Luke 14
1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
Zvino zvakaitika pakupinda kwake mumba meumwe wevakuru kuVaFarisi kuzodya chingwa nesabata, kuti ivo vakamucherekedza.
2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
Zvino tarira, kwakange kune umwe munhu pamberi pake waiva nerukandwe.
3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Jesu ndokupindura akataura kunyanzvi dzemutemo neVaFarisi, achiti: Zviri pamutemo here kuporesa nesabata?
4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
Asi vakanyarara. Zvino akamubata akamuporesa ndokurega achienda.
5 He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
Akavapindura achiti: Ndiani wenyu, ungati ane mbongoro kana nzombe ikawira mugomba, akasaisimudza pakarepo nezuva resabata?
6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
Vakasagona kumupindurazve pamusoro pezvinhu izvi.
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
Zvino wakataura mufananidzo kune vakakokwa, achiona kuti vanosarudza sei zvigaro zvepamusoro, akati kwavari:
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
Kana wakokwa neumwe munhu kumuchato, usagara pachigaro chepamusoro; zvimwe umwe anokudzwa kupfuura iwe wakokwa naye,
9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
zvino wakakukoka iwe naiye asvike ati kwauri: Dziurira uyu; ipapo uchatanga kutora nzvimbo yepasisa nenyadzi.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
Asi kana wakokwa, enda ugare panzvimbo yepasisa, kuti kana uyo wakakukoka achisvika, angati kwauri: Shamwari, kwira kumusoro; zvino uchava nerukudzo pamberi pevagere pakudya newe.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Nokuti ani nani anozvikwiridzira, achaninipiswa; neanozvininipisa achakwiridzirwa.
12 He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Ipapo akatiwo kune wakamukoka: Kana waita chisvusvuro kana chirairo, usadana shamwari dzako, kana vanakomana vamai vako, kana hama dzako, kana vavakidzani vafumi, zvimwe ivowo vangazokukokazve, ugoripirwa.
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Asi kana waita mabiko, dana varombo, vanokamhina, mhetamakumbo, mapofu;
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
uye ucharopafadzwa, nokuti havana zvokukuripira nazvo, nokuti ucharipirwa pakumuka kwevakarurama.
15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
Umwe wevakange vagere naye pakudya wakati achinzwa zvinhu izvi, akati kwaari: Wakaropafadzwa uyo achadya chingwa paushe hwaMwari.
16 But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
Asi akati kwaari: Umwe munhu wakaita chirairo chikuru, akakokera vazhinji.
17 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
Akatuma muranda wake nenguva yekuraira kuti ati kune vakange vakakokwa: Uyai, nokuti zvese zvagadzirwa zvino.
18 They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
Zvino vese vakatanga umwe neumwe kuzvikumbirira ruregerero. Wekutanga akati kwaari: Ndatenga munda, ndinofanira kuenda ndinomuona; ndinokukumbira, ini undiregerere.
19 “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
Uye umwe akati: Ndatenga zvipani zvishanu zvenzombe, ndinoenda kunodziidza; ndinokumbira, ini undiregerere.
20 “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
Uye umwe akati: Ndawana mukadzi, naizvozvo handigoni kuuya.
21 “That servant came, and told 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
Zvino muranda uyo wakauya akapira zvinhu izvi ishe wake. Ipapo mwene weimba akatsamwa, akati kumuranda wake: Buda nekukurumidza uende kumigwagwa nemunzira dzemuguta, upinze pano varombo, nevanokamhina, nemhetamakumbo, nemapofu.
22 “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
Muranda ndokuti: Ishe, zvaitwa sezvamaraira, asi nzvimbo ichipo.
23 “The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Ishe akati kumuranda: Buda kumigwagwa nekuuzhowa, ugombedzere vapinde, kuti imba yangu izadzwe.
24 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna umwe kune varume avo vakakokwa acharavira chirairo changu.
25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvaifamba naye; akatendeuka akati kwavari:
26 “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
Kana ani nani achiuya kwandiri, akasavenga baba vake namai, nemukadzi, nevana, nevanin'ina nemadzikoma, nehanzvadzi, hongu, kunyange neupenyu hwake, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
Zvino ani nani asingatakuri muchinjikwa wake akanditevera, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
Nokuti ndiani wenyu, anoti achida kuvaka shongwe, asingatangi agara pasi, akaverenga madhuriro, kana ane zvekupedzesa?
29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
Kuti zvimwe ateya nheyo akasagona kupedza, vese vanoona vanotanga kumuseka,
30 saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
vachiti: Uyu munhu akatanga kuvaka, asi akakoniwa kupedzisa.
31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Kana ndeupi mambo, kana achienda kuhondo akamirisana neumwe mambo, asingatangi agara pasi, akafungisisa kuti angagona here nezvuru gumi kusangana neanouya akapikisana naye nezvuru makumi maviri?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
Asi kana zvisakadaro, iye achiri kure, anotuma nhume, akumbire zverugare.
33 So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
Saka saizvozvo, ani nani kwamuri asingasii zvese zvaanazvo, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
34 “Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
Munyu wakanaka; asi kana munyu warasa kuvava, ucharungwa nei?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Hauchina kufanira kunyange pamunda, kana padutu remupfudze; vanourasira kunze. Ane nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.
