Mateu 7

¹Musatonga kuti murege kutongwa.Judge not, that ye be not judged.

²Nokuti nokutonga kwamunotonga nako, muchatongwa nako, nechiyero chamunoyera nacho muchayerwa nacho.For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

³Unotaririreiko rubanzu ruri muziso rehama yako asi hauvoni danda riri muziso rako?And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

⁴Kana ungataura seiko kuhama yako uchiti, rega ndibvise rubanzu muziso rako izvo danda riri muziso rako?Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵Iwe munyengeri tanga kubvisa danda muziso rako ugovona kwazvo kubvisa rubanzu muziso rehama yako.Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

⁶Musapa imbwa zvinhu zvitsvene vuye musakanda maparera enyu pamberi penguruve kuti dzirege kuatsika netsoka dzadzo, dzikatendevuka dzikakubvamburai.Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

⁷Kumbirai muchapiwa. Tsvakai muchawana. Gogodzai muchazarurirwa.Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

⁸Nokuti mumwe nomumwe unokumbira unopiwa, unotsvaka unowana, unogogodza unozarurirwa.For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

⁹Munhu ndoupiko kwamuri? Kana mwanakomana wake akakumbira chingwa, ungamupa ibwe?Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

¹⁰Kana akakumbira hove ungamupa nyoka?Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

¹¹Zvino kana imi makaipa muchiziva kupa vana venyu zvakanaka, Baba venyu vari kudenga vachapfuvurisa seiko kupa zvinhu zvakanaka ivo vanokumbira kwaari!If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

¹²Saka zvinhu zvose zvamunoda kuti vanhu vakuitirei, muvaitire nemivo saizvozvo nokuti ndiwo murairo navaporofita. (Ruka 13. 24-30.)Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

¹³Pindai nesuvo rakamanikana nokuti suvo rakafara nzira yakapamhamha inoenda kukuparadzwa. Vanopinda naro vazhinji.Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

¹⁴Nokuti suvo rakamanikana nenzira nhete inoenda kuvupenyu, vanoiwana vashoma.Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

¹⁵Chenjerai vaporofita venhema. Vanovuya kwamuri vanenguvo dzamakwai asi mukati ari mapere anoparadza.Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶Muchavaziva nezvibereko zvavo. Mazambiringa anombotanhwa paminzwa here, kana mavonde parukato?Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

¹⁷Saizvozvo muti mumwe nomumwe wakanaka unobereka zvibereko zvakanaka asi muti wakaipa unobereka zvibereko zvakaipa.Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸Muti wakanaka haungabereki zvibereko zvakaipa nomuti wakaipa haangabereki zvibereko zvakanaka.A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁹Muti mumwe nomumwe usingabereki zvibereko zvakanaka, unotemwa ukakandirwa mumoto.Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

²⁰Saka muchavaziva nezvibereko zvavo.Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

²¹Havazi vose vanoti kwandiri Ishe, Ishe vachapinda muvushe hwokudenga. Asi unoita kuda kwaBaba vangu vari kudenga.Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

²²Vazhinji vachati kwandiri nezuva iro, Ishe, Ishe hatina kuporofita muzita renyu here? Nokudzinga mweya yakaipa muzita renyu here? Nokuita mabasa esimba mazhinji muzita renyu here?Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

²³Zvino ndichavavudza pachena handina kutongokuzivai, ibvai kwandiri imi vaiti vokusarurama.And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

²⁴Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe unonzwa mashoko angu awa, akaaita ungafananidzwa nomurume wakachenjera. Wakavaka imba yake paruware.Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

²⁵Mvura ikanaya, mvura zhinji ikavuya, mitutu ika vhuvhuta, ikarova imba iyo ikasawa nokuti yakanga yakateyiwa paruware.And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

²⁶Mumwe nomumwe unonzwa mashoko angu awa, akasaaita, ungafananidzwa nomurume benzi wakavaka imba yake pajecha.And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

²⁷Mvura ikanaya, mvura zhinji ikavuya, mitutu ikavhuvhuta, ikarova imba iyo, ikawa. Kuwa kwayo kukava kukuru.And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

²⁸Jesu wakati apedza mashoko iwayo vanhu vazhinji vakashamiswa nedzidziso yake.And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

²⁹Nokuti wakavadzidzisa sounesimba asingaiti savaSadhuse.For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.