Ruka 14

¹Zvino wakati apinda mumba momumwe wavakuru vavaFarise nomusi wesabata kuzodya zvokudya, vakamucherekedza.And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

²Zvino kwakanga kunomumwe munhu pamberi pake waiva norukandwe.And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

³ipapo Jesu akapindura, akataura kuvadudziri vomurairo nokuvaFarise, achiti: Kwakatenderwa kuporesa nomusi wesabata here, kana kwete?And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

⁴Vakaramba vanyerere. Zvino akamutora, akamuporesa, ndokumuendesa.And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

⁵Wakapindura akati kwavari: Ndianiko pakati penyu, ungati, kana ane mbongoro yake kana nzombe yake ikawira mugomba, nomusi wesabata akasayibudisa pakarepo.And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

⁶Vakasagona kupindura zve pamusoro paizvozvi.And they could not answer him again to these things.

⁷Zvino wakataura mufananidzo kuna vakakokerwa, nokuti wakavona vachizvisanangurira zvigaro zvapamberi, akati kwavari:And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

⁸Kana iwe uchinge wakokerwa nomunhu kumutambo wokuwana, usagara pachigaro chapamberi; zvimwe mumwe, unokudzwa kupfuvurewe, wakokerwa vo naye;When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

⁹zvino wakakukokera iwe naye, ungasvika, akati kwauri: Ibvapo. Munhu uyu agareipo uchatanga kugara kuchigaro cheshure uchinyara.And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

¹⁰Asi kana wakokerwa, enda ugare pachigaro cheshure, kuti uyo wakakukokera, kana achisvika, agoti kwauri: Shamwari, pinda mberi! Zvino uchakudzwa wepamberi pavose vagere pakudya newe.But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹Nokuti mumwe nomumwe unozvikudza, uchaninipiswa; vuye mumwe nomumwe unozvininipisa, uchakudzwa.For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹²Akati vo kuno wakamukokera: Kana wagadzira chisvusvuro kana chirayiro, usadana shamwari dzako, kana vanun’una vako kana hama dzako, navafumi vokwako, kuti varege kukukokera zve, ugoripirwa.Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

¹³Asi kana wagadzira mutambo wokudya, ukokere varombo, nezvirema, navanokamhina, namapofu.But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

¹⁴ipapo ucharopafadzwa, zvavasina zvavangakuripira nazvo, nokuti ucharipirwa pakumuka kwavakarurama.And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

¹⁵Mumwe wavakanga vagere naye pakudya wakati achizvinzwa, akati kwaari: Wakaropafadzwa uyo uchadya zvokudya pavushe bwaMwari!And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶Iye akati kwaari: Mumwe munhu wakagadzira chirayiro chikuru, akakokera vazhinji.Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

¹⁷Akatuma muranda wake nenguva yokurayira kuti avudze vakanga vakakokerwa, kuti: Vuyai, nokuti zvose zvagadzirwa zvino.And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

¹⁸Ipapo vose vakatanga nomoyo mumwe kuzvirevera. Wokutanga akati kwaari: Ndatenga munda, ndinofanira kumbondouvona; ndinokumbira kuti undireverere.And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

¹⁹Mumwe akati Ndatenga nzombe dzamajoko mashanu, ndinoenda, kundodziidza; ndinokumbira kuti undireverere.And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

²⁰Mumwe akati: Ndawana mukadzi, naizvozvo handingavuyi.And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

²¹Muranda akavuya, akavudza ishe wake izvozvo. Ipapo mwene weimba akatsamwa, akati kumuranda wake: Kurumidza, ubude kunzira huru neduku dzomumusha, uvuye pano navarombo, nezvirema, namapofu, navanokamhina.So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

²²Muranda akati: Ishe, izvo zvamaraira, zvaitwa, asi nzvimbo ichipo.And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

²³Ishe akati kumuranda: Buda kunzira nokuvuzhowa, uvagombedzere vapinde, imba yangu izare.And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²⁴Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuno mumwe kunavarume avo vandakakokera, ucharavira chirayiro changu.For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

²⁵Zvino vazhinji-zhinji vakafamba naye; akatendevuka, akati kwavari:And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

²⁶Kana munhu achivuya kwandiri, asingavengi baba vake namai, nomukadzi, navana, navanu’una, nehanzvadzi, kunyange novupenyu bwake vo, haangavi mudzidzi wangu.If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁷Aninani usingatakuri muchinjikwa wake, akavuya shure kwangu, haangavi mudzidzi wangu.And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

²⁸Nokuti ndiani kwamuri, kana achida kuvaka svingo, usingatangi kugara pasi, akaverenga kukosha kwayo, kuvona kana anemari yokuipedzisa nayo?For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁹Kuti zvimwe kana atanga nheyo, akakoniwa kupedzisa, vose vanozvivona, vasatanga kumuseka,Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰vachiti: Uyu munhu wakatanga kuvaka, akakoniwa kupedzisa.Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³¹Kana ndoupiko mambo, kana achienda kundorwa nomumwe mambo, usingatangi kugara pasi, akarangarira kana iye, unavanhu vanezvuru zvamazana zvinegumi, angagona kundosongana nounovuya kuzorwa naye, anavanhu vanezvuru zvamazana zvinamakumi maviri?Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³²Kana asingagoni, unotuma nhume, iye achiri kure, kundokumbira mashoko orugare.Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

³³Saizvozvo vo, aninani kwamuri usingasiyi zvose zaanazvo, haangavi mudzidzi wangu.So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

³⁴Munyu wakanaka; asi kana munyu wadurungunda, ucharungwa neiko?Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵Hauchinebasa pamunda, kana padutu romupfudze; vanorashira kunze. Unenzeve dzokunzwa, ngaanzwe.It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.