka`. ³¹Asi iye wakati kwaari, ‘Kudai vasikapurutani Mosi nevaprofeti, avatongozozwi kunyazwi umwe amuka kubva kwevakafa.

Chapter 17

¹Jesu wakati kuvadzidzi vake, “Akungaitiki kuti zvipumhuniso zvisauya; asi ihehe kwaari uwo wezvinouya ndiye!, ²Kurinane kwaari kuti guyo gurutu risungirwe muhuro mwake naye anzvaidzwe muruandhle, kunekuti aite kuti umwe weava vadoko ashaishe.³Mwechidzingwarira pachenyu; kudai munun'una wako echishaisha, wechimurambidza, kuti iye echitenderuka, chimurekerera. ⁴Nokudai echikushaishira kanomwe ngezuva, akakunukuka kwouri kanomwe, naye echiti, ‘Ndinotenderuka,’ newe unosisira kumurekerera''.⁵Vapostori vakati kunaMambo, “Wanza kugonda kwedu!” ⁶NaMambo wakati, “Kudai mwaiya nokugonda kwakadai ngetsangu yemustadhi, mwaizoronza kuneuyu muti womuonde kuti, ‘Bvitwa, usimwe muruandhle,’ nawo waizomupurutana.⁷Asi ndiani kwomuri, unemuranda echirima mumunda nokuti kuusha makwai, ungazoti kwaari apo auya echibva kumunda, ‘Uya zvinopano ugare pashi patafura panekudya? ⁸Aazoti here kwaari, ‘Ndinasirire kudya kwemadeekoni, udzisimidze pachako wechindishandira, metsa ndadya nokumwa; ngesure kweizvi ungazodyawo nokumwawo iwewe?⁹Unobonga here uwo muranda ngokuti wakaita izvo zvaakapangwa kuita? ¹⁰Ngokudaro imwimwi nemwiwo, apo mwazopedza kuita zveshe izvo zvemwakapangwa mwechiti, ‘Tiri varanda vasikadetseri chiro; takaita izvo zvaiya bingo redu''.¹¹Vari munjira kuenda Jerusarema Jesu wakahamba ngepakati peSamaria neGarire. ¹²Naapo achapinda muguta, vakashongana naye vanhu gumi vaiya nemapere, vakaema vari kuretu, ¹³navo vakadaidzira ngemazwi avo vechiti, “Jesu, Mambo, tiitire nyasha''.¹⁴Naapo avaona wakati kwavari, “Mwechienda mudzipangidzire kuvapristi.” Naapo vechienda vakamhodyoswa. ¹⁵Naapo umwe wavo, apo aona kuti wamhodyoka, wakahwirira, echikudza Mwari ngeizwi guru, ¹⁶naye wakawa ngehope yake patsoka dzaJesu, echimubonga. Iye waiya muSamaria.¹⁷Naapo Jesu wakati, “Avazi kumhodyoswa varigumi here? Asi varipari vapfumbamwe?, ¹⁸Apana wakaoneka echipetuka kookudza Mwari, asi ega uyu mupara here?”. ¹⁹Naye wakati kwaari, “Miruka, uende; kugonda kwako kwakuponesa''.²⁰VaFarisi vamweni vakamubvunza kuti umambo hwaMwari hunozouya riini, Jesu wakavapingura akati, “Umambo hwaMwari ahuuyi ngenjira youngaoneka pamhene. ²¹akuna naumwe unozoti, ‘Penya, uri panapa!’ Nokuti, ‘Uri apo!’ Ngokuti penyai, umambo hwaMwari huri mukati mwenyu''.²²Jesu wakati kuvadzidzi: “Mazuva achazouya omunozodisisa kuti muone rimwe remazuva oMukororo woMunhu, nemwi amuzorioni. ²³Navo vanozoti kwomuri, ‘Penyai apo!’ Nokuti, ‘Penyai, panapa!’ Musazoendapo, nokuti kuvateera. ²⁴Ngokuti kudai ngemheni inopenya yechijekisa denga yechibva kurupande rumwe rwomudenga kuguma kurupande rumweni rwepashi pomudenga, nokuuya kwoMukororo woMunhu kunozodaro ngezuva rake.²⁵Asi kutanga kunosisira kuti ashononeswe ngezvakawanda nokurambwa ngouyu mubarirwana. ²⁶Kudai ngezvakaitika ngemazuva aNoa, kunozoitikawo ngemazuva oMukororo woMunhu. ²⁷Vakadya, vakamwa, vakaroora, vakaroodzwa, metsa rakaguma zuva raakapotera ndiro Noa mungarava, nendambi yakauya ikavapedza veshe.²⁸Kudaizve ngezvakaitika ngemazuva aRoti, vakadya, vakamwa, vakatenga, vakatengesa, vakasima, vakaaka, ²⁹asi ngezuva raakabuda ndiro Roti kubva muSodhoma kwakanaya muriro nesorufa zvechibva mudenga zvikavapedza veshe.³⁰Izvi ndizvo zvinozoitika ngezuva raanozopangidzirwa Mukororo woMunhu. ³¹Ngeiro zuva, uwo uri padera pemhatso, nenhumbi dzake dziri mukati mwemhatso, asazodzaka kuti adzitore; nouwo uri mumunda asapetuka.³²Mwechikarakadza mukadzi waRoti. ³³Kunyazwi ndiani unozotsvaka kuuyirwa ngokurarama kwake unozokurasha, asi kunyazwi ndiani unozorasha kurarama kwake iye unozokungwarira.³⁴Ndinoti kwomuri, ngouwo usiku vairi vanozoapo pamubhedhi umwewo; umwe unozotorwa noumweni unozosiiwa. ³⁵Vanozoapo vakadzi vairi vechikuya pamwepo; umwe unozotorwa noumweni unozosiiwa''. ³⁶Naapo vanhu vairi vanozoapo mumunda, umwe unozotorwa noumweni unozosiiwa. ³⁷Navo vakati kwaari, “Kuri, Mambo?” Naye wakati kwavari, “Apo panomuiri wakafa, ndipo panozoungana ngwanga.

Chapter 18

¹Jesu wakavaronzera muedzaniso, kuti vanosisira kundogara vechikumbira vasazoremba., ²Mudhorobha rimweni waiyapo mutongi uwo waiya asikatyi Mwari, asikaremeredzi munhu.³Kwayiapo neshirikadzi mudhorobha iro nayo yakagara yechiuya kwaari yechiti, ‘Nditongere ndaa yangu kunegaa rangu’, ⁴Kwekamukuwo aazi kutenda; asi ngesure kweizvi wakati mukati mwake, ‘Kunyazwi inini ndisikamutyi Mwari nokuti kuremeredza munhu, ⁵asi ngokuti shirikadzi iyi inondinesa, ndinozoitongera, kuti isazondishisha ngokundogara yechiuya''.⁶NaMambo wakati, “Izwai zvaanoronza mutongi usikazi kururama. ⁷Mwari aazotongeri here vakatsanangurwa vake, avo vanochema kwaari masikati nousiku? Unozononoka kuvadetsera here? ⁸Ndinomuronzera, kuti unozovatongera ngokukasira. Zvakanyadaro, naapo Mukororo woMunhu ouya, unozoona kugonda panyika here?”.⁹Jesu wakaronzazve uyu muedzaniso kunevamweni avo vakadzigonda kuti vari vakarurama vechishoora vamweni: ¹⁰''Vanhu vairi vakakwira muTemperi kookumbira, umwe wavo waiya muFarisi noumweni waiya mubharisi.¹¹MuFarisi wakaema, akakumbira pachake, akati, ‘Mwari, ndinokubonga ngokuti andizi kudai ngevanhu vamweni, vane makaro, vasikazi kururama, vanoomba nokunyazwi nouyu mubharisi., ¹²Ndinoera kudya kairi ngevhiki, ndinopa chegumi chezviro zveshe zvendinazvo.¹³Asi mubhadarisi wemuthero, echiema ari kuretu, aazi kutenda nokumirudza madziso ake kuringira mudenga, asi wakarova diti rake echiti, ‘Mwari, ndiitire nyasha inini mushaishi’, ¹⁴Ndinomuronzera, uyu munhu wakadzaka kuenda kumhatso yake echipembedzwa kunoumweni; ngokuti munhu weshe unodzikudza unozopfaiswa, asi uwo unodzipfaisa unozokuriswa”.¹⁵Zvinopano vaiunza kwaari vana vadoko kuti avabate; naapo vadzidzi vaona, vakavarambidza. ¹⁶Asi Jesu wakavadaidza kwaari echiti, “Tenderai vana vadoko kuti vauye kwendiri, musavarambidza; ngokuti umambo hwaMwari ngehwevakadai. ¹⁷Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, uwo usikaashiri umambo hwaMwari kudai ngomwana mudoko, aatongozopoterimwo”.¹⁸Vamwe varume wakamubvunza echiti, “Mudzidzisi wakanaka, ndinozoitenyi kuti ndigare nhaka yokupona kusikaperi?”, ¹⁹Jesu wakati kwaari, “Unondidaidza ngenyi kuti wakanaka? Akuna naumwe wakanaka asi Mwari ega. ²⁰Unozia mipango: ‘Usaomba, usauraya, usaba, usaita chapupu chokunyepa, remeredza baba ako namai ako’. ²¹Naye wakati, “Izvi zveshe ndakazvingwarira kubvira muudoko hwangu”.²²Naapo Jesu azwa izvi, wakati kwaari, “Uchatama chiro chimwe. Tengesa zveshe zvounazvo upe kuvarombo, newe unozoa noupfumi mudenga; uuye, unditeere”. ²³Asi apo azwa izvi wakatambudzika kakurutu, ngokuti waiya mupfumi mukurutu.²⁴Jesu echimuringira wakati, “A, kukonzanyi kwezvakaita kuneavo vane upfumi kuti vapotere muumambo hwaMwari! ²⁵Ngokuti kunopinda kureruka kunekamera kuti ripotere ngepaburi renaiti kuno kuti mupfumi apotere muumambo hwaMwari”.²⁶Avo vakazwa izvi vakati, “Ndizvo ndiani ungaponeswa?” ²⁷Asi Jesu wakati, “Izvo zvisikaitiki kuvanhu zvinoitika kunaMwari”.²⁸NaPetro wakati, “Isusu takasiya mizi yedu tikakuteera”. ²⁹Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, akuna munhu wakasiya muzi nokuti mukadzi nokuti vakoma nokuti vabari nokuti vana, ngepamusoro poumambo hwaMwari, ³⁰usikazoashiri ngouyu mukuwo zvakawanda zvakahwirinzirwa, panguva inouya unozoashira kupona kusikaperi”.³¹Naye wakatora gumi navairi, wakati kwavari, “tinokwira Jerusarema, nazvo zveshe zvakanyorwa ngevaprofeti ngendaa yoMukororo woMunhu zvinozoitika. ³²Ngokuti unozopirwa kunevemadzinza, naye unozoitirwa jee nokutambudzwa nokupfirwa mata; ³³navo vanozomurova nokumuuraya, ngezuva rechitatu unozomukazve”.³⁴Asi avazi kuzwisisa nachimwe cheizvi zviro; neizwi iri raiya rakafishika kwavari, navo avazi kuzwisisa izvo zvakaereketwa.³⁵Naapo Jesu echikwedzera pasinde peJerikho, bofu raiya rakagara panjira rechipemha. ³⁶rechizwa mbungano yechipinda, rakabvunza kuti, “Chiinyi ichi chiri kuitika?” ³⁷Navo vakarironzera kuti, “Jesu weNazaretha unopinda ngepanapa”.³⁸Naro rakadaidzira rikati, “Jesu, mukororo waDhavhidha, ndiitire nyasha!”, ³⁹Naavo vaiya pamberi vakarikaraidza, kuti rinyarare; asi rakapinda kudaidzira kakurutu rechiti, “Mukororo waDhavhidha, ndiitire nyasha”.⁴⁰NaJesu wakaema, akapanga kuti riunzwe kwaari; naapo rakakwedzera pasinde, wakaribvunza kuti,, ⁴¹“Unoda kuti ndikuitirenyi?” Naro rakati, “Mambo, kuti ndione”.⁴²Jesu wakati kweriri, “Chiona; kugonda kwako kwakuponesa”. ⁴³Paripo rakaona, rakamuteera rechikudza Mwari; nembungano yechizviona, yakairikidza Mwari.

Chapter 19

¹Jesu wakangena muJerikho echipinda ndimwo. ²Paiya nemunhu waizwi Zakheusi; iye waiya mukuru wevabhadarisi vemuthero, waiya gurudza.³Naye wakatsvaka kuona Jesu kuti ndiani, asi waiya asikakoni ngendaa yembungano, ngokuti waiya mufupi. ⁴Ndizvo Zakeu wakarumba kuenda mberi, akakwira mumuonde kuti amuone, ngokuti waipinda ngeiyo njira.⁵Naapo Jesu agumapo wakaringira mudenga, akati kwaari, “Zakheusi, kasira kudzaka pashi; ngokuti kunosisira kuti ndigare mumhatso yako nyamashi''. ⁶Ndizvo wakakasira kudzaka pashi, akamuashira ngokudara, ⁷Naapo vazviona vakavhuruvhuta veshe vechiti, “Wapotera kuita mueni womunhu mushaishi”.⁸NaZakheusi wakaema, akati kunaMambo, “Ringira, Mambo, ndinopa hafu youpfumi hwangu kuvarombo; kudai ndakatora chiro kumunhu ngourimbwi, ndinomuhwirinzira zvakapetwa karongomuna''. ⁹Jesu wakati kwaari, “Nyamashi ruponeso rwaguma kuneiyi mhatso, ngokuti nayewo mukororo waAbrahama., ¹⁰Ngokuti Mukororo woMunhu wakauya kootsvaka nokuponesa izvo zvakarashika”.¹¹Naapo vachazwa izvi zviro, Jesu wakaangira kuvaronzera muedzaniso, ngokuti waiya pasinde neJerusarema, ngokutizve ivo vaikarira kuti umambo hwaMwari hwaizokasira kuoneka apapo. ¹²Ndizvo wakati, “Munhu mukuru wakaenda kunyika yaiya kuretu kuti andoashira umambo nokupetukazve.¹³Wakadaidza varanda vake gumi, akavapa umwe ngaumwe chigurwa chomukore, wakati kwavari, ‘Barisai metsa ndiuye. ¹⁴Asi vanhu vomunyika yake vakamunyenya, vakatuma vatumwa sure kwake vechiti, ‘Atidi kuti munhu uyu atonge padera pedu. ¹⁵Naapo oopetuka, aashira umambo, wakapanga kuti avo varanda, vaaiya akapa zvigurwa zvemukore, vadaidzwe kwaari, kuti azie zvevakauyirwa ngokuibarisa.¹⁶Uwo wokutanga wakauya pamberi pake, akati, ‘Mambo, mugodi yenyu yawana imweni gumi.’, ¹⁷Naye wakati kwaari, ‘Wakanasa, iwewe muranda wakanaka! Ngokuti wakagondeka ngezvishomani, wechitonga padera pemadhorobha gumi.¹⁸Newechipiri wakauya akati, ‘Mambo, chigurwa chako chomukore chakauyirwa ngezvigurwa zvimweni zvishanu.’, ¹⁹Naye wakati kwaarizve, ‘Wechitonga padera pemadhorobha mashanu’.²⁰Naapo umweni wakauya, akati, ‘Mambo, penya, chigurwa chako chomukore, icho chendakangwarira chiri mudhuku, ²¹ngokuti ndakakutya, ngokuti uri munhu usikakonwi; unotonhera icho chousikazi kuisa pashi, newe unocheka icho chousikazi kusima’.²²Wakati kwaari, ‘Ngezvinobuda kubva pamuromo pako ndinozokutonga, iwewe muranda wakashata! Iwewe waitozia kuti ndiri munhu usikakonwi, ndechitonhera icho chendisikazi kuisa pashi, nokucheka icho chendisikazi kusima. ²³Ndizvo wakarekera ngenyi kuisa chigurwa changu kwavari mubhange, neni mukuuya kwangu ndaizowona icho nokuuyirwa kwacho.’²⁴Naye wakati kuneavo vaiema pasinde, ‘Mutorerenyi kubva kwaari uwo mugodi, mupe kwaari uwo unegumi dzemugodi’. ²⁵Navo vakati kwaari, ‘Mambo, uwo wanegumi dzemigodi’,²⁶Ndinoti kwomuri, ‘Kunemunhu weshe unacho unozopuwa, nokwaari usina, neicho chaanacho chinozotorwa kubva kwaari. ²⁷Asi ao magaa angu, aiya asikatendi kuti nditonge padera pao, aunzenyi panapa muauraye pamberi pangu''.²⁸Naapo aronza izvi, wakatungamira pamberi pavo kukwira Jerusarema.²⁹Naapo akwedzera pasinde peBhethifaje neBhethani, ngepaMutunhu unozwi wemaOrivhi, wakatumira mberi vairi vevadzidzi vake, ³⁰echiti, “Endai muguta iro remwakaringirana naro, umwo mwopindamwo munozoona tsiru rembongoro rakasungwa, iro risikazi kumbogadhwa ngomunhu. Risunhurenyi muuye naro. ³¹Kudai aripo unozomubvunza kuti, ‘Munorisunhurirenyi?’ Munozoronza kuti, ‘Mambo unorida’.³²Ndizvo avo vakatumwa vakaenda, vakaona kudai ngezvaakaronza ndiJesu kwavari. ³³Naapo vachasunhura tsiru, vanikazi varo vakati kwavari, “Munorisunhurirenyi tsiru?” ³⁴Navo vakati, “Mambo unorida”. ³⁵Navo vakariunza kunaJesu, vakaisa zvokufuka zvavo padera petsiru, vakakwidza Jesu padera paro. ³⁶Naapo agadha tsiru, vakachinga zvokufuka zvavo munjira.³⁷Naapo echikwedzera pasinde pokudzaka Mutunhu wemaOrivhi, mbungano yeshe yevadzidzi vakatanga kudakara nokukudza Mwari ngeizwi guru ngendaa yemishando yeshe ine simba yevaiya vaona, ³⁸vechiti, “Unomuchena Mambo uwo unouya ngezina raMambo Mwari! Kunyarara mudenga nouthende mudengadenga!”³⁹Vamweni vevaFarisi mukati mwembungano vakati kwaari, “Mudzidzisi, rambidza vadzidzi vako”. ⁴⁰Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari, “Ndinomuronzera kuti, kudai ava vaizonyarara, mapuwe emene anozodaidzira”.⁴¹Naapo Jesu akwedzera pasinde wakaona dhorobha, wakarichemera, echiti ⁴²Dai waizia ngezuva iri izvo zviro zvingakupa kunyarara kwako! Asi zvinopano zvakafishika kumadziso ako.⁴³Ngokuti mazuva anozokugumira, apo magaa ako anozokushoshera rushosha nokukutendenedza, akukonyere mukati kumarutii eshe. ⁴⁴Anozokupwanyira pashi, nevana vako vari mukati mwako, navo avazosii mukati mwako nebuwe rimwe rakagadzikwa padera perimweni; ngokuti iwewe auzi kuzia mukuwo wokuhambirwa kwako”.⁴⁵Jesu wakapotera muTemperi, akatanga kuvadzingira kubanze avo vaitengesa, ⁴⁶echiti kwavari, “Kwakanyorwa kuti, ‘Mhatso yangu inozozwi imhatso yomukumbiro;’ asi imwimwi mwaiita bako rembavha”.⁴⁷Jesu waidzidzisa mazuva eshe muTemperi. Vapristi vakuru nevanyori nevakuru vevanhu vakatsvaka kumuuraya. ⁴⁸Asi avazi kuona chiro chevangaita, ngokuti vanhu veshe vakabatirira kwaari vechipurutana mazwi ake.

Chapter 20

¹Ngezuva rimweni, Jesu echidzidzisa vanhu muTemperi nokuchumaira vhangeri, vapristi vakuru nevanyori nevakuru vevanhu vakauya kwaari vechiti, ²“Tironzere kuti unoita izvi ngesimba raani? Nokuti ndiani wakakupa iri simba?”.³Naye wakavapingura, akati kwavari, “Ininiwo ndinozomubvunza mubvunzo umwe, nemwi ndironzerei zvinopano ⁴Rubhabhatidzo rwaJohani rwakabva mudenga here nokuti rwakabva kuvanhu?”.⁵Navo vakapangana pakati pavo vechiti, “Kuti tikati, ‘Rwakabva mudenga,’ iye unozoti, ‘Amuzi kumutenda ngenyi?’ ⁶Asi tikati, ‘Rwakabva kuvanhu,’ vanhu veshe vanozotiponda ngemapuwe; ngokuti vanotenda kuti Johani waiya muprofeti”.⁷Navo vakapingura kuti avazi kuzia kuti rwakabva kuri. ⁸Jesu wakati kwavari, “Neniwo andimuronzeri kuti ndinoita izvi zviro ngesimba raani”.⁹Jesu wakatanga kuronzera vanhu muedzaniso uyu: “Munhu wakasima munda wemivhini, akaupa kuvarimi, akaenda kunyika imweni koogareyo mukuwo wakareba. ¹⁰Naapo nguva yaguma, wakatuma muranda kuvarimi, kuti vamupe imweni yemichero yomumunda wemivhini; asi varimi vakamurova, vakamupetudza asina chiro.¹¹Naye wakatumazve muranda umweni; nouwozve vakamurova, vakamubata ngenjira yaitsverudza, vakamupetudza asina chiro. ¹²Wakatumazve wechitatu, nayewo vakamukuwadza, vakamurasha kubanze.¹³Naapo mambo womunda wemivhini wakati, ‘Ndinozoitenyi? Ndinozotuma mukororo wangu unodikanwa; pamweni vanozomuremeredza’. ¹⁴Asi apo varimi vamuona, vakapangana pachavo vechiti, ‘Uyu ndiye unogara nhaka; ngatimuuraye, kuti nhaka iite yedu’.¹⁵Vakamubudisa kubanze kwomunda wemivhini, vakamuuraya. Ndizvo mambo womunda wemivhini unozoitenyi kwavari? ¹⁶Unozouya avauraye avo varimi, unozopa munda wemivhini kune vamweni.” Naapo vechizwa izvi vakati, “Mwari, musatendera kudaro!”¹⁷Asi Jesu wakavaringira, akati, “Ndizvo chiinyi ichi chakanyorwa chinoti, ‘Buwe iro rakarambwa ngevaaki, ndiro rakaita soro repakona? ¹⁸Munhu weshe uwo unowira padera pebuwe iro unozoputika kuita zvigurwa; asi iye kwaari werinozowira padera pake rinozomukuya kuita bukuta”.¹⁹Vanyori nevapristi vakuru vakaedza kumubata ngeawa iro, asi vakatya vanhu; ngokuti vakazwisisa kuti wakaronza uyu muedzaniso ndivo. ²⁰Ndizvo vakamurinda, vakatuma vadongoreri, avo vakadziitisa kudai ngevanhu vakarurama, ngokudaro vakamuteya ngemazwi ake, kuti vazomupira kusimba romutongi woumambo.²¹Vakamubvunza vakati, “Mudzidzisi, tinozia kuti izvo zvounoronza nokudzidzisa zvakanaka, auketi munhu, asi ngegwinyiso unodzidzisa ngenjira yaMwari. ²²Kunotenderwa here kwetiri kuti tipe muthero kunaSiza nokuti akutenderwi?”²³Asi Jesu echizia urimbwi hwavo wakati kwavari, ²⁴“Ndipangidzirei chigurwa chemare. Chine muedzaniso wehope norunyoro rwaani?” Navo vakati, “Ngezva-Siza”.²⁵Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ndizvo mwechipa kunaSiza izvo zviri zvaSiza nokuna Mwari izvo zviri zvaMwari''. ²⁶Navo vakakorera kumubata ngemazwi okuereketa kwake pamberi pevanhu; navo vechishamiswa ngokupingura kwake vakanyarara.²⁷Kwakaguma kwaari vamweni vevaSadhusi, avo vanoti akuna kumuswa kwevakafa, ²⁸navo vakamuvundzisa vechiti, “Mudzidzisi, Mosi wakatinyorera echiti kuti mukoma womunhu afa, anemukadzi asina vana, munun'una wake unozotora mukadzi abarire mukoma wake vana.²⁹Ndizvo vaiyapo vakoma vanomwe; uwo wedangwe wakaroora mukadzi, akafa asina vana;, ³⁰nouwo wechipiri wakamutora, ³¹newechitatu wakamutora, ngokudaro veshe vanomwe vakafa avazi kusiya vana. ³²Ngesure kweizvi mukadzi naye wakafawo. ³³Ndizvo pakumuka kwevakafa, unozoita mukadzi waani kwavari? Ngokuti veshe vanomwe vakamutora kuita mukadzi”.³⁴Jesu wakati kwavari, “Vanhu vomunyika muno vanoroora nokuroodzwa. ³⁵asi avo vanoerengwa kuti vanosisira nyika iyo nokumuka kubva kwevakafa avaroori, avaroodzwizve. ³⁶Ngokuti avachazofizve, ngokuti vanozodai ngengirosi vaa vana vaMwari, vaa vana vokumuka kwevakafa.³⁷Asi kuti vakafa vanomuswa, Mosi emene wakapangidzira kudaro, ngeizwi rinoronza ngendaa yepfiba, apo paakadaidza Mambo Mwari kuti ndiMwari waAbrahama, Isaka naJakobe. ³⁸Zvinopano andiyepi Mwari wevakafa, asi Mwari wevanopona; ngokuti veshe vanoponera kwaari”.³⁹Vamweni vevanyori vakapingura, vakati, “Mudzidzisi, wanasa kuronza”. ⁴⁰Ngokuti avazi kuchazoshingazve kumubvunza mubvunzo.⁴¹Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Vanoronza ngenyi kuti Kristu mukororo waDhavhidha? ⁴²Ngokuti Dhavhidha emene mubhuku reNduyo wakaronza kuti, ‘Mambo wakati kunaMambo wangu, gara ngokumudyo kwangu, ⁴³metsa ndiite magaa ako chitambarariro chetsoka dzako’. ⁴⁴Ndizvo kuti Dhavhidha echimudaidza kuti Mambo, ungaita mukororo wake ngokuitawani?”.⁴⁵Wakati kuvadzidzi vake mukuzwa kwevanhu veshe, ⁴⁶“Ngwarai vanyori, avo vanodisisa kuhamba vakapfeka zvokusimira zvakareba, vanoda kuchingamidzwa pandau dzemisika nezvigaro zvepamberi mumhatso dzokudira nendau dzepamberi mumishongano yokudya, ⁴⁷avo vanoparadza mhatso dzeshirikadzi nangokudziitisa vanoita mikumbiro yakareba. Vanozoashira kurashwa kwakanyanyisisa''.

Chapter 21

¹Jesu wakasimuka akaringira, akaona vamfhumi vechiisa zvipo zvavo mundau yezvipo. ²naye wakaona shirikadzi yaiya murombo yechiisawo zvimapeni zviiri zvidoko. ³Naye wakati, “Ngegwinyiso ndinomuronzera, kuti iyi shirikadzi murombo yaisamwo mare yakapinda kuwanda kupinda vamweni veshe, ⁴ngokuti avo veshe vaisamwo muzvipo kubva pauwandu wepfuma yavo, asi iye kubva muurombo hwake waisamwo zveshe zvaanopona ndizvo”.⁵Naapo vamweni vachaereketa ngendaa yeTemperi, kuti rakanemeswa ngemapuwe akawanda nezvipo, iye wakati, ⁶Hino Jesu wakati “Ngendaa yeizvi zvomunoona, mazuva anozouya naapo arizosiiwi buwe rimwe rakaturikidzwa padera perimweni risikazowiswi pashi”.⁷Navo vakamubvunza vechiti, “Mudzidzisi, izvi zvinozoitika riini? Chiinyi chinozoita chioniso apo zvooda kuitika? ⁸Jesu wakati, “Ngwarai kuti musazopaukiswa; ngokuti vazhinji vanozouya ngezina rangu vechiti, ‘Ndini aye!’ Nokuti, ‘Mukuwo wakwedzera!’ Musavateera. ⁹Naapo mwoozwa ngehondo nokumukirana, musazotyiswa; ngokuti kunosisira kuti izvi zviitike kutanga, asi magumo aasati aapasinde”.¹⁰Naapo wakati kwavari, “Dzinza rinozomukira dzinza noumambo hunozomukira umambo. ¹¹kunozoapo kuzungunyika kukurutu kwenyika, nokundau dzakaparadzana nzara nenhenda, nezvinotyisa kakurutu nezvioniso zvakakura zvinobva mudenga.¹²Asi izvi zveshe zvisati zvaitika vanozomubata, navo vanozomutambudza, vechimupira kumhatso dzokudira nomumatirongo, vechimuunza pamberi pemadzimambo nepevatongi ngendaa yezina rangu. ¹³Iyi inozoita nguva yenyu yokuita uchapupu.¹⁴Ndizvo nasirirai mipinimidzo yenyu, kuti musazodembatemba ngepamberi kuti chiinyi chomunozopingura;, ¹⁵ngokuti ndinozomupa mazwi nokungwara, akuna naumwe wemagaa enyu ungakona kurwisana nakwo nokuti kuzviemera.¹⁶Munozopirwa kuvatongi kunyazwi ngevabereki, vakoma, hama neshamwari, navo vanozoita kuti vamweni venyu vaurawe. ¹⁷Nemwi munozonyenywa ndivo veshe ngendaa yezina rangu. ¹⁸Asi akuna nekabvudzi nakamwe kesoro renyu kanozorashika. ¹⁹Mukusengerera kwenyu munozoponesa ndaramo dzenyu.²⁰Asi apo mwoona Jerusarema rechitendenedzwa ngehondo, zvino ziai kuti kuparadzwa kwaro kwaapasinde. ²¹Naapo vari muJudhia ngavatizire kumitunhu, naavo vari mukati mwaro ngavabudemwo, naavo vari kubanze munharaunda vasazopoteramwo. ²²ngokuti aya ari mazuva okuunzidzirwa, kuti zveshe izvo zvakanyorwa zvizadzisike.²³Hezvo kwavari vane mimba naavo vanoamwisa ngaawo mazuva! Ngokuti kutambudzika kukurutu kuchaapo padera penyika noushungu padera pevanhu ava. ²⁴vanozowa ngokupinza kweshoti, vanozokweiwa kuita hloko kumadzinza eshe; neJerusarema rinozotsikwatsikwa pashi ngevemadzinza, metsa nguva yevemadzinza yazadzisika.²⁵Nezvioniso zvinozoitika pazuva, pamwedzi, panyeredzi, nepadera penyika kunozoapo kupera simba nokutyiswa ngendaa yokutinhira kworuandhle nemafungu. ²⁶Vanhu vachapera simba ngokutyiswa apo vakaringira izvo zvinouya padera penyika; ngokuti masimba omudenga anozozungunyiswa.²⁷Naapo vanozoona Mukororo woMunhu echiuya mumakore anesimba nouthende hukurutu. ²⁸Naapo izvi zviro zvootanga kuitika, ringirai mudenga mumirudze masoro enyu, ngokuti kuripirwa kwenyu kwakwedzera pasinde”.²⁹Jesu wakavaronzera muedzaniso echiti, “Ringirai muonde nemiti yeshe; ³⁰kuti yaburikira mashakani, munodzionera pachenyu, nemwi munozia mwemene kuti zienza zvinopano raapasinde. ³¹Ndizvozve, apo mwoona izvi zvechiitika, mwechizia kuti umambo hwaMwari hwaapasinde.³²Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, uyu mubarirwana auzopindi akadi zvisati zvaitika izvi zveshe. ³³Denga nenyika zvinozopinda, asi mazwi angu aatongozopindi akadi.³⁴Asi mwechidzingwarira imwimwi kuti pamweni mwoyo yenyu ingazozvimbirwa ngokudyisa nokuraradza nokudembatemba ngezvendaramo iyi, nezuva iro rimugumire ngokukasira kudai ngechirimbana. ³⁵Ngokuti rinozogumira padera pavo veshe avo vanogara padera penyika yeshe.³⁶Asi rindai nguva dzeshe, kumbirai kuti muwe nesimba rokupokonyoka kubva kuneizvi zveshe zvinozoitika, nokuema pamberi poMukororo woMunhu''.³⁷Masikati eshe waidzidzisa muTemperi, asi usiku waibuda kuenda kooata muDunhu remaOrivhi., ³⁸Vanhu veshe vaifumira kuuya kwaari muTemperi koomuzwa.

Chapter 22

¹Zvinopano mushongano wokudya chingwa chisina mumera wakakwedzera, unozwi Phasika. ²Nevapristi vakuru nevanyori vaitsvaka njira yokumuuraya ndiyo, ngokuti vaitya vanhu.³Zvino Sathani wakapotera munaJudhasi uwo waizwi Isikarioti, umwe wevari gumi navairi. ⁴Jhudas wakaenda kooshongana nevapristi vakuru nevangwariri veTemperi kuti waizomuita mapirenyi kwavari.⁵Navo vakadakara, vakaita chitenderano kuti vamupe mare. ⁶Ndizvo wakatenda, akatsvaka mukuwo wokumupira kwavari pasina mbungano.⁷Zvino zuva rechingwa chisina mumera rakaguma, iro raibaiwa gwai rePhasika, ⁸Jesu wakatuma Petro naJohani echiti, “Endai mutinasirire Phasika kuti tiridye''. ⁹Vakati kwaari, “Unoda kuti tirinasirire pari?”.¹⁰Wakati kwavari, “Penyai, apo mwoopotera mudhorobha, unozoshongana nemwi mwamuna wakatwara hari mwechimuteera kumhatso yaanopotera, ¹¹nemwi munozoti kumuna wemhatso, ‘Mudzidzisi unoti kwouri, Riripari kamera revaeni, apo pendinozodya Pasika nevadzidzi vangu?’.¹²Naye unozomupangidzira kamera guru romuturika rakanasirirwa ndizvo zveshe; tinasirirei apo''. ¹³Navo vakaenda, vakaona kudai ngezvaakaronza kwavari; navo vakanasirira Pasika.¹⁴Naapo awa raguma, wakagara patafura nevapostori. ¹⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Ngokudisisa ndaida kudya iri Phasika nemwi ndisati ndatambudzika. ¹⁶ngokuti ndinomuronzera kuti andichazoridyizve, metsa razadzisika muumambo hwaMwari''.¹⁷Jesu wakatora tsani, naapo abonga wakati, “Torai ichi, mukoanisirane pakati penyu. ¹⁸ngokuti ndinomuronzera kuti andichazomwi kumichero yomuvhini metsa hugume umambo hwaMwari''.¹⁹Wakatora chingwa, naapo abonga wakachigura, akachipa kwavari, akati, “Ichi chiri muiri wangu, unopirwa ngepamusoro penyu. Mwechiita ichi kundikarakadza inini''. ²⁰Netsani ngokudaro ngesure kwokudya, echiti, “Tsani iyi inodururirwa imwimwi chitenderano chitsva mungazi yangu.²¹Asi ringirai, nyara youwo unondipira ineni patafura. ²²Ngokuti Mukororo woMunhu unoenda kudai ngezvezvakaemeswa; asi hezvo kuneuwo munhu waanozopirwa ndiye!''. ²³Navo vakatanga kubvunzana pakati pavo kuti ndiani kwavari waizoita ichi chiro.²⁴Kwakabudazve hasha pakati pavo yokuti ndiani kwavari unozoita mukuru. ²⁵Naye wakati kwavari, “Madzimambo emadzinza anotonga padera pavo; vanodaidzwa kuti vadetseri vevanhu.²⁶Asi imwimwi amuzodaro akadi; asi uwo wakakurisisa pakati penyu ngaadai ngewakatsongesesa, nouwo uri mutongi ngaadai ngomuranda. ²⁷Ngokuti ndiani wakapinda kukura, uwo unogara panekudya nokuti uwo unoshandira? Andiyepi here uwo unogara panekudya? Asi inini ndiri pakati penyu ndakadai ngouwo unoshandira.²⁸Asi imwimwi muri avo vakagara neni mukuedzwa kwangu. ²⁹neni ndinomuemesera umambo kudai ndiBaba anguzve vakandiemesera inini, ³⁰kuti mudye mwechimwa patafura rangu muumambo hwangu, nemwi munozogara pamadendemaro mwechitonga madzinza gumi namairi aIsuraeri.³¹Simoni, Simoni, ringira, Sathani wakatenderwa kuti amupuwe, kuti amutsere kudai ngekoroni, ³²asi inini ndakakukumbirira kuti kugonda kwako kusazopera; newe apo watenderukazve, ugwinyise vakoma vako''.³³Petro wakati kwaari, “Mambo, inini ndakanasirira kutoenda newe mutirongo nomukufa''. ³⁴Jesu wakati, “Ndinokuronzera iwewe Petro, jongwe arizoriri nyamashi, usati waramba katatu kuti aundizii''.³⁵Jesu wakati kwavari, “Apo zvandakamutuma musina chikwama nenyede nemagwada, mwakatama chiro here?” Navo vakati, “Atina chetakatama''. ³⁶Naye wakati kwavari, “Asi zvinopano, uwo unechikwama ngaachitore nounenyede ngokudaro. Nouwo usina shoti ngaatengise bhachi rake atenge shoti.³⁷Ngokuti ndinomuronzera kuti ichi chinyorwa chinosisira kuti chizadzisike ndini kuti, ‘Naye wakaerengwa pamwepo nevashaishi;’ ngokuti izvo zvakanyorwa ngendaa yangu zvinozoitika''. ³⁸Navo vakati, “Mambo, ringirai, shoti mbiri dziri panapa.” Naye wakati kwavari, “Zvakwana''.³⁹Jesu wakabuda kubanze, wakaenda kudai ngomushuma wake kuMutunhu wemaOrivhi; nevadzidzi vakamuteera. ⁴⁰Naapo aguma pandau iyo wakati kwavari, “Kumbirai kuti musapinda mukuedzwa''.⁴¹Naye wakasiyana navo nharauko inoda kudai ngeekuposhera buwe, wakagwadama pashi, akakumbira, ⁴²echiti, “Baba, dai mwechida, bvisai tsani iyi kwendiri; asi, kusaita kuda kwangu, asi kuda kwenyu ngakuitike''.⁴³Yakaoneka kwaari ngirosi yechibva mudenga yechimugwinyisa, ⁴⁴Asi mukurwadziwa kakurutu, wakagwinyisira kukumbira; nezia rake raiya rakadai ngemadonhwe makuru engazi echibomhera pashi pamavhu.⁴⁵Naapo amiruka kubva pamukumbiro, wakauya kuvadzidzi vake, akavaona vakaata hope ngendaa yokusvipa mwoyo, ⁴⁶naye wakati kwavari, “Munoatirenyi? Mukai, mukumbire kuti musapinda mukuedzwa''.⁴⁷Naapo achaereketa, kwakauya mbungano nouwo waizwi Judhasi, umwe wevari gumi navairi, echivatungamirira. Wakakwedzera kunaJesu kuti amuchingamidze ngomuromo. ⁴⁸Asi Jesu wakati kwaari, “Judhasi, wopira here Mukororo woMunhu ngokuchingamidza ngomuromo?”.⁴⁹Naapo avo vaitendenedza Jesu vaona izvo zvaizoitika, vakati, “Mambo, tobaya here ngeshoti?” ⁵⁰Umwe wavo wakatema hloko yomupristi mukuru, akagura nzee yake yokumudyo. ⁵¹Asi Jesu wakati, “Zvakwana izvi!” Naye wakabata nzee yake, akamuponesa.⁵²Jesu wakati kunevapristi vakuru nevangwariri veTemperi nevakuru vevanhu, avo vakauya kurwisana naye, “Ngenyi mwabuda nokuuya kudai ngevanorwa nembavha, muneshoti nenduku? ⁵³Naapo ndaiya nemwi mazuva eshe muTemperi, amuzi kundibata. Asi iri riri awa renyu neresimba rechidima''.⁵⁴Naapo vakamubata, vakamukweya kuenda naye, vakamuunza mumhatso yomupristi mukuru. Asi Petro wakateera ari kuretu. ⁵⁵Naapo vabasa muriro pakati poruwanze, vakagara pashi pamwepo, Petro wakagara pashi pakati pavo.⁵⁶Naapo musikana, echimuona akagara mukujeka kwomuriro, echimuringisisa wakati, “Munhu uyu waiya naye''. ⁵⁷Asi Petro wakaramba echiti, “Dzimai, andimuzii''. ⁵⁸Ngesure kwekamukuwo, umweni wakamuona akati, “Iwewe newe uri umwe wavo.” Asi Petro wakati, “Mwamunewe, inini andiri umwe wavo akadi''.⁵⁹Ngesure kwomukuwo waida kuita awa, umwenizve wakagwinyisira kuronza echiti, “Ngegwinyiso munhu uyu waiya naye, ngokuti muGarire''. ⁶⁰Asi Petro wakati, “Mwamunewe, andichizii chounoronza.” Paripo achaereketa, jongwe rakarira.⁶¹NaMambo wakakunukuka, akaringira kunaPetro, naPetro wakakarakadza izwi raMambo, ngenjira yaakaronza kwaari kuti, “Jongwe risati rarira nyamashi, unozondiramba katatu''. ⁶²Petro wakabuda kubanze, akachema kakurutu.⁶³Nevamuna avo vakabata Jesu vakamuitira jee, vakamurova;, ⁶⁴vakamufukidza muhope, vakamubvunza vechiti, “Profeta! Ndiani uwo wakurova?'' ⁶⁵Vakaereketa zviro zvimweni zvakawanda ndiJesu vechimutsambura.⁶⁶Naapo kwaedza, vakaunganidza pamwepo vakuru vevanhu nevapristi vakuru nevanyori, navo vakamukweya kuenda naye kubangano ravo vechiti, ⁶⁷“Kuti uri Kristu, tironzere.” Asi iye wakati kwavari, “Kudai ndanyamuronzera, amuzotendi; ⁶⁸kunyazwi ndikanyamubvunza, imwimwi amuzopinguri.⁶⁹Asi kubvira zvinopano Mukororo woMunhu unozogara ngokumudyo kwesimba raMwari''. ⁷⁰Navo veshe vakati, “Iwewe zvino uri Mukororo waMwari here?” Jesu wakati kwavari, “Imwimwi mwatoronza kuti ndini inini.”, ⁷¹Navo vakati, “Tichatama chapupu chimweni ngenyi? Ngokuti isusu temene tazwa kubva pamuromo wake

Chapter 23

¹Naapo mushongano weshe wavo wakamiruka, vakamuunza pamberi paPiratu. ²Navo vakatanga kumuitira ndaa vechiti, “Takamuona uyu munhu echipaukisa dzinza redu, echirambidza kuti chibharo chisabhadharwa kunaSiza, echironza kuti iye emene ndiKristu, mambo³NaPiratu wakamubvunza echiti, “Iwewe uri mambo wevaJudha here?” Naye wakamupingura, akati, “Ndizvo zvewaronza''. ⁴NaPiratu wakati kuvapristi vakuru nokumbungano, “Andioni ndaa kumunhu uyu.”, ⁵Asi vakapinda kutsamwirira vechiti, “Unovherudza vanhu, echidzidzisa muJudhia mweshe, kutanga ngomuGarire metsa kuguma pandau iyi''.⁶Naapo Piratu azwa izvi wakabvunza kuti, “Munhu uyu muGarire here ⁷Naapo azia kuti waiya woumambo hwaHerodhi, wakamutumira kunaHerodhi, uwo naye waiya muJerusarema ngaawo mazuva.,⁸Naapo Herodhi aona Jesu wakadakara kakurutu, ngokuti iye waiya nechidisiso chokuda kumuona kubvira mukuwo wakareba, ngokuti iye waiya azwa ndiye, naye waida kuona chioniso chinoitwa ndiye. ⁹Herodi wakabvunza Jesu ngemazwi akawanda, asi aazi kupingura chiro. ¹⁰Vapristi vakuru nevanyori vakaema vechitsamwirira kumuitira ndaa.¹¹NaHerodhi pamwepo namajoni ake vakamubata ngenjira inotsverudza, akamuitira jee, vakamupfekisa zvokusimira zvinon'anikira, akamutumirazve kunaPiratu. ¹²Herodhi naPiratu vakaiyaniswa ngeiro zuva, ngokuti ngepasure vaiya magaa.¹³Piratu wakadaidza pamwepo vapristi vakuru, vatongi nevanhu. ¹⁴Wakati kwavari, “Imwimwi mwaunza uyu munhu kwendiri mwechiti unopaukisa vanhu. Penyai, inini ndamubvunzisisa pamberi penyu; penya, andizi kuona ndaa kuneuyu munhu ngeizvo zvomunomuitira ndaa ndizvo.¹⁵Kunyazwi Herodhiwo, ngokuti wamupetudza kwetiri; ringirai, akuna chiro chakaitwa ndiye chaangatongerwa kuti afe. ¹⁶Ndizvo ndichamurova ndimusunhure. ¹⁷Zvinopano waisisira kuti avasunhurire mubhanditi umwe pamushongano wokudya.¹⁸Asi vakadaidzira veshe pamwepo, “Bvisa uyu munhu, utisunhurire Bharabhasi''. ¹⁹Uwo wakakonyerwa mutirongo ngendaa youdzongoni hwaakaita mudhorobha nendaa yokuuraya.²⁰Piratu wakaereketazve kwavari, echida kusunhura Jesu., ²¹Asi vakadaidzira vechiti, “Mukohomere, mukohomere”, ²²Naye wakati kwavari ngokwechitatu, “Ngenyi, wakashaishenyi munhu uyu? Andizi kuona kwaari ndaa yaangatongerwa kuti afe. Ndizvo ndichamurova ndimusunhure''.²³Asi paripo vakatsamwirira ngemazwi makuru, vechikumbira kuti akohomerwe. Nemazwi avo akanyisa. ²⁴NaPiratu wakagura kuti izvo zvevakakumbira zviitike. ²⁵Naye wakavasunhurira uwo waiya akakonyerwa mutirongo ngendaa youdzongoni nokuuraya, uwo wevakakumbira; asi wakavapa Jesu kuti vaite kuda kwavo ndiye.²⁶Naapo vechimukweya kuenda naye, vakabata munhu waizwi ndiSimoni weKurene, echibva munharaunda, vakaisa padera pake muchinjiko kuti autware ngesure kwaJesu.,²⁷Yakamuteera mbungano huru yevanhu, nevakadzi avo vaimuchema nokumutsumba. ²⁸Asi Jesu echikunukukira kwavari wakati, “Vakunda veJerusarema, musandichemera inini, asi mwechidzichemera imwimwi nevana venyu.²⁹Ngokuti ringirai, mazuva achauya evanozoti, ‘Dzinomuchena ngomwa nendani dzisikazi kumbobereka nemazamo asikazi kumboamwisa’, ³⁰Naapo vanozotanga kuronza kumitunhu kuti, ‘Tiwirenyi padera pedu,’ nokuzvimitunhu kuti, ‘Tidumaidzenyi’, ³¹Ngokuti kudai vechiita izvi kumuti muishi, chiinyi chinozoitwa kunewakaoma”,³²Vairi vamweni, madzongoni, vakakweiwa pamwepo Jesu koourawa.,³³Naapo vaguma pandau inozwi Denhenya, vakamukohomerapo nevashaishi, umwe ngokumudyo noumweni ngokumuoshwe. ³⁴Jesu wakati, “Baba, varekererei; ngokuti avachizii chevanoita.” Navo vechikoanisirana zvokufuka zvake pakati pavo, vakaita mabhigidha.³⁵Nevanhu vakaema vechiringira; asi vatongi vakamuitira jee vechiti, “Iye wakaponesa vamweni, ngaadziponese, kuti ari Kristu waMwari, wakatsanangurwa wake”.³⁶Majoni nawo akamuitira jee, vechiuya kwaari nokumupa vhini rinorungura, ³⁷vechiti, “Kuti iwewe uri Mambo wevaJudha, dziponese”. ³⁸Rwaiyapo runyoro ngepadera pake rwaiti, “UYU NDIMAMBO WEVAJUDHA”.³⁹Umwe wevashaishi avo vakakohomerwa naye wakamutsambura echiti, “Andiwe here Kristu? Chidziponesa iwewe neisusu”. ⁴⁰Asi umweni wakapingura echimurambidza, akati, “Aumutyi here Mwari, wechiona kuti uri mukurashwa kumwekwo naye? ⁴¹Nesu ngegwinyiso tinosisira kurashwa, ngokuti tinoashira zvinosisira zviito zvedu. Asi uyu munhu aazi kuita zvakashata”,⁴²Naye wakati, “Jesu, ndicherechedzewo apo woopotera muumambo hwako”. ⁴³Naye wakati kwaari, “Ngegwinyiso ndinokuronzera, kuti nyamashi unozoapo neni muPharadhaisi”.⁴⁴Panguva yaida kuita awa rechitanhatu, nechidima chakafukidza nyika yeshe metsa kuguma awa rechipfumbamwe. ⁴⁵Naapo kujeka kwezuva kwakapera, nejira romuTemperi rakabaurwa ngepakati.⁴⁶Apapo Jesu wakadaidzira ngeizwi guru, wakati, “Baba, ndinoisa mweya wangu munyara dzako!” Naapo aronza kudaro, mweya wake wakabuda. ⁴⁷Naapo nduna yezana yaona zvakaitika, yakakudza Mwari yechiti, “Ngegwinyiso uyu waiya munhu wakarurama''.⁴⁸Nembungano yeshe iyo yakaungana pamwepo yechiringira, apo yaona zvakaitika, vakahwirira kanyi vechirova maditi avo. ⁴⁹Naavo veshe vaiziyana naJesu nemadzimai awo akamuteera echibva Garire vakaema vari kuretu, vechiona zviro izvi.⁵⁰Zvinopano waiyapo munhu waizwi ndiJosefa, waibva mudhorobha reJudhia reArimathia. Waiya umwe wenhengo yevatongi, munhu wakanaka newakarurama. ⁵¹Waiya asikazi kutenderana nebangano nokuita kwavo, akandogarira umambo hwaMwari.⁵²Munhu uyu wakaenda kunaPiratu, akakumbira muiri waJesu. ⁵³Naye wakaudzasa pashi, akauputira ngejira rakachena, akauika muiba rakatsiwa pabuwe, umwo musikazi kumboikwa munhu.⁵⁴Naro raiya zuva rokunasirira Phasika, neSabatha rooda kutanga. ⁵⁵Nemadzimai avo vaiya vakabva naye Garire vakateera ngesure, vakaona iba nokuikwa kwomuiri wake. ⁵⁶Navo vakahwirira, vakanasirira mitombo inegwema rakanaka nemakha. Vakazorora ngezuva reSabatha, kudai ngezvinoronza mupango.

Chapter 24

¹Asi ngezuva rokutanga revhiki, mangwanani maishi, vakauya kuiba, vechiunza mitombo inegwema rakanaka yevaiya vanasirira. ²Navo vakaona buwe ramburumbudzwa kubva paiba. ³Asi naapo vapotera mukati avazi kuona muiri waMambo Jesu.⁴Naapo vachakangaidzwa ndizvo, penya, vamuna vairi vakaema pasinde pavo, vakapfeka zvinon'anikira; ⁵naapo vechityiswa, vakatsikitsira pashi hope dzavo, vamuna vakati kwavari, “Munotsvaka vanopona ngenyi pakati pevakafa?⁶Amuna muno, wamuka. Cherechedzai zvaakamuronzera apo achiri muGarire. ⁷echiti, ‘Kunosisira kuti Mukororo woMunhu apirwe munyara dzevanhu vakashata, akohomerwe, naye ngezuva rechitatu amuke''.⁸Navo vakakarakadza mazwi ake, ⁹vechipetuka kubva kuiba, vakaronza izvi zveshe kunevarigumi naumwe nokunevamweni veshe. ¹⁰Zvinopano vaiya Maria Magadhareni, Joana, Maria mai aJakobe, pamwepo nemadzimai amweni, vakaronza izvi kunevapostori.¹¹Asi vapostori avana kutenda kuneMadzimai, mazwi aya akaoneka kwavari ari asina shwiro. ¹²Asi Petro wakamiruka, akarumba kuenda kuiba, akaguma, wakakotama, akaringira mukati, akaona machira akachena andori ega; naye wakaenda kanyi kwake, echishamiswa ngeicho chakaitika.¹³Pazuva iro vairi vavo vaihamba kuenda kuguta rinozwi Emausi, raida kuita makhiromitha gumi narimwe kubva Jerusarema. ¹⁴Navo vaiereketa umwe kunoumweni ngeizvo zveshe zvakaitika.¹⁵Naapo vachaereketa vechibvunzisana, Jesu emene wakakwedzera kwavari, akahamba navo. ¹⁶Asi madziso avo akaitiswa rubuma kuti vasamuzia.¹⁷Wakati kunaJesu, “Ngerenyi shoko iri romunoereketa umwe kunoumweni mwechihamba?” Vakaema vakanyarara, vane hope dzinotambudzika. ¹⁸Naapo umwe wavo, unozwi Kreopasi, wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Unogara uri wega here muJerusarema usikazii izvo zvakaitikamwo ngaaya mazuva?''¹⁹Naye wakati kwavari, “Zviro zvenyi?” Vakati kwaari, “Izvo zvaJesu weNazaretha, uwo waiya muprofeti anesimba ngezviito namazwi pamberi paMwari nepamberi pevanhu veshe, ²⁰nenjira yevakamupira ndiyo vapristi vakuru nevatongi vedu nokugura kuti aurawe ngokumukohomera.²¹Asi isusu taigonda kuti ndiye waizoripira Isuraeri. Eya, nepadera peizvi zveshe, nyamashi ratoa zuva rechitatu kubvira panguva yezvakaitika izvi.²²Uyezve, vamweni vemadzimai vechiunga chedu vatishamisa. Vafumira kuenda kuiba, ²³naapo vasikaoni muiri waJesu, vakauya vechiti vaona chioniso chengirosi, idzo dzati kwavari unopona. ²⁴Nevamweni veavo vaiya nesu vakaendawo kuiba, vakaona kudai ngezvevakaronza madzimai; asi iye avazi kumuona''.²⁵Iye wakati kwavari, “A! Mapenzi nevanononoka kutenda ngomwoyo izvo zveshe zvakaereketwa ngevaprofeti!, ²⁶Kwaiya kusikasisiri here kuti Kristu atambudzwe ngeizvi zviro zveshe nokupotera muuthende hwake?” ²⁷Naye echibva ngezvaMosi nezvevaprofeti veshe wakapangidzira kwavari muzvinyorwa zveshe izvo zvakanyorwa ngendaa yake.²⁸Ndizvo vakakwedzera kuguta apo pevaienda. Iye wakaita kudai ngounopinda kuenda mberi, ²⁹Asi vakamukoka vechiti, “Gara nesu, ngokuti rotengama nezuva rooda kubira.” Naye wakapotera koogara navo.³⁰Naapo agara navo pakudya, wakatora chingwa, akachibonga, akachigura, akachipa kwavari. ³¹Nemadziso avo akapembenuka navo vakamuzia; naye wakanyangarika kubva mukuona kwavo. ³²Navo vakati umwe kunoumweni, “Mwoyo yedu aizi kupisha here mukati mwedu apo achaereketa kwetiri munjira nokupangidzira kwetiri zvakanyorwa?”.³³Navo vakamiruka ngeiro awa, vakahwirira Jerusarema; vakaona varigumi naumwe vakaungana pamwepo nevamweni avo vaiya navo, ³⁴vechiti, “Mambo wamuka ngegwinyiso, naye waoneka kunaSimoni”, ³⁵Zvino vakaronza izvo zvakaitika vari munjira, nokuziikanwa kwaakaita ndivo ngokugura chingwa.³⁶Naapo vacharonza izvi, Jesu emene wakaema pakati pavo, akati kwavari, “Kunyarara ngakugare kwomuri”, ³⁷Asi vakakaruka, vakatyiswa kakurutu, vakapinimidza kuti vaona dzangaradzimu.³⁸Asi Jesu wakati kwavari, “Munotambudzika ngenyi? Inobuda ngenyi mibvunzo iyi mumwoyo yenyu? ³⁹Ringirai nyara dzangu netsoka dzangu, ndini ndemene. Ndibatei muone; ngokuti dzangaradzimu arina nyama nemagodo kudai ngezvomunoona kuti inini ndinazvo''. ⁴⁰Naapo aereketa kudaro, wakavapangidzira nyara dzake netsoka dzake.⁴¹Naapo vasikagondi ngendaa yokudakara nokushamiswa, Jesu wakati kwavari, “Munazvo here panapa zvokudya?”. ⁴²Vakamupa chigurwa chehove chakasasikwa, ⁴³Jesu wakachitora, akadya pamberi pavo.⁴⁴Naapo wakati kwavari, “Aya ndiwo mazwi endakaereketa kwomuri ndichiri nemwi, kuti kunosisira kuti zveshe zvizadzisike izvo zvakanyorwa muMipango yaMosi nezvevaprofeti nezveNduyo ndini''.⁴⁵Naapo wakajekisa mipinimidzo yavo kuti vazwisise zvinyorwa, ⁴⁶naye wakati kwavari, “Kwakanyorwa kudai, Kristu unozotambudzwa nokumukazve kubva kwevakafa ngezuva rechitatu, ⁴⁷nokutizve kutenderuka nokurekererwa kwezvishaishi kunosisira kuchumairwa ngezina rake kunemadzinza eshe, kutanga muJerusarema.⁴⁸Nemwi muri zvapupu zveizvi zviro. ⁴⁹Ndinotuma chigondiso chaBaba angu padera penyu; asi garai mudhorobha, metsa mupfekeswe ngesimba rinobva mudenga''.⁵⁰Naapo Jesu wakavatungamirira kubuda mudhorobha metsa vaguma Bhethani, naye echimirudza nyara dzake wakavafumisa. ⁵¹Naapo achavafumisa, wakaparadzana navo, akakwidzwa mudenga.⁵²Navo vakamunamata, vakahwirira kuenda Jerusarema ngokudakara kukurutu,, ⁵³navo vakatsamwirira kugara muTemperi vechikudza Mwari.

John

Chapter 1

¹Pakutanga laivapo Izwi, ne Izwi lainga naMwari, neIzwi laiva Mwari. ²Waiyapo pakutanga naMwari. ³Zviro zveshe zvakasikwa kubudikidza ndiye, ngepabanze pake paiwa pasina chiro nachimwe chakasikwa cheizvo zvakasikwa⁴Paari painga noupenhu, upenhu kwaiva kujeka kwavanhu. ⁵Kujeka kunojeka muchidima nechidima achizi kukudzima.⁶Kwaiwapo munhu wakatumwa ndiMwari, zina rate raiva Johani. ⁷Wakauva kuita chapupu, kuti upupure ngokujeka, kuti vanhu vese vatende kubudikidza ndiye. ⁸Iye waiva asiriye kujeka, asi wakauia kuti apupure ngokujeka.,⁹Kaiva kuri kudjeka ko shokwadi, kunodjekissa varume vese, arikuguma munhika.¹⁰Waiva munyika, nenyika yakasikwa kubudikidza ndiye, asi nyika aizi kumuziva. ¹¹Wakauya munezvake, nevanhu vake avazi kumuashira.¹²Asi kwawari veshe vakamuashira, avo vakatenda muzita rake, wakavapa simba rokuti vaite vana vaMwari; ¹³avo vasikazi kubarwa ngengazi nokuti ngokuemura kwenyama nokuti ngokuemura kwomunhu, asi vakabarwa ndiMwari.¹⁴Neizwi wakaita munhu, wakagara pakati pedu, nesu takaringira uthende hwake, uthende huri hwouwo wakabarwa ega ndiBaba, akazara ngenyasha negwinyiso. ¹⁵Johani wakaita chapupu ndiye, akadaidzira echiti: “Uyu ndiye wendakareketa ndiye kuti: ‘Uwo unouya sure kwangu mukuru kupinda inini ngokuti waiwapo ndisati ndaapo.”¹⁶Kubva mukuzara kwake isusu teshe takaashira, nyasha padera penyasha. ¹⁷Ngokuti mipango yakapuwa kubudikidza ndiMosi; asi nyasha negwinyiso zvakaapo kubudikidza ndiJesu Kristo. ¹⁸Akuna naumwe wakamboona Mwari; Mwana ega, uwo unogara paditi raBaba, ndiye wakamuita kuti aziikanwe.¹⁹Neichi ndicho chapupu chaJohani, apo vaJudha vakatuma kwaari vapristi nevaRevhi kubva Jerusarema koomubvunza kuti: “Urianani iwewe?” ²⁰Naye wakatenda, aazi kuramba, asi wakatenda echiti: “Inini andinipi Kristu akadi.” ²¹Navo vakamubvunza vechiti, “Wati kudini? Uri Erija here?” Naye wakapingura echiti: “Andiriyepi.” “Uri muprofeti here?” Naye wakapingura echiti: “Haiwa.”²²Ndizvo vakati kwaari zvino: “Urianani? Tipingure kuti tione chokoopingura avo vakatituma. Unotinyi iwewe pachako?”, ²³Wakati: “Inini ndini izwi rounodaidzira mushango echiti: ‘Ruramisai njira yaMambo,’ kudai ngezvaakaronza Isaya muprofeti.”²⁴Zvino vaiya vakatumwa kubva kuvaFarisi. ²⁵Navo vakamubvunza, vakati kwaari: “Zvino ngenyi wechibhabhatidza, kuti usiri Kristu nokuti Erija nokuti uwo muprofeti?”.²⁶Johani wakavapingura echiti: “Inini ndinobhabhatidza ngemvura; asi pakati penyu panoema uwo womusikazii, ²⁷Ndiye uwo unouya sure kwangu, wendisikasisiri inini kuti ndisunungure rusinga rwegwada rake.” ²⁸Izvi zvakaitika muBhethani seri kweJorodhani, apo paaibhabhatidza Johani.,²⁹Nechimangwani aona Jesu echiuya kwaari, wakati, “Ringirai, Kagwai kaMwari kanodusa kushaisha kwenyika! ³⁰Uyu ndiye wendakaereketa ndiye kuti: ‘Sure kwangu kunouya munhu uri mukuru kupinda inini, ngokuti waiyapo ndisati ndaapo.’ ³¹Inini pachangu ndaiya ndisikamuzii; asi ngendaa iyi ndakauya ndechibhabhatidza ngemvura kuti apangidzirwe kuvaIsuraeri.”³²NaJohani wakaita chapupu echiti: “Ndakaona Mweya wechidzaka kubva mudenga wakadai ngenjia, ukagara padera pake. ³³Inini pachangu ndaiwa ndisikamuzii; asi iye wakandituma kuti ndibhabhatidze ngemvura wakati kwendiri: ‘Uwo wounozoona Mweya wechidzaka nokugara padera pake, uyu ndiye unobhabhatidza ndiMweya Wakachena.’ ³⁴Neni ndakaona, ndakapupura kuti uyu ndiye Mukororo waMwari.”³⁶³⁵Nechimangwanizve Johani waiya akaema nevairi vevadzidzi vake; naye aona Jesu echihamba, wakati: “Ringirai, Kagwai kaMwari!”³⁷Vadzidzi vairi vakamuzwa echiereketa izvi, vakateera Jesu. ³⁹Jesu wakakunukuka, akavaona vechimuteera, akati kwavari, “Munotsvakenyi?” Vakati kwaari: “Rabhi (ukwo kunoti ngokukumuchwa, Mudzidzisi,) unogara pari?” ³⁸Wakati kwavari: “Uyai muone.” Ndizvo vakauya vakaona apo paaigara, nawo vakagara naye zuvaro. Raiya rooda kuita awa rechigumi.⁴⁰Umwe wevairi avo vakazwa Johani echiereketa, akamuteera, waiya Andreu, munun'una waSimoni Petro. ⁴¹Iye wakatanga kutsvaka mukoma wake Simoni, akati kwaari, “Tamuona Mesia” (ukwo kunoti ngokukumuchwa, Kristu.) ⁴²Naye wakamuunza kunaJesu. Naapo Jesu amuringira wakati, “Iwewe ndiwe Simoni mukororo waJohani. Unozodaidzwa kuti Khefasi” (ukwo kunoti ngokukumuchwa, Petro.)⁴³Nechimangwani wakada kuenda Garire, wakaona Firipu. NaJesu wakati kwaari: “Nditeere.” ⁴⁴Zvino Firipu waibva Bhethisaidha, dhorobha revaigara Andreu naPetro. ⁴⁵Firipu wakaona Nathanaeri, akati kwaari: “Tamuona uwo waakanyora ndiye Mosi muMipango nevaprofeti, Jesu weNazaretha, mwana waJosefa.”⁴⁶Nathanaeri wakati kwaari: “Kungabvawo chakanaka muNazaretha here?” Firipu wakati kwaari: “Uya uone.” ⁴⁷Jesu wakaona Nathanaeri echiuya kwaari, akati ndiye: “Ringirai muIsuraeri wegwinyiso, usina kuchengedza mukati mwake!”, ⁴⁸Nathanaeri wakati kwaari: “Wandiziira pari?” Jesu wakapingura akati kwaari: “Firipu asati akudaidza, uri pashi pomuonde, ndakakuona.”⁴⁹Nathanaeri wakapingura akati, “Rabhi, iwewe uri Mukororo waMwari! Uri Mambo waIsuraeri!”. ⁵⁰Jesu wakapingura, akati kwaari: “Ngokuti ndati kwouri, ndakakuona uripashi pomuonde, unotenda here? Unozoona zviro zvikuru kupinda izvi.” ⁵¹Wakati kwaari: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, munozoona denga rakabeuka nengirosi dzaMwari dzechikwira nokudzaka padera poMwana woMunhu.”

Chapter 2

¹Ngezuva rechitatu kwaiyapo muchadho muKhana reGarire, namai aJesu vaiyapo. ²Jesu wakakokwawo nevadzidzi vake kumuchadho.³Naapo vhini rapera, mai aJesu vakati kwaari: “Avachina vhini. ⁴NaJesu wakati kwaari, “Chinenyi ichi kwendiri nokwouri, mai? Awa rangu arisati raguma. ⁵Mai ake vakati kuvashandi: “Kunyazwi chiinyi chaanoronza kwomuri, itai.”,⁶Zvino aiyapo mabiya emapuwe matanhatu emvura kudai ngomuitiro wavaJudha wokushamba, rimwe ngarimwe raipinda nhuvi mbiri nokuti nhatu. ⁷Jesu wakati kwavari: “Zadzai mabiya ngemvura.” Navo vakaazadza kuti penu. ⁸Naye wakati kwavari: “Cherai zvino, muende nayo kunenhunge yomuchadho.” Navo vakatora vakaenda nayo.⁹Naapo nhunge yomuchadho yaraira mvura iyo yakapindudzwa kuita vhini, isikazi kuzia kuti rabva kuri (asi vashandi avo vakachera mvura vaizia), nhunge yomuchadho yakadaidza mukwambo, ¹⁰nayo yakati kwaari: “Munhu weshe unobudisa kutanga vhini rakanaka; naapo vanhu vamwa kakurutu, unobudisa iro risikazi kunasa kunaka; asi iwewe wakangwarira vhini rakanasa kunaka metsa zvino.”¹¹Jesu wakaita uyu, mushamiso wake wokutanga, muKhana reGarire, wakapangidzira uthende hwake; nevadzidzi vake vakatenda kwari.¹²Ngesure kweizvi wakadzaka kuenda Khapernaume, iye namai ake nevanunguna vake nevadzidzi vake; navo vakagarapo mazuva asikazi kuwanda.¹³NePhasika revaJudha raiya repasinde, naJesu wakakwira kuenda Jerusarema. ¹⁴Naye wakaona muTemperi avo vaitengesa mwombe, makwai nenjia, nevaitenganisana mare vakagaramwo.¹⁵Naapo aiya aita swepu, wakavadzinga veshe kubva muTemperi, zveshe makwai nen'ombe. Wakadurura pashi mare yavaitenganisana, akapinduridza matafura avo. ¹⁶Naye wakati kuneavo vaitengesa njia: “Dusai izvi zviro kubva pano Musaita mhatso yaBaba angu mhatso yokutengesira”¹⁷Nevadzidzi vake vakakarakadza kuti kwakanyorwa kuti: “Kutsamwirira ngendaa yemhatso yako kuchandipedza.” ¹⁸Ndizvo vaJudha vakamupingura, vakati kwaari: “Muoniso wenyi woungaita kutionisa kuti unesimba rokuita izvi zviro?” ¹⁹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Putsai iri Temperi, ndinozorimirudzazve ngemazuva matatu.”²⁰Ndizvo vaJudha vakati: “Temperi iri rakaakwa ngemakore makumi marongomuna namatanhatu, newe ungarimirudza here ngemazuva matatu?” ²¹Asi iye wakaereketa ngendaa yetemperi romuiri wake. ²²Ndizvo apo amuswa kubva kwevakafa, vadzidzi vake vakakarakadza kuti waiya akaereketa ngeichi; navo vakatenda zvakanyorwa neizwi iro raakaereketa Jesu.²³Zvino apo aiya muJerusarema padhiri rePhasika, vazhinji vakatenda zina rake apo vaona mishamiso yaakaita. ²⁴Asi Jesu aazi kudzipira kwavari, ngokuti iye waizia vanhu veshe ²⁵waiya asikatami naumwe kuti apupurire kwaari ngendaa yomunhu; ngokuti iye waizia emene izvo zviri mukati mwomunhu.

Chapter 3

¹Zvino painga munhu wevaFarisi, zita rake ndiNikodhemusi, mutongi wevaJudha. ²Uyu munhu wakaenda kunaJesu usiku wakati kaari: “Rabhi, tinozia kuti iwewe uri mudzidzisi wakabva kunaMwari; ngokuti akuna naumwe ungakona kuita iyi mioniso younoita, kwega kuti Mwari arinaye.”³Jesu wakapingura, akati kaari: “Ngeshokwadi ndinoti kwouri, kudai munhu asabarwa ngokwomudenga, aakoni kuona umambo hwaMwari.” ⁴Nikodhemusi wakati kwaari, “Munhu ungaita mabarirwenyizve apo aamusharuka? Ungakona here kuti apotere ngokwechipiri mundani yamai ake, abarwezve?”,⁵Jesu wakapingura echiti, “Nge chokwadi, chokwadi, ndinoti kouri: kuti munhu asabarwa ngemvura noMweya, aangakoni kupotera muumambo waMwari. ⁶Uyana unobarwa nge nyama inyama, unobarwa nge Mweya mweya.⁷Usa shamaswa ngokuti ndati kwouri: ‘Kunosisira kuti ubarwezve. ⁸Mututu unovhuvhuta peunoda, newe unozwa chaungira charo, asi auzii perinobva neperinoenda. Zvakadaro kavari veshe vanobarwa ngomuMweya.”⁹Nikodhemusi wakapingura, akati kwaari: “Izvi zvingaita maitikirenyi?” ¹⁰Jesu wakapingura akati kwaari: “Iwewe uri mudzidzisi waIsuraeri, auzwisisi izvi here?, ¹¹Nge chokwadi ndinoti kouri, tinoreketa chetinozia, nesu tinopupura ngeicho chetakaona; nemwi amuashiri uchapupu hwedu.¹²Kuna ndamureketera zviro zvemunyika nemwi amuzi kuzvitenda, hino munozoita matenderenyi kudai ndechimubuira ngezviro zvomudenga? ¹³Akuna naumwe wakambokwira mudenga, asi uwo wakadzaka kubva mudenga, Mwana wakadzuka.¹⁴Kudai ndiMosi wakamurudza nyoka mushango, ngokudaro kunosisira kuti Mwana woMunhu amurudzwe, ¹⁵kuti kunyazwi ndiani unomutenda aone kupona kusikaperi.”¹⁶Ngokuti Mwari wakaida nyika kudai, wakayipa Mwana wake wakabarwa ari ega, kuti veshe vanomutenda vasafa asi vaone kupona kusikaperi. ¹⁷Ngokuti Mwari aazi kutuma Mwana wake munyika kuti atonge nyika, asi kuti nyika iponeswe kubudikidza ndiye. ¹⁸Uwo unotenda kaari aatongwi; asi uwo usikatendi watotongwa nazvino, ngokuti aazi kutenda zita rouwo wakabarwa ari ega Mwana waMwari.¹⁹Uku ndikwo kutongwa: kuti kujeka kakaguma munyika, nevanhu vakada chidima kakurutu kupinda kujeka, ngokuti mushando yavo yaiya yakashata. ²⁰Ngokuti weshe unoita zvakashata unozonda kujeka naye aauyi mukujeka, ngokuti mushando yake inozooneka pamhene. ²¹Asi uwo unoita zvinegwinyiso unouya mukujeka, kuti mushando yake inase kuoneka kuti yakaitwa munaMwari.²²Ngesure kweizvi, Jesu nevadzidzi vake vakaenda munyika yeJudhia; naye wakagaramo navo echibhabhatidza. ²³NaJohani waibhabhatidza muAenoni paduze peSarimu, ngokuti yaiapo mvura yakawanda; vanhu vakauya vakabhabhatidzwa. ²⁴Ngokuti Johani waiya asati aiswa mutirongo.²⁵Zvino kwakaapo kuphikisana pakati pevadzidzi vaJohani nomuJudha ngendaa yokucheneswa. ²⁶Navo vakauya kunaJohani, vakati kwaari:“Rabhi, uwo waiya newe seri kweJorodhani, uwo wowakaita chapupu ndiye, uyu uri pano, unobhabhatidza, navo veshe vanoenda kwaari.”²⁷Johani wakapingura, akati: “Munhu aakoni kuashira chiro kunyazwi ngechiri kuti asikazi kuchipuwa kubva mudenga. ²⁸Imwimwi mwemene mwakaita chapupu ndini kuti ndakati, ‘Inini andiriyepi Kristu, asi ndakatumwa pamberi pake.’,²⁹Uwo una nyamuroorwa ngewe muroora; asi shamwari yomuroora, iyo inoema yechimuzwa, inodakara ngendaa yeizwi renyamuroora; ndizvo uku kudakara kwangu kwazadkisika. ³⁰Zvishafanira kuti iye akuriswe, asi inini ndinofanira kuti nditsonge.”³¹Uwo unouya echibva mudenga uri padera pazvo zveshe; uwo unobva munyika ngowenyika, naye unoereketa zvomunyika. Uwo unobva mudenga uri padera pazvo zveshe. ³²Naye unopupura ngeizvo zvaakaona nezvaakazwa, asi akuna munhu unoashira chapupu chake. ³³Uwo unotenda zvanobuya, wakagwinyisa kuti Mwari igwinyiso.³⁴Ngokuti uwo waatuma Mwari unoereketa mazwi aMwari, ngokuti iye aapi kwaari Mweya ngechipimo. ³⁵Baba vanoda Mukororo, navo vakapa zviro zveshe munyara dzake. ³⁶Uwo unotenda Mwana waane kupona kusikaperi; nouwo usikatendi Mwana aazooni kupona, asi ushungu waMwari hunozogara padera pake.

Chapter 4

¹zvino apo ishe aziva kuti vaFarisi vaiya vazwa kuti Jesu waiita nokubhabhatidza vadzidzi vakawanda kupinda Johani. ²(kunyazwi Jesu emene aazi kubhabhatidza, asi vadzidzi vake). ³Wakabva Judhia, akaendazve Garire.⁴Waisisira kuti ahambe ngomuSamaria. ⁵Ndizvo wakaguma muguta revaSamaria rinozwi Sikha, pasinde pomunda uwo waakapa Jakobe kune mwana wake Josefa.⁶Chinyuka chaJakobe chaiyapo, ndizvo Jesu aremba ngomuhambo wake, wakagara pashi pabhiri pechinyuka. Rooda kuita awa rechitanhatu., ⁷Kwakagumapo dzimai reSamaria koochera mvura. Jesu wakati kweriri: “Ndipewo mvura ndimwe.”, ⁸Ngokuti vadzidzi vake vaiya vaenda muguta kootenga zvokurwa.⁹Ndizvo dzimai reSamaria rakati kaari: “Ngenjiranyi kuti iwewe, uri muJudha, ukumbire mvura yokumwa kwendiri inini, dzimai reSamaria?” (Ngokuti vaJudha avaiyani nevaSamaria.) ¹⁰Jesu wakapingura, akati kweriri: “Kudai waizia iwewe chipo chaMwari, nokuti ndiani uwo unokumbira kwouri kuti, ‘Ndipewo mvura, ndimwe’, iwewe waizokumbira kwaari, naye waizokupa mvura yokupona.”¹¹Dzimai rakati kwaari: “Mambo, auna chidziyo chokuchera ndicho, nechinyuka chakadzama. Ndizvo mvura yokupona unoiona pari? ¹²Uri mukuru here iwewe kupinda baba edu Jakobe, uwo wakatipa ichi chinyuka, naye wakamwa kwechiri emene, nevana vake nezvifuyo zvake?”¹³Jesu wakapingura akati kweriri, “Kunyazwi ndiani unomwa kuneiyi mvura unozozwazve nyota,, ¹⁴asi kunyazwi ndiani unomwa mvura yendinozomupa inini, aachazozwizve nyota mhera nariini. Mvura iyo yendinozomupa inozoita chinyuka chemvura mukati make, chechivherukira kupona kusikaperi.”¹⁵Dzimai rakati kwaari: “Mambo, ndipe mvurayo, kuti ndisachazozwa nyota nokuti ndisachazouya panozve koochera mvura.”, ¹⁶Jesu Wakati kweriri: “Enda, woodaidza mwamuna wako, muuye pano.”¹⁷Dzimai rakapingura rikati kaari: “Andina mwamuna.” Jesu wakati kweriri: “Wanasa kupingura zvakanaka zvewati: ‘Andina mwamuna;’ ¹⁸ngokuti waimboiya nevamuna vashanu, nouwo woutori naye aasiri mwamuna wakopi! ngeizvi waereketa gwinyiso."¹⁹Dzimai rakati kwaari, “Mambo, ndinoona kuti imwimwi muri muprofeti. ²⁰Madzibaba edu akadira kuneiri dunhu; nemwi munoti muJerusarema ndiyo ndau inosisira kudiriramwo.”²¹Jesu wakati kweriri: “Dzimai, nditende, nguva ichauya apo pemusikachazodiriri Baba kuneiri dunhu kunyazwi muJerusarema. ²²Imwimwi munotenda chomusikazii; isusu tinotenda chetinozia, ngokuti ruponeso runobva kuvaJudha.²³Asi awa rinouya, nazvino raapano, apo vadiri vegwinyiso vanozodira Baba muMweya nomugwinyiso, ngokuti Baba vanotsvaka vakadaro kumudira. ²⁴Mwari ndiMweya, naavo vanomudira vanosisira kuti vamudire muMweya nomugwinyiso.”²⁵Dzimai rakati kwaari: “Ndinozia kuti Mesia unouya: (uwo unozwi Kristu). “Naapo oouya, unozotironzera zviro zveshe.” ²⁶Jesu wakati kweriri:“Inini unoereketa newe ndini ndemene.”²⁷Panguvayo vadzidzi vake vakauya. Vakashamiswa ngokuti waiereketa nedzimai, asi apana naumwe wakati kwaari: “Unotsvakenyi?” nokuti, “Unoereketa naro ngenyi?”,²⁸Dizvo dzimai rakasiya nhuvi yaro yemvura, rakahwirira kuguta, rikati kuvanhu. ²⁹“Uyai, muone munhu uwo wandironzera zveshe zvendakaita. Uyu ungaita Kristu here?”. ³⁰Vakabuda kubva muguta vechiuya kwaari.,³¹Panguva iyo vadzidzi vake vakamukumbira vechiti:“Rabhi, irwai.” ³²Asi wakati kwavari: “Inini ndinakwo kurwa kwomusikazii imwimwi.” ³³Ndizvo vadzidzi vakati umwe kunoumweni: “Uripo here munhu wamuunzira chokudya?”³⁴Jesu wakati kwavari: “Kurwa kwangu ndikwo kuita kuda kwouwo wakandituma nokupedza mushando wake. ³⁵Amubui here kuti: ‘Kwasara mwedzi mirongomuna, naapo kukukura kwaguma?’ Ndinomuronzera, mirudzai madziso enyu, muringire muminda, ngokuti yachena zvino yoda kukukurwa. ³⁶Uwo unokukura unoashira misharo, naye unounganidza michero yokupona kusikaperi, ndizvo uwo unosima naye unokukura vadakare veshe pamwepo.³⁷Ngokudaro chisana ichi chineshokwadi chinoti: "‘Umwe unokusha noumweni unokukura.’" ³⁸Ndakamutuma kuti mukukure izvo zvomusikazi kushanda; vamweni vakashanda yaamho, nemwi mwapotera mumushando wavo.”³⁹Vanhu vajinji vemuguta revaSamaria vakamutenda ngendaa yeizwi redzimai, rerakapupura rechiti: “Wandironzera zveshe zvendakaita.”, ⁴⁰Ndizvo apo vaSamaria vaguma kaari, vakamunyengerera kuti agare navo; naye wakagarapo mazuva mairi.⁴¹Nevajinji vamweni vakamutenda ngendaa yeizwi rake. ⁴²Navo vakati kunedzimai: “Zvino tinotenda, haiwa ngendaa yemazwi ako, asi ngokuti tadzizwira temene, nesu tinozia kuti uyu ngegwinyiso ndiye Muponesi wenyika.”⁴³Ngesure kwemazuva mairi wakabvapo, akaenda muGarire. ⁴⁴(Ngokuti Jesu emene wakapupura kuti muprofeti aaremekedzwi munyika yake.) ⁴⁵Ndizvo apo aguma muGarire, vaGarire vakamuashira, ngokuti veshe vaiya vakaona zveshe zvaakaita muJerusarema padhiri, ngokuti navowo vakaenda kudhiri.⁴⁶Ndizvo Jesu wakauyazve muKhana reGarire, apo paakapindudza mvura kuita waini. Kwaiyapo nduna yaiya nomwana wayo wairwara muKhapernaume. ⁴⁷Naapo nduna iyi yazwa kuti Jesu waiya abva Judhia aguma muGarire, yakaenda kwaari, yakamunyengerera kuti adzake aponese mwana wayo, ngokuti waiya ooda kufa.⁴⁸Ndizvo Jesu wakati kweiri: “Kuti musikaoni mioniso nemishamiso amuzotendi. ⁴⁹Nduna yakati kwaari: “Mambo, dzaka mwana wangu asati afa.” ⁵⁰Jesu wakati keiri: “Enda; mukororo wako unozopona.” Munhuwo wakagonda izwi rakaereketwa kwaari ndiJesu naye wakaenda.⁵¹Naapo achadzaka, varanda vake vakasangana naye, vakamurobuira kuti mwana wake wapona. ⁵²Ndizvo wakabvunza awa iro raakatanga kuitanane ndiro, navo vakati kwaari: “Zuro ngeawa rechinomwe mutsarara wakamusiya.”⁵³Ndizvo baba akazia kuti ndiro awa raakaereketa Jesu kwaari kuti: “Mukororo wako unozopona.” Naye pachake wakatenda nevemhatso yake yeshe. ⁵⁴Uyu ndiwo muoniso wechipiri waakaita Jesu, abva Judhia apo aguma Garire.

Chapter 5

¹Sure kweizvi kwaiyapo dhiri revaJudha, naJesu wakakwira Jerusarema. ²Zvino riripo muJerusarema gandwa ngepamusiwo wemakwai, unodaidzwa ngechiHebheru kuti Bhethisaidha, rinemaberere mashanu. ³Mukati mwawo mwaiata vazhinji vairwara, vaiya mapofu nezvirema, nevakaputa, vechigarira kuvhundurwa kwemvura. ⁴Ngokuti ngomukuwo wakatikuti, ngirosi yaidzaka mugandwa nokuvhundura mvura. Ndizvo kunyazwi ndiani waitanga kupoteramwo apo mvura yavhundurwa waiponeswa kunyazwi waiya nenhenda yakaitawani.⁵⁶Kwaiyapo munhu umwe waiya nenhenda yake makore makumi matatu namasere. 6Naapo Jesu amuona akaata, wakazia kuti waiya aripo kwomukuwo wakareba, wakati kwaari: “Unoda kuponeswa here?”⁷Munhu wairwara wakapingura kwaari echiti: “Mambo, andina munhu wokundidzasa mugandwa apo mvura yoovhundurwa. Asi mukuenda kwangu, umweni unodzaka kunditangira.” ⁸Jesu wakati kwaari: “Miruka, utore manhi ako uhambe.”⁹Paripo munhuwo wakaponeswa, wakatora manhi ake akahamba. Ngezuva iro raiya Sabatha¹⁰Ndizvo vaJudha vakati kwaari uwo wakaponeswa: “Isabatha, autenderwi kuti utware manhi ako.” ¹¹Asi wakavapingura kuti: “Uwo wakaita kuti ndiponeswe ndiye wakati kwendiri: ‘Tora manhi ako, uhambe.’ ”¹²Wakamubvunza vechiti: “Ndiani munhu uwo wakati kwouri: ‘Tora manhi ako, uhambe?’ ” ¹³Asi uwo wakaponeswa aazi kuzia kuti ndiani, ngokuti Jesu waiya angarangaka mumbungano huru yaiyapo pandau iyo¹⁴Ngesure kweizvi, Jesu wakamuona ari muTemperi, naye wakati kwaari: “Ringira, wakaponeswa! Usachashaishazve, kuti chiro chakapinda kushata kuneicho chisazokugumira.” ¹⁵Munhu akaenda, akaronzera vaJudha kuti ndiJesu wakamuponesa.¹⁶Ngendaa iyi vaJudha vaitambudza Jesu, ngokuti wakaita izvi ngeSabatha. ¹⁷Asi Jesu wakavapingura echiti: “Baba angu vanondoshanda wanoshanda nazvino, neni ndinoshanda.” ¹⁸Ndizvo ngendaa iyi vaJudha vakapindisisa kutsvaka kumuuraya, ngokuti iye aazi kugura Sabatha kwega, asi wakaronzazve kuti Mwari waiya Baba ake vemene, echidziita pachake unoedzana naMwari.¹⁹Ndizvo Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, Mwana akoni kuita chiro ngokwake, asi icho chega chaanoona Baba vechiita; ngokuti kunyazwi ngechiri chaanoita Baba, Mwana unoitawo ngokudaro. ²⁰Ngokuti Baba vanomuda Mwana, vanomupangidzira zveshe zvavanoita vemene; vanozomupangidzira mishando mikuru inopinda iyi, kuti mushamiswe.²¹Ngokuti kudai ndiBaba vanomusa avo vakafa nokuvapa kupona, ngokudarozve Mwana unopa kupona kuneavo vaanoda. ²²Ngokuti Baba avatongi munhu naumwe, asi vakapa kutonga kweshe kuno Mwana, ²³kuti veshe varemeredze Mwana, kudai ngezvevanoremeredza Baba. Uwo usikaremeredzi Mwana aremeredzi Baba uwo wakamutuma.²⁴Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, uwo unozwa izwi rangu, atende uwo wakandituma, waanakwo kupona kusikaperi; aachapindi mukutongwa, asi wadarika kubva mukufa kupotera mukupona.²⁵“Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, awa rinouya, nazvino raapano, apo vakafa vanozorizwa izwi roMukororo waMwari, naavo vanozorizwa vanozopona.²⁶Ngokuti kudai ndiBaba unokupona mukati mwake, ndizvo wakapawo Mukororo kuti aanokupona mukati mwake, ²⁷naye wakamupa simba rokutonga ndaa, ngokuti iye Mukororo woMunhu.²⁸Musashama ngeichi; ngokuti awa rinozouya apo veshe vari mumaiba vanozorizwa izwi rake: ²⁹navo vanozobudamwo, avo vakaita zvakanaka mukumuka kwokupona, naavo vakaita zvakashata mukumuka kwokutongwa.³⁰“Inini andikoni kuita chiro ngesimba rangu. Kudai ngezvendinozwa, ndinotonga; nokutonga kwangu kwakarurama, ngokuti anditsvaki kuda kwangu asi kuda kwouwo wakandituma. ³¹Kudai inini ndechidzipupurira pachangu, chapupu changu achina gwinyiso. ³²Uripo umwe unoita chapupu ndini, neni ndinozia kuti chapupu chaanopupura ndini chinegwinyiso.³³Iye waiya chibani chinobaka chinojekisa, nemwi mwakatenda kuti mudakare kwenguva doko mukujeka kwake., ³⁴Inini andiashiri chapupu chinobva kumunhu, asi ndinoronza izvi kuti imwimwi muponeswe. ³⁵Imwimwi mwakatuma kunaJohani, naye wakapupurira gwinyiso.³⁶Asi inini ndinechapupu chinopinda kugwinya kunechaJohani; ngokuti mishando iyo yaakandipa Baba kuti ndiipedze, uyo muchando wendinoita, inopupura ndini kuti Baba vakandituma. ³⁷NaBaba uwo wakandituma wakaita chapupu pachake ndini. Amuzi kumbozwa izwi rake nakamwe nokuti kumboona muemo wake, ³⁸nemwi amuna izwi rake rinogara mukati mwenyu, ngokuti imwimwi amuzi kutenda uwo waakatuma.³⁹Munotsvakisisa zvinyorwa, ngokuti imwimwi munopinikidza kuti mukati mwazvo munokupona kusikaperi; neizvo ndizvo zvinopupurua ndini. ⁴⁰Asi nemwi amutendi kuuya kwendiri kuti muone kupona.⁴¹Andiashiri kukudzwa kunobva kuvanhu. ⁴²Asi ndinomuzia kuti amuna rudo rwaMwari mukati mwenyu.,⁴³Inini ndakauya ngezina raBaba angu, nemwi amuzi kundiashira; kudai umweni echizouya ngezina rake remene, uwo munozomuashira. ⁴⁴Mungaita matenderenyi, imwimwi munoashira kuirikidzwa kubva kuno umwe nokuno umweni, musikatsvaki kukudzwa ukwo kunobva kunaMwari ega?⁴⁵Musapinimidza kuti inini ndinozomuitira ndaa kunaBaba; ndiMosi unomuitira ndaa, uwo wemwakagonda imwimwi. ⁴⁶Ngokuti dai mwakatenda Mosi, mwaizodai mwakatendawo inini, ngokuti wakanyora ngendaa yangu. ⁴⁷Asi kuti musikatendi zvakanyorwa zvake, mungazoita matenderenyi mazwi angu?”

Chapter 6

¹Ngesure kweizvi Jesu wakaambuka ruseri rwoRuandhle rweGarire, urwo ndirwo Ruandhle rweThibheriasi. ²Neungano huru yakamuteera, ngokuti yaiwa yaona zvishamiso zvaakaita kwavari vairwara. ³Jesu wakakwira mudunhu, akagara pashi nevadzidzi vake.⁴Zvino Phasika, dhiri revaJudha, rakakwedzera. ⁵Ndizvo Jesu amirudza madziso ake, aona kuti mbungano huru yaiya yechiuya kwaari, wakati kunaFiripu, “Tinozotenga pari zvingwa kuti ava vadye?” ⁶Asi wakareketa izvi kumuedza, ngokuti iye waizia chaanozoita.⁷Firipu wakamupingura echiti: “Zvingwa zvemazana mairi ezvigurwa zvesirivha azvivakwani kuti umwe ngaumwe atore kadoodoko.” ⁸Umwe wevadzidzi vake, Andreu, munun'una waSimoni Petro, wakati kwaari: ⁹“Uri pano murumbwana unezvingwa zvebhare zvishanu nezvihove zviiri; asi izvi zvingadetserenyi kuvanhu vazhinji vakadai?”¹⁰Jesu wakati: “Garisai vanhu pashi.” Kwaiyapo pandau iyo mwenje wakawanda; ndizvo vanhu vakagara pashi, vaida kuita makumi emazana mashanu kuwanda. ¹¹Ndizvo Jesu wakatora zvingwa, naapo abonga, wakakoanisa kunaavo vaiya vakagara pashi; wakaitazve kudaro nezvihove, veshe vakadya kudai ngezvevaikona. ¹²Naapo vaguta wakati kuvadzidzi vake: “Unganidzai matsekeneswa asara, kuti kusarashwa chiro.”¹³Ndizvo vakaunganidza, vakazadza zvitundu gumi nazviiri ngematsekeneswa ezvingwa zvebhare zvishanu akasara kuneavo vaiya vadya. ¹⁴Ndizvo vanhu avo vaona uyu mushamiso waakaita, vakati, “Ngegwinyiso uyu ndiye muprofeti uwo unouya munyika!” ¹⁵Ndizvo apo Jesu echizia kuti vodo kuuya kuti vamutore ngesimba kuti vamuite mambo, wakabvapozve akaenda kumutunhu ari ega.¹⁶Naapo zuva rabira, vadzidzi vake vakadzaka kuruandhle. ¹⁷Vakakwira mungarava, vakatanga kuambuka ruandhle kuenda Khapernaume. Kwaiya kwasvipa, naJesu waiya asati aguma kwavari. ¹⁸Nemafungu oruandhle akakwira ngendaa yedutu guru raivhuvhuta.¹⁹Naapo vaiya vahamba paida kuita makhiromitha mashanu nokuti matanhatu, vakaona Jesu echihamba padera peruandhle, echikwedzera kungarava, navo vakatyiswa. ²⁰Asi wakati kwavari: “Ndini hangu; musatya.” ²¹Naapo vakadakara kumutora mungarava, paripo ngarava yakaguma kunyika kwavaienda.²²Nechimangwani mbungano iyo yaiya yakasara ruseri rworuandhle yakaona kuti paiya pasina ngarava imweni, yega imwe iyo yevaiya vapotera kweiri vadzidzi vake, nokuti Jesu aazi kukwira pamwepo nevadzidzi vake mungarava, asi kuti vadzidzi vake vaiya vaenda vari vega. ²³Kwakauya ngarava dzimweni dzakabva Thibheriasi dzikaguma pasinde pendau apo pavakadya zvingwa ngesure Mambo azvibonga.²⁴Ndizvo apo mbungano yaona kuti Jesu paiya pasina apapo nokuti vadzidzi vake, yakakwirawo mungarava yakauya muKhapernaume yechitsvaka Jesu. ²⁵Naapo waiya wamuona ruseri rworuandhle, yakati kwaari: “Rabhi, waguma pano riini"..,²⁶Jesu wakaipingura, akati: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, amunditsvaki ngokuti mwakaona mishamiso, asi ngokuti mwakadya zvingwa mukaguta. ²⁷Musashandira kudya ukwo kunopera, asi kudya ukwo kunogara kugumira narinhi, kwaanozomupa Mwana woMunhu; ngokuti padera pake Baba Mwari wakaisa chioniso chake.²⁸Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Tingaitei kuti tishande mishando yaMwari?”. ²⁹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Uyu ndiwo mushando waMwari kuti mutende uwo waakatuma.”³⁰Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Iwewe unoita muoniso wenyi kuti tione, titende kwouri? Unoshandei? ³¹Madzibaba edu akadya mana mushango; kudai ngezvezvakanyorwa: ‘Wakavapa chingwa chakabva mudenga kuti vadye.³²Naapo Jesu wakati kwavari: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, andiyepi Mosi wakamupa chingwa chakabva mudenga, asi Baba angu ndivo vanomupa chingwa chegwinyiso chinobva mudenga.” ³³Ngokuti chingwa chaMwari chiri uwo wakadzaka kubva mudenga nokupa kupona kunyika.” ³⁴Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Mambo, tipei ichi chingwa nguva dzeshe.³⁵Jesu wakati kwavari: “Inini ndiri chingwa chokupona; iye unouya kwendiri aatongozwi nzara, nouwo unotenda kwendiri aatongozwi nyota. ³⁶Asi ndakati kwomuri mwakandiona asi amuzi kunditenda. ³⁷Zveshe zvaanondipa Baba zvinozouya kwendiri; nouwo unouya kwendiri andizomurashi akadi.³⁸Ngokuti andizi kudzaka kubva mudenga kuti ndiite kuda kwangu, asi kuda kwouwowakandituma; ³⁹uku ndikwo kuda kwowakandituma, kuti andisisiri kurashikirwa nachimwe chazvo zveshe zvaakandipa, asi kuti ndichimuse ngezuva rokupera.” ⁴⁰Ngokuti uku ndikwo kuda kwaBaba angu, kuti munhu weshe unoringira Mwana nokutenda kwaari unowanokupona kusikaperi; neni ndinozomumusa ngezuva rokupera.”⁴¹Ndizvo vaJudha vakavhuruvhuta ndiye, ngokuti wakati: “Inini ndiri chingwa chakadzaka kubva mudenga". ⁴²Vakati: “Uyu andiyepi here Jesu, mwana waJosefa, baba namai ake vetinozia? Zvino unoita maereketerei kuti: ‘Ndakadzaka kubva mudenga?⁴³Jesu wakapingura akati kwavari: “Musavhuruvhuta pakati penyu. ⁴⁴Akuna naumwe unokona kuuya kwendiri, kudai Baba wakandituma asamukweya; neni ndinozomumusa ngezuva rokupera. ⁴⁵Kwakanyorwa muvaprofeti kuti: ‘Veshe vanozodzidziswa ndiMwari.’ Ndizvo munhu weshe wakazwa, akadzidza kubva kunaBaba, unouya kwendiri.,⁴⁶Andirobui kuti uripo wakaona Baba, kwega iye wakabva kunaMwari; ndiye wakamuona Baba. ⁴⁷Ngechokwadi ndinoti kwomuri, iye unotenda waanokupona kusikaperi.⁴⁸Inini ndiri chingwa chokupona. ⁴⁹Madzibaba enyu vakadya mana mushango, navo vakafa.,⁵⁰Ichi ndicho chingwa chinodzaka kubva mudenga, kuti kunyazwi ndiani kwomuri unochidya, aachafi. ⁵¹Inini ndiri chingwa chokupona chakadzaka kubva mudenga; kuti kunyazwi ndiani unorwa ichi chingwa unozopona kusikaperi; nechingwa chendinozomupa chiri nyama yangu, yendinozopa kuita kupona kwenyika.”⁵²Ndizvo vaJudha vakaitirana hasha pakati pavo vechiti: “Munhu uyu ungaita mapireyi nyama yake katiri kuti tirwe?” ⁵³Ndizvo Jesu wakati kwavari, “Ngechokwadi ndinoti kwomuri, kuti musikarwi nyama yemwna woMunhu, musikamwi ngazi yake, amuna kupona mukati mwenyu.⁵⁴Uwo unorwa nyama yangu nounomwa ngazi yangu waanokupona kusikaperi, neni ndinozomumusa ngezuva rokupera. ⁵⁵Ngokuti nyama yangu kurwa yaamho nengazi yangu kumwa yaamho. ⁵⁶Uwo unorwa nyama yangu nounomwa ngazi yangu, unogara mukati mwangu neni ndinogara mukati mwake.⁵⁷Kudai ndiBaba vanopona vakandituma, neni ndinopona ndiBaba, ngokudaro uwo unondirwa, ndiye unozopona ndini. ⁵⁸Ichi ndicho chingwa chakadzaka kubva mudenga, chisikazi kudai ngechakarwa madzibaba vakafa. Uwo unodya chingwa ichi unozopona mhera nariini. ⁵⁹Wakareketa izvi echidzidzisa mumhatso yokudira muKhapernaume.⁶⁰Ndizvo vazhinji vevadzidzi vake, apo vazwa, vakati, “Iri izwi rakakonza, ndiani unokona kurizwa?” ⁶¹Asi Jesu, echizia mukati mwake kuti vadzidzi vake vakavhuruvhuta ngeizwi iro, wakati kwavari: “Ichi chinomudanisa here?⁶²Mungaiteyi kudai mwechiona Mwana woMunhu echikwira apo paaiya pakutanga? ⁶³NdiMweya unopa kupona, nyama ainyuri chiro. Mazwi endakareketa inini kwomuri ari mweya nokupona.⁶⁴Asi varipo vamweni pakati penyu vasikatendi.” Ngokuti kubvira pakutanga, Jesu waindozia kuti ndiani avo vasikatendi nokuti ndiani unozomupira. ⁶⁵Naye wakati: “Ngeiyi ndaa ndakareketa kwomuri ndechiti, apana unokona kuuya kwendiri kuti asikazi kutenderwa ndiBaba.”⁶⁶Ngesure kweizvi vazhinji vevadzidzi vake vakahwirira sure, avazi kuchazohamba naye, ⁶⁷Ndizvo Jesu wakati kunegumi navairi: “Imwimwi munoda kuendawo here?” ⁶⁸Simoni Petro wakamupingura akati: “Mambo, tingaenda kunani? Ndimwi munemazwi okupona kusikaperi; ⁶⁹nesu takatenda, tikazia kuti iwewe uri Wakachena waMwari.”⁷⁰Jesu wakavapingura, akati: “Inini andizi kumutsanangura here murigumi navairi, noumwe wenyu uri dhiabhorosi?” ⁷¹Wakaereketa ndiJudhasi, mwana waSimoni Isikarioti, ngokuti Judhasi ndiye waizomupira, ari umwe wegumi navairi.

Chapter 7

¹Ngesure kweizvi Jesu waihamba muarire; ngokuti waiya asikachadi kuhamba muJudhia, ngokuti vaJudha vaitsvaka kumuuraya. ²Zvino dhiri revaJudha rematumba raiya pasinde.³Ndizvo vanun'una vake vakati kwaari: “Ibva pano uende Judhia, kuti vadzidzi vako vaone mishando younoita. ⁴Ngokuti akuna munhu unoshanda ngokufishika echitsvaka kuti aziikanwe pamhene. Kudai wechiita izvi zviro, dzipangidzire kunyika.”⁵Ngokuti vanunguna vake vaiya vasati vatenda kwaari. ⁶Ndizvo Jesu wakati kwavari: “Nguva yangu aisati yaguma, asi nguva yenyu yakanaka mukuwo weshe. ⁷Nyika aikoni kumuzonda imwimwi, asi inondizonda inini ngokuti ndinopupura ndiyo kuti mishando yayo yakashata.⁸Imwimwi endai kudhiri. Inini andiendiyo zvino kudhiri iri, ngokuti nguva yangu aisati yaguma.” ⁹Naapo areketa izvi, wakagara muGarire.¹⁰Asi apo vanunguna vake vaiya vaenda kudhiri, wakaendawo, haiwa pamhene, asi ngokufishika. ¹¹Ndizvo vaJudha vaimutsvaka padhiri vaiti: “Umboripari?”¹²Kwakaapo kugunun'una kukurutu pakati pevanhu ngendaa yake. Vamweni vakati: “Munhu wakanaka,” vamweni vakati: “Haiwa, asi unopaukisa mbungano.” ¹³Asi ngendaa yokutya vaJudha apana naumwe wakaereketa ndiye pamhene.¹⁴Asi apo dhiri raapakati Jesu wakakwira muTemperi, akatanga kudzidzisa. ¹⁵Ndizvo vaJudha vakashamiswa vechiti: “Uyu unoita maziirei zvinyorwa, asikazi kudzidza?” ¹⁶Ndizvo Jesu wakavapingura, akati: “Kudzidzisa kwangu angokwangupi, asi ngokwouwo wakandituma.¹⁷Ndizvo Jesu wakavapingura, akati, “Kudzidzisa kwangu angokwangupi, asi ngokwouwo wakandituma; ¹⁸kunyazwi ndiani unoda kuita kuda kwaMwari, unozozia kuti chidzidziso chinobva kunaMwari here nokuti ndinodziereketera pachangu.¹⁹Mosi aazi kumupa Mipango here? Asi apana pakati penyu unongwarira Mipango. Munotsvakirenyi kundiuraya?” ²⁰ungano yakapingura ikati: “Unedhimoni! Ndiani unotsvaka kukuuraya?”,²¹Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Ndakaita mushando umwe nemwi mweshe mwakashamiswa. ²²Ngeiyi ndaa Mosi wakamupanga kuti muchekwe esi akuzi kubva kunaMosi akadi, asi kwakabva kumadzibaba, nemwi ngezuva reSabatha munocheka munhu.²³Kudai munhu echiashira kuchekwa ngezuva reSabatha, kuti Mupango waMosi usagurwa, hino munonditsenekera ngenyi ngokuti ndakaponesa munhu ngeSabatha? ²⁴Musatonga ngokuoneka kwokubanze, asi tongai ngokutonga kwakarurama.”²⁵Ndizvo vamweni vevanhu veJerusarema vakati, “Uyu andiyepi here munhu wevanotsvaka kuuraya? ²⁶Ringirai, unoreketa pamhene navo avareketi chiro kwaari! Vatongi avazii here ngegwinyiso kuti uyu ndiye Kristu? ²⁷Asi tinozia paanobva munhu uyu. Naapo Kristu paanozooneka, apana naumwe unozia kuti unobva pari.”²⁸Ndizvo Jesu wakadaidzira, ari muTemperi echidzidzisa, akati: “Munondizia, munoziazve pendinobva. Andizi kuuya ngokwangu, asi uwo wakandituma uneshokwadi nemwi amumuzii. ²⁹Inini ndinomuzia, ngokuti ndinobva kwaari, naye wakandituma.”³⁰Ndizvo vakatsvaka kumubata; asi apana naumwe wakaisa nyara padera pake, ngokuti awa rake raiya risati raguma. ³¹Asi vazhinji veungano vakatenda kwaari; vakati: “Naapo Kristu ouya unozokona here kuita mishamiso inopinda iyi yakaitwa ngouyu munhu?” ³²VaFarisi vakazwa ungano yechiita vherevhere ndiye; vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vakatuma varindi veTemperi kuti vamubate.³³Ndizvo Jesu wakati: “Ndichiri nemwi munguwa mudoko, neni ndinozoenda kuneuwo wakandituma. ³⁴Munozonditsvaka, asi amuzondioni; nependiri inini, amungakoni kugumapo.”³⁵Ndizvo vaJudha vakati pakati pavo: “Unozoenda kuri munhu uyu kwetisikazomuoni isusu? Unozoenda here kunevakapararira pakati pevaGiriki nokudzidzisa vaGiriki? ³⁶Rinotishinyi izwi iri raakareketa kuti: ‘Munozonditsvaka, asi amuzondioni,’ zve, ‘Pendiri amungakoni kugumapo?³⁷Ngezuva rokupedzisira redhiri, zuva guru, Jesu wakamiruka, akadaidzira echiti: “Kunyazwi ndiani unenyota ngaauye kwendiri, amwe. ³⁸Uwo unotenda kwendiri, kudai ngokuronza kwezvinyorwa, ‘Ndwizi dzemvura yokupona dzinozopopoma kubva mwaari.”³⁹Asi wakaereketa izvi ngendaa yoMweya wavanozoashira avo vanotenda kwaari; ngokuti Mweya waiya usati wapuwa, ngokuti Jesu waiya asati airikidzwa.⁴⁰Naapo vazwa mazwi aya, vamweni vembungano vakati, “Uyu Muprofeti emene.” ⁴¹Vamweni vakati, “Uyu ndiKristu.” Asi vamweni vakati, “Kristu ungabva Garire here? ⁴²Zvinyorwa azvizi kuronza here kuti Kristu unozobva kudzinza raDhavhidha nokubva Bhetherehema, muguta mwaaigara Dhavhidha?”⁴³Ndizvo kwaiyapo kuparadzana pakati pembungano ngendaa yake. ⁴⁴Vamweni vavo vakada kumubata, asi apana naumwe wakaisa nyara padera pake.⁴⁵Ndizvo varindi vakapetuka kuvapristi vakuru nokuvaFarisi, avo vakati kwavari: “Mwarekera kuuya naye ngenyi?” ⁴⁶Nevarindi vakapingura, vakati: “Akuna munhu wakamboereketa kudai ngouyu munhu".⁴⁷Ndizvo vaFarisi vakavapingura vechiti: “Nemwiwo mwachengedzerwa here? ⁴⁸48Uripo here wevatongi nokuti wevaFarisi wakamutenda? ⁴⁹Asi iyi mbungano isikazii Mipango yakatukwa.”⁵⁰Nikodhemusi, uwo wakaguma kwaari pakutanga, uwo waiya umwe wavo, wakati kwavari: ⁵¹“Mipango yedu inotonga here munhu isati yamuzwa nokuzia chaanoita?” ⁵²Vakapingura, vakati kwaari: “Newe unobva Garire here? Tsvakisisa uone, ngokuti akuna muprofeti unozobuda kubva Garire.”⁵³Munhu weshe wakaenda kumhatso yake.

Chapter 8

¹Asi Jesu wakaenda kuMutunhu wemaOrivhi. ²Mangwanani maishi wakauyazve muTemperi; vanhu veshe vakauya kwaari, naye wakagara pashi, akavadzidzisa. ³Vanyori nevaFarisi vakaunza kwaari dzimai rakabatwa rechiomba; naapo vaiya vaita kuti rieme pakati pavo,⁴vakati kunaJesu, “Mudzidzisi, iri dzimai rabatwa rechiomba yaamho. ⁵Zvino Mosi wakatipanga muMipango kuti madzimai akadaro apondwe ngamapuwe. Ndizvo iwewe unotinyi?". ⁶Vakaereketa izvi vechimuedza, kuti vaone chokumuparisa ndaa ndicho. Asi Jesu wakakotama pashi, akanyora ngechinwe pamavhu.⁷Naapo vaangira kumubvunzisisa, wakatwasuka, akati kwavari,:“Iye usina kushaisha pakati penyu, ngaatange kukandira buwe kumuponda.” ⁸Wakakotamazve pashi, akanyora pamavhu ngeshikunwe.⁹Naapo vazvizwa, vakaenda umwe ngaumwe, kutanga ngevakurutu, metsa Jesu asara ari ega nedzimai rakaema pamberi pake. ¹⁰Naapo Jesu wakatwasuka akati kweriri: “Dzimai, vari pari avo vakakuitira ndaa? Apana here wasara echikuitira ndaa?” ¹¹Rakati: “Haiwa, apana naumwe, Mambowoe.” Jesu wakati kweriri: “Neni andikuitiri ndaa; enda usachazoshaishazve.”]¹²Ndizvo Jesu wakareketazve kwavari echiti: “Inini ndiri kujeka kwenyika; uwo unonditeera aazohambi muchidima, asi unozoa nokujeka kwokupona.” ¹³Ndizvo vaFarisi vakati kwari: “Unodzipupurira; chapupu chako achina gwinyiso.”¹⁴Jesu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Kunyazwi ndechidzipupurira pachangu, chapupu changu chinegwinyiso, ngokuti ndinozia pendakabva nependinoenda, asi imwimwi amuzii pendakabva nependinoenda. ¹⁵Imwimwi munotonga ngokwenyama, inini anditongi naumwe. ¹⁶Asi kunyazwi ndechinyatonga, kutonga kwangu kunegwinyiso, ngokuti andinipi ndega ndinotonga, asi inini naBaba vakandituma.¹⁷Kwakanyorwa muMipango yenyu kuti chapupu chavanhu vairi ngeshongwadi.” ¹⁸inini ndini ndinodzipupurira pachangu, naBaba avo vakandituma vanopupura ndini.”¹⁹Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Vari pari Baba ako?” Jesu wakapingura, akati: “Imwimwi amundizii nokuti Baba angu; dai mwaindizia, mwaizoziazve Baba angu". ²⁰Jesu wakareketa aya mazwi ari pasinde pebhokisi rinopirwa zvipo, echidzidzisa ari muTemperi; asi apana wakamubata, ngokuti awa rake rainga risati raguma.²¹Ndizvo wakatizve kwavari: “Inini ndinoenda, nemwi munozonditsvaka, nemwi munozofira muzvishaishi zvenyu. Pendinoenda, amukoni kuuyapo.” ²²Ndizvo vaJudha vakati: “Unozodziuraya here, ngokuti unoti, ‘Pendinoenda, imwimwi amukoni kuyapo?²³Wakati kwavari: “Imwimwi muri vepashi, inini ndinobva mudenga; imwimwi muri venyika iyi, inini andisiri wenyika iyi akadi. ²⁴Ndakamubuira kuti munozofira muzvishaishi zvenyu, ngokuti kudai musikatendi kuti ndini aye, munozofira muzvishaishi zvenyu".²⁵Ndizvo vakati kwari: “Urianani iwewe?” Jesu wakati kwavari: “Ndini uwo wendakamubuira pakutanga. ²⁶Ndine zvakawanda zvokuereketa ndimwi nokutonga; asi uwo wakandituma uri gwinyiso, neni ndinoreketa kunyika izvo zvandakazwa kubva kwari.” ²⁷Avazi kuzwisisa kuti waiereketa kwavari ndiBaba.²⁸Ndizvo Jesu wakati kwavari: “Naapo mwazomirudza Mwana woMunhu, naapo munozozia kuti inini ndini aye nokuti andiiti chiro ngesimba rangu remene, asi ndinoreketa kudai ngezvendakadzidziswa ndiBaba. ²⁹Nouwo wakandituma undori neni; aazi kundisiya ndega, ngokuti ndinoita zvinomudakadza mukuwo weshe.” ³⁰Achareketa izvi, vazhinji vakatenda kwari.³¹Ndizvo Jesu wakati kuneavo vaJudha vakatenda kwaari: “Kudai mwechigara mumazwi angu, ngegwinyiso muri vadzidzi vangu. ” ³²Nemwi munozozia chokwadi negchokwadi rinozomusunhura.” ³³Vakamupingura vechiti: “Isusu tiri mibarirwana yaAbrahama, atizi kumboitwa varanda ngomunhu naumwe. Unodaro ngenyi kuti: ‘Munozosunhurwa?".³⁴Jesu wakavapingura echiti: “Ngechokwadi ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi ndiani unoita chishaishi, muranda wokushaisha. ³⁵Muranda aagari mumhatso mhera nariini; mwana unogaramwo mhera narini. ³⁶Ndizvo kudai Mwana echizomusunhura, munozosunhurwa yaamho.³⁷Ndinozia kuti imwimwi muri mibarirwana yaAbrahama; asi munotsvaka kundiuraya, ngokuti izwi rangu arizi kuona ndau mukati mwenyu. ³⁸Inini ndinoereketa izvo zvendakaona kunaBaba angu, nemwiwo munoita zvemwakazwa kubva kunababa enyu.”³⁹Vakamupingura, vakati kwaari: “Abrahama ndibaba edu.” Jesu wakati kwavari: “Kudai mwaiya vana vaAbrahama, mwaizoita mishando yaAbrahama.” ⁴⁰Asi zvino munotsvaka kundiuraya, munhu wamuronzera gwinyiso, iro rendakazwa kubva kunaMwari; Abrahama aazi kuita zvakadai. ⁴¹Imwimwi munoita mishando yababa enyu.” Vakati kwaari: “Isusu atizi kubarwa ngokuomba; tinaBaba umwe, ndiMwari.⁴²Jesu wakati kwavari: “Kudai Mwari aiya Baba enyu, mwaizondida, ngokuti ndakabuda ndechibva kunaMwari; andizi kuuya ngokuda kwangu, asi iye wakandituma. ⁴³Amuzwisisi ngei zvendinobuya? Ngokuti amukoni kuzwisisa izwi rangu. ⁴⁴Imwimwi muri vababa enyu Dhiabhorosi, nokudisisa kwenyu kuita kuda kwababa enyu. Uwo waiya muurayi kubvira pakutanga, naye aazi kuema mugwinyiso, ngokuti gwinyiso amuna mukati mwake. Naapo echinyepa, unoreketa kudai ngechibarirwe chake, ngokuti iye uri munyepi nababa emanyepo.⁴⁵Asi ngokuti inini ndinobuya chokwadi, amunditendi. ⁴⁶Ndiani kwomuri ungandionisa ndaa yendakashaisha? Kudai ndechibuya chokwadi, amunditendi ngei? ⁴⁷Uwo uri waMwari unozwa mazwi aMwari; ngeiyi ndaa imwimwi amundizwi, ngokuti amuri vaMwari akadi.”⁴⁸VaJudha vakapingura, vakati kwaari: “Atinasi kurobuya here kuti uri muSamaria newe unedhimoni? ⁴⁹Jesu wakapingura echiti: “Inini andina dhimoni; asi ndinoremeredza Baba angu, nemwi amundiremekedzi.⁵⁰Asi inini anditsvaki kuirikidzwa kwangu; uripo umwe unokutsvaka, naye unoita mutongi. ⁵¹Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi ndiani unongwarira izwi rangu, aatongozooni rufu.”⁵²VaJudha vakati kwaari: “Zvino tinoziva kuti unedhimoni. Abrahama wakafa nevaprofeti ngokudaro; newe unoti, ‘Kunyazwi ndiani unongwarira izwi rangu, aatongozozwi rufu.’ ⁵³Iwewe uri mukuru here kupinda baba edu Abrahama, vakafa? Nevaprofeti vakafa. Unodziita anani?”.⁵⁴Jesu wakapingula echiti: “Kudai ndechidziremeredza pachangu, kudziremeredza kwangu akuna shwiro; ndiBaba angu vanondiremekedza, vomunoti ndivo Mwari wenyu. ⁵⁵Asi amuzi kuvazia; inini ndinovazia. Kudai ndechiti, andivazii, ndaita munyepi kudai ndimwi. Asi ndinovazia neni ndinongwarira izwi ravo. ⁵⁶Abrahama baba enyu vakadakara ngokuti vaizoriona zuva rangu, navo vakariona, vakadakara.”⁵⁷vaJudha vakati kwaari, “Ausati waguma makore makumi mashanu, newe wakaona Abrahama here?”. ⁵⁸Jesu wakati kwavari: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, Abrahama asati aapo, ndaiyapo.” ⁵⁹Ndizvo vakatora mapuwe kuti vamuponde; asi Jesu wakadzifisha pachake, akabuda kubva muTemperi.

Chapter 9

¹Naapo echipinda, wakaona munhu waiya bofu kubvira pakubarwa kwake. ²Nevadzidzi vake vakamubvunza vechiti: “Rabhi, ndiani wakashaisha, uyu munhu nokuti vabari vake, kuti abarwe ari bofu?”.³Jesu wakapingura akati: “Uyu munhu aazi kushaisha nokuti vabari vake, asi kuti mishando yaMwari ioniswe mwaari. ⁴Kunosisira kuti tishande mishando youwo wakandituma achimasikati; ngokuti usiku hunouya, naapo apana ungakona kushanda. ⁵Naapo ndichindorimwo munyika, ndiri kujeka kwenyika.”⁶Naapo aereketa izvi, wakapfira mata pamavhu, wakakanya matope ngemata, wakadzodza madziso aro ngedope. ⁷Wakati kweriri: “Enda, ushambe muGandwa reSiroamu.” (Ngokukumuchwa kunoti Wakatumwa.) Ndizvo wakaenda, akashamba, wakauya oona.,⁸Ndizvo vaakirwana vake naavo vaimuona kare, ari mupemhi, vakati: “Uyu andiyepi here munhu uwo waigara pashi echipemha?”. ⁹Vamweni vakati: “Ndiye.” Vamweni vakati, “Haiwa, asi unotodzana naye.” Naye wakati: “Ndini.”,¹⁰Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Madziso ako akaita mapembenudzirwenyi?”. ¹¹Wakapingura, akati: “Munhu unozwi Jesu wakaita matope, akadzodza madziso angu, akati kwendiri: ‘Enda Siroamu ushambe.’ Ndizvo ndakaenda ndikashamba, ndikaona.” ¹²Navo vakati kwaari: “Uri pari munhuwo?” Wakati: “Andizii.”¹³Vakaunza kuvaFarisi munhu uwo waiya bofu. ¹⁴Raiya zuva reSabatha apo Jesu paakaita matope akapembenudza madziso aro. ¹⁵Ndizvo vaFarisi vakamubvunzazve kuti wakaita mapembenudzirwenyi. Naye wakati kwavari: “Wakaisa matope pamadziso angu; ndakashamba, neni ndinoona.”¹⁶Ndizvo vamweni vevaFarisi vakati: “Uyu munhu aabvi kunaMwari, ngokuti aangwariri Sabatha.” Asi vamweni vakati: “Munhu mushaishi ungaita maitirenyi iyi mioniso?” Kwakaapo kuparadzana pakati pavo. ¹⁷Ndizvo vakatizve kunebofu: “Unotinyi ndiye iwewe, ngendaa yokuti wakapembenudza madziso ako?” Naye wakati: “Muprofeti.” ¹⁸Ndizvo vaJudha avazi kutenda kuti ndiye waiya bofu nokuti wakapembenudzwa, metsa vakadaidza vabari vouwo wakapembenudzwa.¹⁹navo vakavabvunza vechiti, “Uyu mwana wenyu here, uwo womunoti, wakabarwa ari bofu? Ndizvo zvino unoita maonerei?. ²⁰Ndizvo vabari vake vakapingura vakati: “Chetinozia ngechokuti uyu mwana wedu nokuti wakabarwa andori bofu. ²¹Asi kuti unoita maonerenyi atizii, nokuti ndiani wakapembenudza madziso ake, atizii. Mubvunzenyi; wabva muzero, unozodziereketera pachake.”²²Vabereki vake vakarbuya izvi ngokuti vaitya vaJudha, ngokuti vaJudha vaiya vakatenderana kuti kunyazwi ndiani unozomutenda kuti iye ndiKristu, unozodzingwa kubva mumhatso yokudira. ²³Ngeiyi ndaa vabari vake vakati: “Wabva muzero, mubvunzenyi.”²⁴Ndizvo vakamudaidza ngekwechipiri uwo waiya bofu, vakati kwari: “Irikidza Mwari iwewe, isusu tinozia kuti uyu munhu mushaishi.” ²⁵Ndizvo iye wakapingura, akati: “Kunyazwi mushaishi, andizii. Chiro chimwe chega chendinozia, ngechokuti inini ndaiya bofu, zvino ndinoona.”²⁶Vakati kwaari: “Wakaitenyi kwouri? wakakuvula madjisso ako here?”. ²⁷Wakavapingura echiti: “Ndatomuronzera nemwi amuzi kupurutana. Ngenyi mwechida kuzwazve? Nemwiwo munoda kuita vadzidzi vake here?". ²⁸Vakamutuka vechiti: “Iwewe uri mudzidzi wake, asi isusu tiri vadzidzi vaMosi. ²⁹Tinozia kuti Mwari wakareketa kunaMosi, asi uyu munhu, atizii paanobva.”³⁰Munhu wakapingura, akati kwavari: “Iri igumo! Kuti amuzii paanobva, asi wakapembenudza madziso angu. ³¹Tinozia kuti Mwari atendii vashaishi. Asi kunyazwi ndiani unomuremeredza nokuita kuda kwake, Mwari unomupurutana.³²Kubvira pakutanga akuzi kumbozwika kuti munhu wakambopembenudza madziso owakabarwa ari bofu. ³³Kudai uyu munhu asikabvi kunaMwari, aangakoni kuita chiro.” ³⁴Vakamupingura vakati kwaari: “Iwewe wakabarirwa mukushaisha yaamho, newe wotidzidzisa here?” Vakamudzingira kubanze.³⁵Jesu wakazwa kuti vona vakamugogomera musinagoge: ena wakamuwana akati “Iwewe unotenda Mukororo woMunhu here?”. ³⁶Naye wakapingura akati: “Ndiani, Mambo, kuti nditende kwaari?". ³⁷Jesu wakati kwaari: “Wamuona, ndiyezve unoereketa newe.” ³⁸Wakati: “Mambo, ndinotenda.” Naye wakamudira.,³⁹Jesu wakati: “Inini ndakaviira kuzotonga munyika muno, kuti vasingaoni vaone nevanoona vaitwe mapofu.” ⁴⁰Vamweni vevaFarisi vainga varipo , vaizwa swiro iswi, vakati kwaari:: “Nesuwo tiri mapofu here?". ⁴¹Jesu wakati kwavari: “Kudai mainga mapofu, maizodai musinga shaishi. Asi zvino munoti, ‘Tinoona,’ kushaisha kwenyu kunondogara kuripo.

Chapter 10

¹“Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, uwo usikapindi ngepamusiwo mudanga remakwai, asi echipinda ngeimweni njira, uwu imbava nedzongoni. ²asi wia anonguena gomusuwo ndiena muyushi omakwai.³Naapo abudisa ake eshe, unoatungamirira, nemakwai anomuteera, ngokuti anozia izwi rake. ⁴Kwaari murindi womusiwo unobeurira muushi, nemakwai anozwa izwi rake, unodaidza makwai ake ngemazina awo nokuatungamirira kubanze.⁵Jesu wakaereketa uyu muedzaniso kwavari, asi avazi kuzwisisa izvo zvaakaereketa kwavari. ⁶Aazoteeri mupara, asi anozotiza kubva kwaari, ngokuti aazii izwi romupara.”⁷Veshe vakatanga pamberi pangu imbavha nemadzongoni; asi makwai aazi kuvapurutana. ⁸Ndizvo Jesu wakaereketazve kwavari echiti: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, inini ndiri musiwo wemakwai.⁹Mbavha inouya kwega kuba nokuuraya nokuparadza; inini ndakauya kuti vaone kupona, vakuone kakurutu. ¹⁰Inini ndiri musiwo; kunyazwi ndiani unopinda ndini, unozoponeswa, unozopotera nokubuda, aone kudya.¹¹“Inini ndiri muushi wakanaka. Muushi wakanaka unoisira pashi kupona kwake ngepamusoro pemakwai. ¹²Asi uwo unoshanda kuti aone muthuso, asiri muushi akadi, uwo makwai aasiri ake akadi, unoona thika rechiuya, unosiya makwai, unotiza; nethika rinoruma nokuaparadza. ¹³Unotiza ngokuti unoshandira muthuso, aana ndaa nemakwai.¹⁴Inini ndiri muushi wakanaka, neni ndinoazia angu, naanguwo anondizia. ¹⁵Kudai ngezvaanondizia Baba, neniwo ndinovazia Baba, neni ndinoisira kupona kwangu pashi ngendaa yemakwai. ¹⁶Ndinawo amweni makwai, asiri eiri danga; nawozve ndinosisira kuti ndiaunze, nawo anozopurutana izwi rangu. Nawo anozoita danga rimwe nomuushi umwe.¹⁷Ngeiyi ndaa Baba vanondida, ngokuti ndinoisira pashi kupona kwangu, kuti ndikutorezve. ¹⁸Apana munhu unokutora kubva kwendiri, asi ndinokuisa pashi ngokuda kwangu. Ndine simba rokukuisa pashi, ndine simba rokukutorazve; uyu mupango ndakaupuwa ndiBaba angu.”¹⁹Kwaiyapozve kuparadzana pakati pevaJudha ngendaa yemazwi aya. ²⁰Vazhinji vavo vakati, “Une dhimoni, naye waakupenga. Ngenyi mwechimupurutana?”. ²¹Vamweni vakati, “Aya mazwi andiopi anoereketwa ngounomuka nedhimoni. Dhimoni ringapembenudza madziso ebofu here?".²²Waiya mukuwo wedhiri rokupira Temperi muJerusarema; paiya pachando. ²³naJesu wakahamba muTemperi, muBerere raSoromoni. ²⁴Ndizvo vaJudha vakamuunganira, vakati kwaari, “Unotiita gariremwo metsa riini? Kuti uri Kristu, tironzere pamhene.”²⁵Jesu wakavapingura echiti, “Ndakamuronzera, nemwi amutendi. Mishando yendinoita ngezina raBaba angu, inopupura ndini. ²⁶Asi imwimwi amutendi ngokuti amusiri vemakwai angu.²⁷Makwai angu anozwa izwi rangu, neni ndinoazia, nawo anonditeera. ²⁸Ndinoapa kupona kusikaperi, nawo aazofi nariini, zve akuna unoabvuka kubva munyara yangu.²⁹Baba angu, uwo wakaapa kwendiri, mukuru kwavari veshe, apana naumwe unokona kuabvuka kubva munyara yaBaba. ³⁰Inini naBaba tiriumwe.” ³¹VaJudha vakatonherazve mapuwe kuti vamuponde.,³²Jesu wakavapingura echiti,:“Ndakamuonisa mishando mizhinji yakanaka inobva kunaBaba. Ngouri kweiyo mishando womunondipondera ngemapuwe?". ³³VaJudha vakamupingura vechiti: “Atikupondi ngendaa yomushando wakanaka, asi ngendaa yokutuka Mwari; ngokuti iwewe, uri munhu, unodziita Mwari.”³⁴Jesu wakavapingura echiti: “Akuzi kunyorwa here muMipango yenyu kuti: ‘Ndakati, muri zvimwari?’, ³⁵Kudai akavadaidza kuti zvimwari, kwavari avo kwarakaguma izwi raMwari, (nezvinyorwa azvingadarikwi), ³⁶Munoereketa ngenyi ndiye, uwo waakaemesa Baba nokumutuma munyika kuti, ‘Unotuka Mwari,’ ngokuti ndakaronza kuti, ‘Inini ndiri Mukororo waMwari?’,,³⁷Kudai ndisikaiti mishando yaBaba angu, musanditenda. ³⁸Asi kuti ndechiiita, kunyazwi musikanditendi, tendai mishando, kuti muzie nokuzwisisa kuti Baba vari mukati mwangu neni ndiri mukati mwaBaba.” ³⁹Ndizvo vakatsvakazve kumubata, asi iye wakapokonyoka kubva munyara dzavo.⁴⁰Jesu wakaendazve ruseri rweJorodhani kundau iyo yaakabhabhatidzira ndi Johani pakutanga, wakagarapo., ⁴¹Vanhu vazhinji vakauya kwaari; navo vakati, “Johani pashokwadi aazi kuita shioniso, asi zvesse zvaakabuia Johani ngendava youyu munhu zvine gwinyiso.” ⁴²Wakawanda wakatenda kaari Jesu.

Chapter 11

¹painga pano mumwe murume waizwi Razarusi aiwadja. weBhethani, guta ra Maria na Nataita yake hama. ²Ndiye uyu Maria wakadzodza Mambo ngemafuta, akapukuta tsoka dzake ngebvudzi rake, mukoma wake Razarusi wairwara.³Ndizvo hanzvadzi dzake dzakatumira kwaari dzechiti: “Mambo, penya, uwo wounoda unorwara.” ⁴Asi apo Jesu azvizwa wakati: “Uku kurwara andikwopi kworufu; asi ngokwokukurisa Mwari, kuti Mwana waMwari akuriswe ndikwo.”⁵Zvino Jesu wakada Maritha nomunukuna wake na Razarusi. ⁶swino apo azwa kuti lazaro wairwara, wakagara mazuva maviri pandau paaivapo. ⁷Ngesure kweizvi wakati kuvadzidzi vake: “Ngatihwirirezve Judhia.”⁸Vadzidzi vakati kwaari: “Rabhi, vaJudha vaitotsvaka kukuponda ngemapuwe, tohwirireyozve here?”. ⁹Jesu wakapingura akati: “Amuna mahawa gumi namairi muzuva here? Kudai munhu echihamba masikati aapumhunwi, ngokuti unoona kujeka lomunyika muno here.¹⁰Asi kudai munhu echihamba usiku unopumhunwa, ngokuti kujeka amuna mukati mwake.” ¹¹Wakaereketa izvi, naapo wakati kwavari: “Razarusi shamwari yedu waata, asi inini ndinoenda koomumusa.”¹²Ndizvo vadzidzi vakati kwaari: “Mambo, kuti akaata, unozoitanane.” ¹³Zvino Jesu waiya aereketa ngorufu rwake, asi ivo vaikarakadza kuti waiereketa ngokuzorora mukuata. ¹⁴Naapo Jesu wakanasa kuvaronzera pamhene kuti: “Razarusi wafa;¹⁵Ndizvo Thomasi, uwo unozwi Munyambiri, wakati kuvadzidzi vangani vake: “Nesu ngatiendewo, kuti tife naye.” ¹⁶Neni ndinodakara ngepamusoro penyu ngokuti ndaiya ndisiriyo, kuti mutende. Asi ngatiende kwari.”,¹⁷Naapo Jesu aguma, wakaona kuti Razarusi waiya aanemazuva marongomuna muiba. ¹⁸Bhethani raiya pasinde peJerusarema, pasikagumi makhiromitha matatu. ¹⁹nevazhinji vevaJudha vaiya vaguma kunaMaritha naMaria, kuti vavaembedzere ngendaa yokufa kwomukoma wavo. ²⁰Naapo Maritha, azwa kuti Jesu uri kuuya, wakaenda kooshongana naye, asi Maria wakasara akagara mumhatso.²¹Ndizvo Maritha wakati kunaJesu: “Mambo, kudai waiya pano, mukoma wangu waidai asikazi kufa. ²²Nazvino ndinozia kuti izvo zvounozokumbira kunaMwari, Mwari unozokupa.” ²³Jesu wakati kwaari: “Mukoma wako unozomukazve.”,²⁴Maritha wakati kwaari: “Ndinozia kuti unozomuka mukumuka kwezuva rokupera". ²⁵Jesu wakati kwaari, “Inini ndiri kumuka nokupona; uwo unonditenda kunyazwi afa, unozoponazve, ²⁶Nouwo unopona echinditenda, aatongozofi. Unotenda ichi here?”.²⁷Akati kwaari: “Eya, Mambo; inini ndinotenda kuti iwewe ndiwe Kristu, Mwana waMwari, uwo unouya munyika.” ²⁸Naapo aronza izvi, wakaenda, akadaidza Maria mununguna wake ngokufishika, akati: “Mudzidzisi waapano, unokudaidza.” ²⁹Naye azwa, wakakasira kumiruka, akaenda kwaari.³⁰Naapo vaJudha avo vaiya naye mumhatso vechimuembedzera, vaona kuti Maria wamiruka ngokukasira, akabuda kubanze, vakamuteera, vechikarakadza kuti unoenda kuiba koochemerapo. ³¹Apo Maria aguma paiya naJesu, amuona wakawa pashi patsoka dzake, akati kwaari: “Mambo, kudai waiya pano, mukoma wangu waidai asikazi kufa.” ³²Zvino Jesu waiya asati aguma muguta, asi waiya achipo paakashongana naMaritha.³³Naapo Jesu amuona echichema, nevaJudha vechichema, avo vakauya naye, wakaita mahwema mumweya mwake nokutambudzika; ³⁴Naye wakati: “Mwakamuradzika pari?” Vakati kwaari: “Mambo, uyai muone.” ³⁵Jesu wakachema.³⁶Ndizvo vaJudha vakati: “Wonai, kumudisisa kwake. ³⁷Asi vamweni vavo vakati: “Uyu munhu, wakasvinura madziso owaiya bofu, waiya asikakoni here kuita kuti uyu munhu asafa?”.³⁸Naapo Jesu, echitambudzika kakurutu mukati mwake, wakaguma kuiba; raiya bako nebuwe raiya rakadumaidza padera paro. ³⁹Jesu wakati: “Dusai buwe.” Maritha, hanzvadzi youwo wakafa, wakati kwaari: “Mambo, zvino wotonuhwa, ngokuti waane mazuva marongomuna afa.” ⁴⁰Jesu wakati kwaari: “Andizi kukuronzera here kuti dai wechitenda ungazoona uthende hwaMwari?”.⁴¹Ndizvo vakadusa buwe. NaJesu wakaringira mudenga akati: “Baba, ndinomubonga ngokuti mwakandizwa. ⁴²Neni ndinozia kuti unondizwa ngenguva dzeshe. Asi ngepamusoro pembungano yakaema pasinde ndaronza kudaro, kuti itende kuti ndiwe wakandituma.”⁴³Naapo aronza izvi, wakadaidzira ngeizwi guru echiti: “Razarusi, buda.” ⁴⁴Uwo waiya akafa wakabuda, akasungwa tsoka nenyara ngemachira okuikwa nawo, nehope yake yakasungwa ngejira doko. Jesu wakati kwavari: “Musunhurenyi, mumurekere aende.”⁴⁵Ndizvo vazhinji vevaJudha avo vakauya kunaMaria, vechiona izvo zvaakaita Jesu, vakatenda. ⁴⁶Asi vamweni vavo vakaenda kuvaFarisi, vakavaronzera zvaaiya aita Jesu.⁴⁷Ndizvo vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vakaungana pamwepo nevatongi kuita bangano, vakati: “Tinozoitenyi? Ngokuti uyu munhu unoita mioniso yakawanda. ⁴⁸Kudai techimurekera echiangira kudaro, vanhu veshe vanozotenda kwaari, nevaRoma vanozouya vaparadze zveshe ndau yedu yakachena nedzinza redu.”⁴⁹Asi umwe wavo, Kaiafasi, uwo waiya mupristi mukuru ngegorero, wakati kwavari: “Amuzii chiro nachimwe. ⁵⁰Amuzwisisi kuti zvirinane kwomuri kuti munhu umwe unosisira kufira vanhu vazhinji pane kuti dzinza reshe ripere.”⁵¹Aazi kuronza izvi ngokuda kwake, asi ngokuti waiya mupristi mukuru ngegorero, wakaprofeta kuti Jesu unozofira dzinzaro. ⁵²Asi haiwa kufira dzinzaro kwega, asi kuti aunganidzewo pamwepo vana vaMwari avo vakapararira kunyika dzeshe, kuti vaite umwe. ⁵³Ndizvo kubvira ngezuva iro vakaita bangano pamwepo kuti vamuuraye.⁵⁴Ndizvo Jesu aazi kuchahambazve pamhene pakati pevaJudha, asi kubva apo wakaenda kunyika iri pasinde norubaya, kudhorobha rinozwi Efuremu; naapo wakagara nevadzidzi vake. ⁵⁵Zvino Phasika revaJudha raiya pasinde, vazhinji vakakwira Jerusarema vechibva munyika, Phasika risati raguma, kuti vadzichenese.⁵⁶ngokudalo vona vakatsvaka Jesu, vakaema mu Temperi vechiti umwe kune umweni: “Munotinyi? Kuti aazouyi here kundhiri?”. ⁵⁷Ndizvo vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vaiya vakaita mupango kuti kunyazwi ndiani unozia paari, ngaabuie , kuti vamubate.

Chapter 12

¹Ndizvo mazuva matanhatu Phasika risati raguma, Jesu akaguma Bhethani, apo paiya naRazarusi, uwo waakamusa kwavakafa. ²Naapo vakamunasirira kudya kwemadeekoni; Maritha wakavaburira, naRazarusi waiya umwe weavo vaigara naye pakudya. ³Naapo Maria wakatora mafuta anoda kukwana litha okuzora enarde aidhura naye wakadzodza tsoka dzaJesu, akapukuta tsoka dzake ngebvudzi rake; nemhatso yakazara ngegwema rakanaka remafuta.⁴Asi Judhasi Isikarioti, umwe wevadzidzi vake, (uwo waizomupira) wakati: ⁵“Ngenyi asikazi kutengeswa mafuta aya ngemadhora mazana matatu, apuwe varombo?”. ⁶Izvi wakazvironza, haiwa ngokuti waivada varombo, asi ngokuti waiya mbavha, waingwarira nyede naye waitora zvaiiswamwo.⁷Ndizvo Jesu wakati: “Murekerei ari ega. Ngaangwaririre zuva rokuikwa kwangu". ⁸Ngokuti varombo munavo nguva dzeshe, asi amunenipi nguva dzeshe.”⁹Naapo vazhinji veungano yevaJudha vakazia kuti waiyapo, vakauya, haiwa kuti vaone Jesu kwega, asi kuti vaonezve Razarusi, uwo waakamusa kubva kwavakafa. ¹⁰Ndizvo vapristi vakuru vakapangana kuti vauraye naRazarusiwo, ¹¹ngokuti ngepamusoro pake vazhinji vevaJudha vaienda vechitenda kunaJesu.¹²Nechimangwani mbungano huru iyo yakauya kudhiri, yakazwa kuti Jesu unouya Jerusarema.¹³Yakatora matai emichindwi, yakabuda kooshongana naye, vakadaidzira vechiti: “Hosana! Unomuchena uwo unouya ngezina raMambo, Mambo waIsuraeri!”.¹⁴NaJesu wakaona mwana wembongoro, naye wakagadha padera payo, kudai ngezvezvakanyorwa: ¹⁵“Usatya, iwewe mukunda weZioni. Ringira, mambo wako unouya, akagadha padera pemwana wembongoro!”,¹⁶Vadzidzi vake avazi kuzvizwisisa izvi pakutanga, asi apo Jesu airikidzwa, naapo vakachizokarakadza kuti izvi zvaiya zvakanyorwa ngendaa yake nokuti vakamuitira izvi.¹⁷Nembungano iyo yaiya naye apo paakadaidza Razarusi kubva muiba akamumusa kwavakafa yakaita chapupu. ¹⁸Ngeiyi ndaa mbungano yakaenda kooshongana nayezve, ngokuti yaiya yazwa kuti wakaita mushamiso. ¹⁹Ndizvo vaFarisi vakati pakati pavo umwe kunoumweni: “Munoona, amungaiti chiro; ringirai, nyika yeshe inomuteera.”²⁰Zvino vaiyapo vaGiriki vamweni pakati peavo vakakwira koodira kudhiri. ²¹Ndizvo ava vakauya kunaFiripu, uwo waibva Bhethisaidha reGarire, vakakumbira kwaari vechiti:“Mambo, tinoda kuona Jesu.” ²²Firipu wakaenda, akaronzera Andreu; Andreu wakaenda naFiripu, vakaronzera Jesu.²³NaJesu wakavapingura echiti: “Awa raguma rokuti Mukororo woMunhu akudzwe. ²⁴Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kudai tsangu yekoroni isikawi mumavhu nokufa, inondogara iriyo yega; asi kuti ikafa, inozobereka tsangu dzakawanda.²⁵uwo unoda kupona kwake unozokurasha, nouwo unozonda kupona kwake munyika muno, unozokungwarira kupona kusikaperi. ²⁶Kudai munhu echindishandira, ngaanditeere, kuti pendiri naye muranda wangu unozoapowo; kuti munhu echindishandira, Baba vanozomuremekedza.²⁷“Zvino mweya wangu unotambudzika. Neni ndinozotinyi, ‘Baba, ndiponese kubva kuneiri awa here?’ Haiwa, ndiyo ndaa yendakauyira awa iri. ²⁸Baba, ngarikudzwe zita renyu:” Apapo rakauya izwi rechibva mudenga rechiti: “Ndakarikudza, neni ndinozorikudzazve.” ²⁹Nembungano yaiya yakaema apo yakarizwa, yakati: “Kwatinhira.” Vamweni vakati: “Ingirosi yaereketa naye.”³⁰Jesu wakapingura akati: “Iri izwi arizi kuuya ngenyaya yangu, asi ngenyaya yenyu. ³¹Zvino kwaapano kutongwa kwenyika iyi, zvino mutongi wenyika iyi unozorashwa kubanze.³²Neni, naapo ndamirudzwa kubva panyika, ndinozokweera vanhu veshe kwendiri.” ³³Wakabuya izvi echionisa njira yokufa kwaaizofa ndikwo.³⁴Ndizvo mbungano yakamupingura yechiti: “Takazwa muMipango kuti Kristu unozogara mhera nariini. Zvino unoronzenyi wechiti: ‘Mukororo woMunhu unosisira kuti amirudzwe?’ Ndiani uyu Mukororo woMunhu?” ³⁵Jesu wakati kwavari: “Inguva doko kujeka kuchipo pakati penyu. Hambai muchinokujeka, kuti chidima chisamubata; nouwo unohamba muchidima aatongozii paanoenda. ³⁶Muchinokujeka, tendai kujeka, kuti muite vana vokujeka.” Naapo Jesu aronza izvi, wakabvapo akadzifisha kubva kwavari.³⁷Kunyazwi aiya aita mioniso mizhinji pamberi pavo, asi avazi kumutenda. ³⁸Uku kwaiya kuzadzisa izwi raIsaya muprofeti raakaereketa, iro rinoti: “Mambo, ndiani wakatenda izwi redu, nomuoko waMambo Mwari wakaoniswa kunaani?”.³⁹Ndizvo vaiya vasikakoni kutenda, ngokuti Isaya unotizve: ⁴⁰“Uwo wakapofomadza madziso avo, wakakonzisa mwoyo yavo, kuti vasazoona ngemadziso avo, vazwisise ngomwoyo yavo, vatenderuke neni ndivaponese.”⁴¹Isaya wakaronza izvi ngokuti wakaona uthende hwake, akareketa ndiye. ⁴²Kunyazwi zvakanyadaro vazhinji vemadzimambo vakamutenda, asi ngendaa yokutya vaFarisi avazi kumutenda ngomuromo, kuti vasadzingwa kubva mumhatso yokudira. ⁴³Ngokuti vaipinda kuda kukudzwa ngevanhu kunokukudzwa ndiMwari.⁴⁴Jesu wakadaidzira akati: “Uwo unonditenda, aatendi inini akadi, asi unotenda uwo wakandituma. ⁴⁵Nouwo unondiona unoonawo wakandituma.⁴⁶Inini ndakauya ndiri kujeka munyika, kuti kunyazwi ndiani unotenda kwendiri asachagara muchidima. ⁴⁷Kunyazwi ndiani unozwa mazwi angu asikaangwariri, andimutongi inini; ngokuti andizi kuuya kootonga nyika, asi kooponesa nyika.⁴⁸Iye unondiramba asikaashiri mazwi angu unaye unomutonga; izwi iro rendakaereketa ndiro rinozomutonga ngezuva rokupera. ⁴⁹Ngokuti andizi kutera kudziereketera ngesimba rangu; asi Baba uwo wakandituma iye pachake wakandipanga chendinozoronza nechendinozoereketa. ⁵⁰Neni ndinozia kuti mupango wake uri kupona kusikaperi. Ndizvo izvo zvendinoereketa, ndinozviereketa kudai ngezvandakaronzerwa ndiBaba.”

Chapter 13

¹Zvino nguva yeDhiri rePhasika isati yaguma, apo Jesu echizia kuti nguva yake yaguma kuti abve munyika muno aende kunaBaba, avada vake avo vaiya munyika, wakavada metsa kumagumo. ²Vachadya kudya kwemadeekoni, Sathani waiya atopinda mumwoyo mwaJudhasi, mukororo waSimoni Isikarioti, kuti amupire.³Jesu, echizia kuti Baba vaiya vamupa zveshe munyara dzake nokuti wakabva kunaMwari nokuti unoenda kunaMwari. ⁴wakamiruka kubva pakudya kwemadeekoni, wakakhumura zvokupfeka zvepadera zvake, wakatora jira rokupukuta ndiro, akasungira muchiunu chake. ⁵Naapo wakadurura mvura muchidziyo chokushambira, akatanga kushamba tsoka dzevadzidzi nokudzipukuta ngejira raaiya akasungira muchiunu.⁶Ndizvo wakaguma panaSimoni Petro; Petro wakati kwaari: “Mambo, iwewe unoshamba tsoka dzangu here?”. ⁷Jesu wakapingura, akati kwaari, “Icho chendinoita inini, iwewe auchizii zvino, asi unozochizwisisa ngesure kweizvi.” ⁸Petro wakati kwaari, “Auzoshambi tsoka dzangu nariini.” Jesu wakamupingura, akati, “Dai ndisikakushambi, auna chikoaniswa neni.” ⁹Simoni Petro wakati kwaari: “Mambo, kusachaita tsoka dzangu dzega asi nadzo nyara dzangu nesoro rangu”.¹⁰Jesu wakati kwaari: “Iye washambwa muiri weshe aachatami chiro chimweni kwega kushambwa tsoka dzake, asi wacheneswa yaamho. Nemwi mwacheneswa, asi haiwa mweshe.” ¹¹Ngekuti Jesu waimuzia uwo waizomupira; ndizvo wakati: “Amuzi kucheneswa mweshe.”¹²Naapo Jesu aiya ashamba tsoka dzavo nokutora zvokupfeka zvake nokugara pandau yake, wakati kwavari: “Munozwisisa here chendaita? ¹³Munondidaidza kuti Mudzidzisi nokuti Mambo; nemwi munonasa kuronza, ngokuti ndini. ¹⁴Zvino kudai inini, Mambo noMudzidzisi wenyu, ndashamba tsoka dzenyu, nemwiwo kunosisira kuti mushambane tsoka dzenyu. ¹⁵Ngokuti ndamupa chionero, kuti nemwi muite kudai ngezvandaita kwomuri.¹⁶Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, muranda aasimukuru kupinda mambo wake, nokuti wakatumwa aakuri kupinda uwo wakamutuma. ¹⁷Kudai mwechizia izvi zviro, munomuchena kudai mwechizviita. ¹⁸Andiereketi ndimwi mweshe akadi; ndinovazia avo vendakatsanangura; asi kuti chinyorwa chizadzisike chinoti: ‘Uwo unodya chingwa changu, wakandimirudzira chisisinho chake kurwisana neni.’¹⁹Zvino ndinomuronzera izvi zvisati zvaitika, kuti apo zvaitika mutende kuti ndini. ²⁰Ngechokwadi ndinoti kwomuri, iye unoashira uwo wendinotuma unoashira inini; nouwo unondiashira unoashira uwo wakandituma.”²¹Naapo Jesu aiya aereketa izvi, wakatambudzika mumweya wake, wakapupura akati: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, umwe wenyu unozondipira." ²²Vadzidzi vakaningirana vechishamiswa kuti unoreketa ndiani.²³Umwe wavadzidzi vake waiya akatseama paditi raJesu, uwo waidiwa ndiJesu. ²⁴ndizvo Simoni Petro wakamukopera akati kwaari: “Tironzere, ndiani waanoereketa ndiye". ²⁵Ndizvo uwo wakatseyama paditi raJesu wakati kwaari: “Mambo, ndiani?”,²⁶Jesu wakapingura akati: “Ndiye uwo wendinozosheya mushuva ndimupe.” Naapo asheya chigurwa chechingwa wakaupa Judhasi, mwan waSimoni Isikarioti. ²⁷Naapo ngesure kwechigurwa chechingwa, Sathani wakapotera kwaari. Ndizvo Jesu wakati kwaari: “Izvo zvounoda kuita zviite ngokukasira.”²⁸Paiya pasina munhu pakudya wakazia singwisingwi yezvaakaereketa kwaari. ²⁹Ngokuti vamweni vakapinimidza kuti, ngokuti Judhasi waiya nenyede yemare, Jesu waimuronzera echiti, “Tenga zvetinoda paDhiri rePhasika,” nokuti ape chiro kuvarombo. ³⁰Ndizvo iye aashira chigurwa chechingwa, paripo wakabuda kuenda. Hwaiya hwaa usiku.³¹Naapo aiya abuda, Jesu wakati: “Zvino Mwana woMunhu wakudzwa naMwari wakudzwa mukati mwake. ³²Kudai Mwari akudzwa mukati mwake, Mwari unozomukudzawo mukati mwake emene, naye unozomukudza paripo apapo. ³³Vana vadoko, inguva doko ndichinemwi. Munozonditsvaka; kudai ngezvandakaronza kuvaJudha, ndizvo ndinoti kwomuri: ‘Pendinoenda, amukoni kuuyapo.’³⁴Ndinomupa mupango mutsva, kuti mudane umwe kunoumweni; kudai ndini ndakamuda, ngokudaro imwimwiwo mudane. ³⁵Ngeichi vanhu veshe vanozozia kuti imwimwi muri vadzidzi vangu: kudai muno rudo umwe kunoumweni.”,³⁶Simoni Petro wakati kwaari: “Mambo, unoenda kuri?” Jesu wakapingura, akati: “Pendinoenda, aukoni kunditeera zvino; asi unozoteera sure kweizvi.” ³⁷Petro wakati kwaari: “Mambo, andikoni kukuteera zvino ngenyi? Ndinozofa ngepamusoro pako.” ³⁸Jesu wakapingura, akati: “Unozofa ngepamusoro pangu here? Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, jongwe arizoriri usati wandiramba katatu.

Chapter 14

¹“Mwoyo yenyu isatambudzika; tendai kunaMwari, mutendewo kwendiri. ²Mumhatso mwaBaba angu huriyo ugaro hwakawanda. Kudai zvisakadaro, ndaizodai ndisikazi kumuronzera here kuti ndinoenda koomunasirira ugaro? ³Kudai ndechienda koomunasirira ugaro, ndinozouyazve nokumuashira ndemene, kuti pendiri inini, nemwi mungazoapowo.⁴Nependinoenda munoizia njira.” ⁵Thomasi wakati kwaari, “Mambo, atizii pounoenda. Njira tingaizia ngenyi? ⁶Jesu wakati kwaari, “Inini ndiri njira negwinyiso nokupona. Akuna unouya kunaBaba, asikauyi ndini. ⁷Kudai mwakandizia, mwaizodai mwakamuzia Baba anguwo. Kubvira pano munomuzia, nemwi mwamuona.⁸Firipu wakati kwaari: “Mambo, tipangidzire Baba, nesu tikwaniswe". ⁹Jesu wakati kwaari, “Ndakagara nemwi mukuwo wakadai kureba, asi ausati wandizia here, Firipu? Iye wakandiona inini wakaona Baba. Unoronza ngenyi kuti: ‘Tipangidzire Baba?¹⁰Autendi here kuti inini ndiri mukati mwaBaba naBaba vari mukati mwangu? Mazwi endinoereketa kwomuri andidziereketeri ngesimba rangu; asi Baba vanogara mukati mwangu ndivo vanoita mishando yavo. ¹¹Tendai inini kuti ndiri mukati mwaBaba naBaba vari mukati mwangu; asi kudai musikatendi kudaro, tendai ngepamusoro pemishando yemene.¹²Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, uwo unonditenda mishando yendinoita unozoitawo; mishando yakakura kupinda iyi unozoiita, ngokuti inini ndinoenda kunaBaba. ¹³Kunyazwi chiinyi chomunozokumbira ngezina rangu ndinozochiita, kuti Baba vairikidzwe kubudikidza ngoMwana. ¹⁴Kudai mwanyazokumbirenyi kwendiri ngezina rangu, inini ndinozochiita.,¹⁵Kudai mwechindida, munozongwarira mipango yangu ¹⁶Neni ndinozokumbira Baba, naye unozomupa umweni Muembedzeri, kuti agare nemwi nokusikaperi. ¹⁷ndiye Mweya wegwinyiso; nyika aikoni kumuashira, ngokuti aimuoni nokuti kumuzia. Imwimwi munomuzia, ngokuti unogara nemwi, naye unozogara mukati mwenyu.¹⁸“Andizomusii muri nherera; ndinozouya kwomuri. ¹⁹Kuchinenguva doko nenyika aichazondioni, asi imwimwi munozondiona; ngokuti inini ndinopona, nemwi munozoponawo. ²⁰”Ngeiro zuva munozozia kuti inini ndiri mukati mwaBaba angu, nemwi muri mukati mwangu, neni ndiri mukati mwenyu.²¹Uwo unemipango yangu echiingwarira, uwo ndiye unondida; nouwo unondida unodiwa ndiBaba angu, neni ndinozomuda nokudzionisa pachangu kwaari. ²²Judhasi (haiwa Isikarioti) wakati kwaari: “Mambo, unozoita maitirenyi kuti unozodzionisa kwetiri, usikadzionisi kunyika?”.²³Jesu wakamupingura, akati kwaari: “Kunyazwi ndiani unondida unozongwarira mazwi angu, naBaba angu vanozomuda, nesu tinozouya kwaari tiite ugaro hwedu pamwepo naye. ²⁴Uwo usikandidi aangwariri mazwi angu. Neizwi romunozwa arisirangu akadi, asi ngeraBaba avo vakandituma.²⁵“Izvi zviro ndamuronzera apo ndichakagara nemwi. ²⁶Asi Muembedzeri, Mweya Wakachena, waachazotuma Baba ngezina rangu, uwo unozomudzidzisa zviro zveshe, amucherechedzise zveshe zvendakamuronzera. ²⁷Kunyarara ndinokusiya kwomuri; kunyarara kwangu ndinomupa. Andimupi kudai ngokupa kwenyika. Mwoyo yenyu isatambudzika, isakarukazve.²⁸Mwakazwa kuti ndakati kwomuri: ‘Ndinoenda, neni ndinozouyazve kwomuri.’ Kudai mwakandida, mwaizodakara kuti ndinoenda kunaBaba, ngokuti Baba vari vakuru kwendiri. ²⁹zvino ndamuronzera zvisati zvaitika, kuti apo zvoozoitika mutende. ³⁰Ngesure kweizvi andichazoereketi zvizhinji nemwi, ngokuti mutongi wenyika iyi unouya. Aana simba padera pangu. ³¹Asi ndinoita kudai ngezvaakandipanga Baba, kuti nyika izie kuti ndinomuda Baba. Mirukai, ngatibve pano.

Chapter 15

¹“Inini ndiri muvhini wegwinyiso naBaba angu murimi. ²Dhai dzeshe dzirimukati mwangu asikabari michero, unoadusa, nawo eshe anobara michero unoatongora, kuti abare michero yakapinda kuwanda.,³Imwimwi muri vakatocheneswa ngeizwi rendakaereketa kwomuri. ⁴Garai mendiri, neni mukati mwenyu. Kudai ngedai risikakoni kubara michero rega, risikagari mukati mwomuvhini, zvakadaro nemwi kudai musikagari mukati mwangu.,⁵Inini ndiri muvhini, imwimwi muri madhai. Uyo unogara mukati mwangu, neni ndiri mukati mwake, ndiye unobara michero yakawanda, ngokuti ngepabanze pangu imwimwi amungakoni kuita chiro. ⁶Kunyazwi ndiani usikagari mukati mwangu, unorashwa kubanze kudai ngedai, rinofota; nematai vanoaunganidza, vaaposhere mumuriro nawo anotsva. ⁷Kudai mwechigara mukati mwangu, nemazwi angu anogara mukati mwenyu, munozokumbira izvo zvomunoda, nazvo zvinozoitwa kwomuri.⁸Ngeizvi Baba angu vanokudzwa, kuti mubare michero yakawanda, ngokudaro muite vadzidzi vangu. ⁹Kudai ndiBaba vakandida, ngokudaro neni ndakamudawo; garai murudo vangu.¹⁰Kudai mwechingwarira mipango yangu, munozogara murudo rwangu, kudai ndini ndakangwarira mipango yaBaba angu nokugara murudo rwake. ¹¹“Ndakaereketa izvi kwomuri, kuti kudakara kwangu kugare kwomuri, nokuti kudakara kwenyu kuzadzisike.,¹²Uyu ndiwo murairo wangu, kuti mudane kudai ndini ndakamuda. ¹³Akuna munhu unorudo rukuru kupinda urwu, kuti munhu afe ngepamusoro peshamwari dzake.¹⁴Imwimwi muri shamwari dzangu kudai mwechiita izvo zvendinomupanga. ¹⁵Andichamudaidzi kuti muri varanda, ngokuti muranda aazii chinoitwa ndiMambo wake; asi ndakamudaidza kuti muri shamwari, ngokuti zveshe zvendakazwa kunaBaba angu ndakazviziisa kwemuri.¹⁶Amusi imwimwi makanditengai asi inini ndakamuketa ini ndaka mutuma kuti muende kobara muchero nekuti muchero yenyu igarei kut kungazwi chini chomunozokumbira kuna baba ngezita rangu , vamupe kwemuri. ¹⁷Ndinokubvunzai kuti mudanane umwe neumwe.¹⁸Kana kut nyika yechimuzonda , ziya meiziya kut isat yamundau yakatanga , kuzonda ini. ¹⁹Kudai muri wmunyika , myika yaida kumuda , kunge muri wavo ; ngendaya yekut amusi wemunyika.Ndakamuketa kuti mubude munyika²⁰Rangarirai choko rendakabvubza ; mushand asimukuru kana mambo wake. wakanditera , wachamuterawo kana mukaterera choko rangu achaterawo choko rangu. ²¹Vana vachaita zveche ngepamusoro pezita rangu , bati avaziyi kuti n diyani wakandituma. ²²Kudai inini ndisina kuya , uzvendaindisina kuwabvunza , vaidai wasina kutadza ; asi zvinzvi avana kukambira zvitadzo zvao.²³kune uya unondi zonda , unozonda baba vangu. ²⁴kudai inini ndisina kuvaititra kwavari iri basa risina kuzva ngeumweni.vaidai vasina kuchaicha , asim zvino vakawana vakazonda teche ininio na baba vangu. ²⁵Izvi zvinoitika kut machoko akanyorwa mumupango yavo ngekuti , kut zvitike ; vzkandizana pasina nyaya.²⁶Paachaya munyaradzi uwo wendinozotuma kwemuri echibva kuna baba, mweya wengwingiso uyu unobva kuna baba , unozondipupurira. ²⁷Kuna nemwiwo muchazofakaza ngekuti mwauya neni kubvura pekunga

Chapter 16

¹Ndakareketa izvi zveshe kwomuri kuti musapumhuniswa. ²Vanozomudzinga kubva mumhatso dzavo dzokudira; eya, awa richauya apo kunyazwi ndiani unomuuraya, unozopinimidza kuti unoshandira Mwari.³Navo vanozoita izvi ngokuti avazi kumuzia Baba nokuti inini. ⁴Asi ndakamuronzera izvi zviro, kuti apo raguma awa razvo mucherechedze kuti ndakamuronzera ndizvo. “Asi andizi kumuronzera izvi zviro kubvira pakutanga, ngokuti ndaiya ndichinemwi.⁵Asi zvino ndinoenda kunouwo wakandituma; akuna naumwe wenyu unondibvunza kuti, ‘Unoenda kuri?’., ⁶Asi ngokuti ndamuronzera izvi zviro, mwoyo yenyu yazara ngokutambudzika. ⁷Asi ndinomuronzera gwinyiso; kuti zvakapinda kumunakira kuti ndiende, ngokuti kudai ndisikaendi, Muembedzeri aazouyi kwomuri; asi kuti ndikaenda, ndinozomutuma kwomuri.,⁸Naapo auya, unozoonisa nyika ngendaa yokushaisha, yokururama nendaa yokutongwa; ⁹ngendaa yokushaisha, ngokuti avanditendi; ¹⁰ngendaa yokururama, ngokuti ndinoenda kunaBaba, nemwi amuchazondioni; ¹¹ngendaa yokutongwa ngokuti mutongi wenyika ino wakatongwa.¹²“Ndichine zviro zvizhinji zvokumubuira, asi amukoni kuzviashira zvino. ¹³Naapo Mweya wegwinyiso wauya, unozomutungamirira mugwinyiso reshe; ngokuti aazodziereketeri ngesimba rake, asi zvaanozozwa, ndizvo zvaanozoreketa, naye unozomubuira zviro zvichauya. ¹⁴Uwo unozondikudza, ngokuti unozoashira zvokwangu nokuzvibuya kwamuri.¹⁵¹⁶Zveshe zvaanazvo Baba ngezvangu; ndiyo ndaa ndakati unozotora zvokwangu nokuzvironza kwomuri. 16Kwenguva doko nemwi amuchazondioni, nenguva dokozve nemwi munozondiona.”,¹⁷Vamweni vevadzidzi vake vakareketa pachavo umwe kunoumweni vechiti: “Chiinyi ichi chaanoreketa kwetiri kuti, ‘Inguva doko nemwi amuchazondioni, nenguva dokozve nemwi munozondiona,’ echitizve, ‘Ngokuti ndinoenda kunaBaba?’ ”, ¹⁸Ndizvo vakati: “Unoronzenyi echiti, ‘Inguva doko?’ Atizii kuti unoronzenyi¹⁹Jesu wakazia kuti vaida kumubvunza; naye wakati kwavari: “Munobvunzana here pakati penyu ngeicho chendaronza kuti, ‘Inguva doko nemwi amuchazondioni, nenguva dokozve nemwi munozondiona?’ ²⁰Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, munozochema nokuboorera, asi nyika inozodakara; imwimwi munozotambudzika, asi kutambudzika kwenyu kunozotsandudzwa kuita kudakara. ²¹Naapo dzimai roopotwa ngokubara rinotambudzika, ngokuti nguva yaro yaguma; asi rabara mwana, arichakarakadzi ngokurwadziwa, ngendaa yokudakara kuti munhu wabarwa munyika.,²²Nemwi munozotambudzika zvino, asi ndinozomuonazve nemwoyo yenyu inozodakara, nokudakara kwenyu akuna munhu unokudusa kubva kwomuri. ²³Ngeiro zuva amuzondibvunzi chiro. Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwomuri, kunyazwi chiinyi chomunozokumbira kunaBaba ngezina rangu, unozochipa kwomuri. ²⁴kuguma nanyamashi amuzi kukumbira chiro ngezita rangu. Kumbirai nemwi munozoashira, kuti kudakara kwenyu kuzadzisike.²⁵“Ndakavereketa izvi kwomuri ngemiedzaniso. Asi nguva inouya apo yandichingazovereketi kwomuri ngemiedzaniso, asi ndinozomubuira pamhene ndiBaba.,²⁶Ngeiro zuva munozokumbira ngezita rangu; neni andirobuyi kwomuri kuti ndinozomukumbirira kunaBaba; ²⁷ngokuti Baba vemene vanomuda, ngokuti imwimwi mwakandida nemwi mwakatenda kuti ndakabva kunaMwari. ²⁸Ndakabva kunaBaba, neni ndakauya munyika; zve, ndinosiya nyika, ndechienda kuna Baba.”,²⁹Vadzidzi vake vakati kwaari: “izwanhi , zvino wovereketa pambene , haiwa ngomuedzaniso. ³⁰Zvino tinozia kuti unozia zviro zveshe, autami munhu naumwe kuti akubvunze; ngeichi tinotenda kuti iwewe wakabva kunaMwari.” ³¹Jesu wakavapingura echiti, “Zvino munotenda here?,³²Ningirai, nguva hinouya, eya ratoguma, naapo munozoparadzirwa munhu wesse echienda kanyi kwake nokundisiya ndega. Asi andiri ndega akadi, ngokuti Baba vaneni. ³³Izvi ndakamubuira kuti mwendiri muone kunyarara. Munyika munozoa nemadambudziko. Asi shingai mwoyo; ndainyisa nyika".

Chapter 17

¹pavakabva kubuda izvi, Jesu aereketa mazwi aya, wakamurudza madziso ake mudenga, akati,:“Baba, yakwana nguwa. ropafadzai Mwana wenyu kuti Mwana amuirikidze. ²kudai ngezvemwakamupa simba padera penyama yeshe, kuti avape kupona kusikaperi avo veshe vemwakamupa.³Uku ndikwo kupona kusikaperi, kuti vamuzie imwimwi, Mwari ega wegwinyiso, naJesu Kristu uwo womwakatuma. ⁴Inini ndakamuirikidza munyika, ndakapedza mushando womwakandipa kuti ndiuite. ⁵Nazvino imwimwi, Baba, ndiirikidzei mwemene ngokuirikidzwa ukwo kwendaiya nakwo nemwi, ngepamberi nyika isati yasikwa.,⁶“Ndakaita kuti zina renyu riziikanwe kune avo vanhu vomwakandipa kubva munyika. Vaiya venyu, nemwi mwakavapa kwendiri, navo vakangwarira izwi renyu. ⁷Zvinezvi vanozia kuti zveshe zvemwakandipa zvakabva kwemuri; ⁸ngei machoko owakandipa ndakaapawo kwavari, navo vakaashira, vakazia ngegwinyiso kuti ndakabva kwomuri; vakatenda kuti imwimwi mwakandituma.,⁹Ndinovakumbirira; andikumbiriri nyika, asi avo vomwakandipa, ngokuti vari venyu. ¹⁰Zveshe zvangu ngezvenyu nezvenyu ngezvangu; neni ndinoirikidzwa mwavari. ¹¹Inini Andichimunhika, asi vachirimwo munyika, neni ndouya kwomuri. Baba Vakachena, vangwarirei muzina renyu, iro romwakandipa, kuti vaite umwe kudai tisu tiri umwe.,¹²Apo ndichinarivo, ndakavangwarira muzita renyu, iro romakandipa. Ndakavarinda, akuna naumwe wavo wakarashika, asi mamwa wokurashwa, kuti zvinyorwa zvizadzisike. ¹³Asi zvino ndinouya komuri, neizvi zviro ndinoreketa ndizvo munyika, kuti kudakara kwangu kuzadzisike mukati mwavo. ¹⁴Ndakapa kwavari izwi renyu, nenyika yakavazonda ngokuti avasiri venyika akadi, kudai ndini ndisiri wenyika.¹⁵Andikumbiri kuti muvaduse kubva munyika, asi kuti muvangwarire kubva kunouwo wakashata. ¹⁶Avasiri venyika akadi, kudai ndini ndisiri wenyika. ¹⁷Vachenesei mugwinyiso; izwi renyu igwinyiso.¹⁸Kudai ngezvomwakandituma munyika, ngokudaro neniwo ndinovatuma munyika. ¹⁹Ngendaa yavo ndinodzichenesa, kuti navowo vacheneswe mugwinyiso.²⁰“Andikumbiriri ava vega, asi naavo vanozotenda kwendiri ngeizwi ravo, ²¹kuti veshe vaite umwe; kudai ndimwi, Baba, muri mukati mwangu, neni ndiri mukati mwenyu, kuti navo vagare mukati mwedu, kuti nyika itende kuti imwimwi mwakandituma.²²Nouthende hwomwakandipa, ndakahupawo kwavari, kuti vaite umwe kudai tisu tiriumwe; ²³inini mukati mavo nemwi mukati mwangu, kuti vaitwe vakaperera vari umwe, kuti nyika izie kuti imwimwi mwakandituma nokuti mwakavada kudai ngezvemwakandida inini.²⁴Baba, ndinoda kuti avowo vowakandipa vaapo pendiri kuti vaningire uthende hwangu, uhwo hwomakandipa inini, murudo renyu nyika isati yasikwa.²⁵Baba vakarurama, nyika aizi kumuzia asi inini ndinomuzia; naava vakazia kuti imwimwi mwakandituma. ²⁶Neni ndakavaziisa zita renyu, neni ndichaita kuti riziikanwe, kuti rudo uro rwomakandida ndirwo rugare mukati mavo, neni ndigare mukati mavo.”

Chapter 18

¹Naapo Jesu areketa mazwi aya, wakabuda nevadzidzi vake, vakaambuka ruseri rwebani reKedhironi, apo paiya nomunda, wakapotera mukati mwawo nevadzidzi vake. ²Zvino Judhasi, uwo wakamupira, waizia ngendau iyo, ngokuti Jesu waishonganamwo kazhinji nevadzidzi vake. ³Ndizvo Judhasi wakatora chikwata chemasoja nevarindi vamweni vaibva kuvapristi vakuru nevaFarisi, vakaendapo vanezvibani nemasasi nezvokurwa ndizvo.⁴Zvino Jesu, echizia zveshe zvaizomugumira, wakabuda kwavari, akati, “Munotsvaka anani?”, ⁵Vakamupingura, vakati, “Jesu weNazaretha.” Wakati kwavari: “Ndini.” Judhasi, uwo wakamupira, waiya akaema navo.⁶Naapo avaronzera kuti, “Ndini,” vakaita fundamutete, vakawa pashi. ⁷Ndizvo wakavabvunzazve, akati, “Munotsvaka anani?” Navo vakati: “Jesu weNazaretha.”⁸Jesu wakavapingura, akati: “Ndamubuira kuti ndini. Ndizvo, kuti mwechitsvaka inini, rekerai vanhu ava vaende.” ⁹Izvi kwaiya kuzadzisika kweizwi, iro raakareketa rinoti: “Avo vomwakandipa andizi kurashikirwa naumwe wavo.”¹⁰Zvino Simoni Petro waiya aneshoti, wakaishwamura, akatema hloko yomupristi mukuru, akagura nzee yake yokumudyo. Zina rehloko iyo uwo raiya Marikusi. ¹¹Ndizvo Jesu wakati kunaPetro: “Hwirinza shoti yako mumakara ayo! Tsani yaakandipa Baba andizoimwi here?”,¹²Ndizvo chikwata chemajoni nenduna nevarindi vevaJudha vakabata Jesu, vakamusunga. ¹³Navo vakamubuira kutanga kunaAnasi, ngokuti waiya muzvere waKaiafasi, uwo waiya mupristi mukuru ngegorero., ¹⁴Ndiye Kaiafasi uwo wakanyowedza vaJudha kuti kwaidikanwa kuti munhu umwe afire vanhu.,¹⁵Simoni Petro wakateera Jesu, nomudzidzi umweni. Zvino uwo mudzidzi waiziikanwa kumupristi mukuru, wakapotera naJesu muruwanze rwomupristi mukuru, ¹⁶Asi Petro akaema pamusiwo kubanze. Ndizvo mudzidzi umweni, uwo waiziikanwa kumupristi mukuru, wakabuda pabanze, akaereketa kunouwo waingwarira musiwo, akapotedza Petro.¹⁷Ndizvo musikana uwo waingwarira musiwo wakati kunaPetro, “Newe auri umwe here wevadzidzi vouyu munhu?” Iye wakati, “Andinipi.” ¹⁸Zvino varanda nevarindi vakabasira muriro wamasimbe, ngokuti kwaiya nechando, navo vaiya vakaema vechigota muriro pachavo. NaPetro wakaemawo navo, echigota pachake.¹⁹Ndizvo mupristi mukuru wakabvunza Jesu ngendaa yevadzidzi vake nokudzidzisa kwake. ²⁰Jesu wakamupingura, akati: “Inini ndakareketa pamhene kuvanhu venyika; nguva dzeshe ndakadzidzisa mumhatso dzokudira nomuTemperi, apo paiungana veshe vaJudha. Andizi kureketa chiro ngokufishika. ²¹Unondibvunzirenyi? Bvunza avo vakazwa zvendakaereketa kwavari; vanozia zvendakaereketa inini.²²Naapo aiya aereketa izvi, umwe wevarindi vaiya vakaema apo wakamakaya Jesu ngepama echiti, “Unopingura mupristi mukuru kudaro here?” ²³Jesu wakamupingura echiti: “Kudai ndareketa zvakashata, pupura ngezvakashata. Asi kudai ndareketa zvakanaka, unondimamisirei?” ²⁴Ndizvo Anasi wakamutumira akasungwa kunaKaiafasi mupristi mukuru.²⁵Zvino Simoni Petro wakaema echigota muriro. Ndizvo vakati kwaari: “Newe auri umwe here wevadzidzi vake?” Iye wakavapingura, akati: “Inini andisiri umwe wavo.” ²⁶Umwe wevaranda vomupristi mukuru, waiya hama youwo waakatema nzee Petro, wakati: “Andizi kukuona unaye mumunda here?” ²⁷Ndizvo Petro wakarambazve; paripo jongwe rakarira.,²⁸Ndizvo vakakweya Jesu kubva kunaKaiafasi vechienda naye kumhatso yokutongera. Kwaiya achimangwanani. Ivo vemene avazi kupotera mumhatso yokutongera, kuti vasazosvipiswa, asi kuti vadye Phasika. ²⁹Ndizvo Piratu wakabuda kwavari, akati, “Indaa yenyi yomunoitira uyu munhu?” ³⁰Vakapingura, vakati kwaari, “Kudai uyu munhu asiri muiti wezvakashata, taidai tisikazi kumupira kwouri.”,³¹Ndizvo Piratu wakati kwavari: “Mutorenyi imwimwi pachenyu mumutonge kudai ngemipango yenyu.” VaJudha vakati kwaari: “Akutenderwi kuti isusu tiuraye munhu nokuti ngouri.” ³²Uku kwaiya kuti rizadzisike izwi iro raakareketa Jesu echionisa kuti injiranyi yaaizofa ndiyo.³³Ndizvo Piratu akapindazve mumhatso yokutongera, adaidza Jesu, akati kwaari: “Iwewe uri mambo wavaJudha here?”. ³⁴Jesu wakapingura echiti, “Unoereketa izvi pachako here nokuti wazvibuirwa ngevamweni ngendaa yangu?” ³⁵Piratu wakapingura, akati: “Inini ndiri muJudha here? Dzinza rako nevapristi vakuru vakakupira kwendiri. Chiinyi chowakamboita?”,³⁶³⁷Jesu wakapingura, akati: “Umambo hwangu angohwomunyika muno akadi. Kudai umambo hwangu hwaiya hwomunyika muno, varanda vangu vangadai vakandirwira, kuti ndisapirwa kuvaJudha. Asi zvino umambo hwangu auhuri hwomuno akadi.” 37Ndizvo Piratu wakati kwaari: “Ndizvo uri mambo here?” Jesu wakapingura akati: “Iwewe unorobuya kuti ndiri mambo. Ngeiyi ndaa ndakabarwa, ngeiyi ndaa ndakauya munyika, kuti ndipupurire gwinyiso. Kunyazwi ndiani uri wegwinyiso unozwa izwi rangu.”,³⁸Piratu wakati kwaari: “Gwinyiso chiinyi?” Aereketa izvi, wakabudazve kuvaJudha, akati kwavari, “Andioni ndaa kwaari. ³⁹Asi imwimwi muno mutoo wokuti ndisunhure umwe kwomuri ngePhasika. Ndizvo munoda here kuti ndisunhure kwomuri mambo wevaJudha?” ⁴⁰Ndizvo vakazhambararazve vechiti: “Haiwa uyu munhu, asi Bharabhasi!” Zvino Bharabhasi waiya dzongoni.

Chapter 19

¹Zvino Piratu wakatora Jesu, akamuchaya. ²Nemasoja akaruka dzungudza reminzwa, akariisa padera pesoro rake, akamupfekesa gauni rakatsvukuruka. ³Akauya kwaari echiti: “Mwauya, mambo wevaJudha!” Nawo aimuchaya ngenyara dzawo.⁴Naapo vapristi vakuru nevarindi vamuona, vakazhambarara vechiti: “Mukohomere, mukohomere!” Piratu wakati kwavari: “Mutorenyi imwimwi mumukohomere, ngokuti andioni ndaa kwaari.” ⁵NaPiratu wakabudazve, akati kwavari: “Ningirai, ndinomubudisa kwomuri, kuti muzie kuti andioni ndaa kwaari. ⁶Ndizvo Jesu wakabuda, akapfekeswa dzungudza reminzwa negauni rakatsvukuruka. Piratu wakati kwavari, “Ringirai uyu munhu!”.⁷VaJudha vakamupingura, vakati: “Tinechironzo, ngendaa yechironzo icho unosisira kuti afe, ngokuti iye wakadziita Mwana waMwari.” ⁸Naapo Piratu azwa mazwi aya, wakapinda kutya. ⁹wakapinda mumhatso yokutongera, akati kunaJesu: “Unombobva pari?” Asi Jesu aazi kumupingura.¹⁰Ndizvo Piratu wakati kwaari: “Aundipinguri here? Auzii here kuti ndinesimba rokukusunhura, neni ndine simba rokukukohomera?”. ¹¹Jesu wakamupingura, akati: “Aungakoni kuanesimba padera pangu kuti usikazi kuripuwa rechibva mudenga; ndizvo uwo wakandipira kwouri unokushaisha kwakapinda kukura.”¹²Naapo Piratu wakatsvaka kumusunhura, asi vaJudha vakazhambarara vechiti: “Kuti ukasunhura munhu uyu, auri shamwari yaSiza akadi. Kunyazwi ndiani unodziita mambo unoereketa kumukira Siza.” ¹³Naapo Piratu azwa aya mazwi, wakabudisa Jesu kubanze, wakagara pachigaro chokutongera ndaa, pandau inozwi Yakagangatwa Mapuwe, asi ngokwechiHebheru inozwi Gabatha.¹⁴Zvino raiya zuva rokunasirira Phasika, rooda kuita awa rechitanhatu. Wakati kuvaJudha, “Ringirai mambo wenyu. ¹⁵Ndizvo vakazhambarara vechiti, “Mudusenyi, mudusenyi, mukohomere!” Piratu wakati kwavari, “Ndokohomera mambo wenyu here?” Vapristi vakuru vakapingura vechiti, “Isusu atina mambo asi Siza.” ¹⁶Ndizvo wakamupira kwavari kuti akohomerwe. Ndizvo vakatora Jesu.¹⁷Naye wakabuda echitwara muchinjiko kuenda kundau inozwi Denhenya, iyo inodaidzwa ngokwechiHebheru kuti, Gorogotha. ¹⁸Apo ndipo pevakamukohomera, pamwepo nevairi vamwe, umwe ngeino noumweni ngeiyo, naJesu ngepakati.¹⁹Piratu wakanyorazve chinyorwa, akachiisa padera pomuchinjiko. Uku ndikwo kunyorwa kwacho: “JESU WENAZARETA, MAMBO WEVAJUDHA.” ²⁰VaJudha vazhinji vakadzidza ichi chinyorwa, ngokuti ndau iyo yaakakohomerwa Jesu yaiya pasinde pedhorobha; nacho chaiya chakanyorwa ngechiHebheru nechiRoma nechiGiriki.²¹Ndizvo vapristi vakuru vevaJudha vakati kunaPiratu, “Usanyora kuti, ‘Mambo wevaJudha,’ asi kuti, ‘Iye wakati, ndiri mambo wevaJudha.’ ²²piraatu wakapingura akati: “Chendanyora, ndanyora.”²³Naapo masoja aiya akohomera Jesu, akatora zvokufuka zvake, akazvipaura kuita mirwi mirongomuna, soja rimwe ngarimwe murwi waro. Vakatorazve gauni rake; asi gauni rake nehanzu yake raiya risina musono, asi rakarukwa kubvira ngedera kwaro metsa kubani kwaro. ²⁴Ndizvo vakaronzerana pakati pavo vechiti: “Tisaribaura, asi ngatiite mabhigidha, tione kuti ngerani;” kuti chinyorwa chizadzisike chinoti: “Vakakoanisirana zvokufuka zvangu pakati pavo, negauni rangu rakaitirwa mabhigidha.” Ndizvo masoja akaita izvi.,²⁵Asi kwaiya kwakaemapo pasinde pomuchinjiko waJesu mai ake, nahurwani amai ake, Maria mukadzi waKropasi, naMaria Magadhareni. ²⁶Naapo Jesu aona mai ake nomudzidzi uwo waaida vechiema pasindepo, wakati kunamai ake: “Dzimai, wona mukororo wako!” ²⁷Zvino wakati kunamudzidzi uwo: “Wona mai ako!” Kubvira ngeawa iro mudzidzi uwo wakavatora kuti vagare kanyi kwake.²⁸Ngesure kweizvi Jesu, echizia kuti zviro zveshe zvaiya zvaperera, kuti chinyorwa chizadzisike, wakati: “Ndapera ngenyota.” ²⁹Paiya nechidziyo chakazara ngevhini rairungura; ndizvo vakaisa siponji chakazara ngevhini rairungura pachimuti chehisopi, vakachiisa pamuromo wake. ³⁰Naapo Jesu aashira vhini rairungura, wakati: “Zvapera.” Wakakotamisa soro rake naye wakapa mweya wake.³¹Zvino raiya zuva rokunasirira Phasika. VaJudha vakakumbira Piratu kuti mirenje yavo igurwe, vaduswepo kuti miiri isagara pamuchinjiko ngezuva reSabatha, ngokuti Sabatha iro raiya zuva guru. ³²Ndizvo majoni akauya, akagura mirenje yowokutanga neyoumweni, avo vakakohomerwa naye. ³³Asi apo vaguma panaJesu, vakaona kuti waiya afa, avazi kugura mirenje yake.³⁴Asi umwe wemajoni wakabaya parutii pake ngomukhondo, paripo pakabuda ngazi nemvura. ³⁵Nouwo wakazviona wakaita chapupu, nechapupu chake chine gwinyiso, naye unozia kuti unoereketa gwinyiso, kuti nemwiwo mutende.³⁶Ngokuti izvi zvakaitika kuti chinyorwa chizadzisike chinoti, “Akuna godo rake narimwe rinozogurwa.” ³⁷Nechinyorwa chimwenizve chinoti, “Vanozomuringira uwo wevakabaya.”³⁸Ngesure kweizvi, Josefa weArimathia, uwo waiya mudzidzi waJesu, asi ngokufishika ngokutya vaJudha, wakakumbira Piratu kuti aduse muiri waJesu naPiratu wakamutendera. Ndizvo wakauya, akadusa muiri wake.Nikodhemusiwo wakauya, uwo wakauya kwaari ³⁹pakutanga usiku, echiunza mutombo wakaita mvemve wemhura nowemuaro, wairema kuda kuguma makhirogiramu makumi matatu.⁴⁰Ndizvo vakatora muiri waJesu, vakauputira ngejira rakachena pamwepo nomutombo wemakha unonuhwira, kudai ngomutoo wevaJudha wokuika. ⁴¹Zvino kwaiyapo munda pandau iyo yaakakohomerwa, nomumunda uwo mwaiya neiba idzva risikazi kumboikwamwo munhu. ⁴²Ndizvo vakaikamwo Jesu, ngokuti raiya zuva rokunasirira revaJudha, ngokuti iba iro raiya pasindepo.

Chapter 20

¹Zvino ngezuva rokutanga revhiki, Maria Magadhareni wakaenda kuiba mangwanani kuchakasvipa, wakaona buwe rakamburumbudzwa kubva paiba. ²Ndizvo wakarumba, akaenda kunaSimoni Petro nokunomudzidzi umweni, uwo waaida Jesu, akati kwavari: “Vakadusa Mambo kubva muiba, nesu atizii pevakamuradzika.”³Ndizvo Petro wakabuda noumweni mudzidzi vakaenda kuiba. ⁴Zvino vakarumba vari pamwepo, asi mudzidzi umweniwo wakarumba akapindira Petro, naye wakatanga kuguma paiba. ⁵Akakotama pashi, akaringira mukati, akaona machira akachena akaradzikwamwo, asi aazi kupindamwo.⁶Ndizvo Simoni Petro wakagumawo, echimuteera, wakapotera muiba. Akaona machira akachena akaradzikwa, ⁷nedhuku iro raiya rakasungwa musoro mwake, risikazi kuradzikwa pamwepo nemachira akachena, asi raiya rakapetwa riri rega pandau imweni.⁸Ndizvo mudzidzi umweni, uwo wakatanga kuguma paiba, wakapoterawo akaona, akatenda. ⁹ngokuti vaiya vasati vazwisisa chinyorwa chinoti unosisira kuti amuke kubva kwevakafa. ¹⁰Ndizvo vadzidzi avo vakaenda kanyi kwavo.¹¹Asi Maria wakaema kubanze kweiba echichema. Achachema wakakotama, akaringira muiba, ¹²naye wakaona ngirosi mbiri dzakafuka zvakachena, dzakagara imwe ngokusoro neimweni ngokutsoka, apo powaiya wakaradzikwa muiri waJesu. ¹³Nadzo dzakati kwaari: “Dzimai, unochemenyi?” Wakati kwedziri: “Ngokuti vakadusa Mambo wangu, neni andizii pevakamuradzika.”¹⁴Apo areketa izvi, wakakunukukira sure, akaona Jesu akaema, asi aazi kuzia kuti ndiJesu. ¹⁵Jesu wakati kwaari: “Dzimai, unochemenyi? Unotsvaka anani?” Aye, echipinimidza kuti waiya murimi, wakati kwaari: “Mambo, kudai wakamudusa kubva pano, ndironzere powakamuradzika, neni ndimutore.”¹⁶Jesu wakati kwaari: “Maria!” Wakakunukuka, akati kwaari ngechiHebheru: “Rabhoni!” (Ndiwo kuti: Mudzidzisi). ¹⁷Jesu wakati kwaari: “Usandibata, ngokuti andisati ndakwira kuna Baba. Asi enda kunevanun'una vangu, wooti kwavari, ‘Ndinokwira kuna Baba angu naBaba enyu, nokunaMwari wangu naMwari wenyu.’" ¹⁸Maria Magadhareni wakauya, akaronzera vadzidzi kuti: “Ndaona Mambo,” nokuti wakaereketa izvi kwaari.¹⁹Zvino madeekoni ezuvaro rokutanga revhiki, misiwo yakakonywa umwo mwaiya nevadzidzi ngendaa yokutya vaJudha, Jesu wakauya, akaema pakati pavo, akati kwavari: “Kunyarara ngakugare kwomuri.” ²⁰Naapo areketa izvi, wakavaonisa nyara dzake norutii rwake. Naapo vadzidzi vakadakara apo vaona Mambo.²¹Jesu wakatizve kwavari: “Kunyarara ngakugare kwomuri. Kudai ngezvaakandituma Baba, ngokudaro ndinomutumawo.” ²²Naapo areketa izvi wakavafemera, akati kwavari: “Ashirai Mweya Wakachena. ²³Kunyazwi ndiani womunozorekerera zvishaishi zvake, zvinozorekererwa; kunyazwi ndiani womusikazorekereri, azvizorekererwi.²⁴Zvino Thomasi, umwe wegumi navairi, uwo unozwi Manyambiri, waiya asiripo navo apo Jesu paakauya. ²⁵Ndizvo vadzidzi vamweni vakati kwaari: “Tamuona Mambo.” Asi iye wakati kwavari: “Kuti ndisaona munyara dzake mauri ezvipikiri, ndipfekemwo chinwe changu mumauri ezvipikiri, ndipfeke nyara yangu parutii rwake, andizotendi.”²⁶Ngesure kwemazuva masere, vadzidzi vaiyazve mumhatso naThomasi waiya navo. Jesu wakauya misiwo yakakonywa, wakaema pakati pavo, wakati: “Kunyarara ngakugare kwomuri.” ²⁷Zvino wakati kunaThomasi: “Isa chinwe chako apa, uone nyara dzangu; utambanudze nyara yako, uipfeke parutii rwangu. Usaita usikatendi, asi unotenda.²⁸Thomasi wakapingura, akati kwaari: “Mambo wangu naMwari wangu!”. ²⁹Jesu wakati kwaari: “Wazotenda ngokuti wandiona here? Vanomuchena avo vanotenda vasikazi kuona.”³⁰Zvino Jesu wakaita mioniso imweni mizhinji mukuona kwevadzidzi vake, isikazi kunyorwa mutsamba iyi. ³¹Asi iyi yakanyorwa kuti imwimwi mutende kuti Jesu ndiKristu, Mwana waMwari, nokuti ngokutenda muone kupona ngezina rake.

Chapter 21

¹Musure maisweswo Jesu wakadzionisazve kuvadzidzi vake pa Mukova rweThibheriasi; naye wakadzionisa ngenjira iyi. ²Vaiya vari pamwepo Simoni Petro naThomasi, unozwi Manyambiri, naNathanaeri, uwo waibva Khana reGarire, nevana vaZebedhi, nevamweni vairi vevadzidzi vake. ³Simoni Petro wakati kwavari: “Ndinoenda koobata hove.” Vakati kwaari: “Nesu tinoendawo newe.” Vakaenda, vakakwira mungarava, asi usikuhwo avazi kubata chiro.⁴Asi apo kwooita mambakwedza, Jesu wakaema pahumbikumbi, asi vadzidzi avazi kuzia kuti ndiJesu. ⁵Ndizvo Jesu wakati kwavari: “Vana, mwabata hove here?” Vakamupingura vechiti: “Haiwa.” ⁶Wakati kwavari: “Kandirai rutaa ngokurutii rwokumudyo rwengarava, nemwi munozoona.” Ndizvo vakarukandira, vaiya vasina simba rokurukweya ngendaa yokuwanda kwehove.⁷Ndizvo mudzidzi uwo waaida Jesu wakati kunaPetro: “NdiMambo!” Naapo Simoni Petro azwa kuti ndiMambo, wakasimira jira rake, ngokuti waiya mupunu, wakadzikandira muruandhle. ⁸Asi vadzidzi vamweni vakauya vari mungarava, vechikweya rutaa rwakazara ngehove ngokuti vaiya vasiri kuretu nenyika, asi paida kuita zana remamitha. ⁹Naapo vaguma kuhumbikumbi, vakaona apo muriro wemasimbe, nehove yakaiswa padera pomuriro, nechingwa.¹⁰Jesu wakati kwavari: “Unzai dzimweni dzehove dzemwabata zvino.” ¹¹Simoni Petro wakakwiramwo akakweyera rutaa kuhumbikumbi, rwakazara ngehove huru dzaiya zana nemakumi mashanu nenhatu; kunyazwi dzaiya zhinji kudaro, rutaa aruzi kubauka.¹²Jesu wakati kwavari: “Uyai mudye.” Apana naumwe wevadzidzi waishinga kumubvunza kuti: “ndiwe ani?” Vaizia kuti ndi Mambo. ¹³Jesu wakauya, akatora chingwa, akavapa, nehove ngokudaro. ¹⁴Zvino iyi yaiya yaanguva yechitatu yaakadzipangidza Jesu kuvadzidzi, ngesure kwokumuka kwake kwevakafa.¹⁵Swadaloko vapedza kudya kwemangwanani, Jesu wakati kuna Simoni Petro: “Simoni, mwana waJohani, unondida kupinda ava here?” Wakati kwaari: “Eya, Mambo, unozia kuti ndinokuda.” Wakati kwaari: “Usha vana vemakwai angu.” ¹⁶Wakati kwaarizve ngokwechipiri: “Simoni, mukororo waJohani, unondida yaamho here?” Wakati kwaari: “Eya, Mambo, unozia kuti ndinokuda.” Wakati kwaari: “Ngwarira makwai angu.”¹⁷Wakati kwaari ngokwechitatu: “Simoni, mwana waJohani, unondida here?” Petro wakarwadziwa mwoyo ngokuti wakati kwaari ngokwechitatu: “Unondida here?” Naye wakati kwaari: “Mambo, iwewe unozia zveshe; unozia kuti ndinokuda.” Jesu wakati kwaari: “Usha makwai angu. ¹⁸Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwouri, apo uchiri mutsva, waidzisimidza, wechihamba kuenda powaida. Asi apo waa musharuka, unozotambanudza nyara dzako, noumweni unozokusimidza nokukuendesa pousikadi.”¹⁹Jesus wakabuia heswi kuti akhombidjire kuti igwanja ripi ringafa ndirona Pedro kuti anaswe ndi Mwari.ngokudalo paakabuia iswi, wakati kuna pedro: nditeere.²⁰ngokudalo Petro echimuona wakati kunaJesu: “Mambo, uyukee, unozoitenyi?” ²¹Ndizvo Petro echikunukukira sure, wakaona mudzidzi uwo waaida Jesu echimuteera, aye waiya akatseama paditi rake pakudya kwemadeekoni, uwozve wakati: “Mambo, ndiani unozokupira?”.²²Jesu wakati kwaari, “Kudai ndechida kuti agare kuswikira ndiviye, swinoita here ? Nditeere iwewe!” ²³.ngokudalo wakazoshambazira mashoko haia kuhama djake, kuti mudzidzisi wia aazifi. ngokudalo, Jesu aato kuvunja kuna pedro kuti mudzidzi umweni aazofi, ngokudalo wakazoti: ndikaswida kuti agale kuswikira ndivie, unondava naswo here?²⁴Uyu ndiye mudzidzi uwo unopupura ngahaia magwalo, nowakanyora izvi zviro, nesu tinoziva kuti chapupu chake ngechegwinyiso. ²⁵Asi zviripo zvimweni zvizhinji zvaakaita Jesu; kudai zvakanyorwa chimwe ngachimwe chazvo, ndinoti pamweni nenyika yemene ainga emeri tsamba dzinganyorwa.

Acts

Chapter 1

¹Imwe aTeofiro, muukhu lakuyamba ndidanemba bzentse bzomwe Jezu adayamba bzentse bzomwe Jezu adayamba kucita na kupfundzisa, ²zamara zuwa laakatorwa kuenda kudenga. Zvese zvakaitika painga apedza kuwatendera, kuburikidza ngomueya wakashena, yena vakaketa wadzidzisi. ³Kundza kokutabudzika, yena wakazvi kombidza arimupenhu kowari, kozvikombidziro zvoguinhiso. Ngomazuva makumi malongomuna, yena vakaguma kovari, akavereketa ngoumambo waMuari.⁴Yena poaaga akaungana navyo, vakawavundza kuti wasaregera Jerusarema, kuti vaemere kuguinhiswa kaaba, ngovo wakavereketa: Yemwi makazva kondiri ⁵Kuti Johani vakababatidza ngokumwa,ngokuva ngomazva madhoko, yemwi munozobabatidza ngomweya wakashena.⁶Yona povainga vakadiwana vakammuvungisa: Ishe, yei ndiona nguwa yomunozoregerera nhika yoIsrairi? ⁷Yena wakati: Atizvi nguwa nomwaka kuti aba makatongera kuburiquidza ngoumanbo venhu, ⁸ngokudalo munozowashira simba, pakudzuka kuburikidza ngomweya wakachena, kuvira ngoJerusarema noSamaria, zamara kumagumo nhonhika.⁹Paakapedza kuwereketa zviro hezvi, Yishe Jesu vakatorwa kuenda kudenga wese vakaningira, rimwe ngore lakamuwiga mumadziso awo. ¹⁰Yona vainga wainga vakasota kudenga, kube Jesu vaikira, ngochiripopo, wanarume vawiri vainga vakasimira mashira akashena vainga parutiwi layo. ¹¹Yona wakati: Varume vomuGarire, ngenhi munosota mudenga? Yena Jesu ngopakate penhu vakatorwa kuenda kudenga, unozohirira sezomamuona yesikira.¹²NaaPo yona vakawirira Jerusarema ngokugomo Oriveira lainga pedho noJerusarema, thalauco hokufamba yainga yosabatha rimwe. ¹³Yoona povakaguma, vakagena munhumba yomukati movaiga vari vafhumba. Vainga vari: Petro; Johan; Jakobe, mukorore vArifeu; Simoni, muZeroti naJuda, mukorore wajakobe. ¹⁴Ava veshe vakaangirira kukumbira ngochisungo chimwe,pamwepo nemadzimai, naMaria amake Jesu novanukuna vake.¹⁵Pamazuwayo, Petro vakaema pakati pohama dzimweni, pakati pochuru namakumi mawiri yowanhu, wakati: ¹⁶Hama, zvakanaka kuti titeweredje zvinhorwa, zviya zvakavereketwa ngoMweya wakachena kumasure ngomulomo vaDavid, ngokuremekedza Juda, vainga ariguandja lokusunga Jesu.¹⁷Naapo yena vainga umwe wedu vainga aripakati pozvakavigika yezvi. ¹⁸Munarume you vakatenga gucha ngouvandu yozvichaishi zvake, aapo , vakazvichaichira ngomusolo, muwiri vake ukaguka ngopakati asi maula ake akabuda paberere. ¹⁹yezwi zvese zvakazika ngovagari veshe voJerusarema, naapo guacha lakadanwa ngomucho vorudzi lake Aceldama, zvaiti guacha longazi.²⁰Ngokuti kakanyorwa mubhuku reNdwiyo: Kuti reguera guacha lako risagarwa, usatendera kuti munhu upiyake agaremo reguera vamuni vatore chigalo chokutonga.²¹Ndizvo umwe wevanhu vakahamba naesu akapotera Mambo Jesu pakati pedu, ²²Kubvira parubhabhatidzo raJohani metsa kuguma pazuva laakatorva mudenga kubva umwe wavo unofanira kuita chapupu naesuchokumuka kake kubva kewakafa. ²³Yona vakawiayo vari vawiri: Jose, aidanidza Barsabas, ngochibongo chakanaka, naMatia.²⁴Yona vainamata wesiti: Yewe, Mambo, munoziva mweyo yovanhu veshe, zvakadalo, tikombigirenhi pavawiri gaupi uya omakaketa ²⁵Kuti atore rupande louyu mushando noupostori, yoo Juda vakaukaganisa kuti aende nayo kundau yake. ²⁶Navo vakavaitira mabhigidha, nomabhigidha akabata Matia, naye wakaverengwa pamwepo novapostori vari gumi naumwe.

Chapter 2

¹Naapo laguma zuva loPentekosti vaiya vakaungana pamwepo veshe pandau imweyo. ²Paripo lakaguma kubva mudenga bope lakadai ngokuvhuvhuta kwedutu rine simba, naro lakazadza mhatso yeshe apo povaigara. ³Kwakaoneka kwavari ndimi, dzakadai ngemirazvu yomuriro, dzakadziparadzanisa pakati pavo, dzakagala pabere pavo veshe. ⁴Navo veshe vakazadzwa ngoMweya Wakachena, vakatanga kuvereketa ngendimi dzimweni, kudai ngozvaakapa Mweya kwavari kuti vaverekete.⁵Zvino muJerusarema waigala vaJudha, vanhu vanodila, vakabva kumadzinza yeshe ari pashi pomudenga. ⁶Naapo iri bope lazwika, mbungano yakaungana pamwepo, navo vakashamiswa ngokuti munhu umwe ngaumwe waivazwa vechivereketa ngendimi yake. ⁷Navo vakashamiswa nokukangaidzwa vechiti: “Ningirai, avo veshe vanovereketa avasiri vaGarire here?⁸Nesu teshe tinoita mazwirenyi munhu umwe ngaumwe ngendimi yake yaakabarwa nayo? ⁹VaPartia, vaMedhe, vaEramu nevagari veMesopotamia, Judhia neKhapadhosia, Pontusi neAsia, ¹⁰Frigia nePamufiria, Egipite nemarupande eRibhia vanotendenedza Kurene, nevaveni vanobva Roma, ¹¹veshe vaJudha novemadzinza vanotenda chiJudha, vaKrete novaArabhia, tinovazwa vechivereketa ngendimi dzedu ngoukuru wemishando inosimba yaMwari.”¹²Veshe vakashamiswa nokukangaidzwa, vechiti umwe kunomweni: “Zvinoronzenyi izvi?” ¹³Asi vamweni vechiita jerasi vakati: “Vadhakwa ngevhini idzva.”¹⁴Asi Petro, echiyema pamwepo nevane gumi naumwe, wakadaidzira ngeizwi lake, echichumaira kwavari echiti: “Vanhu veJudhia nemwi mweshe munogara muJerusarema, izvi ngazviziikanwe kwomuri, mupurutane mazwi angu. ¹⁵Ngokuti ava avazii kudhakwa, kudai ngezvomuno pinimidza; ngokuti richiri ngva rechitatu rezuva.¹⁶Asi izvi ndizvo zvakavereketwa ngomuprofeti Joeri echiti:“ ¹⁷‘Mwari unoti, Mumazuva okupedzisira kunozoitika kuti ndinozodurura Mweya wangu padera pevanhu veshe, nevakorore venyu nevasikana venyu vanozoprofita, nemajaha yenyu anozoona zvioniso, neharahwa dzenyu dzinozolota hope.¹⁸Kunyazwi nepadera pevaranda vangu vevamuna nepadera pevarandakadzi vangu ndinozodurura nao m Mweya wangu; navo vanozoprofita. ¹⁹Neni ndinozoonisa zvishamiso mugore nezvioniso munyika: Ngazi, nomuriro nokufunga kwechiushi.²⁰Zuva rinozochandurwa kuita chidima nomwedzi kuita ngazi, risati raguma zuva guru nerine mbiri laMambo. ²¹Kunozoitika kuti kunyazwi ndiani unozodaidza ngezina laMambo unozoponeswa.’²²“Yemwi vamuna vaIsuraeri, izwai mazwi aya. Jesu weNazaretha, munhu wakaoniswa kwomuri ndiMwari ngemishando ine simba nevzishamiso nezvioniso, zvaakaita Mwari kubudikidza ndiye pakati penyu, kudai ngezvomunozia mweshe; ²³uyu Jesu wakapirwa kudai ngokuemeswa kwebangano nokuzia zviri mberi kwaMwari, yemwi ngenyala dzevanhu vakashata mwakamukohomera nokumuulaya. ²⁴Asi Mwari wakamumusa, amusunhura pakuladzikwa kworufu, ngokuti azvisaizoitika kuti asungwe ndirwo.²⁵Ngokuti Dhavhidha wakavereketa ndiye kuti, ‘Ndakaona Mambo nguva dzeshe undori pamberi pangu; ngokuti yena uri ngokumudyo kwangu kuti ndisazozutuguswa; ²⁶Ndizvo mwoyo wangu wakadakara, norurumi Langu Lakadakadzwa; kunyazwi nenyama dzangu dzinozogara mukugonda.²⁷Ngokuti yewe auzoregeri mweya wangu muHaidhesi, zve, auzotenderi Wakachena wako kuti aore. ²⁸Yewe wakandiziisa gwandja lokupona, unozondizadzisa ngokudakala ngokuapo kwako.’²⁹“Hama, ndingavereketa ngokurerukirwa ngendaa yababamukuru Dhavhidha, kuti iye wakafa, akavikwa, neiba rake riri pakati pedu metsa nyamashi. ³⁰Ndizvo ari muprofeti, echiziva kuti Mwari wakapika kwaari ngembhiko kuti unozoemesa umwe wemibarirwana wechiunu chake ngokwenyama kuti agare pachigaro chake choumambo, ³¹echihona zvaiya pamberi, wakavereketa ngokumuka kwaKristu kubva kwevakafa, kuti aazi kuregerwa ari muHaidhesi, ngokuti nhama yake aishi kuora.³²Mwari wakamusa uyu Jesu kubva kwovakafa, nesuyo teshe tiri zvapupu zvakwo. ³³Ndizvo amirudzwa kumudyo waMwari, aashira chigondiso choMweya Wakachena kubva kunaBaba, wakadurura izvi zvomunoona nezvomunozwa.³⁴Ngokuti Dhavhidha aazi kukwira mudenga; asi unoti: ‘Mambo Mwari wakati kunaMambo wangu, gala ngokumudyo kwangu, ³⁵metsa ndaita magaa ako chitambarariro chetsoka dzako. ³⁶“Ndizvo vembhatso yeshe yaIsuraeri ngavazie yaamho kuti Mwari wakamuita Mambo naKristu, Jesu uyo wemwakakohomera.”³⁷Naapo vazwa izvi, vakabaiwa mumwoyo, navo vakati kunaPetro nokunevapostori vamweni: “Hama, tinozoitenyi?” ³⁸NaPetro wakati kwavari: “Tenderukai, mubhabhatidzwe mweshe umwe ngaumwe wenyu ngezina raJesu Kristu, kuti muregererwe zvishaishi zvenyu, nemwi munozovashira chipo choMweya Wakachena. ³⁹Ngokuti chigondiso chakagondiswa kwomuri nokuvana venyu nokwavari veshe vari ndhambo, veshe avo vaanozodaidza Mambo Mwari wedu.”⁴⁰Wakapupula ngemazwi amweni akawanda nokuvapanga echiti: “Dziponesei pachenyu kubva kunouyu mubarirwana wakashongoloka.” ⁴¹Ndizvo avo vakaashira mazwi ake ngokudakala vakabhabhatidzwa, ngozuva rimwero kwakaenguedzera kwavari vanhu vanoda kukwana makumi matatu emazana . ⁴²Navo vakaangira kungwarira zvidzidziso zvevapostori nokuiyana, mukugura chingwa nomukukumbira.⁴³Munhu weshe wakagumirwa ngokutya; nemishamiso yakawanda nezvioniso zvakaitwa kubudikidza ngevapostori. ⁴⁴Navo veshe vakatenda vaigala pamwepo, ngoizviro zvavo vakakowerana pakati pavo pamwepo; ⁴⁵navo vaitengesa upfumi hwavo nenhumbi dzavo, vaizviphakisa kwavari veshe kudai ngokugomola kwomunhu.⁴⁶Zuva ngezuva vakagala pamwepo ngechisungo chimwe muTemberi, vechigula chingwa mumizi yavo, vakadya ngokudakala nomwoyo wokuzwanana, ⁴⁷vechikudza Mwari, vechidikanwa ngevanhu veshe. NaMambo waienguedzera kwavari zuva ngezuva avo vaiponeswa.

Chapter 3

¹Zuva rimweni Petro naJohani vaikwira kuTemberi ngoguwa yokukumbira, awa yochifvembamwe. ²Nomunhu wainga chirema kubvira mundani yamai vake waitwarwa, uwo wevaiisa zuva ngezuva pamusuwo weTemberi, unozwi Musiwo Wakanaka, kuti apemhe kunevaipotera muTemberi. ³Naapo aona Petro naJohani vooda kupotera muTemberi wakapemha.⁴Petro echimusota, naJohani, wakati, “Ningira kwotiri.” ⁵Naye wakavaringira, echitarisira kuti unozopuwa chiro ndivo. ⁶Asi Petro wakati: “Andina sirivha nomukore; asi ndinokupa icho chendinacho. Ngezita raJesu Kristu weNazaretha, simuka uhambe.”⁷Naye wakamubata ngonyara yokumudyo, akamumirudza; paripo tsoka dzake nemadziso etsoka dzake zvakagwinyiswa. ⁸Naye echinyanduka wakaema, akatanga kuhamba, akapotera navo muTemberi, echihamba ngokundakala, echikudza Mwari.⁹Vanhu veshe vakamuvona echihamba, echikudza Mwari. ¹⁰Navo vakamuziwa kuti ndiyena uwo waigala echikumbira zvipo pamusiwo weThemberi unozwi Musiwo Wakanaka. Vakashamiswa nokukangaidzwa ngeizvo zvainga zvaitika kwari.¹¹Naapo achabata Petro naJohani, vanhu veshe vakarumba kuungana kwavari vari muBerere laSoromoni, vechishamiswa kakakurisa. ¹²Naapo Petro azviona, wakavereketa : “Yemwi vanhu vaIsuraeri, munoshamiswa ngenyi ngaizvi? Nokuti munotinigirisisa ngenyi ingatei isimba redu nokuti unaku hwedu zvaita kuti ahambe?,¹³Mwari waAbrahama, waIsaka, waJakobe nowemadzibaba edu, wakakudza muranda wake Jesu, uwo wemwakapira yemwi, mukamuramba pamberi phomeso yaPiratu, apo paainga ada kumusunugula. ¹⁴Asi yemwi mwakaramba uwo Wakachena neWakarurama, mukakumbira kuti muulayenyi apuwe kwomuri.¹⁵Mwakaulaya Muambi wokupona; uwo waakamusa Mwari kubva kwevakafa. Yesu tiri zvapupu kunahezvi. ¹⁶Ngokugonda zina lake, zina lake lichokuadi laita kuti agwinye, uyu munhu womunoona nowomunozia; kubudikidza ngokugonda munaJesu kwaita kuti agwinye kudai pamberi penyu mweshe.¹⁷“Nazvino hama, ndinozia kuti mwakazviita ngokusakazia, kudai ngezvevakaitawo vatongi venyu. ¹⁸Asi izvo zvaakanagira Mwari ngepamberi ngomulomo wevaprofiti veshe, kuti Kristu wake unozotambudzika, yena wakazvizadzisa kudalo.¹⁹Ndizvo tenderukanhi mukunukugire kunaMwari kuti zvishaishi zvenyu zvisunugurvwe, ²⁰kuti nguva dzokugwinyiswa mumweya dziuye dzinobva pamberi paMambo, zve, kuti atume Kristu Jesu uwo wakaemeserwa yemwi.²¹Uwo unosisira kuti aashirwe mudenga agamushire nguva yaguma yokumusirirwa kwezviro zveshe, yaakavereketa ndiyo Mwari ngemilomo yevaprofiti vake vakacheneswa kubvira pakutanga. ²²Ngokuti Mosi wakati, ‘Mambo Mwari wenyu unozomumudjula muprofiti unobva pakati pehama dzenyu, muprofiti wakadai ndini. Munozvikadira kuzopurutana kuzviro zveshe zvaanozovereketa kwomuri. ²³Kunozoitika kuti weshe asikazopurutani kunouwo muprofiti, unozopaladzwa kubva pakati pevanhu.’²⁴Yena, nevaprofiti veshe, kubvira kunaSamueri naavo veshe vakatevera, vakanadzirira ngaaya mazuva. ²⁵yemwi muri mubarirwana yevaprofiti nevechitenderano chaakaita Mwari namadzibaba yenyu, echiti kunaAbrahama, ‘Ngembabai yako madzinza yeshe omunyika anozofhumiswa.’ ²⁶Mwari wakamurudza Muranda wake, akamutumira kwomuri kutanga kuti amuganhise, ngokutenderudza umwe ngaumwe wenyu kubva mukushata kwenyu.”

Chapter 4

¹Apo Petro naJohani vakavereketa kunevanhu, vapristi nenduna yeTemberi nevaSadhusi vakedera kwavari, ²Vakachamwa kukuwane ngokuti vaidzidzisa vanhu nokuchumaira kumuka kwevakafa munaJesu. ³Navo vakavabata, vakavakanda mujere metsa zuva lomangwani, ngokuti wainga amadeeko. ⁴Asi vazhinji vakazwa izwi vakatenda; nouwandu hwevanhu vwaida kuguma makumi mashanu yomazana.⁵Ngezuva yochimangwani, vatongi vavo, vakuru nevanyori, vakaungana muJerusarema. ⁶naAnasi mupristi mukuru, yovafasi, Johani naArekizanda, naavo veshe vaiya vembhatso yomuprista mukuru. ⁷Naapo vainga vavaemesa pakati pavo, vakavabvunza kuti: Yemwi mwaita izvi zviro ngesimba nokuti ngozina laani?”⁸Zvino Petro, azadzwa ngoMweya Wakachena, wakati kwavari: “Yemwi vatongi vevanhu nevakuru, ⁹kudai yesu techibvunziswa nyamashi ngendaa yomushando wakanaka wakaitwa kunomunhu wakaremala, kuti waponeswa ngenjira yakadai. ¹⁰Ngazviziikwe kwomuri mweshe nokuvanhu veshe vaIsuraeri, kuti ngezita raJesu Kristu weNazaretha, uwo wemwakakohomera, uwo waakamusa Mwari kubva kwevakafa, kubudikidza ndiye, uyu munhu unoema pamberi penyu apona.¹¹Uyu ndiye ‘Buwe rakarambwa ndimwi vaaki, uwo wakaita solo lopakona.’ ¹²Akunazve kuponeswa ngoumweni, ngokuti akuna zina rimweni pashi pomudenga lakapuwa kunavanhu kuti tiponeswe ndilona."¹³Zvino apo vaona kushinga kwaPetro naJohani, vaona kuti vaingaa vanhu vasikazvi kudzidzisua, vanhu vasina chevanozia, vakashama; nazvo vakaziva kuti vaiya naJesu. ¹⁴Vechiona munhu wakaponeswa eshiema navo, avanozvi kukona kuramba chiro.¹⁵Asi apo vainga vavadzidzisa kuti vabve pakati pevatongi, vakapangana pakati pavo. ¹⁶vechiti: “Tinozoitenyi ngevanhu ava? Ngokuti zvakaoneka pambhene ngevanhu veshe vanogala muJerusarema kuti ngegwinyiso zvishamiso unombiri wakaitwa kubudikidza ndivo; mesu atikoni kulamba. ¹⁷Asi kuti zvisa zopalarika pakati povanhu, ngativakohomedzise kuti vasachazovereketazve kunevanhu kunyazwi ngouri ngezina iri Naapo ¹⁸vakavadaidza, vakavapangisisa kuti vasachazovereketa nokuti kudzidzisa ngezina raJesu.¹⁹Asi Petro naJohani vechipingula vakati kwavari: “Kuti kwakanaka mukuona kwaMwari kupurutana kwomuri kunokupurutana kunaMwari, gulanhii yemwi. ²⁰Ngokuti yesu atikoni kuverekera ngeizvo zvino zvetakaona nezvetakazwa.”²¹Ndizvo apo vainga vavakohomedzisa zve, vakavaregera kuti vaende, vasikahoni ndaa yokuti vavaorore ndiyo, ngondaa yevanhu, ngokuti vanhu veshe vaikudza Mwari ngaizvo zvakaitwa. ²²Ngokuti munhu uwo wainga nomakore anopinda makumi marongomuna okubarwa kwake, uwo chioniso ichi chokuponeswa chakaitwa kwaari.²³Naapo varegerwa kuti yaende, vakauya kunevanhu vavo, vakavawereketera zveshe izvo zvakarobuiwa kwavari ngevapristi vakuru nevakuru. ²⁴Naapo vazvizwa, vakadaidzira kunaMwari ngechisungo chimwe, vakati: “A Mambo, yemwi ndiwi wakasika denga nenyika noruandhle nazvo zveshe zviri mukati mwazvo. ²⁵yemwi wakavereketa ngoMweya Wakachena kuburikidza ngomulomo womuranda wako, ababa edu Dhavhidha kuti: “ ‘Ngeyi mazinza akaita ushungu nevanhu vakapinimidza zvisina shwiro?²⁶Madzimambo enyika akavzinasirira pachavo nevatongi vakaungana pamwepo kumukira uMambo Mwari naKristu wake.’²⁷Ngokuti ngegwinyiso vakaungana mudhorobha iri kumukira Muranda wako wakachena Jesu, uwo womwakadzodza, veshe Herodhi naPhontiusi Piratu, nomadzinza nevanhu veshe vaIsuraeri. ²⁸kuita zveshe izvo zvakaemeswa ngepamberi ngonyara yako nangokupanga kwako kuti zviitike²⁹Zvino, Mambo Mwari, ningiranhi kukohomedzisa kwavo, upe kuvaranda vako kuti vaverekete izwi rako ngokutsunga kweshe. ³⁰Naapo mechitambanudza nyala yenyu kuponesa, zvioniso nemishamiso zvinoitwa kubudikidza ngezina loMuranda wenyu wakachena Jesu.” ³¹Naapo vainga vakumbira, ndau yakazungunyiswa apo povainga vakaungana; navo veshe vakazadzwa ngoMweya Wakachena, vakavereketa izwi laMwari ngokutsunga.³²Zvino mbungano yeshe yeavo vakatenda vainga nomweyo umwe nomweya umwe, akuna naumwe wavo waiwerwketa kuti zviro zvaainga nazvo zvainga zvake; asi zveshe zvaiga zvavo veshe. ³³Ngosimba guru vapostori vakaita chapupu chokumuka kwaMambo Jesu kubva kwovakafa; nenyasha huru dzaiya padera pavo veshe.³⁴Ngokuti painga pasina naumwe pakati pavo waitama, ngokuti vazhinji vainga nomadje nokuti bmhatso vakazvitengesa, vakauzisa mutengo yeizvo zvakatengeswa ³⁵vakaiisa pasoka dzevapostori; nazvo zvakawabhakisa kunaumwe ngaumwe kudai ngokugomola kwoumweni.³⁶NaJosefa, uwo wakadudzwa ngevapostori kuti, Bhanabhasi, zvinoronza kuti: “Mwana wokuembedzera,” muRevhi, munhu weSaipurasi, ³⁷wakatengesa munda, naye wakazisa mare, akaiisa pasoka dzovapostori.

Chapter 5

¹Asi munhu aizwi Ananiasi, nomukadzi wake Safira, wakatengesa fvuma. ²Wakasala noumweni omutengo, nomukadzi wake yechizia naye, aunza umweni omutengo, wakauwiisa pasoka ndzevapostori.³Asi Petro wakati: “Ananiasi, Sathani wazadza ngenyi mwoyo wako kuti unyepe kunoMweya Wakachena nokusala noumweni omutengo womunda. ⁴Ngenguva uchipo wainga usiri wako here? Nangesure kwokutengeswa kwawo, ausainga uripashi pesimba lako yere? Wakaganisa ngenyi izvi mumweyo mwako? Auto kunyepera vanhu, asi Mwari.” ⁵Naapo Ananiasi yechizwa mazwi, wakawa pashi, akafa. Nokutya kwakakula kwokagumira avo veshe vakazvizwa. ⁶Majaha akamuruka, akamuputira, akamutwala kuenda kumarinda koomuvika.⁷Ngesure kwomukuwo unoda kuita maawa matatu, mukadzi wake, asikazii izvi zvakaitika, akapoteramwo. ⁸Petro wakati kwaari: “Ndironzere kuti mwakatengesa munda here ngemare yakadai?” Nayena wakati: “Ndtenguesa, ngomare yakadalo.”⁹Asi Petro wakati kwaari: “wakatenderana ngenyi kuedza Mweya waMambo? Wona, tsoka dzaavo vaika mwamuna wako dziri pamuswo, navo vanozokutwala kuenda kubere.” ¹⁰Paripo wakawa pashi pasoka dzake, akafa. Naapo majaha apotera akamuona afa, wakamuchamwira kumubudisa kuberere, vakamuviga painga nomwamuna wake. ¹¹Ngokutanga kwakakula wakagumira veshe vechigala nepadera pavo veshe vakazwa izvi.¹²Zvino zvioni nezvishamiso zvakawanda zvaiitwa ngenyala dzovapostori pakati povanhu. Navo vaiyapo veshe ngochisungo chimwe muBerere laSoromoni. ¹³Asi akuna naumwe wechikwata chimweni waishunga kuti agenere mukati mwavo, asi vanhu vakavaremekedza.¹⁴Novatendi vakagena kuengedzera kunaMambo, vazhinji vamuna nevakadzi, ndizvo vakabudisa mumapato avo vaiwadza, ¹⁵vakavaladzika pamanhi nepamisengere, kuti apo Petro echipindapo, bvute lake ritibikire vamweni vavo. ¹⁶Vakaunganawo vanhu vazhinji vechibva kumadhorobha vaitendenedza Jerusarema, vechiunza vairwara ngomweya yotsina, navo veshe vakaponeswa.¹⁷Asi kwakamuruka muprista mukuru, naavo veshe vaiga naye, venhengo yechikwata chevaSadhusi, navo vakazala ngondurumwa, ¹⁸vakabata vapostori, vakavakanda mutirongo risina shiro.¹⁹Asi usiku ngirosi yaMambo akabeula musuwo yodele, ikavabudisa kuberere, nayo wakati: ²⁰“Endai, muyeme muTemberi mwechiparidzira vanhu mazwi yeshe okupona houku.” ²¹Naapo vazwa izvi, vakapotera muTemberi mangwanani mavishi, vakadzidzisa. Naapo muprista mukuru wakawiyao naavo vainga naye, akawaidza pamwepo vatongi veshe nevakuru veshe vevanhu voIsuraeri, vakatumira izwi kugele kuti vavadze.²²Asi apo vangwariri veTemberi vakatumwa vagumapo, avazi kuvaona mutirongo, navo vakazhirira vakavavundza. ²³vechiti: “Mumba yodjele taiona yakakonywa zvakanaka, nevangwariri vakaema pamisiwo; asi apo tabeura atito kuona munhu mukati.”²⁴Zvino apo nduna yeTemberi nevaprista vakuru vazwa mazwi aya, vakakangaidzwa kakuru ndivo, kuti izvi zvingazoita mapererenyi. ²⁵Naapo pakawia munhu umweni akavavundza echiti: “Wonai, vanhu vemwakakonyera mudjele vanoema muTemberi vechidzidzisa vanhu.”²⁶Naapo nduna pamwepo nevangwariri veTemberi vakaenda, vakavaunza, asi avazi kuita zvokuvaangiridza, ngokuti vaitya kutakua ngomapuwe ngovanhu. ²⁷Naapo vaiya vavundza, vakavaisa pamberi pevatongi. Nomuprista mukuru wakavabvunza: ²⁸echiti, “Takamupangirisisa kuti musazodzidzisa ngairi zina, zvino wonai, mazadza Jerusarema ngorudzidziso lenyu, nemwi munoda kuunza padera pedu ngazi yomunhu uyu.”²⁹kutenderuka kuvaIsuraeri nokukungurirwa zvishaishi. ³⁰Asi Petro novapostori vakapingula, vakati, “Tinofanira kuti tipurutane Mwari, haiwa kupurutana vanhu. ³¹Mwari wemadzibaba edu wakamusa Jesu uwo wemwakaurlaya ngokumukohomera pachiphambano. Iye Mwari wakamumirudza ngokumudyo kwake kuti aite Mutungamiriri noMuponesi, kuti ape. ³²Nesu tiri zvapupu zvaaya mazwi, noMweya Wakachena, uwo waakapa Mwari kwavari vanomuyayeya.”³³Naapo vazwa izvi, vakazadzwa ngoushungu, vakada kuvauraya. ³⁴Asi umwe wevaFarisi wakamiruka kubva pakati pevatongi, zina lake ndiGamarieri, mudzidzisi weMipango, uwo wairemeredzwa ngevanhu veshe, naye wakapangana kuti avo vanhu vambobudiswa kubaberere kwomukuwo mudoko.³⁵Wakati kwavari: “yemwi vamuto vaIsuraeri, zvingwarirenyi ngaizvo zvomunoda kuita ngeava vanhu. ³⁶Ngokuti ngomazuva okare Theudhasi wakamuruka, yechiti iye waiya mukuru. Vanhu vaida kuita mazana marongomuna vakamuteera; asi wakaurawa, naavo veshe vakamuteera vakaparadzwa, vakapera. ³⁷Ngesure kwake Judhasi muGarire wakamiruka ngemazuva okunyorwa mazina, wakakweya vanhu vamweni kuti vamuteere; yena naye wakafa, naavo veshe vakapaukiswa ndiye vakapararira veshe.³⁸Ndizvo zvino ndinoti kwomuri, talaukai kubva kuneava vanhu, muvaregere vari vega; ngokuti kudai iri zano nouyu mushando zviri zvevanhu, zvinozopaladzwa. ³⁹Asi kuti zviri zvaMwari, amuna simba rokuvanyisa. Ngokuti pamweni mungadai mwechirwisana naMwari!” Navo veshe vakatenderana naye.⁴⁰naapo vadaidza vapostori kwavari, vakavashwapura, vakawazadjisira kuti vasazovereketa ngezina raJesu, vakavarekera. ⁴¹Ndizvo vakabva pamberi pevatongi, vechidakara ngokuti vakaverengwa kuita vanofanira kuitirwa zvinotsverudza ngondava yezina rake. ⁴²Mazuva eshe muTemberi nomumakanyi avazi kuregera kudzidzisa nokuchumaira ndiJesu kuti ndiye Kristu.

Chapter 6

¹Zvino mumazuva aya, apo vadzidzi vaimazwa nokuwanzwa, vaJudha vaiereketa chiGiriki vakavhuruvhutira vaHebheru, ngendaa yokuti shirikadzi dzavo dzairegeredzwa mukukoanisirwa kwezuva ngezuva.,²Nevari gumi navairi vakadaidza kwavari chiunga chevadzidzisi, vakati: “Akusisiri kuti yesu tiregere izwi laMwari, tishande paatafula. ³Ndizvo, hama dzangu, ketanhi vamuna vanomwe kubva pakati penyu vanogondeka, vakazara ndiMweya nokungwara, vetingaemesa padera pouyu mushando ⁴Asi yesu tinozoaningira mukukumbira nomumushando weizwi.”⁵Neizwi ilo lakadakadza chiunga cheshe, navo vakaketa Stefano, munhu wakazala ngokugonda noMweya Wakachena, Firipu, Prokhorusi, Nikano, Thimona, Phamenasi naNikorusi weAntiokhi wainga akatenderukira kuchiJudha. ⁶Vakavakanda pamberi pevapostori, naapo vainga vakumbira, vakaisa nyara dzavo padenga pavo.⁷Neizwi raMwari lakaanzvika kupalarira; chiunga chevadzidzi chakaangira kukura kakurutu muJerusarema; nevaprista vazhinji vakapurutana mukutenda.⁸Stefano azala ngonyasha nesimba, waiita zvishamiso nezvioniso zvikuru pakati povanhu. ⁹Zvino vamweni veavo vemhatso yokudira vanozwi Vanhu Vakasununguka, nevaKurene, nevaArekizanda, neavo vanobva Sirisia, nevaAsia, vakamiruka vechiita hasha naStefano.¹⁰Navo avato kukona kuemesedzana noungwaru ngoMweya zvaakavereketa ndizvo. ¹¹Naapo ngokufishika vakanyengerera vanhu kuti vati: “Takamuzwa echireketa mazwi okutuka Mosi naMwari.”¹²Navo vakavherudza vanhu nevakuru nevanyori, vakamumuvereketera, vakamubata, vakamuunza kune vatongi. ¹³Vakaemesa zvapupu zvokunyepa, izvo zvakati: “Munhu uyu aatongorekeri kuereketa mazwi okutuka iyi ndau yakachena noMupango; ¹⁴ngokuti takamuzwa yechiwereketa kuti, uyu Jesu weNazaretha unozoparadza ndau iyi, nokupinduridza mitoo yaakapa kwetiri Mosi.” ¹⁵Naavo veshe vaiya vakagala pavatongi, vechimusota, vakaona meso yake yakadai ngomeso yengirosi.

Chapter 7

¹Zvino mupristi mukuru wakati: “Izvi zvine guinhiso here?” ²Naye wakati: “Hama nemadzibaba, purutanai kwendiri. Mwari wouthende wakaoneka kunababa edu Abrahama, apo pevaigala muMesopotamia, vasati vagara muHarani, ³wakati kwaari: ‘Buda munyika yako nokubva kuhama dzako, uende munyika yendinozokukonbigidzira.⁴Naapo wakabuda kubva munyika yevaKharadhea, vakagala muHarani. Ngesure kwokufa kwababa ake, Mwari wakamuthuthisa kubveyo kuti auye munyika iyi yomunogara zvinezvi yemwi. ⁵naye aazi kumupa nhaka mukati mwayo, haiwa kunyazwi nepanokwana kutsikwa ngosoka, asi wakamugondisa kuti unozoipa kwaari kuti iite nhacha yake neyorudzi rwake runozouya sure kwake, apo paaiya asati abala mwana.⁶NaMwari wakavereketa ngoguadza iyi kuti: ‘Mibarirwana yake inozoita vanhu vapala munyika yevamweni, avo vachavaita hloko dzavo, vechivabata ngoguadza lakashata metsa kupera kwemakore mazana marongomuna. ⁷Asi ndinozoritonga iro dzinza revanozoitwa ndiro hloko,’ wakaronza Mwari, ‘Nangesure kweizvo vanozobuda, vandidire mundau iyi. ⁸Naapo wakamupa chitenderano chokuchekwa. Ndizvo Abrahama abara Isaka, wakamucheka ngezuva rechisere; naIsaka wakabara Jakobe naJakobe wakabara madzibaba mukuru gumi navawiri.⁹“Nemadzibaba mukuru vakaita ndurumwa ndiJosefa, vakamutengesa Egipite; asi Mwari waiya naye,, ¹⁰Naye wakamununurira kubva kumadambudziko ake yeshe, wakamupa nyasha noungwaru pamberi paFaro, mambo weEgipite, uwo wakamuemesa kuti aite mutongi pameri peEgipite nomumb yake yeshe.¹¹Zvino nzara yakauya paberi penyika yeshe yeEgipite neyeKhenani, nokutambudzika kukuru; nemadzibaba edu avazi kuona zvokudya. ¹²Asi apo Jakobe aizwi kuti yaiyamwo koroni muEgipite, wakatuma madzibaba edu panguva yokutanga. ¹³Parwendo lochipiri, Josefa wakaita pachake kuti aziikanwe kuvakoma vake, nehama dzaJosefa dzakaziikanwa kunaFaro.¹⁴NaJosefa wakavatuma koodaidza kuti vauye kwaari ababa ake Jakobe nehama dzake dzeshe, vanhu makumi manomwe navashanu. ¹⁵ndizvo Jakobe wakadzaka kuenda Egipite. Naye wakafa, iye namadzibaba edu. ¹⁶navo vakatwarwa kupetudzwa Shekemi, vakavigwa muiba yaakatenga Abrahama ngesirivha kubva kuvakororo vaHamori muShekhemu.¹⁷"Naapo wakwedzera mukuwo wechigondiso, chaakapika Mwari kuna Abrahama, vanhu vakaangira kuwanda nokuita vazhinji muEgipite ¹⁸metsa ‘Kwagadzwa mambo umweni kutonga paberi peEgipite, uwo waiya asikazii Josefa.’ ¹⁹Wakabata dzinza redu ngourimbwi, wakaangiridza madzibaba edu kuti varashe vana vavo, kuti vasapona.²⁰Panguva iyi Mosi wakabarwa, naye waiya akanaka kakurutu pamberi paMwari. akarerwa mwedzi mitatu mumba yababa ake. ²¹naapo aiswa pabanze, mwanasikana waFaro wakamutonha, akamurera kuti aite mwana wake.²²NaMosi wakadzidzisa ungwaru hweshe vaEgipita, wainga akagwinya mumazwi ake nomushando yake. ²³“Naapo aguma makore makumi malongomuna okubarwa, wakada mumweyo mwake kuti ahambire hama dzake vana vaIsuraeri. ²⁴Naapo yechiona umwe wavo yechishaishirwa, wakarwira uwo waitsikirirwa, akaulaya muEgipita. ²⁵Asi wakasianisa kuti hama dzake dzaizwisisa kuti Mwari waida kuvaponesa kubudikidza ngonyala yake, asi avato kuzwisisa.²⁶Ngezuva lakatewera, wakaguma kwavari vechiambana, naye wakaereketa kwavari kuti avaiyanise echiti, ‘Vamuna, muri hama; munoshaishirana ngenyi?’ ²⁷Asi iye waishaishira muakirwana wake wakamututumadza yechiti, ‘Ndiani wakakuemesa kuita mambo nomutongi pamberi pedu? ²⁸yemwe munoda kundiulaya here kudai ngezvewakaulaya muEgipita zuro?²⁹Naapo Mosi azwa izwi wakatiza, akaita chigarandimo munyika yeMidhiani, apo paakabara mukororo vairi. ³⁰“Naapo makore makumi malongomuna apera, ngirosi yakaoneka kwaari ari mushango loMutundvu weSinai, iri mumirazvu yomuriro.³¹Naapo Mosi yechiona, wakashamiswa ngochioniso; chakwedzera kuringira, izwi raMambo Mwari lakazwika lechiti: ³²‘yeni ndini Mwari wemadzibaba ako, Mwari waAbrahama, waIsaka nowaJakobe.’ NaMosi wakatetemera, akatya kuningira.³³Mambo Mwari wakati kwaari, ‘zvisa magwada kubva pasoka dzako, ngokuti pandau powakaema pamavhu akachena. ³⁴Ngegwinyiso ndakaona kutambudzwa kwevanhu vangu vari muEgipita, ndakazwa kugomera kwavo, ndadzaka kuti ndivanunure. Zvino uya, ndinozokutuma Egipita.’³⁵“Ndiye uyu Mosi wevakalamba vechiti: ‘Ndiani wakuita mambo nomutongi?’ Ndiye wakatumwa ndiMwari kuti yaite mambo nomusunhuri kubudikidza ngengirosi yakaoneka kwaari mupfiba. ³⁶Uyu munhu wakavatungamirira kubuda, aita mishamiso nezvioniso munyika yeEgipita nomuRuandhle Rwakatsvuka nomushango kwemakore makumi malongomuna. ³⁷Uyu ndiye Mosi uwo wakati kuvana vaIsuraeri: ‘Mwari unozomurudzira Muprofeta kubva muhama dzenyu, wakadai ndini.’³⁸Uyu ndiye waiya mumbungano mushango nongirosi yakavereketa kwaari paMutundu weSinai, anemadzibaba yedu; uwo wakaashira mazwi okupona kuti aape kwetiri. ³⁹Madzibaba ydu akalamba kumupurutana, asi vakamututumidza parutii kubva kwavari, vakakunukudzira mwoyo yavo kuhwirira Egipita. ⁴⁰vechiti kunaAroni, ‘Tiitire zvimwari zvinozotitungamirira; ngokuti uyu Mosi wakatibudisa kubva kunyika yeEgipita, atizii chakaitika kwaari.’⁴¹Navo vakaumba konyana ngaawo mazuva, vakaita mudiro kunouwo muedzaniso, vakadakara ngomushando wenyara dzavo. ⁴²Asi Mwari wakavafuratira, akavaregera kuti vadire hondo dzomudenga, kudai ngezvakanyorwa mubhuku lovaprofeta kuti, “Mwakapira kwendiri here mhuka dzakaurawa nemidiro kwemakore makumi marongomuna muri mushango, imwimwi vemhatso yaIsuraeri?⁴³Naemwi mwakatola tende laMorekhi nonyeredzi yechimwari chenyu Refani, miedzaniso yemwakaita kuti muridire; neni ndinozomututisa kuenda mberi kweBhabhuroni.⁴⁴“Madzibaba yedu vainga netende lochapupu mushango, kudai ngezvaakaemesa uwo wakavereketa kunaMosi, kuti ariite kudai ngechionero chaakaona. ⁴⁵Iro rakaashirwa ngemadzibaba yedu vakapotera nalo naJoshua, apo pevakapotera kugara nhaka yevemadzinza, aakadzinga Mwari kubva pamberi pehope dzemadzibaba yedu. Naro rakaapo metsa kuguma kumazuva aDhavhidha, ⁴⁶uwo wakaona nyasha pamberi paMwari, akagigisa kuti atsvakire mumba yaJakobe ugaro.⁴⁷Asi ndiSoromoni wakazomuakira mhatso. ⁴⁸Asi Uripadera pazveshe aagari muugaro hwakaitwa ngenyala; kudai ngezvaakavereketa muprofeti yechiti. ⁴⁹“Denga ndilona chigalo changu choumambo, nenyika ndicho chitambarariro chesoka dzangu. Munozondiakira mumba yakadini, unoronza Mambo Mwari, nokuti ngeiri ndau yokuzorora kwangu? ⁵⁰Nyala yangu aizi kuita izvi zveshe here?.⁵¹“Imwimwi mune musipa yakakukutara, nevano mwoyo nenzee zvisikazvi kuchekwa, munondogara mechirwisana noMweya Wakachena; kudai ngezvovakaita madzibaba yenyu, ndizvo zvomunoitawo yemwi. ⁵²Ngouri wevaprofeti usikazi kutambudzwa ngomadzibaba yenyu? Navo vakauraya avo vakavaronzera ngopamberi ngokuuya kwoUmwe Wakarurama, zvinopano yemwi makamupira nokumuulaya. ⁵³yemwi mwakaashira Mipango yakaunzwa ngengirosi, nemwi amuzi kuingwarira.”⁵⁴Naapo vechizwa izvi vakanyangadzwa navo vakamukwetsera mazino. ⁵⁵Asi iye azadzwa ngoMweya Wakachena, akaningira mudenga, akaona uthende hwaMwari naJesu akaema ngokumudyo kwaMwari. ⁵⁶Akati :“Ningira, ndinoona mudenga mwakabeurwa, noMwana woMunhu akaema ngokumudyo kwaMwari.”⁵⁷Asi vakadanidzira ngeizwi guru, vakatsiira nzee dzavo, vakamutsotokera ngechisungo chimwe, ⁵⁸Navo vakamubudisa kubanze kwedholobha, vakamutaka ngemapuwe. Nezvapupu zvakaisa zvokufuka zvavo pasoka dzejaha raizwi Sauri.⁵⁹Navo vakataka Stefano ngemapuwe; wakakumbira yechiti: “Mambo Jesu, ashirai mweya wangu.” ⁶⁰Nayena wakagwadama pashi, akadaidzira ngeizwi guru yechiti: “Mambo, usavaitira ndaa ngouku kushaisha.” Naapo avereketa izvi, wakafa.

Chapter 8

¹NaSauri waiya mubangano rokuurawa kwake. Kwakabuda ngeiro zuva kutambudzwa kukuru kwechiara chaiya muJerusarema; navo veshe vakapararira munyika yeJudhia neSamaria, kakasala vapostori vega. ²Nevanhu vaidira vakaika Stefano, vakamuchema kakuru. ³Asi Sauri waipaladza chiara, yechipotera mumba ngomumba, nokubata ngosimba reshe vamuna nevakadzi nokuvakonyera mutirongo.⁴Ndizvo avo vakapararira vakahambira ndau dzeshe vechichumayera izwi. ⁵Firipu wakateredza kudhorobha reSamaria, wakachumaira kwavari ndiKristu.⁶Vanhu vazhinji vakapurutana ngechisungo chimwe kune izvo zvaironzwa ndiFiripu, apo vazwa, vaona zvioniso zvaakaita. ⁷Ngokuti kwakabuda mweya yetsvina kubva muvazhinji vaiya nayo, yechidaidzira ngeizwi guru; nevazhinji vaiya vakaoma muiri nezvirema vakaponeswa. ⁸Kwakaapo kudakara kukuru mudhorobha iro. ⁹Asi waiyapo munhu umweni, zina lake laizwi Simoni, waikamba mudholobha iro, yechishamisa dzinza levaSamaria, yechironza kuti iye wainga mukuru. ¹⁰Vakamupurutana veshe, kubvira kuvadoko metsa kuvakuru vechiti: “Uyu munhu musimba guru raMwari.” ¹¹Navo vakamupurutana ngokuti kubvira mukuwo wakareba iye waiya avashamisa ngokukaada kwake.¹²Asi apo vakatenda Firipu waiya echichumaira mashoko akanaka ngendaa youmambo hwaMwari nezina laJesu Kristu, vakabhabhatidzwa, veshe vamuna nevakadzi. ¹³Kunyazwi nayena Simoni wakatenda. Abhabhatidzwa wakaangira kugala naFiripu; wakashamiswa kakuru yechiona zvioniso nemishamiso mikuru yechiitwa.¹⁴Naapo vapostori vaiya muJerusarema vazwa go654redszxkuti vaSamaria vaiya vaashira izwi raMwari, vakatuma kwavari Petro naJohani. ¹⁵Avo vairi vateredza, vakavakumbirira kuti vaashire Mweya Wakachena. ¹⁶ngokuti waiya usati wadzaka padera poumwe wavo, asi vaiya vakabhabhatidzwa ngezina raMambo Jesu. ¹⁷Naapo vakaisa nyara dzavo padera pavo, vakaashira Mweya Wakachena.¹⁸Zvino apo Simoni aona kuti Mweya wakapuwa kubudikidza ngokukandwa kwonyala dzevapostori pamberi pavo, yena wakada kuvapa mare. ¹⁹Echiti: “Ndipenhiwo iri simba kuti kunyazwi ndiani wendinozoisa nyala yangu padera pake, unozoashira Mweya Wakachena.”²⁰Asi Petro wakati kwaari: “Mare yako ngaipere pamwepo newe, ngokuti wapinimidza kuti chipuwo chaMwari chingatengwa ngomare. ²¹yemwe auna rupande nokuti chikoaniso kuiyi ndaa, ngokuti mweyo wako auzi kururama pamberi paMwari. ²²Ndizvo tenderuka ubve mukushaisha kwako uku, ukumbire kunaMambo, kuti paumweni kungarekererwa kwouri kupinimidza kwomwoyo wako. ²³Ngokuti ndinoona kuti uri muchanduru chinovava nomukusungwa ngemaketani okushaisha.”²⁴NaSimoni wakapingula, akati: “Ndikumbirirenhi kunaMambo kuti ndisazogumirwa ngochimwe cheizvo zvemwavereketa.”²⁵Ndizvona apo vaiya waita chapupu nokuvereketa izwi laMambo, vakapetuka Jerusalema, vechichumaira vhangeri mumizi mizhinji yevaSamaria.²⁶Asi ngirosi yaMambo yakavereketa kunaFiripu yechiti: “Muruka, uende kubani ngoguanzcha rinoteredza kubva Jerusarema kuenda Gaza. Iyo iguandza yomushango.” ²⁷Naye wakamuruka, akaenda. Ningira, munhu weEthiopia, muthenwa, nduna huru yaKhandase mambokadzi weEthiopia, waingwarira kufumi hwake hweshe, waiya akauya Jerusarema koodira. ²⁸Iye waihirira; akagala mungoro yake, nayena waidzidzi bhuku romuprofeti Isaya.²⁹NoMweya wakati kunaFiripu: “Kwedzera ushongane nengoro iye.” ³⁰Firipu wakarumba kuenda kwaari, wakamuzwa yechifunda bhuku laIsaya muprofeti, wakabvunza akati: “Unozwisisa here izvi zvounofunda. ³¹Naye wakapingula vakati: “Ndingaita mazwifishirenyi, asi kuti umwe anditungamirira?” Naye wakapota Firipu kuti akwire, vagare naye.³²Norupande rwezvinyorwa laifunda lainga urwu: “Iye wakakweiwa kudai ngogwai kourawa, nokudai ngemwana wegwai rinonyalala pamberi pounorigunda, ngokudaro aabeuri muromo wake. ³³Mukutsverudzwa kwake kutonga kwakarurama kwakabviswa kwaari. Ndiani unozoronza mibarirwana yake? Ngokuti kupona kwake kwakatorwa kubva munyika.”³⁴Nomuthenwa wakapingula kunaFiripu, vakati: “Ndinokupota, muprofeti unovereketa izvi ndiani, ndiye lochokadi here nokuti unovereketa ngoumweni?” ³⁵Naapo Firipu wakabeula mulomo wake, akatanga kubvira pachinyorwa ichi, wakachumaira kwaari ndiJesu.³⁶Vakahamba munguanja, vakaguma pamvura; nomuthenwa wakati: “ningira, mvura iri pano. Chiinyi chinondirambidza kuti ndisabhabhatidzwa?” ³⁷Firipu wakapingura, akati: “Kudanyi mechitenda ngomweyo wako weshe, kunotenderwa.” Naye wakapingura yechiti: “Ndinotenda kuti Jesu Kristu Mwana waMwari.” ³⁸Naye wakapanga kuti ngoro yiemeswe. Navo veshe vakadzaka mumvura, Firipu nomuthenwa, naye wakamubhabhatidza.³⁹Naapo vabuda kubva mumvura, Mweya waMambo wakabvisa Firipu; nomuthenwa aazi kuchamuona, ngokuti yena wakaenda munjira yake yechidakala. ⁴⁰Asi Firipu wakaoneka ari muAzotusi; yechihamba, wakachumaira vhangeri mumadhorobha yeshe metsa wakaguma Sizaria.

Chapter 9

¹Asi Sauri yechifemeruka ngoshungu wokuda kuulaya vadzidzi vaMambo, wakaenda kumuprista mukuru, ²akakumbira kwaari tsamba dzokuenda Dhamasekusi, mumba dzokudira, kuti kudai yechizoona vateeri veNjira iyi, kunyazwi vamuna ngokuti vakadzi, waizovaunza vakasungwa Jerusarema.³Zvino yechihamba wakakwedzera Dhomateguru. Paripo kujeka kwakauya kwechibva mudenga ⁴kumutendenedza: “Sauri, Sauri, unonditambudzirenyi?“⁵Nayena wakati: “Urianani, Mambo?” Wakati: “Ndini Jesu uwo wounotambudza; kwakakonza kwouri kupunhura zvibaiso zvinopinza. ⁶Asi iye yechihuta nokushama wakati: “Mambo, unoda kuti ndiiteyi?” NaMambo wakati kwaari: “Asi muruka, upinde mudhorobha, naapo unozobuira yewe izvi zvinosisira kuti uite.” ⁷Vaissa vaihamba nayena vakaema vasigawereketi, vechizwa izwi, asi vasigaoni munhu.⁸Sauro wakamuruka kubva pashi, naapo abeura madziso ake, aazi kuona chiro; ndizvo vakamubata ngenyara, vakamuunza muDhamasekusi. ⁹Naye wakaita mazuva matatu asigaoni, asiazi kudya nokuti kumwa.¹⁰Zvino waiyamo mudzidzi muDhamasekusi, zina lake raizwi ndiAnaniasi. Mambo wakati kwaari muchioniso: “Ananiasi,” nayena wakati: “Ndiri pano, Mambo. ¹¹NaMambo wakati kwaari: “Muruka uende mupato rinozwi Rakarurama, ubvunze mumhatso yaJudhasi munhu unozwi ndiSauri weTharsusi; ngokuti, ngoguaja, yena unokumbira, ¹²nayena waona muchioniso munhu unozwi ndiAnaniasi, yechipinda nokukanda nyala dzake padenga pake, kuti aonezve.”¹³Asi Ananiasi wakapingura yechiti: “Mambo, ndakazwa ngevanhu vazhinji ngendaa yomunhu uyu, ngokuwanda kweizvo zvakashata zvaakaita kune vakacheneswa venyu muJerusarema. ¹⁴Nepano unalo simba laakapuwa ngovapristi vakuru kuti vasunge avo veshe vanokumbira ngozina lenyu.” ¹⁵Asi Mambo wakati kwaari: “Enda, ngokuti mudziyo wakaketwa ndini kuti atware zina langu kune vemadzinza nemadzimambo nokuvana vaIsuraeri. ¹⁶Ngokuti inini ndinozomuonisa zveshe zvakafanira kuzotambudzwa ndizvo ngendaa yezina rangu.”¹⁷Ndizvo Ananiasi wakaenda, akapotera mumba. Echiisa nyala dzake pamberi paSauri, akati: “Mukoma Sauri, Mambo Jesu, uwo wakaoneka kwouri munguandja yewakawiya ndiyo, wandituma kuti uonezve, uzadzwe ndiMweya Wakachena.” ¹⁸Paripo zvakawa kubva kumadziso ake zviro zvakadai ngemagwamba yehove, nayena wakaonazve. Wakamiruka, ¹⁹akabhabhatidzwa, wakadya zvokudya, akagwinyiswa. Sauri wakagareyo mazuva amweni nevadzidzi muDhamasekusi.²⁰Paripo mumhatso dzokudira wakachumaira ndiJesu yechiti: “Uyu Mwana waMwari.” ²¹Veshe vakamuzwa vakashamiswa vechiti: “Uyu andiyepi here wakaulaya avo vaikumbira ngezina iro muJerusarema? Naye wakavyia pano here ngeichi chizato, kuti aende navo vakasungwa pamberi pevapristi vakuru?.” ²²Asi Sauri wakalamba yechigwinyiswa, akanasa kugutsa vaJudha vaigala muDhamaseku, yechikohomedzisa kuti uyu Jesu ndiye Kristu.²³Nangesure kwemazuva mazhinji apera, vaJudha vakapangana kumuuraya. ²⁴asi bangano lavo lakaziikanwa kunaSauri. Vakarinda misiwo masikati nousiku kuti vamuuraye; ²⁵asi vadzidzi vake vakamutola usiku, vakamubudisa ngepaburi reparukumbati, vakamudzasa ari mudendere.²⁶Naapo aguma Jerusarema, wakaedza kuti abatanewo novadzidzi; navo veshe vakamutya, vasikatendi kuti waa mudzidzi. ²⁷Asi Bhanabhasi wakamutola, akamuvundza kune vapostori, wakadudzira kwavari maonere aakaita Mambo muguandza, noguandza laakavereketa ndiyo kwaari, ngoguandza laaiya lakachumaira ngozina laJesu ngokushunga muDhamasekusi.²⁸Ndizvo wakagara navo yechihamba kupotera nokubuda pakati pavo muJerusalema, akachumaira ngokushinga ngozina laMambo. ²⁹Wakavereketa yechiphikisana novaJudha vaivereketa chiGiriki, asi vakatsanga mazano okuda kumuuraya. ³⁰Asi apo hama dzazvizia, vakamudzusa kuenda Sizaria, vakamukudza Tharsusi.³¹Ndizvona sotho cheshe chainga muJudhia nomuGarire neSamaria chakaona kunyalala, chikaakiwa, nasho chechihamba ngokudakala Mambo nomukuembedzera ngoMweya Wakachena, chakawandiswa. ³²Kwakaitika kuti Petro yechihamba kundau dzeshe pakati pavo veshe wakadzaka kune vakacheneswa vaigala Ridha.,³³Naapo wakaona munhu vaizwi ndiAeneasi, uwo wainga akaata mumubhedhi wake makore masere, ngokuti wainga vakaoma muiri. ³⁴Petro wakati kwaari: “Ayemeasi, Jesu Kristu unokuponesa; muruka, unasire mubhedhi wako.” Paripo iye wakamiruka. ³⁵Naavo veshe vaigala muRidha nomuSharoni vakamuona, vakatenderukira kunaMambo.³⁶Zvino kwaiyapo muJopa mudzidzi, zina lake laizwi Thabhitha, ukwo zvinoti ngokukumuchwa, Dhokasi. Iri dzimai lainga nemishando yakanaka nokugovera zvipo.” ³⁷zvakaitika ngaawo mazuva, kuti rakarwara, rikafa. Naapo vaiya varishambidza, vakariisa mukamera romuturika.³⁸Ngokuti Ridha lainga pasinde peJopa, vadzidzi vechizwa kuti Petro waiyamwo, vakatuma vanhu vairi kwaari, vechimupota vechiti: “Usanonoka kuuya kwetiri. ³⁹Petro wakabudisa veshe pabanze, wakagwadama, akakumbira. Akunukukira kunomuiri, akati: “Thabhitha, muka.” Naye wakasvinura madziso ake, naapo aona Petro, wakamuka, akagara.⁴⁰Ndizvona Petro wakamuruka, akaenda navo. Naapo aguma, vakamuvunza mukamera lomuturika; shirikadzi dzeshe dzakaema pasinde pake dzechichema, dzechipangidzira mabhachi nezvokufuka zvaakaita Dhokasi, achiripo navo. ⁴¹Naye amubata ngenyara yake wakamumurudza. Naapo adaidza vakacheneswa neshirikadzi wakamukanda pamberi pavo echipona. ⁴²Zvakaziikanwa mukati mweJopa leshe, vazhinji vakatenda kuna Mambo. ⁴³Nayena wakagala mazuva mazhinji muJopa nomunhu unozwi Simoni, musukuti.

Chapter 10

¹MuSizaria waiyamwo munhu waizwi Khoneriusi, nduna yezana yechikwata chomaonere chaizwi cheItaria. ²Waiya munhu unodira nounotya Mwari pamwepo nomumba yake yeshe, wakakovera zvipo ngenyasha kuvanhu nokugara echikumbira kunaMwari.³Zvino nguva yooda kuita awa lechipfumbamwe rezuva, wakanasa kuona muchikobigiro ngirosi yaMwari yechipotera, yechiti kwaari: “Khoneriusi.” ⁴Wakaringisisa ngirosi yechitya, akati: “Chiinyi, Mambo?” Nayo yakati kwaari: “Mikumbiro yako nokukovera zvipo kwako zvakakwira kuita mulangaririse pamberi paMwari. ⁵Zvino tuma vanhu kuJopa vaunze munhu unozwi Simoni, uwo unozwi Petro. ⁶Iye unogala nomunhu unozwi Simoni, musukuti, mumba yake iri pasinde poruandhle.⁷Apo ngirosi yakavereketa kwaari yaenda, wakadaidza vairi vovaranda vmumba make, nejoni lanigira leavo vaigara vechimushandira. ⁸Naapo aronza kwavari zveshe, wakavatuma kuenda Jopa.⁹Zvino nechimangwani, avo vachahamba vechikwedzera kudhorobha, Petro wakakwira padenga remhatso rakaterama kookumbira, rooda kuita awa rechitanhatu. ¹⁰Wakazwa nzara, echidisisa kuti adye chiro; asi vachanasirira, wakabatwa ndimweya. ¹¹Naye wakaona denga lakabeuka, nechiro chaidzaka chakadai ngejira gurutu lakadzaswa panyika lakasungwa marupande aro marongomuna. ¹²Mukati mwaro mwaiya nombeu dzeshe dzemhuka dzine mugacha murongomuna nezvipuka zveshe zvinotamanda zvomunyika neshiri dzomudenga.¹³Nayezwi lakawiya kwaari lechiti: “Miruka, Petro; uraya, wechidya.” ¹⁴Asi Petro wakati: “Haiwa, Mambo! Ngokuti andizi kumbodya chiro chisina shwiro nechakasvipiswa.” ¹⁵Neizwi lakauyazve kwaari ngokwechipiri lechiti: “Chaakachenesa Mwari, usati achina shwiro.” ¹⁶Ichi chakaitika mikuwo mutatu, jira rakaashirwazve mudenga.¹⁷Zvino Petro achakangaidzwa mukati mwake kuti chinoronzenyi chioniso yecho chaainga aona, penya, avo vanhu vakatumwa ndiKhoneriusi, vainga vechibvunza mhatso yaSimoni, vakaema pamusuyo. ¹⁸Navo vakadaidzira, vakabvunza kuti, Simoni unozwi Petro unogarapo here.¹⁹NaPetro achapindudza ngechioneso, Mweya wakati kwaari: “Nngirai, vanhu vatatu vanokutsvaka. ²⁰Asi muruka udzake, uende navo usikagonondi; ngokuti ndini ndakavatuma.” ²¹Petro wakagala kune vanhu avo, akati: “Ndini uwo womunotsvaka; mwahambirenyi?”.²²Navo vakati: “Khoneriusi, nduna yezana, munhu wakarurama nounotya Mwari, unembiri yakanaka kudzindza reshe lovaJudha, wakapangwa ngongirosi yakachena kukudaidza kuti uuye kumuzi yake, nokuzwa mazwi anobva kwouri.” ²³Ndizvo Petro wakavadaidza kuti vagene mukati, wakavapa zvokudya. Ngomangwani wakamuruka, akaenda navo, nehama dzimweni dzeJopa dzakaendawo naye.²⁴Ngomangwani vakapotera muSizaria, naKhoneriusi vaivagarira, waiya adaidza pamwepo nohama dzake neshamwari dzake dzinodikanwa.²⁵Naapo Petro vapinda, Khuneriusi wakasangana naye, vakawira pasoka dzake, akamudira. ²⁶Asi Petro wakamumirudza echiti: “Miruka; neniwo ndiri munhu.²⁷Naapo akavereketa naye, akapotera mukati, akaona vazhinji vakaungana. ²⁸akati kwavari: “yemwi munozia kuti azvitenderwi ngemipango kuti muJudha ashonganiswe nokuti auye kunomunhu wedzinza rimweni. Asi inini Mwari wakandipangidzira kuti ndisazoronza kuti munhu chiro chisina shwiro nokuti wakasvipiswa. ²⁹Ndizvo apo ndadaidzwa, ndauya ndisikarambi. Ndizvo ndinobvunza mwakandidaidzirenyi?”³⁰NaKhoneriusi wakati: “Aamazuva marongomuna akapinda, mesa kuguma awa iri, ndaingwarira awa okukumbira yochipfumbamwe mumba yangu; ndakaona munhu wakaema pamberi pangu anezvokufuka zvinonhetukira. ³¹Naye wakati: ‘Khoneriusi, mikumbiro yako yakazwika, ngokukovera zvipo kwako kwakakarakadzwa pamberi paMwari. ³²Ndizvo tuma kuJopa, udaidze Simoni, uwo unozwi Petro; unogara mumhatso yaSimoni, musukuti, pasinde poruandhle.’ ³³Ndizvo paripo ndakatuma vanhu kwouri, newe ngokuuya wanasa; ndizvo tiri pano teshe pamberi paMwari kuzwa zveshe zvakapangwa kwouri ndiMwari.”³⁴NaPetro akachama mulomo wake, wakati: “Ngogwinyiso ndinoona kuti Mwari andiyepi muketo wevanhu. ³⁵Asi kumadzinza yeshe, weshe unomutya nokuita zvakarurama unoashirika kwaari.³⁶Munorizia izwi iro raakatuma kunavana vaIsuraeri, yechichumaira mashoko akanaka okunyalala ndiJesu Kristu ndiyena Mambo wavo veshe. ³⁷yemwi munozvwzva yezwi lakachumairwa munyika yeshe yeJudhia, kubvira ngomuGarire ngesure kworubhabhatidzo vakachumaira Johani. ³⁸Ngenjira iyo Mwari yaakamudzodza ndiyo Jesu weNazaretha ndiMweya Wakachena nesimba; uwo waihamba yechiita zvakanaka, yechiponesa avo veshe vaitambudzwa ndiDhiabhorosi, ngokuti Mwari waiya naye.³⁹Nesuyo tiri zvapupu zveizvo zveshe zvaakaita vzeshe munyika yevaJudha nomuJerusarema. Ndiye wevakauraya ngokumuturika pamuti. ⁴⁰Uyu Mwari wakamumusa kubva murufu ngezuva rechitatu, akamupa simba kuti aoneke pamhene. ⁴¹Asi haiwa kuoneka ngevanhu veshe, asi kwetiri isusu, takatsanangurwa karetu ndiMwari kuita zvapupu, avo vakadya nokumwa naye ngesure kwokumuka kwake kubva kwevakafa.⁴²Wakatipanga kuchumaira kuvanhu nokupupula kuti uyu ndiye wakaemeswa ndiMwari kuita Mutongi wevanozwa novakafa. ⁴³Kwoari vaprofeti veshe vanoita chapupu ndiyena, kuti ngezina lake, munhu weshe unotenda kwoari unozorekererwa zvishaishi.”⁴⁴Naapo Petro achavereketa aya mazwi, Mweya Wakachena wakateredza pamberi pavo veshe vakazwa yezwi. ⁴⁵Naavo vatendi vovakachekwa avo vakauya naPetro vakashamiswa ngokuti chipo choMweya Wakachena chakadururwawo padenga pomadzinza.⁴⁶Ngokuti vaivazwa vechivereketa ngondimi ngokukudza Mwari. Naapo Petro wakapingula, akati: ⁴⁷“Pane ungalambidza mvura here kuti ava vasabhabhatidzwe, avo vakaashira Mweya Wakachena kudai tisu?” ⁴⁸Nayene wakapanga kuti vabhabhatidzwe ngezina raJesu Kristu. Vorovomupota kuti agarepo mazuva amweni.

Chapter 11

¹Zvino vapostori nehama dzaigara muJudhia vakazwa kuti vomadzinza navo vaiya vaashira izwi laMwari. ²Naapo Petro akwira Jerusarema, vatendi avo vovakachekwa vakaita nayena, ³vechiti: “Yemwe wakapotera kunevanhu vasikazi kuchekwa, ukadya navo!”⁴Asi Petro wakatanga kuvavundja zveshe ngokutevererana kwazvo yechiti: ⁵“Ndaiya ndiri mudhorobha loJopa ngochikumbira; ndakabatwa ngomweya, ndakaona muchikonbigiro chiro chakadai ngogunja guru, lechidzuswa lakasungwa mafundo malongomuna kubva mudenga; chakauya kwendiri. ⁶Apo ndaningisisa, ndakaona mhuka dzine muguacha mirongomuna nezvikara zvomushango nezvinotamanda neshiri dzomudenga.⁷Ndakazwawo izwi rechiti kwendiri, ‘Muruka, Petro; uulaye, udye!" ⁸Asi ndakati: ‘Haiwa, Mambo! Ngokuti apana chiro chisina shwiro nokuti chakasvipiswa chakambopotera mumuromo mwangu.’ ⁹Asi izwi vakapingula ngokwechipiri lechiva mudenga lechiti: ‘Chaakachenesa Mwari, usati chiro chisina shwiro". ¹⁰Izvi zvakaitika katatu; nazvo zveshe zvakaashirwazve kuhwirira mudenga.¹¹Panguvayo vanhu vatatu vakaguma pamuzi petaigara, avo vaiya vatumwa kwendiri vechibva Sizaria. ¹²NoMweya wakandironzera kuti ndiende navo, pasina muketo pakati pavo nayesu. Nohama idzi nhanhatu dzakaendawo neni; nesu takagena mumba yomunhuwo. ¹³Naye wakaverenguesa kwetiri ngoguandja yoyakaoneka ndiyo ngirosi yechiema mumba make yechiti, ‘Tumiranhyi yezwi kuJopa, uunze Simoni uwo unozwi Petro. ¹⁴Naye unozovereketa kwouri mazwi ounozoponeswa ndiwo, iwewe ngovemumba yako veshe.¹⁵Naapo ndichatanga kuvereketa, Mweya Wakachena wakadzaka padenga pavo, kudai ngezvewakadzaka padenga pedu pakutanga. ¹⁶Neni ndakalangaridza yezwi laMambo laakavereketa yechiti: ‘Johani wakabhabhatidza ngomkumvura, asi imwimwi munozobhabhatidzwa ngoMweya Wakachena".¹⁷Ndizvo, kudai Mwari akavapa chipo chimwecho icho chaakawapa kwotiri, apo potakatenda kunaMambo Jesu Kristu, yeni ndiriani kuti ndingarwisana naMwari?” ¹⁸Naapo vazwa izvi, vakanyalala. Vakakudza Mwari vechiti: “Ndizvo Mwari wakawapao kunevemadzinza kutenderuka kuti vapone.”¹⁹Ndizvona avo vakapalarira kundau dzeshe ngokudaa ngokutambudzwa ukwo kwakaitika ngendaa yaStefano, vakahamba mese kuguma Foenisia noSaipurasi noAntiokhi, vasikavereketi yezwi kumunhu, asi kwega kuvaJudha. ²⁰Asi vaiyapo vamweni vainga vanhu veSaipurasi noveKurene, avo vakati vaguma muAntiokhi, vaivereketawo kuvaGiriki, vechichumaira ngouMambo Jesu. ²¹Nenyara yaMambo yainga navo, vakawanda vakatenda, vakatenderukira kunaMambo.²²Mbiri yavo yakazwika munzee dzechiala chainga muJerusarema, navo vakatuma Bharnabhasi kuenda Antiokhi. ²³Naapo aguma nokuona nyasha dzaMwari, wakadakala; akavapanga veshe kuti valambe vakagondeka munaMambo ngomwoyo unogwinyiso. ²⁴Ngokuti wainga munhu vakanaka, vakazara ngoMweya Wakachena nokugonda. Vanhu vazhinji vakaenguedjera kunaMambo.²⁵Bhanabhasi wakaenda Tarsusi kootsvaka Sauri. ²⁶Naapo amuona, wakamuzisa Antiokhi. Bhanabhasi naSauri vakapedza gore reshe vechiungana pamwepo nechiara, vechidzidzisa vanhu vazhinji; muAntiokhi vadzidzi vakatanga kududzwa kuti vaKristu.²⁷Mazuva awo vaprofeti vakaderedja Antiokhi vechibva Jerusarema. ²⁸Umwe wavo vaizwi ngoAgabhusi wakamuruka, akavazvundja kubudikidza ngoMweya kuti nzara huru inozogumira nyika yeshe; iyo yakaitika ngomazuva aKraudhiusi.²⁹Nevadzidzi vakatenderana, munhu weshe kudai ngezvaaikona, kuti atumire zvingadetsera hama dzaigara muJudhia. ³⁰Naavo vakaita kudaro, vakazvitumira kunevakuvane ngenyala dzaBhanabhasi naSauri.

Chapter 12

¹Asi ngouwo mukuwo Herodhi mambo wakatambanudza nyala dzake kutambudza vamweni vechiara, ²Wakaulaya Jakobe, mukoma waJohani, ngeshoti.³Naapo aona kuti zvakadakadza vaJudha, wakaenda mberi kubatawo Petro. Awo ainga mazuva yedhiri loChingwa chisina Mumera. ⁴Naapo amubata, wakamukonyera mutirongo, akamuisa kuzvikwata zvilongomuna zvemajoni, kuti zvimurinde, echipinimidza kumubudisa pamberi povanhu ngesure kwePhasika.⁵Ndizvo Petro wakangwarirwa mutirongo, asi chiara chakaangira kumukumbirira kunaMwari. ⁶Ngousiku uhwo apo Herodhi paaizomuka echimubudisa, Petro waiya akaata pakati pemajoni mairi, akasungwa ngomaketani mairi, nevarindi vainga pamusuwo vechingwarira tirongo.⁷Apapo ngirosi yaMambo yakaemapo, nokujeka kwakaeta mukamera lotirongo; nayo yakasungula Petro ngoparutii, akamumusira yechiti: “Kasika kumuruka.” Nemaketani akarungunuka kubva munyara dzake. ⁸Nongirosi yakati kwaari: “Dzisimidze usunge magwada ako”, nayena wakaita kudalo. Yakati kwaari: “Pfeka chokufuka chako, unditeere.”⁹Petro wakabuda kubanze akaiteera; aazi kunasa kuzia zvaiitwa ngengirosi, asi wakapinimidza kuti waiona chioniso. ¹⁰Naapo vapinda varindi vokutanga nevechipiri, vakaguma pamusiwo wesimbi wokupotera ndiwo mudhorobha. Nawo wakavabeukira wemene; vakabuda, vakahamba ngepato rimwe; paripo ngirosi yakamusiya.¹¹Naapo azia ngoizvi, vakaenda kumuzi yaMaria, mai vaJohani, mutupo wake waizwi Marako; apo pevaiya vakaungana vazhinji vechikumbira. ¹²Naapo Petro apembenuka, wakati: “Zvino ndinowa ngegwinyiso kuti Mambo wakatuma ngirosi yake, akandinunura kubva munyala yaHerodhi nokubva mukukarira kweshe kwevanhu vevaJudha.”¹⁵kwaari: “Unopenga.” Asi iye wakaangira kugwinyiso kuti ndizvona. Asi vakati: “Ingirosi yake!” ¹³Asi apo azia yezwi raPetro, azvito kubeula musuwo ngokudakala, asi wakagoma kupotera, akavavundja kuti Petro wakaema pamusuwo. ¹⁴Asi agogodza pamusuwo, musikane waizwi ngoRodha wakauya koodaira.¹⁶Asi wakaita ngonyala yake kuti vanyalare, wakadudzira kwavari ngenjira yaakabudiswa ndiyo ngouMambo mutirongo. Wakati: “Ronzai izvi kunaJakobe[13] nokunohama.” Wakabvapo, akaenda kundau imweni. ¹⁷Asi Petro wakaangira kugogodza; naapo vabeula vakamuona, vakashamiswa.¹⁸Zvino kwaedza, kwaitika bope guru pakati povarindi, ngendaa yezvakaitika kunaPetro. ¹⁹Naapo Herodhi amutsvaka, asikamuoni, wakabvunvisisa varindi, akavavundza kuti vaulye. Naye wakadzuka kubva Judhia, akaenda Sizaria, akagalayo.²⁰Ngezuva lakaemeswa, Herodhi akavaisimbisa zvokufuka zvoumambo, akagala pachigaro choumambo, wakavereketa kwavari. ²¹Zvino Herodhi wakatsenekera kakuwane vanhu veThire neveSidhoni; navo vakawiya kwaari muchiunga chimwe, naapo vaiyana naBrastusi, nduna yekamera lamambo, vakakumbira kuti vaiyaniswe, ngokuti nyika yavo yaiona zvokudya kubva munyika yamambo.²²Nevanhu vakadanidzira vechiti: “Iri izwi raMwari, haiwa lomunhu!” ²³Paripapo ngirosi yaMambo yakamulova, ngokuti aazi kukudza Mwari; naye wakadyiwa ngehonye, akafa.²⁴Zvino Bhanabhasi naSauri vakahwirira Jerusarema, apo vainga vapedza mushando wavo, yechitola navo Johani uwo waizwi Marako. ²⁵Asi izwi laMwari lakaangina kupalarira nokuwanziswa.

Chapter 13

¹Zvino muAntiokhi muchiara chainga chiripo mwaiya novaprofeti novadzidzisi: Bhanabhasi, Simeoni uwo waizwi ndiNiga, Rusiasi weKurene, Manaene uwo wakakula pamwepo naHerodhi sadunhu, naSauri. ²Vachadira Mambo, vechiera kudya, Mweya Wakachena wakati: “Paradzanisai kwondiri Bhanabhasi naSauri kuti vaite mushando wendakavadaidzira.” ³Apo vaera kudya nokukumbira, vakaisa nyala dzavo padera pavo, vakavaendesa.⁴Ndizvo vatumwa ndiMweya Wakachena, vakateredza kuenda Sereusia, nokubvapo vakahamba ngongarava kuenda Saipurasi. ⁵Naapo vaguma Saramisi, vakadeketera yezwi laMwari mumba dzokudira dzevaJudha. Navo vaiyazve naJohani mudetseri wavo.⁶Naapo vainga vahamba pachiwi peshe metsa kuguma Phafosi, vakasongana noumwe wainga n'anga muprofeti wokunyepa, muJudha, zina lake laizwi ndiBha-Jesu. ⁷Uwo waigala pamwepo nomutongi mukuru waizwi ndiSergiusi Phaurusi, wainga munhu uneungwaru. Yewe adaidza kwaari Bhanabhasi naSauri, waidisisa kuti vazwe yizwi laMwari. ⁸Asi Erimasi, (ngokuti ndikwo kukumuchwa kwezina rake) wakarwisana navo, yechida kupaukisa mutongi mukuru kubva mukugonda.⁹Asi Sauri, uwozve unozwi Phauri, azadzwa ndiMweya Wakachena, wakamuringisisa,, ¹⁰Akati: “Yemwe mwana vaDhiabhorosi, yemwe gaa rokururama kweshe, wakazala ngokuchengedzera nourimbwi hweshe, aurekeri here kushongorosa guandja dzakarurama dzaMambo?¹¹Zvino, ringira, nyara yaMambo iri padera pako, newe unozoita bofu, usikakoni kuona zuva kwomukuwo.” Paripo mhute nechidima zvakawira paberi pake; wakahambahamba kutsvaka vanhu vokumutungamirira ngenyala. ¹²Apo mutongi mukuru aona izvo zvakaitika, wakatenda, yechishamiswa ngozvidzidziso zvaMambo.¹³Zvino Phauri novangani vake vakahamba ngongarava kubva Phafosi, vakaguma Pherga muPhamufiria. Johani wakabva kwavari, akapetuka Jerusarema. ¹⁴Asi veshihamba kubva Pherga, vakaguma Antiokhi muPhisidhia. Ngozuva loSabatha, vapotera mumba yokudira, vakagala pashi. ¹⁵Ngosure kwokudzidzwa kweMipango nevaprofeti, vakuru vemumba yokudira vakatumira izwi kwavari lechiti: “Vamuna, hama, kudai muneizwi mukati mwenyu rokupanga vanhu, riereketenyi.”¹⁶Ndizvo Phauri wakamuruka, akakopera ngonyala, akati: “Yemwi vanhu vaIsuraeri, nayemwi munotya Mwari, purutanai. ¹⁷Mwari wevanhu ava vaIsuraeri wakatsanangura madzibaba yedu, wakakudza vanhu ava apo vainga vanhu vapara munyika yeEgipite, ngomuoko unesimba wakavabudisa mukati mwayo. ¹⁸Mumakore anoda kukwana kuita makumi malongomuna wakavasengerera mushango.¹⁹Nangesure kwemakore anoda kuguma mazana malongomuna nomakumi mashanu, wakavapa vatongi metsa kuguma kunaSamueri muprofeti. ²⁰Naapo apaladza madzinza manomwe vaigala munyika yeKhenani, wakavapakisa nyika yavo kuita nhaka.²¹Ngesure kweizvi vakakumbira kuti vapuwe mambo, naMwari wakavapa Sauri mwana waKishi, munhu wedzinza vaBenjamini, uwo wakatonga makore makumi malongomuna. ²²Naapo amubvisa, wakavamirudzira Dhavhidha kuti aite mambo wavo. Muuchapupu hwoakaita ndiyena, wakati: ‘Ndaona munaDhavhidha mukororo waJesi kuti munhu unoda zvinodiwa ngomweyo wangu, uwo unozoita kuda kangu kweshe.²³Ngorudzi lomunhu uyu Mwari, kudai ngochigondiso chake, vakamundza kunevaIsuraeri Muponesi, Jesu. ²⁴Asati auya Jesu, Johani wainga achumaila ngorubhabhatidzo lokutenderuka kuvanhu veshe vaIsuraeri. ²⁵Naapo Johani yechipedzisa mushando wake, wakati: ‘Munopinimidza kuti inini ndiri anani? Andiriyepi. Haiwa, asi umwe unowiya sure kwangu, uwo wendisikasisiri yeni kusunhura tambo dzemagwada yesoka dzake.’²⁷“Vamuna, hama, mukororo vorudzi vaAbrahama, naavo vari pakati penyu vanomutya Mwari, izwi iri loruponeso lakatumirwa kwotiri. ²⁶Ngokuti avo vanogala muJerusarema nevatongi vavo avazi kumuzia nokuti kuzwisisa mazwi yevaprofeti, awo anodzisuwa Sabatha rimwe ngarimwe, vakaazadzisa ngokumuitiro.²⁸Kunyazwi avazi kuona ndaa kwaari yaieta kuti afe, asi vakakumbira Piratu kuti Jesu aulawe. ²⁹Naapo vazadzisa zveshe zvakanyorwa ngondaa yake, vakamudzasa kubva pamuchinjiko, vakamuradzika muiba.³⁰Asi Mwari wakamumusa kubva kwevakafa. ³¹wakaoneka mazuva mazhinji kwavari avo vakakwira naye kubva Garire kuenda Jerusarema, avo zvino vari zvapupu zvake kuvanhu.³²Nesu tinochumaira kwomuri mashoko akanaka echigondiso icho chakaitwa kumadzibaba. ³³kuti Mwari wakachizadzisa ichi kwetiri vana vavo, ngokumusa Jesu; kudai ngezvakanyorwawo munduyo yechipiri yechiti: “ ‘Yemwe uri Mukororo wangu, nyamashi ndaita aBaba ako.’ ³⁴Ngendaa yokuti wakamumusa kubva kwevakafa, zvino aachahwiriri mukuona, wakavereketa kudai: ‘Ndinozokupa zvifumiso zvakachena nezvinogondeka zvaDhavhidha.’³⁵35 Nomunduyo yemwi unoti, ‘Auzotenderi Wakachena wako kuti aore.’ ³⁶Ngokuti Dhavhidha, apedza kuita kuda kwaMwari pakati pedzinza lake, lakafa, naye wakaikwa pane madzibaba ake, akaona. ³⁷Asi uwo waakamusa Mwari aazi kuora.,³⁸Ndizvo ngakuziikanwe kwomuri vamuna, hama, kuti kubudikidza ndiye uyu kunochumairwa kwomuri kuregererwa kwezvishaishi. ³⁹Kubudikidza ndiye veshe vanotenda vanopembedzwa kubva kuzviro zveshe zvemwaiya musikapembedzwi ngeMipango yaMosi.⁴⁰Ndizvo ngwarai kuti zvisazomugumira izvo zvakavereketwa ngovaprofeti: ⁴¹Ringirai, yemwiyo vashoori, mushamiswe, mupere; ngokuti ndinoshanda mushando mumazuva yenyu, mushando womusikazotendi, kunyazwi munhu amulonzera ndiwo.”⁴²Navona vechibuda, vanhu vakavapota kuti aya mazwi vavereketwe kwavari ngeSabatha laitwera. ⁴³Naapo mushungano wokudira wapalala, vazhinji vevaJudha noavo vemadzinza vakatenderukira muchiJudha vakatevera Phauri naBhanabhasi; ivo vechivereketa kwavari, vakavagwinyisa kuti vaangire kugala munyasha dzaMwari.⁴⁵NgeSabatha laitevera uzhinji hwevanhu veshe vedhorobha vakaungana kuzwa yezwi laMwari. ⁴⁴Asi apo vaJudha vechiona mbungano, vakazala ngondurumwa, vakaphikisa zvakavereketwa ndiPhauri, vechimutuka.⁴⁶Naapo Phauri naBhanabhasi vakaereketa ngokushinga vechiti: “Kwaisisira kuti izwi raMwari ritange kueveketwa kwomuri. Kwechioneka kuti munoriramba mwechiti ribve kwomuri, mwechidzievenga kuti amusisirwi nokupona kusikaperi, ringirai, tinokunukukira kuenda kune vemadzinza. ⁴⁷Ngokuti Mambo wakatipanga kudaro echiti: ‘Ndakakuemesa kuti uite kujeka kunevemadzinza, kuti uite ruponeso metsa kumagumo enyika.’⁴⁸Naapo vemadzinza vazwa izvi, vakadakala, vakakurisa izwi laMambo; naavo veshe vakaemeserwa kupona kusikaperi vakatenda. ⁴⁹Neizwi laMambo lakapaladzirwa munyikamwo mweshe.⁵⁰Asi vaJudha vakavherudza vakadzi vaidira vairemeredzeka nevakuru vedholobha, vakamusira madambudziko Phauri naBhanabhasi, vakavadzinga kubva munharaunda yavo. ⁵¹Asi ivo vakaguwa bukuta pasoka dzavo kuvaitira ndaa, vakaguma Ikoniumu. ⁵²Nevadzidzi vakazala ngokudakala noMweya Wakachena.

Chapter 14

¹Zvakaitika kuIconio kuti Petro naBarnabe vakagena veshe noSinagogi lovaJuda, vakavereketa ngokudalo mbugano gingi yovaJuda novaGirigi vakatendera. ²Asi maJuda vainga vasigatewereri, vakatendera mundangariro yovakachata vakatuka kunegiwe hama.³zvakadalo, hona vakalamba variyo panguwa yona vesivereketa ngouMambo, aapo vaihamba vesipalagira ngonhacha, vesiti zvikombigiro vikombidje ngopakati paPetro naBarnabe. ⁴Ngokuda kokuwanda komadhaundi yainga akapaladjana: Vamuni vanhu nomaJuda nowamweni, novapostori.⁵Muezaniso yomaJuda vaitongera kovanovakurira, ⁶vaivagipa nokuvafula vapostori; ngokuziva yezwi, yona wakatiza kuenda kudoroba loLicaonia, noListra naDerbe, ⁷nondau yochigarisano naapo vakachumaera yivangeri.⁸Pakuverengua vaigapoo uweni munhu aingaakagala, asina simba mumakumbo, ainga akaremala kuvira pachibarirwe asito kumbohamba. ⁹Yena munhu youvakazva Petro yesivereketa. Petro vakamusotisisa vakaona kuti yena vainga nokutenda kuti aponeswe. ¹⁰Kuvira, Petro vakati koari ngoizvi guwane yesiti: Muruka uyeme ngomakumbo. Aapo munhu vakadakala akatanga kuhamba.¹¹Naapo mbungano yaona izvo zvakaitwa ndiPhauri, yakadaidzira yechiti ngorurumi rwechiRikaonia: “Zvimwari zvadzaka kwetiri zvinomuemo wevanhu!” ¹²Navo vakadudza Bhanabhasi kuti, Zeusi, naPhauri kuti, Hermesi, ngokuti iye waiya muereketi mukuru. ¹³Nomupristi waZeusi, uwo temperi rake raiya pamberi pedhorobha, wakaunza n'ombe nemaruva kumisiwo, waida kupira mudiro kwavari, pamwepo nembungano.¹⁴Asi apo vapostori Bhanabhasi naPhauri vazvizwa, vakabaura zvokusimira zvavo, vakarumba kuenda pakati pombungano, vechidagira, ¹⁵vechiti: “Vanhu, munoita izvi ngenyi? Yesuwo tiri vanhu vakadai ndimwi, tinomunza ngomashoko akanaka okuti mutenderuke kubva kunoizvi risina shwiro, muuye kunaMwari unopona, uwo wakasika denga nonyika noruandhle neizvo zveshe zviri mukati mwazvo. ¹⁶Panguva yakapinda wakaatendera madzinza yshe kuti ahambe ngonjira dzawo;¹⁷asi aazi kusiya asina chapupu pachake, yechiita zvakanaka, yechimupa mvura inonaya kubva mudenga, nokukukura zviyo zvakawanda, yechizadza mwoyo yenyu ngezvokudya nokudakara.” ¹⁸Ngomazwi aya zvakavakondzera kulambidza mbungano kuti isazopira mudiro kwavari.²⁰Asi vaJudha vakagumapo vechibva Antiokhi naIkoniumu, navo vakavherudza mbungano, vakaponda Phauri ngemapuwe, vakamukweya kumubudisa kubanze kwedhorobha, vechipinimidza kuti wafa. ¹⁹Asi apo vadzidzi vaungana kumutendenedza, wakamiruka, akapotera mudhorobha; nechimangwani wakaenda naBhanabhasi Dhebhe.²¹Naapo vachumaira vhangeri mudhorobha iro, vakaita vadzidzi mazhinji, vakapetuka Ristra noIkonaiumu naAntiokhi, ²²vechigwinyisa mweya yevadzidzi, vechivapota kuti vaangirire kugala mukutenda, vechiti kunoemurwa kuti tipotere muumambo vaMwari kubudikidza ngokupotya madambudziko akawanda.²³Naapo vainga vagadza vakuru muchiara chimwe ngachimwe, vakakumbira nokuera kudya, vakavapira kunaMambo uwo vakatenda kwaari. ²⁴Zvino vakahamba vechipinda ngomuPhisidhia, vakaguma Pamufiria. ²⁵Naapo vainga vakavereketa izwi muPherga, vakateredza kuenda Ataria. ²⁶Vechibvapo vakahamba ngongarava kuenda Antiokhi, apo pevakapirwa munyasha dzaMwari, kuita mushando uwo wevaiya vapedza.²⁷Naapo vaguma, vakaunganidza chiara pamwepo, vakavashumira zveshe zvaakaita Mwari ndivo, nguandja yaakabeurira ndilona vemadzinza musiwo yokugonda. ²⁸Navo vakagalapo novadzidzi mukuwo wakareba.

Chapter 15

¹Vanhu vamweni vakadzaka vechibva Judhia, vaidzidzisa hama Yechiti: “Ngopabere pokuti machekwa, kudai ngomushuma waMosi, amungaponeswi.” ²Naapo Phauri naBhanabhasi vaitirana hasha navo nokubvunzisana, Phauri naBhanabhasi nevamweni vavo vakaemeswa kuti vakwire Jerusarema kuvapostori nevakuru ngeiyi ndaa.³Ndizvo vechitumwa ngochiara, vakahamba ngomuFoenisia nomuSamaria, vachivadzidzisa ngokutenderuka kwomadzinza, navo vakaita kuti hama dzeshe dzidakare kakula. ⁴Naapo vaguma Jerusarema, vakaashirwa ngochiara novapostori novakuru, navo vakashumaera zveshe zvainga yaita Mwari ndivo.⁵Asi vakamuruka vamweni vorudzidziso lovaFarisi, avo vakatenda vechiti:“Kunofanira kuti vachekwe nokupangwa kuti vangwarire Mipango yaMosi.” ⁶Vapostori novakuru vakaungana kuti vapangane ngayevzi ndaa.⁷Ngesure kwokuphikisana kukuru, Petro wakamuruka, akati kwavari: “Hama, munozia kuti kubvira mazuva okutanga Mwari wakatsanangura pakati penyu, kuti kubudikidza ngomulomo wangu vemadzinza vazwe izwi novhangeri, vatende. ⁸Mwari uwo unozia mwoyo wakaita chapupu ndivo, ngokuvapa Mweya Wakachena kudai ngozvaakaita kwetiri; ⁹naye aazi kuita mupauko pakati pedu navo, echichenesa mwoyo yavo ngokugonda.¹⁰Ndizvo zvino munoedza Mwari ngenyi, ngokukanda joka mumutsipa mwevadzidzi, revasikazi kukona kutwara madzibaba yedu nokuti isusu?, ¹¹Asi tinotenda kuti tinozoponeswa ngonyasha dzaMambo Jesu kudai ndivo.”¹²Mbungano yeshe yakanyalala, nayo yakapurutana kunaBhanabhasi naPhauri vechivadzidzisa ngozvioniso nomishamiso zvaakaita Mwari.¹³Naapo vapedza kuvereketa, Jakobe wakapingura yechiti: “Hama, vakoma, mwechindizwai., kubudikidza ndivo pakati pevemadzinza. ¹⁴Simeoni wadudzira njira yaakatanga ndiyo Mwari kuhambira vemadzinza, kuti atore kubva kwaari vanhu vezina rake.¹⁵Nemazwi evaprofeti anotenderana ngoizvi, kudai ngozvakanyorwa,, ¹⁶‘Ngesure kweizvi ndinozopetuka, ndinozoakisazve ugaro hwaDhavhidha hwakaputsika, neni ndinozoakisazve matongo ahwo, ndinozohuemesa, ¹⁷kuti vakasala veavo vanhu vatsvake Mambo Mwari, novemadzinza veshe, avo vanodaidzwa ngezina langu, unoronza Mambo Mwari uwo wakaita izvi zveshe, ¹⁸kuti zviziikanwe kubvira karepo.’¹⁹“Ndizvo kugura kwangu yeni ndinoti atisisiri kutambudza avo vemadzinza vanotenderukira kunaMwari,, ²⁰asi ngativanyorere kuti vasasvipiswa ngokudya zvakadirwa miedzaniso, kuomba, vasadya zvinodzipwa nongazi. ²¹Ngokuti kubvira kumibarirwana yekare, Mosi unavo kumadhorobha eshe vanochumaira ndiye, echidzidzwa mumhatso dzokudira Sabatha rimwe ngarimwe.”²²Naapo vapostori novakuru vakatenderana pamwepo nochiara cheshe, kuti vasanagure vanhu kubva pakati pavo kuti vavatume kuenda Antiokhi, pamwepo naPhauri naBhanabhasi. Vakatuma Judhasi unozwi Bharsabhasi naSirasi, avo vaiya vanhu vakuru pakati pahama,, ²³vakanyola tsamba vechiti: “Hama, veshe vapostori nevakuru, kunehama dzemadzinza dzinogara muAntiokhi nomuSiria nevari muSirisia, tinomuchingamidza.²⁴Takazwa kuti vanhu vamweni vakabva kwotiri vakamutambudza ngomazwi, vechipaukisa mweya yenyu, vetisikazi kutuma kuita izvo,, ²⁵zvakaoneka kwotiri zvakanaka, apo taungana ngochisungo chimwe, kuti titkete vanhu nokuvatuma kwomuri pamwepo novanodikanwa vedu, Bhanabhasi naPhauri, ²⁶vanhu avo vakaisa kupona kwavo mungozi ngendaa yezina raMambo wedu Jesu Kristu.²⁷Ndizvo tatuma Judhasi naSirasi, ivo vanozo muvereketera vemene zviro izvi ngomuromo.,” ²⁸Ngokuti zvakaoneka zvakanaka kuMweya Wakachena nokwetiri kuti tisamutwisira mutwaro unorema kupinda izvo zviro zvinosisira: ²⁹kuti muregere kudya izvo zvinopirwa miedzaniso yokudira nengazi nezvinodzipwa nokuomba. Kudai mwechidzingwarira kubva kuneizvi pachenyu, zvinozonaka kwomuri. Chisarai zvakanaka.³⁰Ndizvo vakatumwa kuti vaende, vakakateredza Antiokhi; naapo vainga vaunganidza mbungano pamwepo, vakavapa tsamba. ³¹Naapo vaidzidza, vakadakara ngomazwi okugwinyiswa. ³²Judhasi naSirasi vemene vainga vaprofeti, vakaembedzera hama ngomazwi mazhinji nokuvagwinyisa.³³Ngosure vagalapo kamukuwo, vakaendeswa ngohama ngokunyalala kunavo vakavatuma. ³⁴Asi zvakanakira Sirasi kugarapo. ³⁵Asi Phauri naBhanabhasi vakagara muAntiokhi, vechidzidzisa nokuchumaira izwi laMambo, nevamweniwo vazhinji.³⁶Ngosure kwamazuva Phauri wakati kunaBhanabhasi: “Ngatihwirire zvino, tihambire hama mumadhorobha yeshe etakachumaira izwi laMambo, tione kugala kwavanoita ³⁷Asi Bhanabhasi waida kutora Johani, waizwi Marako, kuhamba navo. ³⁸Asi Phauri wakakarakadza kuti azvizi kunaka kutora uwo wakadzipaura kubva kwavari vari muPhamufiria, usikazi kuenda navo kumushando.³⁹Vakaitirana hasha dzakashata, vakapaladzana umwe kubva kunoumweni, naBhanabhasi wakatola Marako kuenda naye, akahamba ngongarava kuenda Saipurasi. ⁴⁰Asi Phauri wakasanangura Sirasi, vakaenda, apirwa kunyasha yaMambo ngohama. ⁴¹Naye wakahamba muSiria nomuSirisia, echigwinyisa zviara.

Chapter 16

¹Naye wakagumawo Dhebhe neRistra, apo paiwa nomudzidzi waizwi ndiThimothi, mwana womudzimai waiya muJudha, waiya mutendi; asi baba ake vaiya muGiriki. ²Iye waipupurirwa zvakanaka ngevatendi vaigara muRistra nomuIkonaiumu. ³Phauri waida kuti aende naye; wakamutora, akamucheka ngendaa yevaJudha vaigara kundau idzo, ngokuti veshe vaizia kuti baba ake vaiya muGiriki.⁴Vachahamba mumadhorobha vakapa kwavari mipango iyo yakaemeswa ngovapostori novakuru vaiya muJerusarema, kuti vaingwarire. ⁵Ndizvo zviara zvakagwinyiswa mukugonda navo vakaangira kuwanda mazuva eshe.⁶Navo vakahamba ngepakati penyika idzi, Frigia noGaratia, vaiya valambidzwa ndiMweya Wakachena kuvereketa izwi muAsia. ⁷Naapo vaiya vaguma pokaringirana nomuMisia, vakaedza kuenda Bhithinia; asi Mweya waJesu auzi kuvatendera. ⁸Ndizvo vapinda ngomuMisia, vakadzaka kuenda Troasi.⁹Nochioniso chakaoneka usiku kunaPhauri; munhu waibva Masedhonia wakaema, yechimupota echiti: “Ambukai Masedhonia, mutidereso.” ¹⁰Naapo aona chioniso, paripo takaedza kuenda Masedhonia, techigura kuti Mwari wakatidanidza kuti tichumaire vhangeri kwavari.¹¹Ndizvo tichabva Troasi, takaruramisa kuhamba ngongarava kuenda Samotresi, ngozuva laiteera, takaenda Neaporisi. ¹²Kubvapo takaenda muFiripi, iro riri dhorobha lenharaunda yokutanga yeMasedhonia, laitongwa ngovaRoma. Nesu takagara mudhorobha iro mazuva amweni. ¹³Ngezuva leSabatha takabuda kuenda kubanze kwomusiwo waiya pamhiri porwizi, apo potaipinimidza kuti pandau yokukumbirirapo; takagala pashi tikavereketa kumadzimai vaiya vaunganapo.¹⁴Nomudzimai umwe wakatizwa, zina rake raizwi Ridhia, mutengesi wemachira akatsvukuruka, wedhorobha leThiatira, uwo waidira Mwari. Mambo wakabeura mwoyo wake kuti apurutane izvo zvakavereketwa ndiPhauri. ¹⁵Naapo abhabhatidzwa novemhatso yake, wakatipota yechiti, “Kudai mwandierenga kuti ndiri unogondeka kunaMambo, uyai mupotere mumhatso mwangu, mugaremwo.” Naye wakatinyengerera.¹⁶Naapo, tisaenda kundau yokukumbira, takashongana nomusikana, waiya hloko anomweya wokufembera, waiunza mare yakawanda kune madzimambo ake ngokufembera. ¹⁷Wakatevera Phauri nesu, echidaidzira yechiti: “Ava vanhu varanda vaMwari Uripadera pazveshe, avo vanoteketesa kwomuri njira yoruponeso.” ¹⁸Wakaita izvi mazuva mazhinji. Asi Phauri, echitambudzwa kakuru, wakakunukuka, akati kunomweya uwo: “Ndinokupanga ngezina raJesu Kristu kuti ubude kubva mwaari.” Nawo wakabuda ngeawa iro.¹⁹Asi apo madzimambo ake azia kuti magondero avo okuona mare apera, vakabata Phauri naSirasi, vakavakweya kuenda navo pandau yomusika pamberi pevatongi. ²⁰Naapo vavaunza pavatongi vakuru, vakati “Ava vanhu vaJudha vanoshaishira dhorobha redu. ²¹Vanodzidzisa tsika dzisikatenderwi ngemipango yedu kuashira nokuti kungwarira, isusu vaRoma.”²²Mbungano yakavarwisa; novatongi vakuru vakavabaurira zvokufuka zvavo, nokupanga kuti vashwapurwe ngomishwapo. ²³Naapo vainga vavashwapura yaamho, vakavakonyera mutirongo, vechikohomedzisa mungwariri ²⁴wemabhanditi kuti anase kuvangwarira yaamho. Iye akohomedziswa kudaro, wakavakonyera mutirongo yomukati, wakasunga tsoka dzavo ngemanguri.²⁵Kwaakuita pakati pousiku Phauri naSirasi vaikumbira nokuemba kukudza Mwari, nemabhanditi aivapurutana. ²⁶Paripo kuzungunyika kukuru kwenyika kwakaitika, ngokudalo madzeyo emhatso yetirongo akakutukutuswa; paripo misiwo yeshe yakabeurwa nezvisungo zvomunhu weshe zvakasunhurwa.²⁷Naapo mungwariri wamabhanditi amuka muhope yechiona misiwo yetirongo yabeuka, wakashwamura shoti yake echida kudziuraya pachake, echipinimidza kuti mabhanditi aiya atiza. ²⁸Asi Phauri wakadaidzira ngeizwi guru kuti: “Usadzikuwadza, ngokuti teshe tiri muno.”²⁹Naye wakakumbira zvivheneko, wakapoteramwo echigogoma, echitetemera ngokutya. Wakawira pamberi paPhauri naSirasi. ³⁰Wakavabudisa kubanze, akati: “Madzimambo, kunosisira kuti ndiitenyi kuti ndiponeswe?” ³¹Navo vakati: “Tenda Mambo Jesu, newe unozoponeswa, iwewe nevemhatso yako.”³²Navo vakachumaira kwaari izwi laMambo nokwavari veshe vainga mumhatso mwake. ³³Wakavatora ngoawa iro rousiku, akashamba zvironda zvavo. Wakabhabhatidzwa paripo nemhuri yake yeshe. ³⁴Naapo wakavapotedza mumhatso mwake, akakanda zvokudya pamberi pavo; akadakala kakurutu nevemhatso yake yeshe, ngokuti waiya atenda Mwari.³⁵Asi apo kwaedza, vatongi vakatuma mapurisa vechiti: “Sunhurai avo vanhu vaende.” ³⁶Nomungwariri wemabhanditi wakaronza aya mazwi kunaPhauri yechiti: “Vatongi vatumira izwi lokuti musunhurwe muende; ndizvo zvino budai, muende ngokunyarara.”³⁷Asi Phauri wakati kwavari: “Vakatishwapura pamberi pevanhu veshe, tiri vasikazi kutongwa ndaa, tiri vanhu vaRoma, navo vakatikonyera mutirongo; zvino votibudisa ngokufishika here? Haiwa! Asi ngavauye vochokuadi vativise. ³⁸Mapurisa akanagirira aya mazwi kuvatongi, navo vakatya apo vazwa kuti vaiya vaRoma; ³⁹ndizvo vakauya, vakavapota kuti vavakungurire. Naapo vavabudisa kubanze, vakakumbira kwavari kuti vabve mudhorobha.⁴⁰Ndizvo vakabuda mutirongo, vakapotera mumhatso yaRidhia; naapo vaona hama, vakavagwinyisa, vakaenda.

Chapter 17

¹Zvino vahamba ngomuAmufiporisi nomuAporonia, vakaguma Thesaronika, apo paiya nemhatso yokudira yevaJudha. ²NaPhauri wakapoteramwo, kudai ngomuitiro wake, mumaSabatha matatu wakaphikisana navo ngezvinyorwa.³Yeshidudzira ngokugwinyisisa kuti kwaisisira kuti Kristu atambudzwe nokumuka kubva kwevakafa yechiti: “Uyu Jesu wendinochumaira kwomuri, ndiye Kristu.” ⁴Nevamweni vavo vakaongwa, vakaiyana naPhauri naSirasi, nembungano huru yevaGiriki vaidira novazhinji vemadzimai airemeredzeka.⁵Asi vaJudha vainga nondurumwa, vakatola vanhu vakashata vapepesheka, vakaunganidza mbungano, vakaita bope mudhorobha; vakarwisa mhatso yaJasoni, vakaedza kuvabudisa kunevanhu. ⁶Naapo vasikavaoni, vakakweya Jasoni nehama dzimweni nokuvaundza pamberi pevatongi vedhorobha, vechidaidzira vechiti:“Ava vanounza madambudziko munyika, vatogumawo muno. ⁷Jasoni ndiyena wakavaashira, navo veshe vanoita zvinorwisana ngozviemeso zvaSiza, vechinadzirira kuti uripo mambo umweni, Jesu.”⁸Vanhu novatongi vodhorobha vakakaruka apo vazwa izvi. ⁹Naapo vainga vatora chibatiso kubva kunaJasoni nokunevamweni, vakavatendera kuti vaende.¹⁰Paripo vatendi vakatuma Phauri naSirasi usiku kuti vaende Bheria; naapo vagumayo vakapotera mumhatso yokudira yevaJudha. ¹¹Zvino vaJudha ava vaiya vakarurama kupinda veThesaronika ngokuti vakaashira izwi ngomweyo weshe, vechitsvakisisa zvinyorwa mazuva eshe kuti vaone kuti izvi zvakadaro here. ¹²Ndizvo vazhinji vavo vakatenda, nemadzimai vairemeredzeka vevaGiriki nevamuna vazhinji.¹³Asi apo vaJudha veTesoronika vazia kuti izwi laMwari lakachumairwawo ndiPhauri muBheria, vakagumapowo vechiita bope nokutambudzua mbungano. ¹⁴Paripo vatendi vakatumira Phauri kuti aende kuruandhle, asi Sirasi naThimothi vakasaramwo. ¹⁵Asi avo vakaperekedza Phauri vakamugumisa Atenesi; naapo vakapangwa kuti varonzere Sirasi naThimothi kuti vauye kwaari ngokukasira, vakaenda.¹⁶Zvino Phauri achavagarira muAtenesi, mweya wake wakatambudzika yaamho, yechiona dhorobha lakazara ngomuedzaniso yokudira. ¹⁷Ndizvo wakaphikisana mumhatso yokudira navaJudha nevanhu vaidira, nomundau yomusika mazuva eshe wakapangana naavo vakashongana nayepo.¹⁸Nevamweni vakangwala vevaEpikurio nevaStoiki, vaida ungwaru, vakashongana naye. Vamweni vakati: “Uyu muereketi wezvisina shwiro unotinyi?” Vamweni vakati: “Wakadai ngomuchumairi wezvimwari zvipara.” Ngokuti iye wakachumaira kwavari ndiJesu nokumuka kwevakafa.¹⁹Navo vakamubata, vakamuunza pamberi paAreopagusi vechiti: “Tingazia here kuti uku kudzidzisa kutsva kunoereketwa ndiwe kunoronzenyi?,Ngokuti unoronza zviro zvisikazwiki kunzee dzedu. ²⁰Ndizvo tinoda kuzia kuti izvi zvinoronzenyi.” ²¹Zvino veshe veAtenesi nevapara vaigaramwo avazi kupedzela mukuwo wavo kuzviro zvimweni, asi kwega kuronza nokuti kuzwa chiro chitsva.²²Ndizvo Phauri wakaema pakati paAreopagusi, wakati: “yemwi vamuna veAtenesi, pazviro zveshe ndinoona kuti munodira yaamho. ²³Ngokuti ndechipinda, ndakaringira zviro zvomunodira, ndakaonazve arita rine izvi zvinyorwa: ‘Kuna Mwari usikaziikani.’ Ndizvo uwo womunodira musikamuzii, uyu ndiye wendinochumaira kwomuri inini.²⁴Mwari uwo wakasika nyika nazvo zveshe zviri mukati mwayo, ndiye Mambo womudenga nomunyika, aagari mumatemberi akaakwa ngonyala dzevanhu, ²⁵zve aashandirwi ngonyala dzevanhu, kudai ngounotama chiro, ndiye unopa veshe kupona nokufema nezviro zveshe.²⁶Wakaita madzinza yeshe yevanhu kubva pamunhu umwe, kuti vagare padenga penyika peshe, wakaemesera nguva dzavo nomigano yokugara kwavo. ²⁷kuti vatsvake Mwari, kuti pamweni ngokugonda vaambamire, vamuone, kunyazwi asiri kuretu akadi kubva pana umwe ngaumwe wedu.²⁸‘Ngokuti kwaari tinopona nokuhamba, tine unhu hwedu;’ kudai ngozve vakavereketazve vamweni vevanyori venyu venduyo vechiti: ‘Ngokuti yesu tiri barirwana yake.’ ²⁹Ndizvo ngokuti tiri mibarirwana yaMwari, atisisiri kuti tipinimidze kuti uMwari hwakada kudai ngomukore nokuti sirivha nokuti buwe rakatsetswa ngengwazi ngomazano omunhu.³⁰Ngegwinyiso ngomikuwo yokusikazia kwomunhu Mwari aazi kuningisisa; asi zvino unopangisisa vanhu veshe kundau dzeshe, kuti vatenderuka. ³¹ngokuti wakaemesa zuva laanozotonga ndiro nyika ngokururama ngouwo munhu waakagadza; ngouwo waakagwinyisa kuvanhu veshe ngokumumusa kubva kwevakafa.”³²Naapo vazwa ngokumuka kubva kwevakafa, vamweni vakaita zvomahala; asi vamweni vakati: Tinozokuzwazve ngeiyi ndaa.” ³³Ngokudaro Phauri wakabuda kubva pakati pavo. ³⁴Asi vanhu vamweni vakanamatira kwaari, vakatenda. Pakati pavo painga Dhionisiusi muAreopagusi nomudzimai yaizwi Dhamarisi nevamweni navo.

Chapter 18

¹Sure kayezvi Phauri wakabva Atenesi akaguma Khorinte. ²Nayena wakaona munhu muJudha waizwi Akwira, wainga munhu voPontusi ngokubarwa, waiya achandoguma yechibva Itaria, pamwepo nomukadzi wake Prisira, ngokuti Kraudhiusi waina apanga kuti vaJudha veshe vabve muRoma. Phauri wakaenda kwavari. ³Ngokuti iye wainga nomushando wakatodzana nowavo, wakagara navo, vakashanda pamwepo; ngokuti mushando wavo waiya wokuruka matende.⁴Naye wakaphikisana navo vomumhatso yokudira mazuva yeshe yeSabatha, yechida kutenderudza veshe vaJudha nevaGiriki. ⁵Asi apo Sirasi naThimothi vaiya vauya vechibva Masedhonia, Phauri akabatika ngeizwi, wakapupura kuvaJudha kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu. ⁶Vakati vaphikisa nokumutuka, yena wakaguwa bukuta kubva pane zvokusimira zvake, akati kwavari: “Ngazi yenyu ngaigare padera pamusolo enyu! Andina ndaa yeni. Kubvira zvino ndinozoenda kune vemadzinza.”⁷Naye vakabvapo, akapotera mumhatso yomunhu waizwi Thitiusi vatendeka, uwo waidira Mwari; mhatso yake yaiya pasinde pamhatso yokudira. ⁸Krispusi, mukuru womhatso yokudira, wakatenda Mambo nevemhatso yake yeshe; nevazhinji vevaKhorinte vakazwa Phauri, vakatenda, vakabhabhatidzwa.⁹Mambo wakati kunaPhauri muchioniso usiku: “Usatya, asi vereketa, usanyarara;, ¹⁰ngokuti inini ndinewe, akuna munhu unozokumukira kukuremadza; ngokuti ndine vanhu vakawanda mudhorobha iri.” ¹¹Naye wakagalapo gore nomwedzi mitanhatu, yechidzidzisa izwi raMwari pakati pavo.¹²Asi apo Gario aitwa mutongi mukuru weAkhaiya, vaJudha vakamukira Phauri ngochisungo chimweni, vakamuunza pamberi pechigalo chokutonga. ¹³vechiti: “Uyu munhu unopausa vanhu kuti vadire Mwari ngoguandja rinopesana ngoMupango.”¹⁴Apo Phauri ooda kubeula mulomo wake kuvereketa, Gario wakati kuvaJudha: “Kudai vaiya ndaa yokushata nokuti yokumukira, imwimwi vaJudha, ndaivaifanira kuti ndisengerere kwomuri. ¹⁵Asi kudai iri ndaa yemibvunzo yemazwi neyemazina neyemipango yenyu, dzionerei pachenyu yemwi; andidi kuita mutongi wendaa dzakadalo.”¹⁶Naye wakavagogomera kubva pachigalo chokutonga. ¹⁷Navo veshe vakabata Sosithenesi, mukuru womhatso yokudira, vakamutaka pamberi pochigaro chokutonga. NaGario aazi kutambudzika ngochimwe cheizvi.¹⁸Naapo Phauri agalapo mazuva mazhinji, wakavhaisa vatendi, akahamba ngongarava kubva apo kuenda Siria, yechiperekedzwa ndiPrisira naAkwira; muKhenikeria wakapaladwa solo lake, ngokuti wainga akapika mhiko. ¹⁹Naapo aguma paEfesu, wakavasiyapo; asi Phauri pachake wakapotera mumhatso yokudira, akavereketa novaJudha.²⁰Naapo vakakumbira kuti agare navo mukuwo wakapinda kureba, aazi kutenda. ²¹Asi wakavavhaisa yechiti: “Ndinozouyazve kwomuri, kudai Mwari yechitenda,” wakahamba ngongarava kubva Efesu.²²Naapo aguma Sizaria, wakakwira kuchingamidza chiara, wakateredza kuenda Antiokhi. ²³Agalapo mukuwo, wakabveyo, akahamba nyika yeGaratia neFrigia ngokutevererana, echigwinyisa vadzidzi veshe.²⁴Zvino muJudha waizwi Aporosi, muArekizandria ngokubarwa, wainga munhu waikona kuvereketa zvakanaka, wakauya Efesu; nayena wainga ngwazi muzvinyorwa. ²⁵Uyu waiya akadzidzisa guandja yaMambo; yechipisha mumweya, wakanasa kuvereketa nokudzidzisa ngendaa yaJesu, kunyazwi waizva ngorubhabhatidzo laJohani lega. ²⁶Wakatanga kuvereketa ngokushinga mumhatso yokudira, asi apo Prisira naAkwira vamuzwa, vakamutora parutii, vakanasa kumududzira ngenjira yaMwari.²⁷Naapo yechida kupinda kuenda Akhaiya, vatendi vakamugwinyisa, vakanyola tsamba kunevadzidzi yesiti vamuashire. Naapo aguma, vakabesera kakuru avo vakatenda kubudikidza ngonyasha. ²⁸Ngokuti wakanasa kunyisa vaJudha pamhene, yechionisa ngozvakanyorwa kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu.

Chapter 19

¹Naapo Aporosi vainga muKhorinte, Phauri apedza kuhambira nyika dzokudenga wakaguma Efesu, akaona vadzidzi vamweni. ²Naye wakati kwavari: “Mwakaashira Mweya Wakachena here apo pomwakatenda?” Navo vakati kwaari:“Haiwa, atito nokutongozwa kuti uripo Mweya Wakachena.”,³Naye wakati: “Mwakabhabhatidzwa ngorubhabhatidzo lainyi?” Navo vakati: “Ngorubhabhatidzo laJohani.” ⁴Phauri wakati: “Johani wakabhabhatidza ngorubhabhatidzo lokutenderuka, yechivereketera vanhu kuti vatende uwo waizouya sure kwake, kunoronza Jesu.”⁵Naapo vazwa izvi, vakabhabhatidzwa ngozina laMambo Jesu. ⁶Naapo Phauri aisa nyara dzake padenga pavo, Mweya Wakachena wakauya padenga pavo; navo vakaereketa ngendimi nokuprofeta. ⁷Veshe pamwepo vaida kukwana kuita vanhu gumi navaviri.⁸Naye wakapotera mumhatso yokudira, akavereketa ngokushinga kwemwedzi mitatu, yechiphikisana navo echivanyengerera ngendaa yezvoumambo hwaMwari. ⁹Naapo vamweni vakaomesa mwoyo nokuramba kutenda, vechiereketa zvakashata ngoiyo Njira pamberi pevanhu vazhinji, wakabva kwavari, akaenda pamwepo novadzidzi, echipangana navo zuva ngezuva muchikora chaTiranusi. ¹⁰Izvi zvakaangira kuitwa makore mairi, ngokudalo avo veshe vaigala muAsia vakazwa izwi laMambo, veshe vaJudha novaGiriki.¹¹Mwari wakaita zvishamiso visina kumboitika ngonyala dzaPhauri, ¹²ngokudalo kwakatorwa kubva pamuiri pake madhuku nokuti machira, kuenda nazvo kunevairwara, nenhenda dzevaiya nadzo dzakabva kwavari, nomweya yakashata yakabuda kubva mwavari.¹³Asi vamweni vevaJudha, n'anga vaihamba vechidzinga mweya yakashata, vakaedza kudaidza zina laMambo Jesu padenga pavo vaiya nomweya yakashata vechiti: “Ndinokupanga ndiJesu uwo unochumairwa ndiPhauri.” ¹⁴Vaiyapo novakorore vanomwe vomupristi mukuru wevaJudha waizwi Sikevha, avo vaiita izvi.¹⁵Asi mweya wakashata wakapingura, ukati kwavari: “Jesu ndinomuzia naPhauri ndinomuzia; asi yemwi muri anani?” ¹⁶Naapo munhu wainga nomweya wakashata wakavanyandukira, akavanyisa veshe, ngokudalo vakatiza kubva mumhatsomwo vari kutindira, vakaremadzwa. ¹⁷Neizvi zvakaziikanwa ndivo veshe vaJudha nevaGiriki vaigala muEfesu, nokutyisa kwakagumira veshe. Nezina laMambo Jesu lakakudzwa.¹⁸Vazhinji veavo vakatenda, vakauya vechireurira nokuonisa zviito zvavo. ¹⁹Nevazhinji veavo vaishandisa zvokukamba vakavundza tsamba dzavo pamwepo, vakadzipisha mukuona kwavo veshe. Navo vakaverenga mutengo wadzo, vakaona kuti waiya mazana makumi mashanu ezvigurwa zvesirivha. ²⁰Ngonjira yeyi izwi laMambo lakakula ngosimba, lakakanda.²¹Zvino ngosure kweizvi, Phauri wakaemesa mumweya kuhamba ngomuMasedhonia nomuAkhaiya, vechienda Jerusarema, yechiti: “Ndagumayo, ndinosisirazve kuti ndione Roma.” ²²Naapo atuma vairi veavo vaimudetsera kuti vaende Masedhonia, Thimothi naErastusi, iye ogwinhiso wakagala mukuwo mudoko muAsia.²³Ngouwo mukuwo kwaitwa bope guru ngendaa yeiyo guandja., ²⁴Ngokuti munhu umweni vaizwi Dhemetriusi, mupfuri wesirivha, waipfura miedzaniso yesirivha yechimwarikadzi Artemisi, wakaganhisa vapfuri ngomare yakawanda. ²⁵Wakavaunganidza pamwepo vashandi vomushando umwewo, akati: “Vamuna, munozia kuti ngouyu mushando tinoganhiswa.²⁶Nemwi munoona nokuzwa kuti uyu Phauri wakanyengera nokutenderudza vanhu vazhinji, haiwa muEfesu mwega, asi munyika yeshe yeAsia echiti, ‘Akuna zvimwari zvakaitwa ngonyara.’ ²⁷Nengozi iripo andiyopi yega yokuti mushando wedu uyu ungashoorwa; asiwo kuti themberi lochimwarikadzi chikuru Artemisi rinozoverengwa kuti arina shwiro, nokuti ukuru hwake huparadzwe, uwo unodirwa ndivo veshe muAsia nomunyika dzeshe.²⁸Apo vazwa izvi vakazara ngoushungu, vakadaidzira vechiti: “Mukuru Artemisi wevaEfesu!” ²⁹Dhorobha lakazala ngohohoho; vakarumba ngochisungo chimwe kupotera mundau yokutambira, vechikweya Gaiusi naAristakhusi, vanhu veMasedhonia, avo vaiperekedza Phauri murwendo lake.³⁰Phauri wakada kupotera kunevanhu avo, asi vadzidzi avazvi kumutendera. ³¹Vamweni venduna dzeAsia vaiya shamwari dzake, vakatuma kwaari, vakamupota kuti arekere kupotera mundau yokutambira. ³²Ndizvo vamweni vakadaidzira chiro chimwe, nevamweni chimweni; ngokuti mbungano yakakangaidzwa, uzhinji hwavo avazi kuzia chevakaunganira.³³Navo vakabudisa pamberi Arekizanda kubva pakati pechiunga, vaJudha vechimusukumidzira mberi. NaArekizanda wakakopera ngonyala, yechida kudzirwira kunevanhu ³⁴Asi apo vazia kuti muJudha, veshe ngoizwi rimwe vakadanidzira kwomukuwo waida kuita maawa mairi vechiti: “Mukuru Artemisi wevaEfesu!”.. ³⁵Naapo munyori wedhorobha anyaladza chiunga, wakati: “yemwi vamuna veEfesu, ndiani munhu usikazii kuti dhorobha reEfesu mungwariri wetemberi reArtemisi mukuru nomuezaniso wakawa kubva mudenga? ³⁶Ndizvo kwechioneka kuti izvi zviro azvingalambiki, kufanira kuti munyalare, musikaiti ngechara. ³⁷Ngokuti imwimwi mwaunza panapa ava vanhu, vasiri madzongoni ematemberi nokuti vatuki vechimwarikadzi chedu³⁸Ndizvo kuti Dhemetriusi nevapfuri vanaye vane ndaa kunomunhu kunyazwi ngouri, mazuva okutonga ndaa aripo, nevatongi varipo; ngovamangarire umwe noumweni. ³⁹Asi kuti mwechitsvaka chiro chimweni, chinozogurwa ngomushongano wakaemeswa. ⁴⁰Ngokuti ngegwinyiso tine ngozi yokuitirwa ndaa, ngendaa yebope laitwa nyamashi, apana chizato chetingapa kudakarira bope iri.” ⁴¹Naapo avereketa kudaro, wakapaladza mushongano.

Chapter 20

¹Bope lakati lanyalala, Phouri wakadaidza vadzidzi, wakavagwinyisa, akavavhaisa, wakabvapo akaenda Masedhonia. ²Naapo ahamba ngomundau yedzo, echivagwinyisa ngomazwi mazhinji, wakaguma Giris. ³Wakapedzamwo mwedzi matatu. VaJudha vakapangana kumurwisa, apo echilongedza kuhamba ngongarava kuenda Siria, wakadziemesera kuhwirira echihamba ngomuMasedhonia.,⁴Wakaperekedzwa kuguma Asia ndiSopata, mukorore waPhirusi weBheria, naAristakusi naSekundusi vaThesaronika, Gaiusi weDhebhe, Thimothi, Thichikusi naTrofimusi veAsia. ⁵Ava vakatungamira mberi, vakatigarira muTroasi; ⁶asi isusu takahamba ngongarava kubva Firipi ngosure kwomazuva voChingwa chisina Mumera, takaguma kwavari muTroasi ngosure kwomazuva mashanu; takagalapo mazuva manomwe.⁷Nangezuva lokutanga levhiki, apo taungana kugula chingwa, Phauri wakavereketa kwavari; yechida kubvapo ngomangwani, wakaangira kuvereketa kwake metsa pakati pousiku. ⁸Zvaigapo zvibani zvakawanda mukamera lomuturikwa umwe mwotakaungana.⁹Jaha, laizwi Utikusi, lainga lakagala pachiwindo, lakabatwa ngohope dzomadzikirira apo Phauri acharibesa kuvereketa kwake; iro lechinyiswa ngohope dzalo, lakawa kubva kumuturikwa wochitatu, navo vakarimirudza lafa. ¹⁰Asi Phauri wakadzaka, akakotama paberere pake, akamufungatira, akati: “Musatambudzika, ngokuti ushapona.”¹¹Naapo akwira mumuturikwa, wakagura chingwa, akadya, wakaangira kuvereketa navo mukuwo wakareba, metsa kwakaedza; ngokudalo wakabvapo. ¹²Navo vakaunza jaha lechizwa, vakaembedzerwa kakawanda.¹³Asi isusu, takatanga kuenda kungarava, takahamba ngongarava kuenda Asosi, apo techikarira kutorapo Phauri; ngokuti ndiye wainga alonga kudalo, yechida pachake kuhamba ngsoka. ¹⁴Naapo ashongana nesu muAsosi, takamukwidza mungarava, tikaenda Mitureni.¹⁵Techihamba kubvapo ngozuva laitevera, takaguma kundau yakaringirana noKhiosi. Ngezuva laitevera takaguma Samosi; ngozuva laitevera, takaguma Miretusi. ¹⁶Ngokuti Phauri wakadziemesera kuhamba ngongarava kudarika Efesu, kuti asazopedza mukuwo muAsia; ngokuti waikasira, kuti kudai echikona ungaguma Jerusarema ngozuva lePentekosti.¹⁷Ari muMiretusi wakatumira izwi Efesu, kuti vauye kwaari vakuru vechiara. ¹⁸Naapo vaguma kwaari, wakati kwavari, “yemwi yoguinhiso munozia kugala kwangu pakati penyu nguva dzeshe kubvira ngozuva lokutanga londakatsika soka muAsia, ¹⁹ndechishandira Mambo ngokupfaa kweshe kwomupinimidzo ngomusodzi, nokuedzwa ukwo kwakandigumira kubudikidza ngokurwiswa ngovaJudha. ²⁰Andizi kutya kuita kwomuri chiro chinomudetsera, ngochumaira yezwi kwomuri ngokumudzidzisa pamhene, kubva kumhatso kuenda kumhatso, ²¹ngochivapanga kakurutu veshe vaJudha navaGiriki ngendaa yokutenderuka kunaMwari nokugonda kunaMambo wedu Jesu.²²Zvino, ningira, ndinoenda Jerusarema, ndakasungwa muMweya, ndisikazii izvo zvinozondigumira apo; ²³asi kuti Mweya Wakachena unondipupurira mumadhorobha yeshe kuti kusungwa nokutambudzwa kunondigarira. ²⁴Asi andierengi kupona kwangu kuita chiro chinodikanwa kwondiri, kuti ndipedze bingo langu, nomushando wendakaashira kubva kunaMambo Jesu kuchumaira vhangeri lonyasha dzaMwari.²⁵“Zvino, ningirai, yeni ndinozia kuti yemwi mweshe mwendakahambira pakati penyu ngochichumaira umambo, amuchazoonizve hope yangu. ²⁶Ndizvo ndinopupurira kwomuri ngeiri zuva kuti ndakachena kune ngazi yenyu yeshe, ²⁷ngokuti andizi kuumira kumuronzera kupanga kweshe kwaMwari.²⁸Dzingwarirenyi yemwi pachenyu nedanga loshe lomwakaemeswa padera paro ngoMweya Wakachena, kuti muite vangwariri varo, muushe chiara chaMwari, chaakatenga ngongazi yoMwana wake yochokuadi. ²⁹Ndinozia kuti ngosure kwokuenda kwangu, mathika anogala anozopotera pakati penyu, asina nyasha kudanga. ³⁰Vamweni vanobva pakati penyu pemene vanozobuda vanhu, vechivereketa manyepo kupausa vadzidzi kuti vavateere.³¹Ndizvo rindai, mwechi langaridzana kuti ngomukuwo womakore matatu andizi kuregera kupanga mweshe umwe ngaumwe wenyu usiku nemasikati, ndechichema masodzi. ³²Nazvino ndinomupira kunaMwari nokuizwi lonyasha dzake, iro rine simba rokumuaka nokumupa nhaka pakati pavo veshe vakacheneswa.³³Andizi kuemura sirivha nokuti mugore nokuti zvokufuka zvomunhu. ³⁴yemwi yochokuadi munozia kuti idzi nyala dzakashandira izvo zvendaitama, nezveavo vainga neni. ³⁵Ngezviro zveshe ndakamupa chionero, kuti ngokushanda kudaro tinosisira kuti tidetsere avo vasina simba, nokukarakadza mazwi aMambo Jesu, kudai ngezvaakaronza emene yechiti: ‘Kunopinda kudakadza kupa kunokuashira.’ ”³⁶Naapo avereketa kudalo wakagwadama pashi, akakumbira navo veshe. ³⁷Navo veshe vakachema masodzi, vakamumbundira Phauri, vakamuvhaisa ngomuromo, ³⁸vechitambudzika kakurutu ngeizwi loakavereketa, kuti avachazomboonizve hope yake. Vakamuperekedza kuenda kungarava.

Chapter 21

¹Naapo tapaladzana navo, takahamba ngongarava tikarurama kuenda Khosi, ngozuva raitevera takaguma Rodhesi nokubvapo takaguma Patara. ²Taona ngarava yaiambuka kuenda Foenisia, takapoteramwo, takahamba.³Naapo taona Saipurasi, takarisya ngokumuoshwe, takahamba kuenda Siria, tikaguma Thire; ngokuti apo ngarava yaibudiswa mitwaro yayo. ⁴Techiona vadzidzi, takagalapo mazuva manomwe. Kubudikidza ngoMweya Wakachena vakanadzira Phauri kuti asakwira Jerusarema.⁵Naapo tapedzapo mazuva edu, takabvapo, tikaenda rwendo rwedu; navo veshe pamwepo nevakadzi vavo novana vakatiperekedza metsa takabuda mudhorobha; tikagwadama pahumbikumbi yoruandhle, takakumbira. ⁶Naapo takavhaisana, takapotera mungarava, navo vakahwirira kanyi.⁷Naapo tapedza rwendo kubva Thire, takaguma Putoremaisi; nayesu takachingamidza vatendi, takagala navo zuva rimweni., ⁸Nechimangwani takabvapo, takaguma Sizaria: takapotera mumhatso yaFiripu muvhangeri, uwo wainga umwe wevanomwe, takagala naye. ⁹Wainga novasikane valongomuna, mbhandara, avo vaiprofeta.¹⁰Naapo tichagarapo mazuva mazhinji, kwakadzaka muprofeti waibva Judhia, waizwi Agabhusi. ¹¹Echiuya kwetiri, wakatora bhande laPhauri, wakadzisunga soka dzake ngonyara, akati: “Unoronga yezvi Mweya Wakachena, ‘Ngokudaro vaJudha vari muJerusarema vanozosunga munewebhande iri, vanozomupira munyala dzevemadzinza.’ ”¹⁴Naapo asikazi kutenda kupotwa, takanyarara techiti: “Kuda kwaMambo ngakuitike.” ¹³Zvino Phauri wakapingura, akati: “Munoitenyi mwechichema nokutambudza mwoyo wangu? Ngokuti yeni ndakanasirira haiwa kusungwa kwega, asi nokufira zina laMambo Jesu muJerusarema.” ¹²Naapo tazwa izvi, teshe, isusu nevanhu veiyo ndau, taimupota kuti asakwira Jerusarema.¹⁵Mazuva aya apera, takatola nhumbi dzedu, takakwira Jerusarema. ¹⁶Vakahambawo nesu vamweni vevadzidzi vaibva Sizaria, vakauya kumhatso yomunhu unozwi Nasoni weSaipurasi, mudzidzi wokutanga, wotaizogala mumhatso mwake.¹⁷Naapo taguma Jerusarema, vatendi vakatiashira ngokudakala. ¹⁸Ngozuva laitevera Phauri wakaenda nayesu kunaJakobe; nevanhu vakuru veshe vaiyapo. ¹⁹Naapo avachingamidza, wakaerengudza chimwe ngachimwe ngokutevererana kwazvo izvo zvaakaita Mwari pakati pevemadzinza ngokushanda kwake.²⁰Naapo vazvizwa, vakakudza Mwari. Vakati kwaari: “Unoona, hama, kuwanda kwemakumi emazana yeavo vakatenda pakati pevaJudha; navo veshe vanotsamwirira muMipango. ²¹Zvino vakaronzerwa kuti yewe unodzidzisa vaJudha veshe vari pakati pevemadzinza kuti varambe zvaMosi, wechivavundja kuti vasacheka vana vavo nokuti vasangwarira mishuma.²²Zvino toitenyi? Ngogwinyiso vanozozwa kuti yewe wauya. ²³Ndizvo ita izvi zvetinokuronzera. Tine vanhu varongomuna pano vakapika mhiko. ²⁴Tora vanhu ava udzichenese pachako navo, uvabhadharire zveshe zvavo, kuti vapare musoro avo. Ndizvo veshe vanozozia kuti apana gwinyiso pane izvo zveshe zvevakaronzerwa ngendaa yako, asi kuti iwewe wemene unonasa kuhamba, wechingwarira Mipango.²⁵Asi ngendaa yeavo vemadzinza vakatenda, takanyola tsamba, techigula kuti vadzingwarire kubva pane zvinobairwa muedzaniso yokudira nengazi neizvo zvinodzipwa nokuomba.” ²⁶Zvino Phauri wakatola vanhu avo, ngozuva laitevera akadzichenesa pachake, wakapotera muTemberi navo, echionisa pamhene kuzadzisika kwemazuva okucheneswa, metsa mudiro wakapirwa ngendaa yaumwe ngaumwe wavo.²⁹Naapo mazuva manomwe ooda kupera, vaJudha vaibva Asia, avo vamuona ari muTemberi vakavherudza mbungano yeshe, vakamubata. ²⁸vechidaidzira: “Vanhu vaIsuraeri, detserai! Uyu ndiye munhu unodzidzisa vanhu veshe kundau dzeshe kurwisana navanhu ngoMupango neiyi ndau; ndiyezve wakaunza vaGiriki muTemberi, wakasvipisa iyi ndau yakachena.” ²⁷Ngokuti vainga vakaona Trofimusi muEfesu anaye mudhorobha, vakapinimidza kuti Phauri wakamuunza muTemberi.³⁰Nedhorobha veshe vakavherudzwa, nevanhu vakarumba pamwepo. Navo vakabata Phauri, vakamukwevera kubanze kweTemberi; paripo misiwo yakakonywa. ³¹Naapo vachatsvaka kumuulaya, izwi rakaguma kunduna huru yemakumi emazana, kuti Jerusarema reshe raiya nehohoho.³²Paripo wakatola majoni nenduna dzemazana, akagogoma kuteredza kwovari; naapo vaona nduna huru nemajoni, vakagekera kuponda Phauri. ³³Naapo nduna huru yakakwedzera, ikamubata, ikapanga kuti asungwe ngomaketani mairi; ikabvunza kuti ndiani nokuti waitenyi.³⁴Vamweni pakati pombungano vakadaidzira chiro chimwe, vamweni chimweni; naapo yakorera kuzia gwinyiso ngendaa yehohoho, yakapanga kuti aunzwe kumhatso yevarwi vehondo. ³⁵Naapo aguma pamakwiro, wakatwarwa ngemajoni ngendaa yebope lombungano. ³⁶Ngokuti mbungano yakateera ngesure, yechidaidzira yechiti: “Muurayenyi!”³⁷Naapo vooda kuunza Phauri mumhatso yevarwi, wakati kunenduna huru: “Ndingatenderwa here kuvereketa chiro kwouri?” Naye wakati kwaari: “Unozia chiGiriki here? ³⁸Andiwepi muEgipite, uwo pamazuva apera wakavherudza vanhu kumukira, akaenda mushango nevaurayi mazana makumi marongomuna here?”³⁹Phauri wakati: “Inini ndiri muJudha, unobva Tarsusi reSirisia, wakabarwa mudhorobha guru rine mbiri; ndinokupota, nditendere ndiverekete kuvanhu.” ⁴⁰Naapo amutendera, Phauri echiema pamakwiro wakakopera vanhu ngonyala; naapo kwaiyapo kunyalala kukuru, yewe wakaereketa kwavari ngendimi yechiHebheru echiti.

Chapter 22

¹“Hama nomadzibaba, yizwai zvino kudzirwira kwendinoita pamberi penyu.” ²Naapo vazwa kuti waivereketa kwavari ngondimi yechiHebheru, vakapinda kunyarara. Zvino wakati.³“yeni ndiri muJudha, ndakabarwa muTarsusi loSirisia, asi ndakakurira panapa mudhorobha iri, patsoka dzaGamarieri, ndakadzidziswa kudai ngomushuma wemipango yemadzibaba edu, ndechitsamwirira kunaMwari, kudai ngezvomunoita yemwi mweshe nyamashi. ⁴Neni ndakatambudza veiyi Njira metsa parufu, ndechivasunga nokuvakonyera mutirongo, veshe vamuna nevakadzi,, ⁵kudai ngezvaanondiitira chapupu mupristi mukuru navo veshe vakuru. Ndakaashira kubva kwavari tsamba dzokuenda kunevatendi, ndakaenda Dhamasekusi, kuti ndivaunzezve Jerusarema vakasungwa kuti vaororwe.⁶“Zvino ndakati ndechihamba rwendo rwangu, ndechikwedzera Dhamasekusi, ooda kuita masikati, paripo kujeka kukurutu kwakajeka kunditendenedza kwechibva mudenga. ⁷Ndakawa pashi, ndikazwa yizwi lechiti kwendiri, ‘Sauri, Sauri, unonditambudzirenyi?’ ⁸Neni ndakapingula ndikati, ‘Ndimwi anani, Mambo?’ Naye wakati kwendiri, ‘Ndini Jesu weNazaretha, uwo wounotambudza.’⁹Naavo vainga nayeni vakaona kujeka, asi avazi kuzwa izwi rouwo waivereketa kwendiri. ¹⁰Ndakati, ‘Ndinozoitenyi, Mambo?’ NaMambo wakati kwendiri, ‘Miruka, uende Dhamasekusi; naapo unozoronzerwa zveshe zvowakaemeserwa kuti uite.’ ¹¹Naapo ndisikakoni kuona ngendaa yokupenya kwokujeka ukwo, avo vainga nayeni vakandibata ngenyara, vakanditungamirira, ndakaguma muDhamasekusi.¹²“Zvino munhu umweni waizwi Ananiasi, wakarurama kudai ngozvinodiwa ngoMupango, unombiri yakanaka mukati mwavaJudha veshe vaigara apo,, ¹³wakauya kwondiri; eshiema pasinde pangu, wakati kwendiri, ‘Mukoma Sauri, chionazve.’ Ngeiro awa ndakaringira neni ndakamuona.¹⁴Naye wakati: ‘Mwari wemadzibaba yedu wakakuemesa kuti uzie kuda kwake, kuona Uwo Wakarurama nokuzwa yizwi rinobva pamulomo wake;, ¹⁵ngokuti iwewe unozoita uchapupu ndiye kuvanhu veshe cheizvo zvewakavona ngozvewakazwa., ¹⁶Zvino uchagarirenyi? Muruka, ubhabhatidzwe, usukwe zvishaishi zvako, ukumbire ngozina lake.’¹⁷“Naapo ndapetuka Jerusarema, ndechikumbira muTemberi, ndakabatwa ngomweya,, ¹⁸ndakaona Jesu echiti kwendiri: ‘Kasira, ubude kubva muJerusarema, ngokuti avazoashiri uchapupu hwako ndini.’¹⁹Neni ndakati, ‘Mambo, yivo yochokuadi vanozia kuti ndaivakonyola mutirongo nokuvaponda mumhatso dzeshe dzokudira, avo vakatenda mwemuri. ²⁰Naapo ngazi yaStefano chapupu chenyu yapaladzwa, ininiwo ndaiema pasinde, ndechitendera nokungwarira zvokufuka zveavo vakamuuraya.’ ²¹Naye wakati kwendiri: ‘Enda, ngokuti inini ndinozokutuma kuenda kuretu kuvanhu vemadzinza.’”,²²Navo vakamupurutana metsa azovereketa izwi iri, vakadaidzira ngemazwi avo, vakati, “Bvisai munhu wakadalo panyika! Ngokuti aasisiri kuti apone.” ²³Vachadaidzira nokukandira zvokufuka zvavo, vechikushira bukuta mudenga,, , ²⁴nduna huru yakapanga kuti apotedzwe mumhatso yevarwi, echironza kuti abvunzisiswe ngokushwapurwa, kuti vazie kuti indaa yenyi yevakadaidzira kudaro ndiye.,²⁵Asi apo vamusunga kuti ashwapurwe, Phauri wakati kunenduna yezana yaiema pasinde: “Kunotenderwa here kwomuri ngomupango kuti mushwapure munhu muRoma, asikazi kunyiswa ngendaa?” ²⁶Naapo nduna yezana yazwa, yakaenda kunduna huru yemakumi emazana, yakamuronzera yechiti: “Unoda kuitenyi? Ngokuti uyu munhu muRoma.”²⁷Nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakauya, ikati kwaari, “Ndironzere, uri muRoma here?” Naye wakati: “Eya.”, ²⁸Nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakapingura, nyikati: “Ndakatenga uRoma uhwu ngomutengo mukuru.” NaPhauri wakati: “Asi inini ndakabarwa ndakadaro. ²⁹Ndizvo vaida kumubvunzisa vakabva kwaari ngokukasira; nenduna huru yemakumi yakatya, apo yazia kuti waiya muRoma, ngokuti yaiya yamusunga.³⁰Asi nechimangwani, echida kuzia gwinyiso layezvi zvaakaitirwa ndaa ngevaJudha, wakamusunhura, akapanga vapristi vakuru nevatongi veshe vevaJudha kuti vaungane, wakadzasa Phauri, akamuisa pamberi pavo.

Chapter 23

¹Phauri echisisota vatongi vevaJudha wakati: “Hama, inini ndakapona ndisina ndaa mumwoyo pamberi paMwari metsa kuguma zuva iri.” ²Zvino mupristi mukuru Ananiasi wakapanga avo vaiema pasinde pake kumupamhadza pamuromo. ³Naapo Phauri wakati kwaari: “Mwari unozokupamhadza, iwewe rukumbati rwakachena! Unogara kunditonga ngoMupango, nokupanga kuti ndipamhadzwe ngonjira inopesana neMipango here?”⁴Naavo vaiema pasinde vakati: “Unotuka mupristi mukuru waMwari here?” ⁵NaPhauri wakati: “Andizi kuzia, hama, kuti ndiye mupristi mukuru; ngokuti kwakanyorwa kuti: ‘Usazovereketa zvakashata ngomutongi wevanhu vako.’⁶Asi apo Phauri paakaona kuti rupande rwavo rumwe rwaiya vaSadhusi norimweni rwaiya vaFarisi, wakadaidzira mumbungano: “Hama, yeni ndiri muFarisi, mukororo wevaFarisi; ngendaa yokugonda kwokumuka kubva kwevakafa inini ndinotongwa.” ⁷Naapo adaro, pakamuswa hasha pakati pevaFarisi nevaSadhusi; nombungano yakaguka ngopakati. ⁸Ngokuti vaSadhusi vanoti akuna kumuka kwevakafa nokuti akuna ngirosi nokuti mweya; asi vaFarisi vanotenda zveshe.⁹Naapo kwakamuka bope guru; vamweni vevanyori vevaFarisi vakamiruka, vakaphikisa vechiti: “Ationi kushata kunouyu munhu. Pamweni mweya wakaereketa kwaari nokuti ngirosi?” ¹⁰Naapo kwamuka kuphikisana kukurutu, nduna huru yemakumi vomazana, yechitya kuti Phauri unozobvajurwa ndivo kuita zvigurwa, vakapangana varwi kuti vadzake vamubvuke ngosimba kubva kwavari, vamuise mumhatso yovarwi.¹¹Usiku hwaiteera Mambo wakaema pasinde pake akat: “Shinga! Ngokuti kudai ngezvewakaita chapupu ndini muJerusarema, ngokudalo kunosisira kuti uite chapupu muRomawo.”¹²Zvino kwaedza, vaJudha vakapangana, vakadzisunga ngomhiko yokuti avazodyi nokuti kumwa metsa vauraya Phauri. ¹³Naavo vakapangana iri zano vaipinda makumi marongomuna kuwanda.¹⁴Navo vakauya kunevapristi vakuru nevakuru vechiti: “Tadzisunga ngomhiko hurutu kuti, atizorairi chiro metsa tauraya Phauri. ¹⁵Ndizvo zvino yemwi pamwepo novatongi ronzerai nduna huru yemakumi emazana kuti amudzase kwomuri, muite kudai ngovanoda kunasa kutsvakisisa ndaa yake. Isusu tinonga tanasirira kumuuraya asati aguma pano.”¹⁶Asi mwana womukunda waPhauri wakazwa ngendaa yokumuhwarira kwavo, naye wakaenda, akapotera mumhatso yevarwi, akaronzera Phauri. ¹⁷NaPhauri wakadaidza kwaari imwe yenduna dzezana, akati, “Enda neiri jaha kunduna huru yemakumi emazana, ngokuti rinacho chiro chokumuronzera.”¹⁸Ndizvo yakaenda naro kunduna huru yemakumi emazana, yakati: “Phauri mubhanditi wakandidaidza kwaari, akakumbira kuti ndiunze iri jaha kwouri rinacho chokuronza kwouri.” ¹⁹Nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakaribata ngonyala, ikaenda nalo, ikaribvunza ngokufishika yechiti: “Chiinyi chounoda kundironzera?”²⁰Naro lakati: “VaJudha vatenderana kukukumbira kuti udzase Phauri mangwani kuvatongi vevaJudha, vechiita kudai ngovanoda kutsvakisisa chiro ndiye. ²¹Ndizvo usazotenda kwavari; ngokuti vanozomuhwarira vanhu vanopinda makumi marongomuna, avo vadzisunga ngemhiko yokuti avazodyi nokuti kumwa metsa vamuuraya; zvino vanasirira, vechigarira chigondiso chinobva kwouri.”²²Ndizvo nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakatendera kuti jaha riende, echiripangisisa kuti: “Usazoronzera munhu kuti waziisa izvi kwendiri.” ²³Zvino wakadaidza kwaari nduna mbiri dzezana, akati: “Nasirirai varwi mazana mairi, vanogadha mahachi makumi manomwe, vane mikhondo mazana mairi, okuenda Sizaria ngeawa rechitatu rousiku. ²⁴Munasire zvifuyo kuti mugadhise Phauri padera pazvo, mumugumise akangwaririka kunaFerikisi mutongi.”,²⁵Naye wakanyola tsamba ngendaa iyi echiti: ²⁶“Kraudhiusi Rusiasi unomuchingamidza yemwi mambo wakanasa kunaka Ferikisi. ²⁷Uyu munhu wakabatwa ngovaJudha, waiya ooda kuurawa ndivo, apo ndakaguma kwavari novarwi vehondo, ndakamuponesa, ndaiya ndazwa kuti muRoma.²⁸Ngokuti ndaida kuti ndizie ndaa yevakamuitira, ndamudzasa kuenda naye kuvatongi vavo vevaJudha. ²⁹Ndakaona kuti wakaitirwa ndaa yemibvunzo yemipango yavo, asi wainga asina ndaa yaakaitirwa inosisira kuti aurawe nokuti asungwe., ³⁰Naapo ndakaronzerwa yeni kuti kunopanganwa zano rokuuraya uyu munhu, paripo ndakamutumira kwouri, ndechipangirazve avo vakamuitira ndaa kuti vaerekete kushaisha kwake pamberi pako.”³¹Ndizvo varwi, kudai ngozvevakapangwa, vakatora Phauri, vakamuunza usiku Antipatirisi. ³²Asi ngochimangwani vakasiya vanogadha mahachi kuti vaende naye, vakahwirira kumhatso yevarwi. ³³Naavo vaguma Sizaria, vakapa tsamba kunomutongi, vakaunza Phauri pamberi pake.³⁴Naapo aidzidza, wakabvunza kuti wainga wenyika iri. Naapo azia kuti wainga weSirisia,, ³⁵wakati: “Ndinozozwa ndaa yako, apo vaguma avo vanokuitira ndaa.” Wakapanga kuti angwarirwe mungome mwaHerodhi.

Chapter 24

¹Ngosure kwomazuva mashanu, Ananiasi mupristi mukuru wakadzaka pamwepo nevakuru vamweni, noumweni wainga muvereketeri, waizwi Teturusi, navo vakaronzera mutongi vechiitira ndaa Phauri. ²Naapo adaidzwa, Teturusi wakatanga kumuitira ndaa yechiti: “Kubudikidza ndimwi tinodakara ngokunyalala kukurutu, zviro zvakashata zvinonasiriswa kuneiri dzinza ngonyasha dzenyu. ³Tinozviashira ngonjira dzeshe nokundau dzeshe, Ferikisi wakanasa kunaka, techikubonga kakurutu.⁴Asi andichadi kumunonosa, ndinokupota kuti undizwe ngonyasha dzako mazwi mashomani. ⁵Ngokuti takaona uyu munhu kuti wakashata yaamho, unomusa bope pakati povaJudha veshe munyika dzeshe, nomutungamiriri wechikwata chevaNazaretha. ⁶Wakaedza kusvipisa Temberi, asi takamubata. Takada kumutonga kudai ngemipango yedu.⁷Asi nduna huru yemakumi emazana Rusiasi wakauya, akamubvuka ngosimba guru kubva kunyala dzedu,, ⁸echipanga avo vanomuitira ndaa kuti vauye kwouri. Ngokumubvunzisisa wechokuadi unozokona kuzia yezvi zveshe zvetinomuitira ndaa ndizvo.” ⁹NevaJudha vakapindirawo kumuitira ndaa, vechigwinyisa kuti izvi ndizvo.¹⁰Naapo mutongi akopera kwaari kuti aerekete, Phauri wakapingula, akati: “yeni ndinozia kuti yewe wakaita mutongi wedzinza iri makore mazhinji, ndizvo ndinodakala ngokudzirwira pamberi pako. ¹¹Kudai ngozvoungakona kudzionera yewe pachako, kuti aasati apinda mazuva gumi namairi kubvira panguva yondakakwira Jerusarema koodira. ¹²Avazi kundiona muTemberi ndechiitirana hasha nomunhu nokuti ndechivherudza mbungano kuita bope, kunyazwi mumhatso dzokudira nokuti mudhorobha. ¹³Avakoni zvinopano kuonisa kwouri gwinyiso reizvo zvevanondiitira ndaa ndizvo.¹⁴Asi izvi ndinotenda kwouri, kuti kudai ngoNjira yevanodudza kuti kupaukisa, ngokudaro inini ndinodira Mwari wemadzibaba edu, ndechitenda zveshe zviri zvoMupango neizvo zvakanyorwa muvaprofeti. ¹⁵Ndine gonda munaMwari, iro lovanotendawo ava, kuti kunozoapo kumuka kwevakafa, kwevakarurama nokwevasikazi kururama. ¹⁶Ngeiyi ndaa ndinoedza pachangu kugara ndino mwoyo usina ndaa kunaMwari nokunevanhu nguva dzeshe.¹⁷Zvino ngosure kwomakore akawanda, ndakauya koopa zvipo nozvokupira mudiro kunevedzinza rangu. ¹⁸Mukuita izvi vakandiona ndakacheneswa muTemberi, pasina nombungano nokuti bope. Asi vaiyapo vaJudha vamweni vakabva Asia; ¹⁹avo avaisisira kuti vaapano pamberi pako nokundiitira ndaa, kudai vane ndaa kwendiri.²⁰Nokuti ava vanhu vari pano ngavaronze kushata kwovakaona kwondiri, ngeiyo nguva yendakaema pamberi povatongi, ²¹ngokubanze kweizwi rimwe rega rendakadaidzira ndakaema pakati pavo ndechiti, ‘Indaa yokumuka kwovakafa, ndiyo ndaa yendinotongwa ndiyo nyamashi pamberi pako.’ ”²²Asi Ferikisi, echizia kakurutu ngendaa yeNjira iyi, wakavaronzera kuti vaemere echiti: “Apo Rusiasi nduna huru yemakumi emazana adzaka uno, ndinozokwarisisa ndaa yenyu.” ²³Naye wakapanga nduna yezana kuti iye angwarirwe akasunhurika, pasina hama yake inorambidzwa kumushandira.²⁴Ngosure kwomazuva Ferikisi wakauya naDhrusira mukadzi wake, wainga muJudha, naye wakadaidza Phauri, akamuzwa echivereketa ngorutendo ruri munaKristu Jesu. ²⁵Naapo paaionisa ngokururama nokudzibata nokutongwa kunozouya, Ferikisi wakatyiswa, akati: “Enda hako zvinopano, naapo ndazoona mukuwo kwawo, ndinozokudaidzazve.”²⁶Iye waigonda kuti waizopuwa mare ndiPhauri. Ndizvo wakamudaidza mikuwo mizhinji echipangana naye. ²⁷Asi apo makore mairi apera, Phokiusi Festusi wakagala pandau yeFerikisi mutongi; naFerikisi echida kudiwa ngevaJudha, wakasiya Phauri mutirongo.

Chapter 25

¹Ndizvo Festusi aguma munyikayo, ngosure kwomazuva matatu wakakwira Jerusarema, echibva Sizaria. ²Apo vapristi vakuru novakuru vevaJudha vakamuronzera ndaa yaPhauri, vakapota kwaari,, ³vechikumbira kuti avadakadzise ngokuita kuti Phauri atumirwe Jerusarema, kuti vazohwarira kumuuraya munjira.⁴Asi Festusi wakapingula akati Phauri wakangwarirwa muSizaria, ngokuti yewe waida kukasira kuendayo. ⁵Wakati: “Ndizvo ngavadzake neni avo vane simba pakati penyu, kudai iripo ndaa kunouwo munhu, ngovamumangarire.”⁶Naapo agara pakati pavo mazuva asikapindi masere nokuti gumi, yena wakadzaka kuenda Sizaria; nochomangwani wakagala pachigalo chokutonga ndaa, akapanga kuti Phauri aunzwe. ⁷Naapo auya, vaJudha avo vakadzaka vechibva Jerusarema vakaema vechimutendenedza, vechimuitira ndaa dzakawanda dzakashata, dzevasaikona kuonisa pamhene. ⁸Naapo Phauri mukudzirwira kwake wakati: “Andizi kugura mipango yevaJudha nokuti yeTemberi nokuti kunaSiza.”⁹Asi Phauri wakati: “Ndinoema pachigalo chokutonga chaSiza, apo panosisira kuti nditongwe. Andizi kuita chiro chakashata kuvaJudha, kudai ngozvounonasa kuzia iwewe. ¹⁰Asi Festusi, echida kudiwa ngovaJudha, wakapingula Phauri, akati: “Unotenda here kukwira Jerusarema, utongwe ngeidzi ndaa pamberi pangu?”¹¹Naapo Festusi apangana novatongi vevaJudha, wakapingura yechiti: “yewe wapota kuti ndaa yako ikwidzwe kunaSiza; unozoenda kunaSiza.” ¹²Ndizvo kudai ndiri muiti wezvakashata, ndakaita chinosisira kuti ndife, andirambi kufa akadi; asi kudai pasina gwinyiso kuneizvo zvovanondiitira ndaa ndizvo ava, apana munhu ungandipira kwavari. Ndinopota kuti ndaa yangu ikwidzwe kunaSiza.”¹³Zvino kwopera mazuva amweni, mambo Agipa naBhenise vakaguma Sizaria, vakachingamidza Festusi. ¹⁴Navo vachagarapo mazuva mazhinji, Festusi wakatura ndaa yaPhauri pamberi pamambo echiti: “Pane munhu wakasiiwa ari bhanditi ndiFerikisi. ¹⁵Naapo ndainga muJerusarema vapristi vakuru nevakuru vevaJudha vakanditurira ndaa, vechikumbira kuti atongwe. ¹⁶Yeni ndakapingura kuti andiwopi mushuma wevaRoma kuti vapire munhu kunyazwi ngouri kumutongi, asati aonana hope kuhope nouwo unomumangarira, kuti aone mukuwo wokudzirwira ngendaa yaanoitirwa.¹⁷Ndizvo apo vaungana pano, andizi kunonoka, asi ngozuva loitevera ndakagala pachigaro chokutonga ndaa, ndakapanga kuti uwo munhu aunzwe. ¹⁸Naapo vaimuitira ndaa vaema, avazi kumuitira ndaa yezvakashata kudai ngozvendaikarira. ¹⁹Asi vakamuitira ndaa yezviro zvimweni nomibvunzo ngendaa yokudira kwavo nendaa youmwe Jesu, wakafa, waakagwinyisisa Phauri kuti unopona. ²⁰Ndechikangaidzwa ngenjira yokubvunzwa kweizvi zviro, ndakamubvunza kuti ungatenda kuenda Jerusarema, atongerweyo ndaa idzi.²¹Asi apo Phauri akumbira kuti angwarirwe metsa ndaa igurwe ndimambo mukuru, ndakapanga kuti angwarirwe metsa ndakona kumutumira kunaSiza.” ²²Agripa wakati kunaFestusi: “yeni ndingada kuti ndimuzwe munhuwo pachangu.” Iye wakati: “Mangwani unozomuzwa²³Ndizvo nechimangwani Agripa naBhenise vakauya, vakapfeka zvouthende hukuru, vakapotera kundau yokupurutana ndaa, pamwepo nenduna huru novakuru vedhorobha. ²⁴Naapo Festusi apanga, Phauri wakapotedzwamwo., NaFestusi wakati: “Mambo Agripa novanhu veshe vari pano nayesu, munoona munhu uyu, uwo wevakaitira ndaa vaJudha veshe, veshe vomuJerusarema nevepano, vechidaidzira kuti aasisiri kuti apone.²⁵Asi inini ndakaona kuti aazi kuita chiro chinomuita kuti aurawe; zvino kudai ngozvaakakumbira kuti ndaa yake ikwidzwe kunamambo mukuru, ndakagura kumutumirayo. ²⁶Asi andina chiro chine gwinyiso chokunyora kunamambo wangu. Ndizvo ndamuunza pamberi penyu, kakurutu pamberi pako, mambo Agripa, kuti ngesure kwokutsvakisisa ndingatozoona chokunyora. ²⁷Ngokuti kwendiri kunooneka chiri chiro chisina shwiro, mukutumira bhanditi, pasikadudzirwi ndaa dzaanopomerwa ndidzo.”

Chapter 26

¹Agripa wakati kunaPhauri: “Unotenderwa kudzivereketera pachako.” Naapo Phauri wakatambanudza nyara yake, akadzirwira. ²“Ndinopinimidza kuti ndinomuchena ngokuti ndiri pamberi pako, mambo Agripa, ndinodzipingurira nyamashi ndaa dzeshe dzendinomangarirwa ngovaJudha,, ³kakurutu ngokuti iwewe unonasa kuzia mishuma nomibvunzo yeshe iri pakati pevaJudha. Ndizvo ndinokupota kuti undipurutane ngokusengerera.⁴“Njira yokupona kwangu kubvira muutsva hwangu, ukwo kwakapera kubvira pakutanga pakati pevedzinza langu nomuJerusarema, vaJudha veshe vanoizia. ⁵Vakandizia kubvira pakutanga, kudai vechida kupupula, kuti ngenjira yakapindisisa kururama yokudira kwedu, ndakapona ndiri muFarisi.⁶Nazvino ndinoema pano kutongwa ngendaa yegonda lochigondiso icho chakaitwa kunemadzibaba yedu ndiMwari,, ⁷chigondiso icho madzinza yedu gumi nomuiri chevaigonda kuashira, apo vechidanira Mwari usiku namasikati. Ngendaa yeichi chigondiso ndinoitirwa ndaa ngovaJudha, mambowoe! ⁸Ngenyi kwechipinimidzwa ndimwi kuti azvingaitiki kuti Mwari amuse vakafa?⁹“Ngegwinyiso yeni pachangu ndakagutswa mukati mwangu kuti ndinosisira kuti ndiite zvakawanda zvinorwisana nozina raJesu weNazaretha. ¹⁰Ndakaita izvi muJerusarema; ndakakonyera vazhinji vevakacheneswa mutirongo, ndapuwa simba kubva kuvapristi vakuru, asi apo vaiurawa, ndakatenderawo. ¹¹Ndechivatambudza kazhinji mumhatso dzokudira, ndakaedza kuita kuti vatuke Mwari; ndine ushungu hukuru kwavari, ndakavatambudza metsa kuguma kumadhorobha emadzinza amweni.¹²“Ndizvo zvakaita kuti ndiende Dhamasekusi, ndine simba nokutumwa kubva kuvapristi vakuru. ¹³Pakati pemasikati, ndiri munjira, mambowoe, ndakaona kujeka kwakabva mudenga, kwakapinda kujeka kwezuva, kwechijeka kunditendenedza naavo vaihamba neni. ¹⁴Naapo takawa teshe pashi, ndakazwa izwi lochiti kwendiri mundimi yechiHebheru: ‘Sauri, Sauri, unonditambudzirenyi? Kwakakonza kwouri kupunhura pakapinza.’¹⁵Neni ndakati: ‘Ndimwi anani, Mambo?’ NaMambo wakati: ‘Ndini Jesu wounotambudza., ¹⁶Asi muruka, ueme ngosoka dzako; ngokuti ndaoneka kwouri ngendaa iyi, kuti ndikuemese kuita mushandi nomupupuri weizvo zvewaona neizvo zvondinozooneka kwouri ndizvo. ¹⁷Ndinozokununurira kubva kunevanhu veshe nokubva kunevemadzinza, avo vendinokutumira kwavari, ¹⁸kubeura madziso avo nokuvatenderudza kuti vabve muchidima, vapotere mukujeka, nokubva kusimba loSathani kuuya kunaMwari, kuti vaashire kukungurirwa kwezvishaishi, kuti vagare nhaka mukati mweavo vakacheneswa ngokugonda kwendiri.’¹⁹“Ndizvo, mambo Agripa, andizi kuramba ²⁰asi ndakatanga kuchumaira kwavari veshe veDhamasekusi nomuJerusarema nomunyika mweshe mweJudhia nokunevemadzinza kuti vatenderuke, vakunukukire kunaMwari, vechiita mishando inosisira kutenderuka kwavo. ²¹Ngeiyi ndaa vaJudha vakandibata ndiri muTemberi, vakaedza kundiuraya.kupurutana chioniso. chomudenga.²²Ndizvo ndakadetserwa ngorudetso rwakabva kunaMwari, ndichakaema nanyamashi, ndechipupura kwavari veshe vadoko nevakuru, ndisikaronzi chiro chimweni ngokubanze kweizvo zvevakaronza vaprofeti naMosi kuti zvinozouya; ²³kuti kunosisira kuti Kristu atambudzike nokuti aite wokutanga kumuka kubva kwevakafa, kuti achumaire kujeka kuvanhu vedu nokune vemadzinza.”²⁴Achadzirwira kudalo, Festusi wakadaidzira ngoizwi guru echiti: “Phauri, unopenga! Kudzidza kwako kukuru kunokupengesa.” ²⁵Asi Phauri wakati: “Andipengi akadi, mambo Festusi, asi ndinovereketa mazwi anegwinyiso noungwaru. ²⁶Ngokuti mambo unozia ngendaa yeizvi zviro, uwozve pamberi pake ndinoereketa ngokusunhurika; ngokuti ndinozia kuti akuna nachimwe cheizvi chakafishika kwaari, ngokuti izvi azvizi kuitika pakafishika.,²⁷Mambo Agripa, unotenda here zvinyorwa zvevaprofeti? Ndinozia kuti unozvitenda.” ²⁸NaAgripa wakati kunaPhauri: “Ngokukasira unoda kundiita muKristu here?” ²⁹NaPhauri wakati: “Ndinoda pamberi paMwari, kunyazwi mukuwo mudoko nokuti muzhinji, haiwa yewe wega, asi naavo veshe vanondizwa nyamashi vangaita vakadai ndini, ngokubanze kweizvi zvisungo.”³⁰Naapo mambo wakamiruka nomutongi naBhenise naavo vaaigara navo., ³¹Naapo vaiya vatorana dumba, vakapangana umwe kunoumweni vechiti: “Munhu uyu aazi kuita chiro chinomuita kuti aurawe nokuti asungwe.” ³²NaAgripa wakati kunaFestusi: “Munhu uyu dai asikazi kukumbira kuti ndaa yake ikwidzwe kunaSiza, waizodai asunhurwa.”

Chapter 27

¹Naapo kwagurwa kuti tiende ngongarava Itaria, vakapira Phauri nemabhanditi amweni kunduna yezana yaizwi ndiJuriusi wehondo yaAgustusi. ²Techipotera mungarava yaAdramitiumu, yaida kuenda kundau dziri kumhiri kworuandhle rwoAsia, takahamba, Aristakhusi muMasedhonia wakabva Thesaronika wakahamba nesu.³Ngomangwani takaguma paSidhoni; naJuriusi wakabata Phauri zvakanaka, wakamutendera kuti ahambire shamwari dzake, kuti vamudetsere. ⁴Techihamba ngongarava kubvapo, takahamba ngopakafishika peSaipurasi, ngokuti dutu raipesana nesu. ⁵Apo tahamba kuambuka ruandhle ruri pasinde neSirisia noPhamufiria, takaguma Mira, mudhorobha reRisia. ⁶Naapo nduna yezana yakaona ngarava yeArekizandria, yaihamba kuenda Itaria, nayo yakatipotedzamwo.⁷Naapo takahamba zvianana mazuva mazhinji, tikaguma tatambudzika apo pakaita maringwa neSinidhusi, naapo dutu risikatitenderi kugumayo, takahamba kuenda pakafishika paKrete, apo pakaita maringwa naSaramoni. ⁸Ngokutambudzika takahamba ngepasinde payo, tikaguma kundau yaidaidzwa kuti, Mazambuko Akanaka, pasinde pawo paiya nedhorobha reRasea.⁹Naapo mukuwo wakareba wapera, nokuhamba kwomumvura kwainga kwaane ngozi zvino, ngokuti mukuwo womushongano wokuera kudya waiya wapinda, Phauri wakavanyowedza,, ¹⁰akati kwavari: “Vamuna, ndinoona kuti muhambo wongarava uyu unozoita madambudziko nokurashikirwa ngozvakawanda, andizvopi zvega zvemitwaro nongarava, asi nokupona kwedu.” ¹¹Asi nduna yezana yakanasa kupurutana muhambisi wongarava mukuru nomuna wongarava kupinda izvo zvakaereketwa ndiPhauri.¹²Ngokuti zambuko lainga risikazi kunaka kuti vangagarapo kupedza nguva yechando; uzhinji hwavo vakapangana kubvapo, kuti pamweni vangakona kuguma paFoenikisi nokugalapo nguva yechando; ndau iyo ndiro zambuko reKrete, rinoringira kubani kwemabirirazuva nedera kwemabirirazuva. ¹³Apo dutu rokubani rakavhuvhuta zvianana, navo vechikarira kuti vakaona chevaida, vakamirudza chitsimiso, vakahamba kuteera Krete, pasinde pemahumbikumbi.¹⁴Asi ngokukasira mubvumo mukuru, unozwi wedera kwemabvazuva, wakavhuvhuta, wechibva munyika. ¹⁶Takahamba ngokubani kuenda pachiwi chidoko pakafishika chinozwi Khaudha, takakona kusunga mukumbi. Asi tatambudzika. ¹⁵Naapo ngarava yakabatwa, isikakoni kuenda mberi, takaringirana nokunobva dutu, takarekera, tikatorwa ndiro¹⁷Vapedza kuukwidza, vakashandisa zvaidetsera, vechisunga ngarava ngopashi; navo vechitya kuti vanozokandirwa pajecha lopaSiritisi, vakadzasa machira okuhambisa ndiwo ngarava, ngokudalo takatorwa. ¹⁸Techitambudzwa kakurutu ngomubvumo wedutu nechimangwani vakatanga kurasha mitwaro muruandhle.¹⁹ngezuva lochitatu vakatanga kurasha midziyo yengarava ngonyara dzavo. ²⁰Naapo zuva nokuti nyeredzi azvizi kujeka kwomazuva mazhinji, nomubvumo mukuru wainga padenga pedu, gonda reshe rokuti tinozopona rakapera.²¹Naapo vagala mukuwo wakareba vasina kudya, Phauri wakaema pakati pavo, akati: “Hama, mwaisisira dai mwakapurutana kwendiri, musikazi kuhamba kubva Krete, musaizoona uku kutambudzika nokurashikirwa. ²²Zvino ndinomupanga kuti mutsunge mwoyo; ngokuti akuna munhu unozofa pakati penyu, asi kwega ngarava.²³Ngokuti kwakaema pasinde pangu usiku huno ngirosi yaMwari, wendiri wake nowendinoshandira, ²⁴yechiti: ‘Usatya, Phauri; kunosisira kuti ueme pamberi paSiza; wona, Mwari wakakupawo veshe avo vanohamba nayewe.’ ²⁵Ndizvo, hama, tsungai mwoyo, ngokuti ndinogonda Mwari kuti kunozoitika kudai ngozvaakavereketa kwendiri. ²⁶Asi kunosisira kuti tikandirwe pachiwi chimweni.”²⁷Asi apo usiku hwechigumi nohurongomuna hwaguma, tichandotorwa apo naapo muruandhle loAdhria, kwooita pakati pousiku vashandi vongarava vakavalangaridza kuti vaikwedzera pasinde panyika. ²⁸Navo vakapima kudzama kwemvura, vakaona kuti ainga mamitha makumi malongomuna; ngosure vahamba nharauko doko vakapimazve, vakaona kuti ainga mamitha makumi matatu. ²⁹Vechitya kuti pamweni tingazowira pamapuwe, vakadzasa zvitsimiso zvengarava zvirongomuna ngesure kwengarava, vakadisisa kuti kuedze.³⁰Apo vashandi vongarava vachatsvaka kutiza kubva mungarava, vakadzasa mukumbi muruandhle, vechiita kudai ngovanokandira zvitsimiso kubvira ngemberi kwongarava. ³¹Phauri wakati kunenduna yezana nokuvarwi: “Ngapabanze pokuti ava vagare mungarava, amungaponi.” ³²Naapo varwi vakacheka mapote omukumbi, vakaurekera kuti uwe.³³Naapo kwaedza, Phauri wakavapota kuti veshe vadye echiti: “Zuva iri raarechigumi namarongomuna lomunogara mwochirekera kudya, musina chemwakatongodya. ³⁴Ndizvo ndinomupota kuti mudye, ngokuti ndikwo kunomupa simba lokuti mupone; ngokuti akuna norubvudzi runozotsakatika kubva musoro loumwe wenyu.” ³⁵Naapo aereketa izvi, wakatora chingwa, akachibonga kuna Mwari pamberi pavo veshe, naye wakachigura, akatanga kudya.³⁶Naapo vakashingiswa veshe, vakatolawo kudya. ³⁷Nayesu teshe tainga mungarava taiya vanhu vainga mazana mairi nomakumi manomwe navatanhatu. ³⁸Naapo vaguta, vakarerusa ngarava, vechirasha koroni muruandhle.³⁹Naapo kwaedza, avazi kuzia iyo nyika, asi vakaona chipforo chine humbikumbi rine jecha, vakapangana kuti vangakona here kuhambisa ngarava kuiisa padera pehumbikumbi. ⁴⁰Vakacheka mapote ezvitsimiso vakazvisiya muruandhle, ngouwo mukuwo vechisunhura mapote aisunga zvihambiso zvengarava, vechikwidza machira okuhambisa emberi kunedutu, ⁴¹Asi vechiguma pandau panoshongana maruandhle mairi, vakaemesa ngarava mujecha; nemberi kwengarava kwakaemeswa kwakagara kusikakutukuswi, asi rutii rwayo rwesure rwakatanga. kupwanywa ngemafungu. vakaaringirisa kumhiri.⁴²Vangwariri vakapangana kuda kuulaya mabhanditi, kuti amweni awo asazoshambira kubuda nokutiza; ⁴³asi nduna yezana, yechidisisa kuponesa Phauri, yakavapinga kuti vasaita kukarakadza kwavo. Wakavapanga kuti avo vaikona kushambira vadzikandire muruandhle, vabude kunyika, ⁴⁴novakasala, vamweni vabude padenga pezvigurwa zvongarava nokuti padenga pomarupande amweni engarava. Ndizvo zvakaitika kuti veshe vakabuda kunyika vakangwaririka.

Chapter 28

¹Pomwe tidafika kunja, ndipo tidadziwa kuti ntsuwayo ikacemeredwa Malita. ²Wakukhala pantsuwapo adaticira bzabwino kwenekwene. Nakuti adatingasira moto acititambira tentse, thangwe kukhabvumba ndipo kukhajejera.³Asi apo Phauri aunganidze dzido rehuni nokuriisa pamuriro, buura lakabuda ngendaa yokupisha, lakalamba lakaruma panyala yake. ⁴Naapo vagari vepachiwipo vaona chikara chakaruma panyala yake, vakati umwe kunoumweni: “Ngogwinyiso uyu munhu muurayi; kunyazwi akapona kubva muruandhle, kurulama akumutenderi kuti apone.”⁵Asi iye wakazuwira chikara pamuriro, asikazi kuremadzwa. ⁶Vakaema vechikarakadza kuti uchazvimba nokuti kuwa pashi ngokukasira yechifa; asi apo vagarira mukuwo wakareba, vasikazi kuona chiro chakashata chechiitika kwaari, vakakunukudza kupinimidza kwavo, vakati, uyu chimwari.⁷Zvino pasinde pendau iyo painga nomainge yamambo mukuru wechiwi, zina lake laizwi Pabhuriusi; uwo wakatiashira, akanasa kutingwarira mazuva matatu. ⁸Kwakaitika kuti ababa aPabhuriusi vainga vakaata vakabatwa ngomutsalala nonyoka dzokuhambisa; Phauri wakapoteramwo mwovaiya, akakumbira, echiisa nyala dzake padenga pavo, akavaponeswa. ⁹Naapo izvi zvaitika, vamweni vevanhu vainga nenhenda pachiwi, vakauya vakaponeswa. ¹⁰Vakationisa kuremeredzwa kukuru; tobvapo ngongarava, vakakwidza mungarava izvo zvotaikonerwa parwendo.¹¹Ngosure kwomwedzi mutatu takahamba tiri mungarava yokwaArekizandria, iyo yainga yakagala pachiwipo mukuwo wechando weshe, chioniso chayo chaizwi Chimwari Manyambiri. ¹²Techiguma Sirakuse, takagalapo mazuva matatu.¹³Tabvapo takatenderera, tikaguma Regiumu. Ngosure kwozuva rimwe dutu laibva ngokubani lakavhuvhuta, nopazuva lechipiri takaguma Phuteori. ¹⁴Ndipo petakaona vatendi, vakatikoka kugala navo mazuva manomwe. Ndizvo takaguma Roma. ¹⁵Kubvira apo, vakoma vakazwa ngendaa yedu, vakawiya kutiashira, metsa paMusika woApiusi nokuHodhera Nhatu. Apo Phauri avaona, wakabonga Mwari, akashingiswa.¹⁶Naapo takapotera muRoma, nduna yezana yakapira mabhanditi kune nduna yechikwata chemajoni, asi Phauri wakatenderwa kugara ari ega nejoni laimungwarira. ¹⁷Kwapera mazuva matatu, wakadaidza pamwepo avo vainga vakuru vevaJudha; naapo vainga vaungana, wakati kwavari: “Hama, kunyazwi yeni andizi kuita chiro chakashata kunevanhu vedu nokuti kumishuma yemadzibaba yedu, asi ndakabva Jerusarema ndiri bhanditi, ndakaiswa munyara dzevaRoma. ¹⁸Naapo vaiya vandibvunzisisa, vakada kundisunhura, ngokuti painga pasina ndava yokuti ndiurawe.¹⁹Asi apo vaJudha valamba, ndakaitwa kuti ndikwidze ndava yangu kunaSiza; haiwa kuti ndainga nendava yokumangarira dzinza langu ndiyo. ²⁰Ndizvo ngeiyi ndava ndakamudaidza kuti ndimuone nokuvereketa nemwi, ngokuti ngondava yegonda laIsuraeri ndakasungwa ngoketani yeyi.”²¹Navo vakati kwaari: “Atizi kuashira tsamba dzakabva Judhia ngondava yako, akunazve umwe wevatendi wakauya pano kootironzera nokuti kuvereketa chiro chakashata ndiwe. ²²Asi tinodisisa kuzwa ndiwe izvo zvounopinimidza; ngokuti ngondava yechiunga ichi, kunoziikanwa kwetiri kuti kundau dzeshe chinoereketwa zvakashata ndicho.”²³Naapo vainga vamuemesera zuva, vakauya kwaari vakawanda pandau pavaigala. Wakavaerengedzera, echipupura ngoumambo hwaMwari, echinasa kuvazadzisira ndiJesu, kubvira kuMupango yeshe yaMosi novaprofeti, kubvira mangwanani metsa madeekoni. ²⁴Vamweni vakatenda izvo zvaakaronza, asi vamweni avazi kuzvitenda.²⁵Ndizvo avazi kutenderana pachavo; naapo vechibvapo, Phauri avereketa izwi rimwe kuti: “Mweya Wakachena wakanasa kuvereketa ndiIsaya muprofeti kunemadzibaba yenyu, ²⁶Yechiti: ‘Enda kuneava vanhu wechiti, ngogwinyiso munozozwa, asi musikazwisisi; ngogwinyiso munozoona, asi musikaonesisi.²⁷Ngokuti mweyo yeava vanhu yakakonza nenzee dzavo adzizwisisi nemadziso avo vakatswatira; kuti vasazoona ngomadziso avo, vazwe ngenzee dzavo, nokuzwisisa ngomweyo yavo, vatenderuke, neni ndivaponese.’²⁸“Ndizvo ngokuziikanwe kwomuri kuti urwu ruponeso laMwari runotumirwa kumadzinza; navo vanozozwawo.” ²⁹Naapo avereketa mazwi aya, vaJudha vakaenda vechiitirana hasha huru.³⁰Naye wakagala makore mawri yeshe ari mumhatso make yaaibhadhala pachake, echiashira avo veshe vaipoteramwo,, ³¹echichumaira umambo hwaMwari nokudzidzisa ngondava yaMambo Jesu Kristu ngokutsunga kweshe, pasina naumwe waimulambidza.

Romans

2 Corinthians

Chapter 1

¹Phauri, mupostori waKristu Jesu ngokuda kwaMwari, naThimothi hama yedu,

kuchiara chaMwari chiri muKhorinte, pamwepo novakacheneswa veshe vari munyika yeshe yeAkhaiya;

²nyasha ngadzigare kwomuri nokunyalala kunobva kunaMwari aBaba vedu naMambo Jesu Kristu.³Ngavakudzwe Mwari naBaba Mambo wedu Jesu Kristu, aBaba wenyasha, Mwari wokuembedzera

kweshe,

⁴uwo unotiembedzera mukutambudzika kwedu kweshe, kuti yesuwo tikone kuembedzera avo

vari mukutambudzika kunyazwi kwakaitawani, ngoukwo kuembedzerwa kwetinoembedzerwa ndikwo

pachedu ndiMwari.

⁵Ngokuti kudai ngokutambudzika kwaKristu kunowanzwa kwetiri, ndizvo

kuembedzerwa kwedu kunowanzwawo kubudikidza ndiKristu.

⁶Kudai teshitambudzwa, kunoitirwa kuembedzerwa noluponeso rwenyu; kunyazwi techiembedzerwa,

kunoitirwa kuembedzerwa kwenyu, kunoshanda mukushingirira nomukusenegerera paawo madambudziko

etinotambudzikawo ndiwo.

⁷Gonda ledu ndimwi lakagwina; techizia yezvi, kuti kudai

ngozvomunokovanisirana madambudziko vedu, ndizvo munokovanisirana kuembedzerwa kwedu.

⁸Ngokuti

atidi, hama, kuti muite vasikazii ngokutambudzika kwedu kwakatigumira tiri muAsia; kuti takaremerwa

kakurutu kupinda simba redu, ngokudaro negonda reshe lokuti tinopona lakapera.

⁹Ngogwinyiso yesu pachedu takazwa mumweyo yedu kuti tainga tavashira kutongerwa rufu, kuti

tisadzigonda pachedu, asi kuti tigonde kuna Mwari unomusa vakafa.

¹⁰Uwo wakatinunura kubva

mukufa kwakakula kudaro, unozoangira kutinunura; mwavari tinogonda kuti uchazotinunura.

¹¹Yemwiwo mwechitibetsera ngomikumbiro yenyu, kuti vazhinji vatibongere ngendaa yezvifumiso zvenyasha zvakapuwa kwotiri ngendaa yemukumbiro mizhinji.¹²Ngogwinyiso uku ndikwo kudziganzisa kwedu, kuri chapupuzve chemhumba yedu, kuti takavzibata

munyika mukucheneswa[1] nomugwinyiso raMwari, kakurutu takaita kudaro kwomuri, haiwa

ngoungwaru hwenyama akadi, asi ngonyasha dzaMwari.

¹³Ngokuti atinyori zviro zvimweni kwomuri,

asi zvomunofunda nokuzwisisa, neni ndinogonda kuti munozozvizwisisa metsa kumagumo,

¹⁴kudai

ngezvemwakatizwisisa ngozvimweni, kuti ngozuva laMambo wedu Jesu yesu tiri kuganza kwenyu,

kunyazwi yemwiwo muri kuganza kwedu.

¹⁵Mukugonda uku ndaipinimidza kuti nditange kuuya kwomuri, kuti mufumiswe kwochipiri.

¹⁶Nokugena ngokwomuri ndechienda Masedhonia, ndoobva Masedhonia ndipetuke kwomuri, ndiendiswe

mberi ndimwi murwendo rwangu loJudhia.

¹⁷Ndizvo apo ndaipinimidza kudalo, ndakavonisa

kushanduka kwomweyo here? Nokuti izvo zviro zvendino vemesa kuti ndiite, ndinozozvivemesa here

ngokwenyama, kuti kungavapo kwendiri kuronza kuti, “Eya, eya,” nokuti, “Haiwa, haiwa?”

¹⁸Asi kudai

ndiMwari unogondeka, izwi ledu kwomuri andiropi rokuti, “Eya naHaiwa.”

¹⁹Ngokuti Mukorore waMwari, Jesu Kristu, uwo wetakachumaera pakati penyu yeni, Sirivhanusi

naThimothi, wainga asiri, “Eya” nokuti, “Haiwa,” asi mwaari unoramba ari, “Eya.”

²⁰Ngokuti mwaari

chimwe ngachimwe chezvigondiso zvaMwari kwavari zviri, “Eya.” Ngendaa yenyi kubudikidza ndiye tinoti,

“Ameni,” kuita kukudzwa kwaMwari tisu.

²¹Asi ndiMwari uwo unotigwinyisa pamwepo naemwi munaKristu, nowakatidzodza, ²²ngokangsa ruphau

rwake padenga pedu, akatipazve chibatiso choMweya mumwoyo yedu.

²³Asi ndinodaidza Mwari kuita

chapupu kumweyo wangu, kuti ngondava yokusikada kumutambudza andizi kuwiya Khorinte.

²⁴Haiwa,

kuti titonge padenga pokugonda kwenyu; asi tinoshanda pamwepo kumubetsera kuti mudakare; ngokuti

munovema mwakagwinya mukugonda.

Chapter 2

¹Asi ndakadziemesera pachangu, kuti andizoitazve kwomuri rwendo rmweni

runomutambudza.

²Ngokuti kudai ndechimutambudza yemwi, ndizvo ndiani ungazondidakarira,

kwega uwo wakatambudzwa ndini?

³Neni ndakanyola ichi kwomuri kuti ngovogumeyo,

ndisazotambudzika ngaavo vendinosisira kudakala ndivo; ngochigonda kwomuri mweshe kuti kudakala

kwangu ndikwo kudakala kwenyu mweshe.

⁴Ngokuti ngokutambudzika kukuru nokurwadziwa kwomweyo ndakanyola kwomuri, ndinomisodzi

mizhinji; haiwa kuti mutambudzike, asi kuti muzie rudo rukuru rwendinalo kwomuri.

⁵Asi kudai aripo

wakaita dambudziko, yena aazi kutambudza yeni, asi kuti wakatambudza nayemwi, andidi kuti ndinyanye

kumutambudza nayemwi meshe.

⁶Kuororwa kwavanhu vazhinji kunokwana kumunhu wakadalo; ⁷ndizvo zvino kwaisisira kuti yemwi

mumukungurire nokomuembedzera, kuti asazomedzwa ngokutambudzika kwakapinda kukura.

⁸Ndizvo

ndinomupota kuti mugwimise rudo lenyu kwovari.

⁹Ngeiyi ndaa ndakanyola kwomuri kuti ndimuedze

ndimuzie, kuti munopurutana here muzviro zveshe.

¹⁰Asi kunouwo womunokungurira chiro, neniwo ndinomukungurira; ngokuti izvo zvendakungurira,

kudai ndakukungurira zviro, ndakazvikungurira ngondaa yenyu mukuona kwaKristu.

¹¹Tinoita izvi kuti

Sathani asazovona chokutinyisa ndicho; ngokuti atiri vasikazii mazano ake.

¹²Zvino apo ndaguma Troasi

koochumaira vhangeri laKristu, musiwo wakabeurirwa kwendiri ndiMambo;

¹³asi ndaiya ndisina

kuzorora mumweya wangu, ngokuti andito kuonapo Thithusi hama yangu; asi ndechivavhaisa, ndakaenda

Masedhonia.

¹⁴Asi ngavabongwe Mwari, uwo munaKristu unotitungamirira kudai ngemabhanditi mukufora

kwokunyisa kwaKristu. Mwari unotishandisa kuti ruziyo ngondava yaKristu rugume kundau dzeshe kudai

ngegwema rakanaka.

¹⁵Ngokuti isusu tiri gwema rakanaka laKristu kunaMwari, pakati paavo

vanoponeswa ngopakati paavo vanoparadzwa.

¹⁶Kuneavo tiri gwema rinobva murufu kuenda murufu; nokune vamweni tiri gwema rinobva mukupona

kuenda mukupona. Ndiani ungakona kuita mushando wakadai?

¹⁷Ngokuti yesu atizi kudai ngovazhinji

vamweni, vanoshaishira izwi laMwari; asi munaKristu tinoereketa kudai ngevanhu vegwinyiso, kudai

ngevanhu vakatumwa kubva pamberi paMwari.

Chapter 3

¹Tinotangazve kudziganzisa pachedu here? Ngogwinyiso tinotama here kudai ngozvevanotonga vamweni, tsamba dzokutendwa ndidzo dzinonyorerwa kwomuri, nokuti dzinobva kwomuri? ²yemwi pachenyu muri tsamba yedu, yakanyorwa pamweyo yedu, inoziikanwa ngokudzidzwa ngovanhu veshe; ³naemwi munovonisa kuti muri tsamba yaKristu, yakashandwa yesu, visikazi kunyorwa ngoinki, asi ngoMweya waMwari unopona, isikazi kunyorwa pamarusamba emapuwe, asi

pamarusamba omweyo yenyama.

⁴Nesu tinako kugonda kwakadalo kunaMwari kubudikidza ndiKristu. ⁵Haiwa kuti yesu pachedu

tagutiswa, kuti tironze chiro kuti chinobva kwotiri, asi kugutswa kwedu kunobva kunaMwari,

⁶uwo

wakatiita vanokona kuita vashandiri veshitenderano chitsva, haiwa chotsamba yakanyorwa, asi

ngoMweya; ngokuti zvakanyorwa zvinoulaya, asi Mweya unopa kupona.

⁷Zvino kudai mazwi emishando yorufu, vakanyorwa nokunangurwa pamapuwe kwakauya nouthende,

kwakaita kuti vana vaIsuraeri vasakona kunigira mumeso yaMosi ngondava yokunanikira kwayo, uhwo

uthende hwaipinda,

⁸kunozopinda kwakaitawani kupenya kwouthende kwemishando yoMweya?⁹Ngokuti kudai mishando yokurashwa yainga nouthende, uthende hwemishando yokururama hunopinda

kwakaitawani kupenya!

¹⁰Ngogwinyiso icho kaianga nouthende hwapera, uthende hwacho, ngondava youthende hwakapindisisa

kukura.

¹¹Ngokuti kudai yecho chaipinda chakavya kubudikidza ngouthende, kakurutu yecho chinogala

chinouthende hunopinda.

¹²Ndizvo zvino tinakwo kugonda kwakadalo, tinovereketa ngokusunga

kukuru.

¹³Atizi kudai naMosi, uwo wakafukidzira mumeso yake ngojira, kuti vana vaIsuraeri vasazoringisisa

magumo vezvaipinda.

¹⁴Asi mipinimidzo yavo yakakonzeswa. Ngegwinyiso metsa nyamashi naapo

pevanozwa kudzidzwa kwechitenderano chekaretu, jira rimwero rindoripo risikazi kufukurwa, iro jira

rinoduswa munaKristu mwega.

¹⁵Asi mesa nyamashi, apo zvinyorwa zvaMosi zvechidzidzwa, jira iro rindoripo padenga pemweyo yavo;

¹⁶asi apo munhu vechizotenderukira kunaMambo, nguadza iro rinoviswa.¹⁷Zvino Mambo ndiMweya; naapo panoMweya waMambo, kuripo kusunhurika. ¹⁸Isusu teshe

tinohope dzisikazi kufukidzwa, techiringira uthende hwaMambo, kudai ngomuchiboniboni,

tinotsandudzwa techitodzana nomuedzaniso umwewo kubva kuuthende humweni kuenda kuuthende

humweni; ngokuti zvinobva kunaMambo, Mweya.

Chapter 4

¹Ndizvo tinawo uyu mushando, kudai ngozvetakaitirwa nyasha, atiperi simba.

²Asi takarasha zviro zvakafishika zvinotsverudza, techiramba kuita ngourimbwi nokuti kubata izwi

laMwari ngokuchengedzera; asi ngokuonisa gwinyiso, tinodziganzisa kunemhumba yomunhu weshe

mukuona kwaMwari.

³Kunyazwi vhangeri redu lakafishika, lakafishika kwavari vari kufa. ⁴Kwavari mwari weiyi nyika

wakapofomadza mipinimidzo yevasikatendi, kuti vasavona kujeka kwevhangeri routhende hwaKristu, uwo

uri muedzaniso waMwari.

⁵Ngokuti atidzichumairi pachedu, asi tinochumaira Kristu Jesu, kuti

ndiMambo, naesu pachedu tiri varanda venyu ngndava yaJesu.

⁶Ngokuti ndiMwari wakati, “Kujeka kunozojeka kwechibva muchidima”, ndiyena wakajeka mumwoyo

mwedu, kuti atipe kujeka kwokuzia uthende hwaMwari pahope yaJesu Kristu.

⁷Asi tino uhwu uganho

muzvidziyo zvedongo, kuti ukuru hukurutu hweiro simba huite hwaMwari, husaita hunobva kwetiri.

⁸Tinomanikwa kumarutii yeshe, asi atipedziswi; tinokangaidzwa, asi atiperi simba.

⁹Tinotambudzwa, asi atizi kusiiwa; tinoponderwa pashi, asi atiurawi. ¹⁰Nguva dzeshe tinotwara

mumiiri yedu rufu rwaJesu, kuti kupona kwaJesu kuoniswewo mumiiri yedu.

¹¹Ngokuti yesu tinopona,

tinogara techipirwa murufu ngondava yaJesu, kuti kupona kwaJesu kuoneke mumwiri yedu inofa.

¹²Ndizvo rufu runoshanda mwetiri, asi kupona kunoshanda mwomuri.¹³Asi kudai ngezvetinawo

Mweya umwewo wokugonda, kudai ngozvakanyorwa kuti, “Ndakatenda, ndizvo ndakavereketa”; ngosuwo

tinotenda, ndizvo tinovereketa,

¹⁴techizia kuti uwo wakamusa Mambo Jesu, unozotimusawo pamwepo

naJesu, nayena unozotiunza pamwepo naemwi pamberi pake.

¹⁵Ngokuti zviro zveshe zvinoitwa ngondava yenyu, kuti nyasha kudai ngozvedzinowanziswa kunevanhu

vazhinji, dziite kuti kubonga kuwandiswe kuti Mwari akudzwe.

¹⁶Ndizvo atiperi simba. Kunyazwi

munhu wedu wokubanze echipera, munhu wedu womukati unondoitwa mutsva zuva ngezuva.

¹⁷Ngokuti kutambudzika kwedu kwonguva doko kunotinasirira uthende hwakakura kakurutu

ngovanogala mhera nariini,

¹⁸ngokuti atiringiri kuzviro zvinovoneka, asi kuizvo zvisikavoneki; ngokuti

zviro zvinovoneka zvinogala nguva fupi, asi zviro zvisikavoneki zvinogala mhera nariini.

Chapter 5

¹Ngokuti tinozia kuti dai mhatso yetinogara yomunyika muno yanyaputsika, iri

muchacha, tinayo mhatso inobva kunaMwari, isikazi kuakwa ngenyara, yemhera nariini iri mudenga.

²Ngokuti tiri muneuyu muchacha tinogomera, techidisisa kufukidzwa ngemhatso yedu inobva mudenga,

³kudai ngogwinyiso techipfekedzwa kudaro tisazovoneka tiri mutitinini.⁴Ngokuti isusu tichiri mumuzi uyu, tinogomera, techidzimbirwa; haiwa kuti tikumurwe, asi kuti

tipfekedzwe, kuti uwo unofa amedzwe ngokupona.

⁵Zvino uwo wakatiitira chiro chakadalo ndiMwari,

uwo wakatipa chibatiso koMweya.

⁶Ndizvo tinotsunga mwoyo nguva dzeshe, techizia kuti tisapona

ngomuiri uyu, tiri tiri kubva kunaMambo,

⁷ngokuti tinohamba ngokugonda, haiwa ngokuona.

⁸Tinotsunga mweyo, naesu tinotenda kusiya muiri wedu, tiite vaa kanyi naMambo.⁹Ngeiyi ndaa

tinechidisiso chedu chokuti tinyari pakanyi nokuti tisipo, tiite vanodakadza kwovari.

¹⁰Ngokuti isusu

teshe tinozovoneka pamberi pechigaro chokutonga chaKristu, kuti umwe ngaumwe aashire kudai

ngozvaakaita mumuiri, zvakanaka nokuti zvakashata.

¹¹Ndizvo techizia kutya Mambo, tinovonga vanhu, asi tiri vanoziikanwa kunaMwari; naeni ndinogondaswa

kuti tiri vanoziikanwa mumhumba dzenyu.

¹²Atidziganzisizve kwomuri, asi tinomupa nguva yokuganza

tisu, kuti mukone kupingura kuneavo vanoganza ngozvinovoneka, haiwa ngozvomumweyo.

¹³Ngokuti

tinyari vanopenga, tinodaro ngondava yaMwari, nokuti tinyari vakaterama, tinodaro ngendaa yenyu.

¹⁴Ngokuti rudo rwaKristu runotionga; ngokuti tinozia kuti umwe wakafira veshe; ndizvo veshe vakatofa.

¹⁵Naye wakafira veshe kuti avo vanopona vasachadziponera pachavo, asi kuti vaponere kunouwo

wakafa ngondava yavo, akamuswazve.

¹⁶Ndizvo yesu kubvira zvino atichazii munhu naumwe

ngokwenyama. Kunyazwi takamuzia Kristu ngokwenyama, asi zvino atichamuzii ngokwakadaro.

¹⁷Ndizvo kudai munhu ari munaKristu, wava chisikwa chitsva; zviro zvekaretu zvapinda, wonai zvaitwa

zvitsva!

¹⁸Zveshe izvi zvinobva kunaMwari, uwo wakatiiyanisa kwaari kubudikidza ndiKristu, naye

wakapa kwotiri mushando wokuiyanisa;

¹⁹ndikwo kuti, Mwari wainga munaKristu, yeshiyanisa nyika

kwaari, asikaverengeri kwavari kupauka kwavo, naye wakapa kwetiri izwi rokuiyanisa.

²⁰Ndizvo tinoita vavemereri vaKristu, zvechiita ingatei Mwari wainamata vanhu kubudikidza tisu.

Tinomupota ngondava yaKristu, itai vanoiyaniswa munaMwari.

²¹Iye wakamuita kushaisha ngondava yedu,

uwo waiya asikazi kuzia kushaisha, kuti mwavari isusu tiite kururama kwaMwari.

Chapter 6

¹Mukushanda pamwepo naye, tinomupota kuti musavashira nyasha dzaMwari

pasina shwiro.

²Ngokuti iye unoti, “Ndakamuzwa ngonguva inoashirika, nopazuva rokupora”; penyai, zvino ndiyo nguva inovashirika; penyai, zvino zuva roruponeso.

³Isusu atiisi chipumhuniso munjira youmweni kuti kushandira kwedu kusazoshoorwa,⁴asi ngezviro

zveshe tiite vanotendwa kudai ngezvinosisira vashandi vaMwari, kubudikidza ngokuguarira kukuru,

mukutambudzika, mukutama, mukuhahairwa,

⁵mukurohwa, mukukonyerwa mutirongo, muhohoho,

mukushanda ngesimba, mukurinda, mundzala,

⁶mukucheneswa, mukuzia, murubambazira, mukuitirwa

nyasha, muMweya Wakachena, ngorudo rusikadziitisi,

⁷ngoizwi logwinyiso, ngosimba laMwari;

ngezvokurwa ndizvo zvokururama ngokumudyo nokumuoshwe;

⁸mukukudzwa nomukusikakudzwa,

mukureyiwa nomumbiri yakanaka; tinobatwa kudai ngevachengedzi, asi tiri vegwinyiso;

⁹kudai

ngevasikaziikanwi, asi tiri vanonasa kuziikanwa; kudai ngevanofa, asi wonai tinopona; kudai

ngevanoororwa, asi atiulawi;

¹⁰kudai ngevanosvipa mwoyo, asi tinogara techidakara; kudai ngevarombo,

asi tinofumisa vazhinji, kudai ngovasina chovanacho, asi tinazvo zveshe.

¹¹Muromo wedu wakavereketa zvakaperera kwomuri, yemwi vaKhorinte; mwryo yedu yakabeuka

yavamho.

¹²Amumanikidzwi tisu, asi munodzimanikidza murudo rwenyu. ¹³Zvino ngokuunzidzira

kwakatodzana, ndinovereketa kudai ngounovereketa kwendinoita kuvana vangu, mwoyo yenyu ngaibeuke

yaamho.

¹⁴Musaita vanosungirwa ngokusikasisirani pamwepo novasikatendi. Ngokuti kuri pari kuzwanana

kwokururama nokushata? Nokuti kuri pari kuiyana kwokujeka nechidima?

¹⁵Nokuti kuri pari

kutenderana kwaKristu naBheriari? Nokuti mutendi unechikoaniswa chenyi nousikatendi?

¹⁶Kuri pari

kutenderana kwetemperi raMwari nemiedzaniso yokudira? Ngokuti isusu tiri temperi raMwari unopona;

kudai ngovaakavereketwa Mwari kuti, “Ndinozogara pakati pavo, nokuhamba pakati pavo; neni ndinozoita

Mwari wavo, navo vanozoita vanhu vangu.

¹⁷Ndizvo budai kubva pakati pavo, muziparadzanise kubva kwavari, unogadzirira Mambo Mwari,

musagwama chiro chakasvipiswa; navapo ndinozomuashira,

¹⁸neni ndinozoita Baba enyu, nemwi

munozoita vakoroe vangu novasikana vangu, unoronza Mambo Mwari Unosimbareshe.”

Chapter 7

¹Ndizvo vanodikanwa, kudai ngozvetinazvo izvi zvigondiso, ngativzichenese pachedu kubva kunezvinosvipisa zveshe zvenyama ngozvomweya, teshiperera mukucheneswa mukutya Mwari.²Tibeurirei ndau mumweyo yenyu; atizi kushaishira munhu, atizi kusvipisa munhu, atizi kubira munhu.

³Andironzi izvi kumuitira ndaa, ngokuti ndakamboronza kuti muri vopamweyo yedu, kuti tife pamwepo

nokupona pamwepo.

⁴Ndakaganza ndimwi nguva dzeshe; ndinodzikudza ndimwi kakurutu; ndakazala

ngokuembedzerwa, ndinodakala kakurutu mukutambudzika kwedu kweshe.

⁵Ngokuti kunyazwi taguma

Masedhonia, miiri yedu aizi kuzorola, asi takatambudzwa kumarupande yeshe; ngokubanze kwaiyayo

kuambana, ngomukati kwaiyamwo kutya.

⁶Asi Mwari uwo unovembedzera vakasvipa mwoyo, iye wakatiembedzera ngokuguma kwaThithusi,

⁷haiwa ngokuguma kwake kwega, asizve ngokuembedzerwa kwavakaembedzerwa ndikwo ndimwi,

echitironzera ngochishuwo chenyu nokuchema kwenyu nokushingirira kwenyu ngendaa yangu; ndizvo

ndakapindisisa kudakara.

⁸Ngokuti kunyazwi ndakamuchemedza ngotsamba yangu, andisvipi mweyo ndizvo, kunyazwi

ndakanyasvipa mweyo ndizvo; ngokuti ndinoona kuti iyo tsamba yakamuchemedza, asi kwega

kwomukuwo mufupi.

⁹Zvino ndinodakala, haiwa ngokuti mwakachemedzwa, asi kuti

mwakachemedzwa kuti mutenderuke. Ngokuti mwakachemedzwa ngondava yokuda kwaMwari, kuti

musarashikirwa ngechiro ngondava yedu.

¹⁰Ngokuti kuchemedzwa kunobva kunaMwari kunounza kutenderuka kworuponeso, kuri kutenderuka

kusina kuchema. Asi kuchema kwomunyika kunopala rufu.

¹¹Ngokuti wonai kutsamwirira

kwokuchemedzwa ngonjira yaMwari kwakaunza kutsamwirira kwakaitawani kukura mukati mwenyu!

Eya, kudzirwira, kunyangadzwa, kutya, chishuwo, kushingirira nokuunzidzira! Ngozviro zveshe

mwakadzipangidzira kuti muri vasina ndaa kuneizvi.

¹²Ndizvo kunyazwi ndakanyola kwomuri, andizi kunyora ngondava youwo wakaita kushata ukwo, nokuti

ngondava youwo wakashaishirwa, asi kuti kutsamwirira kwenyu ngondava yedu kuoniswe kwomuri

pamberi paMwari.

¹³Ndizvo takaembedzerwa. Kututsira mukuembedzerwa kwedu takadakala kakuru

ngondava yokudakala kwaThithusi, ngokuti mweya wake wakagwinyiswa ndimwi mweshe.

¹⁴Ngokuti kudai chainyaiapo chiro chendakaganza kwavari ndimwi, andizi kutsverudziswa; asi kudai

ngozvetakavereketa zviro zveshe kwomuri zvaiya gwinyiso, kwakadarozve nokuganza kwedu,

kwendakaita pamberi paThithusi, kwakaoneka kuti kunegwinyiso.

¹⁵Norudo rwake ngomweyo

runopinda kuwanzwa kwomuri, apo vokalangarira nokupurutana kwenyu mweshe, kuti mwakamuashira

ngokuitya nokuhuta.

¹⁶Ndinodakara kuti ngezviro zveshe ndinogonda ndimwi.

Chapter 8

¹Ndizvo, hama, tinoda kuti muzie ngonyasha dzaMwari dzakapuwa kuzviara zviri

muMasedhonia,

²ngokuti, mukuedzwa kukuru kwokutambudzika, nouwandu ngokudakala kwavo,

noudzamu hwourombo hwavo, zvakawandisa upfumi hwokupa kwavo.

³Ngokuti ndinoita chapupu ndivo,

kuti kudai ngozvevaikona, yeya, nokupinda zvevaikona, vakapa ngokuda kwavo,

⁴vechitipota

ngokunamatira kakurutu kuti tiashire ichi chipo noukama mukushandira vakacheneswa.

⁵Navo vakaita ichi, chisicho chetaikarira; asi kutanga vakadzipira ngokwavo kunaMambo nokwetirizve

ngokuda kwaMwari.

⁶Ngokudalo kudai ngozvetakakumbira Thithusi, kuti iye kudai ngozvaiya avamba,

ngokudalo apedzisewo pakati penyu mushando wenyasha.

⁷Ndizvo kudai ngozvomunowanza munezviro

zveshe, mukugonda, mukuvereketa, mukuzia, mukutsamwirira kweshe, nomurudo rwenyu kwetiri, wonai

kuti muwanzewo muneuyu mushando wenyasha.

⁸Andivereketi ngokumupanga, asi ngokutsamwirira kwevamweni kuti ndiedze gwinyiso rorudo

rwenyuwo.

⁹Ngokuti yemwi munozia nyasha dzaMambo wedu Jesu Kristu, kuti kunyazwi iye wainga

mupfumi, asi ngondava yenyu wakaita murombo, kuti yemwi ngourombo hwake muite vapfumi.

¹⁰Muneiyi ndava ndinoronza kupinimidza kwangu, ngokuti izvi zvakamunakira yemwi, mwakatangira

yeweni gore lakapera, musigatewereri kuita kwega, asi mwechidisisa kuita.

¹¹Asi zvino pedzisai kuzviita, kuti kudai ngezvemwaidisisa kuita, pedzisai pomunokona ndipo.

¹²Ngokuti kudai kuripo kuda, nechipo chinoashirika kudai ngozvavanazvo munhu, haiwa kudai ngezvaasina.¹³Ngokuti andironzi izvi kuti vamweni varerukirwe, nemwi mwechitambudzika, asi kuti mutodzane;

¹⁴kuti kuwandirwa kwenyu ngonguva iyi kudetsere kutama kwavo, kuti kuwandirwa kwavozve

kudetsere kutama kwenyu; kuti kuapo kutodzana.

¹⁵Kudai ngozvakanyorwa, “Aye wakaunganidza

zvakawanda aazi kusara nechiro; nouwo wakaunganidza zvishomani aazi kutama chiro.”

¹⁶Asi

ngavabongwe Mwari uwo wakaisa mumweyo mwaThithusi ukwo kutsamwirira kwendaiya nakwo

pachangu ndimwi.

¹⁷Ngokuti ngogwinyiso iye wakazwa kupota kwedu; asi iye emene, echitsungirira kakurutu, wakabuda

kuuya kwomuri ngokuda kwake.

¹⁸Nayesu tinotumira pamwepo naye hama iyo inembiri yakanaka

kuzviara zveshe;

¹⁹andizvopi zvega, asi wakavemeswazve ngozviara kuti ahambe nesu ngondava yeizvi

zvipo zvinoshandwa tisu, kuita kuti Mambo airikidzwe, nokuonisa kutendera kwedu.

²⁰Techingwarira kuti munhu asatiitira ndava ngouwandu hweizvo zvinoshandwa yesu, ²¹ngokuti

tinongwarira kuti zviite zvinoremeredzeka, haiwa kwega mukuona kwaMambo, asi nomukuona

kwevanhuwo.

²²Nesu takatuma pamwepo navo hama yedu, yetakaedza nguva zhinji tikaona kuti

inotsungirira zviro zvizhinji, asi zvino iri inopindisisa kutsungirira, ngondava yegonda guru reinaro

kwomuri.

²³Kudai ndiThithusi, mudetseri wangu nomungani wangu mumushando unoitwa kwomuri; ngondava

yehama dzedu, ndidzo nhumwa dzechiara, uthende hwaKristu.

²⁴Ndizvo wonesai kwavari chioniso

chorudo rwenyu, nechokuganza kwedu ndimwi, mukuona kwezviara.

Chapter 9

¹Ngokuti vazvisisiri kuti ndinyore kwomuri ngondava yokushandira vakacheneswa,

²ngokuti ndinozia kudisisa kwenyu, kwendinoganza ndikwo ndimwi kwavari vanhu veMasedhonia, kuti

veAkhaiya vakapedza kunasirira gore lakapera; nokutsamwirira kwenyu kwakamusa vazhinji vavo.

³Asi

ndakatumira hama kuti kuganza kwedu ndimwi kusazoita kusina shwiro ngeiyi ndaa, kuti muite

vakanasirira, kudai ngozvendakamuronzera;

⁴kuti kusazoitika, kuti kunyazwi ngairi nguandja, kudai vechiuya

neni vamweni veMasedhonia, vamuone musikazi kunasirira, yesu, (ndisikaronzi yemwi),

tingazotsverudzwa ngokugonda uku.

⁵Ndizvo ndaipinimidza kuti zvaisisira kunyengerera hama kuti dzitange pamberi pangu kuuya kwomuri,

vanasirire zvipo izvi nguva isati yaguma zvemwakagondisa, kuti zvipo zviite zvakanasirirwa ngokuda

kubonga kuti zvisaita zvakapambwa.

⁶Asi ndinoronza yizvi, kuti yena unokusha ngokutsonzedza,

unozovhunazve ngokutsongesesa, nouwo unokusha ngokuwanza, unozovhunazve ngokuwanzisisa.

⁷Umwe ngaumwe ngavape kudai ngozvavakaemesa mumweyo mwake; haiwa zimupira nokuti

ngokuangiridzwa; ngokuti Mwari unoda unopa ngokudakala.

⁸NaMwari unesimba lokuwandza zvipo zveshe, kuti yemwi mugutswe ngozviro zveshe ngonguva

dzeshe, muwanze kuita mishando yeshe yakanaka.

⁹Kudai ngozvakanyorwa, “Iye wakakusha

ngokuwanza, wakapa valombo; kururama kwake kunogara mhera nariini.”

¹⁰Uwo unopa mukushi mbeu

nechingwa chokudya, uwo unozomupa nokudziwanza mbeu dzenyu dzokukusha, nokuwanza muchero

yokururama kwenyu.

¹¹yemwi munozofumiswa ngozviro zveshe, mupe ngokusunhurika kweshe, nokushanda kubudikidza

tisu, kuti Mwari abongwe;

¹²ngokuti mushando uyu wokukoanisa, auteri kukwanisa kutama kweshe

kwevakacheneswa vega, asi kunowandisazve kubonga kuzhinji kunaMwari.

¹³Kwechioneka kuti ngokuedzwa kwenyu ngohou mushando, munozoirikidza Mwari ngondava

yokupurutana ngokupupula kwenyu vhangeri laKristu, yokuwanda kwezvipo zvenyu kwavari,

nokwavari veshe,

¹⁴navapo ivo vemene vanomushuwira nokumukumbirira ngondava yenyasha huru

dzaMwari dziri mukati mwenyu.

¹⁵Ngavabongwe Mwari ngochipo chake chisikabviri kuronzwa!

Chapter 10

¹Zvino inini pachangu, Phauri, ndinomupota ngokupfaa ngonyasha dzaKristu,

inini ndiri pakati penyu ndakapfaa, asi ndinoshinga kwomuri ndisipo!

²Ndinomupota kuti ndiri pakati

penyu ndisazovonisa kutsunga kwokurwisana ndikwo nevamweni, avo vanotikarakadzira kuti tinohamba

ngozvenyama.

³Ngokuti kunyazwi techihamba mumuiri, atirwi akadi kudai ngokwenyama, ⁴ngokuti zvokurwa ndizvo

zvedu andizvopi zvenyama akadi, asi zvine simba pamberi paMwari rokuputsa ndau dzakagwinya

dzoumambo,

⁵kuputsa mulagaridzo ngozviro zveshe zvakaturama zvinomuswa kurwisana nokuzia Mwari,

nokuunza mupinimidzo yeshe muvuranda hwokupurutana Kristu.

⁶Takanasirira kuorora kusikapurutana kweshe, apo kupurutana kwenyu kwaperera.⁷yemwi

munoringira zviro zviri pamberi pehope dzenyu, kudai aripo munhu unodzigonda yechiti ndiri waKristu,

ngavarangarire ichizve mukati mwake kuti, kudai ndiye uri waKristu, nesu takadarowo.

⁸Kunyazwi zvino

ndikanyaganza ngozvakatikuti ngosimba redu, lotakapuwa ndiMambo, rokumuaka ndiro, haiwa

rokumuputsira pashi, andizotsverudzwi akadi.

⁹Andidi kuita kudai ngounomutyisidzira ngotsamba dzangu. ¹⁰Ngokuti vanoti, “Tsamba dzake

dzinemashoko makuru, dzinesimba, asi mukuoneka kwomuiri wake wakarembedzeka, nokuvereketa

kwake akuna shwiro.”

¹¹Munhu wakadaro ngavazwisise izvi, kuti kudai ngozvetinoronza mutsamba

dzedu, apo tisipo, ndizvo zvetinoita tiripo.

¹²Ngokuti atizi kutsunga kudziisa pamwepo nokudziedzanisa novamweni vanodziganzisa pachavo. Asi

apo vechidziedzanisa pachavo umwe noumweni, nokudzitodzanisa umwe noumweni, azvionisi ungwaru.

¹³Asi yesu atizoganzi kupinda zvetiri, asi tinozogara tiri mukati mwendau yedu yetakavemeserwa

ndiMwari, kuti tigume kweshe kunyazwi nokwomuriyo.

¹⁴Ngokuti atizi kunyanya kudziganzisa,

kupinda zvinosisira apo takaguma kwomuri, ngokuti tisu takatanga kuguma kwomuri ngovhangeri raKristu.

¹⁵Atiganzi kupinda zvinosisira, izvo zvinoti, atiganzi ngomushando yevanhu vamweni; asi kugonda

kwedu ngokwokuti, kudai kutenda kwenyu kwechikura, mushando yedu inozokudzwa yavamho pakati

penyu,

¹⁶kuti tichumaire vhangeri kunyika dziri ngomberi kwenyu, tisikaganzi ngomushando youmweni

yavakaita.

¹⁷“Asi iye unoganza, ngavaganze munaMambo.” ¹⁸Ngokuti andivopi vanodziganzisa

vanotendwa, asi avo vavanoganzisa Mambo.

Chapter 11

¹Dai mwechindisengerera padoko muvupenzi hwangu; asi ngogwinyiso

munondisengerela!

²Ngokuti ndinendurumwa ndimwi ngondurumwa yaMwari; ngokuti

ndakamugangisira kumwamuna umweni, kuti ndimuise kunaKristu kudai ngomhandwe ichakazara.

³Asi ndinotya kuti pamweni, kudai ngonyoka yakachengedzera Evha ngourimbwi hwayo, ngokudaro

mupinimidzo yenyu ingazopauswa kubva mukururama nokuperera zviri kunaKristu.

⁴Ngokuti kudai

umweni echiuya echichumaira Jesu umweni, wetisikazi kuchumaira yesu, nokuti kudai mwechiashira

mweya wakasiyana, womusikazi kumbovashira, nokuti kuashira vhangeri rimweni lakasiyana, lomusikazi

kumbovashira, izvo zvakadalo munganasa kuzvipfaira.

⁵Ngokuti ndinoronza kuti ngopadoko, andiri mudokopi kune vapostori vopadenga. ⁶Kunyazwi

ndisikanyanasi kuereketa, asi andizi kudaropi mukuzia; ngogwinyiso ngonjira dzeshe takazvionisa

kwomuri pamhene zviro zveshe.

⁷Ndakashaisha here ngokudzipfaisa pachangu, kuti yemwi

mukudzwe, ngokuti ndakachumaira kwomuri vhangeri laMwari, ndisikapuwi musharo?

⁸Ndakabira

zviara zvimweni, ngokuashira musharo kubva kwezviri kuti ndishandire yemwi.

⁹Naapo ndainga ndinemwi, ndechitama, andizi kuita mutwaro kuno munhu, ngokuti apo hama dzauya

zvechibva Masedhonia, dzakandipa zveshe zvendaitama. Ndizvo ngozviro zveshe ndakangwarira kuti

ndirekere kuita mutwaro kwomuri, ndinozoangira kuita kudaro.

¹⁰Kudai ngogwinyiso laKristu riri

mwendiri apana munhu unozondipinga ngokuganza uku munyika dzeAkhaiya.

¹¹Ndaa ngoyenyi?

Ngokuti andimudi here? Mwari unozia kuti ndinomuda!

¹²Asi izvo zvendinoita, ndinozovangira kuzviita kuti nditamise ndava kwavari vanotsvaka ndava, kuti

kuneizvo zvovanoganza ndizvo, vaoneke vakadai tisu.

¹³Ngokuti vanhu vakadalo vari vapostori

vokunyepa, nevashandi vokuchengedzera, vechidziitisa pachavo kudai ngovapostori vaKristu.

¹⁴Andizvopi zvinoshamisa! Kunyazwi Sathani hochokuadi unodziitisa pachake kudai ngongirosi yokujeka.

¹⁵Ndizvo andichopi chiro chikuru kudai vashandi vakezve vechidziitisa pachavo kudai ngovashandi

vokururama. Magumo avo anozodai ngomushando yavo.

¹⁶Ndinotizve, kusazovapo naumwe

unopinimidza kuti yeni ndiri benzi; asi kudai mwechipinimidza kudalo, ndiashirei kudai ngobenzi, kuti

ndiganze padoko.

¹⁷Izvo zvendinoereketa, andizviereketi kudai ngozvinobva kunaMambo, asi kudai

ngobenzi mukugonda uku kwokuganza kwangu;

¹⁸kwechioneka kuti vazhinji vanoganza ngozvenyama,

neni ndinozoganzawo.

¹⁹Ngokuti munosengerera mapenzi ngokudakara, yemwi mwakangwara pachenyu! ²⁰Ngokuti

munosengerera munhu kudai iye echimuita varanda, kudai echimupamba, kudai echimutora kuita

kuvuyirwa kwake, kudai echidzikudza, kudai echimupamhadza muhope.

²¹yeni ndinotsveruka,

ndinosisira kuronza kuti taiya takarembedzeka kwezviri! Asi kunyazwi ndiani unoshinga kuganza

ngochiro, inini ndinovereketa kudai ngebenzi, ndinoshingawo kuganza ndizvo.

²²VaHebheru here? Ndizvo naniwo. VaIsuraeri here? Ndizvo neniwo. Ngovorudzi rwaAbrahama here?

Ndizvo neniwo.

²³Vashandi vaKristu here? (Inini ndinoerveketa kudai ngounopenga), inini ndinovapinda;

mumushando ndakaguenda kakurutu, mukukonyerwa mutirongo ndakavapinda kakuru, mukupondwa

ngendonga kakuru metsa parufu ndakavapinda.

²⁴Ndakachaiwa ngovaJudha kashanu ngomboma

dziri makumi malongomuna kwechirekerwa imwe.

²⁵Ndakapondwa katatu ngendonga, ndakapondwa ngomapuwe kamwe, ndakaputsikirwa ngongarava

katatu, usiku humwe nozuva rimwe ndainga muruandhle.

²⁶Ndainga murwendo kazhinji, mungozi

dzendwizi, mungozi dzemadzongoni, mungozi dzevedzinza langu, mungozi dzevemadzinza, mungozi

dzomumadhorobha, mungozi dzomushango, mungozi dzomuruandhle, mungozi dzopakati pevakoma

vokunyepa,

²⁷mukushanda nomukurwadziwa, mukusikaata kazhinji, mukupera ngenzara ngonyota,

mukuera kudya kazhinji, mukutonhorwa nomukuita mutitinini.

²⁸Ngepabanze peizvo zvinondigumira zvokubanze chiripo chinondimanika zuva ngozuva chiri

kutambudzikira zviara zveshe.

²⁹Ndiani wakarembedzeka neni andizi kurembedzeka naye? Ndiani

unopumhuniswa neni andizikurwadziwa mwoyo?

³⁰Kudai kwechisisira kuti ndiganzo ndinozoganza

ngoizvo zvokurembedzeka kwangu.

³¹Mwari naBaba waMambo Jesu, uwo unotendwa mhera nariini, unozia kuti andinyepi.³²MuDhamasekusi nduna yoitonga pashi paAretasi mambo, yakarinda dhorobha rovaDhamasekusi, kuti

indibate,

³³neni ndakadzaswa ngopafasitera parukumbati ndiri mudendere, ndakapokonyoka kubva

kunyara dzake.

Chapter 12

¹Ndinosisira kuti ndiganze, kunyazwi azvito kunaka; asi ndaguma mukuvereketa

ngezvioniso nozvakaoniswa zvaMambo.

²Ndinozia munhu waiya munaKristu makore gumi

namarongomuna apinda, wakakwidzwa mudenga lochitatu (kunyazwi waiya mumuiri kunyazwi wainga

ngokubanze kwomuiri, andizii; ndiMwari unozia).

³Neni ndinozia uwo munhu (kunyazwi waiya

mumuiri nokuti wainga ngokupanbene kwomuiri, andizii; ndiMwari unozia);

⁴nenjira yaakakwidzwa ndiyo

kuenda muPharadhaisi, naye wakazwa zviro zvisikabviri kuronzwa, zvisikatenderwi munhu kuti

azvironze.

⁵Ngondava yewakadaro ndinozoganza; asi ngondava yangu andizoganzi, kwega kuganza ngokurembedzeka

kwangu.

⁶Ngokuti kunyazwi ndechida kuganza, andizoiti benzi, ngokuti ndinozovereketa gwinyiso. Asi

ndinoregera kuita kudaro, kuti kusazoapo naumwe ungapinimidza ndini, kupinda maonere aanondiita,

nokuti kupinda mazwire avanoita ndini.

⁷Ndizvo kuti inini ndiregere kuganza ngondava yokukura kweizvo

zvakaoniswa kwendiri, kwakapuwa kwendiri munzwa mumuiri, uri mutumwa waSathani, kuti

unditambudze, kuti ndisazoganza kupinda binzo.

⁸Ngondava yeichi, ndakapota Mambo katatu, kuti ubviswe kwendiri, ⁹asi wakati kwendiri, “Nyasha

dzangu dzinokwana kwouri, ngokuti simba rinoitwa lakaperera mukurembedzeka.” Ndizvo ndinozopinda

kuganza ngokudakara mukurembedzeka kwangu, kuti simba laKristu rigare padenga pangu.

¹⁰Ndizvo

ndinodakala mukurembedzeka, mukuremadzwa, mukutamikirwa, mukutambudzwa, mumadambudziko,

ngondava yaKristu; ngokuti apo ndiri wakarembedzeka, navapo ndinesimba.

¹¹Ndaa benzi! yemwi mwakandivangiridza kuti ndidalo. Ngokuti inini ndaisisira kuti nditendwe

ndimwi, ngokuti andiri mudokopi kunevapostori vepadera, kunyazwi andiri chiropi.

¹²Ngogwinyiso

zvioniso zvoupostori zvakaitwa pakati penyu mukusengerera kweshe, ngozvioniso novishamiso

nemishando vinosimba.

¹³Ngokuti chiinyi chemwakapindwa ndicho kuita vari pashi kune zviara

zvimweni, kwega kuti inini pachangu andizi kuita mutwaro kwomuri? Ndikungurirenyi ngouku

kusikarurama!

¹⁴Ningirai, inguva yechitatu yondanasirira kuti ndiuye kwomuri. Neni andizoiti mutwaro, ngokuti

anditsvaki zvenyu, asi ndinotsvaka yemwi; ngokuti akusisiri kuti vana vaunganidzire vabari, asi kuti

vabari vaunganidzire vana vavo.

¹⁵Inini ndinozopedza zveshe zvangu nokupedzwa ngokudakala,

ngondava yomweya yenyu. Kudai ndechimuda kakuru, kudiwa kwangu ndimwi kunozopinda kutsonga

here?

¹⁶Asi zvakanyadalo, yeni pachangu andizi kuita mutwaro kwomuri; asi ndiri wakangwara,

ndakamubata ngourimbwi!

¹⁷Ndakauyirwa here ndimwi kubudikidza ngoumwe wevavo vendakatuma

kwomuri?

¹⁸Ndakapota Thithusi kuti ndimutume, ndikamutuma pamwepo nohama. Thithusi unacho

chavakauyirwa ndicho here kwomuri? Atizi kuhamba here ngomweya unotodzana? Atizi kuhamba here

muzvitsiko zvakatodzana?

¹⁹Munopinimidza kuti nguva iyi yeshe tinodzipembedza pamberi penyu here? Mukuona kwaMwari tinovereketa munaKristu. Asi zviro zveshe, vanodikanwa, zviri zvokuakiwa kwenyu.²⁰. 20 Ngokuti ndinotya,

kuti kunyazwi ngoiri njira, apo ndouyemo, ndingazomuona musiri avo vendingada kuti muite vakadalo,

neni ndemene ndioneke kwomuri ndiri womusikadi kuti ndiite wakadaro; kuti pamweni kunyazwi ngeiri

njira kungazoapo hasha, ndurumwa, ushungu, kusikazwanana, kureyana, makuhwa, kudzikudza

nehohoho.

²¹Ndinotya kuti apo ndogumeyozve, Mwari wangu unozondipfaisa pamberi penyu, neni

ndingazotsumba ngondava yevazhinji vakashaisha ngopamberi, vasikazi kutenderuka kubva

mukusikasukika, kuomba nozvinotsverudza zvevakaita.

Chapter 13

¹Iyi inguva yechitatu yendinouya kwomuri. “Ngomulomo yozvapupu zviiri nokuti

zvitatu mazwi eshe anozogwinyiswa.”

²Ndakavavundja avo vakashaisha kareko novamweni veshe

ndinovavunjazve, zvino ndisipo navo, kudai ngozvendaiyapo ngomukuwo wechipiri, kuti ndouyeyozve,

andizovakunguriri;

³mwechitsvaka chioniso chaKristu unovereketa kwendiri. Aazi kurembedzeka

kwomuri, asi unesimba mukati mwenyu.

⁴Ngokuti wakakohomerwa pamuchinjiko ngondava yokurembedzeka, asi unopona ngosimba laMwari.

Ngokuti nesuwo tiri vakarembedzeka mwaari, asi techishanda pamwepo nemwi tinozopona pamwepo

naye ngosimba laMwari.

⁵Zvisotenyi yemwi pachenyu, muone kuti muri mukutenda here.

zviedzenyi pachenyu. Amuzii here pachenyu, kuti Kristu uri mukati mwenyu? Asi kuti muri vakarashwa!

⁶Asi ndinogonda kuti yemwi munozozia kuti yesu atizi kurashwa akadi.⁷Asi tinokumbira kunaMwari kuti yemwi musaita chiro chakashata nachimwe; andikwopi kuti yesu

tioneke tiri vakagondeka, asi kuti muite zvinoremeredzeka, kunyazwi yesu tinoerengwa tiri varashwa.

⁸Ngokuti apana chetingaita chinorwisana nogwinyiso, asi zvinoemererana nogwinyiso.⁹Ngokuti

tinodakala apo yesu tiri vakarembedzeka, yemwi mwakagwinya. Ndizvo zve, tinokumbirira ichi kuti

muite vakaperera.

¹⁰Ngeiyi ndava ndinonyora kwomuri izvi zviro ndisipo pomuri, kuti apo ndavapo ndisazofemurika

mukushandisa simba londakapuwa ndiMambo rokuaka, haiwa rokuputsira pashi.

¹¹Pakupedzisira, hama,

chisarai. Itai vakaperera, purutanai kupanga kwangu; itai vano mupinimidzo umwewo, mugare

mukunyalala; naMwari worudo nowokunyalala unozogara nemwi.

¹²Chingamidzanai ngomulomo ngokucheneswa. Veshe vakacheneswa vanomutambisa.¹³vatswene weshe vanomuchungamidza ¹⁴Nyasha dzaMambo Jesu Kristu norudo laMwari nokuiyana kwoMweya Wakachena ngazvigare naemwi mweshe.

Galatians

Ephesians

Chapter 1

¹Paulo mtumiki wa Krixtu Jezu na kufuna kwa Mulungu, kuna wakucena na wakukhulupirika mwa Krixtu Jezu womwe ali muEfezo. ²Nkhombo na mtendere kuna imwe, wakucokera kuna Mulungu, Baba wathu na kuna Mbuya Jezu Krixtu.³Asimbidwe Mulungu, Baba wa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu, omwe ambatidalisa na madaliso yentse ya mzimu m'mbuto za kudzulu mwa Krixtu. ⁴Ninga adatisankhula ife mwa iye, dziko likanati kulengedwa, kuti tikhale wakucena na wakusaya kuphonya pamaso pace.⁵Mwa lufoyi adatisankhuliratu kuti tiyanyidwe ninga wana wace kudzera mwa Jezu Krixtu, na ubwino bwa cifuniro cace. ⁶Mbatitumbizeni mbiri ya nkhombo zace, zomwe adatipasa mwa ufulu mwa mwana wace wakufunika.⁷Mwa Iye talomboledwa kucokera mwa mulopa wace, ndipo talekeleredwa bzakuipa bzathu, kudzera mwa udali wa nkhombo za Mulungu. ⁸Nkhombozo adatithululira kwene-kwene mwa udziwi bwentse na ndzeru.⁹Adatiwonesa cifuniro cace cakubisika, mwa ubwino wace omwe Iye adauyikha mwa Krixtu. ¹⁰Ubwinobo ni bwakuti bugumanize mwa Krixtu bzinthu bzentse, bza kudzulu napo bza pantsi, pa kubzifambisa ku nthawe zentse.¹¹Mwa Krixtu tidacitidwambo nthaka yakusankhulidwa kale mwa cakulinga ca ule omwe ambakondza bzinthu bzentse kuteweza ciyeruzo ca cifuniro cace. ¹²Cakulingaco ni cakuti ife omwe tin'khulupirira kale Krixtu tikhale wakutumbiza nkhombo zace.¹³Pomwe imwe mudabva ndipo mudakhulupirira fala la cadidi, ulaliki omwe udakupulumusani, mwa Krixtu imwepo mudaikhidwa cizindikiro ca Mzimu Wakucena wa cipiciro. ¹⁴Mzimuyo ni citsimikizo ca nthaka yathu, mpaka kulomboledwa kwa wale omwe ni wa Mulungu, kuti atumbize mbiri yace.¹⁵Na bzimwebzi inembo, kuyambira pomwe ndidabva cikhulupiriro comwe imwe munaco mwa Mbuya Jezu ndipo na lufoyi lomwe mumbawonesa kuna wakucena wentse, ¹⁶nin'pitiriza kutenda kuna imwe, ndicimbakuikhani m'mipembo yangu.¹⁷Ndiri kukumbira kuti Mulungu wa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu, Baba wa mbiri, akupaseni Mzimu wa udziwi na kupaliza, kuti mumudziwisise iye. ¹⁸Nin'pembambo kuti maso ya m'tima mwanu yabvunikiridwe, kuti mudziwe n'ciponi cidikiro comwe adakucemererani, mbuponi udali bwa mbiri ya nthaka yace mwa wakucena¹⁹Ndipo na ukulu bwakusaya kulinganiza bwa mphambvu yace kuna ife wakukhulupirira, kuteweza kaphatidwe ka mphambvu yace ikulu. ²⁰Mphambvu imweyi adaiphatisa basa mwa Krixtu, acimulamusa kwa wakufa ndipo acim'khazika kuboko lace ladidi mumbuto za kudzulu, ²¹padzaulu pa boma lentse na utongi, mphambvu, na azimbuya wentse, ndipo na dzina lentse lomwe lingacemerewe, sikuti nthawe ino yokha, tsono napombo yomwe irikubwerayo.²²Mulungu adaikha bzinthu bzentse pantsi pa ndzayo zace, ndipo adamuikha kuti akhale msolo wa bzinthu bzentse kuna gereja, ²³yomwe ni thupi lace, m'dzazidwe wa Iye omwe an'dzaza bzinthu bzentse ndipo mumbuto zentse.

Chapter 2

¹Imwepo mukhadafa na bzakuipa na bzakuphonya bzanu, ²momwe kalekale mukhafamba, kuteweza khalidwe la dziko lino ndipombo na mkulu wa utongi wa m'dzulu, ni mzimu omwe tsapano uli kuphata basa kuna wale ana m'khalidwe wakusaya kubvera. ³Momwemo ife tentse kale-kale tikhafambambo, kuteweza bzakufuna bza thupi lathu, ticimbacita cifuniro ca thupi na kakumbukidwe ka thupi, ndipo tikhali mwacibadwire wakuthemera kukalipiridwa, ninga anangowombo.⁴Tsono Mulungu, omwe ngnyakudala na ntsisi, na thangwe la lufoi likulu lomwe adatifuna nalo, ⁵napo ife tikhadafa na bzakuipa bzathu, adatipasa moyo pabodzi na Krixtu, mwa nkhombo ndimwe wakupulumuka. ⁶Mulungu adatilamusa kwa wakufa pabodzi na Krixtu ndipo adatikhazika na iye m'mbuto za kudzulu mwa Krixtu Jezu, ⁷kuti adzawonese, ku nthawe zirikubwerazo, udali ukulu wa nkhombo zace, mwa lufoi kuna ife, mwa Krixtu Jezu.⁸Sabwa mwa nkhombo ndimwe wakupulumuka, kudzera mu cikhulupiriro, ndipo kumweku kun'cokera lini kwa imwe, ni mphatso ya Mulungu. ⁹Kun'cokera lini kwa mabasa nee, kuti paleke kuwoneka wakubzikuza. ¹⁰Nakuti ndife wakukondzedwa na Mulungu, wakulengedwa mwa Krixtu Jezu kuti ticite mabasa yabwino, yomwe Mulungu akhadakondza kale kuti ife tiyacite.¹¹Na tenepo, kumbukirani kuti kale-kale pomwe mudabadwa mukhali lini aJuda, mukhacemeredwa wakusaya kugwatidwa na wale womwe ambabziti mbakugwatidwa muthupi na manja ya wanthu. ¹²Panthawe imweire, mukhali wakusaya Krixtu, wakupambulidwa pa mbumba ya Ijirayeri, ndipo mukhali kunja kwa mipangano ya m'piciro, wakusaya cidikiro na wakusaya Mulungu pa dziko la pantsi.¹³Tsono tsapano, mwa Krixtu Jezu, imwepo womwe kalekale mukhali kutali, mudafendezedwa kudzera mwa mulopa wa Krixtu. ¹⁴Nakuti Iye ndiye mtendere wathu, omwe adacita kuti awiriwo akhale m'bodzi, ndipo adapfudza litsito la ciwengo lomwe likhawamwazanisa pakati pawo. ¹⁵Na thupi lace adamalisa Mtemo wa malamulo na utongi, kuti mwa awiriwo akondze munthu mupsa, mwa Iye yekha, acimbacita mtendere. ¹⁶Ndipo adawayanjanisa awiriwo mu thupi libodzi na Mulungu, kudzera mwa m'tanda, omwe adamalisa nawo ciwengo¹⁷Iye adabwera acipalidza mtendere kuna imwe womwe mukhali kutali, ndipo mtendere kuna womwe akhali pafupi. ¹⁸Sabwa mwa iye ife na imwe tinawo m'pata kwa Baba mwa Mzimu ubodzi.¹⁹Na tenepo, ndimwe lini anyakudza ayai anyakutama, tsono ndimwe wa mum'zinda ubodzi na wakucena, ndipo bziwalo bza m'banja la Mulungu, ²⁰mudakondzedwa pa alisese ya atumiki na ya apolofita. Jezu Krixtu ndiye adakhala mwala wa pagonyo. ²¹Mwa Iye nyumba yentse ni yakulumikidzika bwino ndipo imbakula kuti ikhale nyumba ya m'pembo wakucena ya Mbuya. ²²Mwa Iye imwembo muli kukondzedwa pabodzi, kuti musanduke nyumba ya Mulungu mu Mzimu.

Chapter 3

¹Na thangwe limweri, ine Paulo ndine wam'kawoko thangwe la Krixtu Jezu na lufoi kuna imwe omwe ndimwe lini aJuda. ²Cadidi-letu imwe mudabva kulewa bza uyimiriri bomwe ndidapasidwa na nkhombo za Mulungu kuna imwe.³Pakuti mwa kuwonesedwa ndidadziwisidwa cintsintsi, ninga momwe ndakunemberani mafala pang'ono. ⁴Pakuyalewenga mungakwanise kubvesesa momwe nimbadziwira cintsintsi ca Krixtu. ⁵Cintsintsi cimweci ciribe kudziwisidwa kuna wanthu wa mibadwe inango, tsono tsapano cawonesedwa na Mzimu kuna atumiki wakucena na apolofita,⁶kulewa kuti, kucokera mu ulaliki, omwe ni aJuda lini mbanyanthaka pabodzi na Ijirayeri, bziwalo bza thupi libodzi, ndipo acicitambo mbali pa cipiciro mwa Krixtu Jezu. ⁷Mu ulaliki bumwebu ndasanduka nthena na mphatso ya nkhombo za Mulungu, zomwe ndidapasidwa kudzera m'macitidwe ya mphambvu zace.⁸Ine, m'ng'ono wa ang'ono pa wakucena wentse, ndidapasiwa nkhombo zimwezi zakulalika kuna omwe ni aJuda lini udali wa Krixtu wakusaya malire ⁹na kuzimbula kuna wentse kafambisidwe ka cintsintsi cimweci, comwe Panthawe zapitazi cikhadabisika mwa Mulungu, omwe adalenga bzinthu bzentse.¹⁰Cakulinga ca nkhombo zimwezi cikhali cakuti, kudzera mwa gereja, udziwi bwa kusiyana-siyana bwa Mulungu budziwike tsapano kuna akulu na atongi wa mbuto za kudzulu, ¹¹kudzera mu cifuniro cace cakuyenda-na-kuyenda comwe adacicita mwa Krixtu Jezu, Mbuya wathu.¹²Mwa Iye tinawo m'pata na ufulu kwa Mulungu mwa kukhulupirika, kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro kuna Iye. ¹³Na tenepo, ndirikukumbirani kuti lekani kuwofoka na kubonera kwangu thangwe ra imwe, sabwa kuboneraku ni mbiri kuna imwe¹⁴Na thangwe la bzimwebzo ndirikupemba pamaso pa Baba, ¹⁵omwe ambapasa dzina dzindza liri lentse kudzulu na pantsi. ¹⁶Nin'pemba kuti, na udali bwace bwa mbiri, akulimbiseni na mphambvu za Mzimu wace m'kati mwanu,¹⁷kuti Krixtu akhale mum'tima mwanu kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro. Ndipo nin'pemba pomwe kuti mukhale na mizi mucinjimbikira mu lufoyi, ¹⁸kuti imwe na wakucena wentse mukwanise kudziwisisa, kukula kwa mu ufupi, mu utali, kutalimpha na kuzika, ¹⁹ndipo mudziwe lufoyi la Krixtu, lomwe limbapitirira ndzeru zentse, kuti mukhale wakudzala na bzentse bza Mulungu.²⁰Ndipo kwa ule omwe an'kwanisa kucita mwakupitiriza pa dzulu pa bzentse bzomwe tin'kumbira ayai tin'kumbuka, malingana na mphambvu zace zomwe zin'phata basa muna ife, ²¹kwa Iye ikhale mbiri mu gereja na mwa Krixtu Jezu kwa mibadwe yentse, kwa kuyenda-na-kuyenda. Amen!

Chapter 4

¹Ine, wamkawoko thangwe la Mbuya, ndirirkukulimbikisani kuti mufambe mwa kufunika kwa macemeredwe yanu momwe mudacemeredwera, ²na kubzicepesa kwentse, kuderekha na kupirira mucithandizana wina na mwanzace mwa lufoyi. ³Citani mphambvu zentse kuti mukoye ciphatano ca Mzimu na cimangiriro ca m'tendere.⁴Liripo thupi libodzi lokha na Mzimu ubodzi, ningambo mudacemeredwa mucidikiro cibodzi ca macemeredwe yanu. ⁵Alipo Mbuya m'bodzi yekha, cikhulupiriro cibodzi cokha, ubatizo ubodzi okha, ⁶Mulungu m'bodzi yekha ndipo Baba wa wentse, omwe ali padzulu pa wentse, ambaphata mwa wentse ndipo ali mwa wentse.⁷Ndipo m'bodzi na m'bodzi wa ife adapasiwa nkhombo malingana na mphimo ya mphatso ya Krixtu. ⁸Ndipopo bzidalewedwa kuti: Pomwe iye adakwira kudzulu adatenga wam'kawoko azinji, ndipo adapasa mphatso kuna wanthu.⁹Bzirikulewa kuti tani “iye adakwira”, kuposa kulewa kuti adabulukambo mpaka kuntsi kwa dziko. ¹⁰Ule omwe adabulukambo ndiye m'bodzi-bodzi adakwira pa dzulu pa kudzulu kwentse, kuti adzaze bzinthu bzentse.¹¹Iye adalata anango kuit akhale atumiki, anango mapolofita, anango alaliki ndipo wanango abusa na adziwi, ¹²na cakulinga cakuti akonze wakucena pa basa la kutumikira, kuti thupi la Krixtu likondzeke, ¹³mpaka tentse tifike pa kuphatana kwa cikhulupiriro na kuzindikira Mwana wa Mulungu ndipo tifike pakukula kupfitsa msinkhu wa kudzala wa Krixtu.¹⁴Kuti tileke kukhala pomwe ninga wana, kutengeka-tengeka na mabimbi mbali na mbali ndipo ticimbatengeka na conzi centse ca cipfunziso ca wanthu wakucenjera na kunama omwe ambayendesa kwa kutaika. ¹⁵Tsono ticitewera cadidi mwa lufoyi, tin'kula mu bzentse mwa ule omwe ni msolo, Krixtu. ¹⁶Kucokera mwa Iye thupi lentse lidandendemezeka na kuphatana mwa cithandizo ca bzakulumikidza bzentse, lin'kula licibzikondza lokha mwa lufoyi, pakuti ciwalo cibodzi-na-cibodzi cin'cita basa lace.¹⁷Na tenepo ine nin'kuuzani, ndipo mwa Mbuya nin'ngingimira kuti lekani kukhala pomwe ninga omwe an'pemba lini, omwe ambandokhala mundzeru zawo zakusaya basa. ¹⁸Ndzeru zawo zidacita m'dima, ndipo adapambulidwa pa moyo wa Mulungu na thangwe la mwakusaya kudziwa momwe iwo ali, kucokera mwa kuuma m'tima kwawo. ¹⁹Adaluza bzakubva bzentse, iwo adabzipereka kwa bzapezi, kumbacita bzakuipa bza mtundu uli-wentse mwakusaya thupo²⁰Tsono imwe mulibe kupfundzira bza Krixtu tenepayu. N'cadidi, imwepo mudabva kulewa bza Iye, ²¹ndipo mwa Iye mudapfundzisidwa malingana na cadidi comwe ciri muna Jezu. ²²Kulewa makhalidwe yanu yakale, imwe mudapfundzisidwa kukhundula munthu wakale, omwe ambaphonya na bzakufuna bzakunyengeza,²³Ndipo mukhale wapsa mu makumbukiro, ²⁴ndipo bvalani munthu mupsa, wakulengedwa mwakulingana na Mulungu mu cirungamo na kucena bza kucokera mu cadidi²⁵Na tenepo m'bodzi na m'bodzi asiye kunama, ndipo alewe cadidi kuna mwandzace, sabwa ndife bziwalo bza thupi libodzi. ²⁶Mungakalipa lekani kuphonya. Ukali bwanu bumale dzuwa likanati kumira, ²⁷ndipo lekani kupasa m'pata Dyabu.²⁸Omwe akhaba aleke kuba pomwe, tsono aphate basa, acimbacita bzabwino na manja yace, kuti akhale naco cakugwatirana naye omwe alibe. ²⁹Lireke kucoka fala lakuipa pamulomo panu, tsono lomwe lingakhale laphindu kuti lirimbise winango, malingana na kufunika, kuti lipase nkhombo kwa omwe anilibva. ³⁰Lekani kutsukwalisa Mzimu Wakucena wa Mulungu, omwe imwepo mudaikhidwa ninga cidindo m'paka ntsiku yakulomboledwa³¹Bzicoseni pa bzakuwawa bzentse, kupsa m'tima, ukali, phokoso na magunkha, ndipo na bzakuipa bzentse. Khalani wabwino ndipombo wacifundo winango na mwandzace, ³²mucimbalekererana, ninga momwe Mulungu adakulekererani mwa Krixtu.

Chapter 5

¹Tsono pakuti ndimwe wana wakufunika wa Mulungu m'tewezereni ndipo khalani mwa lufoyi, ²ninga Krixtu adatifunambo acibzipereka yekha kuna Mulungu thangwe la ife ninga cakupereka na ntsembe ya nunchi wabwino³Pakati panu paleke kuwoneka upombwe, napombo mtundu uli wentse wa bzakuipa ngakhale kusirira, ngakhale kubziguma pakati panu, pakuti bzinthu bzimwebzi n'bzakuthemera lini kuna wanthu wakucena. ⁴Lekani kulewa bza maika, nkhani zakusaya basa ngakhale bzakumpfendu, bzomwe n'bzakuthemera lini, tsono pambuto ya bzobzi mutende.⁵Pakati panu paleke kuwoneka upombwe, napombo mtundu uli wentse wa bzakuipa ngakhale kusirira, ngakhale kubziguma pakati panu, pakuti bzinthu bzimwebzi n'bzakuthemera lini kuna wanthu wakucena. ⁶Lekani kulewa bza maika, nkhani zakusaya basa ngakhale bzakumpfendu, ⁷bzomwe n'bzakuthemera lini, tsono pambuto ya bzobzi mutende.⁸Thangwe kale-kale mukhali m'dima, tsapano ndimwe ceza mwa Mbuya, khalani ninga wana wa ceza, ⁹Sabwa cisapo ca ceza ni ubwino, cirungamo na cadidi centse, ¹⁰ndipo pfundzani kuzindikira bzomwe n'bzabwino kwa Mbuya. ¹¹Lekani kucita mbali ku mabasa ya kusaya bzisapo ya mum'dima, tsono yaikheni pa ceza. ¹²Thangwe bzin'pasa manyazi kubzilewa bzinthu bzomwe iwo ambacita mwakubisala.¹³Tsono bzinthu bzentse bzomwe bziniyikhidwa pa ceza bzimbawonekera, sabwa ceza cimbawonesa bzinthu bzentse. ¹⁴Ndipopo bzidalewedwa kuti: Muka iwe omwe udagona, lamuka pakati pa wakufa ndipo Krixtu an'dzakubvunika¹⁵Khalani na cheru pa khalidwe lanu, lekani kukhala ninga wakusaya ndzeru, koma ninga adziwi, ¹⁶phatani nthawe, thangwe ni ntsiku za kuipa. ¹⁷Na tenepo lekani kukhala wakusaya ndzeru, koma nyang'anani kubvesesa cifuniro ca Mbuya.¹⁸Lekani kuledzera na vinyu, pakuti imbataikisa, tsono dzazidwani na Mzimu, ¹⁹mucimbalewa-lewa wina na mwandzace na masalimo, muciyimba na kutumbiza Mbuya na m'tima wentse na nyimbo za mumzimu, ²⁰mucimbatenda nthawe zentse kuna Mulungu Baba pa bzinthu bzentse mu dzina la Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu. ²¹Bzicepeseni kwa wina na mwandzace mwa kulemekeza Krixtu.²²Akazi bzicepeseni kuna amuna wanu ninga kuna Mbuya, ²³pakuti mwamuna ndiye msolo wa mkazi, ninga Krixtu ndiyembo msolo wa gereja na m'pulumusi wa thupi. ²⁴Na tenepo ninga gereja imbabzicepesa kuna Krixtu, tenepoyo akazi abzicepesembo kuna amuna wawo pa bzentse²⁵Amuna, funani akazi wanu, ninga momwe Krixtu adafunira gereja, ndipo adabzipereka thangwe ra gerejayo, ²⁶kuti akaipambule, wataicenesa mwa kuitsuka na madzi kudzera mu fala. ²⁷Ndipo kuti iwonekere kuna iye ninga gereja ya mbiri, yakusaya mathotho ngakhale tsinya, ayai cinthu ca kulingana nabzo, koma yakucena na yakusaya thangwe.²⁸Tenepombo amuna funani akazi wanu ninga thupi lanu cairo. Omwe an'funa mkazi wace an'bzifuna iye yekha. ²⁹Thangwe palibe na m'bodziyo adawenga kale thupi lace, tsono ambalidyesa acilikhongobza, ninga Krixtu ambacitambo kuna gereja, ³⁰pakuti ndife bziwalo bza thupi lace.³¹Ndipopo mwamuna an'dzasiya baba na mai wace acikaphatana na mkazi wace, ndipo awiriwo an'dzakhala thupi libodzi. ³²Cintsintsi cimweci n'cikulu, tsono ine ndiri kulewa bza Krixtu na gereja. ³³Na tenepo imwembo m'bodzi na m'bodzi afune mkazi wace ninga ambabzifunira iye yekha, ndipo mkazi alemekeze mwamuna wace.

Chapter 6

¹Wana bverani azibaba wanu mwa Mbuya, pakuti bzimwebzi n'bzabwino. ²“Lemekeza baba wako na mai wako” (umweyu ni m'temo wakuyamba una cipiciro) ³“kuti bzikufambire bwino, ndipo ukhale na moyo utali pa dziko”.⁴Ndipo imwe azibaba, lekani kukalipisa wana wanu, tsono alereni mu cipfundziso na ciyeruzo ca Mbuya.⁵Anyagrinya, bverani azimbuya wanu wa pantsi muciwalemekeza na kuwatetemerera, na kukhulupirika m'tima mwanu, ninga mulikubvera Krixtu. ⁶Abvereni iwo lekani kuwakondweresa mwacipha-maso, koma ninga anyagrinya wa Krixtu, kucita cifuniro ca Mulungu na m'tima wentse. ⁷Tumikirani azimbuya wanu na cifundo cabwino, ninga kutumikira Mbuya, sikuti kuna wanthu nee, ⁸mucimbadziwa kuti m'bodzi na m'bodzi akacita cinthu cabwino an'dzatambira cimweco kuna Mbuya, ngakhale nyagrinya ayai mpfulu.⁹Ndipo imwe azimbuya citani bzibodzi-bodzibzo kuna iwo, muleke kuwagopsa, pakudziwa kuti Mbuya wa iwo ngakhale wanu, ali kudzulu, ndipo Iye ambaponderera lini munthu¹⁰Pakumalizira limbisidwani kucokera mwa Mbuya ndipo mu mphambvu za ulemerero bwace. ¹¹Bvalani bzombo bzentse bza nkhondo bza Mulungu, kuti mukhale wakulimbika pa bzakupumpsa bza Dyabu¹²Thangwe nkhondo yathu njakumenya lini kuna wanthu, koma kumenya kuna utongi na ulamuliro, kuna wakukunda dziko lino la m'dima, kuna mphambvu za mizimu yakuipa mumbuto za kudzulu. ¹³Na tenepo, bvalani bzombo bzentse bza nkhondo bza Mulungu, kuti mukhale wakulimbika pa ntsiku yakuipa, ndipo mwatamala kucita bzentse pitirizani kukhala dzololo.¹⁴Khalani wakulimbika ndipo mumange cadidi ninga bhande m'ciuno mwanu, mubvale cirungamo ninga cakukhocherera pacifuwa panu. ¹⁵Bvalanimbo kuminyendo kwanu kukondzeka kwa mafala ya m'tendere. ¹⁶Tengani nthawe zentse cikhulupiriro ninga m'khochero omwe mungadzathimire misewe yentse yakugaka ya wakuipayo.¹⁷Mubvalembo cipulumuso ninga capeu na Mzimu ninga cisenga comwe ni Fala la Mulungu. ¹⁸Pembani mwa Mzimu nthawe zentse, na mapembo yentse mucikumbira. Mucikhala nabzo mum'tima,¹⁹Mundipembererembo ine, kuti ndikafungula mulomo wangu ndipasiwe fala kuti ndidziwise mwakutsudzuka cintsintsi ca mafala yabwino. ²⁰Thangwe la iyo ndine muyimiriri wam'kawoko. Pembani kuti, pakupitiriza mwa Iye, ine ndilewe-lewe mwakulimba m'tima ninga momwe ningacitire.²¹Tikiko, m'bale wakufunidwa ndipo nthena yakukhulupirika ya Mbuya, in'dzakudziwisani bzentse bza ine, ndipombo khalidwe langu ni liponi ndipo n'ciyani comwe ndirikucita. ²²Ndam'tuma kuna imwe thangwe ra bzimwebzi, kuti mudziwe tiri tani ndipo kuti iye akukhwimiseni.²³M'tendere ukhale na imwe abale, lufoyi na cikhulupiriro kucokera kuna Mulungu Baba na Mbuya Jezu Krixtu. ²⁴Nkhombo zikhale kuna wentse wale womwe an'funa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu na lufoyi lakusaya kumala.

Colossians

Chapter 1

¹Pauri, muphostori wa Jesu Kristu nge kuda kwa Mwari, na Thimoti, hama yedu, ²kuti vatswene ne hama vadikanwa muna Kristu, vari mu Corose. Nyasha kwomuri ne ugare kubva kuna Mwari Baba wedu. ³Tinopa nyasha kuna Mwari, Baba wa Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu, nenguva dzeshe tishamunamatiravo.⁴Isusu takazkwa kutenda kwenyu muna Kristu neRudo romunaro kuva tswene weshe vaMwari, ⁵ngekuda kwekugarira kwakamuemera kudenga. pakutanga makazkwa ngekuda kweku garira mu shoko rechokwadi, Evangeri, ⁶rakaguma kwomuri. Nokutiwo riri kubara muchero neku kura mu nyika yeshe, ne kwomuri, kutangira pamazua emakarizkwa nekuzia nyasha yaMwari muchokwadi.⁷Iri Ivangeri remakadzidza na Epafres, mudikanwa wedu muperekedzi, uyo ari minista yaKristu, anoti fevera. ⁸Ena wakati erengedza ngekuda kwerudo renyu muMweya.⁹Nge kuda kazvo, nesuwo, kutangira pamazua etakazua, atina kumbo ema kunamata neku kumbira kuti kudzare neruziwo rekuda kwenyu, mukuzia nekufunga mu Mweya. ¹⁰Isusu tino namata kuti muhambe muchokwadi munaMwari, kuti adakare muzweshe, echibara neku kura muruziwo ramwari pamabasa eshe.¹¹Tinonamata kuti muguinyiswe nge simba reshe, ngekudankwe simba re girori, pakuguinyisira nekuemera kweshe. ¹²Tinonamata kuti mupe nyasha kuna Mwari nge mufaro, wakamu nasirira kuti muachire diwi rimwe re nhaka ye watswene pa chienda.¹³Ena wakatibvisa muSimba reRima nekuti twara ku umambo we Mwanakomana wake aano disisa. ¹⁴Vatinaye ruregerero, ndizvo ruregerero re zwitadzo.¹⁵Ena ihope yaMwari Asinga woneki, dhangwe re zwisikwa zweshe. ¹⁶Ndizvo, kwaari, zwiro zweshe zwakasikwa, zwoda kudenga ne panyika, zwinooneka nezwisika oneki; muhumambo, kana muutongi, zwiro zweshe zwakasikwa ndiye nekutizwe kwaari. ¹⁷Ena matangiro ezviro zweshe, nezviro zweshe zwakaunzwa ndiye.¹⁸Ena musoro yo Mwiri, uri chiara. Ena maambo, dhambwe pakati pevakafa; nokudaro, Ena uri pekutanga pazwiro zweshe. ¹⁹Ngekuti, wakadakadza Mwari pazweshe , akagara mwaari, ²⁰nekutizwe wainga akaita runyararo nge ngazi yepamuchinjiko wake, ngekubudikidza kwake, zwirwgererei pachenyu pazweshe, kuda munyika kana mudenga.²¹Nemwiwo kare mwainga vapara nemagaa mukupinimidza kwenyu, mwechiita mushando yakashata. ²²Zvino wakaiyanisa munyama yemuiri wake kubudikidza ngokufa, kuti amuise muri vakacheneswa nevasina ndaa, musikashooreki pamberi pake, ²³kudai mwechiangira kugara mwakadzimikwa nokugwinyiswa mukugonda, musikatsukunuswi kubva mugonda remwakagondiswa ngevhangeri remwakazwa, iro rakachumairwa kunezvisikwa zveshe pashi pomudenga. Inini, Phauri, ndakaitwa mushandiri waro vhangeri iri.²⁴Zvino ndinodakara mukutambudzika kwangu ngendaa yenyu, ndechizadzisa munyama yangu icho chakasarira chemadambudziko aKristu ngendaa yomuiri wake, kuronza, chiara. ²⁵Inini ndakaitwa mushandiri kudai ngoungwariri wakapuwa kwendiri ndiMwari ngendaa yenyu, kuzadzisa izwi raMwari kuti rinase kuziikanwa. ²⁶Mushamiso wainga wakafishwa kubvira pakutanga kumibarirwana yeshe, asi zvino waoneswa kunevatswene vake. ²⁷Kwavari Mwari wakatsanangura kuti avaziise icho chiri upfumi hwouthende wechakafishika pakati pevemadzinza, ndiye Kristu mukati mwenyu, gonda routhende.²⁸Uyo Ndiye wetinochumaira, techipanga munhu weshe nokudzidzisa munhu weshe muungwaru hweshe, kuti tiunze munhu weshe akaperera munaKristu. ²⁹Ngekuti ndizvo izvi zvendinoshandawo, ndechitambudzika ngesimba rake iro raakafemera mukati mwangu ngesimba.

Chapter 2

¹Ngokuti ndinoda kuti muzie kuti kukura kwakaitawani kwokutambudzika kwendinakwo ngendaa yenyu, nendaa yaavo vari muRaodhisia, naavo veshe vasati vatongoona hope yangu ngokwenyama, ²kuti mwoyo yavo igwinyiswe nokubatana pamwepo murudo, kuti vawe neupfumi weshe wekuzwisisa wakakwana nokuwa neruziyo rechakafishika chaMwari, zvinoronza Kristu emene,. ³mwaari kwakafishwa upfumi weshe weungwaru neweruziyo.⁴Ndinoronza izvi kuti kusazoapo naumwe unozomuchengedzera ngemazwi ourimbwi. ⁵Ngokuti kunyazwi ndisipo ngomuiri, asi ndinemwi mumweya, ndechidakara, ndechiningirakuzwanana kwenyu nokugwinya kwokugonda kwenyu munaKristu.⁶Sezvamwakaashira Kristu Jesu Mambo, angirai kupona mukati mwake, ⁷munenzindedzakadzimikwa nokuakwa mukati mwake, mwechigwinyiswa mukugonda, kudaingezvemwakadzidziswa, mwechizadzwa ngokubonga.⁸Ngwarai kuti asazoapo naumwe unomushaishira ngoungwaru wevanhu nokuchengedzera ngezvisina shkwiro, kuteera mishuma yevanhu, kudai ngokudzidzisa kwomweya yemunyika, haiwa kwaKristu. ⁹Ngokuti mwaari munekuperera kweshe kwoUmwari kunogara mumuiri.¹⁰Mwaari imwimwiwo muri vakaperera, uwo uri soro padera pevatongi veshe nepadera pevanesimba. ¹¹Mwaariwo imwimwi mwakachekwa ngokuchekwa kusikaitwi ngenyara, ngokubviswakwomuiri wenyama, mukuchekwa ukwo kuri kwaKristu. ¹²Apo pemwakaigwa pamwepo nayemurubhabhatidzo, rwemwakamuswazve pamwepo naye kubudikidza ngokugonda musimbaraMwari uwo wakamumusa kubva kwevakafa.¹³Pemwaiya vakafa mukupauka kwenyu nokusikachekwa kwenyama yenyu, Mwariwakamuita kuti mupone pamwepo naye, apo paakatikungurira kupauka kwedu kweshe, ¹⁴atsukutidza chisungo chakanyorwa cheMupango, icho chakatiitira ndaa nemutemo yacho chinopesana nesu; naye wakachibvisa munjira, akachikohomera pamuchinjiko. ¹⁵Wakadusapo vatongi nevane simba, akavabudisa pamhene, echivanyisa ndiwo.¹⁶Ndizvo musatendera munhu kuti amutonge ngendaa yezvokudya nokuti zvokumwa nokuti ngendaa yemishongano yokurha nokuti yokutawa kwomwedzi nokuti yemaSabatha. ¹⁷Izvo zviri bvuri rezvinouya, asi muiri ngewaKristu.¹⁸Musatendera naumwe kuti amukorerese kuashira chipo chenyu ngokudzipfaisa ngamaune nokudira ngirosi, echibatisisa kuneizvo zvaakaona, echidzikudza kusina shwiro ngomupinimidzo wenyama, ¹⁹asikanasi kubatirira kuSoro, kweriri muiri weshe unonasa kugutswa nokugwinyiswa ngenhengo nemidzira, unokura ngokukuriswa ndiMwari.²⁰Kudai mwakafa pamwepo naKristu kubva kuzvidzidziso zvokutanga zvenyika, munodzipfaisangenyi kungwarira zviemeso, kudai ngevachapona ngezvomunyika? ²¹Izvo zvinoti, “Musabata,musaraira, musagwama.” ²²Mutemo iyi yeshe inoereketa ngezviro zvinopera ngokushandiswa;ndiyo mupango nezvidzidziso zvevanhu zvega. ²³Zviro zvakadai ngegwinyiso zvinoonekazvakadai ngezvinoungwaru mukudira kwokuda nokudzipfaisa nokurekeredza muiri; asi azvinasimba rokunyisa kuda kwenyama.

Chapter 3

¹Ndizvo kudai mwakamuswa pamwepo naKristu, tsvakai zviro zviri padera, apo pana Kristu, akagara ngokumudyo kwaMwari. ²Emesai mipinimidzo yenyu kunezviro zviri padera, haiwa kuzviro zviri munyika, ³ngokuti imwimwi mwakafa, nokurarama kwenyu kwakafishwa pamwepo naKristu munaMwari. ⁴Apo Kristu uwo uri kurarama kwenyu ooneswa, munozoonekawo pamwepo naye muuthende.⁵Ndizvo urayai zviemuriro zvenyu zvenyika: kuomba, kusikasukika, kuemura kwomuiri,kudisisa zvakashata nokuemura pfuma, ukwo kuri kudira muedzaniso. ⁶Ngendaa yeizvi zviroushungu hwaMwari hunouya padera peavo vokusikapurutana. ⁷Kwezviri imwimwiwomwakahamba mukati mwazvo kare, apo muchagara mukati mwazvo. ⁸Asi zvino imwimwiwo rashai zviro zveshe izvi: kutseneka, ushungu, kunyenya, kutuka nekureketa zvinotdanisa ngemiromo yenyu.⁹Musanyeperana, kwechioneka kuti mwakarasha munhu wekare nezviito zvake, ¹⁰nemwi mwakadzipfekedza munhu mutsva, uwo unomusirirwa muruziyo kuti aedzane nemuedzaniso wouwo wakamusika. ¹¹Apachina muGiriki nokuti muJudha, wakachekwa nokuti usikazi kuchekwa, wenyika mukanza, muSkuthia, hloko nowakasununguka. Asi Kristu ndiye zveshe nomukati mwazvo zveshe.¹²Ndizvo, kudai ngevakatsanangurwa vaMwari, vakacheneswa nevanodikanwa, pfekai pachenyu mwoyo wokuzwira urombo, nyasha, kunaaniswa, kupfaa nokusengerera. ¹³Mwechisengerera umwe noumweni, mwechirekererana, kuti aripo munhu unendaa kunoumweni; kudai ngezvaakamurekerera Mambo, ndizvo nemwiwo munosisira kurekererana. ¹⁴Kupinda izvi zveshe, dzipfekedzei ngorudo, rinosungira zviro zveshe pamwepo mukunyarara kwakaperera.¹⁵Tenderai kuti kunyarara kwaKristu kutonge mumwoyo yenyu; ndikwo kwemwakadaidzirwa mumuiri umwe. Mwechibonga. ¹⁶Izwi raKristu ngarigare mukati mwenyu ngokuwandisa, mwechidzidzisana nokupangana umwe noumweni muungwaru weshe; mwechibonga mumwoyo yenyu embai nduyo, ngoma nengoma dzoMweya kunaMwari. ¹⁷Kunyazwi chiinyi chemunoita, ngeizwi nokuti ngomushando, itai zviro zveshe ngezita raMambo Jesu, mwechibonga kunaMwari Baba kubudikidza ndiye.¹⁸Vakadzi, farirai vamuna venyu, kudai ngezvinosisira vari muna Mambo. ¹⁹Vamuna, idai vakadzi venyu, musaita ushungu kwavari. ²⁰Vana, yaeyai vabari venyu pazveshe, ngokuti ichi chiri mushando wenyu unodakadza Mambo. ²¹Madzibaba, musatsenesa vana venyu, kuti mwoyo yavo isazopera simba.²²Hloko, yaeyai madzimambo enyu omunyika ngezviro zveshe, haiwa ngokurindwa, kudai ngevanodakadzisa vanhu, asi ngemwoyo weshe, mwechitya Mambo. ²³Kunyazwi chiinyi chemunoita, shandai ngemwoyo, kudai ngevanoshandira Mambo, haiwa vanhu. ²⁴Mwechizia kuti munozoashira musharo wenhaka kubva kunaMambo. Munoshandira Mambo Kristu. ²⁵Ngekuti ena unoita zvakashata unozoashira zvakashata zvaakaita, akuna musananguro.

Chapter 4

¹Madzimambo, itirai hloko dzenyu izvo zvakanaka nezvinoedzana, mwechizia kuti imwimwiwo munaMambo mudenga.²Angirai mukukumbira, mwechirinda murimwo ngokubonga. ³Panguva imweyo mwechitikumbirirawo kuti Mwari atibeurire musiwo weizwi, kuti tirekete chakafishika chaKristu, chendiri muzvisungo ngendaa yacho, ⁴nyengeterai kuti ndinase kuchionesa pamhene kudai ngezvendinofanira kuti ndirekete.⁵Hambai muungwaru kwavari vari kubanze,mwechitenga mukuwo. ⁶Kureketa kwenyu ngakuwe nenyasha nguva dzeshe, kwechirungwangomunyu, kuti muzie njira inosisira kupingurana ndiyo umwe kuno umweni.⁷Thichikusi unozomuronzera mashoko eshe ngendaa yangu; uwo uri hama unodikanwa,mushandi unogondeka, mungani wedu unoshanda pamwepo neni munaMambo. ⁸Ndamutumirakwomuri ngeiyi ndaa, kuti muzie ngokugara kwedu nokugwinyisa mwoyo yenyu. ⁹UnouyayonaOnesimusi, hama inogondeka neinodikanwa, uwo uri umwe wenyu. Vanozomuronzera zveshezvinoitwa pano.¹⁰Aristakhusi mungani wangu muubhanditi unomutambisa, naMarako muzukuru waBhanabhasi (uwo wemwakaashira kupangwa ngendaa yake; kudai echiguma kwomuriyo mumuashire.), ¹¹NaJesu unozwi Justusi unomutambisa. Avo ndivo vanhu vega vakachekwa pakati pevangani vangu vendinoshanda navo muumambo waMwari, navo vakandiembedzera.¹²Ephafrasi, umwe wenyu, muranda waKristu Jesu, unomutambisa. Nguva dzeshe unomutambudzikira mukukumbira kwake ngendaa yenyu, kuti mueme mwakaperera mwechizia ngegwinyiso icho chiri kuda kwaMwari. ¹³Ngokuti ndinoita chapupu ndiye kuti unomushandira kukuru naavozve vari muRaodhisia nevari muHieraporisi. ¹⁴Ruka, dhokodheya unodikanwa naDhemasi vanomutambisa.¹⁵Tambisai hama dziri muRaodhisia, naNyumufa nechiara chiri mumhatso yake. ¹⁶Naapo iyi tsamba yadzidzwa pakati penyu, itaizve kuti idzidzwe muchiara chevaRaodhisia; kuti nemwiwo mudzidze tsamba inobva Raodhisia. ¹⁷Mwechironzera Akhipusi kuti, “Ngwara kuti upedzise mushando wowakaashira kubva kunaMambo.”¹⁸Inini, Phauri, ndanyora kutambisa uku ngenyara yangu yemene. Karakadzai maketani angu. Nyasha ngadzigare nemwi.

1 Thessalonians

Chapter 1

¹Phaulo, Silvano naTimotio, ngonguereke ya thesalonika, munaMwari Baba, no Mambo Jesu Kristo; Nyasha noUnyararo kwamuri.²Itusu tinotenda Mwari kuna imwimwi mwese, kumuchowedjera munamato vedu. ³Nokurangarira kwedu, pamberi paMwari Bhaba, noBasa nokugonda kwenyu, no mabasa no kudha kwenyu nochigarano no kushinga kwenyu muna Jesu Kristo.⁴Tinoziva, hama djinodika naMwari, itusu tinozwidziva kuti iena vakamusana, ⁵Ngokuti vangueri redu ariziwi kuguma kuna imwimwi no mazwi, no simba remweia mutwene ngokuti rese rokuti mazwi vaya ngookadi, munodziwa vanarume vanga pakati patiri, vai ita noudakari vedu vakadhakadja.⁶Imwimwi kuti muite vatewedjeri wo Mambo, kuashira mazwi nokudhakara kwa Mweia Mutsene, ngokuti zwichaishe zwakavanda. ⁷Nadzonadzo mwakapanguidja kuna vese vatendi va Masedhonia noAkaia.⁸Nopakati pamuri, mazwi aMambo vanochiparadjana, ngoMasedhoniya noAkaia, nondawa ymwe, kugonda kwenyu naMwari vanotchiita. Naedzonazwo atidhi kuwerekweta chiro. ⁹Ivona kamare warikuwerekweta tinga ita kungana itusu na imwimwi mwakadhawira Mwari weuphenyu vakanaka, ¹⁰Mwechigarira Mwana wakwe, etchiva kudhenga, wakamuka pakufa: Ndiena Jesu, anotihonera

Chapter 2

¹Imwimwi munozviziva, hama, noKuonana kwedu naimwimwi akuzvivi kwamahala. ²Munoziva kuti takatambijika nyajiwa ngozvonyova muFhilipo. Nokudaro takabatana muna Mwari wedu tidjidjisane noVangeri rake kuna itusu, noPakati noPakakura.³Ngokuti ngozviro zvedu azvisi zviro zvokuchata, nezvokuchegejia, neZvokunhepa. ⁴Asi, takatendewa, ndiMwari nokuti vangeri ridikwe, dari tirikuwereketa, azviviri kudhakajisa kuna varume, asi kuna Mwari. Iena anovona moyo jedu.⁵Ngokudaro atizivi kumbodira mazvi akanaka okumuchengwedja imwimwi. ⁶Atizivi kutsawanga imwimwi kana muvane mare. Mwari ichapupu zvondozvo. Atitsaki tchigare choVarume, neKuna imwimwi.⁷Zwichiadaropi, takari tiri vandhu kuana imwimwi, no djimai rimwe veitambuja vana vake. ⁸Ngazwimwezwo, ngondava yo zwiitiso kwamuri, tainga takagarisika patakazwa naimwimwi richikaripi vanger raMwari basi, no undhu wedhu. nazwo mwaita vokudika kuna ituso. ⁹Hamadiwa, pachina kuthimwathimwa rangarirai basa redu naizwo tinobata usiku nomasikati kutgi tichaita nenga vaiya vakachatihwa kwamuri. Panguva iya, taimuparijira vangeri ra Mwari.¹⁰Imwimwi munopupura kudai Mwari, ngokudaro patinogarisika pazwiya zwakachena nozwakanaka ndizwona zwakaanaka kuna imwimwi, kuti tendai. ¹¹Zwakadaro, zivai kuti tinowona umwe na umwe kuna imwimwi nenga baba nadjirira mwana wake, ¹²Dhakaranhi, mudjichikirire nokudjivangirira kuti urarame zwakanaka kuna Mwari, anomudainja kuUmamabo wake wou thende.¹³Ngokuda itusu tinotenda Mwari paiya, panoachira itusu mazwi awazwa, uchaatenda nenga mazwi omundhu , ngondava yokuti iona, mazwi a Mwari. aya ndiona mazwi anoitisa kuti utende.¹⁴Nokuti imwimwi, hama, mwakaita vatevereri vemuchiara raMwari Kristu Jesu; zviri muJudheya, nokuti mwakatambudjwua nozviro zvakatodjana ngevanhu venyika yenyu kudai ngezvevakatambudjwa avo ngevajudhea. ¹⁵Avo vakaenda vaJudeu vakamuraya veshe Manbo Jesu nevaProfeti. Vakati gogomera, vachingadakadzirMwari, vanorwisana noveshe vanarume; ¹⁶Vechitiranbisa kuvereketa kunavemadjindza kuti vaponeswe, ndizvo vechizadzisa chipimo chochishaishi kwavo ngenguva weshe asi ushungu hwaMwari hwakauya panber pavo pakupedjesera.¹⁹¹⁷Asi itisu hama, petakaparadzwa nemwi ngeguva choma, mokuonana kwomuiri , asi kwemoyo , takagaririra kuona hope yenyu ngokumushingirira kwakakura. ¹⁸Nokuti taida kuviya kwomuri, inini, Phauro, kamwe nekwechipiri, nasathani wakatipinga. Nokuti Manbo Jesu angazo wirira ngerapi gondisho redu kana kudakara kwedu nokuti dzungudza retinogadjwa ndiro? pamberi paMambo wedu Jesu pkuuya kwake andimwipi here. ²⁰Ngokuti imwimwi muno kuganha hwedu nokudara kwedu

Chapter 3

¹Ngokudaro,atishaidepi kukwanisazve, takazogara tega kuhAtena. ²Takazotuma hama yedu Timoti hama yedu arimushandi wakristo muvhangeri raKristo kuti amuguinhise nokuvanguisa muvhangeri raKristo pagonda renhu. ³Pakuti apana anowaniwa ngommatambujiko ondhoo. Ngokuti tahemesewa zvondhozho.⁴Ngomuchokwadi, Patainga Naimwimwi maitivhunja kuti tishito kuti tinozotanbudjika kutamujua zvakamboitikayazve,noku ti munozviziva. ⁵Ngokwazvo, pandajayida kukwanisha, Inini ndakamutuma kuti ndione gonda renhu inini ndaityia kuti mueji amueje, kuti basa redu rishande.⁶Asi wari,Timopti wawhirira kwatiri pamberi penhu, wakativisira masoko akanaka, ogonda renhu norudo, kuti nguva jese mutirangarirevo, tinoda kumuona kakurutu. ⁷Asi itsusu kwamuri. Ngokudaro hama tihembesenhi ngondava yo zvido zvedu nokutambujika kwedu ngogonda renhu.⁸Asi wari tinopona,kudai imwimwi makaperera paMambo. ⁹Asi tinobongesa kudinini Mwari kwamuri ngokudakara kwese ngokuti itusu tinodakara ngondava yenhu, pakati paMwari? ¹⁰Nousiku nomasikati nosimba tinonamata kuti tikwanise kuona mumeso menhu, tinoohona kukaraira kwenhu kogonda.¹¹Asi Mwari, Baba wedu, Mambo wedu Jesu, nasiriranhi guanja redu mbesa renhu. ¹²Kuti Mambo ngamukuje meipidirija rudo umwe kunoumweni, kwamuri mwese, kutojana kwedu naimwimwi; pakati pokuvanguisa moyo yenhu. ¹³Kuti mushapumbwa pautsene pakati pamwari wenhu Baba,pakuviya Mambo Jesu nohutsene wese.

Chapter 4

¹Ngokudaro,hama,ngozvasara kumushonipa nokumukuja paMambo Jesu, ngokuti takaashira Kwamuri kuti tifambe mukudakajisa Mwari ngokuti tirikufamba, ngatidaro nguva jese. ²Asi Munoziva mupango jamakapuwa na Mambo Jesu.³Asi uku kuda kwamwari; utsene wenhu, kuti mushaite shitema choumaponde, kuti ⁴Umwe naumwe azive kugara no mujiyo wake oustzene nokureremeja. ⁵kushiripi ngokuda kakashata, tenga vahedeni vashikazivi Mwari. ⁶Ngokudaro Apana anoctjengeja nokuzvinhirira hama yako, ngokuti Mambo indiena anotambuja. pazvese ngokuti tichito takananga topekeja chapupu.⁷Asi Mwari azivi kutidanja kukushata, Asi wakatidainja kuhuzvene. ⁸Ngokudaro anoramba achiripi mundhu, Asi kwaMwari, ngokuti wakamupavo Mweya mutsene.⁹Asi kurudo wamwari, azvidiki kuti nditare, Asi imwimwi jijiswanhi ndi mwari disananhi umwe kunoumweni. ¹⁰Ngokudaro, maita kudaro kuha jese jo masidona. ¹¹Asi, tinomunguaja kuti muite zvondhozvo. ¹²Zvanganhi kupona zvakanaka, mechita zvamunoda, mechishanda ngonhara jenhu, ngokuti takamuvhunja kare, kuti fambanhi mukushonipa novokunja, mushikadi tsiro.¹³Asi hama, atidi kuti mushaziva ngodava yovakafa, kuti mushazonhangajua tenga vamweni vashina ruvetero. ¹⁴Asi tatenda kuti jesu wakafa omuka, asi vakafa kuna Jesu, kwamwari vanozoviya naye ngopatsa. ¹⁵Asi tinonanga izvi ngomazvi ya Mambo Jesu, itusu tinosara tiripenhe mbpesa mukuviya kwake Mambo, atiendi tishito tafa.¹⁶Asi Mambo anozozaka mudenga edanjira noizvi guru Arikanjo Miguel no hwamanda wamwari, vakafa kuna Kristo vanomuka pakutanga. ¹⁷Goshikapiri itusu tiripenhe, tinozotohwa pamwepo naivona mumakore, kuti tionane na Mambo mumphepo, Ngokudaro tinozogara na Mambo kuenda nokuenda. ¹⁸Ngokudaro embeserananhi umwe kunoumweni ngomazvi

Chapter 5

¹Ngokudaro hama, ngokuti nomazuva vano azvidikani kuti itusu titarive. ²Apo imwimwi kamare munoziva kuti Mambo anodzoviya ninga mbava yousiku. ³Munga famba munoti:" Pano mutendere nokugadjana", apo, ngokuti, zwinomuwirira ngokuphatura, kudaro ninga kuwadja pokubhara ninga vuyana vano bhara. I pana umwe atchakwicha.⁴Nokuti imwimwi, hama, amuripi pachidima nokuti zuva rimugumire kudai ngenbavha ⁵Nokuti imwimwi mweshe muri vana vokujeka nomasikati , asi nousiku nokuti pashidima. ⁶Naapo wari tisaatia kudai ngevzevanoita, vamweni asi ngatiranbe techirinda, tingware. ⁷Nokuti anovata, anovata noushiku, vanodakwua, vadakwua nousiku.⁸Ngokudaro itussu tirivana vomasikati, ngatigare takangurira, ngatisimire shigoko shorudo no gonda, nokuvetera kokuponesuwa kamanguna kudai koshigoko chedu, ⁹Ngokudaro asivi kutiemesera pashike, Asi kuti tiwane kuponesuwa pakati pa Mambo Jesu Kristo, ¹⁰Iena wakatifira, kuti, kurikwese takavata kana kumuka, kuti tipone pamwepo naeena. ¹¹Ngokudaro tinovangisana techivakana umwe kunoumweni izvo zvamakaita.¹²Hama, itusu takamukumbira, hama, kuti muzive anoshanda pakati penhu, kuti Amutaje nokumukhombija. ¹³Asi tikumbira kuti vamutaje ngokudakara, murudo ngodava yobasa ravo. Rabai noUnyarararo. ¹⁴Hama, itusu takamutcheudja, kuwagwisa wayana atchizivi kuwanga, kupanguira vakaremba wanasi kugara neVamweni.¹⁵Basopa kuti pachatika kushita ngokushaata, ngokuti ndakatevera kunaka, novamweni navese. ¹⁶Dakaranhi nguva yese. ¹⁷Kumbiranhi mushikarembi. ¹⁸Meshibonga ngozvese. Ngokuti kuda kwaMwari kwa Jesu Kristo kwamuri.¹⁹Musharipa kushata ngomweya. ²⁰mushaherusa shiprofeti. ²¹Tesitanhi zvese, meshita zvakanaka. ²²Zvishaitika kuwamuri zvakashata.²³Mwari endhoo orunhararo ngamushenese kuzvese. Asi mweya wenyu mwese, kutu mweya nomuviri ushengeteke nokutama kukhomju mukuvia kwaJesu Kristo. ²⁴Wakarurama ngawiya wakamudainja, iyenavo anozoitavo.²⁵Hama, namatanhi kwatiri. ²⁶Ctungamijananhi hama jese ngomuromo rakasheneswa. ²⁷ndonomutuma kunaMambo kuti tsamba iyi iverengwe no hama jese. ²⁸Nhasha jaMambo wedu Jesu Kristo ngajigare kwamuri.

2 Thessalonians

Chapter 1

¹Pauro muranda waMwari na timoti kusoto rotoreneka Kuna Mwari Baba wedu kuna Mambo Jesu Kristo. ²Ngakuviye Nhasha norunyararo kuna Mambo Jesu kristo.³Nguva yese ngatipire nhahsa kuna Mambo Jesu kuhama jedu, zvakanaka ngokuti gonda renhu rinokura kurudo renhu, ⁴Kuti atizvikuji mussoto ngodava yorusengerero renhu nogonda, muvangirire kuteverewa kwenhu, ⁵Ngokuti kutongua kwenhu kuvakarurama kuti muite vakarurama, kumambo wamwari, ngokuti ndakatambujuavo.⁶Ngokuti kakarurama kuripa kuvaia vanomushashira, ⁷Kavaia vanoshsaisha munoebesuwa ndisu kana Mambo waviya kuvha kudenga nogirosi joSimba rake, ⁸Nomulazvo omuriro veitamja vachikazvi Kristo, novachikatevereri vhangeri raMwari wedu.⁹Vanokhawiswa no kutambujua ndhambo na Mwari nouthende noSimba rake; ¹⁰Aviya kuti areremejuwe novatsene pazua ronaro zvinoshamisa kuva vese vanotenda (Nokuti chipupu chedhu kuna imwimwi zvakatendua).¹¹Ngokudaro nguva yese tinoreremeja kwa Mwari nokudaijua kukuteverera Simba rake nokudainjua ngobasa rogonda noSimba. ¹²Kuti zina raMambo Jesu Kristo wedu rikujue, Kuvha kunhasha jaMwari, noMambo Jesu Kristo.

Chapter 2

¹Vakoma tinomungaja ngondava yo kuviya kwamabo Jesu Kristo pakubatana kwedu nayena. ²Ngokuti amuzvizivi ngokukasika kuzua kwenhu mushaneseka mweya, wenhu ngondava yommazui akatawha kwatiri ngokuti mazuva aKristo aphedo.³Apana anomujengeja ngokuti azovi zuva kuti zvikuvandhu nokururama kuvakarasika. ⁴Vanomuka vedhanja Mwari ngokudaro vanozonamatwa vanozoga pateperi raMwari, vofanana naye.⁵Amucherechezi kuti mainga nainini ndeimvhunja zvonazvo? ⁶Wari mazviziva zvaitika kuti zviteketesue. ⁷Ngokuti rutongo roda kuitika, uya oda kuvhisua pakati.⁸Ngokuti anozoshandisua uya anozoparajua ndmwari, ⁹Ngophepo yomukanua make muviya kwake Satani anova nozvishamiso zvokunhepa, ¹⁰Nokujengejab kwese ngokuti avana rudo rokadi kuti vaponese.¹¹Ngokudaro Mwari anozotuma bhasa rakashata kuvaia vanoda zvokunhepa. ¹²Kuti vaende kugehena vashina zvokadi, asi vakazuwa tshumairo.¹³Asi nguva ese ngatipe nhasha jaMwari tivadikani vaVambo, Ngokuti Mwari wakasana kare pakuponesuwa pamwea; ¹⁴Okadi nogonda, pamakadainjua pakati povhangeri redu, Mambo Jesu Kristo. ¹⁵Ngokudaro, hama, ngarai, makaperera kuzvia zvamakajijisua kumazvi osamba yedu.¹⁶Ivona, Mambo wedu Jesu Kristo, Wedu Mwari naBaba, wedu wakatinda panhasha otipa ruvetero rorunhararo; ¹⁷Iyena ngaembesere moyo, jenhu nobasa .

Chapter 3

¹Kuzvizinji kozviro,vakoma tsumbiranhi kwatiri kuti mazvi aMambo agare kwandiri, kuti Akujue, Kudai pakati penhu; ²Kuti tisungunuke Kuvandhu vakashata,ngokuti gonda ariripi kuvandhu vese. ³Asi wakarurama ndimambo, kvauti vamuonerere nokushengeta kuvakashata⁴Tinotendera kuna Mambo kwamuri, kuti zvamukuita munoenderera mberi meshita izvo zvandinomutuma. ⁵Kuti Mambo amutungamirire Moyo Jenhu Kuti muite Rudo Kuna Mwari no Rusengerero Kuna Kristo.⁶Asi itusu tinomutuma, hama, noZina raMambo Jesu Kristo, kuti mugare ndhambo kuno vano famba vashina kurongeka, kushiripi komulairo ya takahashira. ⁷Ngokuti imwimwi munozviziva kuti tevejera, ngokuti itusu atina kutama kurongueka kwamuri; ⁸Ngokuti atizivi kuha mahara shingua, Asi ngobasa nokuremba takashanda no usiku no massikati, kuti tishanesua ngaumwe zvondhozvo, ⁹Ngokuti itusu taifamba pamufananijo venhu, kuti timutevejere.¹⁰Ngokuti patainga tesse taimuumiravo; ngokuti uwa Ashikadi kushanda, eshiphinginija Vamueni ashaha. ¹¹Ngokuti takazva kuti vamueni pakati penhu vaifamba vashina kurongeka, vashi kashandi, ¹²Asi veshipinginija bassa rovamueni asi vakadaro tino vatxunguja kuna Mambo wedhu Jesu Kristo, kuti shandanhi mushikanesi vamueni muhe sadja renhu.¹³Kwamuri vakoma, musharemba, kuita zvakanaka. ¹⁴Asi kuno viya ashikazvi mazwi o tsamba iyi, eshi ngajua mushazobatana naye, kuti atweruke; ¹⁵Mushazomutaja seimuvengi, asi muitennhi arihamaenhu.¹⁶Asi muari horunhararo ngamupe runhararo. Mambo ngagare kwamuri mese. ¹⁷Kutxungamija konhara jangu, pauro, kusaina kwangu phatsamba yangu yese, kudhai ndinotara. ¹⁸Nhasha jamambo Jesu Kristo ngajigare kwamuri. Amen

1 Timothy

Chapter 1

¹Pauro, muapositora waShe Kristu Jesu nekuraira kwaMwari, Muponesi wedu, naKristu Jesu, tariro yedu, ²kunaTimotio, mwana wangu chaiye pakutenda: Nyasha, nengoni, nerugare, zvinobva kunaMwari Baba, naKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu ngazvive newe.³Sezvandakakumbira zvikuru kwauri, ndechienda Makedhonia, ndinoti, usare paEfeso, kuti uraire vamwe varegere kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso. ⁴Kana kurangarira ngano nemazitaemadzitetegeru asingaperi, zvinongomusa nharo, zvisingatendisi zvakarairwa naMwari, zviri mukutenda.⁵Asi chinovavarirwa nemurairo ndirwo rudo rInobva pamoyo wakachena, nepahana yakanaka, nepakutenda kusinganyengeri. ⁶Vamwe vakarashika pazvinhu izvi, vakatsaukira mukutaurakusinamaturo; ⁷vechitsvaka kuti vave vadzidzisi vemurairo, vasingazii zvevanoreva kana zvevanosimbisa. ⁸Asi tinoziva kuti murairo wakanaka kana munhu achiita nawo sezvinoreva murairo.⁹Nokuti tinoziya kuti: murairo hauna kuitirwa wakanaka, asi vasinehanya nemurairo, nevasingateereri, nevasingadi Mwari, nevatadzi, nevasiri vatsvene, nevasinehanya naMwari, nevanorova madzibaba, nevanorova madzimai,nevanouraya vanhu, ¹⁰navanopombora nevarume,navanoba vanhu, nevanonyepa, nevanopika nhema, uye kana chimwe chirikochinopesana nedzidziso yakanaka. ¹¹Sezvinoreva evhangeri yekugwinya kwaMwari wemufaro, yendakapuwa inini.¹²Ndinobonga Kristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, wakandipa simba, nekuti wakati ndakatendeka, akandiisa pabasa rake. ¹³Kunyange ini ndaimhura Mwari kare, nemutambudza ndechiteera vanhu zvakaipa, asi ndakaitirwa ngoni, nokuti ndakanga ndechizviita nekusaziva pakusatenda. ¹⁴Asi nyasha dzaShe wedu dzakawanda zvikuru nokutenda, nerudo ruri munaKristu Jesu.¹⁵Iri shoko rinofanira kutendwa kwazvo, kuti: Kristu Jesu wakauya panyika kuzoponesa vatadzi avo, inini ndiri mukuru wavo. ¹⁶Asi nazvo ndakaitirwa ngoni, kuti Jesu Kristu aratidze moyo wake weshe murefu mandiri, inini mukuru wevatadzi, kuti ndiee chiratidzo kuna vanozotenda kwaari, zvinovaisa kuupenyu bwusingaperi. ¹⁷Hino ena Mambo asingaperi, asingafi, asingawonekwi, Mwari umwe wega, wakachenjera ngaave nokukudzwa nokuewinya nokusingaperi-peri. Ameni.¹⁸Ndinokupa basa iri, iwewe Timotio, mwana wangu, kuti sezvazvakaprofitwa kare pamusoro pako, urwe pfumo rakanaka mazviri. ¹⁹Wakabata kutenda nehana yakanaaka; iyo yakarashwa nevamwe, vakarashikirwa nekutenda, ²⁰vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naArekizandro, vandakaisa kunaSatani, vadzidziswe kuti varegere kumhungura Mwari.

Chapter 2

¹Nazvo pakutanga kwezveshe ndinoraira kuti vanhu veshe vakumbirirwe, vanyengetererwe, varevererwe, vabongerwe; ²madzimambo, eshe vari vakuru, kuti tigare nerugare nekunyarara pakunamata Mwari kweshe, nemugarire unokudzwa. ³Ndizvo zvakanaka, zvinofadza pamberi paMwari, Muponesi wedu. ⁴Uyo unoda kuti vanhu veshe vaponeskwe, vaswike pakuziva chokwadi.⁵Nokuti kuna Mwari mumwe chete, noMureveri mumwe chete vo, pakati paMwari nevanhu, ndiye munhu Kristu Jesu. ⁶Wakazvipa ena, kuti awe rudzikinuro rweveshe, chive chapupu panguva dzakafanira. ⁷Ichokwadi, handinyepi, kune chinangwa chandakaitirwa muparidzi nemuapositora nemudzidzisi wevahedheni pakutenda nechokwadi.⁸Ndinoda kuti varume vanyengetere panzvimbo dzeshe, vachisimudza mavoko matsvene, vasina kutsamwa nenharo. ⁹Saizvo, kuti vakadzi vashonge ngubo dzakafanira, vanekunyara nokuzvidzora; vasina nevhudzi rakarukwa, nendarama, kana maparera, kana ngubo dzinorha mari jinji. ¹⁰Asi ngavapfeke mabasa akanaka, sezvinofanira vakadzi vanoti tinonamata Mwari.¹¹Mukadzi ngaadzidze nekunyarara nokudzviisa pachi kweshe. ¹²Asi handitenderi mukadzi kuti adzidzise, kana kuti ave nesimba pamusoro pomurume, asi ngaanyarare.¹³Nokuti Adhamu wakatanga kuvumbwa, tevere Evha. ¹⁴NaAdhamu haana kunyengerwa, asi mukadzi wakanyengerwa akapinda pakudarika. ¹⁵Asi uchaponeswa nokubereka vana, kana vechirambira mukutenda nerudo, neutsvene pamwepo.

Chapter 3

¹Ishoko rechokwadi, rokuti: kana munhu echitsvaka basa remutariri, unoda basa rakanaka. ²Nazvo mutariri unofanira kuva munhu usina chaangapomerwa, murume wemukadzi umwe chete, wakangwara, wakachenjera, unomugarire wakafanira, unoitira vamweni rudo, unoziya kudzidzisa. ³Usingadi waini, usingarwi, asi munyoro, usinegakava, usingakariri mare.⁴Unobata imba yake zvakanaka, anevana vanozwisisa pasi nemugarire weshe unokudzwa. ⁵kana munhu asingazii kubata imba yake, ungachengeta sei chiara chaMwari.⁶Ena asava mutendi mutsva, kuti aregere kuzvikudza, akawira mukutongwa kumwe naDhiabhorosi. ⁷Uyezve, unofanira kupupurirwa zvakanaka nevari kunze, kuti aregere kuwa nokubatwa nemusungo waDhiabhorosi.⁸Saizvo vashumiri ngavave vanokudzwa, vasinamazwi maviri, vasingamwi waini jinji, vasingakariri fuma yakaipa. ⁹Vanochengeta zvakavanzika zvokutenda muhana yakanaka. ¹⁰Navo ngavatange kuedzwa vo pakutanga, kubva papo vashumire, kana vasina chavangapomerwa.¹¹Vanhu kadzi ngavave vanokudzwa, vasingacheri vamwe, vakapora, vakatendeka pazveshe. ¹²Vashumiri ngavave varume vanomukadzi umwe chete, vanobata vana vavo nedzimbadzavo zvakanaka. ¹³Nokuti avo vakashumira zvakanaka, vanozviwanira zita rinokudzwa nokutsunga kukuru pakutenda kwavo munaKristu Jesu.¹⁴4 Zviro izvi zveshe ndinokunyorera, ndichiti ndichakurumidza kuuya kwauri, ¹⁵asi kana ndikanonoka, ndinoda kuti uzive kuti vanhu vanofanira kufamba sei mumba maMwari, iyo kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nechitsigiro chechokwadi.¹⁶Hakuna ungaramba kuti chakavanzika chokunamata chikuru kwazvo, chokuti: ''Ena Mwari wakakombidzwa panyama, akacheneswa pamweya, akavonekwa nevatumwa, akaparidzwa pakati pevahedheni, akatendwa panyika, akakwidzwa mukugwinya''.

Chapter 4

¹Mweya unoreketa pachena, kuti panguva dzinouya vamweni vachatsauka pakutenda, vachiteerera mweya inonyengera nedzidziso dzemweya yakaipa, ²vechinyengerwanevanonyepa, vakapiswa pahana dzavo.³Vona vanorambidza vanhu kuwanana, nokuraira kuti zvimwe zvekurha zviregwe, zvakasikwa naMwari, kuti zvigamuchirwe nokubonga nevanotenda, vanoziya chokwadi. ⁴Nokuti zveshe zvakasikwa naMwari zvakanaka, hakunachiro chingafanira kurashkwa, kana chechigamuchirwa nekubonga, ⁵nokuti chinoitwa chitsvene neshoko raMwari nokunyengetera.⁶Kana uchiyeudzira hama zviro izvi, uchava mushumiri wakanaka waKristu Jesu, wakarerwa nemashoko ekutenda nedzidziso yakanaka, yawakateera nemoyo weshe. ⁷Asi urambe ngano dzisine hanya naMwari nedzechembere. Uzvirovedze kunamata Mwari. ⁸Nokuti kurovedza muviri kunobatsira zvishoma hako, asi kunamata Mwari kunobatsira pazvinhu zveshe, zvakune chipikirwa cheupenyu wazvino neunouya.⁹Ishoko rechokwadi, rinofanira kutendwa kwazvo. ¹⁰Nokuti ndizvo zvatinotambudzikira nekurwira, nokuti tariro yedu iri kunaMwari mupenyu, Muponesi wevanhu veshe, zvikuru wavanotenda.¹¹Raira nokudzidzisa zviro izvi. ¹²Munhu ngaarege kuvapo unozvidza vadoko wako, asi uitire vanotenda makwara, pashoko nepamafambire, neparudo, nepaMweya nepakutenda, nepakuchena kwemoyo. ¹³Shingaira pakurava, nepakuraira, nepakudzidzisa, kusvikira ndo uya.¹⁴Usarega kuchengeta chipiwa chiri mauri, nekuporofita, nokuiswa mavoko evakuru. ¹⁵Shingairira zvinhu izvi, uzviite nemoyo weshe, kuti kupfurira mberi kwako kuvonekwe navanhu veshe. ¹⁶Uzvichengete nedzidziso yako. Urambire pazviro izvi, nokuti kana wechiita izvi, uchazviponesa iwewe nevanokuzwa.

Chapter 5

¹Usatuka murume achembera, asi umuraire sababa, nevadoko sevanukuna. ²Nevakadzi vakuru semadzimai, nevadoko sehanzvadzi nokuchena kwemoyo kweshe.³Kudza chirikadzi, dziri chirikadzi chaidzo. ⁴Asi kana chirikadzi inevana kana vazukuru, ngavatange vona kudzidza kunamata Mwari paimba yavo, vadzosere zvakafanira kuvabereki vavo, nokuti ndizvo zvinofadza Mwari.⁵Hino kana iri chirikadzi chaiyo, yakasiyiwa iri yega, ndiyo inovimba naMwari, inogara ichikumbira nokunyengetera usiku nemasikati. ⁶Asi yona inokarira zvinofadza yakafa, nhange ichiri mpenyu.⁷Raira vo zviro izvi, kuti varegere kuva nechavangapomerwa. ⁸Asi kana munhu asingachengeti vekwake, zvikuru veimba yake, warasha kutenda, wakaipa kukunda usingatendi.⁹Chirikadzi ngairegere kunyorwa zita, asi kana yasvika makore makumi matanhatu, yaiva mukadzi womurume mumwe chete. ¹⁰Inorumbidzwa pamusoro pemabasa akanaka, kana yakarera vana, kana yaifarira vamweni, kana yaishambidza tsoka dzevatsvene, kana yaibatsira vari munjodzi, kana yaishingairira mabasa eshe akanaka.¹¹Asi kune chirikadzi duku, urambe kuwana nadzo, nokuti kana dzopesana naKristu, dzotsvaka kuwanikwa. ¹²Zwakadaro, dzinobva nemhosva, nokuti dzaramba kutenda kokutanga. ¹³uye zve, dzinodzidza kuva novusimbe dzichipota nedzimba; hadzizi simbe bedzi, asi vaiti vo vemakuhwa, dzisingaregeri zvavamweni, dzichireketa zvisakafanira.¹⁴Nazvo, ndinoda kuti chirikadzi doko dziwanikwe, dzibereke vana, dzichengete dzimba dzadzo, kuti dziregere kupa muvengi nzira yokupomera nayo. ¹⁵Nokuti vamwe vatotsauka vechiteera Satani. ¹⁶Kana murume kana mukadzi mutendi anechirikadzi, ngadzibatsire, kereke irege kuremedzwa kuti igobatsira chirikadzi chaidzo.¹⁷7 Vakuru vanobata kereke zvakanaka ngavanzi vanofanirwa nekukudzwa kaviri, zvikuru avo vanobata pashoko napakudzidzisa. ¹⁸Nokuti Rugwaro runoti: Usasunga muromo wenzombeinopura; uye zve: Mubati wakafanirwa nomubairo wake.¹⁹Usangotenda mhaka inopomerwa mukuru, asi kana ichibva pamuromo yezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu. ²⁰Vanotadza uvarange pamberi peveshe, kuti vamweni vagotka.²¹Ndinokuraira kwazvo pamberi paMwari, naKristu Jesu, nevatumwa vakaketwa, kuti uchengete zvinhu izvi usingatongiusati wambozwa kwazvo, kana kuita chiro uchitsaura vanhu. ²²Usakurumidza kuisa maoko pamusoro pemunhu, kana kusangana pazvichaishi zvevamweni; uzvichengete kuti uve wakachena.²³Usaramba wechingomwa mvura bedzi, asi umwe waini shoma nokuda kemudumbu mako noutera wako wujinji. ²⁴Zvishaishi zvavamwe vanhu zvinovonekwa pachena, zvinotungamirira kutongwa kwavo vamwe zve vanoteverwa nazvo. ²⁵Saizvo kunamabasa akanaka anovonekwa pachena, neasina kudaro haangavazwi.

Chapter 6

¹Veshe vari varanda pasi pejoko, ngavati vatenzi vavo vanofanirwa nekukudzwa kweshe, kuti zita raMwari nedzidziso zviregere kuhungurwa. ²Avo vana vatenzi vanotenda, ngavaregere kuvazvidza zvedziri hama, asi zvikuru ngavavabatire, zvavari vatendi nevanodikanwa vanobatsirwa nekubata kwavo kwakanaka. Dzidzisa zvinhu izvi, uzviraire.³Kana kunomunhu unodzidzisa imwe dzidziso, asingabvumiri mashoko akatendeka, mashoko aShe wedu, Jesu Kristu, nedzidziso inofambirana nekunamata Mwari, ⁴unozvikudza, asingazii chiro, asi unokarira mubvunzo nenharo dzinomusa godo, negakava, nekutuka, nekufungidzira kwakaipa, ⁵nekukakavadzana kusingaperi kwevanhu vanomurangariro wakapodzwa, vakatorerwa chokwadi, vechiti kunamata Mwari ndizvo zvinopfumisa.⁶Asi kunamata Mwari pamwechete nekugutsikana nezvatinazvo ndizvo zvinopfumisa kwazvo. ⁷Nokuti atina kuuya nechiropanyika, hatigonivo kubuda tine chiro. ⁸Kunze kwazvo, kana tine zvokurha nezvokufuka, tichatenda nazvo.⁹Asi vanotsvaka kupfuma, vanowira mukuedzwa nemumusungo, nemukuchiva keupenzi kuzhinji kunokuadza, zvinonyudza vanhu mukuparadzwa nekurashwa. ¹⁰Nokuti kuda mari ndiko midzi wezvakaipa zveshe; vamweni vakati vechiida zvikuru vakatsauswa pakutenda, vakazvibaya neshungu jinji.¹¹Asi iwewe, munhu waMwari, tiza zviro izvi. Uteere kunasa nekunamata Mwari, nekutenda, nerudo, nokutsungirira, nounyoro. ¹²Urwe kurwa kwakanaka kekutenda, ubatisise upenyu usingaperi, wawakadanirwa kwabwuri, ukapupura kupupura kwakanaka pamberi pe zvapupu zvijinji.¹³Ndinokuraira pamberi paMwari, unopa zviro zveshe upenyu wazvo, nepamberi paKristu Jesu, wakapupura kupupura kwakanaka pamberi paPontio Pirato; ¹⁴kuti uchengete murairo, usina chaungapomerwa, kusvikira pakuonekwa kwaShe wedu, Jesu Kristu;¹⁵kwaachazoratidza panguva dzake,ena ega wakaropafadzwa newamasimbaose, Mambo wamadzimambo, Ishe wamadzishe. ¹⁶Ena ega usingafi, unogara pachiedza chisingakoni kutimunhu akwedere kwachiri; usina kumboonekwa nemunhu, uye usingakoni kuonekwa; kukudzwa nesimba risingaperi ngazvive kwaari. Ameni.¹⁷Reketera vafumi panyika apa, kuti varegere kuzvikudza, kana kuvimba nepfuma isingagari, asi naMwari, unotipa zveshe echiwanza, kuti tifare nazvo. ¹⁸Kuti vaite zvakanaka, vave vapfumi pamabasa akanaka, vafarire kupa vamwe, nokugovana. ¹⁹Vazvirongedzere nheyo dzakanaka dzenguva inouya, kuti vabatisise upenyu chaiwo.²⁰Timotio, chengeta icho chewakapiwa, ufuratire kutaura kusinehanya naMwari nokuramba kunobva pazivo inonzi zivo. Dziri nhema hadzo. ²¹Iyo yakapupurwa nevamweni, vakazorashikapakutenda. Nyasha ngadzive nemwi.

Titus

Chapter 1

¹Pawulo, nandza wa Xikwembu ni mupostola wa Yesu Kriste, nirhumiwile kuseketela kupfumela ka vanhu lavahlawuliweke hi Xikwembu, ni kuvapfuna kutiva ntiyiso lowujondzisiwaka hi vukhongeli bza hina, ²bzinga lebziyakiweke henhla ka kulangutela vutomi lebzingaheliki. Xikwembu lexingaliki na kuhemba xihitshembisile vutomi lebzi, na minkarhi yingasiva kona; ³kutani xibzihumesile rivaleni hi dlela ya kuchumayela, loko nkarhi lowunene wufikile, hikuva ninyikiwile mahungu lawa, hi kulerisa ka Xikwembu Muponisi wa hina.⁴Nitsalela Tito, n'wananga wa xiviri, kupfumeleni loku hinga nakona svin'we, nili: Timpsalu ni kurhula, asvive na wena, svihuma ka Xikwembu Tatana, ni ka Yesu Kriste Muponisi wa hina! ⁵Mhaka leyiyendleke lesvaku nikusiya le Kreta, aniyendlela lesvaku usala uhetisa lesvi asvahalava kululamisiwa, nasvona uhlawula vakulukumba va kereke doropeni rin'wana ni rin'wana. Tsundzuka lesvi nikuleriseke svona:⁶Mukulukumba afanela kuva munhu lweyi angaliki na xisandzu, anga ni nsati mun'we ntsena; vana va yena vafanela kuva vapfumeli, lavangasoliwiki hikolaho ka mahanyela ya vona ya mpfilumpfilu, ni kutiyalisa ka vona, ⁷hikuva bixopo wa kereke afanela kuva munhu wopfumala xisandzu, lesvi anga mulanguteli wa ntirho wa Xikwembu. Angatshuki ava munhu lweyi atikulisaka, kumbe munhu wa xikwatisana. Angavi lweyi atinyiketaka bzaleni, kumbe munhu wa vukarhi, hambi kunavela sva van'wana;⁸kambe afanela kuva munhu lweyi atsakelaka kuyamukela vayendzi, lweyi arhandzaka svilo lesvinene, lweyi atikhomaka, lweyi alulameke, lweyi ahlawulekeke, lweyi akotaka kutikhoma mahanyeleni ya yena; ⁹aave munhu lweyi anamarhelaka Rito leritshembekeke, lerifambelanaka ni lesvi svijondzisiwaka, atakota kutiyisa van'wana hi jondzo leyinga ya ntiyiso, nikukomba kuhoxa ka lava valwaka na yona.¹⁰Hikuva vatele lavatiyalisaka, ni kukanganyisa van'wana hi kuvulavula ka vona ka hava, ngopfungopfu xikarhi ka vapfumeli lavahumaka xiyudeni. ¹¹Svafanela lesvaku volavo vamiyetiwa, hikuva vakokela kule vanhu hinkwavu va minjangu yin'wana, vajondzisa lesvi vangafanelangiki kusvijondzisa, hi kunavela rifuwo rohomboloka.¹²Ku ni Mukreta, mun'we wa vaprofeta wa vona, lweyi angatshama aku: “Vakreta i vanhu va mavunhwa; i sviharhi lesvobiha, ni malolo lawa manga ni makolo.” ¹³Kunene lesvi asvivuleke svitiyile. Hikolaho wena ufanela kuvatshinya hi matimba, lesvaku vatava ni kupfumela loku kuhanyaka,¹⁴vatakala vangayingisi minkaringana ya xiyuda, ni kulerisa ka vanhu lavafularheleke ntiyiso.¹⁵Svilo hinkwasvu svitengile ka lava vatengeke; kambe aku na lexitengeke ka lavanyameke, ni ka lava vangapfumeliki, hikuva miyehleketo ya vona ni mapfalu ya vona svinyamisiwile. ¹⁶Hi milomo ya vona, vavula lesvaku vativa Xikwembu, kambe hi mintirho ya vona vaxilandzula. Hikolaho vanyenyentsa, vayala kuyingisa, avakoti kuyendla ntirho ni wun'we lowunene.

Chapter 2

¹Kambe wena, ufanela kujondzisa lesvi jondzo leyinga yona ya ntiyiso yilavaka svona. ²Vavanuna lava vajuhaleke vafanela kutiva kutikhoma vava lava vaxiximekaka, vava ni kuyehleketa lokunene, vava ni rirhandzu ni kupfumela loku kuhanyaka ni kulehisa mbilu.³Na vona vavasati lavajuhaleke avave ni matshamela lawa makhensekaka, vangali ni mahlevo, kumbe lavatinyiketaka bzaleni; vava vajondzisi va lesvi sva kululama, ⁴lesvaku vatajondzisa vavasati lavampsha kurhandza vanuna va vona ni vana va vona, ⁵vakota kutikhoma ni kutenga, vava lavahlayisaka minjangu ya vona hi mfanelo, vava ni timpsalu, vayingisa vanuna va vona, lesvaku Rito ra Xikwembu ritakala ringasandziwi hi munhu.⁶Hi mukhuva wolowo, khutaza majaha lesvaku makota kutikhoma. ⁷Rhanga wena uva xikombiso xa mintirho leyinene hi matlhelo hinkwawu. Kujondzisa ka wena akuve loku kubaseke ni kutshembeka; ⁸tirhisa marito lawa manga wona ya ntiyiso, lawa mangasolekiki, lesvaku lweyi alwaka na wena atakhomiwa hi tingana hi kupfumala svobiha lesvi angasvivulaka ha hina.⁹Svikarawa svifanela kuyingisa vinyi va svona, svivanyika kutsaka timhakeni hinkwatu. Svingaphikizani na vona, ¹⁰kumbe kuvayivela, handle ka lesvo avakombise lesvaku valulamile ni kutshembeka masiku hinkwawu, kutani ka hinkwasvu lesvi vasviyendlaka vatakomba kusaseka ka lesvijondzisiwaka hi tlhelo ra Xikwembu Muponisi wa hina¹¹Hakunene timpsalu ta Xikwembu ta kuponisa vanhu hinkwavu, tihumeseliwe rivaleni; ¹²tihijondzisa kutshika kusandza sva Xikwembu ni kunavela sva misava, kutani hihanya misaveni leyi hi kutikhoma, ni kululama, ni vukhongeli, ¹³na hili karhi hilangutela minkateko leyi hitshembisiweke yona, siku leri kungatahumelela kukwetsima ka Xikwembu Nkulukumba, ni Muponisi wa hina Yesu Kriste.¹⁴Hi yena lweyi atinyiketeke hikolaho ka hina, lesvaku ahikutsula kuhombolokeni hinkwaku, ahiyendla vanhu lavatengeke, lava vanga va yena ntsena, ni lava vachivirikelaka kuyendla lesvinene.¹⁵Jondzisa timhaka leti, utirhisa matimba hinkwawu lawa unganyikiwa wona kukhutaza ni kutshinya van'wana. Ungachipisiwi hi munhu.

Chapter 3

¹; ahili svikarawa sva kunavela, ni sva kutitsakisa kohambanahambana; ahili lavahanyaka hi mona ni mavondzo; ahivengiwa, na hina hivengana. ²Kambe siku leri musa wa Xikwembu Muponisi wa hina,³vangatshuki vavulavula svobiha hi van'wana, kambe vava lavorhula, vava ni vuxaka masiku hinkwawu, vava ni musa ni vanhu hinkwavu.⁴xihiponisile. Kungali hi mhaka ya mintirho leyolulama leyi hina hi hoxe hiyiyendleke, kambe xihiponisile hi timpsalu ta xona, hi kuhlampsiwa loku kuyendlaka lesvaku Moya Lowokwetsima wuhinyika kupsaliwa ra vumbirhi, ni vutomi lebzimpsha. ⁵Xikwembu xichelile Moya lowu hi ntalu henhla ka hina ha Yesu Kriste Muponisi wa hina,⁶Xikwembu xichelile Moya lowu hi ntalu henhla ka hina ha Yesu Kriste Muponisi wa hina, ⁷lesvaku, hi timpsalu ta xona, hitayendliwa lavalulameke mahlweni ka xona, ni kuyamukela ndzhaka ya vutomi lebzingaheliki, lebzi hibzilangutelaka⁸Mhaka leyi yitiyile. Kutani nilava lesvaku utiyisa timhaka leti svinene, lesvaku lava vapfumeleke ka Xikwembu, valava tindlela ta kutinyiketa, vatirha mintirho leyinene. Hi svona lesvinga svinene, lesvipfunaka vanhu.⁹Fularhela kuphikizana hi sva vuphukuphuku kumbe madzolonga, utshika ni timholova, ni kukanetana hi ta nawu; svilo lesvi asvipfuni nchumu, i sva hava. ¹⁰Munhu lweyi avangaka kuyavana ka vanhu, mutshinye kan'we, kumbe kambirhi ntsena, kutani ungahavi ni mhaka na yena, ¹¹hikuva wasvitiva lesvaku munhu lweyi wotanu awonhekile, kutani svijoho sva yena svikomba lesvaku ahumile ndleleni.¹²Loko nirhumela Artema kumbe Tikiko kuta ka wena, wena ringeta hi matimba kuta ka mina le Nikopoli, hikuva nitilungisele kuyatshama kona vuxika hinkwabzu. ¹³Yendla hi matimba kupfuna hi kulongelela Zena ntivamilawu, na Apolosi, lesvaku vakhoma riyendzo ra vona na vangapfumali nchumu.¹⁴Valekwerhu avajondze kuchivirikela mintirho leyinene, vatapfuna lomu kupfumaliwaka ngopfu; vangatshuki vahanya vutomi lebzingapfuniki nchumu.¹⁵Hinkwavu lava ninga na vona laha, vakurungula. Rungula vanghanu va hina kupfumeleni. Timpsalu ta Xikwembu ative na n'wina hinkwenu!

Philemon

Chapter 1

¹Pauro, musungwa waKristu Jesu, naTimotio, hama yedu, kunaFiremoni, mudikanwa wedu neunobata nesu, ²nekunaApfia, mukunda yedu, nekunaArkipo, murwi pamwepo nesu, nekukereke iri mumba mako. ³Nyasha nerugare raMwari, ngadzive nemi, Baba vedu, naShe Jesu Kristu, ngadzive nemi.⁴Ndinobonga Mwari wangu nguva dzeshe, ndichikurangarirai pamunyengetero yangu. ⁵Ndinozwa zverudo nekutenda kweunako kunaShe Jesu nekuvatsvene veshe. ⁶Ndinonyengetera kutikugovana kekutenda kwako kuve nesimba Nekuziisa zvakanaka zveshe zviri mauri munaKristuJesu. ⁷Nokuti tinomufaro mukuru nekunyaradzwa ngekuda kwe rudo rwako, nekuti moyo yevatswene yakavaraidzwa newe hama yangu.⁸Nokudaro, kunyange ndinekusunungukai keshe munaKristu kukuraira kuita zvaumofanira kuita, ⁹kunyange zvakadaro, nokuda kerudo ndinoita zvekukumbira zvikuru, zvandakadai hangu, ini Pauro, murume a chembera, uye zvino musungwa waKristu Jesu.¹⁰Ndinokumbira zvikuru kwauri pamusoro pemwana wangu, wandakabereka pakusungwakwangu, Onesimo. ¹¹wakanga asingakubatsiri kare, asi zvinezwi unokubatsira zvikuru, iwewe neni. ¹²wandatumirazve kwauri, ena ndiye mwoyo wangu chaizvo. ¹³Ndaida kuti agare neni, kuti panzvimbo yako andishumire pakusungwa kwangu nokuda kweevhangeri.¹⁴asi ndakanga ndisingadi kuita chinhu, iwe usati watenda, kuti zvakanaka zvaungaita zvirege kuitwa nekumanikidzwa, asi nokuda kwako. ¹⁵Nokuti zvimwe wakaparadzaniswa newe chinguva nemhaka iyi, kuti ugozova naye zvashose, ¹⁶arege kuzova muranda, asi munhu unodarika muranda, ave hama inodikanwa, munyama nomunaShe, zvikuru kwendiri, asi zvikuru kwazvo¹⁷Hino, kana wechiti ndiri mugovani newe, umuachire sezvaungandiachira inini. ¹⁸Asi kana akakuitira chiro chisinakunaka, kunyange anengava newe, undiravireni izvo. ¹⁹Inini Pauro, ndinozvinyora neruvoko rwangu, ndicharipa; ndisingarewi hangu kuti pamusoro pezveshe unengava kwandiri, ndiyewe umene. ²⁰Eya, hama, ngandive nemufaro kubva kwauri munaShe. Udzorodze moyo wangu munaKristu.²¹Ndinokunyorera, nokuti ndinotenda kuzwisisa kwako, ndechiziya kuti uchaita wo kudarika pandinokumbira napo. ²²Asi panguvaimweyo ndigadzirirewo pekugara pevaenzi, nokuti ndinoemera kuti muchandipuwa inini nekuda kwekunyengetera kwenyu.²³Epafrasi, musungwa pamwepo neni munaKristu, unokukwazisa. ²⁴NaMarko, naAristarko, naDemasi, naRuka, vanobata-basa pamwepo neni. ²⁵Nyasha dzaShe Jesu Kristu ngadzive nemweya wenyu.

Hebrews

Chapter 1

¹1Kale-kale kudzera mwa mapolofita, Mulungu adalewa kazinji kentse na makolo yathu munjira zakusiyana-siyana. ²Tsono muntsiku zakumalizirazi adalewa na ife kudzera kwa Mwana wace, omwe Iye adamucita nyautaka wa bzinthu bzentse ndipo kudzera mwa Iye adalenga bzentse.

³Mwana ni kungwerewera kwa ukulu bwa Mulungu ndipombo ambawonesa khalidwe lentse la Mulungu, acijirikira bzinthu bzentse kudzera mufala lace la mphambvu. Pomwe adamala kucenesa wanthu ku bzitazo bzawo, Iye adakhala kudzulu kuboko la madidi la Mulungu Wamphambvu-zentse.⁴Acisanduka m'kulu kwene-kwene kuposa anju ndipo dzina lomwe adapasidwa ni likulu kwene-kwene kuposa la anjuzo. ⁵Nakuti Mulungu alibe kulewa kuna anju na ibodziyo kuti: Nakuti Mulungu alibe kulewa kuna anju na ibodziyo kuti:m“Iwe ndiwe mwana wangu. Ine lero ndakubereka”. Napo kulewa pomwe kuti: “Ine nin'dzakhala Baba wace, ndipo Iye an'dzakhala mwana wangu”.⁶Ndipo, pomwe Mulungu adatuma Mwana wace m'bodzi yekha padziko, adati: “Anju za Mulungu zentse zim'pembe”. ⁷Kulewa bza anju Mulungu adati: “Iye ambasandusa anju zace mphepo, ndipo wakutumikira wace ambawasandusa bzirawirawi bza moto”.⁸Tsono kulewa bza Mwana, Iye adati: “Imwe Mulungu, mpando wanu wa utongi umbakhala kwakusaya kumala. Ndipo mun'dzatonga mbumba yanu na cirungamo. ⁹Mumbafuna cirungamo

ndipo mumbawenga cakuipa. Ndipopo Mulungu, omwe ni Mulungu wanu, adakusankhulani pakati

pa andzanu, acikudzozani na mafuta ya cikondwereso”.

¹⁰Adalewa pomwe kuti: “Imwe Mbuya, pakuyamba mudakhazikisa dziko la pantsi, ndipo kudzulu ni basa la manja yanu. ¹¹Ibzo bzin'dzamala,

tsono Imwe mun'dzapitiriza kukhala. Ibzo bzin'dzasakala ninga bzakubvala.

¹²Imwepo mun'dzabzifunya ninga kapote, ninga bzakubvala

ibzo bzin'dzacinjidwa. Tsono Imwe mumbapitiriza kukhala ninga momwe muliri, ndipo magole yanu ni yakusaya kumala”.

¹³Mulungu alibe kulewa cipo na anju na ibodziyo kuti: “Khala kuboko langu lamadidi, kufikira Ine ndisanduse anyamadulanthaka wako cakupondera ca minyendo yako”.? ¹⁴Kodi anju zentse ndizo lini mizimu yakuphata basa, zakutumidwa kuti zitumikire wale omwe an'dzatambira utaka bwa cipulumuso?

Chapter 2

¹Na tenepo, bzin'funika kuti tikhale na cheru kwene-kwene na bzomwe timbabva kuti tireke kutayika.²Nakuti fala lomwe lidapalidzidwa kudzera kuna anju lidalatiza kuti ni lacadidi, ndipo kuchola Mtemo kwentse na kusaya kubvera bzidatambira nyathwa yace caiyo. ³Kodi tikanyoza cipulumuso cikulu kwene-kwene, tingadzaphonyedwe tani na nyathwa Cipulumuso cimweci pakuyamba cidapalidzidwa na Mbuya, ndipo cidatsimikizidwa kwa ife na wale omwe adacibva. ⁴Mulungu adaperekerambo umboni bwa cipulumusoco kudzera mwa kuwonesa bziratizo, bzidabwiso, malengwa mazinji na mphatso za Mzimu Wakucena zomwe zidaperekedwa malingana na kufuna kwace. Jezu ni mpulumusi ndipo mkulu wa anyantsembe⁵Ni anju lini zomwe Mulungu adapasa utongi bwa pa dziko lin'bweralo, lomwe ife tirikulewa. ⁶Tsono winango pambuto inango muBzakunembedwamo adapereka umboni aciti: “Kodi munthu ni yani, kuti mumbamukumbukire? Ayai mwana wa munthu, kuti muneseke naye?⁷Imwe panthawe ing'ono m'damcepesa kuposa anju, tsono patsogolo pace mudam'pasa ukulu na mbiri.

⁸Bzinthu bzentse mudabziikha pantsi pa minyendo yace”. Pakumpasa utongi bwa bzinthu bzentse, palibe comwe mudasiya kunja kwa utongibo. Tikanati kuwona kuti iye adapasidwa utongi bwa bzinthu bzentse⁹Tsono ife tirikuwona Jezu. Panthawe ing'ono-ng'ono Iye adacepesedwa kuposa Anju, kuti mwa nkhombo za Mulungu Iye afere wanthu wentse. Tsapano ife tirikumuwona adapasidwa ukulu na mbiri ndipo na kulemekezedwa kwentse thangwe ra impfa yace.

¹⁰Na tenepo, Mulungu omwe ni Mulengi wa bzentse ndipo bzentse bziri m'manja mwace, akhafuna kuti afikise wana azinji kumbuto ya ukulu bwace. Tsono bzikhafunika kukwanirisa mtsogoleri wawo wa cipulumuso kudzera mwa kubonera.¹¹Napo omwe anicenesa ngakhale omwe an'cenesedwa an'cokera kwa m'bodzi yekha. Ndipopo Jezu an'cita lini manyazi ya kuwacemera kuti abale. ¹²Iye adati: “Nin'dzadziwisa dzina lanu kwa abale wangu. Pamkonkhano nin'dzakutumbizani”.¹³Ndipombo: “Mwa Mulungu nin'dzaikha cikhulupiriro cangu”. Iye alikulewa pomwe kuti: “Ndiri pano Ine na wana omwe Mulungu adandipasa”. ¹⁴Tsapano, na kuwona kuti wanawo ni wanthu wa nyama na mulopa, Iye adakhalambo bzibodzi-bodzi ninga iwo, kuti mwa impfa yace akunde ule omwe ana mphambvu za impfa, uku ni kulewa kuti Dyabu. ¹⁵Acitsudzula wale omwe pa moyo wentse akhacitidwa anyagirinya thangwe ra kugopa kufa¹⁶Nakuti bziri padeca kuti Iye an'thandiza lini anju, koma bzizukulu bza Abrahamu. ¹⁷Na tenepo, bzikhafunika kuti Iye asanduke aciringana na abale wace pa bzentse, kuti akhale mkulu wa anyantsembe wa ntsisi ndipo wakukhulupirika pabasa la Mulungu, acicitisa kuti bzitazo bza mbumba bzirekereredwe. ¹⁸Tsapano Jezu an'kwanisa kuthandiza wale omwe alikuyezedwa, nakuti Iyembo adayezedwa.

Chapter 3

¹Na tenepo, abale wakucena, omwe mudatambirambo kucemeredwa kucokera kudzulu, ikhani ndzeru zanu kuna Jezu, Mtumiki ndipo Mkulu wa anyantsembe wa cikhulupiriro comwe timbapupula. ²Iye akhali wakukhulupirika kwa ule omwe adamuikha pa basa limweri, tenepayu ninga Mozeji akhali wakukhulupirika munyumba ya Mulungu yentse. ³Jezu adayesedwa wakuthemera mbiri ikulu kuposa Mozeji, bzibodzi-bodzi ninga wakumanga nyumba an'pasidwa mbiri kwene-kwene kuposa nyumbayo. ⁴Nakuti nyumba yentse ni yakumangidwa na munthu, tsono Mulungu ndiye an'manga bzentse.⁵Mozeji pakukhala wabasa akhali wakukhulupirika munyumba ya Mulungu yentse, acimbapereka umboni wa bzomwe bzingadadzalewedwa kutsogoloko, tsono Krixtu pakukhala Mwana akhali wakukhulupirika munyumba ya Mulungu. ⁶Ndipo nyumba imweyo ndife, penu ife tidakhala dzololo pa cikhulupiriro na cidikhiro comwe ife tirikubzitumbiza naco.⁷Tenepayu, ninga momwe ulikulewera Mzimu Wakucena kuti: ⁸“Lero pomwe imwe munibva

fala la Mulungu, lekani kuumisa mitima,

ninga bzidacitika pakusandukira Mulungu

panthawe ya kumuyeza mucidambo,

⁹komwe makolo yanu yadandiyeza,

yacindiikhira muyezo, napo kuti mkati mwa magole makumi manai mukhadawona bzomwe ine ndidacita.

¹⁰Ndipopo ndidadzakhala na ukali kwa m'badwe umweule ndipo ndidati: Mtima wawo

ulikusocera nthawe zentse, ndipo iwo alibe kuzindikira

njira zangu'.

¹¹Tenepayu ndidalumbira muukali bwangu: An'dzapita lini cipo pambuto yangu yakupumira”.¹²Mpholeni abale, kuti paleke kuwoneka m'bodzi wa imwepo wa mtima wakuipa na wakusaya kutawira omwe ungakufunduseni pa Mulungu wamoyo. ¹³Tsono ntsiku zentse limbisanani wina na mwandzace, m'kati mwa nthawe yomwe in'cemeredwa “lero”, kuti paleke kuwoneka m'bodzi wa imwe aniumisidwa mtima na kunyengezedwa kwa utazi¹⁴Nakuti takhala wa cipande ca Krixtu, pokha-pokha bzikakhala kuti cadidi ife tin'pitiriza kukhala dzololo mpaka kumalizira pacikhulupiriro comwe tikhanaco pakuyambirira. Ndipopo bziri kulewedwa kuti: ¹⁵“Lero pomwe imwe munibva fala lace, lekani kuumisa mitima, ninga bzidacitika pakusandukira Mulungu”.¹⁶Mbani amwewa omwe adabva ndipo adamukira? Kodi ni amwewale lini wentse omwe Mozeji adacosa mudziko la Ejipito? ¹⁷Mulungu akhadakalipira yani mkati mwa magole makumi manai? Kodi ni amwewale lini omwe adataza, ndipo mitembo yawo idagwa mucidambo? ¹⁸Ndipo Mulungu adalumbirira yani kuti an'dzapita lini mumbuto yace yakupumira? Kodi ni kwa wale lini omwe alibe kubvera? ¹⁹Na tenepo, tawona kuti alibe kukwanisa kupita thangwe ra kusaya kukhulupirira.

Chapter 4

¹Cipiciro ca Mulungu ca kupita mumbuto yace yakupumira, cikalipo. Na tenepo, mucenjere kuti palibe na m'bodziyo wa imwe angataze kupita mwakupuma. Pakuti Mafala Yabwino yadapalidzidwambo kwa ife, ngakhale kwa iwo. ²Tsono mafalayo yomwe iwo adabva yalibe kuwaphatira basa, nakuti yalibe kuthandizidwa na cikhulupiriro ca wale omwe adayabva³Pakuti ife omwe tin'khulupirira ndife omwe tirikupita mwakupumiramo, ninga momwe Mulungu adalewa kuti: “Tenepayu ndidalumbira muukali bwangu: An'dzapita lini cipo mumbuto yangu yakupumira”. ⁴Mulungu adalewa bzimwebzi ngakhale kuti mabasa yace yakhadamala kale panthawe ya cirengedwe ca dziko. Nakuti bza ntsiku yacinomwe bzidanembedwa pambuto inango kuti: “Pantsiku yacinomwe Mulungu adapuma pa mabasa yentse yomwe adacita”. ⁵Ndipo padutswa lamm'mbuyomu palikulewa bzibodzi-bodzibzi kuti: “An'dzapita lini cipo mumbuto yangu yakupumira”.⁶Tenepoyo, asala anango kupita mwakupumira mule. Ndipo wale omwe adayamba kubva kupalidzidwa kwa mafala yabwino alibe kupita, thangwe ra kusaya kubvera. Na tenepo, Mulungu alikukhazikisa pomwe ntsiku inango, yakucemeredwa kuti “lero”. ⁷Patapita magole mazinji, Mulungu adalewa bza ntsiku imweyi kudzera mwa Davi, malingana na bzomwe bzalewedwa kale kuti: “Pomwe imwe lero munibva fala lace, lekani kuumisa mitima”.⁸Nakuti, bzingadakhala kuti Jozuwe adawapasa kupuma, patsogolo pace Mulungu angadalewa lini bza ntsiku inango. ⁹Tenepoyo, kuna mbumba ya Mulungu kwasala pomwe kupuma ninga bzidacita Mulungu pa ntsiku ya malinkhuma. ¹⁰Nakuti wentse ule omwe an'pita mumbuto yakupumira ya Mulungu, ambapumambo pa mabasa yace, ninga Mulungu adapuma pa mabasa yace. ¹¹Na tenepo, mbatibziumirize kuti tipite mwakupumiramo, kuti paleke kuwoneka omwe an'dzagwa, mwakulingana na kusaya kubvera kule.¹²Nakuti fala la Mulungu ni lamoyo ndipo lamphambvu, ni lakuthwa kuposa cisenga ciri-centse cakuceka kwentse-kwentse. Iro limbapita mpaka kukagawa moyo na mtima, mwakuphatana mabondo na muwongola, ndipo limbatonga kukumbuka na bzakulinga bza mum'tima. ¹³Pa bzakulengedwa bzentse, palibe comwe cidabisika pamaso pa Mulungu. Bzentse bziri padeca ndipo bziciwoneka pamaso pa Ule omwe tin'dzamufotokozera bzentse bzomwe tidacita.

Jezu, Mkulu wa anyantsembe

¹⁴Bzirikuwoneka kuti tina mkulu wa anyantsembe wakuposa omwe adapita kudzulu, Jezu, Mwana wa Mulungu. ¹⁵Na tenepo, mbatiphatisise na kulimbika cikhulupiriro comwe timbapupula, nakuti tiribe mkulu wa anyantsembe omwe angaleke kubva ntsisi na kuwofoka kwathu. Iye adapita pa kuyezedwa kwa mtundu uli-wentse ninga ife, tsono alibe kutaza. ¹⁶Na tenepo, mbatifendere mwakusaya mantha pafupi na mpando wa nkhombo, kuti tibveredwe ntsisi ticigumana na nkhombo zomwe zingatithandize panthawe yakufunika.

Chapter 5

¹Mkulu wa anyantsembe ali-yentse ambasankhulidwa pakati pa wanthu, ndipo adaikhidwa kuti akhale wakutawirira wanthu pa bzinthu bza Mulungu ndipo kuti apereke bzakupereka na ntsembe thangwe ra bzitazo. ²Iye ambakwanisa kubvera ntsisi wale omwe an'dziwa lini acimbasocera, nakuti iye caiye anakombo kuwofoka kuzinji. ³Ndipopo iye bzin'funika kuti apereke ntsembe thangwe ra kutaza kwace, napombo kutaza kwa mbumba⁴Palibe omwe angakhale na utumbe bwa kukhala mkulu wa anyantsembe mwa iye yekha, tsono bzin'funika kucemeredwa na Mulungu, ninga bzidacitika kwa Aloni. ⁵Bzibodzi-bodzibzo, Krixtu alibe kubzipasa yekha ukulu bwakukhala mkulu wa anyantsembe, tsono Mulungu ndiye adamuuza kuti:

“Iwe ndiwe Mwana wangu. Ine lero ndakubereka”.

⁶6 Ndipo pambuto inango muBzakunembedwamo palikulewa kuti: “Iwepo ndiwe mkulu wa anyantsembe wakusaya kumala, malingana na bzomwe bzidacitika kuna Melikizedeki”.⁷Jezu panthawe yomwe akhali padziko, adacita mipembo na kukumbira mwakukuwa acimbacoka misozi kuna Mulungu omwe angadam'pulumusa pa impfa. Ndipo bzidatawiridwa thangwe ra kubzicepesa kwace. ⁸Napo akhali Mwana wa Mulungu, Iye adapfundza kubvera kucokera pabzinthu bzomwe adatsautsidwa nabzo.⁹Tsono atakhala wakukwana, adasanduka ntsantsa ya cipulumuso cakusaya kumala kwa wentse omwe anim'bvera, ¹⁰Ndipo adaikhidwa na Mulungu kuti akhale mkulu wa anyantsembe, malingana na bzomwe bzidacitika kuna Melikizedeki. Mcenjezo kuti aleke kusiya cikhulupiriro cawo. ¹¹Pankhani imweyi, tina bzizinji bzakulewa, bzinthu bzakunesa kufotokoza, thangwe imwepo mudakhala wakuuma msolo¹²Nthawe yapitayi ni ikulu yakuti imwepo mungadakhala kale amisiri, tsono mun'funa munthu kuti akupfundziseni papsa cipfundziso cakuyamba ca Mafala ya Mulungu. Mulikufuna mkaka, sikuti cakudya cakulimba. ¹³Omwe animwa mkaka akali mwana, akanati kubvesesa cipfundziso cakulewa bza cirungamo. ¹⁴Tsono cakudya cakulimba ni ca akulu, omwe pakuphata basa nthawe zentse, ambakhala wakukwanisa kudziwa kusiyanisa pakati pa cabwino na cakuipa

Chapter 6

¹Na tenepo, mbatireke kukhala pa cipfundziso cakuyamba cakulewa bza Krixtu, tsono tipitirize kukula, mwakusaya kubwerezera pomwe bzipfundziso bziri ninga alisese bzomwe ni ibzi: Kukhumbula na mabasa yomwe yaniyendesa kuimpfa, cikhulupiriro kuna Mulungu, ²bzipfundziso bza ubatizo, kuikhidwa manja, kumuka kwa wakufa, ndipo na kutongedwa kwa kumalizira. ³Tenepoyo tin'dzabzicita, Mulungu akafuna.⁴Wale wakuti adabvunikiridwa acitambira mphatso ya kudzulu, acicita mbali ya Mzimu Wakucena ninga anango, ⁵acidziwa ubwino bwa fala la Mulungu ndipo na mphambvu za nthawe yomwe iri kubwera, ⁶akasiya cikhulupiriro, bzin'kwanisika lini kuti abwezedwe kukakhumbula pomwe, nakuti iwo alikukhomerera papsa Mwana wa Mulungu, acimbacitisa kuti anyozedwe padeca⁷Pakuti mataka yomwe yambatambira mbvula kawiri-kawiri yacipasa bzakubvuna bzizinji kwa wale omwe aniyarima, ni yakudalisidwa na Mulungu. ⁸Tsono mataka yomwe yanimeresa minga na usva bwa sangasanga, ni yakusaya basa ndipo yali pafupi kutembereredwa. Kumalizira kwace ni kutenthedwa na moto.⁹Abale wakufunidwa, napo ticirewa tenepayu, cadidi tin'dziwa kuti kucipande canu munabzo bzabwino, bzinthu bza cipulumuso. ¹⁰Cadidi Mulungu ni wakulungama. Na tenepo, Iye an'dzayebwa lini basa lanu na lufoi lomwe imwe mudawonesa kwa Iye, nakuti mudathandiza wakucena ndipo mulikupitiriza kuwathandiza.¹¹Tirikufunisisa kuti m'bodzi na m'bodzi wa imwepo apitirize kulatiza kulimbika mpaka kumaliza, kuti mukhale na citsimikizo centse ca cidikhiro. ¹²Mwakuti imwepo muleke kukhala atofu, tsono mutewezere wale omwe kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro na kupirira an'tambira utaka bwakupiciridwa. Cadidi ca cipiciro ca Mulungu¹³Pomwe Mulungu adacita cipiciro kuna Abrahamu, pakhalibe mkulu wakuposa Iye wakuti angadaguma dzina pakulumbira, tsono adalumbira mwa ¹⁴Iye yekha, aciti: “Cadidi-retu, nin'dzakudalisa ndipo nin'dzawandisa bzizukulu bzako”. ¹⁵Ndipo bzidacitika tenepoyo, Abrahamu atadikhira mwakuderekha adadzatambira comwe adapiciridwa¹⁶Wanthu ambalumbira na winango omwe ni mkulu kuposa iye, ndipo lumbirolo limbatsimikiza bzomwe bzalewedwa, limbamalizisa makani yentse. ¹⁷Ndipopo Mulungu, pomwe akhafuna kuwonesa padeca kuna wakudzatambira cipiciro kuti cakulinga cace cin'cinja lini, adawatsimikiza cipiciroco na lumbiro. ¹⁸Tenepoyo, pana bzinthu bziwiri bzomwe ni bzakusaya kucinja, ndipo bzin'kwanisika lini kuti Mulungu aname. Na tenepo, tikhale wakulimbikisidwa kwene-kwene, ife omwe tidathawira mwa Iye kuti titenge mbali ya cidikhiro comwe tidapasidwa¹⁹Tina cidikhiro cimweci ninga ndangula ya bote yomwe ni moyo wathu, cakukhazikika ndipo cakulimba, comwe cimbapita pambuto yakucena ya m'kati, kumbuyo kwa nguwo yakugwatisira M'nyumba ya Mulungu kudzulu, ²⁰komwe Jezu omwe adatitomera adapita kuti atithandize, acisanduka mkulu wa anyantsembe kwakuyenda-na-kuyenda ninga bzidacitika kuna Melikizedeki.

Chapter 7

¹Melikizedeki umweyu, mambo wa kuSalemu ndipo nyantsembe wa Mulungu Wakudzulu-dzulu, adacoka acikagumana na Abrahamu, pomwe Abrahamuyo akhabwerera kucokera kunkhondo atakunda azimambo, ndipo Melikizedeki adam'dalisa. ²Ndipo Abrahamu adapereka cakhumi ca bzentse bzomwe iye adatenga kunkhondo. Cakuyamba, dzina la Melikizedekiyo linirewa kuti: “Mambo wa cirungamo”, kaciwiri, “Mambo wa kuSalemu” bzinirewa kuti: “Mambo wa Mtendere”. ³Bza baba wace, ayai mai wace, napo makolo yace, palibe ciri-centse cidanembedwa. Bzibodzi-bodzimbo bza kubadwa kwace na impfa yace. Iye ni wakulingana na Mwana wa Mulungu, nakuti alikupitiriza kukhala nyantsembe wa kuyenda-na-kuyenda.⁴Kumbukirani tsapano kuti ukulu bwa Melekizideki bukhali tani, mwakuti kholo lathu Abrahamu adam'pasa cakhumi ca bzomwe adatenga kunkhondo! ⁵Mtemo umbalewa kuti anyantsembe omwe akhali wa dzindza la Levi atambire cakhumi kuna mbumba. Ni kulewa kuti iwo atambire kwa abale wace, napo abalewo acikhalambo wa dzindza la Abrahamu. ⁶Melekizedeki akhali lini wa dzindza la Levi. Tsono adatambira cakhumi ca Abrahamu, ndipo adam'dalisa ule omwe akhadatambira kale⁷Mwakusaya kupenukira, m'ng'ono ambadalisidwa na mkulu. ⁸Kulewa bza anyantsembe, omwe an'tambira cakhumi ni wanthu omwe ambafa. Tsono kulewa bza Melikizedeki, ni ule omwe anilewedwa kuti ana moyo. ⁹Ndipo pomwe Abrahamu adapereka cakhumi, Levi omwe dzindza lace lirikutambira bzakhumi, adaperekambo cakhumico kudzera mwa Abrahamu, nakuti, pomwe Melikizedeki adagumana na Abrahamu, ¹⁰Levi akhanati kubadwa. Jezu ali ninga Melikizedeki¹¹Mtemo omwe mbumba idatambira, udacokera kwa unyantsembe bwa Levi. Bzingadakhala kuti bzidakwanisika kulungamisidwa kudzera unyantsembebo, thangwe ranyi pangadafunika nyantsembe winango ninga Melikizedeki wakusiyana na Aloni? ¹²Pakuti pakakhala kucinja kwa unyantsembe, bzin'funika kuti pawoneke kucinja kwa Mtemo¹³Nakuti Jezu omwe alikulewedwa bzimwebzi akhali wa dzindza linango, lomwe palibe adaphata basa paguwa. ¹⁴Nakuti ni bzakudziwika kuti Mbuya wathu ni wa dzindza la Juda, dzindza lomwe Mozeji alibe kulewa bza unyantsembe.¹⁵Bzomwe tamala kulewa bzin'khala bza padeca pomwe aniwoneka nyantsembe winango wakulinganizidwa na Melekizideki. ¹⁶Umweyo ni Jezu omwe adasanduka nyantsembe, mwakusaya kuteweza mitemo ya dzindza, tsono malingana na mphambvu za moyo wakusaya kumala. ¹⁷Nakuti bzidanembedwa kuti: “Iwe ndiwe nyantsembe kwakusaya kumala, malinge na bzomwe bzidacitika

na Melikizedeki”.

¹⁸Tenepoyo mitemo yakale idasiyidwa, thangwe ikhalibe mphambvu ndipo ikhalibe basa, ¹⁹nakuti Mtemo ukhakwanisa lini kulungamisa munthu. Tsono pambuto yace padaikhidwa cidikhiro cakuposa, comwe cidatifendeza pafupi na Mulungu.²⁰Ndipo bzimwebzo bziribe kucitika mwakusaya lumbiro! Anango adakhala anyantsembe mwakusaya lumbiro liri-rentse, ²¹tsono Jezu adakhala nyantsembe mwa lumbiro, pomwe Mulungu adamuuza kuti: “Mbuya adalumbira ndipo an'dzacinja lini mafala yace yakuti ‘Iwe ndiwe nyantsembe wakusaya kumala’ ”.²²Ndipopo-letu, Jezu adakhala citsimikizo ca cipangano cakuposa. ²³Kusiyana kunango ni kwakuti anyantsembe wale akhali azinji, thangwe impfa imbawapingiza kuti apitirize na mabasa yawo. ²⁴Tsono Jezu, pakuwona kuti ana moyo wakusaya kumala, unyantsembe bwace ni bwakusaya kumala²⁵Na tenepo, Iye an'kwanisa kupulumusa kwakukhaliratu wale omwe kudzera mwa Iye ambafendera kuna Mulungu, pakuti ana moyo nthawe zentse kuti ambawacitire mpembo.

²⁶Bzikhafunika kuti tikhale na mkulu wa anyantsembe ninga umweyu: Wakucena, wakusaya thangwe ayai citazo, wakupambulidwa kwa atazi na kukuzidwa kuposa bzentse bzakudzulu²⁷Mwakusiyana na akulu wa anyantsembe anango, kwa Iye bzin'funika lini kupereka ntsembe ntsiku zentse, cakuyamba kwa bzitazo bzace, kaciwiri kwa bzitazo bza mbumba yace. Tsono Iye adabzicita kabodzi-na-kabodzi, pomwe adabzipereka Iye yekha. ²⁸Thangwe Mtemo uniikha ninga akulu wa anyantsembe amuna omwe ni wakuwofoka. Tsono lumbiro lomwe lidabwera m'mbuyo mwa Mtemo, lidaikha Mwana wakukwana wakuyenda-na-kuyenda kuti akhale m'kulu wa anyantsembe.

Chapter 8

¹Cakufunika-letu ca bzomwe tirikulewa, ni cakuti tina mkulu wa anyantsembe umweyu, omwe adakhala kuboko ladidi pampando wa umambo wa Mulungu Wamphambvu-zentse kudzulu, ²ndipo ambatumikira pambuto yakucena, pacikumbi ca mapembo caico comwe Mbuya adamanga, sikuti munthu.³Mkulu wa anyantsembe wentse ambaikhidwa kuti akapereke bzakupereka na ntsembe, na tenepo bzikhafunika kuti Mkulu wathu wa anyantsembe akhalembo na cinthu cakupereka. ⁴Iye angadati ali pantsi pano, angadakhala lini mkulu wa anyantsembe, nakuti alipo kale omwe ambapereka bzakupereka bzakunembedwa na Mtemo. ⁵Basa lomwe iwo ambaphata liri ninga cifanikizo ndipo cithundzi-thundzi ca basa lomwe liri kudzulu. Bzibodzi-bodzibzi bzidacitikambo kuna Mozeji, pomwe akhafuna kumanga cikumbi ca mapembo, adadziwisidwa kuti: “Khala na cheru kuti ucite bzentse mwakulinganiza na bzomwe udawonesedwa paphiri”.⁶Tsapano, basa lomwe Jezu adatambira ni likulu kuposa lawo, tenepayu ninga cipangano comwe Iye ni Mkhala-pakati ni cikulu kuposa cakale, nakuti cimweci cidakhazikidwa pa bzipiciro bzakuposa. ⁷Nakuti cipangano cakale cingadakhala cakukwana, bzingadafunika lini kucita cinango.⁸Tsono Mulungu atawona kuti mbumba ina mulandu adati: “Ntsiku zirikubwera, alikulewa Mbuya, pomwe nin'dzacita cipangano cipsa

na mbumba ya Ijirayeriyi na mbumba ya Juda.

⁹Cin'dzakhala lini ninga cipangano comwe ndidacita na makolo yanu, pomwe ndidawatenga na boko kuti ndiwacose kuIjipito. Nakuti iwo alibe kupitiriza kukhala wakukhulupirika pa cipangano cangu, ndipo Ine ndidafundukira kuna iwo”, alikulewa Mbuya.¹⁰“Cimweci ni cipangano comwe nin'dzacita na mbumba ya Ijirayeri zatapita ntsiku zimwezo”,alikulewa Mbuya. “Nin'dzaikha mitemo yangu mundzeru zawo ndipo nin'dzainemba m'mitima mwawo. Nin'dzakhala Mulungu wawo, ndipo iwo an'dzakhala mbumba yangu.¹¹Palibe omwe an'dzapfundzisa mwandzace ngakhale m'bale wace, aciti: ‘Dziwa Mbuya’. Thangwe wentsenewo an'dzandidziwa,

kuyambira mung'ono mpaka mkulu.

¹²Thangwe Ine nin'dzawalekerera bzakuipa bzawo, ndipo nin'dzakumbukira lini pomwe bzitazo bzawo”.¹³Pakucemera cipangano cimweci kuti “cipsa”, Iye adalewa kuti comwe cidayamba ciribe basa. Ndipo comwe ciribe basa cicikhala cakale ciri pafupi kumala.

Chapter 9

¹Cipangano cakuyamba cikhana mitemo ya mpembo ndipombo na mbuto yakucena pantsi pano. ²Cidamangidwa cikumbi ca mapembo cibodzi. Kutsogolo kwacene, kukhacemeredwa Mbuto Yakucena, ndiko kukhana cakukhazikira bziphani-phani, tsantsali na pau zakuperekedwa kuna Mulungu.³Pambuyo pa nguwo yaciwiri yakugwatisira mucikumbi pakhana mbuto ikhacemeredwa Mbuto Yakucena Kuposa, ⁴komwe kukhana guwa la oro lakutenthera ntsembe yakununchira na kaxa la cipangano, lakupalangiridwa oro mwathunthu. M'kaxamo mukhana mtsuko wa oro omwe ukhana cakudya cakucemeredwa mana, mpsimbo ya Aloni yomwe idaphukira, na minyala yakunyalala yakunembedwa cipangano. ⁵Padzaulu pa kaxa pakhana makerubi yakulatiza ukulu bwa Mulungu, yomwe mthundzi wayene ukhampsinkha cakugwanankhirira ca kaxa. Tsono bzinthu bzimwebzi tsapano lino tingabzifotokoze lini mwandondomeko.⁶Bzentsenebzo bzatamala kukondzedwa, anyantsembe akhapita ntsiku na ntsiku muMbuto Yakucena mucikumbi ca mpembo, kuti akaphate basa lawo. ⁷Tsono mkulu wa anyantsembe yekha ndiye akhapita kabodzi kokha pa gole muMbuto Yakucena Kuposa, ndipo akhaleka lini kubweresa mulopa wa ntsembe, omwe akhapereka thangwe ra iye yekha na thangwe ra bzitazo bzomwe mbumba ikhadacita mwakusaya kudziwa.⁸Na mitemo imweyi Mzimu Wakucena ukhadziwisa kuti njira yakupita muMbuto Yakucena Kuposa ikhanati kuwonesedwa, pakuti cikumbi ca mpembo cakuyamba cikhalipo. ⁹Bzimwebzi ni ciratizo ca ntsiku zathu zino, bzimbalatiza kuti bzakupereka na ntsembe bzingadakwanisa lini kucenesa kwathunthu mtima wa wakupemba. ¹⁰Bzakupereka bzimwebzo na ntsembe bzikhalewa bza bzakudya, bzakumwa na misinda yakusiyana-siyana ya kubzicenesa na madzi basi. Mitemo imweyi ikhali ya thupi, ndipo idaikhidwa mpaka nthawe ya kudzakondza papsa bzentse.¹¹Pomwe Krixtu adabwera ninga mkulu wa anyantsembe wa bzinthu bzabwino bzomwe bziripo tsapano lino, Iye adapita mucikumbi ca mpembo cikulu ndipo cakukwana kuposa, comwe ciribe kumangidwa na munthu, ndiko kulewa kuti ni ca pantsi pano lini. ¹²Pomwe Krixtu adapita kabodzi kokha basi m'Mbuto Yakucena Kuposa, alibe kupita na mulopa wa atonde na tumikono. Tsono adapita na mulopa wace caiwo, ndipo adakwanisa kutirombola kwakuyenda-na-kuyenda.¹³Mulopa wa atonde na mikono na dotha la ng'ombe phandauzi, bzimbawaziridwa wale omwe ni wakusvipa pamwambo bziciwacenesa, ¹⁴mwakuti bzinisandusa thupi lawo kukhala lakucena. Ndiye tani kuna mulopa wa Krixtu ungapose lini bzimwebzi? Iye adabzipereka mwakusaya thangwe kuna Mulungu mwa Mzimu wakusaya kumala. Mulopawo un'dzacenesa mitima yathu pamabasa yomwe yaniyendesa kuimpfa, kuti titumikire Mulungu wamoyo! ¹⁵Na thangwe limweri, Krixtu ni Mkhala-pakati wa cipangano cipsa kuti wale omwe adacemeredwa atambire cipiciro ca utaka bwakusaya kumala, pakuti Iye adafa ninga mulomboli wa bzitazo bzakucitika mucipangano cakuyamba.¹⁶Pakakhala kuti munthu adanemba tsamba la kusiyira winango utaka, bzin'funika kutsimikizidwa impfa ya omwe adanembayo. ¹⁷Pakuti tsamba lakunembalo lin'khala na mphambvu pokha-pokha wakulinembayo akafa, nakuti iye akana moyo liribe mphambvu cipo¹⁸Ndipopo, ngakhale cipangano cakuyamba ciribe kucitika mwakusaya mulopa. ¹⁹Pomwe Mozeji adamala kudziwisa mbumba malangizo yentse ya Mtemo, adatenga mulopa wa tumikono na atonde, napombo madzi, ukuse bufuira na katsambvu ka muti wa hisopo, ndipo adawazira bukhulo la Mtemo na mbumba yentse, aciti: ²⁰“Uyu ni mulopa wa cipangano comwe Mulungu adakuuzani kuti imwepo mum'bvere”.²¹Bzibodzi-bodzimbo, adawazira mulopa pa cikumbi ca mapembo na bzombo bzentse bzakuphatisira basa m'misinda yawo. ²²Ni cadidi, malingana na Mtemo, pafupi-fupi bzinthu bzentse ni bzakucenesedwa na mulopa, ndipo mwakusaya kutaika mulopa palibe kulekereredwa.²³Tsapano, bzikhafunika kuti bzinthu bzakulingana na bzomwe bziri kudzulu bzikhale bzakucenesedwa na ntsembe zalewedwazi, tsono bzinthu caibzo bza kudzulu bzin'funa ntsembe zinango zakuposa. ²⁴Pakuti Krixtu alibe kupita muMbuto Yakucena yakumangidwa na wanthu, yomwe ni cithundzi-thundzi ca Mbuto caiyo. Tsono Iye adapita cadidi kudzulu, kuti tsapano akakhale muimiriri wathu pamaso pa Mulungu²⁵Sikuti apite kazinji kentse, ninga momwe akhacita mkulu wa anyantsembe, omwe ambapita magole yentse muMbuto Yakucena Kuposa, na mulopa omwe ni wace lini. ²⁶Bzingadakhala ni tenepoyo, bzikhafunika kuti Krixtu abonere kazinji kentse kuyambira kulengedwa kwa dziko. Tsono Iye adawoneka kabodzi kokha pomwe nthawe yakumalizira ikhafendera, kuti acose citazo kudzera mwa kubzipereka Iye yekha ninga ntsembe²⁷Bzibodzi-bodzimbo ninga munthu wentse ambafa kabodzi kokha ndipo patsogolo pace atongedwe, ²⁸ni tenepoyombo Krixtu adaperekedwa ninga ntsembe kabodzi kokha, kuti acose bzitazo bza azinji. Ndipo an'dzawonekera kaciwiri, sikuti kudzacosa citazo, tsono kuti adzabwerese cipulumuso kwa omwe alikumudikhira.

Chapter 10

¹Mtemo una cithundzi-thundzi ca bzabwino bzomwe bzin'dzabwera, tsono ulibe bzabwino bzacaibzo. Ndipopo umbakwanisa lini kuwakhalisa wakukwana wale omwe ambafendera kuna Mulungu kuti amupembe, napo acimbabwerezera ntsembe zibodzi-bodzizo gole na gole. ²Ungadakwanisa bzimwebzo, ntsembezo zingadalekezedwa lini kuperekedwa? Nakuti wakutumbiza, angadakhala kuti adacenesedwa mwakukhaliratu, angadaneseka lini pomwe mum'tima thangwe ra bzitazo bzawo. ³Tsono, ntsembe zimwezi ni cikumbuso ca bzitazo pa magole yentse, ⁴nakuti bzin'kwanisika lini kuti mulopa wa mikono na atonde ucose bzitazo.⁵Ndipopo, Krixtu pomwe adabwera padziko, adati: “Ntsembe na cakupereka mulibe kubzifuna, tsono thupi mudandikondzera. ⁶Ntsembe zakutentha na bzakupereka thangwe ra bzitazo mulibe kukomedwa nabzo. ⁷Tsono Ine ndidati: ‘Ndiri pano, mulivu la Mtemo bzidanembedwa cipande ca Ine. Ndabwera kudzacita kufuna kwanu, imwe Mulungu’ ”.⁸Pakuyamba Iye adati: “Ntsembe, bzakupereka, ntsembe zakutentha na bzakupereka thangwe ra bzitazo mulibe kubzifuna, ngakhale kukomedwa nazo”. ⁹Ndipo adalewa pomwe kuti: “Ndiri pano. Ndabwera kudzacita kufuna kwanu”. Iye adamalisa cakuyamba kuti apase mphambvu caciwiri. ¹⁰Na thangwe ra cifuniro cimweci tidacenesedwa, kudzera mwa ntsembe ya thupi ra Jezu Krixtu, adaperekedwa kabodzi kokha.¹¹Ntsiku na ntsiku, anyantsembe wentse ambawonekera acicita mabasa yawo kuna Mulungu. Kubwerezera na kubwerezera ambapereka ntsembe zibodzi-bodzizo, zakuti zin'kwanisa lini kucosa bzitazo cipo. ¹²Tsono, pomwe Jezu adamaliza kupereka kwakukhaliratu ntsembe ibodzi yokha thangwe ra bzitazo, adakakhala kuboko ladidi la Mulungu. ¹³Kuyambira pamwepo kuyenda kutsogolo, Iye alikudikhira mpaka anyamadulanthaka wace aikhidwe pantsi ninga bzakupondera minyendo yace. ¹⁴Thangwe, kudzera mwa ntsembe ibodzi yokha, Iye adakhalisa wakukwana kwakukhaliratu omwe alikucenesedwa.¹⁵Mzimu Wakucena umbaticitira umboni bwa nkhani imweyi. Cakuyamba iwo udati: ¹⁶“Mbuya alikulewa kuti ici ni cipangano comwe nin'dzacita na iwo, zikadzapita ntsiku zimwezire. Nin'dzaikha mitemo yangu m'mitima mwawo, ndipo nin'dzainemba mundzeru zawo”,¹⁷Ndipo udathimizira uciti: “Bzitazo bzawo

na kuphonya, nin'dzabzikumbukira lini pomwe”.

¹⁸Ndipo bzitazo bzingalekereredwa, bzin'funika lini pomwe kupereka ntsembe thangwe la bzitazobzo.

Kukhulupirira mwakupirira

¹⁹Na tenepo abale, tina cikhulupiriro cathunthu ca kudzapita m'Mbuto Yakucena Kwene-kwene thangwe ra mulopa wa Jezu, ²⁰mwa njira ipsa ndipo yamoyo yomwe Iye adatifungulira yakupita na panguwo yakugawa ire, yomwe ni thupi lace. ²¹Tsapano, tina nyantsembe mkulu wakunyang'anira nyumba ya Mulungu. ²²Na tenepo, mbatiyendeni kuna Mulungu na mtima wa cadidi ndipo na kukhulupirira kwathunthu, ticikhala na mitima yakucenesedwa kwa ndzeru zakuipa, ndipo mathupi yanthu yacikhala yakutsukidwa na madzi yakucena.²³Mbatiphate mwakulimbika cidikhiro ca cikhulupiriro comwe timbapupula, pakuti Mulungu omwe adatipicirira ni wakukhulupirika. ²⁴Ndipo tikumbukirane wina na mwandzace kuti tingalimbisane tani kuti tikhale na lufoi na mabasa yabwino. ²⁵Mbatireke kusaya kutsonkhana, mwacizolowezi ninga momwe ambacita anango, tsono mbatinyang'ane kulimbikisana wina na mwandzace, maka-maka pomwe muniwona kuti Ntsiku ya Mbuya irikufendera.²⁶Tikapitiriza kutaza utowa tatatambira kudziwa kwa cadidi, pacalibe pomwe ntsembe yakuperekera bzitazo. ²⁷Candosala cokha ni kudikhira mwa mantha kutongedwa ndipo na moto wakugosva, omwe un'dzamala anyamadulanthaka wa Mulungu.²⁸Ule omwe akhachola Mtemo wa Mozeji akhafa mwakusaya kubveredwa ntsisi mwakubva mboni ziwiri ayai zitatu. ²⁹Kumbukanimbo imwepo, kodi ni nyathwa yakugosva tani yomwe idathemera kupasidwa ule omwe adanyoza Mwana wa Mulungu, adayesa wakusaya basa mulopa wa cipangano omwe iye adacenesedwa nawo, ndipo adatukwana Mzimu wa nkhombo?³⁰Pakuti timbamudziwa Ule omwe adati: “Ine ndine wakupasa nyathwa, Ine nin'dzabwezera”, ndipo adalewa pomwe kuti: “Mbuya an'dzatonga mbumba yace”. ³¹Cinthu cakugosva ni kugwera m'manja mwa Mulungu wamoyo!³²Kumbukirani ntsiku zakuyamba, pomwe imwe mudabvunikiriwa, pomwe mudapirira pankhondo ikulu na kubonera kwene-kwene. ³³Nthawe zinango imwepo mukhatukanidwa na kucitidwa bzakuipa pamaso pa wanthu. Ndipo nthawe zinango mukhabziyesa ninga wakubonera pabodzi na wale omwe akhaboneresedwa tenepoyo. ³⁴mukhabvutika pabodzi na omwe akhali m'kawoko ndipo mudabvuma mwakukondwera kutengeredwa bzinthu bzanu, nakuti mukhadziwa kuti mukhana bzinthu bzakuposa ndipo bzakusaya kumala.³⁵Na tenepo, lekani kusiya kulimbikira komwe munako, thangwe kulimbikirako kun'dzabweresa phindu likulu. ³⁶Bzin'funika kuti imwepo mupirire, mwakuti mwatacita cifuniro ca Mulungu, mudzatambire bzomwe Iye adapicira. ³⁷Nakuti, yandosala nthawe pang'ono, “Ule omwe alikubwera an'dzabwera, ndipo an'dzacedwa lini.³⁸Wakulungama wangu an'dzakhala na moyo thangwe ra cikhulupiriro cace. Tsono akadzabwerera m'mbuyo, nin'dzakomedwa lini naye”. ³⁹Tsono ife, ndife rini wale omwe ambabwerera m'mbuyo acidzongedwa, koma ife tin'khulupirira ticipulumusidwa

Chapter 11

¹Cikhulupiriro ni citsimikizo ca bzomwe tirikudikhira, ndipo ni ciratizo ca bzinthu bzomwe tirikuwona lini. ²Nakuti kudzera mwa cikhulupiriroco, wanthu wakale adatambira umboni kuna Mulungu bwakuti adamkondweresa. ³Mwa cikhulupiriro timbadziwa kuti bzentse bzomwe bziripo bzidalengedwa na fala la Mulungu, mwakuti bzinthu bziniwonekabzi bzidacokera kwa bzinthu bzomwe bziniwoneka lini.⁴Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, Aberi adapereka kwa Mulungu cakupereka kuposa ca Kaini. Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, iye adaperekeredwa umboni na Mulungu kuti ni wakulungama, pomwe Mulungu adabvuma kutambira bzakupereka bzace. Napo adafa, tsono kudzera mwa cikhulupiriroco akadalewa-lewa na lero.⁵Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, Enoki adatengedwa kuyenda kudzulu, kuti aleke kuwona impfa. “Ndipo alibe kuwoneka pomwe, thangwe Mulungu akhadamutenga”, pakuti akanati kutengedwa akhadatambira umboni bwakuti akhadakondweresa Mulungu. ⁶Pakasaya cikhulupiriro bzin'kwanisika lini kukondweresa Mulungu, nakuti omwe an'fendera kuna Iye, bzin'funika kutawira kuti Iye alipo ndipo ambapereka mabaibai kuna omwe animunyang'ana.⁷Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, pomwe Nowa adadziwisidwa bza bzinthu bzomwe bzikhanati kuwoneka, adakondza arka mwakubvera Mulungu, kuti apulumuse banja lace. Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, iye adapasa mulandu dziko ndipo adasanduka nyautaka wa cirungamo comwe cin'dzera mucikhulupiriro.⁸Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro Abrahamu, pomwe adacemerewa, adabvera aciyenda kumbuto yomwe angadadzatambira ninga utaka, napo akhadziwa lini komwe akhayenda. ⁹Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, adakhala ninga mulendo mudziko lomwe akhadapiciridwa ninga ali m'dziko la winango, akhambakhala mubzikumbi pabodzi na Izaki na Jakobo, omwe akhali anyautaka wa cipiciro cibodzi-bodzico pabodzi na iye. ¹⁰Nakuti iye akhadikhira mzinda omwe udakhazikidwa bwino, mwakuti misiri wace na wakumanga ni Mulungu.¹¹Ni kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro kuti Abrahamu adapasidwa mphambvu ya kubereka mwana, napo akhali nkhalamba kale ndipo Sara akhabala lini. Bzimwebzi bzidacitika, nakuti Abrahamu adayesa wakukhulupirika Ule omwe akhadamucitira cipiciro. ¹²Tenepoyo, kwa mwamuna ule omwe akhadamala mphambvu, kudadzacoka dzindza lakuwanda ninga nyenyezi za kudzulu ndipo yakusaya kulewengeka ninga mcenga wa pagombe la nyandza.¹³Wentsene wale adakhala na moyo kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, ndipo adafa akanati kutambira bzomwe akhadapiciridwa. Adabziwona na patali ndipo na patalipo adakomedwa nabzo, mwakulewa kuti iwo akhali alendo ndipo anyakudza padziko. ¹⁴Omwe ambalewa tenepawa ambalatiza kuti alikunyang'ana dziko.¹⁵Angadakhala kuti alikukumbukira dziko lomwe iwo adacoka, angadakhala na mpata wakubwerera. ¹⁶Kusiyana na bzimwebzo, iwo akhadikhira dziko labwino kuposa, bzimwebzi ni kulewa kuti dziko la kudzulu. Na thangwe limweri, Mulungu anibva lini manyazi na kucemeredwa kuti ni Mulungu wawo, ndipo adawakondzera mzinda.¹⁷Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro Abrahamu, pomwe Mulungu adamuyeza, adapereka Izaki ninga ntsembe. Ule omwe akhadapasidwa cipiciro adafika pakukondzeka kuti apereke ninga ntsembe mwana wace m'bodzi yekhayo, ¹⁸ngakhale kuti Mulungu akhadamuuza kale kuti: “Dzindza lako lin'cokera mwa Izaki”. ¹⁹Abrahamu adadziwa kuti Mulungu angakwanise kulamusa wakufa, ndipo tingalewe mwakufanikiza kuti adatambira Izaki ninga wakulamuka kwa wakufa²⁰Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, Izaki adadalisa Jakobo na Ezau, mwakulewa bzomwe bzingadadzacitika kutsogoloko. ²¹Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, Jakobo ali pafupi kufa adadalisa wana wa Zuze m'bodzi na m'bodzi, ndipo adapemba Mulungu mwakujimbikira na kwakumalizira kwa mpsimbo yace. ²²Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro Zuze, pomwe akhali pafupi kufa, adalewa bza kucoka kwa aIjirayeri kuIjipito ndipo adawauza bzakuti adzacite na mafupa yace²³Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro Mozeji atabadwa, adabisidwa na azibaba wace mkati mwa minyezi mitatu (3), nakuti iwo adawona kuti mwanayo akhadadeka, ndipo alibe kubva mantha na kuchola Mtemo ukhadalewedwa na mambo. ²⁴Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro Mozeji atakula, adalamba kucemeredwa mwana wa mwana wacikazi wa Falau, mambo wa kuIjipito, ²⁵adasankhula kuboneresedwa pabodzi na mbumba ya Mulungu kuposa kukondwera na bzakufuna bza citazo panthawe ing'ono-ng'ono. ²⁶Iye adawona kuti kunyozedwa thangwe ra Wakudzozidwa wa Mulungu kukhali udali bukulu kuposa cuma ca kuIjipito, thangwe akhadikhirira mabaibai yace.²⁷Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro adacoka muIjipito, mwakusaya kugopa ukali bwa mambo, ndipo adapirira thangwe akhawona ule wakusaya kuwoneka. ²⁸Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro adacita cikondwereso ca Paxkwa ndipo adawaza mulopa pamisuwo, kuti Wakudzonga aleke kupha wana wakuyamba wa Ijirayeri.²⁹Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, mbumba idayambuka Nyandza Ifuira ninga pakuuma, tsono pomwe aIjipito adayezera kuti ayambukembo, adafa na madzi. ³⁰Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro litsito la mzinda wa Jeriko lidagwa, latamala kuzunguliridwa ntsiku zinomwe. ³¹Kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro, puta Rahabe alibe kuphedwa pabodzi na wale omwe akhalibe kubvera, nakuti akhadatambira bwino akazitape.³²Ni ciyani comwe ningalewe pomwe? Ndiribe nthawe yakuti ndirewe bza Gideyoni, Baraki, Sansau, Jefite, Davidi, Samueli na apolofita. ³³Amwewa mwa cikhulupiriro adakunda acitenga madziko, adacita cirungamo acitambira bzomwe akhadapiciridwa, adafunga miromo ya mphondolo, ³⁴adathima mphambvu ya moto ndipo adapsukunyuka pakufuna kuphedwa na cisenga. Kusaya mphambvu adakusandusa mphambvu, adakhala wamphambvu pankhondo ndipo adathotha mthithi wa anyankhondo wa anyakudza.³⁵Pakhana akazi omwe adatambira wakufa wawo kudzera mwa kulamusidwa. Anango adamenyedwa mpaka kufa nakuti akhadalamba kutsudzulidwa, kuti afike pa kulamusidwa kwa moyo wakuposa. ³⁶Anango adanyozedwa acimenyedwa. Anango adamangiwa na unyolo aciikhidwa m'kawoko, ³⁷adabomedwa na minyala, adagwatidwa pakati-na-kati, adaphedwa na cisenga. Akhafamba uku na uku, adabvala khanda la bira na la mbuzi, akhadasauka, acimbabonera na kutsautsidwa. ³⁸Dziko likhalibe kuwathemera wanthuwo. Akhambafamba mubzidambo na m'mapiri, mubzigwindza na m'madindi.³⁹Amwewa wentsenewa adatambira umboni bwabwino kuna Mulungu kudzera mwa cikhulupiriro. Tsono, palibe na m'bodziyo adatambira bzomwe akhadapiciridwa. ⁴⁰Mulungu akhadatikondzera citalo cabwino kuposa, kuti iwo adzakhale wakukwana pabodzi na ife.

Chapter 12

¹Na tenepo, pakuwona kuti tina mthithi ukulu wa mboni zidatizungulira, tsapano mbatiikhembo kumbali bzentse bzomwe bzin'tiviringiza na citazo comwe cin'timanga mwakulimba, ndipo tithamange mwakupirira liwiro lomwe tapasidwa, ²maso yathu yanyang'anisise kuna Jezu, omwe ndiye adayambisa na kukwanirisa cikhulupiriro cathu. Na kufuna kwa kukondwera komwe akhadapiciridwa, Iye adapirira pamtanda, alibe kubva thupo na manyazi yakukafera pamtanda, ndipo adakhala kuboko lamadidi pampando wa umambo bwa Mulungu. ³Kumbukirani bwino Ule omwe adapirira pa kuwengedwa kwene-kwene na atazi, kuti muleke kuneta napo kuphwirizidwa⁴Pankhondo yanu na bzitazo, imwepo mukanati kupirira mpaka kutaya mulopa. ⁵Imwepo mwayebwa fala lakukulimbikisani lomwe Iye adakuuzani ninga wana kuti: “Mwana wangu, leka kunyozera malango ya Mbuya, ngakhale kuphwirizidwa na kutsimula kwace. ⁶Nakuti Mbuya ambalanga omwe ambafuna, ndipo ambamenya ali-yentse ule, omwe Iye ambam'tambira ninga mwana”.⁷Pirirani pamphica, mucimbazitambira ninga kulangidwa. Mulungu ambakuwonani ninga wana. Kodi ni mwana wanyi omwe ambalangidwa lini na baba wace? ⁸Penu imwepo munilangidwa lini, apo kulangidwa ni kwa wana wentse, ndiko kuti imwepo ndimwe lini wana wace caiwo, tsono ndimwe wana wakudza.⁹Kuposa bzimwebzi, tikhana azibaba waciunthu omwe akhatilanga, ndipo ife tikhawalemekeza. Tsapano kuna Baba wa uzimu, bzin'funika kumulemekeza mwakuposa, kucitira kuti tikhale na moyo. ¹⁰Azibaba wathu akhatilanga panthawe ing'ono-ng'ono, malinge na momwe akhawonera kuti bzikhali bwino. Tsono Mulungu ambatilangira ubwino bwathu, kuti tikhale wakucena ninga Iye. ¹¹Palibe kulangidwa komwe kungakhale kwakukondweresa panthawe imweyo, koma ni kwakutsukwalisa. Tsono patsogolo pace, kumbadzabala bzisapo bza cirungamo na mtendere kwa wale omwe adalangidwa.¹²Na tenepo, limbikisani manja yakuneta na mabondo yakusaya mphambvu. ¹³“Konzani njira zakulungama kwa minyendo yanu”, kuti wakupunduka aleke kugwegweduka, koma alimbisidwe.¹⁴Limbikirani kukhala na mtendere na wentse ndipo mukhale wakucenesedwa. Palibe angawone Mbuya akasaya kukhala wakucenesedwa. ¹⁵Khalani na cheru kuti paleke kuwoneka wakufundukira pa nkhombo za Mulungu, ngakhale kuwoneka muzi wakuwawa omwe ukaphukira unganyose phiringu lomwe lingagwere azinji. ¹⁶Ndipo paleke kuwoneka waupombo na m'bodziyo ayai wakunyoza bza uzimu, ninga Ezau omwe adagulisa ugo bwace bwa utaka ninga mwana wakuyamba, thangwe ra cakudya ca nthawe ibodzi yokha. ¹⁷Ninga imwe mun'dziwa kuti patsogolo pace, pomwe akhafuna kupasidwa utaka bwa madaliso, adalambidwa. Ndipo alibe kukwanisa kucinja bzomwe akhadatsimikiza, ngakhale kuti madalisoyo akhayafuna mwakulira acicosa misozi.¹⁸Imwepo mulibe kufika paphiri la Sinai lomwe likhakwanisa kukhuyidwa, licimbagaka moto, napo pamdima wakugosva, napo pa condzi, ¹⁹na pakulira kwa cimbututu ndipo na muwira wa mafala yomwe wakubva adakumbira kuti aleke kuuzidwa pomwe. ²⁰Nakuti iwo angadakwanisa lini kupirira na bzomwe akhambauzidwa kuti: “Napo cirombo comwe cin'khuya phiriro, cibomedwe na minyala”. ²¹Cadidi, bzinthubzo bzikhagosva kwene-kwene mwakuti Mozeji adafika pakulewa kuti: “Ndirikutetemera na mantha”.²²Tsono imwepo mwafika paphiri ra Siyau, kuJerusalema wa kudzulu, kumzinda wa Mulungu wamoyo, komwe kuna bzulu na bzulu bza anju. ²³Mwafika pamtsonkhano wa cikondwereso ca gereja ya wana wakuyamba wa Mulungu, omwe madzina yawo yadanembedwa kudzulu. Imwepo mwafika kuna Mulungu, mtongi wa wanthu wentse pamphala, kuna mizimu ya wakulungama omwe adakwanirisidwa, ²⁴ndipombo kuna Jezu, Mkhala-pakati wa cipangano cipsa, ndipo kwa mulopa wace wakuwazidwa, omwe un'titsimikizira bzabwino kuposa mulopa wa Aberi.²⁵Khalani na cheru! Lekani kugaza Ule omwe alikulewa. Penu wale omwe adalamba kubvera ule omwe akhawacenjeza pantsi pano alibe kupulumuka, ndiye tani kuna ife, tikalamba kubvera Ule omwe an'ticenjeza bza kudzulu? ²⁶Mulungu omwe kale fala lace lidatekenyesa dziko, tsapano alikulewa kuti: “Kabodzi pomwe nin'dzatekenyesa sikuti dziko lokhalo, tsono na kudzulu kubodzi”.²⁷Mafala yakuti: “Kabodzi pomwe” yalikulatiza kucosedwa kwa bzomwe bzingatekenyesedwe, bzimwebzi ni bzinthu bzakulengedwa, mwakuti bzipitirize kukhala bzomwe bzingatekenyesedwe lini. ²⁸Tenepoyo, pakuti tirikutambira Umambo bwakusaya kutekenyeka, mbatitende ndipo tipembe Mulungu mwa njira yakufunika, mwakulemekeza na kugopa, ²⁹nakuti Mulungu wathu ni moto wakudzonga!

Chapter 13

¹Pitirizani kufunana paubale mwa Krixtu. ²Lekani kuyebwa kutambira bwino alendo. Winango omwe adacita bzimwebzi, adatambira anju mwakusaya kudziwa.³Kumbukirani omwe ali mkawoko, ninga kuti imwepo-letu muli pabodzi na iwo mkawokomo. Kumbukirani omwe alikuboneresedwa, ninga kuti ndimwe mulikuboneresedwa. Malowozi yalemekezedwe na wentse. ⁴Ndipo mwamuna na mkazi wace akhale wakukhulupirika kuna mwandzace, nakuti Mulungu an'dzatonga wakucita malume yakuletsedwa na waupombo.⁵Lekani kukhala na mtima wakufunisisa kobiri, ndipo kondwerani na bzomwe munabzo, thangwe Mulungu caiye adalewa kuti: “Nin'dzakusiya lini cipo, nin'dzakulekerera lini cipo”. ⁶Tsapano tinilewa na cikhulupiriro centse kuti: “Mbuya ni mthandizi wangu, nin'dzabva lini mantha. Angandicite ciyani wanthu?”⁷Kumbukirani atsogoleri wanu, omwe adakuuzani mafala ya Mulungu. Kumbukirani bwino bza moyo wawo na momwe adafera ndipo tewezerani cikhulupiriro cawo. ⁸Jezu Krixtu ni m'bodziyo, dzulo, lero ndipo mpaka kuyenda-na-kuyenda⁹Lekani kutewera bzipfunziso bza kunja bzakusiyana-siyana. Ni bwino kuti mtima wathu ukhale wakulimbikisidwa na nkhombo, sikuti na mitemo inilewa bza cakudya, yomwe iribe phindu kwa wale omwe aniiteweza. ¹⁰Ife tina guwa lomwe wakuphata basa mucikumbi ca mapembo alibe ugo bwakuti adye. ¹¹Mkulu wa anyantsembe ambatenga mulopa wa bzinyama aciyenda nawo mpaka kuMbuto Yakucena Kwene-kwene, ninga cakupereka ca citazo, tsono mathupi ya bzinyamabzo yambatenthedwa kunja kwa msasa.¹²Tenepoyombo, Jezu adafa kunja kwa misuwo ya mzinda kuti akhale cakupereka cakucenesa mbumba kudzera mwa mulopa wace caiwo. ¹³Na tenepo, tiyende kuna Iye kunja kwa msasa, tikapirire kunyozedwa komwe Iye adapirira. ¹⁴Nakuti tiribe mzinda wakukhaliratu pantsi pano, tsono tirikudikhira mzinda omwe ulikudza.¹⁵Pakuti kudzera mwa Jezu, nthawe zentse tipereke ntsembe ya kutenda kuna Mulungu, yomwe in'cokera pa miromo yomwe in'tumbiza dzina lace. ¹⁶Lekani kuyebwa kucita bzabwino ndipo mumbapasembo anango bzomwe muli nabzo, nakuti ntsembe zimwezi Mulungu ambakomedwa nazo. ¹⁷Bverani atsogoleri wanu ndipo mubziikhe pantsi pa utsogoleri bwawo. Iwo ambakukhongobzani ninga omwe an'dzatawira thangwe ranu pamaso pa Mulungu. Abvereni, kuti basa lawo likondwerese ndipo lireke kukhala cinthu cakuwang'ung'udzisa, nakuti bzimwebzi bzingakuthandizeni lini imwepo¹⁸Tipembereni. Tirikudziwa kuti tina mtima wakucenesedwa, ndipo tin'funa kukhala na makhalidwe yabwino pa bzentse. ¹⁹Ndirikukumbirani makamaka mundipembere kuti ndibwezeredwe kwa imwe mwakusaya kucedwa.²⁰Mulungu wa mtendere adalamusa pakati pa wakufa Mbuya wathu Jezu, M'busa mkulu wa mabira, kudzera mwa mulopa wa cipangano cakusaya kumala. ²¹Mulunguyo akucitiseni kuti mukhale wakukwana pa bzabwino bzentse kuti mucite cifuniro cace, ndipo acite bzakumukondweresa muna ife kudzera mwa Jezu Krixtu, omwe ni wakulemekezeka kwakusaya kumala. Ameni.²²Abale, ndiri kukukumbirani kuti mubvume fala langu lakukulangizani. ²³Cadidi bzomwe ine ndakunemberani ni bzing'ono-ng'ono.²⁴Perekani kulimba kuna atsogoleri wanu wentse na wakucena wentse. Wakucena wa kuItaliya alikupereka kulimba. ²⁵Nkhombo zikhale kuna imwe mwentse.

James

Chapter 1

¹Jakobe, muchandi waMwari nowaMambo Jesu Kristo, ndino tumira kutxungamidja kumadjinja ese amwari akaparajihwa panyika yese! ²Hama djangu, dakaranyi pamunosongana nomatambudjiko ariese, ³Ngokuti munozviziva kuti, kugonda kwenyu kwechihwisa zviedjo zvondozvo, zvinobara kuxingirira.⁴Kuti kuxingirira kuwane zviito zvakakwana, kuti muite vakaxinga vakakwana, pachina chino chamunotama. ⁵Kana aripo ari wese pakati penyu achina ruzivo, kumbiranyi kuna Mwari, ngokuti iyena unopa ngokudakara vese pachina kusungwa, vanozo puwa.⁶Asi munodikana kumukumbira mukugonda, muchikakanikani, ngokuti wiya uno kanakana wakatodjana nomadji omudjombe anotohwa ngompepo, okhandihwa. ⁷Vandhu vondovo avarangariri kuti vanozo puwa chirichese chinova kanaMambo. ⁸Mundhu wokurangarira kwakasiyana siyana Aazvizivi zvanoita⁹Asi hama ino zvidodokesa inodjikudja pakukusimbwa kwayo, ¹⁰Asi mundhu wakapfuma unodjikudja pakutseruka kwake, ngokuti iyena unozofa inga maruva omusora. ¹¹Ngokuti zuva rino buda ropisazsa rovoma thikiti, asi maruva rinowa, kusedja kwaro kunopera. ngokudarovo mupfumi unongarangaka kuvira panguva yake¹²Wakadakara mundhu unoxingirira mukuedjwa; ngokuti, sure kokupera kokuedjwa, unozopuwa mubairo woupenyu wiya wakapikihwa vaya vanoda Mwari. ¹³Apana unodika kuti akaedjwa, wonanga kuti" ndaedjwa ndiMwari", ngokuti Mwari aaedjwi ngozvaka chata, iyenavo kamare aedji ariwese¹⁴Asi umwe ngaumwe unoedjwa ngozvido zvake kamare, zvinomudainjira zvinomunyangira. ¹⁵Waro, sure kokuti zvido zvazara, zvinobara chixaixi. sure kokuti chixaixi chazarisa, chinobara rufu. ¹⁶Hama diwa, muchachengedjehwa.¹⁷Zwipo zwese zvakanaka zvinova kudenga, zwinozaka kuna Baba pakujeka, kushina kushinja. ¹⁸Asi pakati poshidisiso shenyu, asi ngokuti iena wakatisika ngomazvi okadi, asi tiyite vokutanga muchero pakati pokusikwa.¹⁹Ndakazvizwa zwonazvo, vadikani vangu hama. Asi mundhu wese ngagare akapurikira nokuzva, anonoke kuvereketa, echinonoka kunhangajua; ²⁰Ngokuti kunhagajua komundhu akudakajisi rutonga waMwari. ²¹Ngokudaro, rambanhi zvakashata nokukura kokushata, ashiranhi ngokudakara mazvi akasimuwa pakati penhu, kuti muponeswa mweya jenhu;²²Itanhi vandhu vokuita mazvi kushiripi kuzwa basi, meizwishengueja mega. ²³Asi, kudai aripo mundhu anozwa mazwi ashikaiti, wakafanana no mundhu anona pabuko kuona mumeso make moshibarihwe; ²⁴Ngokuti wiya wajiona obuda, opera okanganuwa kuti wainga kudini. ²⁵Asi wiya anozwa mutemo wakakwana, kwari kushiripi kuzwa kukukanganwa, Asi kuita mabasa, asi anomushena kwaari.²⁶Asi mundhu anoti muzorana, asi ashika bati rurume wake, asi arikuchengeja moyo wake, asi kunamata kwake akushandi chiro. ²⁷Asi kunamata kwakanaka kushikapairi Mwari ndikona kwaMwari naBaba ndiyena: Asi kuona ndherera no noni pamatambujiko avo, veshijiviga kwavari vashikatevereri zvonhika.

Chapter 2

¹Hama jangu, mushagara nogonda raMambo yaJesu Kristo ngokukumijiwha kovandhu. ²Asi kana mundhu Apotera pakati penhu no mphete yomukore nonguvo jakadakaja, asi pangenazve murombo nonguvo joMutengo wakachipa, ³Asi munopa mbiri anonguvo jakanaka mechiti: ''Garai apa pandau, yakanaka'', asi kumorombo mechiti: Garai apa wakaima'' kana kuti garai pasi pomurenje jangu'', ⁴asi mushaita mbereketu pakati penhu, asi mushatonga kundangarijo jakashata,.⁵Ndazvizwa, hama jangu: Asi Mwari azivi kusana varombo panhika kuti vaite vafumi pagonda, vaite vana vakaemesewa kwavaiya vanoda? ⁶Asi kwamuri, makayerusa varombo. asi asipi vafumi kuti vamutore kwenda kuvatongi? ⁷Asipi vona vanotuka zina rakanaka kavanodainjua.⁸Kudai makateverera mutemo wakakwana pakati pomatahwathwa: Kuti idai mudoni wako tinga iwewe, zvakanaka itai; ⁹Asi kushiripi kukukmijihwa kovandhu, kuita zvakashata, mudoduhwa pakupesana nomutemo.¹⁰Asi kawiya anoviga mupango, asi oposa umwe washaisha wese. ¹¹Asi anonanga kuti,'' ushauraya.'' asi, ashaita upombwe, asi eshiuraiya, waita okuposa mupango.¹²Ndananga kudeia ngokuti: Ndazviona kudeia,; Asi vanotongwa ngomutemo okusungunhuhwa; ¹³Ngokuti kutongwa akuna nhasha kwavaiaya vasizivi kuita nhasha; asi nhasha jinomutengo pakutongwa.¹⁴Hama jangu, zvinoshandenhi mundhu ananga kuti ndinogonda? Asi achina mabasa? Gonda ringamuponesa here? ¹⁵Hama kana anzvaji irimitu, ¹⁶kana ashina zvokuha zvopazuva, Asi mundhu pakati penhu onanga: ''endanhi muru nhararo, pisiwhanhi kanakuti gutanhi''; Kuudai motama kumupa zvaanoda kwaari, zvinoshandirenhi zvondhizv? ¹⁷Asi gonda, rishina mabasa rakafa kwariri.¹⁸Asi mundhu anoti; Iwewe unogonda inini ndinomabasa. Asi ndikhombijei gonda rako richina mabasa, asi inini ngomabasa angu ndinokukhombija gonda rangu. ¹⁹Asi iwewe unotenda kuti kuna Mwari umwe? Anoita zvakanaka, asi nomadimoni anotendavo, anokaruja. ²⁰Bhenji ritendavo kuti gonda richina mabasa arishandi?²¹Asipi kubaba wedu Abraham eshitenda kunomabasa, pakapekeja mukororo wake Isaque pakati pomudiro? ²²Munoona kuti gonda rashanda nomabasa, asi mabasa akazjiswa ngogonda. ²³Zvakazajiswa zvironzo zvechiti, Abraham wakatenda kuna Mwari asi izvo zvakarurama, asi iyena wakadanjuwa shamuari ya Mwari. ²⁴Onanhi kuita mundhu kunodavihwa ngomabasa, kuchiripi ngonda rega.²⁵Asi ngokudaro azivi kuita upombwe Raabe kuitua ngomabasa, paakashira masoko, wakabesera kuti abude ngogwanja rimweni? ²⁶Asi ngokudaro muviri uchina mweya wakafa, ngokudaro gonda richina mabasa rakafavo.

Chapter 3

¹Hama jangu, mushajita vazivi kwamuri, ngokuti munozoaashira kutongwa kakakura maningue. ²Asi ngokuti vese vakaposa mutemo ngokuti mundhu anotendehwa mutemo, Asi angakuanisa kuonerera.³Namatanhi, meitetejera pamuromo po hachi kuti jitizwire, asi tinophinduja muviri wese wavo. ⁴Onanhi basi kupikete, kukura kwajo, jewhisana no dhutu, asi jinophindujua ngomulazwo oshiturituri kuti iyende kainoda kawiya anoitekenha.⁵Asi ngokudaro lulume idivi ro muviri, unotozwikujavo kakurutu. Chimuti shidoko cho fofo chinopisa guasha rakakura. ⁶Asi lulumi imuriro, nhika yakanesa; asi lulume uripakati pomuviri wedhu, weipaira muviri wese, weikukumuka kumuviri ovandhu, weikukumuka kugehena.⁷Asio mushovo wese,ozvinhama zvomusora nozvinomburuka, nozinofamba ngopasi nozvinhama zvomukumwa, zvese zvinonhiswa ngoshovo ovandhu; ⁸Asi akuna mundhu anokwanisa kunhisa lulume; iona kushata kushikarembi, kwakazara ngo poiseni rorufu.⁹Ngolulume tinokuja Mwari na Baba, asi ngorurume tinoshora vandhu zvinoita kutojana na Mwari. ¹⁰Ngomuromo unokomborera nokushora. Hama jangu, izvo azvivhiri kuita kudeia.¹¹Asi murambo wakadaro unovhisa kumwa doce nokumwa inovava. ¹²Hama jangu, zvinotika kuti muvonde, kana muzambiringa oita mavonde? Akuna murambo odoce oita kwa inovava.¹³Ndiani pakati penhu anoziva norungwaro, anoita mugwanja rakanaka mushando yake mukuzvierusa paruzivo. ¹⁴Asi ngokudaro munondhurumwa inovava mumoyo jenhu, mushazwikuja, nokuti mushazonhepera zvokadi.¹⁵Ruzivo wakadaro auvi kudenga, asi ngopasi pozvinhama, pano ndhurumwa nokushata nokushata kozvinhama. ¹⁶Asi Pnondhurumwa nokunhangaruka, asi ponapo panokunhangaja pomushando yese yakashata. ¹⁷Asi ruzivo unovha kudenga ukutanga wakarurama, sure kokunaka, kakarongwa, wakaza ngonsha nomuchero jakanaka, jichina kushora. ¹⁸Asi muchero okururama unosumwa parunhararo kovanoita runhararo.

Chapter 4

¹Inovhepi hondo nokunesana pakatin penhi? Pakusirira kwenhi pakati po muviri jenhu? ²Munosirira, mushiwani chiro; munouraya, mechizondana, kuti muchazoana, mechiwhisana pa hondo, asi amuwani chiro. ³Maunokumbira, asi amuchiwani nokuti munokumbira, mukushata, kuti mudakajise kuda kwenhu.⁴Vanarume novanakaji voupombwe, amuzvizivi kuti kuzvana konhika kuvengana na Mwari? Ngokudaro, anoda kuita chamwari yonhika anoita uvengi naMwari. ⁵Kana munoti matawhatawha nghokunhepa ngokuti: ''Mweya unopona kwatiri unoushanji?''⁶Asi iyena anotipa nhasha jakakura. Ngokudaro anoti: Mwari anovanga kuvanozvikuja asi anopa nhasha kuvanozvininipisa. ⁷Honereranhi asi, muvangue kuna satani, iyena anotiza kwamuri.⁸Kwedereranhi kaMwari, asi iyena anokwedera kwamuri. Sukanhi nhara jenhu joZvitema, asi ngokupinda sukanhi moyo yenhu. ⁹Mechiziva urombo wenhu, chumbanhi mechichema. Itanhi kudakara kwenhu pakudeketera, asi kudakara kwenhu pakunhangajua. ¹⁰Zvirerusenhi pamberi pamwuari, asi iyena anozomukuja.¹¹Hama muchavereketa kushata kunoukwene. Anovereketa umweni pazvakashata, arikutonga mutem, asi anotonga mutmo atevereri mutemo, asi, parutongo. ¹²Umwe anonunura, indiena anoponesa indienazve anopwhanha. Indiani iwewe, unotonga vamweni.¹³Basopa! Imwimwi munanaga: Nhamasi kana mangwana tinoenda pa Doroba, teipinda gore techibuirana ngokuhina''; ¹⁴Asi amuzivi ra mwangwana. Asi upenhu wenhu ngowapi? Asi fuhi, asi panguva shomanani rinoviya, ngokukasika reshingarangara.¹⁵Kuchiripi zvondhozvo, maida kunanga: Mambo mechida, tinopona, izvi kana izvo. ¹⁶Asi wari zvikujenhi pakuda kwenhu; Asi kuzvikuja kwenhu kakashata. ¹⁷Asi, kunowiwa anoziva kuita zvakanaka, asi achikaiti, anoshaisha.

Chapter 5

¹Basopa, vazvari! Chemanhi nokudeketera. Paurombo urikuviya kwamuri. ²Ufhumi wenhu wakavora, asi nonguvo jenhu jakamunhua ngomuchua. ³Asi mukore wenhu no thusi yenhu yakakadukari, asi kukadukari kwayo inozoita chapupu kwamuri, munozoha nhama yenhu tenga muriro. Ngokuti maviga pfuma jenhi pamazuva okupejesera.⁴Asi musharo ovashandi wavakakorora mumaminda menhu, kwamuri kakavhiswa pakuzverujuwa, ari kudhainjira; Asi kudhainjira kwavaita kakaguma munjeve maMambo omphungano. Wakapona zvakanaka panhika, wakaita zvawaida. ⁵Makapundisa moyo yenhu pazuva rakaera. ⁶Makasungisa nokuhuraisa vakarurama; asi imwimwi amuzivi kuchikirira.⁷Ngokudaro, hama, ivanhi norusenguerero dakara pakuvia Mambo. Asi murimi anovetera muchero jakanaka, echivetera norusengerero, dakara achire uvhura yokutanga nonvhura yokunonoka. ⁸Asi garanhivo munorusengerero. Meivangisa moyo moyo yenhu, ngokuti kuvia kwaMambo kuriphedo.⁹Hama, muchakerana umwe kuno umweni, kuitira muchazotongwa. Ngokuti mutongi wa pamusuvo. ¹⁰Hama, itaihi tenga mufananijo omatambujiko norusengerero zvakabuya vaProfeti pazina raMambo. ¹¹Asi tinoti vanomuchena vanochingirira matambujiko. Makazwa rusengerero wa Jo, makazona mbpinduro yakavha kaMambo, ngokuti Mwari anonhasha jakakura, nousisi wakazara.¹²Asi padera pozvese, muchapika, kana kudenga no pasi, muchazoita mbpiko iriyese yayo. Asi kwamuri ngakuite kudaro, asi kwete, andizvopi; kuti mushaguta ngokusungwa.¹³Asi aripo pakati penhu arikuneseka? namatanhi. Aripo wakadakara? imbanhi nduyo. ¹⁴Aripo pakati penhu arikuwhaja? Daijanhi vakukuru vochiyara, munamete, meizoja mafuta ngozina raMambo. ¹⁵Asi munamato unogonda anovangisa anowhara, Mambo anomuswa vanoshaicha asi vanoshaicha vanoregerehwa.¹⁶Pupuranhi umwe kuno umweni, asi mechinamatira vamweni, kuno umweni, kuti varapwe. Asi munamato ovhandhu vakaperera unozika. ¹⁷Asi Elia wainga mundhu se itusu, asi wakanamata kuti nvhura ichana, asi aizivi kuna pamakore matatu no mweji mutandhatu. ¹⁸Asi wakanamatazve, asi gore rakavisa nvhura panhika, asi vandhu vakaivhisa.¹⁹Hama jangu, asi deni aripo pakati penhu anobuda pazvokadi, kana aripo watendeuka, ²⁰munzviziva kuti anotendeusa mushaishi wakashata pagwanja, anoponesa Mweya parufu, anofukija mbpungano youshaishi.

1 Peter

Chapter 1

¹Petro, Mupostori waJesu Kristo, kuwandhu vakarasika vakandhandhanika pakati, Glacia, Kapadocia, Asia noBitinia, ²Kuvakasanuwa kurizivo waMwari Baba, Pakati pokuda ko Mweya, pakuzvira pavingwa ko ngazi ya Jesu. Kuti nhasha norunhararo ngauhwengejehwe.³Anomchena Mwari na Baba wedhu Mambo Jesu Kristo. Pakati pounhasha jake, paakatisika pakati poruvetero unopona. Asi mpinduro yakona, pakati po rumuko wa Jesu Kristo kuva kafa. ⁴Asi mpiro yavzo idha ishikaizvaniswi, ishikapairiwhi ishikavhiri kuremba. Ngokuti iyona yakavigwa mudenga kwamuri, ⁵ngopakati po gonda zvakavigwa nosimba raMwari, kwanga kuti vapangijire pamazuva okupejesera.⁶Ngokudaro dakaranhi, asi ngazvite ngokuda kuti ngopado po nguva mechineswa pazviejo, ⁷kuti kuperera kogonda renhu, kunodika kunhisa mukore unofa, ngauwanike pakunamata, nouthende, nokureremejwa, pakupangijihwa kwaJesu.⁸Kwaari, kuchina kunonoka kuoneka, asi dhisananhi, kunhangwe muchikamuoni, asi mechitenda kwaari, asi dhakaranhi nomphaiyapaia mechionesesa uthende. ⁹Asi murikuwana mbpinduro yo gonda: Pakuponewa ko mweya jenhu. ¹⁰Paruponeso uku vaporofita vakaorofeta ngozvonhasha ngokudaro twanganhi kuzvisisvisisa, ngokuda vakazvizivisisa,¹¹Twanganhi kuziva kuti inguva yapi kuti kuti Mweya wa Kiristo pawaikhomjua, pawaita shapupu chokutamubujika kwa Kristo kana pouthendi umweni. ¹²Imwimwi, ivona vakapangijiwha kuti kainga kuchipi kwavari, asi kwavari, asi ivona vanoshanda nazvo. Asi wari, ivona vakavhunjuwa ngokuti, paMweya Mutzvene wakavha kudenga, asi vakachumaira vhangeri. Zviro zvo ngirosi jinoda kuhonesesa zvakanaka.¹³Ngokudaro, nasiriranhi ndangalijo jenhu, ivanhi vaonereri, meivetera panhasha pamunovisa zvipangijiwha kuna Jesu Kristo. ¹⁴Asi, tenga vana vanozvira, muchatojona ngochidisiso chakashata zvokare, pamaitama kuzvira.¹⁵Ngopamutivi; ngati wiya wakamudainjaiya mutswene, Itanhivo vatswena pakurangarira penhu. ¹⁶Ngokuti zvakanhowha: Garanhi vazvene, ngokuti inini ndirimuzvene. ¹⁷Asi, takamudanja Baba vaiyana, kuchina kuwanda, vanotanga pamabasa oumwe na umwe, mechipona pakutyia panguva yenhu yakavoma;¹⁸Muzive kuti azvizivi kuita zviro zvokuphanha, ngati tusi no mukore, wakonunuwha pakutama kurangarira kwenhu pamakahashira ma jiBaba yenhu, ¹⁹asi ngongasi yakanaka, yakafanana no Gundata richina kuposeka richina kuparana: Pangasi ya Kristo.²⁰Iena waizivika ichito yasikuwa nhika, asi yakasjandiswa pakupera ponguva ngondava yenhu, ²¹Asi, pakati pavo, tendanhi kuna Mwari, wakamuka kuvakafa wakavapa uthende, kuti gonda renhu nokuvetera kwenhu kugare na Mwari.²²Asi makasuka mweya yenhu pakuzvira pozvokadi, parudo wakanaka nokuperera, Dhisananhi kwakakuara no moyo jenhu, ²³asi munodha ngopatswa, asi kumbeu inofa, asi yakanaka, inopona pamazvi wa Mwari, anogara.²⁴Asi nhama yese yakatojana no sora, asi uthende wakona wakafanana no maluwa pa sora. Asi sora rinovoma, nduva jombwera; ²⁵asi mazvi ya Mambo agare naimwimwi kwendanokwenda. Aya ndimazvi akavhangewha pakati penhu.

Chapter 2

¹Muregere, kudaizve, zvakashata, nokuchengeja kwese, nokuzvitisa, nondhurumwa, nokuvereketa kwese kwkashata, ²mechida zvakanaka, ngati mwana opanhara, mukaka omazwi, achiripi okuchengeja, kuti pakati penhu meikura pakuponeswa; ³ejanhi kuti Mambo wakanaka.⁴Kwedheranhi kwaari, kuti ibuwe rinopona, rakarambuwa kuvandhu, asi rakasanwa kaMwari. ⁵Asi imwimwivo, makaita buwe rinopona, makavakwa tenga nhumba yo mweya omapiristi vazvene, vanodakajisa Mwari pakati pa Jesu Kristo.⁶Asi zvakadiwhavo pamatahotaho: Asi inini ndinozodira pasiao buwe rakakwana ropakhona, rakasanwa nokudakaja. Anoritenda mbhera narini azonhowejwi.⁷Ngokudaro, kwamuri, makatenda, asi kuvahedeni. Buwe rakarambwa novavaki, irona rakaita rakakura ropakhona, zvakadaro, ⁸Buwe rokukhugunha, ibhuwe rinokutambuja. Ivona vanokhugunhika pamazvi ngodava yokuita hasha, kwavari vakahesewha.⁹Asi imwimwi ndimwi mphungano yakasanuwa, Mapiristi vokukwana, nhika yakachena, mphungano wakawannwa; kuti vateketese vhangeri rowiya wawakadhainjua kuvha pchidhima kuenda pakujeka pakanaka. ¹⁰Muchito, maenga muchipi mphungano, asi wari ma mphungano ya Mwari. Mucito mainga muchizivi kuhaashira nhasha.¹¹Vadikani, tenga vafambi vonhikanja, inini indinomuvhunja kuti mugare ndhambo nochidhisiso chonhama, ¹²Inowhusana no mweya, kuti mugare nowhuru wakanaka pakati povahedeni; kuti, pazvia zvenhu, tenga mambhavha, anoshata kuvereketa, pavanohoniwa asi Mwari ngondava yo mushando yenhu yakanaka aviye.¹³Garanhi ndhambo nomatongero ovandhu, ngodava ya Mambo; Kana uri Mambo asi urimukuru; ¹⁴Kana kwatongi, vakatmwa ndivona, asi pakuda kutambuja mambavha, echipa rureremejo kuvanoit zvakanaka. ¹⁵Asi uku kuda kwaMwari, kuti, maita zvakanaka, nhararanhi mechiyerusa mapenji. ¹⁶Garisikanhi novandhu vakasungunuka, asi muchashandisa runhararo kwakakura kuvandhu vakashata. Ngokudaro, itanhi tenga varanda va Mwari. Reremejanhi vese: ¹⁷Mechida hamanohama, mechityia Mwari, Mechireremeja Mambo.¹⁸Varanda, garanhi nokutyia kwese kuno majimambo yenhu, kuchipi vakanaka nokunhara, asi kuvaiya vanomuchaichiravo. ¹⁹Asi kuzviro zvakadakaja kana mundhu, ngondava yopakati pa Mwari, ngaeje kuwhajiwha, eitambujika kakashata. ²⁰Asi, kuitirenhi kukwanisira kupanichua ngokuita chitema? Ngokudaro, enga, kuita zvakanaka, munodika kukwanisa, izvi ngozvaMwari.²¹Asi izvi ngokudaro makadaijua, ngokuti Kristo wakatambujikavo kwamuri, echisiya mufananijo kwamuri, kuti mutevere mudhanho jondhojo. ²²Asi iyena azivi kuita chishaishi, kana nokuchengeja akuzivi kuwanika pamuromo pake. ²³Paituka, iena achaitukepivo. Paitambujika iena achainesepi vandhu; kuchiripi kudaro, waipekeja kunovandhu vaitonga zvakanaka.²⁴Asi iyena wakatora zvishaishi zvedhu ngopamuviri pake pamutanda, kuti itusu, tingafa pazvishaishi, tipone pakururama. Ngochivonje chake takarapwa. ²⁵Ngokuti imwimwi mainga tenga magundata akarasika mugwanja; asi wari matendeuka kuva fundisi vanoonerera mweya jenhu.

Chapter 3

¹Zvakatojana naimwimwi, zviranhi majimamuna yenhu, kuti, asi vamweni avazviri mazvi, ngopakati po ndangarijo jo vakaji, vachina mazvi, ngavawine, ²Ivona pavanoona ndangarijo jenhu jakanaka nokuthuka.³Asi kunhara kwenhu kuchagara kokunja, nokurukwa ko vhuji, no mphete jomukore, kana zvokusimira, ⁴asi kudeia, mundhu ngokunja ko moyo, kuceja kuchnachuiro kuchina mweya wakanaka nokurongeka, kuti zvinodika pamberi pa Mwari.⁵Asi Ngokudaro vajichenenavo kare vanakaji vatzene, vachivetera Mwari, asi vazwira Majimamuna avo. ⁶Ngokudaro Sarai waizwira mamuna wake Abraham, wakadainjua ndi Mambo. Asi naimwimwi muri vana vake maita zvonazvo muchasotyia kunhangaja kurikwese.⁷Asi naimwimwi vanarume, dhakaranhivo navo ngokuzvanana, mechivareremeja vanakaji, kuita mujiyo wakafhaya, asi ivona naimwimwi ndimwi vana vonhacha voupenhu onhasha; pakati pokuti mkumbiro wenhu uchakhugunhika.⁸Ngokupejisira, asi mwese garanhi no ndhangarijo imewe, makafhaya mugare no rudho kuno hama jenhu, mugare nonhasha jakaperera. ⁹Muchawhurijira kusha ngokushata, kana kutuka ngokutuka; rumbizanhi, kuti naizvonazvo mudhaijwe, kuti muwane makomborero.¹⁰Ngokudaro: wuiya anoda upenhu anoona mazuva akanakaunase lulume wako pakushata, asi mulomo wake aubuyi zvokunhepa. ¹¹Fundurukai pazvakashata, itayin zvakanaka, zvakai runhararo, weitevera. ¹²Ngokuti madicho amambo arikuvakarurama, njeve jake jirikwanga kumukumbiro, asi mumeso maMambo munovenga vanoita zvakashata.¹³Ndiani anomuita zvakashata makagara mukunaka? ¹⁴Asi, matambujwa pakati pokururama, munimuchena ndhimwi. Muchavatyia, kana nokumunhangajisa.¹⁵Asi chenesanhi Kristo seMambo pamoyo jenhu; asi garanhi makanasirira kuti mudavire nokufhava nokureremeja kuvese vanomukumbira chigindo chokuvetera chikwamuri, ¹⁶Asi mugare no hwiru wakanaka, kutikazviya, munovereketwa zvakashata, vanotuka ndangarijo jakanaka kunaKriristo ngavanhowejwe. ¹⁷Asi zvinomuchena vanotamjika ngokunasa, asi kuda kwamwari ndikona, kuchiripi kuita zvakachata.¹⁸Ngokuti Mwari wakafa kamwe pazvichaichi, vakarurama kuvakashata; kuti imwimwi mutore Mwari. Iyena waingepo, zvakadi, kufa panhama, asi esimujiwha paMweya, ¹⁹ngokwapi wakakohomera mweya pachibitongo. ²⁰Ava ndivona vokare vakaramba kuzwa, rucengerero rwaMwari panguva yaMosi, painasiriwha ngaravaapo, mweya muchoma vakaponeswa pakati pokumwa.²¹Uku kukhombijwa ko banbatisi, asi nawari rinomuponesa, asi ngopakati pomuviri, asi ngokukumbira kwakanaka kowhuru wakanaka ka Mwari, pakati po rumuko wa Jesu Kristo. ²²Ina arimukono omuho wa Mwari, apera kuenda mudenga; asi ngirosi no vatongi, nosiomba zvipakati poutongi wavo.

Chapter 4

¹Asi Jesu wakatamujika panhama, garanhi meirangarira zvakadaro ngochichaichi; ²kuti, pakusara pomnguva pannhama, amuchaponi mukuda zvashata, asi mukuda kwaMwari.³Asi zvakwana, panguva yakapinda zveta mukuda kovandhu vandheni, veifamba mukujaha, mukudha zvakashata, mudoro, mudiri rokudakwa, mukunamata zvimwamwari. ⁴Asi zvinonhenhu, muchaita se ivona, vanogogoma vezvaka zvononhenhwa. ⁵Ngokudaro vanovereketa zvakashata kwamuri, ivona vanozofunga ndau kavaiya vanoda kutonga vapenhe novakafa. ⁶Asi ngokudaro vhangeri rakavhangehwa kuvakafa, kuti, dheni vakotongwa konhama ngomazono omundhu, ponanhi mumweya pakuda kwaMwari.⁷Pakupera kozvese kwaphedho, asi ivanhi makangwarira, echikumbira. ⁸Padhera pozvese, meipisa ngorudo ummwe kuno umweni, asi rudo runofukija zvichaichi zvombhungano. ⁹Asi itanhi vafhumba umwe kunoumweni, muchikangunhuni.¹⁰Asi umwe naumwe ngaite se chipo chsakahachiira, se vatungamiriri vakanaka panhacha ja Mwari. ¹¹Asi mundhu avereketa, ngazvigare pamazvi a Mwari; kudai mundhu aperekera ngaite mukuda kwaMwari, pakati pozvese kuna Mwari kuti akujwe pakati pa Jesu Krristo. Iyena arikunduma ya Mwari pasimba mbhera nokare, Amen!¹²Vadhiwa, muchanhenha mulilo unobhwaka unoviya kwamuri kuti umueje, se zviro zvakashata zvinonga zveitika. ¹³Kuchiripi kudharo, dhakaranhi muvepo pakupona pamatamjiko ya Kristo; asi mukuvie kwake muzodhakarevo naye. ¹⁴Asi matukwa ngodava ro zina raKristo, munomuchena, ngokuti mweya nouthene waMwari unozorora kwa muri.¹⁵Asi apana umwe wenhu anotambujika se mujongoni, kana no mundhu anongwenera pandava jokunja; ¹⁶Asi eitambujika muna Kristo, anhowejeki, anokuja nokukujisa zina rondhoro;¹⁷Asi nguva yokutongwa echitanga munhumba ya Mwari; asi okudanga kwatiri, zvinozoitkenhi vanomusikanswa pavhengeri ra Mwari? ¹⁸Asi wakarurama anokjiponesa nokuneseka, kunozoitikenhi kumushaishi kana muhedeni? ¹⁹Ngokudaro, vanotamjikira Mwari, vanothemba mweya javo ku Musiki, vechita zvakanaka.

Chapter 5

¹Ngokudaro, kumajimangameri ozhiara varipakti penhu, kuti ndimangameri se imwimwi, pakutamjika kwa Kristo, vanopotera pauthendi unoneka, ngozvakadi ndinokumbira: ²Havisanhi magundata a Mwari ari pakati penhu, asi ngokumuvangirija, asi ngokuda kwenhu no kaMwari; asi ngokuda zvese; ³asi ngokuda kwakanaka, asi mechinhisa avo varipakati penhu vanomunoerera, asi no mufananijo kumagundata. ⁴Asi kumufundisi mukuru aviya, munozohachira hata ichikapwanhi youthendi.⁵Asi naimwimwivo majaha, zviranhi majimangameri, asi mese mechisimira kujiyerusa umwe kuno umweni; asi: Mwari anovanga kuvachikazvi, asi anopa nhasha kuvanozviyerusa. ⁶Asi pasi posimba pa nhara ja Mwari, kuti iyena amukujepanguva yakakwana, ⁷mechikhandhira kwaari manesero ese; ngokuti iyena indiena anomuhonerera.⁸Garanhi! makangwarirrira! muvengi wenhu, satani, anofamba mumbhiripiri, eguhuwa se mpbhondhoro, eztsanga ndiani wainoruma. ⁹Vanganhi kwaari, pereranhi pagonda; meiziva kuti matambujiko anoitika nohama jenhu panhika.¹⁰Asi mwari onhasha jese, wakamudhainja paudhendi muna Kristo, apera kutambujika padhoko, iyena anomukhombijira, anotendera, nokumuvangisa, anomupa zopasipai. ¹¹Iyena ngagare osimba rese mphera nokare. Amen!¹²Asi Sivirano, hama yenhu yakarurama, asi ndinomureremeja, inini ndamutarira ngokasika, ndemuvangisa ndemupa chapupu zvizvokadhi zvonhasha ja Mwari. Asi apo. ¹³Asi chungamijanhi zviaara zvakasanwa, zvi Babironi, asi nomwana wangu Marako. ¹⁴Chungamijanhi imwe kuno umweni, no rudo. Norunhararo ngaugare naimwi mese kuna Kristo.

2 Peter

Chapter 1

¹Simao Petro, Muranda no Mupostoro waJesu Kristo vainga nayesu pamwepo mukudhakaja ngokugonda pakati pokururama kaMwari wedhu Muponesi Jesu Kristo; ²Nhacha no Runhalalo ngauhengejerwe ngoruzivo wa Mwari, noka Jesu Mambo wedhu.³Ngosimba lake loMwari wakatipa zvese zvoupenhu nokutiwhurijira zvouMwari, pakati poSimba lawia wakatidhainja pauthende no Simba; ⁴Ngokuti ngizvo zvathakapiva zvakanaka mupango, panberi phavo galanhi muripovo mwapokonyoka kudva mukuola kwekuemula kwangu.⁵Ngokudhalo tadhira kuveka kwese, engejeranhi gonda lo simba; ngokugonda, nokuziva; ⁶Mechivibhata, kamwari; nokuvibhata mega, norusenegejo, nokuwhurijwa kaMwari; ⁷Asi kuwhurijwa kamwari, no rudho lakaperera; nokuperera, korudho.⁸Asi komuri kunoneka kukula kozviro zvonazvo, ndivona avazomusi muchikabhari muchero okuziva ka Mambo wedhu Jesu Kristo. ⁹Ngokuti kuya kuchina zviro yi bhofu, aoni zvondhambo, echikanganwa kusuka zvichaichi zvokare.¹⁰Ngokuti, hama, zvanganhi kudhavira kodhainjwa kwenhu kusina ngodhivi laMwari; asi mesita zvonazvo amuchaichi. ¹¹Asi ngokudhalo munonga mesikula mesitendera kuntsena ko uMambo kunhalala ka Mambo wedhu muponesi Jesu Kristo.¹²Asi ngokudharo inini andimusi nguva jese jokumucherecheja zviro zvonazvo, asi mecizviziva, asi garanhi makaperera poichokwadhi panhamasi. ¹³Asi ndinozvita kururama, asi inini ndimutheperri iri, asi ndinomumusa ngokumucherecheja; ¹⁴Asi ngokukasika ndinobhuda mutheperi, se zvinoita Mambo werdhu Jesu Kristo zvanondiikhombijira. ¹⁵Asi ndhakazvanga kuti imwimwi muzive kucherecheja kozviro zvonazvo.¹⁶Asi itusu atizivi kuteketesa simba rokuviya kwa Mambo Jesu Kristo ndechitevera kusikwa nohungwaro asi takaita chapupu chokuona chakakura ovandhu. ¹⁷Ngokuti Mwari Bhabha wakaachira kureremeja nouthendi, echitumwa ngohizvwi routhendi: Kuti uhu mwanangu wandhinodha, anondhidhakajisa. ¹⁸Asi itusu takarizwa izwi ronarorakatmwa kudhenga, asi itusu tinaye kudhundhu rakachena.¹⁹Asi tinomazvi atinogonda ovaprofeti; asi anomuita zvakanaka akagarisika kwanga, kadhai se chiesa chinovheneka pachidhima, kudhakara zuva rochena nonhereji jomangwanani jinomuka mumoyo mwenhu. ²⁰Asi mechiziva pakutanga zvonazvo: asi akuna chipropfeti chomatahotaho chenhu mega. ²¹Ngokuti chiprofeti achizivi kuitiwa ngokudha ko Mundhu, asi vandhu vanoziva ngodivi ra Mwari vechitungamirihwa ngoMweya wakaChena.

Chapter 2

¹Asi kangavo maporofita okunhepapakati pombhungano, asi ngokudharo kunozovepovo vajijisi vokunhepavo pakati penhiu, asi ivona vanozoita ziro zokumutweja, vanozoramba Mambo wakavatenga, vechivisa kwavari kuphinda zvokupwanha. ²Asi vazinji vonzotevera kuzvejwa kwavo, asi vanozobuia zvokuuwanda vechisai guanja rokadi vecitukwa. ³Ivona vanozobuya mazwi okunhepa; ngokwapi ngosungwa kuchina ndava asi kuzvejwa akuzivi kunaka.⁴Asi kuti Mwari Asivi keregerera ngirosi jakafa, kuciripi ngokudaro kutikhandirakudira mujeri rochidhima kughehena, kuti titongwe; ⁵Asivi kuregerera nhika yokare, asi wakachengeta Noe, weteketesa pakururama, novamweni vanomwe, echivisa ndambi panhika yochichaichi; ⁶Yakasunga madhorobha ro Sodoma noGomora pakupwanhuwa, kakuvia marota echidira pavanopona pachichaichi.⁷Asi wakaponesa vakarurama Lo, wainga arembha kupona kakachata. ⁸(Ngokuti, waipona akarurama pakati pavo asi mazuva yese waidhira mweya wake yeshipona nokuita mushando yake). ⁹Asi wario waponesa pazviejo yeshiviga kuti zuva lokutongwa kuti vamupanitse.¹⁰Asi kakakula kovanofamba konhama nozvidho zvakaschata nozvokushata, vechirerusa, veshibhatika ngokudhalo nkamare, vashingaityi zviro zvakanaka zvouthendi. ¹¹Asi nonguilosi Simba noutendi, avaviziwisi kutukwa pambheri pavo pakati pa Mambo.¹²Asi yezvi, tenga zinhama zakapona, zinotevera kusikwa kwazvo kunda kujele nokuparajwa, veshituka zvavachikazwi, vanodha kuneseka kwavo. ¹³Vechiwachira kushata veshiwana zakachata pamazuva akashata, zveshiita zhinyanyo nozvikhombijo, veiona pakushengejwa kavo, vechienda padhiri nayemwiyo; ¹⁴Vanomadicho akazala nopombwe, vashigaemi kushaishave shichaichiravo mweya, veshigala no mweyo joujundi, wana voshisa.¹⁵Vakasi gunja rakanaka, vopota, vechitevera gunja ra Balaa, mwana wa Bosoro, wakadha kuripa kakashata. ¹⁶Asi ivona vakadha kupsena kwavo; panhika yozvinhama zvakaera, vechivereketa noizwi rovandhu, vakaphiniggija kupenga kovaporofeti.¹⁷Asi iji imulambo jichina kumwa jakatohwa no dhutu; kuti kuchidhima chousiku chakavigua kwese mbera nokare. ¹⁹Ngokuti vanovereketa ziro zvakakachata zvichina chwiro vanotungamiriwha nokudha kakashata ko nhama, vaia vakaposeka pazvakashata. ¹⁸Vechnanga zvorunhararo, asi varivona kamare varanda vozvakachata vaia kuti vakanhiswa, vakaitwaiya varanda.²⁰Ngokudalo, ngokuziva ka Mambo Muponesi Jesu Kristo, vakashaicha ngozvonhika, asi ngopato vakagala naye, asi vakanhiswa, asi kokupejesera kunogena kuvimba, ²¹Asi wakawina wanga aninani atende kuziva gwanja lokururama kushiripi, apera kuziva vakapota kuchena pamupango zvainga vapuwa. ²²Asi izvi zvokatojana nozvokadhi mazvi akangwala, anoti, imbhwa yawhurira pamarucho ayo, asi nguruve waihirira pamadaka.

Chapter 3

¹Hama, yeni ndinomutarira shamba yochipiri, ngozvese kuti ndimumuse pakuzva pakati pokusherecheja; ²Kuti musherecheje pamazua okare akatumwa novaporofita okare, pamupango yedhu, kumapostoro waMambo Muponesi.³Meshiziva pakutanga yezvi: kuti pamazuva okupejesera kunozoviya, vanoita kudha kwavo veshifamba zvavanodha, ⁴Vechiti: Kurikupi zvatakavhunjua? Zvotakavhunjua mukuzwa kake, asi kumajibaba akavata, zviro zvese zvakaitika pakusikwa.⁵Ngokudalo zvona vakayesuisa yezvi ngokudha kwavo, ngomazvi ya Mwari panguva yokare yakapinda mugore, asi nhika yakava kuna ngokumwa yakavenkuerera. ⁶Asi ngonhika yokare yakapwanhua ngokumwa yo ndhambi. ⁷Asi nhika wari, ngomazwi yonayo yawigwa, nomuriro mbera pamazuva yokutongwa, pokuzvojeka povanyu vakashata.⁸Asi hama, pazviro yevzi musharerusa: ngokuti zuva rimwe kamambo izana lomakore, zana she zuva rimwe. ⁹Mambo unoki pakuverekeyta kwake, asi rucengerero kwatiri, achidi kuti vamweni vafe, asi vese vaiwa pakutenderuka.¹⁰Asi zuva laMambo anozviya se mbhava pausiku, ngokwapi mudenga munozova nokukudwa, asi vomweni vechipiswa veshitenderera, asi panhika no mabhasa yayo zvinozobhiswa pashena.¹¹Zvaoneka kiuti zvese yezvi zvirikuda kuti zvileiwe, kuti munoitisa kudhini kuti muchene pa ndangarijo nokugarisika, ¹²meshitevera, meshikasikira mukuvia ka Mwari, asi wakati gorereshipiswa, asi vamweni, veshizvjimba, vesipegeruka. ¹³Asi, ngozva akananga, teshivetera dhenga ritwsa no nhika itwsa, pokuti kuirura kunopona.¹⁴Ngokudalo, vadikani, meshivetera zviri zvonazvo, twakanhi kuiti kwaari ngakukandike kuiti mushapumbwa ngogua yorunhalala; ¹⁵Itanhi se kuponeswa norusengerero kaMambo wedhu; asi tengavo hama yedui Pauro wakatala, paruzivo wakapuwa; ¹⁶Asi kugueza jake mbiri; ngocushata kuti kunozvimweni zvinono mesa kuti zvizike, zvimweni zvinoyerusa nozvimweni zvinopanguigira, ngokudalo matanho amweni, mukuzejejab kake.¹⁷Nokudaro asi, hama, mechiziva muchito, veteranhi kuti, ngokuchengejwa kuvakachata, amuzotohwi mese, asi munowa pakururama kwenhu. ¹⁸Asi kuranhi panhasha noruzivo wa Mambo Muponesi wedhu Jesu Kristo. Kwaari uthendhe, wari pazuva nozuva pomudhenga, Amem!

1 John

Chapter 1

¹Izvo zvakanga zviripo kubvira pakutanga, zvatakazwa, zvatakavona nemadziso edu, zvatakaninguira, nezvatakabata namahoko edu, zveShoko roupenyu ²(upenyu wakaratidzwa, tikawuvona, tinopupura nokukuparidzirai upenyu usingaperi, wakanga uri kunaBaba, ukaratidzwa kwatiri);³3 Izvo zvaakavona, nezvatakazwa, ndizvo zvetinokuparidziraivo, kuti nemivo mudanane nesu;

kudanana kwedu tinako naBaba, noMwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu.

⁴Zviro izvi

tinokunyorerai, kuti kudakara kwenyu kuzadziswe.

⁵iyi ndiyo mharidzo yatakanzwa kwaari, yatinokuparidzirai vo, kuti Mwari chiedza, hamunarima maari. ⁶Kana tichiti, tinodanana naye, tichihamba murima tinobuya zvekunyepa, hatiiti chokwadi; ⁷asi kana

tichihamba muchiedza, saiye ari pachiedza, tinodanana isu; neropa raJesu Kristu, Mwanakomana wake, rinotinatsa pazvivi zveshe.

⁸Kana tichiti, hatinazvivi, tinozvinyepera, chokwadi hachisi matiri. ⁹Kana tichizvirevurira zvivi zvedu, iye wakatendeka wakarurama, nekudaro kuti

unotiregerera zvivi zvedu, nokutinatsa pakusarurama kweshe.

¹⁰Kana tichiti, hatina kutadza, tinomuita murevi wenhema, neshoko rake arisi matiri.

Chapter 2

¹Vana vangu vadoko, ndinokunyorerai zviro izvi, kuti, murege kutadza. Kana

munhu achitadza, tinoMurevereri kunaBaba, ena Jesu Kristu wakarurama;

²ndiye mudzikinuri

wezvivi zvedu; haasi wezvivi zvedu bedzi, asi wezvivi zvenyika yeshe .

³Ndizvo zvinotizivisa kuti tinomuziya, kana tichichengeta murairo yake.⁴4 Uyo, unoti, ndinomuziva, asingachengeti mirairo yake, murevi wenhema, chokwadi achisi maari; ⁵asi uyo, anochengeta shoko rake, rudo rwaMwari rakakwaniswa maari zvirokwazvo. Ndizvo

zvinotizivisa kuti tiri maari;

⁶uyo, unoti, ndinogara maari, unofanira kuhamba vo sezvaakafamba

ena.

⁷7 Hama dzangu, handikunyoreriyi murairo mutsva, asi murairo wekare, wamainga munawo

kubva pakutanga; murairo wekare ndiro shoko ramakazwa.

⁸Pamwe zve ndinokunyorerai

murairo mutsva, chiri chiro chechokwadi maari nememuri; nekuti rima rodarika, chiedza

chachokwadi chotovhenekera.

⁹9 Uyo, anoti, ndiri muchiedza, achizonda hama yake, uchiri

murima kusvikira zvino.

¹⁰Unoda hama yake, unogara muchiedza, hapana chigumbuso maari. ¹¹Asi anozonda hama

yake, uri murima, unohamba murima haazivi kwaanoenda, nekuti rima rakafukidza meso ake.

¹²12 Ndinokunyorerai, vana vadoko, nekuti makakangamwirwa zvivi nokuda kwezita rake.

¹³Ndinokunyorerai, madzibaba, nekuti munoziya iye wakanga aripo kubva pakutanga. Ndinokunyorerai, majaya, nekuti makakunda wakaipa. Ndakunyorerai, vana vadoko, nekuti

munoziya Baba.

¹⁴Ndakunyorerai, madzibaba, nokuti munoziva iye wakanga aripo kubva pakutanga. Ndakunyorerai, majaya, nokuti munesimba, neshoko raMwari rinogara mamuri, makakunda

wakaipa.

¹⁵15 Musada nyika kunyangwe nezviro zviri munyika. Kana munhu achida nyika, rudo

rwaBaba harusi maari.

¹⁶Nokuti zvose zviri munyika, zvinoti, kuchiva kwenyama, nokuchiva

kwemeso, nokuzvikudza kovupenyu, hazvibvi kunaBaba, asi panyika.

¹⁷Nyika inopfuvura nokuchiva kwayo; asi unoita kuda kwaMwari, unogara nokusingaperi.¹⁸

Vana vadoko, inguva yokupedzisira; sezvamakazwa kuti antikristu unovuya, nazvino vana

antikristu vazhinji vavapo; ndizvo zvinotizivisa kuti yava nguva yokupedzisira.

¹⁹Vakabva

kwatiri, asi vakanga vasati vari vedu, nokuti dai vaive vedu, vangadai vaigara nesu; asi vakabva

kuti vavonekwe kuti vose havazi vedu.

²⁰imwi munokuzodzwa kunobva kunaiye Mutsvene, munoziva zvose. ²¹Handina kukunyorerai

ndichiti hamuzivi chokwadi, asi nokuti munoiziva, uye nokuti hakunenhema dzingabva

pachokwadi.

²²Ndianiko murevi wenhema, kana asati ari iye unoramba kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu?

Ndiye antikristu, unoramba Baba noMwanakomana. 23

²³Aninani unoramba Mwanakomana, naye aanavo baba.²⁴Kana muri imwi, izvo

zvamakanzwa kubva pakutanga, ngazvigare mamuri, nemivo muchagara muMwanakomana, nomunaBaba.

²⁵Ndichochi chipikirwa chaakatipikira, ndibwo vupenyu bwusingaperi.

²⁶Zvinhu izvi ndakakunyorerai pamusoro pavanokutsausai.²⁷Kana muri imwi, kuzodzwa

kwamakagamuchira kwaari kunogara mamuri, hamufaniri kuti mudzidziswe nomunhu; asi

kuzodzwa kwake, sezvakunokudzidzisai pamusoro pezvinhu zvose, kuri kwechokwadi, dzisati

dziri nhema, se zvakwakakudzidzisai, garai maari.

²⁸Zvino, vana vaduku, garai maari,kuti, kana achizovoneswa, tive nokusatya, tirege

kunyadziswa vo pamberi pake pakuvuya kwake.

²⁹Kana muchiziva kuti iye wakarurama zivaivo

kuti mumwe nomumwe unoita zvakarurama wakaberekwa naye.

Chapter 3

¹Tarirai kukura korudo rwa takaitirwa naBaba, kuti tinzi vanakomana vaMwari;

ndizvo zvatiri vo; saka nyika haitizivi, nokuti haina kumuziva iye.

²Vadikamwa, zvino tiri vana

vaMwari, uye zvichigere kuratidzwa kuti tichazovei. Tinoziva kuti kana achizovoneswa, isu

tichafanana naye; nokuti tichamuvona sezvaakaita.

³Mumwe nomumwe unetariro iyi kwaari, unozvichenesa sezvaa iye.⁴4 Mumwe

nomumwe unoita zvivi, unodarika nomurairo vo; zvivi ndiko kudarika murairo.

⁵Munoziva kuti

iye wakavoneswa kuti abvise zvivi; maari hamunezvivi.

⁶Mumwe nomumwe unogara maari, haaiti zvivi; mumwe nomumwe unoita zvivi, haana

kumuvona kana kumuziva.

⁷Vana vaduku, musatsauswa nomunhu; uyo, unoita zvakarurama, wakarurama, saiye akarurama. ⁸Uyo, unoita zvivi, ndowaDhiabhorosi, nokuti Dhiabhorosi unoita

zvivi kubva pakutanga. Mwanakomana waMwari wakavoneswa nemhaka iyi kuti aparadze

mabasa aDiaborosi.

⁹Mumwe nomumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haaiti zvivi, nokuti mbeu yake inogara maari, haagoni kuita zvivi, nokuti wakaberekwa naMwari. ¹⁰Vana vaMwari vanovoneswa naizvozvi, navana vaDhiabhorosi; mumwe nomumwe usingaiti zvakarurama, haazi waMwari, naiyevo

usingadi hama yake.

¹¹. Nokuti ndiro shoko ramakanzwa kubva pakutanga, kuti tidane;

¹²tisingaiti saKaini, wakanga ari wowakaipa, akavuraya munununa wake. Wakamuvurayireiko?

Nokuti mabasa ake akanga akaipa, asi omunun'una wake akanga akarurama.

¹³

Musashamiswa, hama dzangu, kana nyika ichikuvengai.

¹⁴Tinoziva kuti takabva murufu, tapinda muvupenyu, nokuti tinoda hama. Uyo, usingadi, hama yake unogara murufu. ¹⁵Mumwe nomumwe unovenga hama yake, muvurayi; munoziva kuti hakunomuvurayi

unovupenyu bwusingaperi bwugere maari.

¹⁶Ndozvatinoziva rudo nazvo, kuti wakatipa

vupenyu bwake; nesuvo tinofanira kupa hama vupenyu bwedu.

¹⁷Asi kana munhu anefuma

yenyika, akavona hama yake ichishaiwa, akamupfigira tsitsi dzake, rudo rwaMwari runogara

seiko maari?

¹⁸Vana vaduku, ngatirege kuda neshoko kana norurimi, asi nebasa nemuchokwadi¹⁹Ndizvo

zvatichaziva nazvo kuti tiri vechokwadi, tigosimbisa moyo yedu ichitipa mhaka, Mwari mukuru

kumoyo yedu, unoziva zvose.

²⁰nokuti kana moyo yedu ichitipa mhaka, Mwari mukuru kumwoyo vedu, unoziwa zose.

²¹Vadikamwa, kana moyo usingatipi mhaka, tinako kusatya pamberi paMwari; ²²uye zvose

zvatinokumbira tinopiwa naye, nokuti tinochengeta mirairo yake, tichiita zvinomufadza.

²³Ndiwo murairo wake, kuti titende kuzita roMwanakomana wake, Jesu Kristu, uye tidane, sezvaakatiraira. ²⁴Unochengeta mirairo yake, unogara maari, naiye maari. Ndizvo zvatinoziva

nazvo kuti unogara matiri, noMweya waakatipa.

Chapter 4

¹Vadikamwa, musatenda mweya yose, asi muidze mweya, kuti muvone kana

yakabva kunaMwari; nokuti vaporofita vazhinji venhema vakabudira munyika.

²Ndizvo zvamunoziva nazvo Mweya waMwari: Mweya mumwe nomumwe unopupura kuti Jesu

Kristu wakavuya munyama, ndowaMwari.

³Mweya mumwe nomumwe usingapupuri kuti Jesu

Kristu wakavuya panyama, hauzi waMwari; iwo ndowaantikristu, wamakanzwa kuti unovuya' nazvino watova panyika.

⁴Vana vaduku, imi, muri vaMwari, makavakunda, nokuti uyo, uri mamuri, mukuru kunaiye, uri

munyika.

⁵Ivo ndovenyika, naizvozvo vanotaura savenyika, nenyika inovanzwa. ⁶Isu tiri

vaMwari; unoziva Mwari, unotinzwa; usi waMwari, haatinzwi. Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo Mweya

wechokwadi, nomweya wokutsau

⁷Vadikamwa, ngatidane; nokuti rudo runobva kunaMwari, mumwe nomumwe, unoda, wakaberekwa naMwari, unoziva Mwari. ⁸Usingadi, haazivi Mwari, nokuti Mwari rudo.⁹Rudo

rwaMwari rwakaratidzwa kwatiri nechinhu ichi, kuti Mwari wakatuma Mwanakomana wake, wakaberekwa ari mumwe chete, munyika, kuti tive novupenyu naye.

¹⁰Rudo ruri pachinhu ichi, kuti hatizisu takada Mwari, asi kuti ndiye wakatida, akatuma

Mwanakomana wake kuti ave rudzikinuro rwezvivi zvedu.

¹¹Vadikamwa, kana Mwari akatida

saizvozvo, nesuvo tinofanira kudana.

¹²Hakuna munhu wakambovona Mwari; kana tichidana, Mwari unogara matiri, norudo rwake runokwaniswa matiri. ¹³Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tinogara maari, naiye matiri, nokuti wakatipa zvoMweya wake. ¹⁴Isu takavona, uye tinopupura kuti Baba vakatuma Mwanakomana, kuti ave Muponesi

wenyika.

¹⁵Aninani unopupura kuti Jesu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari, Mwari unogara maari, naiye munaMwari. ¹⁶Nesu takaziva, tikatenda rudo urwu, Mwari rwaanarwo kwatiri. Mwari rudo; unogara murudo, unogara munaMwari, naMwari maari.¹⁷Rudo rwakakwaniswa matiri pachinhu ichi, kuti tirege

kutya nezuva rokutongwa; nokuti sezvaakaita iye, ndizvo zvatakaitavo panyika ino.

¹⁸Hakunokutya murudo; asi rudo, rwakakwana, runodzinga kutya, nokuti kutya kunorobwa; munhu, unotya, haana kukwaniswa¹⁹Isu tinoda, nokuti iye wakatanga kutida. ²⁰Kana munhu achiti, ndinoda Mwari, achivenga

hama yake, murevi wenhema; nokuti usingadi hama yake yaakavona, ungada seiko Mwari, waasina kuvona?

²¹Iwoyu murairo wakabva kwaari, tinawo, wokuti unoda Mwari, ngaade vo

hama yake

Chapter 5

¹Mumwe nomumwe, unotenda kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu, iye wakaberekwa naMwari;

mumwe nomumwe, unoda iye wakabereka, unodavo wakaberekwa naye.

²Ndizvo zvatinoziva

nazvo kuti tinoda vana vaMwari, kana tichida Mwari, tichiita mirairo yake.

³Nokuti rudo

rwaMwari ndirwo, kuti tichengete mirairo yake; mirairo yake hairem

⁴4 Nokuti chinhu chipi nechipi, chinoberekwa naMwari chinokunda nyika; uku ndiko kukunda

kunokunda nyika, ndiko kutenda kwedu. 5

⁵Ndianiko unokunda nyika? Haazi iye unotenda kuti

Jesu Kristu; ndiye mwanakomana waMwari here?

⁶ndiye wakavuya nemvura neropa, iye Jesu

Kristu; haana kuvuya nemvura bedzi, asi nemvura neropa. Mweya ndiye unopupura nokuti

mweya ichokwadi

⁷Nokuti vatatu vanopupura kudenga Baba, Shoko naMweya Mutsvene, ava vatatu ndimumwe.

⁸Varipo vatatu vanopupura panyika zvinoti Mweya, mvura neropa izvi zvitatu ava vatatu

vanotenderana pachinhu chimwe.

⁹Kana tichigamuchira kupupura kwavanhu, kupupura

kwaMwari kukuru; nokuti kupupura kwaMwari ndiko, kuti wakapupura pamusoro

poMwanakomana wake.

¹⁰Uyo, unotenda kuMwanakomana waMwari, kupupura unako mukati make; usingatendi

Mwari, wakamuita murevi wenhema; nokuti haana kutenda kupupura kwakapupurirwa naMwari

pamusoro poMwanakomana wake.

¹¹Kupupura ndiko, kuti Mwari wakatipa vupenyu

bwusingaperi; zvino vupenyu ubwu bwuri muMwanakomana wake.

¹²UnoMwanakomana, unovupenyu; usinoMwanakomana waMwari haanovupenyu¹³Ndakakunyorerai zvinhu izvi kuti mugoziva kuti munovupenyu bwusingaperi, iyemwi

munotenda kuzita romwanakomana waMwari.

¹⁴Ndiko kusatya, kwatinako kwaari, kuti kana

tichikumbira chinhu nokuda kwake, unotinzwa;

¹⁵zvino kana tichiziva kuti unotinzwa pazvose

zvatinokumbira, tinoziva kuti tapiwa mikumbiro yatakakumbira kwaari.

¹⁶Kana munhu achivona hama yake ichiita chinhu chisati chiri chorufu, uchakumbira, Mwari

agomupa vupenyu bwunopiwa vasingaiti chivi chorufu. Chiripo chivi chorufu; handiti akumbire

pamusoro pechichi.

¹⁷Kusarurama kose chivi; zvino chivi chiripo chisati chiri chorufu.¹⁸

Tinoziva kuti mumwe nomumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haaiti zvivi; asi wakaberekwa naMwari

unochengetwa naye, wakaipa haangamubati.

¹⁹Tinoziva kuti tiri vaMwari, nenyika yose ivete munaiye wakaipa.²⁰Tinoziva kuti

mwanakomana waMwari wakavuya, akatipa kuziva, kuti tizive iye wechokwadi; nesu tiri munaiye

wechokwadi, mumwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu. Ndiye Mwari wechokwadi, novupenyu

bwusingaperi.

²¹Vana vaduku, zvichenjererei pazvifananidzo

2 John

Chapter 1

¹Mukuru kunamai vakasanangurwa navana vavo vandinoda nechokwadi; ndisati

ndiri ini ndoga, asi navosevo vanoziva chokwadi;

²nokuda kwechokwadi, chinogara matiri, chichagaravo nesu nokusingaperi. ³Nyasha,nengoni,nerugare zvichava nesu, zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba nokunaShe Jesu Kristu, Mwanakomana waBaba, muchokwadi norudo.⁴Ndinofara zvikuru, nokuti ndakawana vamwe

vana venyu vachifamba muchokwadi, sezvatakarairwa naBaba.

⁵Zvino ndinokumbira kwamuri, mai, ndisingaiti sendinokunyorerai murairo mutsva, asi uyo watakanga tinawo kubva pakutanga, wokuti tidane. ⁶Ndirwo rudo, kuti tifambe nemirairo yake. Ndiwoyu murairo, sezvamakanzwa kubva pakutanga, kuti mufambe mauri.⁷Nekuti vanyengeri vazhinji vakabudira munyika, vasingapupuri kuti Jesu

Kristu wakavuya panyama. Ndiye munyengeri naantikristu.

⁸Zvichenjererei imi, kuti murege

kurashikirwa nezvatakabatira, asi kuti mupiwe mubairo wakakwana.

⁹umwe neumwe, anotungamirira vamwe, asingarambiri mukudzidzisa kwaKristu, haanaMwari; asi uyo, unorambira mukudzidzisa ndiye unaBaba noMwanakomana. ¹⁰Kana

mumwe achivuya kwamuri, asingavuyi nokudzidzisa uku, musamugamuchira mumba, kana kuti

kwaari, Kwaziwa!

¹¹Nokuti unoti kwaari kwaziwai unofambidzana naye pamabasa ake akashata.¹²Kunyangwe ndinezvizhinji zvandaida kukunyorerai, handidi kunyora pamwadhi neingi; asi

ndinotarira kuti ndichavuya kwamuri, tigotaurirana nomuromo, kuti mufaro wenyu uzadziswe.

¹³Vana vomunun'una wenyu vakasanangurwa vanokukwazisai.

3 John

Chapter 1

¹Mukuru kunaGayo, mudikanwa, wandinoda zvemene. ²Mudikanwa, ndinoshuva pamusoro pezviro zveshe, kuti ubudirire,uve wakasimba, somweya wako

uchibudirira.

³Nokuti ndakafara zvikuru hama dzichisvika dzichipupurira chokwadi chako, dzichiti, unofamba muchokwadi. ⁴Handinomufaro unopfuvura uyu, wokuti ndinzwe kuti vana vangu vanofamba muchokwadi.⁵Mudikamwa, unobate-basa rakatendeka pazvinhu zvose zvaunoitira hama navaeni vo;

⁶vakapupurira rudo rwako pamberi pekereke; uchaita zvakanaka kana uchivaperekedza

nomutovo wakafanira Mwari.

⁷Nokuti vakabuda nokuda kweZita rake, vasingatori chinhu

kuvahedheni.

⁸Naizvozvo isu tinofanira kugamuchira zvakanaka vakadaro, kuti tibatsirane pachokwadi.⁹Ndakanyorera kereke; asi Dhiotirefe, unoda kuva mukuru pakati pavo, unotiramba isu.

¹⁰Naizvozvo kana ndichivuya, ndicharangarira mabasa ake aanoita, kuti unotiitira makuhwa

namashoko akaipa; vuye, haatendi naizvozvo bedzi, iye amene haagamuchiri hama, uye vakanga

vachida havo unovadzivisa nokuvadzinga mukereke.

¹¹Mudikanwa, usatevera chakaipa, asi

chakanaka. Uyo, anoita zvakanaka, ndewaMwari; anoita zvakaipa, haana kuvona Mwari.

¹²Dhemetirio unopupurirwa navanhu vose, uye nechokwadi chomene; nesu tinopupura vo, iwe

unoziva kuti kupupura kwedu ndokwechokwadi.

¹³Ndakanga ndinezvizhinji zvandaida

kukunyorera, asi handidi kukunyorera neingi nepeni;

¹⁴asi ndinotarira kuti ndichakurumidza

kukuvona, tigotaurirana nomuromo.

¹⁵Rugare ngaruve newe. Hama dzinokukwazisa. Ndikwazisire

hama, mumwe nomumwe nezita rake.

Jude

Chapter 1

¹Judas Muranda Wa Jesu Kristo, hama ya Jakob, kuvaiya vakadainjua, vadikani va Mwari Baba, vakavigua ndi Jesu Kristo. ²Nhasha kwamuri, runhararo no rudo ngarienguejehwe kwamuri.³Vadikani ndeitstanga inini kumutarira nokuda kwese pakati pokuponesua kwedu tese, ndaida kumutarira kuhwisa nokumunguaja pakati pogonda rinopuwa vatsene. ⁴Ngokuti vamweni vanonguena vakaremba pakati penhu, vachito vainga vakatahwa paghuehena. Rovahedeni kunovanohesusa nhasha jaMwari veshirambakwega rutende Mambo Jesu Kristo.⁵Asi inini ndinoda kumcherecheza, mechiziva kamwe pavhese; Kuti Mambo asujunhuwha mbungano kunja ko Egipita, vopunha vaiya vasisivi kumutenda. ⁶Nguirosi ajisivi knkwarira kusikwa, asi vakasiya kugara kwavo, ieyena wakanasirira pasi pakuru poshidima shomushibitongo zamara zuva guru rokutongwa.⁷Ngokudaro kudi Sodoma noGomorra, nomadoroba ophedo ngati jia, jakaitya chitema shomumaponde, kutevera nonhama yakaera, jakadiwa pakukhawiswa pomufananijo pomuriro omukati. ⁸Asi izwi, zwakatojana nokuvata zvinopaira nhama vechituka zviro zvokadi zvakanaka zvouthendi.⁹Asi Miguel, oalkanjo, painesana naSatani ngodava yomuviri wa Mosi, Azivi kushandisa mwazvi ohutongui okushatisa ngokudaro wakati: Mambo anokusunga. ¹⁰Asi vanotuka zvavashikazivi; nazvese zvavanoziva zvoshibarihwe, nozvinhama zvakaera paizvo vanokanwa. ¹¹Asi kwavari, vanonguena mugwanja ra Caim, vokujengueja Balaao ngokuda kuwina, vanoviya kurebelao kwaCore.¹²Iji imbponje jokuoniwa kwenhu pa rudo, pakuvha padiri naimwimwi, mechizvionera mushingati; imakwiti ashina nvhura, anotohwa nompbepo ashina divi, tenga mambuti akafota, ashikabereki, kaviri akafa ovhitwa no muji. ¹³Maphendo akashata omubahari, anodurura nhowa jahwo; nhereji, jodhondho, kuti shidima choshidima chakaviguwa kwenda nokwenda.¹⁴Enoke, oshinomwe sure kwa Adamo, wakazviprofita, eshiti: Mambo waviya, nomako omako ovastene; ¹⁵Kuti atongue kuvese eshiona vsees vahedeni vake ngondava omushando ngomazvi akashata avaibuya ngodava jake, Ava gunhuna veshikera, ¹⁶Vanofamba mukuda kwavo, pamuromo pavo vanovereketa mazwi anotuka, veshikhombija vandhu kuti vabise zvavari.¹⁷Asi imwimwi, vadikani cherechezanhi mazwi amakavhunjua no maPostoro aMambo Jesu Kristo wedu; ¹⁸Nayena mainanga panguva yokupejesera kunozohoneka vakashata vanoda pashavo vahedeni. ¹⁹Ivona vanokasha pashavo veshichinja kuti avana Mweya.²⁰Asi imwimwi vadikani jivakenhi paustpene ogonnda, meshinamata pamweya muzvene. ²¹Jishenguetenhi parudo wa Mwari, teshivetera nhasha jaMambo Jesu Kristo paupenhu okuDenga.²²Asi panonhasha kunavaiya vanokakaseka, echiponesa veshibisan pamuriro. ²³Asi vamweni vanonhasha pakutyia, nokuvenga zamara panguvo yakapairihwa no nhama.²⁴Asi kunavaiya vanosimba kuti vaguwaririre pakupesanisa, kuti vamughombije kunaka pamberi pouthendi; ²⁵Idi Mwari ega, muponesi wedu, pakati pa Jesu Kristo Mambo wedu, ngave nouthendi no ukuru, no Simba, nokutyika, wari, nokwenda nokwenda, Amen!!

Revelation

Chapter 1

¹Kuwonesedwa kwa Jezu Krixtu, komwe Mulungu adamupasa, kuti awonese kwa anyarinya wace bzomwe bzin'citika mwakusaya kucedwa. Iye adatuma anju yace kuti akadziwise nyagirinya wace Juawau. ²Omwe adapereka umboni bwa Jezu Kristu. ³Ni wakudalisidwa ule omwe aniwerenga ndipo na wale omwe aniyabva acikoya mafala ya cipolofita yomwe yadanembedwa mulivu limweri, nakuti nthawe iri pafupi⁴Ine Juwau, ndirikunembera gereja zinomwe za cigawo ca Aziya: Kwa imwepo nkhom,bo na mtendere bzakucokera kwa ule omwe alipo, omwe akhali, ndipo omwe an'dzabwera, kucokera kwa mizimu minomwe ya mulungu yomwe iri kutsogolo kwa mpando wace wa umambo, ⁵ndipo kucukokera kwa Jezu Krixtu, omwe ni mboni yakukholupika na wakuyamba kulamusidzwa pakati pa wakufa, ndipo M'kulu wakuposa azimambo wa dziko la pantsi. Iye ambatifuna ndipo adatilomnola mubzitazo dzathu kudzera mwa mulopa wace, ⁶ndipo adatisanduza umambo na anayatsembe, kuti titumikire Mulungu, Baba wace. iye apasidwe mbiri na mphambvu kwakusaya kumala! Ameni⁷Onani! Unouya nemakore; nemadziso eshe anozomuona, naavozve vakamubaya; nemadzinza eshe enyika anozobonda ngendaa yake. Eya, Ameni. ⁸“Ndini Arfa naOmega,” unoronza Mambo Mwari, uwo uripo, waiyapo nounouya, Unesimbareshe.⁹Ine, Juwau, hama yenyu yomunokoanisirana nayo munaJesu mumadambudziko nomuumambo nokusengerera, ndaiya pachiwi chinozwi Phatimosi ngendaa yeizwi raMwari neyouchapupu hwaJesu. ¹⁰Ndaiya ndiri muMweya ngezuva raMambo, ndakazwa sure kwangu izwi guru rairira kudai ngokurira kwehwama, ¹¹rechiti “Nyora

¹²ndidhaceuka kuti ndione izwi raiereketa kwendiri, ndechikunukuka ndakaona zvigadzikiro zvezvibani zvinomwe zvomukore, ¹³nepakati pezvigadzikiro zvezvibani ndakaona umwe wakadai ngoMukororo woMunhu, akapfeka chokufuka chakaguma kutsoka nediti rake rakasungwa ngebhande romukore.¹⁴Soro rake nebvudzi rake zvakachena kudai ngemamviri egwai, zvakachena kudai ngechando; madziso ake akadai ngomurazvu womuriro, ¹⁵tsoka dzake dzakadai ngethusi rinon'anikira, apo ranyunguruswa muchoto, neizwi rake raidai ngechaungu chemvura yakawanda. ¹⁶Munyara yake yokumudyo waiya akabata nyeredzi nomwe, kubva pamuromo wake pakabuda shoti inopinza inoupanga huiri, nehope yake yain'anikira kudai ngezuva rinojeka ngesimba reshe.¹⁷Naapo ndamuona, ndakawa patsoka dzake kudai ngewafa. Naapo wakaisa nyara yake yokumudyo padera pangu echiti, “Usatya; ndini muambi nemagumo, ¹⁸ndini umwe unopona. Ndaiya ndafa, wona, ndinopona mhera nariini nariini, neni ndine makiyi orufu neeHaidhesi.¹⁹Zvino nyora zviro zvawaona, zviripo nezvinozoitika sureni. ²⁰Kudai ngezvakafishika zvenyeredzi nomwe dzawaona munyara yangu yokumudyo, nezvigadzikiro zvezvibani zvinomwe zvomukore, nyeredzi nomwe ingirosi dzezviara zvinomwe nezvigadzikiro zvezvibani zvinomwe zviri zviara zvinomwe.

Chapter 2

¹“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri muEfesu wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo unobata nyeredzi nomwe munyara yake yokumudyo, unohamba pakati pezvigadzikiro zvezvibani zvinomwe zvomukore.’ ²“Ndinozia mishando yako nokutambudzika kwako nokusengerera kwako. Ndinozia kuti autenderi vaiti vezvakashata; newe wakavaedza vanodzidaidza kuti vapostori, asi andivopi, wakavaona kuti vanyepi.³Ndinoziazve kuti iwewe unotsamwirira mukusengerera ngendaa yezina rangu, newe auzi kupera simba.

⁴Asi ndinokushoora ngeichi, kuti wakasiya rudo rwako rwokutanga. ⁵Ndizvo karakadza apo powakawa;

utenderuke, uite mishando yowakaita kutanga. Kuti usikaiti kudaro, ndinozouya kwouri ndiduse

chigadzikiro chechibani chako kubva pandau pacho, asi kuti ukatenderuka.

⁶Asi ichi unacho, chokuti unonyenya mishando yevaNikoraitisi, yendinonyenyawo. ⁷Iye unenzee

ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara. Kwaari unonyisa, ndinozomutendera kuti adye kumuti

wokupona uri muPharadhaisi raMwari.

⁸“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri muSimirna wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo

mazwi ouwo wokuamba nowokugumisira, uwo wakafa, akamukazve.’

⁹“Ndinozia dambudziko rako

nourombo hwako, (asi uri gurudza,) nokutuka kwaavo vanoti vari vaJudha, asi andivopi, asi ngevemhatso

yokudira yaSathani.

¹⁰Usatya izvo zvounozotambudzika ndizvo. Wona, Sathani woda kubata nokupotedza vamweni venyu

mutirongo, kuti muedzwe, nemwi munozoa nedambudziko pamazuva gumi. Ita unogondeka metsa

mukufa, neni ndinozokupa dzungudza rokupona.

¹¹Iye unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya

kuzviara. Iye unonyisa aazoremadzwi ngokufa kwechipiri.

¹²“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri muPhergamumu wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo uneshoti inopinza

inoupanga huiri.’

¹³“Ndinozia pounogara, ndipo pane dendemaro raSathani; newe unobatisisa zina

rangu, auzi kuramba kutenda kwako mwendiri, kunyazwi kumazuva aAntiphasi chapupu changu,

wakagondeka wangu, wakaurawa pakati penyu, paanogara Sathani.

¹⁴Asi ndinokushoora ngezviro zvishomani: ngokuti unavo vamweni vanobatisisa zvidzidziso zvaBharamu,

uwo wakadzidzisa Bharaki kuisa chipumhuniso pamberi pevana vaIsuraeri kuti vadye zvakadirwa

zvimwari nokuita vanoomba. .

¹⁵Ngokudarozve unavo vamweni vanobatisisa zvidzidziso

zvevaNikoraitisi .

¹⁶Zvinopano tenderuka. Kuti usikaiti kudaro, ndinozouya kwouri ngokukasira, ndirwe navo ngeshoti

yomuromo wangu.

¹⁷Iye unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara. Kwaari unonyisa

ndinozomupa imweni yemana yakafishika, ndinozomupazve buwe rakachena, nepadera pebuwe

pakanyorwa zina idzva, risikaziikanwi ngoumweni kwega ngouwo unoriashira.

¹⁸“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri muThiatira wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo Mukororo waMwari,

uwo unemadziso akadai ngomurazvu womuriro, netsoka dzake dzakadai ngethusi rapukutwa

rinon'anikira.’

¹⁹“Ndinozia mishando yako, rudo rwako, kutenda kwako, kushandira kwako

nokusengerera kwako, nokuti mishando yako yokugumisira yakakura kupinda yokutanga.

²⁰Asi

ndinokushoora ngeichi, kuti unotendera mukadzi Jezebheri, uwo unoti uri muprofeti wechikadzi pachake,

naye unodzidzisa nokupausa varanda vangu kuti vaombe nokudya zvakadirwa miedzaniso yokudira.

²¹Neni ndakamupa nguva yokuti atenderuke, asi unoramba kutenderuka kubva mukuomba kwake.²²Wona, ndinozomukandira mumubhedhi, naavo vanoomba naye mudambudziko gurutu, kuti

vasikatenderuki kumishando yake.

²³Neni ndinozouraya vana vake vafe. Nezviara zveshe zvinozozia kuti

inini ndini ndinotsvakisisa mupinimidzo nomwoyo, neni ndinozomupa umwe ngaumwe kudai

ngemishando yake.

²⁴Asi ndinoti kwomuri, imwimwi mwakasara muThiatira, avo vasina uku kudzidziswa, vasikazi kuzia izvo

zvinodaidzwa ngevamweni kuti udzamu hwaSathani, ‘Andizomutwarisi mutwaro umweni.’

²⁵Asi

batisisai izvo zvomunazvo metsa ndauya.

²⁶Nouwo unonyisa nokuangira kuita mishando yangu metsa pakugumisira, “Ndinozomupa simba

padera pemadzinza,

²⁷naye unozoatonga ngendonga yesimbi, kudai ngehari dzomuumbi dzinoputswa

kuita zviwenda;

²⁸kunyazwi inini pachangu ndakaashira simba kubva kunaBaba angu. Neni

ndinozomupa nyeredzi yemambakwedza.

²⁹Iye unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara.

Chapter 3

¹“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri muSardhisi wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo

unemweya minomwe yaMwari nenyeredzi nomwe.’ “Ndinozia mishando yako; unezina rokuti unopona,

asi wakafa.

²Muka, ugwinyise izvo zvasara zvodo kufa, ngokuti andizi kuona mishando yako yakaperera

pamberi paMwari wangu.

³Zvino karakadza maashirire nokuzwa kwowakaita, uzvingwarire nokutenderuka. Kudai usikamuki,

ndinozouya kudai ngembavha, newe auzozii awa rendinozouya ndiro kwouri.

⁴Asi unemazina

mashomani muSardhisi eavo vasikazi kusvipisa zvokufuka zvavo; navo vanozohamba neni, vakasimira

zvakachena, ngokuti vanosisira.

⁵Iye unonyisa unozopfekedzwa kudai ndivo ngezvokufuka zvakachena,

neni andizodzimi zina rake mubhuku rokupona; ndinozopupura ngezina rake pamberi paBaba angu

nepamberi pengirosi dzake.

⁶Iye unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara.⁷“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri

muFiradherifia wechiti: “Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo wakachena, unegwinyiso, unekiyi raDhavhidha, uwo

unobeura akuna unozokonya, naye akonya akunazve unobeura.

⁸“Ndinozia mishando yako. Wona,

ndakaisa pamberi pako musiwo wakabeurwa, akuna munhu ungakona kuukonya. Ndinozia kuti iwewe

une simba doko, asi wakangwarira izwi rangu, auzi kuramba zina rangu.

⁹Wona, ndinokupa vamweni

vemhatso yokudira yaSathani avo vanodziti vaJudha vasivopi, asi vanonyepa; wona, ndinozoita kuti

vauye vagwadame pamberi petsoka dzako, navo vanozozia kuti inini ndakakuda.

¹⁰Ngokuti wakangwarira izwi rangu rokusengerera, neni ndinozokungwarira kubva kuawa

rokutambudzika rinouya padera penyika yeshe, kuedza avo vanogara munyika.

¹¹Ndinokasira kuuya;

batisisa chounacho, kuti asazoapo naumwe unozokutorera dzungudza rako.

¹²Iye unonyisa

ndinozomuita sika mutemperi raMwari wangu; aachazobudimwo. Ndinozonyora padera pake zina

raMwari wangu nezina redhorobha raMwari wangu, Jerusarema idzva rinodzaka kubva mudenga

kunaMwari wangu, nezina rangu idzva.

¹³Iye unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara.,¹⁴“Nyorera ngirosi yechiara chiri

muRaodhisia wechiti: ‘Aya ndiwo mazwi ouwo uri Ameni, chapupu chakagondeka chine gwinyiso,

maambo ezvisikwa zvaMwari.’

¹⁵“Ndinozia mishando yako, kuti autonhori nokuti kupisha. Ndinoda kuti

utonhore nokuti upishe!

¹⁶Ndizvo, ngokuti unodzia, usikapishi nokuti kutonhora, ndinozokurutsa

mumuromo wangu.

¹⁷Ngokuti unoti, ‘Ndiri gurudza, ndakapfuma, anditami chiro;’ usikazii kuti unenhamo

nounotambudzika, uri murombo, bofu nomutitinini.

¹⁸Avo veshe vendinoda, ndinovaganyira

nokuvaorora; ndizvo tsamwirira utenderuke.

¹⁹Ndinokupanga kuti utenge kubva kwendiri mukore

wakanyunguruswa ngomuriro kuti uite gurudza; nezvokufuka zvakachena kuti udzifukidze, kuti

kutsveruka kwoutitinini hwako husazooneka; nomutombo wokudzodza madziso kuti uone.

²⁰Wona, ndinoema pamusiwo nokudododza; kudai aripo munhu unorizwa izwi rangu nokubeura

musiwo, ndinozopotera mwaari, ndidye naye, naye adye neni.

²¹Iye unonyisa, ndinozomuita kuti agare

neni padendemaro rangu, kudai ndini ndakanyisawo, ndikagara naBaba angu padendemaro ravo.

²²Iye

unenzee ngaazwe zvinoereketwa ndiMweya kuzviara.”

Chapter 4

¹Ngesure kweizvi ndakaringira, wona, musiwo wakabeurwa mudenga! Neizwi

rokutanga rendakazwa rechiereketa kwendiri rakadai ngokurira kwehwama rakati, “Kwira pano,

ndinozokupangidzira izvo zvinosisira kuitika sure kweizvi.”

²Paripo ndakabatwa ndiMweya; wona,

mudengamwo ndakaona chigaro choumambo, nepadera pacho paigara umwe.

³Nouwo waigarapo kuringirika kwake kwaiya kwakadai ngebuwe rejasipa nerekarneriani, kwaiyapozve

utahwadande hwechitendenedza chigaro choumambo, hwairingirika hwakadai ngebuwe reemeraridhi.

⁴Kutendenedza chigaro choumambo zvaiyapo zvigaro zvoumambo makumi mairi nemarongomuna,

nepadera pezvigaro zvoumambo paigara vakuru makumi mairi nevarongomuna, vakapfeka zvokufuka

zvakachena nemadzungudza omukore pamasoro avo.

⁵Pachigaro choumambo pakabuda kupenya kwemheni nemazwi nokutinhira. Pamberi pechigaro

choumambo paibaka zvibani zvinomwe zvomuriro zviri mweya minomwe yaMwari;,

⁶nepamberipechigaro choumambo pane ruandhle rwakadai ngebuwe regirazi. Nepakati pechigaro choumambo nokuchitendenedza zvaiyapo zvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna, zvakazara ngemadziso mberi nesure.⁷Chisikwa chinopona chokutanga chaiya chakadai ngemhondoro, nechisikwa chinopona chechipiri

chaiya chakadai ngomukono wen'ombe, nechisikwa chinopona chechitatu chaiya chine hope yakadai

ngeyomunhu, nechisikwa chinopona chechirongomuna chaiya chakadai ngegodzi rinombururuka.

⁸Nezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna chimwe ngachimwe chazvo chaiya nemaphaphiro matanhatu,

zvakazara madziso kutenderera kubanze nomukati; nazvo azvizi kuzorora kuemba masikati nousiku

zvechiti, “Wakachena, Wakachena, Wakachena, Mambo Mwari Unesimbareshe, waiyapo, uripo

nounouya!”

⁹Naapo zvisikwa zvinopona zvakudza, zvaremeredza nokubonga kwaari unogara pachigaro choumambo,

unopona mhera nariini nariin,

¹⁰vakuru makumi mairi navarongomuna vanozowa pashi pamberi pouwo

unogara pachigaro choumambo, nokumudira uwo unopona mhera nariini nariini, navo vanozokandira

madzungudza avo vechiemba pamberi pechigaro choumambo vechiti,

¹¹“Munosisira, imwimwi Mambo

wedu naMwari wedu, kuashira kukudzwa nokuremeredzwa nesimba, ngokuti mwakasika zviro zveshe,

ngokuda kwenyu zvakaapo nazvo zvakasikwa.”

Chapter 5

¹Zvino ndakaona munyara yokumudyo youwo wakagara pachigaro

choumambo bhuku rakanyorwa mukati nokubanze, rakanamirwa ngezvinamiro zvinomwe;

²neni

ndakaona ngirosi inesimba yechidaidzira ngeizwi gurutu yechiti, “Ndiani unosisira kubeura bhuku

nokupwanya zvinamiro zvaro?”

³Asi mwaiya musina naumwe mudenga nokuti panyika nokuti pashi penyika waikona kubeura bhuku

nokuti kuriringira.

⁴Ndakachema kakurutu ngokuti mwaiya musina naumwe wakaoneka akasisira

kubeura bhuku nokuti kuriringira.

⁵Zvino umwe wevakuru wakati kwendiri, “Usachema. Wona, Mhondoro yorudzi rwaJudha, Runzinde

rukuru rwaDhavhidha, rwanyisa, ndizvo unokona kubeura bhuku nezvinamiro zvinomwe zvaro.”

⁶Zvino

ndakaona pakati pechigaro choumambo nepezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna nepevakuru raiya

rakaemapo Gwai rakadai ngerakaurawa, raiya rine nyanga nomwe nemadziso manomwe, izvo zviri mweya minomwe

yaMwari yakatumwa panyika peshe.

⁷Naye wakaenda, akatora bhuku kubva munyara yokumudyo youwo waigara pachigaro choumambo.⁸Naapo atora bhuku, zvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna nevakuru makumi mairi navarongomuna vakawa pashi pamberi peGwai, umwe ngaumwe wavo waiya nechimadangari nendiro yakanasirwa ngomukore yakazara ngomutombo unegwema rakanaka, uri mikumbiro yevakacheneswa.⁹Navo vakaemba ruyo

rutsva vechiti, “Munosisira imwimwi kutora bhuku nokubeura zvinamiro zvaro, ngokuti imwimwi

mwakaurawa, kubudikidza ngengazi yenyu mwakatengera Mwari vanhu kubva kumadzinza eshe

nendimi dzeshe nevanhu veshe nokumarusinga eshe;

¹⁰nemwi mwakavaita voumambo nevapristi kunaMwari wedu, navo vanozotonga padera penyika.”¹¹Zvino ndakaringira, ndikazwa izwi rengirosi dzakawanda dzaiya dzakatendenedza chigaro choumambo

nezvisikwa zvinopona nevakuru; nouwandu hwadzo hwaiya makumi nemakumi emakumi emazana,

¹²dzechiti ngeizwi guru, “Rakasisira Gwai iro rakaurawa kuashira simba, upfumi, ungwaru, kugwinya,

kuremeredzwa, uthende nokukudzwa!

¹³Ndakazwa zviro zveshe zvakasikwa zviri mudenga nezviri munyika nezviri pashi penyika nezviri

muruandhle, nazvo zveshe zviri mukati mwazvo zvechiti, “Kwaari uwo unogara pachigaro choumambo

nokuGwai ngakuapo kukudzwa, kuremeredzwa, uthende nokugwinya, mhera nariini nariini!”,

¹⁴Nezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna zvakati, “Ameni!” Nevakuru vakawa pashi, vakadira.

Chapter 6

¹Zvino ndakaona Gwai rabeura chimwe chezvinamiro zvinomwe, ndakazwa

chimwe chezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna chechiti ngeizwi raizwika rakadai ngomutinhiro rechiti,

“Uya!”,

²Ndakaringira, ndikaona hachi rakachena! Nomugadhi waro waiya nouta; wakapuwa dzungudza,

naye wakabuda echinyisa nokuti anyise.

³Naapo abeura chinamiro chechipiri, ndakazwa chisikwa chinopona chechipiri chechiti, “Uya!”,

⁴Nehachi rimweni rakabuda shava; nomugadhi waro wakapuwa simba rokudusa kunyarara kubva

munyika, kuti vanhu vaurayane; naye wakapuwa shoti huru.

⁵Naapo abeura chinamiro chechitatu,

ndakazwa chisikwa chinopona chechitatu chechiti, “Uya!” Ndakaringira, ndikaona hachi rakasvipa!

Nomugadhi waro waiya nechipimo munyara yake.

⁶Ndakazwa chakarira chakadai ngeizwi chaibva pakati pezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna chechiti,

“Chipimo chekoroni chinotengwa ngedhenario,[2] nezvipimo zvitatu zvebhare zvinotengwa ngedhenario,

usashaishira mafuta nevhini!”,

⁷Naapo abeura chinamiro chechirongomuna, ndakazwa izwi rechisikwa

chinopona chechirongomuna chechiti, “Uya!”

⁸Ndakaringira, ndikaona hachi rakacheneruka!

Nomugadhi waro zina rake ndiRufu, neHaidhesi zvakamuteera; nazvo zvakapuwa simba padera

perupande rwechirongomuna rwenyika, rokuuraya ngeshoti, ngenzara, ngenhenda nezvikara

zvomunyika.

⁹Naapo abeura chinamiro chechishanu, ndakaona ngepashi pearita mwoyo yaavo vakaurawa ngendaa

yeizwi raMwari nendaa youchapupu hwavakapupura.

¹⁰Vakadaidzira ngeizwi gurutu vechiti, “Mambo

Mwari Unesimbareshe, iwewe wakachena nounegwinyiso, munozogarira kwomukuwo wakadini kureba

musati mwatonga nokuunzidzira ngazi yedu padera paavo vanogara munyika?”

¹¹Vakapuwa umwe ngaumwe zvokufuka zvakachena, navo vakaronzerwa kuti vazorore mukuwo

mudoko, metsa uwandu hwevamweni vavo varanda nehama dzavo hwaperera, avo vaisisira kuurawa

kudai ndivo pachavo.

¹²Naapo abeura chinamiro chechitanhatu, ndakaringira, ndikaona kuzungunyika

kukurutu kwenyika; nezuva rakasvipiswa kudai ngejira rokusvipa remamviri, nomwedzi weshe

wakatsvuka kudai ngengazi,

¹³nenyeredzi dzomudenga dzakawira pashi panyika, kudai ngomuonde

unoriga maonde awo pachando asikazi kuibva, apo wazungunyiswa ngedutu guru.

¹⁴Denga rakabviswa kudai ngebhuku apo rechipetwa, nomutunhu weshe nechiwi cheshe chakabviswa

kubva pandau yacho.

¹⁵Zvino madzimambo enyika nevanhu vakuru, nduna huru dzehondo, makurudza

nevakagwinya, veshe hloko nevakasunhurika, vakahwara mumapako nomumapuwe emitunhu,

¹⁶vechidaidzira kumitunhu nokumapuwe vechiti, “Tiwirenyi, mutifishe kubva kuhope youwo unogara

pachigaro choumambo nokubva kuushungu hweGwai,

¹⁷ngokuti raguma zuva guru roushungu hwavo,

ndiani ungakona kuema?”

Chapter 7

¹Ngesure kweizvi ndakaona ngirosi murongomuna dzakaema kumarutii

marongomuna enyika dzakabata madutu marongomuna enyika kuti risaapo dutu rinofuridza panyika

nokuti muruandhle nokuti padera pomuti weshe.

²Zvino ndakaona ngirosi imweni yechikwira kubva

kumabvazuva, ine chinamiro chaMwari unopona, nayo yakadaidzira ngeizwi guru kungirosi

murongomuna dzakapuwa simba rokushaishira nyika noruandhle,

³yechiti, “Musashaishira nyika nokuti

ruandhle nokuti muti naumwe, metsa taisa chinamiro pahuma dzevaranda vaMwari wedu.”

⁴Ndakazwa uwandu hwaavo vakanamirwa, vaiya zana namakumi marongomuna namarongomuna

emakumi emazana, vakaisirwa chinamiro kubva kudzinza rimwe ngarimwe revana vaIsuraeri:

⁵Kudzinza

raJudha vakaisirwa chinamiro makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raRubheni makumi

emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raGadhi makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000),

⁶kudzinza raAsha makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raNafitari makumi emazana ari

gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raManase makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000),

⁷kudzinza

raSimeoni makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raRevhi makumi emazana ari gumi

namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raIsakha makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000),

⁸kudzinza raZebhuruni

makumi emazana ari gumi namairi, (12,000) kudzinza raJosefa makumi emazana ari gumi namairi,

(12,000) kudzinza raBhenjamini vakaisirwa chinamiro makumi emazana ari gumi namairi (12,000).

⁹Ngesure kweizvi ndakaringira, ndikaona mbungano huru isina munhu ungakona kuierenga, inobva

kumadzinza eshe nemarusinga eshe nevevanhu veshe nevendimi dzeshe, vakaema pamberi pechigaro

choumambo nepamberi peGwai, vakapfeka zvakachena, vane matai emijindwi munyara dzavo.

¹⁰Vakadaidzira ngeizwi guru vechiti, “Ruponeso runobva kunaMwari wedu uwo unogara pachigaro

choumambo, nokuneGwai!”

¹¹Nengirosi dzeshe dzakaema dzechitendenedza chigaro choumambo, nokutendenedza vakuru

nezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna; dzakawa pashi ngehope dzadzo pamberi pechigaro choumambo,

dzakadira Mwari,

¹²dzechiti, “Ameni! Kukudzwa, uthende, ungwaru, kubonga, kuremeredzwa, simba

nokugwinya ngazvigare kunaMwari wedu mhera nariini nariini! Ameni.”

¹³Noumwe wevakuru

wakabvunza echiti kwendiri, “Ndiani ava, vakapfeka zvokufuka zvakachena, vanobva kuri?”

¹⁴Ndikati kwaari, “Mambo wangu, ndimwi munozia.” Naye wakati kwendiri, “Ava ndivo vanobuda

kubva mudambudziko gurutu; navo vakasuka zvokufuka zvavo, vakazvichenesa mungazi yeGwai.

¹⁵“Ndizvo vari pamberi pechigaro choumambo chaMwari, vanomushandira masikati nousiku mutemperi

rake, nouwo unogara pachigaro choumambo unozovangwarira ngokuapo kwake.,

¹⁶Avachazozwi nzara

nokuti nyota; zve, zuva arichazovapishi nokuti kupisha kumweni;

¹⁷ngokuti Gwai riri pakati pechigaro

choumambo rinozovausha nokuvatungamirira kuenda navo kuzvinyuka zvemvura yokupona, naMwari

unozopukuta masodzi eshe kubva pamadziso avo.”

Chapter 8

¹Naapo abeura chinamiro chechinomwe, kwakaapo kunyarara mudenga mukuwo unoda kuguma pakati peawa. ²Zvino ndakaona ngirosi nomwe dzakaema pamberi paMwari, dzakapuwa hwama nomwe.,³Nengirosi imweni yakauya ikaema pasinde pearita, inechidziyo

chomukore chokupishira mutombo unegwema rakanaka; yakapuwa mutombo wakawanda wokupisha

unegwema rakanaka, kuti ipire padera pearita romukore raiya pamberi pechigaro choumambo

pamwepo nemikumbiro yevakacheneswa veshe.

,

⁴Nechiushi chomutombo wokupisha unegwema rakanaka chakakwira, pamwepo nemikumbiro

yevakacheneswa, pamberi paMwari chechibuda kubva munyara yengirosi.

⁵Zvino ngirosi yakatora

chidziyo chokupishira mutombo nayo yakachizadza ngomuriro waibva paarita, ikaukandira padera

penyika; kwakaapo kutinhira nemazwi makuru nemheni nokuzungunyika kwenyika.

⁶Zvino ngirosi

nomwe dzaiya hwama nomwe dzakanasirira kudziridza.

⁷Ngirosi yokutanga yakaridza hwama yayo, kwakaapo matsanza nomuriro, zvakabvengedzwa nengazi,

izvo zvakakandirwa padera penyika; norupande rwechitatu rwenyika rwakapishwa, norupande

rwechitatu rwemiti rwakapishwa, nomwenje weshe muishi wakapishwa.

⁸Ngirosi yechipiri yakaridza

hwama yayo, nechakadai ngomutunhu mukuru, chinobaka ngomuriro, chakakandirwa muruandhle.

Norupande rwechitatu rworuandhle rwakaita ngazi,

⁹norupande rwechitatu rwezvisikwa zvinopona

zvomuruandhle zvakafa, norupande rwechitatu rwengarava rwakaputswa.

¹⁰0 Ngirosi yechitatu yakaridza hwama yayo, nenyeredzi huru yakawa kubva mudenga, yechibaka kudai

ngesasi, yakawira padera porupande rwechitatu rwendwizi nepadera pezvinyuka zvemvura.

¹¹Zina

renyeredzi rakazwi, Chinovava; norupande rwechitatu rwemvura rwakavaviswa, nevanhu vazhinji vakafa

ngemvura iyo ngokuti yaivava.

¹²Ngirosi yechirongomuna yakaridza hwama yayo, norupande rwechitatu rwezuva rwakafurwa, norupande rwechitatu rwemwedzi, norupande rwechitatu rwenyeredzi, kuti rupande rwechitatu rwokujeka kwazvo kudzime; nemasikati asazojeka rupande rwawo rwechitatu nousiku ngokudaro.¹³Zvino ndakaringira, ndikazwa godzi rechichema ngeizwi guru rechimbururuka pakati pomudenga rechiti, “Ihehe, ihehe, ihehe kwavari vanogara padera penyika, ngendaa yemazwi amweni ehwama dzengirosi nhatu dzichazoridza.”

Chapter 9

¹Ngirosi yechishanu yakaridza hwama yayo, neni ndakaona nyeredzi yakabva mudenga ikawa panyika, yakapuwa kiyi yomurindi usina magumo; ²yakabeura murindi usina magumo, nechiushi chakakwira kubva mumurindi, chakadai ngechiushi chechoto chakakura. Zuva nomweya zvakasvipiswa ngechiushi chaibva mumurindi uwo.³Zvino ndongwe dzakabuda dzechibva muchiushi kuuya padera penyika, dzakapuwa simba rakadai

ngesimba rezvinyaada zvomunyika.

⁴Dzakaronzerwa kuti dzisazoshaishira mwenje wenyika nokuti chiro

chimweni chinokura chakasvipira nokuti muti, asi vega vanhu avo vasina chinamiro chaMwari pahuma

dzavo.,

⁵Adzizi kupuwa simba rokuvauraya, asi kuti dzivarwadzise mwedzi mishanu; nokurwadzisa

kwadzo kwaiya kwakadai ngokurwadzisa kwechinyaada apo charuma munhu.

⁶Ngaawo mazuva vanhu vanozotsvaka rufu vasikaruoni; nokudisisa kuti vafe, asi rufu runozotiza kubva

kwavari.

⁷Nemiemo yendongwe idzo yaiya yakadai ngeyemahachi akanasirirwa kurwa hondo. Nepadera

pemasoro adzo paiya nezvairingirika zvakadai ngemadzungudza omukore; nehope dzadzo dzaiya

dzakadai ngedzevanhu,,

⁸dzaiya nebvudzi rakadai ngebvudzi revakadzi, nemazino adzo akadai

ngeemhondoro;

⁹dzaiya nemagwamba akadai ngechihlangu chepaditi chesimbi, nokutinhira kwemaphaphiro adzo

kwakadai ngokutinhira kwengoro dzokurwa hondo, dzinokweiwa ngemahachi akawanda echirumba

kuenda koorwa.

¹⁰Dzaiya nemiswe yakadai ngeyezvinyaada, ineukaira; pamiswe padzo paiya nesimba

rokuremadza vanhu mwedzi mishanu.

¹¹Dzaiya namambo wadzo waiya ngirosi yomurindi usina

magumo; zina rayo ngechiHebheru ndiAbhadhoni, ngechiGiriki inezina rokuti Aphorioni.

¹²Dambudziko

rokutanga rapinda. Wona, kuchauya madambudziko mairi ngesure kweizvi.

¹³Ngirosi yechitanhatu yakaridza hwama yayo, neni ndakazwa izwi rechibva panyanga murongomuna

dzearita romukore riri pamberi paMwari,

¹⁴rechiti kunengirosi yechitanhatu, yaiya nehwama, “Sunhura

ngirosi murongomuna idzo dzakasungwa parwizi rukuru Yufratesi.”

¹⁵Ndizvo ngirosi murongomuna

dzakasunhurwa, idzo dzakanasirirwa awa, zuva, mwedzi negore kuti dziuraye rupande rwechitatu

rwevanhu.,

¹⁶Nouwandu hwehondo dzevanogadha mahachi hwaiya mazana mairi emakumi emazana

akapetwa kagumi; ndakazwa uwandu hwavo.

¹⁷Iyi ndiyo njira yendakaona ndiyo mahachi muchioniso changu; vagadhi vaiya nezvihlangu vane

zvidzitiro zvepaditi zvakatsvuka kudai ngomuriro wesafire nesurufa; nemasoro emahachi akadai

ngeemhondoro, muriro, chiushi nesurufa zvakabuda kubva pamiromo pawo.

¹⁸Ngenyatwa idzi nhatu

rupande rwechitatu rwavanhu rwakaurawa, ngomuriro, chiushi nesurufa izvo zvakabuda kubva

kumiromo yawo.

¹⁹Ngokuti simba remahachi riri mumiromo yawo nokumiswe yawo; ngokuti miswe

yawo yakadai ngenyoka, inemasoro; kubudikidza ndiwo anoremadza.

²⁰Vamweni vanhu, vasikazi kuurawa ngenyatwa idzi, avazi kutenderuka kubva kumishando yenyara

dzavo, kuitira kuti vasazodira madhimoni nemiedzaniso yokudira yomukore, yesirivha, yethusi,

yemapuwe neyemiti, iyo isikakoni kuona nokuti kuzwa nokuti kuhamba.

²¹Avazi kutenderuka kubva

mukuuraya kwavo nokuti mukukamba kwavo nokuti mukuomba kwavo nokuti mukuba kwavo.

Chapter 10

¹Zvino ndakaona ngirosi imweni yakagwinya yechidzaka kubva mudenga,

yakafuka gore, noutahwadande hwaiya padera pesoro rayo; nehope yayo yakadai ngezuva, netsoka

dzayo dzaiya dzakadai ngesika dzomuriro.

²Yaiya yakabata munyara yayo kabhuku kakabeuka. Yakatsika

rutsoka rwayo rwokumudyo padera poruandhle norwomuoshwe padera penyika.

³Yakadaidzira ngeizwi guru, kudai ngokurira kwemhondoro; naapo yadaidzira, kutinhira kunomwe

kwakatinhira.

⁴Naapo kutinhira kunomwe kwaiya kwatinhira, ndaiya ndooda kunyora, ndakazwa izwi

rechibva mudenga rechiti, “Namira izvo zvakaronzwa ngokutinhira kunomwe, usazvinyora.”

⁵Zvino ngirosi iya yendakaona yakaema padera poruandhle nepenyika, yakamirudza nyara yayo

yokumudyo mudenga,

⁶ikapika ndiye unopona mhera nariini nariini, uwo wakasika denga neizvo

zvirimwo, nenyika neizvo zvirimwo, noruandhle neizvo zvirimwo kuti, “Kusachazoapo mukuwo

wokunonoka,

⁷asi mumazuva apo ngirosi yechinomwe yooridza hwama yayo, ngouwo mukuwo

chakafishika chaMwari chinozozadziswa, kudai ngezvaakaronza kuvaranda vake vaprofeti.”

⁸Zvino izwi rendakazwa rechibva mudenga rakaereketazve kwendiri, rikati, “Enda, utore kabhuku

kakabeuka kari munyara yengirosi yakaema padera poruandhle nepadera penyika.”,

⁹Ndizvo ndakaenda

kunengirosi ndikaironzera kuti indipe kabhuku, nayo yakati kwendiri, “Katore, ukadye; kanozovava

mundani yako, asi mumuromo wako kanozotapira kudai ngouchi.”

¹⁰Ndakatora kabhuku kubva munyara yengirosi, ndakakadya, kaitapira kudai ngouchi mumuromo

wangu; asi apo ndakadya, ndani yangu yakaitwa kuti ivave.,

¹¹Dzakati kwendiri, “Kunosisira kuti

uprofetezve ngendaa yevanhu vazhinji, madzinza, ndimi nemadzimambo.”

Chapter 11

¹Zvino ndakapuwa chipimiso cherutsanga rwakadai ngomudondoro, kukazwi

kwendiri, “Miruka, upime temperi raMwari nearita naavo vanodiramwo,

²asi usapima ruwanze ruri

kubanze kwetemperi; usarupima, ngokuti rwakapuwa kunevemadzinza, navo vanozotsikatsika pashi

ngetsoka dzavo padera pedhorobha rakachena mwedzi makumi marongomuna namiiri (42).

³Ndinozopa simba kuzvapupu zvangu zviiri kuti zviprofete mazuva gumi remazana nemazana mairi

nemakumi matanhatu (1,260), zvakapfeka machira emasaka.”

⁴Ava vari miti miiri yemaorivhi

nezvigadzikiro zviiri zvezvibani zvinoema pamberi paMambo wenyika.

⁵Kuti aripo munhu unoda

kuvaremadza, muriro unobuda kumiromo yavo wechiuraya magaa avo; kuti aripo munhu unoda

kuvaremadza, ngeiyi njira kunosisira kuti aurawe.

⁶Vane simba rokukonya denga, kuti isazonaya mvura ngamazuva okuprofeta kwavo, navo vane simba

padera pemvura kuitsandudza kuti iite ngazi, nokuita kuti nyika igumirwe ngemadambudziko eshe,

panguva dzeshe dzevanoda.

⁷Naapo vapedza uchapupu hwavo, chikara chinokwira kubva mumugodhi

usina magumo chinozoambana navo nokuvanyisa nokuvauraya,

⁸nemiiri yavo yakafa inozorashwa

mupato redhorobha guru rinozwi ngokuedzanisa Sodhoma neEgipite, paakakohomerwa Mambo wavo.

⁹Navo vanobva kuvanhu, kumarusinga, kundimi nokumadzinza, vanozoringira miiri yavo yakafa mazuva

matatu nehafu, vasikatenderi kuti miiri yavo yakafa iikwe mumaiba;

¹⁰naavo vanogara munyika

vanodakara ndivo nokupembera; vanozoashidzana zvipo umwe kunoumweni, ngokuti ava vaprofeti vairi

vakatambudza avo vanogara munyika.

¹¹Ngesure kwemazuva matatu nehafu mweya wokupona

unobva kuna Mwari wakapotera mukati mwavo, vakaema ngetsoka dzavo, nokutya kukurutu

kwakagumira avo vakavaona.

¹²Zvino vakazwa izwi guru rechibva mudenga rechiti kwavari, “Kwirai uno!” Vakakwira mudenga vari

mugore, magaa avo akavaringira.

¹³Ngeiro awa kwaiyapo kuzungunyika kukurutu kwenyika norupande

rwegumi rwedhorobha rwakawa; vakaurawa vanhu vari makumi emazana manomwe mukuzungunyika

kwenyika, nevamweni vakatya, vakakudza Mwari womudenga.

¹⁴Dambudziko rechipiri rapinda. Wona,

dambudziko rechitatu rinokasira kuuya.

¹⁵Zvino ngirosi yechinomwe yakaridza hwama yayo, kwakazwika mazwi makuru mudenga echiti, “Umambo hwenyika hwaita umambo hwaMambo wedu nohwaKristu wake, naye unozotonga mhera nariini nariini.”¹⁶Nevakuru vari makumi mairi navarongomuna, vanogara pazvigaro zvavo zvoumambo

pamberi paMwari, vakawa ngehope dzavo, vakadira Mwari,

¹⁷vechiti, “Tinomubonga, imwimwi Mambo

Mwari, Munesimbareshe, uwo uripo nowaiyapo, ngokuti mwakadzitorera simba renyu guru, mukatonga.

¹⁸Madzinza akatseneka, noushungu hwenyu hwakauya, nomukuwo wevakafa kuti vatongwe, nomukuwo wokupa musharo kunevaranda venyu vaprofeti nevakacheneswa nokwavari vanotya zina renyu, vadoko nevakuru, nokuparadza avo vanoparadza nyika.”¹⁹Zvino temperi raMwari rakabeurwa mudenga, mwakaoneka mutemperi rake bhokisi rechitenderano chake; kwakaapo kupenya kwemheni nemazwi okutinhira nokuzungunyika kwenyika nematsanza makurutu.

Chapter 12

¹Chikuru chinoshamisa chakaoneka mudenga: mukadzi akapfeka zuva, nomwedzi pashi petsoka dzake, nepadera pesoro rake paiya nedzungudza renyeredzi gumi nembiri. ²Waiya nemimba naye wakachema echirwadziwa ngokubara, nokurwadziwa ngokusununguka.³Nechioniso chimweni chinoshamisa chakaoneka mudenga; wona, dragoni guru rakatsvuka rine

masoro manomwe nenyanga gumi, nepadera pemasoro aro paiya nemadzungudza manomwe.

⁴Muswe

waro unokweya rupande rwechitatu rwenyeredzi dzomudenga nokudzikandira panyika. Nedragoni

rakaema pamberi pomukadzi waiya ooda kubara mwana, kuti ridye mwana wake apo abarwa.

⁵Naye wakabara mukororo, unozotonga madzinza eshe ngendonga yesimbi. Asi mwana wake

wakabvukwa, akakwidzwa kunaMwari nokuchigaro chake choumambo,

⁶nomukadzi wakatizira

mushango, apo paiya nendau yaakanasirirwa ndiMwari, kuti vamurere apo mazuva gumi remazana

nemazana mairi nemakumi matanhatu (1,260).

⁷Zvino kwakaapo kurwa mudenga; Mikhaeri pamwepo nengirosi dzake dzakarwisa dragoni. Nedragoni

rakarwisa pamwepo nengirosi dzaro,

⁸asi dzakanyiswa nendau yadzo aizi kuchazoapo mudenga.

⁹Dragoni guru rakakandirwa pashi, iyo nyoka sharuka, inozwi ndiDhiabhorosi naSathani, muchengedzeri

wenyika yeshe, wakakandirwa pashi munyika, nengirosi dzake dzakakandirwa pashi pamwepo naye.

¹⁰Neni ndakazwa izwi guru rechibva mudenga rechiti, “Zvino rwaguma ruponeso, simba noumambo zvaMwari wedu nesimba raKristu wake, ngokuti mupumhi wehama dzedu wakandirwa pashi, uwo unovaitira ndaa pamberi paMwari wedu masikati nousiku.¹¹Navo vakamunyisa ngengazi yeGwai

neizwi rouchapupu hwavo, navo avazi kuda kupona kwavo metsa murufu.

¹²Ndizvo dakarai, imwimwi matenga neavo vanogara mukati mwawo! Asi kushatanyi kwezvinoita

kunyika nokuruandhle, ngokuti Dhiabhorosi wakadzaka pashi kwomuri anoushungu hukurutu, ngokuti

unozia kuti nguva yake yafupika!”

¹³Naapo dragoni raona kuti rakakandirwa pashi panyika,

rakatambudza mukadzi uwo wakabara mukororo.

¹⁴Asi mukadzi wakapuwa maphaphiro mairi egodzi guru, kuti ambururuke kuenda mushango kundau

yake, paanorerwa mukuwo nemikuwo nehafu yomukuwo kubva kuhope yenyoka.

¹⁵Zvino nyoka

yakabudisa mvura mumuromo wayo kudai ngorwizi sure kwomukadzi, kuti atorwe ngorwizi.

¹⁶Nenyika yakadetsera mukadzi, ikabeura muromo wayo nokumedza rwizi urwo rwakabudiswa

ngedragoni kubva mumuromo waro.

¹⁷Zvino dragoni rakatsenekera mukadzi, rikaenda, rikaambana

nevamweni vana vake, avo vanongwarira mipango yaMwari vechibata uchapupu hwaJesu.

¹⁸Dragoni

rakaema padera pejecha roruandhle.

Chapter 13

¹Zvino ndakaona chikara chechibuda kubva muruandhle, chine nyanga gumi

nemasoro manomwe; nepadera penyanga dzacho paiya nemadzungudza gumi, nepadera pemasoro

acho paiya nemazina okutuka Mwari.

²Nechikara chendakaona chaiya chakadai ngekhamba, netsoka

dzacho dzaiya dzakadai ngebheya, nomuromo wacho waiya wakadai ngowemhondoro. Kwechiri dragoni

rakapa simba raro, chigaro choumambo hwaro nesimba rokutonga guru.

³Ndakaona rimwe remasoro acho rairingirika rakadai ngerakakuwara yaamho, asi bonje rokufa kwacho

raiya rapora, nenyika yeshe yakateera chikara yechishamiswa.

⁴Vanhu vakadira dragoni, ngokuti ndiro

rakapa chikara simba raro, navo vakadira chikara vechiti, “Ndiani ungaedzaniswa nechikara nounesimba

rokurwa nacho?”

⁵Chakapuwa muromo wokuereketa mazwi akakura nokutuka, chakapuwazve simba

rokuti chiite mishando yacho mwedzi makumi marongomuna namiiri (42).

⁶Nacho chakabeura muromo wacho kutuka Mwari nokutuka zina rake nougaro hwake, navo vanogara

mudenga.

⁷Chakapuwazve simba rokurwa nevakacheneswa nokuvanyisa. Chakapuwazve simba padera

pedzinza reshe, pomunhu weshe, padera pendimi yeshe nembeu yeshe yomunhu.

⁸Veshe vanogara padera penyika vanozochidira, weshe unezina risikazi kunyorwa mubhuku rokupona

reGwai rakaurawa kubvira mukuemeswa kwenyika.

⁹Kuti aripo unenzee ngaazwe: ¹⁰Kuti aripo

wakaemeserwa kusungwa, unozosungwa muusungwa; kuti aripo wakaemeserwa kuurawa ngeshoti, [4]

ngegwinyiso unozourawa ngeshoti. Pano ndipo panokusengerera nokugonda kwevakacheneswa.

¹¹Ndakaona chikara chimweni chechikwira kubuda chechibva munyika; chaiya nenyanga mbiri dzakadai

ngedzegwai, chakaereketa kudai ngedragoni.

¹²Chinoshandisa simba rechikara chokutanga mukuona kwacho, chinoita kuti nyika navo vanogaramwo

vadire chikara chokutanga, chaiya nebonje rokufa rakapora.

¹³Chinoita mioniso mikuru, kunyazwi kuita

kuti muriro udzake padera penyika wechibva mudenga mukuona kwevanhu;

¹⁴ngemioniso yechinotenderwa kuita pamberi pechikara, chinochengedzera avo vanogara munyika,

chechironza kwavari kuti vaite muedzaniso wechikara chakabaiwa ngeshoti asi chikapona.

¹⁵Chakapuwa simba rokupa mweya kumuedzaniso wechikara, kuti muedzaniso wechikara ukone

kuereketa nokuita kuti veshe vasikadiri muedzaniso wechikara vaurawe.

¹⁶Chinoitazve kuti veshe, vadoko nevakuru, vapfumi nevarombo, vakasunhurika nehloko, vaiswe

chioniso panyara yavo yokumudyo nokuti pahuma yavo,

¹⁷kuitira kuti pasazoita munhu naumwe

ungazokona kutenga nokuti kutengesa, asi uwo unechioniso, ndikwo kuti, zina rechikara nokuti namba

yezina racho.

¹⁸Pano ndipo panodiwa ungwaru; iye unozwisisa ngaaerenge namba yechikara, ngokuti ndiyo namba yomunhu. Namba yake ndiyo mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nematanhatu.

Chapter 14

¹Zvino ndakaringira, ndakaona Gwai rakaema pamutunhu weZioni! Vaiyapo naye zana nemakumi marongomuna namarongomuna emakumi emazana vane zina rake nezina raBaba ake rakanyorwa pahuma dzavo. ²Ndakazwa izwi rakabva mudenga rakadai ngechaungira chemvura zhinji nokudai ngokutinhira kukurutu; neizwi rendakazwa raiya rakadai ngerevaridzi vechiridza zvimadangari zvavo,³navo

vanoemba nduyo itsva pamberi pechigaro choumambo nepamberi pezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna

nepamberi pevakuru. Apana munhu waikona kudzidza nduyo iyo kwega avo vari zana nemakumi

marongomuna nemarongomuna emakumi emazana (144,000) vakatengwa kubva munyika.

⁴Ava ndivo vasikazi kudzisvipisa ngavakadzi, ngokuti vakadai ngemhandwe; ndivo vanoteera Gwai

kweshe kwerinoenda. Vakatengwa kubva pakati pevanhu kuti vaite mitanguro kunaMwari nokuGwai,

⁵nomumiromo yavo amuzi kuoneka kunyepa; avana ndaa.⁶Neni ndakaona ngirosi imweni yechimbururuka pakati pedenga, ine vhangeri remhera nariini

koochumaira kwavari avo vanogara munyika, kumadzinza eshe, marusinga eshe, kundimi dzeshe

nokuvanhu veshe;

⁷yechiti ngeizwi guru, “Ityai Mwari mumukudze, ngokuti awa rokutonga kwake

raguma; mumudire uwo wakaita denga nenyika noruandhle nezvinyuka zvemvura.”

⁸Ngirosi imweni yechipiri yakateera yechiti, “Rawa, rawa, Bhabhuroni gurutu! Rakaita kuti madzinza eshe amwe vhini roushungu hwokuomba kwaro.”⁹” Zvino ngirosi imweni yechitatu yakadziteera yechiti

ngeizwi gurutu, “Kuti aripo munhu unodira chikara nomuedzaniso wacho, nokuashira chioniso pahuma

yake nokuti panyara yake,

¹⁰iye unozomwa vhini roushungu hwaMwari, rinodururwa risikazi

kubvengedzwa mutsani youshungu hwake, naye unozotambudzwa ngomuriro nesurufa pamberi

pengirosi dzakachena nepamberi peGwai.

¹¹Nechiushi chokutambudzwa kwavo chinopwititika mhera nariini nariini. Navo avana zororo masikati

nousiku, avo vanodira chikara nomuedzaniso wacho, kunyazwi ndiani unoashira chioniso chezina racho.”

¹²Pano ndipo panodiwa kusengerera kwevakacheneswa, vanongwarira mipango yaMwari nokugonda

kunaJesu.

¹³Ndakazwa izwi rechibva mudenga rechiti, “Nyora izvi: vanomuchena vakafa vanofira munaMambo kubvira zvinopano.” “Eya,” unoronza Mweya, “Kuti vazorore kubva kumishando yavo, ngokuti mishando yavo inovateera!¹⁴Ndakaringira, ndikaona gore rakachena, nepadera pegore pane umwe wakadai

ngoMukororo woMunhu echigarapo, anedzungudza romukore pasoro rake, nomunyara mwake

anesikeyo inopinza.

¹⁵Nengirosi imweni yakabuda kubva mutemperi, yechidaidzira ngeizwi guru kwaari uwo wakagara

padera pegore yechiti, “Shandisa sikeyo yako, ucheke, ngokuti awa rokucheka raguma; ngokuti

zvokukukura zvenyika zvaibva.”

¹⁶Ndizvo uwo wakagara padera pegore wakakandira sikeyo yake

munyika, nenyika yakachekwa

¹⁷vino ngirosi imweni yakabuda kubva mutemperi riri mudenga, nayo yaiya nesikeyo inopinza.

¹⁸Ngirosi imweni yakabuda kubva paarita, inesimba padera pomuriro, yakadaidzira ngeizwi gurutu kuneiyo

inesikeyo inopinza yechiti, “Shandisa sikeyo yako inopinza, uunganidze zvikore zvemavhini enyika,

ngokuti mavhini ayo aibva.”

¹⁹Ndizvo ngirosi yakakandira sikeyo yayo munyika ikaunganidza mavhini enyika, ikaakandira

muchisviniro chikurutu chevhini choushungu hwaMwari.

²⁰Nechisviniro chevhini chakatsikwatsikwa

kubanze kwedhorobha, kwakabuda ngazi kubva muchisviniro chevhini, ikagumira pamatomu emahachi,

nokureba kwayo kwaiita makhiromitha mazana matatu (300), yechiita mamitha mairi kudzama.

Chapter 15

¹Ndakaona chioniso chimweni mudenga, chikuru chinoshamisa: ngirosi nomwe dzine madambudziko manomwe, awo okugumisira, ngokuti ndiwo okugumisira kuonisa ushungu hwaMwari.²Ndakaona chairingirika chakadai ngoruandhle rwegirazi, rwakabvengedzwa nomuriro; naavo vakanyisa chikara nomuedzaniso wacho nenamba yezina racho, vaiema pasinde poruandhle rwegirazi, vane zvimadangari zvaMwari munyara dzavo.³Vanoemba ruyo rwaMosi, muranda waMwari, noruyo rweGwai vechiti, “A Mambo Mwari,

Unesimbareshe, mishando yenyu mikuru neinoshamisa! Nenjira dzenyu dziri dzakarurama, dzine

gwinyiso, imwimwi Mambo wemadzinza!

⁴Ndiani usikazomutyi nokukudza zina renyu, A Mambo?

Ngokuti imwimwi mwega mwakachena. Madzinza eshe anozouya nokudira pamberi penyu ngokuti zviito

zvenyu zvakarurama zvakaoniswa.”

⁵Ngesure kweizvi ndakaona, temperi retende rouchapupu rakabeurwa mudenga, ⁶nengirosi nomwe

dzakabuda kubva mutemperi, idzo dzaiya nemadambudziko manomwe, dzakapfeka machira akachena,

anojeka, dzakasunga pamaditi adzo ngamabande omukore.

⁷Nechimwe chezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna chakapa ngirosi nomwe mikheyo minomwe

yomukore yakazara ngoushungu hwaMwari, unopona mhera nariini nariini;

⁸netemperi rakazara

ngechiushi chaibva muuthende hwaMwari nomusimba rake, akuna waikona kupotera mutemperi metsa

madambudziko manomwe engirosi nomwe apera.

Chapter 16

¹Zvino ndakazwa izwi guru rechibva mutemperi rechironzera ngirosi nomwe rechiti, “Endai, mwodururira munyika mikheyo minomwe youshungu hwaMwari.”²Ndizvo ngirosi yokutanga yakaenda, ikadurura mukheyo wayo munyika; kwakaapo zvironda zvakashata nezvinorwadza padera pevanhu vaiya nechioniso chechikara, vakadira muedzaniso wacho. Ngirosi yechipiri yakadururira mukheyo wayo muruandhle, rwakaita ngazi yakadai ngeyomunhu wakafa, nezviro zveshe zvaipona zvaiya muruandhle zvakafa.⁴Ngirosi yechitatu yakadururira mukheyo

wayo mundwizi nezvinyuka zvemvura, nazvo zvakaita ngazi.

⁵Ndakazwa ngirosi yepamvura yechiti, “Wakarurama, iwewe Wakachena, uripo nowaiyapo, ngokuti

wakatonga izvi;

⁶ngokuti vakaparadza ngazi yevakacheneswa neyevaprofeti, wakavapa ngazi kuti

vamwe. Ngokuti vanosisirwa ndizvo!

⁷Ndakazwa izwi rechibva paarita rechiti, “Eya, A Mambo Mwari

Unesimbareshe, gwinyiso nokururama zvitongero zvako!

⁸Ngirosi yechirongomuna yakadururira mukheyo wayo padera pezuva, rakapuwa simba rokupisha

vanhu ngomuriro.

⁹Vanhu vakapishwa ngokupisha kwaityisa; vakatuka zina raMwari, uwo unesimba

padera peaya madambudziko, navo avazi kutenderuka kuti vamukudze.

¹⁰Ngirosi yechishanu

yakadururira mukheyo wayo padera pechigaro choumambo hwechikara, noumambo hwacho

hwakasvipiswa kuita chidima; vakatsenga marurumi avo ngendaa yokurwadziwa kwavo.

¹¹Vakatuka Mwari wedenga ngendaa yokurwadziwa kwavo neyezvironda zvavo, avazi kutenderuka

kubva kumishando yavo.

¹²Ngirosi yechitanhatu yakadururira mukheyo wayo padera porwizi rukuru,

Yufratesi, nemvura yarwo yakapwa kuti paitwe njira yemadzimambo aibva ngokumabvazuva.

¹³Ndakaona mweya mitatu yakashata yakadai ngemachedye, yechibuda kubva mumuromo wedragoni,

wechikara nowomuprofeti wokunyepa.

¹⁴Ngokuti ndiyo mweya yemadhimoni inoita mioniso, inobuda kuenda kumadzimambo enyika dzeshe,

kuvaunganidza pamwepo kurwa hondo yezuva guru raMwari Unesimbareshe.

¹⁵“Ringira, ndinouya

kudai ngembavha! Unomuchena uwo unogara akarinda nokungwarira zvokufuka zvake, kuti

asazohamba ari mutitinini nevanhu vaone kutsveruka kwake!

¹⁶Mweya yakavaunganidza pamwepo

kundau inozwi ngechiHebheru Hamagedhoni.

¹⁷Ngirosi yechinomwe yakadururira mukheyo wayo mumhepo, izwi guru rakabuda mutemperi,

rechibva pachigaro choumambo rechiti, “Zvapera!

¹⁸Kwakaapo kupenya kwemheni, mazwi, kutinhira,

kwakaapozve kuzungunyika kukurutu kwenyika, kusikazi kumboapozve kwakadaro kubvira pakusikwa

kwevanhu panyika, uku ndikwo kuzungunyika kwakapinda kushata kwenyika kwakadai.

¹⁹Nedhorobha

guru rakagurwa kuita marupande matatu, nemadhorobha evemadzinza akawa. Mwari wakakarakadza

Bhabhuroni guru, kuti ripuwe tsani yevhini rokutyisa kwoushungu hwake.

²⁰Chiwi cheshe chakatiza, nemitunhu aizi kuonekazve; ²¹nematsanza makurutu, rimwe ngarimwe

rairema makhirogramu angakwana makumi mashanu akabva mudenga, akawira padera pevanhu, metsa

vakatuka Mwari ngendaa yedambudziko rematsanza, ngokuti dambudziko rawo raiya rakakura kakurutu.

Chapter 17

¹Zvino imwe yengirosi nomwe dzaiya nemikheyo minomwe yakauya, ikati

kwendiri, “Uya pano, ndinozokupangidzira kutongwa kwehure guru rinogara padera pemvura zhinji,

²iro

madzimambo enyika akaomba naro, navanogara munyika vakaradza ngevhini rokuomba kwaro.

³Ngirosi yakanditora kuenda neni mushango ndakabatwa ndiMweya, ndakaona mukadzi akagadha

padera pechikara chakatsvuka, chakazara ngemazina okutuka, chine masoro manomwe nenyanga gumi.

⁴Mukadzi wakapfeka zvakatsvukuruka nezvakatsvuka, nokunemeswa ngomukore nemapuwe

anemutengo mukuru nemapherere, munyara mwake mwaiya netsani yomukore yakazara

ngezvinonyangadza, zvine tsvina zvokuomba kwake;

⁵nepahuma pake pakanyorwa zina rakafishika,

“BHABHURONI GURU, MAI WEMAHURE NEEZVINONYANGADZA ZVENYIKA.”

⁶⁷Neni ndakaona mukadzi araradza ngengazi yevakacheneswa nengazi yezvapupu zvaJesu. Naapo ndakamuona, ndakashamiswa kakurutu. 7 Asi ngirosi yakati kwendiri, “Washamiswa ngenyi? Ndinozokuronzera biningidzo rakafishika romukadzi nerechikara chinomutwara, chine masoro manomwe nenyanga gumi.⁸Chikara chewaona chaiyapo, apachina, chodo kukwira kubva mumugodhi usina magumo nokuenda mukuparadzwa. Naavo vanogara munyika, vane mazina avo asikazi kunyorwa mubhuku rokupona kubvira pakusikwa kwenyika, vanozoshamiswa apo vaona chikara chaiyapo, chisiripo nechichauya.⁹“Ndipo panodiwa kupinimidza kuneungwaru; masoro manomwe mitunhu minomwe, apo pagarwa

ngomukadzi; ndiwozve madzimambo manomwe,

¹⁰vashanu vavo vakawa, noumwe uchiripo,

noumweni aasati auya; naapo auya unosisira kuti agare mukuwo mudoko.

¹¹Nechikara chaiyapo, zvino apana, ndicho chechisere, asi ngechimwe chezvinomwe, chinoenda mukurashwa.¹²Nenyanga gumi dzewaona ndiwo madzimambo gumi asati aashira umambo, asi

anoashira simba kudai ngemadzimambo pamwepo nechikara awa rimwe.

¹³Avo vanomupinimidzo umwe, vanopira simba ravo nokutonga kwavo kuchikara; ¹⁴vanozorwisana

neGwai, neGwai rinozovanyisa, ngokuti ndiMambo wemadzimambo noMutongi wevatongi, naavo

vanaye vanodaidzwa nokutsanangurwa nokugondeka

¹⁵Nayo yakati kwendiri, “Mvura iyo yewakaona, apo pakagara hure, ndivo vanhu, zviunga, madzinza nendimi.¹⁶Nyanga gumi dzewaona, idzo nechikara zvinozonyenya hure; zvinozomuparadza mukumuita

mutitinini, nokudya nyama yake nokumupisha ngomuriro.

¹⁷Ngokuti Mwari wakaisa izvi mumwoyo

yazvo kuti zviite kuda kwake, ngokuita zvinomupinimidzo umwe nokupa simba roumambo hwazvo kune

chikara, metsa mazwi aMwari aitika

¹⁸Nomukadzi wowaona ndiro dhorobha guru iro rinotonga padera pemadzimambo enyika.”

Chapter 18

¹Ngesure kweizvi ndakaona ngirosi imweni yechidzaka kubva mudenga,

inesimba guru; nenyika yakajekiswa ngouthende hwayo.

²Yakadaidzira ngeizwi rine simba yechiti,

“Rawa, rawa, Bhabhuroni guru! Raita ugaro hwamadhimoni, nendau yemweya yeshe inetsvina,

neyeshiri dzeshe dzinetsvina,[5] dzinonyenyiwa.

³Ngokuti madzinza eshe akamwa vhini roushungu hwokuomba kwake, nemadzimambo enyika akaomba

naye, nevatengisi vomunyika vakapfuma ngesimba rouwandu hwepfuma yokuangira kwake kuemura.

⁴Ndakazwa izwi rimweni rechibva mudenga rechiti, “Budai kubva kwaari, vanhu vangu, kuti

musakoanisana naye muzvishaishi zvake, zve, kuti musazoashidzana naye madambudziko ake;

⁵ngokuti zvishaishi zvake zvakaita murwi zvinoguma mudenga, naMwari wakakarakadza ngezvakashata

zvake.

⁶Mupei musharo kudai ngezvaakamupa pachake, mumuhwirinzire kairi kakapetwa kudai

ngemishando yake; mutsani iyo yaakazadza, mumudzadzire kairi.

⁷Ndizvo mupenyi kutambudzika

nokusvipa mwoyo kukurutu, kudai ngouwandu hwaakadzikudza ndihwo nokupona mukudzidakadzisa

pachake, ngokuti unoti mumwoyo mwake, ‘Inini ndakagara pano, ndini mambokadzi, andiri shirikadzi

akadi, andizombooni dambudziko.

⁸Ndizvo madambudziko ake anozomugumira ngezuva rimwe, rufu, kubonda, nzara, naye unozopishwa

ngomuriro; ngokuti Mambo Mwari, uwo unomutonga, unesimba.

⁹Madzimambo enyika, awo akaomba

nokupona echidzidakadzisa pamwepo naye, anozochema nokubonda ngendaa yake, apo paanozoringira

chiushi chokutsva kwake.,

¹⁰Vanozoema vari kuretu, ngokutya kutambudzwa kwake vechiti, “Kutyisanyi

uku! Kutyisanyi uku! Newe dhorobha guru, dhorobha rakagwinya Bhabhironi! Ngokuti ngeawa rimwe

kutongwa kwako kwakugumira.”

¹¹Nevatengisi venyika vanochema nokubonda ngendaa yake ngokuti apana munhu uchatenga zviro

zvavo,

¹²mukore, sirivha, mapuwe anemutengo mukuru, mapherere, nemachira akanaka orukangaza

neakatsvukuruka, neesirika yakatsvuka; nembeu dzeshe dzemiti inonuhwira, nembeu dzeshe

dzezvidziyo zvenyanga dzenzou, mbeu dzeshe dzezvidziyo zvakaitwa ngemiti inemutengo mukuru,

zvethusi, zvesimbi, mapuwe akachena,,

¹³sinamoni, mutombo unonuhwira, mutombo wokupisha

unegwema rakanaka, mafuta okudzora, makha, vhini, mafuta, ufu hwakamotseka, koroni, n'ombe,

makwai, mahachi, ngoro, hloko, kunyazwi nemweya yevanhu.

¹⁴“Michero yaidisiswa ngomweya wako yakabva kwouri, nezviro zveshe zvainakisisa nezvaipenya zvakaparadzwa kwouri, auchazozvionizve!¹⁵Vatengesi veizvi zviro, avo vakaita makurudza ndiye,

vanozoema kuretu ngokutya dambudziko rake, vechichema nokubonda,

¹⁶vechiti, “Kutyisanyi uku!

Kutyisanyi uku, dhorobha guru! Raipfeka machira akanaka orukangaza akatsvukuruka, akatsvuka,

rakanemeswa ngomukore namapuwe anemutengo mukuru nemapherere!

¹⁷Ngokuti upfumi hwakakura kudaro hwaparadzwa ngeawa rimwe!” Nenduna dzeshe dzengarava,

navo veshe vahambisi vengarava, navo veshe vairarama ngokushanda muruandhle, vakaema vari kuretu,

¹⁸vakadaidzira vechiona chiushi chokutsva kwake vechiti, “Ngeriri dhorobha ringaedzaniswa neiri

dhorobha guru?”

¹⁹Navo vakakandira bukuta padera pemasoro avo, vechichema nokubonda vechiti,

“Kutyisanyi uku! Kutyisanyi uku, dhorobha guru umwo veshe vaiya nengarava dzavo muruandhle

vakaitwa makurudza ngezvinokosha zvake! Ngokuti ngeawa rimwe rakaparadzwa.

²⁰Dakarai ngendaa yake, iwewe denga, nemwi vakacheneswa, nemwi vapostori, nemwi vaprofeti!

Ngokuti Mwari wakamutonga ngendaa yeizvo zvaakaita kwomuri.

²¹Nengirosi inesimba yakamirudza

buwe rakadai ngeguyo rakakura, ikarikandira muruandhle yechiti, “Ngokuwa kwakakura kudaro

Bhabhuroni, dhorobha guru, rinozokandirwa pashi, arichazooneki nepadoodoko.

²²Neizwi revaridzi

vezvimadangari nerevaembi, revanoridza minanzi, revaridzi vehwama arichazozwiki mukati mwako;

mbeu dzemishando yeshe kunyazwi ngouri adzichazoapo nepadoodoko mukati mwako; neizwi rokukuya

arichazozwiki nepadoodoko mukati mwako.

²³Kujeka kwechibani akuchazojeki nepadoodoko mukati mwako; neizwi romukwambo neromuroorwa

arichazozwiki mukati mwako; ngokuti vatengesi vako vaiya vanhu vakuru venyika, ngokuti madzinza

eshe akachengedzerwa ngokurowa kwako.

²⁴Mukati mwake mwakaoneka ngazi yevaprofeti

neyevakacheneswa neyeavo veshe vakaurawa munyika.”

Chapter 19

¹Ngesure kweizvi ndakazwa bope guru rakadai ngerevanhu vazhinji mudenga

rechiti, “Haleluya! Ruponeso nouthende nesimba ngezvaMwari wedu,

²ngokuti kutonga kwake

kunegwinyiso nekwakarurama; wakatonga muombi mukuru wakashaishira nyika ngokuomba kwake,

naye wakaunzidzira kwaari ngazi yevaranda vake padera pake.”

³Naapo vakadaidzirazve vechiti, “Haleluya! Chiushi chake chinopwititika kukwira mudenga mhera

nariini nariini.”

⁴Nevakuru makumi mairi nevarongomuna nezvisikwa zvinopona zvirongomuna vakawa

pashi, vakadira Mwari unogara pachigaro choumambo vechiti, “Ameni. Haleluya!”

⁵Izwi rakazwika rechibva pachigaro choumambo rechiti, “Kudzai Mwari wedu, imwimwi mweshe varanda vake, imwimwi munomutya, vadoko nevakuru.”⁶Apapo ndakazwa chakadai ngeizwi rechiunga chakakura kudai ngebope remvura yakawanda nokudaingeizwi romutinhiro unesimba rechiti, “Haleluya! Ngokuti Mambo Mwari wedu Unesimbareshe unotonga.⁷Ngatidakare nokudakara kukurutu, ngatimupe mbiri; ngokuti muchadho weGwai waguma

nomuroorwa waro wakadzinasirira.

⁸Wakatenderwa kuti adzisimidze ngemachira akanaka orukangaza,

anojeka neakaperera.” Ngokuti machira akanaka orukangaza ndizvo zviito zvakarurama

zvevakacheneswa.

⁹Ngirosi yakati kwendiri, “Nyora izvi: Vanomuchena vakakokwa kudhiri romuchadho weGwai.” Nayo

yakati kwendiri, “Aya ndiwo mazwi egwinyiso aMwari.”

¹⁰Ndakawa pashi patsoka dzayo kuidira, asi

yakati kwendiri, “Ausisiri kuita kudaro! Inini ndiri muranda pamwepo newe nevangani vako, vanobatirira

kuuchapupu hwaJesu. Dira Mwari! Ngokuti uchapupu hwaJesu huri mweya wokuprofeta.”

¹¹Ndakaona denga rakabeuka, ndikaona hachi rakachena! Mugadhi waro waizwi Unogondeka

neUnegwinyiso, naye mukururama unotonga nokuita hondo.

¹²Madziso ake akadai ngomurazvu

womuriro, nepadera pesoro rake pane madzungudza akawanda. Waiya nezina rakanyorwa, risina

kuziikanwa ngevanhu, asi iye ega.

¹³Naye wakasimira zvokusimira zvakanyikwa mungazi:[6] nezina rake

rinozwi, Izwi raMwari.

¹⁴Nehondo dzomudenga dzakasimira machira akanaka, akachena neakaperera, dzaimuteera

dzakagadha mahachi akachena.

¹⁵Neshoti yakapinza inobuda kubva pamuromo wake, kuti atemere

pashi ndiyo madzinza, naye unozoatonga ngendonga yesimbi; unotsikatsika chikamuriro chevhini

rokutyisa kwoushungu hwaMwari Unesimbareshe.

¹⁶Naye unezina rakanyorwa padera pechokufuka chake nepachizva chake kuti, “MAMBO

WEMADZIMAMBO NOMUTONGI WEVATONGI.

¹⁷Ndakaona ngirosi yakaema muzuva, yakadaidzira

ngeizwi guru, yechiti kuneshiri dzeshe dzinombururuka mudenga, “Uyai, muungane padhiri guru

raMwari,

¹⁸kuti mudye nyama yemadzimambo, nyama yenduna huru, nyama yevanhu vane simba,

nyama yemahachi nevagadhi vawo, nyama yevanhu veshe, vakasunhurika nevakasungwa, yevadoko

nevakuru.”

¹⁹Ndakaona chikara nemadzimambo enyika nehondo dzawo dzakaungana pamwepo kuti varwe hondo

nouwo wakagadha hachi nehondo yake.

²⁰Nechikara chakabatwa nomuprofeti wokunyepa uwo

wakashanda zvioniso mukuona kwacho, zvaakachengedzera ndizvo avo vaiya vaashira chioniso

chechikara, naavo vakadira muedzaniso wacho. Ava vairi vakakandirwa vechizwa mugandwa romuriro

raibaka ngesurufa.

²¹Nevamweni vakaurawa ngeshoti youwo waigadha hachi, shoti iyo yakabuda kubva mumuromo wake; neshiri dzeshe dzakaguta ngenyama yavo.

Chapter 20

¹Zvino ndakaona ngirosi yechidzaka kubva mudenga, yakabata munyara yayo

kiyi romugodhi usina magumo neketani huru.

²Yakabata dragoni, nyoka yekare, ndiyo Dhiabhorosi

naSathani, ikamusunga makore gumi remazana.

³Yakamukandira mumugodhi usina magumo, ikaukonya ikaisa chinamiro padera pake, kuti

asachazochengedzerazve madzinza, metsa makore gumi remazana apera. Ngesure kweizvi kunosisira

kuti ambosunhurwa mukuwo mudoko.

⁴Ndakaona zvigaro zvoumambo, naavo vakagara padera pazvo, vakapuwa simba rokutonga. Ndakaona mweya yeavo vakagurwa masoro ngendaa youchapupu hwaJesu neizwi raMwari. Avazi kudira chikara nokuti muedzaniso wacho vasikazi kuashira chioniso pahuma dzavo nepanyara dzavo. Vakararama, vakatonga vari pamwepo naKristu makore gumi remazana (1,000).⁵Vamweni vevakafa avazi kurarama metsa makore gumi remazana apera. Uku ndikwo kumuka

kwokutanga.

⁶Vanomuchena nokucheneswa avo vane chikoaniswa mukumuka kwokutanga. Padera

peava kufa kwechipiri akuchina simba, asi vanozoita vapristi vaMwari nevaKristu, navo vanozotonga

naye makore gumi remazana.

⁷Naapo makore gumi ramazana apera, Sathani unozosunhurwa kubva

mutirongo rake.

⁸Unozobuda nokuenda koochengedzera madzinza kumarupande marongomuna enyika, Gogi naMagogi.

Unozovaunganidza pamwepo kurwa hondo; uwandu hwavo hwakadai ngejecha roruandhle.

⁹Vakakwira

pakupamhama kwenyika, vakatendenedza matumba evakacheneswa nedhorobha rinodikanwa. Naapo

wakadzaka muriro wechibva mudenga, ukavapedza.

¹⁰NaDhiabhorosi uwo wakavachengedzera wakakandirwa mugandwa romuriro nesurufa, munechikara

nomuprofeti wokunyepa navo vanozotambudzwa masikati nousiku mhera nariini nariini.

¹¹Ndakaona

chigaro chikuru choumambo chakachena, nouwo wakagara padera pacho; ngokuapo kwake nyika

nedenga zvakamutiza, akuzi kuchazooneka ndau yazvo.

¹²Ndakaona vakafa, vakuru nevadoko, vakaema pamberi pechigaro choumambo, nemabhuku

akabeurwa. Bhuku rimwenizve rakabeurwa, bhuku rokupona. Nevakafa vakatongwa kudai ngemishando

yavo, kudai ngezvakanyorwa mumabhuku.

¹³Noruandhle rwakabudisa vakafa vaiya mukati mwarwo,

rufu neHaidhesi zvakabudisa vakafa vaiya mukati mwazvo, navo veshe vakatongwa umwe ngaumwe

ngendaa yezvaakaita.

¹⁴Zvino rufu neHaidhesi zvakakandirwa mugandwa romuriro. Uku ndikwo kufa kwechipiri, gandwa

romuriro.

¹⁵Kudai aripo wakaoneka zina rake risikazi kunyorwa mubhuku rokupona, wakakandirwa

mugandwa romuriro.

Chapter 21

¹Zvino ndakaona denga idzva nenyika itsva; ngokuti denga rokutanga nenyika yokutanga zvakapinda,

noruandhle paiya pasisina.

²Neni ndakaona dhorobha rakachena, Jerusarema idzva, rechidzaka kubva

mudenga kunaMwari, rakanasirirwa kudai ngomuroorwa wakanemeserwa mwamuna wake.

³Neni

ndakazwa izwi guru rechibva pachigaro choumambo rechiti, “Ringira, ugaro hwaMwari huri pakati

pevanhu. Unozogara navo; navo vanozoita vanhu vake, naMwari emene unozoa navo, echiita Mwari

wavo.

⁴Naye unozopukuta masodzi eshe kubva pamadziso avo. Rufu aruchazoapo; akuchina kubonda nokuti

kuchema zve, nokuti kurwadziwa, ngokuti zviro zvokutanga zvapinda.

⁵Nouwo wakagara pachigaro

choumambo wakati, “Ringira, ndinoita zviro zveshe kuti zviite zvitsva.” Wakatizve, “Nyora izvi, ngokuti

aya mazwi anogondeka, anegwinyiso.”

⁶Zvino wakati kwendiri, “Zvaitwa! Ndini Arfa naOmega,

wokutanga nowokugumisira. Kwavari vane nyota ndinozovapa mvura isina mutengo, mvura inobva

pachinyuka chokupona.

⁷Iye unonyisa unozogara nhaka yezviro izvi, neni ndinozoita Mwari wake, naye unozoita mukororo

wangu.

⁸Asi ngendaa yevanotya, vasikagondi, vanonyangadza, vaurayi, vaombi, varoyi, vadiri

vemiedzaniso, navo veshe vanyepi vanozoa nechikoaniswa chavo mugandwa rinobaka ngomuriro

nesurufa, ndirwo rufu rwechipiri.”

⁹Zvino yakauya imwe yengirosi nomwe yeidzo dzaiya nemikheyo minomwe yakazara

ngemadambudziko manomwe okugumisira, yakaereketa kwendiri yechiti, “Uya pano, ndinozokuonisa

muroorwa, mukadzi weGwai.”

¹⁰Yakanditora ndakabatwa ndiMweya kuenda kumutunhu mukuru

wakareba, ikandionisa dhorobha rakachena Jerusarema, rechidzaka kubva mudenga kunaMwari,

¹¹rine

uthende hwaMwari; kujeka kwaro kwaiya kwakadai ngebuwe rino mutengo mukuru rakadai ngebuwe

rejasipa, rakaera kudai ngegirazi.

¹²Raiya rine rukumbati rukuru, rwakareba kuenda mudenga, rine misiwo gumi namiiri, nepamisiwo

pane ngirosi gumi nambiri; nemazina akanyorwa padera payo, mazina evakororo gumi navairi

vaIsuraeri.

¹³Kumabvazuva kwaiya nemisiwo mitatu, dera kwaiya nemisiwo mitatu, kubani kwaiya

nemisiwo mitatu, kumabirirazuva kwaiya nemisiwo mitatu.

¹⁴Norukumbati rwedhorobha rwaiya nemadzeyo gumi namairi, nepadera pawo paiya nemazina gumi

namairi evapostori gumi navairi veGwai.

¹⁵Iyo yakaereketa neni yaiya nendonga yomukore yokupima

dhorobha nemisiwo yaro norukumbati rwaro.

¹⁶Nedhorobha raiya nemarupande marongomuna

akaedzana, nokureba kwaro kwakandodai ngokupamhama kwaro; nayo yakapima dhorobha ngendonga,

rakaita makhiromitha mazana makumi mairi nemazana marongomuna (2,400) kureba kwaro;

nokupamhama nokukwira kwaro mudenga kwaiya kwakaedzana.

¹⁷Nayo yakapima rukumbati rwaro, rwaiya mamitha matanhatu kureba kuenda mudenga, kudai

ngokupima kwomunhu, kunoti, kwengirosi.

¹⁸Norukumbati rwaro rwakaakiwa ngejasipa, nedhorobha raiya romukore wakaera, wakadai ngegirazi rakaera. ¹⁹Madzeyo orukumbati rwedhorobha akanemeswa ngembeu dzeshe dzemapuwe anemutengo mukuru.

Dzeyo rokutanga raiya rejasipa, rechipiri raiya resafire, rechitatu raiya reagate, rechirongomuna raiya

reemeraridhi,

²⁰rechishanu raiya reonikisi, rechitanhatu raiya rekhaneriani, rechinomwe raiya

rekrusoriti, rechisere raiya rebheruri, rechipfumbamwe raiya retopazi, rechigumi raiya rekrusoprasi,

rechigumi narimwe raiya rejakiniti nerechigumi namairi raiya reametisiti.

²¹1 Nemisiwo gumi namiiri yaiya nemapherere gumi namairi, umwe ngaumwe wemisiwo waiya

nepherere rimwe, nepato redhorobha raiya romukore wakaera, wakadai ngegirazi rakaera.

²²Neni

andizi kuona temperi mudhorobha, ngokuti Mambo Mwari Unesimbareshe neGwai ndivo temperi raro.

²³Nedhorobha aritsvaki zuva nokuti mwedzi kurijekisa, ngokuti uthende hwaMwari ndikwo kujeka

kwaro, neGwai ndicho chibani charo.

²⁴Nemadzinza anozohamba ngokujeka kwaro, nemadzimambo enyika anozounza uthende hwawo

mukati mwaro.

²⁵Nemisiwo yaro aizokonyiwi masikati, ngokuti ahuzoapo usiku.²⁶Vanozounzamwo mukati mwaro uthende nokuremeredzwa kwemadzinza. ²⁷Asi akuna nachimwe

chakasvipiswa chinozopoteramwo nokuti uwo unoita chinonyangadza nemanyepo, asi avo vega

vakanyorwa mubhuku rokupona reGwai.

Chapter 22

¹Zvino ngirosi yakandionisa rwizi rwemvura yokupona, rwakaera kudai ngegirazi, rwechibuda muchigaro choumambo hwaMwari necheGwai. ²Pakati pepato redhorobha, nokumarutii eshe orwizi, waiyapo muti wokupona, wechibereka mbeu dziri gumi nambiri dzemichero, wechibereka michero yawo mwedzi umwe ngaumwe; nemashakani omuti aiya mutombo wokuponesa madzinza.³Akuchazoapozve nachimwe chiro chakatukwa; asi chigaro choumambo hwaMwari

necheGwai zvinozoapo mukati mwaro, nevaranda vake vanozomudira.

⁴Vanozoona hope yake, nezina rake rinozoapo pahuma dzavo. ⁵Akuchazoapo usiku; navo avazotsvaki

kujeka kwechibani nokuti kujeka kwezuva, ngokuti Mambo Mwari unozoita kujeka kwavo navo

vanozotonga mhera nariini nariini.,

⁶Nayo yakati kwendiri, “Aya mazwi anogondeka, anegwinyiso,

naMambo Mwari, Mwari womweya yevaprofeti, wakatuma ngirosi yake kuti ionise varanda vake

zvinosisira kuitika ngokukasira.”

⁷“Ringira, ndinokasira kuuya. Unomuchena uwo unongwarira mazwi okuprofeta kweiri bhuku.⁸Inini,

Johani, ndakazwa ndikaona zviro izvi. Naapo ndazwa nokuzviona, ndakawa pashi kuti ndidire pamberi

petsoka dzengirosi yakandionisa izvi;

⁹asi yakati kwendiri, “Ngwara kuti usaita kudaro! Ndiri muranda

pamwepo newe nehama dzako vaprofeti, naavo vanongwarira mazwi okuprofeta kwebhuku iri. Dira

Mwari!”

¹⁰Nayo yakati kwendiri, “Usakonya mazwi okuprofeta kwebhuku iri, ngokuti mukuwo waapasinde.

¹¹Iye usikazi kururama ngaagare asikazi kururama, nouwo unetsvina ngaagare anetsvina, nouwo

wakarurama ngaagare kuita zvakarurama, nouwo wakacheneswa ngaagare kuita wakacheneswa.

¹²Ringira, ndinokasira kuuya, ndinouya nomusharo wangu, kuti ndihwirinzire kuneweshe kudai

ngezvaakaita.

¹³Ndiri Arfa naOmega, wokutanga newokugumisira, muambi nowokupedzisira.¹⁴Vanomuchena avo vanosuka zvokusimira zvavo, kuti vawe nesimba rokuuya kumuti wokupona

nokupotera ngepamisiwo mudhorobha.

¹⁵Ngokuti ngokubanze kunembwa, varoyi, vaombi, vaurayi, vadiri vemiedzaniso, navo veshe vanoda

nokuita vanyepi. 1

¹⁶“Inini, Jesu, ndakatuma ngirosi yangu kwomuri nouchapupu uhwu muzviara. Ndini runzinde nomubarirwana waDhavhidha, nyeredzi inojeka masase.,¹⁷Mweya nomuroorwa vanoti, “Uyai.” Nouwo unozwa ngaati, “Uyai.” Naye unozwa nyota ngaauye. Uwo unoda ngaatore mvura yokupona pasina mutengo.¹⁸Inini ndinopupura kumunhu weshe unozwa mazwi okuprofeta kwebhuku iri, kuti kudai aripo munhu

unozotutsira kwaari awo, Mwari unozotutsira kwaari madambudziko akanyorwa mubhuku iri.

¹⁹Kudai

aripo munhu unozodusa mazwi ebhuku rokuprofeta uku, Mwari unozodusa chikoaniswa chake kumuti

wokupona nokudhorobha rakachena, izvo zvakanyorwa mubhuku iri.

²⁰Iye unopupura izvi unoti, “Eya, ndinokasira kuuya.” Ameni. Uya, Mambo Jesu! ²¹Nyasha dzaMambo

Jesu ngadzigare nevakacheneswa veshe.[7] Ameni.