1. Pane imwe nguva akapinda musinagoge, uye imomo makanga mune murume akanga ane ruoko rwakanga rwakakokonyara.
2. Vamwe vavo vakanga vachitsvaka mhosva yavangapomera Jesu, saka vakamutarisisa kuti vaone kana aizomuporesa nomusi weSabata.
3. Jesu akati kumunhu akanga ane ruoko rwakakokonyara, “Simuka umire pamberi pavanhu vose.”
4. Ipapo Jesu akavabvunza akati, “Ndezvipiko zvinotenderwa nomusi weSabata: kuita zvakanaka kana kuita zvakaipa, kuponesa munhu kana kuuraya?” Asi vakaramba vanyerere.
5. Atsamwa, akatarisa vanhu vose vakanga vakamukomberedza, uye ashungurudzwa nokuda kwokusindimara kwemwoyo yavo akati kumunhu, “Tambanudza ruoko rwako.” Akarutambanudza, uye ruoko rwake rukaporeswa.
6. Ipapo vaFarisi vakabuda vakatanga kurangana navaHerodhi kuti vangauraya sei Jesu.
7. Jesu akabva kugungwa navadzidzi vake, uye vanhu vazhinji vaibva kuGarirea vakamutevera.
8. Vakati vanzwa zvose zvaakanga achiita, vanhu vazhinji vakauya kwaari vachibva kuJudhea, Jerusarema, Idhumea, uye namatunhu ari mhiri kweJorodhani, neakapoteredza Tire neSidhoni.
9. Akaudza vadzidzi vake kuti vamuswededzere igwa duku, kuitira kuti vanhu varege kumutsikirira nokuda kwokuwanda kwavo.
10. Ainge aporesa vazhinji, zvokuti vaya vakanga vane zvirwere vakanga vachisundana vachiuya mberi kuti vamubate.
11. Pose paaionekwa nemweya yakaipa, yaiwira pasi pamberi pake uye yaidanidzira ichiti, “Ndimi Mwanakomana waMwari.”
12. Asi iye akairayira kwazvo kuti irege kutaura kuti iye ndiani.
13. Jesu akakwira pagomo akadana kwaari vaya vaaida, uye vakauya kwaari.
14. Akasarudza vane gumi navaviri akavati vapostori, kuti vagare naye uye kuti agozovatuma kuti vandoparidza
15. uye kuti vave nesimba rokudzinga madhimoni.
16. Ava ndivo gumi navaviri vaakasarudza: Simoni (uyo waakatumidza zita rokuti Petro);
17. Jakobho mwanakomana waZebhedhi nomunun'una wake Johani (avo vaakatumidza zita rokuti Bhoanerigesi, kureva kuti Vanakomana voKutinhira);
18. Andirea, Firipi, Bhatoromeo, Mateo, Tomasi, Jakobho mwanakomana waArifasi, Tadheo, Simoni muZeroti
19. naJudhasi Iskarioti, uyo akamupandukira.
20. Ipapo Jesu akapinda mune imwe imba, uyezve vazhinji vakaungana, zvokuti iye navadzidzi vake vakanga vasingagoni kunyange kudya.
21. Mhuri yake yakati yazvinzwa, vakaenda kundomubata, nokuti vakati, “Ava kupenga.”
22. Uye vadzidzisi vomurayiro vaibva kuJerusarema vakati, “Akabatwa nomweya waBheerizebhubhi! Ari kudzinga madhimoni nomuchinda wamadhimoni.”
23. Saka Jesu akavadana akataura kwavari nomufananidzo achiti, “Ko, Satani angadzinga sei Satani?
24. Kana umambo huchizvipesanisa, umambo ihwohwo hahugoni kumira.
25. Kana imba ichizvipesanisa, imba iyoyo haigoni kumira.
26. Uye kana Satani achizvipikisa pachake uye achizvipesanisa, haangagoni kumira; kuguma kwake kwasvika.
27. Zviripo ndezvokuti, hakuna munhu angapinda mumba momunhu ane simba uye akatakura zvinhu zvake, kana asina kutanga asunga murume wacho ane simba. Ipapo angagona kupamba imba yake.
28. Ndinokuudzai chokwadi kuti zvivi zvose nokumhura kwavanhu kwose zvicharegererwa.
29. Asi ani naani anomhura Mweya Mutsvene haazomboregererwi; ane mhosva yechivi chisingaperi.”
30. Akataura izvozvo nokuti vakanga vachiti, “Ano mweya wakaipa.”
31. Ipapo mai vaJesu navanun'una vake vakauya. Vakatuma munhu kundomudana ivo vamire panze.
32. Vazhinji vakanga vagere vakamukomberedza, uye vakamuudza kuti, “Mai venyu navanun'una venyu vari kukutsvakai panze.”
33. Iye akati, “Vanamai vangu navanun'una vangu ndivanaaniko?”
34. Ipapo akatarisa kuna avo vakanga vagere vakaita denderedzwa vakamupoteredza akati, “Ava ndivo mai vangu navanun'una vangu!
35. Ani naani anoita kuda kwaMwari ndiye munun'una wangu nehanzvadzi, uye namai vangu.”