2. Vashanu vavo vakanga vari mapenzi uye vashanu vavo vakanga vakachenjera.
3. Mapenzi vaya vakatora mwenje yavo asi havana kuisa mafuta mairi.
4. Kunyange zvakadaro, vakachenjera vakatora mafuta mumidziyo pamwe chete nemwenje yavo.
5. Chikomba chakanonoka kusvika, vakabatwa nehope ndokuvata.
6. “Pava pakati pousiku vakanzwa nemheremhere: ‘Chikomba chauya! Budai mumuchingamidze!’
7. “Ipapo vasikana vose vakamuka uye vakagadziridza mwenje yavo.
8. Mapenzi akati kuna vakachenjera, ‘Tipeiwo mamwe emafuta enyu; mwenje yedu yava kudzima.’
9. “Vakapindura vakati, ‘Kwete, zvimwe haangakwaniri isu nemi tose. Asi endai kuna vaya vanotengesa mafuta mugondozvitengera mamwe.’
10. “Asi vachiri munzira kundotenga mafuta, chikomba chakasvika. Vasikana vakanga vakagadzirira vakapinda naye mumutambo wesvitsa uye musuo ukapfigwa.
11. “Pashure vamwe vaya vakadzokawo. Vakati, ‘Ishe! Ishe! Tizarurireiwo musuo!’
12. “Asi akavapindura achiti, ‘Ndinokuudzai chokwadi, handikuzivei.’
13. “Naizvozvo garai makagadzirira nokuti hamuzivi musi kana nguva.
14. “Zvakare, zvichaita somurume akabuda kuti afambe rwendo, akadana varanda vake akavachengetesa pfuma yake.
15. Kuno mumwe akapa matarenda mashanua emari, uye kuno mumwe matarenda maviri, uye kuno mumwe tarenda rimwe chete, mumwe nomumwe maererano nokugona kwake. Ipapo akaenda zvake parwendo rwake.