Mako 6
1 Zvino wakabvapo, akasvika kunyika yekwake; vadzidzi vake vakamutevera.
Jesus left [Capernaum city and went to his hometown, Nazareth]. His disciples went with him.
2 Zvino rava sabata, akatanga kudzidzisa musinagoge; vazhinji vakamunzwa, vakashamisika vachiti: Izvi zvinobvepi kwaari? Injere dzipi dzakapiwa kwaari, kuti nemabasa esimba akadai anoitwa nemaoko ake?
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day), [he entered] the Jewish worship house and taught [the people]. Many who were listening to him were astonished. [But some] were saying, “[This man is just an ordinary person like we are! So (we cannot believe that] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles![/how is it that] [RHQ] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles?) [RHQ]
3 Uyu haasi muvezi here, mwanakomana waMaria, nemukoma waJakobho, naJose, naJudha, naSimoni? Nehanzvadzi dzake hadzisi pano nesu here? Vakagumburwa naye.
([We know that] he is [just an ordinary] carpenter!/Isn’t he [just an ordinary] carpenter [RHQ]?) [We know him and his family! We know] Mary his mother! ([We know] his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon!/Are not his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon?) [RHQ] And (his [younger] sisters also live here in this town!/do not his [younger] sisters also live here in this town?) [RHQ]” So they despised him.
4 Asi Jesu akati kwavari: Muporofita haangashaiwi kukudzwa, kunze kwemunyika yekwake, nepakati pehama, nemumba make.
Jesus [knew that they refused to believe in him]. So he said to them, “[It is certainly true that] people honor [me and other] prophets [in other places, but] not in our hometowns! Even our relatives and the people who live in our own houses do not honor us!”
5 Akasagona kubata chero basa resimba ipapo, kunze kwekuti wakaisa maoko pamusoro pevairwara vashoma, akaporesa.
[So], although he healed a few sick people there by touching them, he [decided] not to perform many [other] miracles [in Nazareth] because the people there did not believe that he was the Messiah.
6 Akashamisika nekusatenda kwavo. Uye akapota-pota nemisha achidzidzisa.
He was amazed that they did not believe [in him]. Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus [and his disciples] went from town to town [in that region] teaching [the people].
7 Zvino wakadanira kwaari vanegumi nevaviri, akatanga kuvatuma vaviri-vaviri, akavapa simba pamusoro pemweya yetsvina.
[One day] he summoned the twelve [disciples], and then he [told them that] he was going to send them out two-by-two [to teach people in various towns]. He gave them power [to expel] evil spirits [from people].
8 Akavaraira kuti varege kutora chinhu cherwendo kunze kwemudonzvo chete; kwete chikwama, kwete chingwa, kwete mari mubhanhire.
He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag [in which travelers carry supplies], nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take extra clothing. [He wanted the people who heard their message to give them what they needed].
9 Asi vapfeke manyatera, varege kupfeka nguvo refu mbiri.
10 Zvino akati kwavari: Pese pamunopinda mumba, mugaremo kusvikira muchibvapo.
He also instructed them, “After you enter a town, [if someone invites you to stay in his house], go into his house. Eat and sleep in that same home until you leave that town.
11 Asi vese vasingakugamuchiriyi kana kukunzwai, kana muchibvapo, zuzai guruva riri pasi petsoka dzenyu, chive chapupu kwavari. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Zvichava nani kuSodhoma kana Gomora nezuva rekutongwa kupfuura guta iro.
Wherever the people do not welcome you and wherever the people do not listen to you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave [that place]. By doing that, you will warn them [that God will punish them for rejecting your message].”
12 Vakati vabuda, vakaparidza kuti vatendeuke;
[So] after the disciples went out [to various towns], they were preaching that people should stop their sinful behavior.
13 zvino vakabudisa madhimoni mazhinji, vakazodza nemafuta vazhinji vairwara, vachiporesa.
They were also expelling many evil spirits [from people], and they were anointing many sick people with [olive] oil and healing them.
14 Mambo Herodhe ndokuzvinzwa, nokuti zita rake rakava pachena, akati: Johwani anobhabhatidza akamutswa kubva kuvakafa, naizvozvo masimba anobata maari.
[King] Herod [Antipas] heard about [what] Jesus [was doing], because many people were talking [about it. Some] people were saying [about Jesus], “[He must be] John the Baptizer! He has come back to life! That is why he [has God’s] power to perform these miracles!”
15 Vamwe vakati: NdiEria; nevamwe vakati: Muporofita, kana wakaita seumwe wevaporofita.
Others were saying [about Jesus], “He is [the former prophet] Elijah, [whom God promised to send back again].” Others were saying [about Jesus], “[No], he is a [different] prophet, like one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago].”
16 Asi Herodhe wakati anzwa, akati: Uyu ndiJohwani uya wandakagura ini musoro; iye wamuka kubva kuvakafa.
Having heard [what the people were saying, King] Herod [Antipas] himself repeatedly said, “The man [performing those miracles] must be John! I [commanded my soldiers to] cut off his head, but he has come back to life again [to get revenge for my killing him]!”
17 Nokuti Herodhe pachake wakange atuma vanhu akabata Johwani, akamusunga mutirongo nekuda kwaHerodhiasi, mukadzi waFiripi, munin'ina wake; nokuti Herodhe wakange amuwana.
The reason [King Herod concluded that John wanted revenge is as follows: Some time before this], Herod married Herodias, while she was [still] the wife of his [younger] brother, Philip.
18 Nokuti Johwani wakange ati kuna Herodhe: Hauna kutenderwa kuti uve nemukadzi wemunin'ina wako.
John kept telling Herod, “[God’s] law does not permit you to marry the wife of your brother [while he is still alive].” Then, because Herodias [urged him to put John in prison], Herod himself sent [soldiers to John]. They seized John and put him in prison.
19 Herodhiasi akamuvenga nechemumoyo, akada kumuuraya, asi wakakonewa;
But because Herodias wanted to get [further] revenge on John, she wanted [someone] to execute him. But she could not do that because [while John was in prison], Herod kept John safe [from her].
20 nokuti Herodhe aitya Johwani, achiziva kuti murume wakarurama, mutsvene, akamuchengetedza. Zvino paakamunzwa akaita zvinhu zvakawanda, akamunzwa nemufaro.
Herod did this because he respected/feared John, because he knew that he was a righteous and holy man. The king did not know what he should do, but he liked to listen to him.
21 Asi zuva rakafanira rakati rasvika, Herodhe nezuva rekuberekwa kwake akaitira chirairo madzishe ake nevatungamiriri vezvuru nevatungamiriri veGarirea,
But [Herodias was able to have someone execute John when they honored/celebrated] the day when Herod was born. On that day, he invited the [most important] government officials, the [most important] army leaders, and the most important men in Galilee [district] in order that they might eat [and celebrate with him].
22 zvino mukunda waHerodhiasi uyo paakapinda akatamba, akafadza Herodhe nevakange vagere pakudya naye; mambo akati kumusikana: Kumbira kwandiri chipi zvacho chaunoda ndigokupa.
[While they were eating], Herodias’ daughter came into the room and danced, and that pleased [King] Herod and his guests. So the king said to her, “Ask me for whatever you desire and I will give it to you!”
23 Zvino akamupikira achiti: Chero chipi chaunokumbira kwandiri ndichakupa, kusvikira pahafu yeushe hwangu.
He said to her, “Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it. May God punish me [if I do not do what I have promised]!”
24 Akabuda akati kuna mai vake: Ndichakumbirei? Vakati: Musoro waJohwani Mubhabhatidzi.
The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She [told her what the king had said, and] asked her, “What shall I ask for?” Her mother replied, “[Ask the king to give you] the head of John the Baptizer!”
25 Pakarepo akakurumidza kupinda kuna mambo, akakumbira achiti: Ndinoda kuti mundipe mundiro ikozvino musoro waJohwani Mubhabhatidzi.
The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she requested, “I want you to command someone to [cut off] the head of John the Baptizer [and] give it to me at once on a platter, [so that my mother can know he is dead]!”
26 Mambo akashungurudzika zvikuru, asi nekuda kwemhiko, nekwevakange vagere naye pakudya, wakange asingadi kumurambira.
The king became very distressed [when he heard what she asked for], because he knew John was a very righteous man (OR, because he now knew that he should not have made that promise to her). But he could not refuse [what she requested because] he had promised [that he would give her anything she asked for], and because his guests [had heard him promise that].
27 Pakarepo mambo akatuma muurai, akaraira kuti musoro wake uuyiswe. Akaenda, akamugura musoro mutirongo,
So the king at once ordered the man who executes prisoners to go and [cut off] John’s head and bring it [to the girl]. That man went to the prison and cut off John’s head.
28 akauya nemusoro wake mundiro, akaupa kumusikana, musikana ndokuupa mai vake.
He [put it on] a platter, brought it back, and gave it to the girl. The girl took it to her mother.
29 Vadzidzi vake vakati vachizvinzwa, vakauya vakatora chitunha chake, vakachiisa muguva.
After John’s disciples heard [what happened], they went [to the prison] and took John’s body and then they buried [it in a burial cave].
30 Zvino vaapositori vakaunganira kuna Jesu, vakamuudza zvese, nezvavakange vaita, nezvavakange vadzidzisa.
The [twelve] apostles returned to Jesus [from the places to which they had gone]. They reported to him what they had done and what they had taught [to people].
31 Akati kwavari: Uyai imwi pachenyu mega kunzvimbo yerenje, muzorore zvishoma. Nokuti vaiva vazhinji vaiuya nekuenda, vakasava nemukana kunyange wekudya.
He said to them, “Come [with me] to a place where no people are living, in order that we can be alone and rest a little while!” [He said this] because many people were continually coming to them and going [away again], with the result that [Jesus and] his disciples did not have time to eat [or do anything else].
32 Vakaenda nechikepe kunzvimbo yerenje vari vega.
So they went away by themselves in a boat to a place where no people were living.
33 Zvaunga zvikavaona vachienda, uye vazhinji vakamuziva, vakamhanyirako pamwe chete netsoka vachibva pamaguta ese, vakavatangira, vakasangana kwaari.
[But many] people saw them leaving. They also recognized [that they were Jesus and the disciples, and they saw where they were going]. So they ran [ahead on land] from all the [nearby] towns to the place [where Jesus and his disciples were going]. They [actually] arrived there before [Jesus and the disciples].
34 Zvino Jesu wakati achibuda, akaona chaunga chikuru, ndokuvanzwira tsitsi, nokuti vakange vakaita semakwai asina mufudzi; akatanga kuvadzidzisa zvinhu zvizhinji.
As Jesus [and his disciples] got out of the boat, Jesus saw this large crowd. He felt sorry for them because they were [confused], like sheep that do not have a shepherd. So he taught them many things.
35 Zvino nguva yakati yaenda zvikuru, vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari vakati: Iyi inzvimbo yerenje, uye nguva yatoenda;
Late [in the afternoon], the disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where no people live and it is very late.
36 varegei, kuti vaende kuruwa rwakapoteredza nemisha vanozvitengera zvingwa; nokuti havana chavangadya.
[So] send the people away in order that they may go to the surrounding farms and villages in order that they can buy for themselves something to eat!”
37 Akapindura akati kwavari: Vapei imwi kuti vadye. Vakati kwaari: Tingaenda here tinotenga zvingwa zvemadhenario mazana maviri, tivape vadye?
But he replied, “[No], you [yourselves] give them something to eat!” They replied, “(We could not buy enough bread to feed [this crowd], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed [this mob], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?)” [RHQ]
38 Akati kwavari: Mune zvingwa zvingani? Endai munoona. Vakati vaziva vakati: Zvishanu, nehove mbiri.
But he replied to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!” They [went and] found out and then they told him, “We have [only] five flat loaves and two [cooked] fish!”
39 Zvino akavaraira kuti vavagarise vese pasi nemapoka-mapoka pauswa unyoro.
He instructed [the disciples to tell] all the people to sit down on the green grass.
40 Zvino vakagara pasi nemapoka-mapoka nemazana uye nemakumi mashanu.
So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups.
41 Zvino wakati atora zvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri, akatarira kumusoro kudenga, akavonga, akamedura zvingwa, akapa kuvadzidzi vake, kuti vazvigadzike pamberi pavo; nehove mbiri akavagovera vese.
Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked [God] for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people.
42 Zvino vakadya vese, vakaguta.
Everyone ate [this food] until they all had enough to eat!
43 Vakanunga matengu gumi nemaviri azere nezvimedu, nezvehove.
The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces [of bread] and of the fish [that were left over].
44 Zvino avo vakadya zvingwa vaiva varume vanenge zvuru zvishanu.
There were approximately 5,000 men who ate the bread [and fish. They did not even count the women and children].
45 Pakarepo akamanikidza vadzidzi vake kupinda muchikepe, vatungamire kuenda mhiri kuBhetisaidha, iye achirega chaunga chichienda.
Right away Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and then go ahead of him to Bethsaida [town, which was] further around [Lake Galilee. He stayed and] dismissed the many people who were there.
46 Akati avaoneka, akabva akaenda mugomo kunonyengetera.
After he said goodbye to the people, he went up into the hills in order to pray.
47 Zvino ava madekwani chikepe chakange chiri pakati pegungwa, iye ari ega panyika.
When it was evening, the [disciples’] boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land.
48 Zvino wakavaona vachirwadziwa nekukwasva, nokuti mhepo yakange ichipesana navo; akauya kwavari nenguva inenge seyechina yekurinda yeusiku, achifamba pamusoro pegungwa; ndokuda kuvapfuura.
He saw that the wind was [blowing] against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them.
49 Zvino vakati vachimuona achifamba pamusoro pegungwa, vakafunga kuti chipoko, vakaridza mhere.
They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed
50 Nokuti vese vakamuona, vakavhunduka; asi pakarepo akataura navo, akati kwavari: Tsungai moyo, ndini, musatya.
because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, “Be calm! Do not be afraid, [because] it is I!”
51 Akakwira kwavari muchikepe, mhepo ikanyarara; vakakatyamara zvikuru mukati mavo zvisingaverengeki, vakashamisika.
He got into the boat [and sat down] with them and the wind [immediately] blowing. They were completely amazed [about what he had done].
52 Nokuti vakange vasina kunzwisisa zvezvingwa, nokuti moyo wavo wakange uri mukukutu.
[Although they had seen Jesus multiply] the [bread and the fish], they did not understand [from that how powerful he was, as they should have]. They did not think clearly about it.
53 Vakati vayambuka, vakasvika kunyika yeGenesareti, vakasungira chikepe pamahombekombe.
After they went further around [Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town]. Then they tied up the boat there.
54 Vakati vabuda muchikepe, pakarepo vakamuziva,
As soon as they got out of the boat, [the people there] recognized Jesus.
55 vakamhanyira munharaunda iyo yese yakapoteredza, vakatanga kutenderera vakatakura vairwara pahwanyanza, kwavainzwa kuti ndiko kwaari.
So they ran throughout the whole district [in order to tell others that Jesus was there]. Then the people [placed] those who were sick on stretchers and carried them to any place where they heard [people say] that Jesus was.
56 Zvino pese paakapinda pamisha kana pamaguta kana paruwa, vakaradzika varwere pamisika, vakamukumbira zvikuru kuti vabate mupendero wenguvo yake chete; uye vese vakamubata vakaponeswa.
In whatever village, town or other place where he entered, they would bring to the marketplaces those who were sick. Then the [sick people] would beg Jesus to let them touch [him or] even the edge of his clothes [in order that Jesus might heal them]. All those who touched [him or his robe] were healed.
