Ruka 11
1 Zvino zvakaitika achinyengetera pane imwe nzvimbo, apo amira, umwe wevadzidzi vake akati kwaari: Ishe, tidzidzisei kunyengetera, Johwani sezvaakadzidzisawo vadzidzi vake.
It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as Johntaught his disciples."
2 Ndokuti kwavari: Kana muchinyengetera, muti: Baba vedu vari kumatenga, zita renyu ngariitwe dzvene. Ushe hwenyu ngahuuye. Chido chenyu ngachiitwe, panyikawo sezvachinoitwa kudenga.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Mutipei zuva rimwe nerimwe kudya kwedu kwemazuva ese.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 Uye mutikanganwire zvivi zvedu, nokuti isuwo tinokanganwira ani nani ane ngava kwatiri. Uye musatipinza pakuedzwa, asi mutisunungure pakuipa.
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 Akati kwavari: Ndeupi wenyu ane shamwari, uye anoenda kwaari pakati peusiku, akati kwaari: Shamwari, ndikwerete zvingwa zvitatu,
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 nokuti shamwari yangu yasvika kwandiri ichibva parwendo, asi handina chinhu chandingamuperekera;
"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7 uye uyo ari mukati akapindura akati: Usandinetsa; ikozvino mukova wapfigwa, nevana vangu vadiki vaneni pamubhedha; handigoni kumuka ndikakupa.
"and he from indoors shall answer. ‘Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.’
8 Ndinoti kwamuri: Kunyange akasamuka akamupa, nekuda kwekuva shamwari yake, asi nekuda kwekutsungirira kwake achamuka akamupa zvese zvaanoshaiwa.
"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
9 Zvino ini ndinoti kwamuri: Kumbirai, muchapiwa; tsvakai, muchawana; gogodzai, muchazarurirwa.
"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
10 Nokuti wese anokumbira anogamuchira; neanotsvaka anowana; neanogogodza anozarurirwa.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 Kuti ndeupi wenyu ari baba, kana mwanakomana achikumbira chingwa, angazomupa ibwe? Kanawo hove, angazomupa nyoka panzvimbo yehove here?
"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
12 Kanawo kuti akakumbira zai, angazomupa chinyavada here?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 Naizvozvo kana imwi makaipa muchiziva kupa zvipo zvakanaka vana venyu, Baba vari kudenga vachapa zvikuru sei Mweya Mutsvene vanovakumbira.
"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
14 Zvino wakange achibudisa dhimoni iro raiva chimumumu. Zvino zvakaitika kuti dhimoni rabuda, chimumumu chikataura; zvaunga zvikashamisika.
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
15 Asi vamwe vavo vakati: Anobudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri mukuru wemadhimoni.
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 Uye vamwe vachiidza, vakatsvaka kwaari chiratidzo chinobva kudenga.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 Asi iye achiziva mifungo yavo wakati kwavari: Ushe hwese hunopesana huchizvipikisa hunoparadzwa; neimba inopikisana neimba inowa.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 Kana Sataniwo achipesana achizvipikisa, ushe hwake hungazomira sei? Nokuti munoti, ndinobudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 Asi kana ini ndichibudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri, vanakomana venyu vanobudisa nani? Naizvozvo ivo vachava vatongi venyu.
"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.
20 Asi kana ndichibudisa madhimoni nemunwe waMwari, naizvozvo ushe hwaMwari hwasvika kwamuri.
"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 Kana chikakarara chashonga zvombo chichirinda chivanze chacho, nhumbi dzacho dziri murugare;
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 asi kana wakasimba kuchipfuura akachirwisa, akachikunda, anotora nhumbi dzacho dzese dzekurwa dzachange chichivimba nadzo, ndokugovera zvaapamba zvacho.
"but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.
23 Asina ini anopesana neni; neasingaunganidzi neni anoparadzira.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 Kana mweya wetsvina wabuda mumunhu, unofamba uchigura nemunzvimbo dzakawoma, uchitsvaka zororo; asi uchishaiwa unoti: Ndichadzokera kuimba yangu kwandakabuda.
"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, ‘I will go back to the house which I have left.’
25 Zvino kana wasvika unowana yatsvairwa nekurongedzwa.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Ipapo unoenda ndokutora pamwe naye imwe mweya minomwe yakaipa kuupfuura, ndokupinda ndokugaramo; uye kuguma kwemunhu uyo kwakaipa kupfuura kutanga.
"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."
27 Zvino zvakaitika pakutaura kwake zvinhu izvozvi, umwe mukadzi pakati pechaunga akasimudza inzwi, akati kwaari: Rakaropafadzwa dumbu rakakutakurai, nemazamu amakayamwa.
It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."
28 Asi iye akati: Hongu, asi zvikuru vakaropafadzwa vanonzwa shoko raMwari vachirichengeta.
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 Zvino kwakati kwaungana zvaunga zvakatsikirirana, akatanga kuti: Zera iri rakaipa; rinotsvaka chiratidzo, asi hakuna chiratidzo chichapiwa kwariri, kunze kwechiratidzo chaJona muporofita.
When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;
30 Nokuti Jona sezvaakava chiratidzo kuVaNinivhi, saizvozvowo zvichaita Mwanakomana wemunhu kuzera iri.
"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
31 Mambokadzi wechamhembe achasimuka pakutongwa pamwe nevarume vezera iri akavapa mhosva; nokuti wakabva pamigumo yenyika kuzonzwa uchenjeri hwaSoromoni, zvino tarirai, mukuru kuna Soromoni ari pano.
"The queen of the South shall rise up in Judgement with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one greater than Solomon is here!
32 Varume veNinivhi vachasimuka pakutonga nezera iri, vakaripa mhosva, nokuti vakatendeuka pakuparidza kwaJona; zvino tarira, mukuru kuna Jona ari pano.
"The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!
33 Hakuna munhu anoti kana atungidza mwenje anoisa pakavanda, kana pasi pedengu, asi pachigadziko chemwenje, kuti avo vanopinda vaone chiedza.
"When one lights a lamp he does not put it in a cellar nor under the bushel, but on a lamp-stand that those who enter may see the light.
34 Mwenje wemuviri iziso; naizvozvo kana ziso rako riri benyu, muviri wakowo wese uzere nechiedza; asi kana rakaipa, muviri wakowo une rima.
"The lamp of the body is your eye; when your eye is single then your whole body is full of light; but when it is evil your whole body is full of darkness.
35 Naizvozvo chenjera kuti chiedza chiri mukati mako chisava rima.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 Naizvozvo kana muviri wako wese uzere nechiedza, pasina rumwe rutivi rwune rima, uchazara nechiedza wese, sepaya mwenje uchikuvhenekera nekupenya.
"If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."
37 Wakati achitaura, umwe muFarisi akamukumbira kuti adye naye; akapinda, akagara pakudya.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
38 Zvino muFarisi wakati achiona, akashamisika kuti wakange asina kutanga ashamba asati adya chisvusvuro.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 Ishe ndokuti kwaari: Ikozvino imwi VaFarisi munonatsa kunze kwemukombe nekwendiro, asi mukati menyu muzere neupambi neuipi.
but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Imwi mapenzi, heya wakaita kunze, haana kuita mukatiwo?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Asi ipai sechipo kuvarombo izvo zvinhu zvemukati; zvino tarirai, zvese zvichava zvakachena kwamuri.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 Asi mune nhamo VaFarisi! Nokuti munopa chegumi cheminte neruyi nemiriwo yese, uye muchidarika mutongo nerudo rwaMwari; maifanira kuita izvi, nekusarega zvimwe.
"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.
43 Mune nhamo VaFarisi! Nokuti munoda zvigaro zvepamusoro mumasinagoge, nekwaziso pamisika.
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Mune nhamo, vanyori neVaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nokuti makafanana nemarinda asingaonekwi, uye vanhu vanofamba pamusoro pawo vasingazivi.
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 Zvino umwe wenyanzvi dzemutemo wakapindura akati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, kana muchitaura izvi munotuka isuwo.
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 Asi akati: Mune nhamowo imwi nyanzvi dzemutemo! Nokuti munoremedza vanhu nemitoro inorema kutakurwa, asi imwi momene hamubati mitoro iyi neumwe weminwe yenyu.
"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Mune nhamo! Nokuti munovaka marinda evaporofita, uye madzibaba enyu akavauraya.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Naizvozvo munopupura kuti munotenderana nemabasa emadzibaba enyu; nokuti ivo vakavauraya zvirokwazvo, imwiwo munovaka marinda avo.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Naizvozvo uchenjeri hwaMwari hunotiwo: Ndichavatumira vaporofita nevaapositori, vamwe vavo vachauraya nekushusha;
"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;
50 kuti ropa revaporofita vese rakateurwa kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika ritsvakwe pazera iri,
"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51 kubva paropa raAberi kusvikira paropa raZakaria wakaparara pakati pearitari neimba yaMwari; hongu, ndinoti kwamuri: Richatsvakwa pazera iri.
"from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the alter and the sanctuary; yes; I tell you, it shall be required of this generation!
52 Mune nhamo, nyanzvi dzemutemo! Nokuti makabvisa kiyi yeruzivo; hamuna kupinda momene, nevaipinda makavadzivirira.
"Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge!’ You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who are trying to enter."
53 Wakati achitaura zvinhu izvi kwavari, vanyori neVaFarisi vakatanga kuita daka naye zvikurusa, nekumubvunzisisa pamusoro pezvizhinji,
After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,
54 vachimuteya, nekutsvaka kubata chinhu chinobuda mumuromo make, vagomupa mhosva.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
