[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 kumurume 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 kumurume uya, “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 vamutsvagire 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 akanga ari ani.
[13] Jesu akakwira pagomo akadana kwaari vaya vaaida, uye vakauya.
[14] Akasarudza vane gumi navaviri akavati vapostori, kuti vagare naye uye kuti agozovatuma kuti vandoparidza
[15] uye kuti vave nesimba rokudzinga madhimoni. li4
[16] Ava ndivo gumi navaviri vaakasarudza: Simoni (uyo waakatumidza zita rokuti Petro),
[17] Jakobho mwanakomana waZebhedhi nomununʼuna wake Johani (avo vaakatumidza zita rokuti Bhoanerigesi, kureva kuti Vanakomana voKutinhira),
[18] Andirea, Firipi, Bhatoromeo, Mateo, Tomasi, Jakobho mwanakomana waArifeasi, Tadheo, Simoni muZeroti
[19] naJudhasi Iskarioti, uyo akamupandukira.
[20] Ipapo Jesu akapinda mune imwe imba, uye vazhinji vakaunganazve, 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 agotakura 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 navanunʼuna vake vakauya. Vakatuma munhu kundomudana ivo vamire panze.
[32] Vazhinji vakanga vagere vakamukomberedza, uye vakati kwaari, “Mai venyu navanunʼuna venyu vari kukutsvakai panze.”
[33] Iye akati, “Vanamai vangu navanunʼuna vangu ndivanaaniko?”
[34] Ipapo akatarisa kuna avo vakanga vagere vakaita denderedzwa vakamupoteredza akati, “Ava ndivo mai vangu navanunʼuna vangu!
[35] Ani naani anoita kuda kwaMwari ndiye mununʼuna wangu nehanzvadzi, uye namai vangu.”