Ruka 16

¹Zvino wakati vo kuvadzidzi vake: Kwakanga kunomufumi, waiva nomutariri; iye akacherwa kwaari, zvichinzi unoparadza fuma yake.And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

²Ipapo akamudana, akati kwaari: Izvi zvandinonzwa pamusoro pako ndezveiko? Chizvidavirira pamusoro povutariri bwako; nokuti haungazovi mutariri.And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

³Zvino mutariri akati mumoyo make: Ndichaiteiko, ishe wangu zvowonditorera vutariri bwangu? Handinesimba rokurima naro; kukumbira ndinonyara.Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

⁴Ndinoziva zvandichaita, kuti kana ndabudiswa pavutariri, vandigamuchire mudzimba dzavo.I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

⁵Zvino akadana mumwe nomumwe wakanga anechikwereti nashe wake, akati kunowokutanga: Unechikwerete chakadiniko kunashe wangu?So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

⁶Iye akati; Makate anezana amafuta. Akati kwaari: Tora runyoro rwako, gara pasi pakarepo, unyore makumi mashanu.And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

⁷Akati kunomumwe: Ko iwe, unechikwerete chakadiniko? Iye akati: Matengu anezana ezviyo. Akati kwaari: Tora runyoro rwako, unyore makumi masere.Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

⁸Ishe wake akarumbidza mutariri usakarurama, nokuti wakanga aita nokuchenjera; nokuti vana venyika ino vakachenjera parudzi rwavo kukunda vana vechiedza.And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

⁹Ndinoti kwamuri: Muzviitire shamwari neFuma isakarurama, kuti, kana yapera, vakugamuchirei mudzimba dzisingaperi.And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

¹⁰Wakatendeka pazvinhu zviduku-duku, wakatendeka vo pazvikuru; asi usakarurama pazvinhu zviduku-duku, haangarurami vo pazvikuru.He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

¹¹Naizvozvo kana musina kuva vakatendeka pafuma isakarurama, ndianiko uchakutendai nefuma yazvokwadi?If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹²Kana musinakuva vakatendeka pazvinhu zvomumwe, ndianiko uchakupai zvenyu.And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

¹³Hakuno muranda ungagona kubatira vatenzi vaviri: nokuti uchavenga mumwe, akada mumwe; kana uchanamatira mumwe, akazvidza mumwe; hamungabatiri Mwari neFuma.No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹⁴Zvino vaFarise, vakanga vachida mari, vakanzwa izvozvo zvose, vakamuseka.And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

¹⁵Akati kwavari: Imi munozviruramisa pamberi pavanhu, asi Mwari unoziva moyo yenyu; nokuti izvo zvinokudzwa pakati pavanhu, zvinonyagadza pamberi paMwari.And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁶Murairo navaporofita zvakanga zviripo kusvikira kunaJohane; kubva panguva iyo vushe bwaMwari bwunoparidzwa, mumwe nomumwe unopinda mabwuri nesimba.The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

¹⁷Asi zvakareruka kuti denga nenyika zvipfuvure, pakuti tsanga imwe yomurairo ikoneswe.And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

¹⁸Mumwe nomumwe unorasha mukadzi wake, akawana mumwe, unoita vupombwe, vuye mumwe nomumwe unowana wakarashwa nomurume unoita vupombwe.Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

¹⁹Mumwe mufumi wakanga aripo, waipfeka nguvo tsvuku nemicheka yakanaka, nokufarira zvakaisvonaka misi yose.There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

²⁰Zvino mumwe murombo, wainzi Razaro, wakanga anamaronda mazhinji, akaiswa pasuvo rake,And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²¹achida kuzvigutisa nezvaiwa patafura romufumi; kunyange nembwa dzaivuya dzichinanzwa maronda ake.And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

²²Zvino murombo wakati afa, vatumwa vakamuisa pachifuva chaAbhurahamu. Mufumi akafa vo, akavigwa.And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

²³Zvino ari muHadhesi, ari pakurwadziwa, akatarira kumusoro, akavona Abhurahamu ari kure, naRazaro, ari pachifuva chake.And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴Akadanidzira, akati: Baba Abhurahamu, ndinzwirei ngoni; tumai Razaro, kuti anyike muromo womunwe wake mumvura, atonhodze rurimi rwangu, nokuti ndinorwadziwa nomurazvo uyu womoto.And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

²⁵Abhurahamu akati: Mwana, funga kuti wakapiwa zvakanaka zvako pavupenyu bwako; naRazaro, saizvozvo wakapiwa zvakaipa; asi zvino iye unonyaradzwa pano, iwe unorwadziwa.But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

²⁶Vuye pazvinhu izvi zvose, mukaha mukuru wakaiswa pakati pedu nemi, kuti vovuno vanoda kuenda mhiri kwamuri, vakoniwe, novo’ko varege kuyambukira kwatiri.And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

²⁷Ipapo akati: Ndinokumbira kwamuri Baba, kuti mumutumire kumba kwababa vangu;Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

²⁸nokuti ndina vanun’una vashanu; kuti andonatso-vapupurira, kuti varege kuvuya vo panzvimbo ino yokurwadziwa.For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

²⁹Abhurahamu akati: Mosesi navaporofita vanavo, ngavavanzwe ivo.Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

³⁰Iye akati: Kwete, Baba Abhurahamu, asi kana mumwe akabva kuvakafa, akaenda kwavari, vangatendevuka.And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

³¹Akati kwaari: Kana vasinganzwi Mosesi navaporofita, havangatendiswi, kunyange mumwe akamuka kuvakafa.And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.