Ruka 20
1 Zvino zvakaitika parimwe remazuva iwayo, achidzidzisa vanhu mutembere nekuparidza evhangeri, vapristi vakuru nevanyori vakasvika nevakuru,
And it happened that, on one of the days when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, gathered together with the elders,
2 ndokutaura kwaari vachiti: Tiudzei, munoita zvinhu izvi nesimba ripi, kana ndiani iye wakakupai simba iri?
and they spoke to him, saying: “Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or, who is it that has given you this authority?”
3 Zvino wakapindura akati kwavari: Ini ndichakubvunzaiwo shoko rimwe; uye mundiudze:
And in response, Jesus said to them: “I will also question you about one word. Respond to me:
4 Rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani rwakabva kudenga, kana kuvanhu?
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?”
5 Zvino vakarangana, vachiti: Kana tikati: Kudenga; achati: Naizvozvo makaregerei kumutenda?
So they discussed it among themselves, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
6 Asi kana tikati: Kuvanhu; vanhu vese vachatitaka nemabwe; nokuti vaiva nechokwadi kuti Johwani waiva muporofita.
But if we say, ‘Of men,’ the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet.”
7 Vakapindura, vachiti havazivi kwarwakabva.
And so they responded that they did not know where it was from.
8 Jesu ndokuti kwavari: Neni handikuudzii kuti ndinoita zvinhu izvi nesimba ripi.
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Zvino wakatanga kuudza vanhu mufananidzo uyu: Umwe munhu wakasima munda wemizambiringa, akauhaisa kuvarimi, akaenda parwendo nguva refu;
Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and he loaned it to settlers, and he was on a sojourn for a long time.
10 zvino nenguva yakafanira wakatuma muranda kuvarimi, kuti vamupe zvechibereko chemunda wemizambiringa; asi varimi vakamurova, vakamuendesa asina chinhu.
And in due time, he sent a servant to the farmers, so that they would give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. And they beat him and drove him away, empty-handed.
11 Zvino wakatumazve umwe muranda; naiye vakamurovawo vakamunyadzisa, vakamuendesa asina chinhu.
And he continued to send another servant. But beating him and treating him with contempt, they likewise sent him away, empty-handed.
12 Zvino wakatumazve wechitatu; uyuwo ndokumukuvadza, vakamukandira kunze.
And he continued to send a third. And wounding him also, they drove him away.
13 Zvino mwene wemunda wemizambiringa wakati: Ndichaitei? Ndichatuma mwanakomana wangu anodikanwa, zvimwe vakaona iye vachamukudza.
Then the lord of the vineyard said: ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they have seen him, they will respect him.’
14 Asi varimi vakati vachimuona vakarangana, vachiti: Uyu ndiye mugari wenhaka; uyai, ngatimuuraye, kuti nhaka igova yedu.
And when the settlers had seen him, they discussed it among themselves, saying: ‘This one is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’
15 Vakamukandira kunze kwemunda wemizambiringa, vakamuuraya. Naizvozvo mwene wemunda wemizambiringa achavaitirei?
And forcing him outside of the vineyard, they killed him. What, then, will the lord of the vineyard do to them?”
16 Achauya, ndokuparadza varimi ivava, agopa munda wemizambiringa vamwe. Zvino vachinzwa, vakati: Zvisadaro!
“He will come and destroy those settlers, and he will give the vineyard to others.” And upon hearing this, they said to him, “Let it not be.”
17 Asi wakavatarisa, akati: Naizvozvo chii ichi chakanyorwa, chinoti: Ibwe vavaki ravakaramba, ndiro rava musoro wekona?
Then, gazing at them, he said: “Then what does this mean, which is written: ‘The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?’
18 Wese anowira pamusoro pebwe iro, achavhuniwa-vhuniwa; asi ani nani warinowira pamusoro richamukuya.
Everyone who falls on that stone will be shattered. And anyone upon whom it falls will be crushed.”
19 Zvino vapristi vakuru nevanyori neawa iroro vakatsvaka kuisa maoko paari, asi vakatya vanhu; nokuti vakaziva kuti wakareva mufananidzo uyu akanangana navo.
And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.
20 Vakamucherekedza, vakatumira vashori vakanyepedzera kuva vakarurama, kuti vamubate pakutaura, kuti vamukumikidze kuushe nesimba remutungamiriri.
And being attentive, they sent traitors, who would pretend that they were just, so that they might catch him in his words and then hand him over to the power and authority of the procurator.
21 Zvino vakamubvunza, vachiti: Mudzidzisi, tinoziva kuti munotaura nekudzidzisa zvakarurama, uye hamugamuchiri chiso, asi munodzidzisa nzira yaMwari muchokwadi.
And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and that you do not consider anyone’s status, but you teach the way of God in truth.
22 Zviri pamutemo here kwatiri kupa mutero kuna Kesari, kana kwete?
Is it lawful for us to pay the tribute to Caesar, or not?”
23 Asi wakaziva unyengeri hwavo, akati kwavari: Munondiidzirei?
But realizing their deceitfulness, he said to them: “Why do you test me?
24 Ndiratidzei dhenario; rine mufananidzo nerunyoro rwaani? Vakapindura vakati: ZvaKesari.
Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” In response, they said to him, “Caesar’s.”
25 Ndokuti kwavari: Naizvozvo dzorerai kuna Kesari zvinhu zvaKesari, nekuna Mwari zvinhu zvaMwari.
And so, he said to them: “Then repay the things that are Caesar’s, to Caesar, and the things that are God’s, to God.”
26 Vakakoniwa kumubata neshoko rake pamberi pevanhu; vakashamisika nemhinduro yake; vakanyarara.
And they were not able to contradict his word before the people. And being amazed at his answer, they were silent.
27 Zvino kwakaswedera vamwe veVaSadhusi, vanoramba kuti kune kumuka, ndokumubvunza,
Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,
28 vachiti: Mudzidzisi, Mozisi wakatinyorera kuti: Kana mukoma wemunhu akafa ane mukadzi, asi iye akafa asina vana, munin'ina wake atore mukadzi, amutsire mukoma wake mbeu.
saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: If any man’s brother will have died, having a wife, and if he does not have any children, then his brother should take her as his wife, and he should raise up offspring for his brother.
29 Naizvozvo kwakange kune vanakomana vemunhu umwe vanomwe; wekutanga ndokutora mukadzi, akafa asina mwana;
And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.
30 newechipiri akatora mukadzi uyo, neuyu akafa asina mwana;
And the next one married her, and he also died without a son.
31 newechitatu akamutora. Zvikadarowo nevanomwe, uye vakasasiya vana, vakafa.
And the third married her, and similarly all seven, and none of them left behind any offspring, and they each died.
32 Pakupedzisira kwavo vese mukadzi wakafawo.
Last of all, the woman also died.
33 Naizvozvo pakumuka, achava mukadzi waani kwavari? Nokuti vanomwe vakava naye semukadzi.
In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For certainly all seven had her as a wife.”
And so, Jesus said to them: “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
35 asi avo vachanzi vakafanira kuwana nyika iyo nekumuka kubva kuvakafa havawani kana kuwaniswa; (aiōn g165)
Yet truly, those who shall be held worthy of that age, and of the resurrection from the dead, will neither be married, nor take wives. (aiōn g165)
36 nokuti havagoni kufazve; nokuti vakaita sevatumwa, uye vanakomana vaMwari, vari vanakomana vekumuka.
For they can no longer die. For they are equal to the Angels, and they are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.
37 Asi kuti vakafa vanomutswa, kunyange Mozisi wakaratidza pagwenzi reminzwa, paakaidza Ishe Mwari waAbhurahama, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho.
For in truth, the dead do rise again, as Moses also showed beside the bush, when he called the Lord: ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 Nokuti haasi Mwari wevakafa, asi wevapenyu; nokuti vese vanoraramira iye.
And so he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all are alive to him.”
39 Zvino vamwe vevanyori vakapindura vakati: Mudzidzisi, mataura zvakanaka.
Then some of the scribes, in response, said to him, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”
40 Uye havana kuzoshinga kumubvunzazve chinhu.
And they no longer dared to question him about anything.
41 Zvino wakati kwavari: Vanoreva sei kuti Kristu Mwanakomana waDavhidhi?
But he said to them: “How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?
42 Nokuti Dhavhidhi pachake wakareva mubhuku reMapisarema achiti: Ishe wakati kuna Ishe wangu: Gara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi,
Even David himself says, in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand,
43 kusvikira ndaita vavengi vako chitsiko chetsoka dzako.
until I set your enemies as your footstool.’
44 Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi anomuidza Ishe, ko Mwanakomana wake sei?
Therefore, David calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?”
45 Zvino vanhu vese vachakateerera, wakati kuvadzidzi vake:
Now in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:
46 Chenjerai vanyori, vanoda kufamba nenguvo refu, uye vanoda kwaziso pamisika, nezvigaro zvepamusorosa mumasinagoge, nezvigaro zvemberi pazvirairo;
“Be cautious of the scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and who love greetings in the marketplace, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and the first places at table during feasts,
47 vanodya dzimba dzechirikadzi, vanonyepedzera nekuita minyengetero mirefu; ivavo vachagamuchira mutongo mukuru.
who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation.”
