Mateu 4

¹(Mar. 1. 12-13; Ruka 4. 31-34.) Zvino Jesu wakatungamirirwa noMweya kurenje kuzoidzwa naDhiabhorosi.Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

²Wakati azvinyima zvokudya mazuva anamakumi mana novusiku bwunamakumi mana, akabva oziya.And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

³Zvino muidzi akavuya kwaari, akati kwaari, kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari raira kuti mabwe awa zvive zvingwa.And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

⁴Asi wakapindura akati, kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, munhu haangararami nechingwa bedzi, asi namashoko ose anobuda mumuromo maMwari.But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

⁵Zvino Dhiabhorosi akamuisa muguta dzvene, akamuisa pachiruvu chetembere.Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

⁶Akati kwaari, kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari uzviwisire pasi nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, Iye ucharaira vatumwa vake pamusoro pako. Pamavoko avo vacha kusimudza. Kuti urege kugumbusa rutsoka rwako pabwe.And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

⁷Jesu akati kwaari, kwakanyorwavo, usaidza Ishe Mwari wako.Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

⁸Dhiabhorosi akamuisazve pagomo refu-refu, akamuratidza vushe bwose bwenyika nokubwinya kwabwo.Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

⁹Akati kwaari, izvi zvose ndichakupa kana ukawira pasi ukandimata.And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

¹⁰Ipapo Jesu akati kwaari, ibva Satani nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, namata Ishe Mwari wako, umushumire Iye woga.Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

¹¹Zvino Dhiabhorosi akamurega. Vatumwa vakavuya vakamushumira. (Mar. 1. 14; Ruka 4.14; 5. 1-11.)Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

¹²Jesu wakati anzwa kuti Johane wasungwa. Akaenda Garirea.Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

¹³Zvino wakabva Nazareta akandogara Kapenaume pagungwa. Pamiganhu yeZabhuroni neNaftarimi.And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

¹⁴Kuti zviitike zvakarebwa nomuporofita Isaya achiti,That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

¹⁵Nyika yeZabhuroni nenyika yeNeftarimi, panzira yegungwa mhiri kwaJoridhani. Garirea ravahedheni.The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

¹⁶Vanhu vakanga vagere murima vakavona chiedza chikuru. Navakanga vagere panyika nomumumvuri worufu, chiedza chakavabudira.The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

¹⁷Kubva panguva iyeyo Jesu wakatanga kuparidza achiti, tendevukai nokuti vushe bwokudenga bwaswedera pedo.From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

¹⁸Jesu wakati achifamba pagungwa reGarirea akavona varume vaviri, vana vomunhu mumwe, Simoni unonzi Petro naAndrea munun’una wake vachikandira vutava mugungwa nokuti vakanga vari vabati vehove.And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

¹⁹Akati kwavari nditeverei, ndigokuitai vabati vavanhu.And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

²⁰Pakarepo vakasiya vutava bwavo vakamutevera.And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

²¹Zvino wakati apfuvura mberi akavona vamwe varume vaviri mugwa, vana vomunhu mumwe, Jakobho mwanakomana waZebhedi naJohane munun 'una wake vana Zebedi baba vavo, vachigadzira vutava bwavo, akavadana.And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

²²Pakarepo vakasiya igwa nababa vavo vakamutevera.And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

²³Jesu akapota neGarirea rose akadzidzisa mumasinagoge avo. Achiparidza Evhangeri yovushe, achiporesa hosha dzose namarwere ose avanhu.And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

²⁴Mukurumbira wake ukanzwikwa kunyika yose yeSiria. Vakavuya kwaari navairwara vose, navakabatwa nehosha dzamarudzi mazhinji namarwadzo, navakanga vanemweya yakaipa, navanezvipusha, navakanga vakafa mitezo, akavaporesa.And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

²⁵Vanhu vazhinji-zhinji vaibva Garirea neDhekapori, neJerusarema, neJudhea, nemhiri kwaJoridhani vakamutevera.And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.