Mateu 15

¹(Mar. 7. 1-23.) Zvino vaFarise navanyori vakavuya kuna Jesu vachibva Jerusarema vakati;Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

²Vadzidzi venyu vanodarikireiko tsika dzavakuru nokuti havashambi mavoko kana vachidya zvokudya?Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

³Akapindura akati kwavari, nemivo munodarikireiko murairo waMwari nokuda kwetsika dzenyu?But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

⁴Nokuti Mwari wakati, kudza baba vako namai vako vuye unotuka baba kana mai, ngaafe norufu.For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

⁵Asi imi munoti, aninani unoti kuna baba vake kana mai vake, chinhu chipi nechipi chamaiti munobatsirwa nacho kwandiri chava chipo kunaMwari.But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

⁶Haachakudzi baba vake kana mai vake asi, haana mhosva. Makatorera murairo waMwari simba netsika dzenyu.And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

⁷Imi vanyengeri Isaya wakaporofita kwazvo pamusoro penyu achiti,Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

⁸vanhu ava vanondikudza nemiromo yavo asi moyo yavo iri kure neni.This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

⁹Asi vanondinamata pasina, vachidzidzisa dzidziso iri mirairo yavanhu.But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

¹⁰Zvino akadana vanhu vazhinji kwaari, akati kwavari, tererai munzwisise.And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

¹¹Izvo zvinopinda mumuromo, hazvisvibisi munhu asi zvinobuda mumuromo ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu.Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

¹²Zvino vadzidzi vakavuya kwaari vakati, munoziva kuti vaFarise vakagumburwa vachinzwa shoko iri here?Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

¹³Akapindura akati, muti mumwe nomumwe usina kusimwa naBaba vangu vari kudenga uchadzurwa.But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

¹⁴Varegei mapofu anotungamirira mapofu. Zvino kana bofu richitungamiraira bofu achawira mugomba ose ari maviri.Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

¹⁵Petro akapindura akati kwaari, tidudzireivo mufananidzo uyu.Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

¹⁶Iye akati: Nazvino nemi vo muchigere kunzwisisa here?And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

¹⁷Hamunzwisisi here kuti zvose zvinopinda mumuromo, zvinoenda mudumbu, zvikazorashwa kunze?Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

¹⁸Asi zvinobuda mumuromo zvinobva mumoyo ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu.But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

¹⁹Nokuti mumoyo munobuda mifungo yakaipa, nokuvuraya, novufeve, novupombwe, nokuba, nokupupura nhema nokumhura Mwari.For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

²⁰Ndizvo zvinosvibisa munhu asi kudya namavoko asati ashambwa hazvisvibisi munhu. (Mar. 7. 24-30.)These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

²¹Zvino Jesu wakabva po akaenda kumativi enyika yeTire neSidhoni.Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

²²Zvino tarira mukadzi muKanani wakabva kunyika iyo akadana achiti, ndinzvirei ngoni, Ishe Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, mwanasikana wangu wakabatwa kwazvo nomweya wakaipa.And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

²³Asi haana kumupindura neshoko rimwe. Ipapo vadzidzi vake vakavuya vakakumbira kwaari vachiti, mumuendisei nokuti unodanidzira shure kwedu.But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

²⁴Asi wakapindura akati, ndakangotumirwa kumakwai akarashika eimba yavaIsraeri.But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁵Zvino akavuya akamunamata akati, Ishe dondibatsirai henyu.Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶Akapindura akati, hazvina kunaka kutora chingwa chavana ndokuchikandira imbwanana.But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

²⁷Akati, hongu Ishe kunyange nembwananavo dzinodya zvimedu zvinodona patafura ravatenzi vadzo.And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

²⁸Zvino Jesu akapindura akati kwaari, haiwa mai kutenda kwako kukuru, zvaunoda ngazviitwe. Mwanasikana wake akapora kubva panguva iyo;. (Mar. 7. 31-37.)Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

²⁹Jesu wakati achibva ipapo akaenda napagungwa reGarirea. Akakwira mugomo, akagarapo pasi.And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

³⁰Zvino vanhu vazhinji vakavuya kwaari navanokamhina, nezvirema, namapofu nembeveve navamwe vazhinji vakavaisa pamberi paJesu. Akavaporesa.And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

³¹Naizvozvo vanhu vazhinji vakashamiswa vachivona mbeveve dzichitaura, nezvirema zvapora, navanokamhina vachifamba, namapofu achivona vakarumbidza Mwari wavaIsraeri. (Mar. 8. 1-9.)Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²Zvino Jesu wakadanira vadzidzi vake kwaari akati, ndinetsitsi navanhu vazhinji ava nokuti atova mazuva matatu avakagara neni vasina zvavangadya. Handidi kuvaendesa vane nzara zvimwe vangaziya panzira.Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

³³Vadzidzi vakati kwaari, tichawanepiko murenje zvingwa zvakawanda zvakadaro kuti tigutise vanhu vazhinji vakadai?And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

³⁴Jesu akati kwavari, munezvingwa zvinganiko? Vakati zvinomwe nehove duku shomanene.And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

³⁵Zvino akaraira vanhu vazhinji kuti vagare pasi.And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

³⁶Akatora zvingwa zvinomwe nehove akavonga, akazvimedura ndokupa vadzidzi vake. Vadzidzi vakapa vanhu vazhinji.And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

³⁷Vakadya vose vakaguta, vakanonga zvimedu zvakasara matengu manomwe azere.And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

³⁸Vakadya vakanga vari varume vane zvuru zvina vakadzi navana vasingaverengwi.And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

³⁹Zvino wakati aendisa vanhu vazhinji akapinda mugwa akasvika munyika yeMagadhani.And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala,