¹ Na Jesu akati kwavari:"nge chokwadi ndinomubuira, wamweni wenyu varipano avazoyedzi kufa vasati vayona kuyuuya kweyumambowamwari". ² Padarika mazuva machanu naringwe, Jesu vakaenda naye Pita, Jakobo, na Joni, vakavatora variwega akayenda navo kugomo guru. Apapo vakachinja pamberi pavo. ³ machira ake akabva ajekesesa, akachenesesa, akapinda kuchena neguti chero musuki yemunyica vaizokonakumachenesa. ⁴ Apapo Eria na Mozisi vakauya vakareketa na Jesu. ⁵ Pita vakadaira akati kuna Jesu:"Mufundis, pakanaka kunga tiripanapa, toita matende matatu:'ringwe rako, ringwe ra Mozisi, nerimwe ra Eria". ⁶ (Ena ainga asikashaziyi zvekubuya, ngekuti vainga vatya) ⁷ Gore rimwe rakauya ringawafukidza. Apapo izvi rakabva pagore:"uyundiye mwanakomana wandinoda. muzwei," ⁸ Apapo vakaningira paduze pavo, awana kuzoyona neumwe vawo, kunze ka Jesu. ⁹ Wechidzuka mugomo, Ena vakawatuma kuti vasazobuyira umwe mundhu zvainga zvaitika ngekuti, asati mwana vemukomana amuka kune vakafa. ¹⁰ Saka vona vakangwarira zvaingazvaitika pavari, asi vaireketa ngekuda kusiya kumuka kevakafa". ¹¹ Vona vakamubvunza:"ngei vanyori veiti Eria unofarira katanga kuyuya?". ¹² Jesu akawadaira:"Eria zvemene vatanga kuuya kugadzirira zviro zveshe, saka ngei zvakanyorua kuti mwanakomana unofarira kutambudzika nekuyeisua? ¹³ Asi inini ndinomureketera kuri Eria vakauya mukamuyiita zvamaida naye, sezvinyorwa zvinobhuiya ngezvake. ¹⁴ pavakapetuka kainga newangweni vadzidzisi, vakayona vandhu vakawanda wakavatenderedza vanyori vashireketedzana navo. ¹⁵ vandhu pavakamuona, vakadakara vakarumba kwayari komutekesa. ¹⁶ Ena vakadvunza kuvadzidzi vake :"chinyi chemurikureketedzana navo?" ¹⁷ Umwe vevandhu vakamudhaira:"mudzidzisi nini ndaunzisa mwana vangu vangu, ena unemweya wembeweveve. ¹⁸ Ena unotshuya unova pachi nekubuda pfuro pamuromo, achiruma mazino, nekuita simba. ndakumbira wadzidzi wako vabundhise, asi vona vazvikorera. ¹⁹ Ena akadaira akati:dzinza risikatendi, ndichagara rini nemwi? koguma rini ndechimuitira zveshe? munzei kendiri. ²⁰ Vona vakayunzisa chikomana. mweya pavakayona Jesu apapo vakatanga kutshuya . Chikomana chakawa pachi cheyebuda mapfuro pamuromo. ²¹ Jesu akadvunza kuna baba ake:"kutangira achiri mwana mudhoko. ²² kajinji zvinomukandirisa pamotokana mumvura.zveshiyedza kumuyuraya. kana iwewe weshikona kuita shiro, izwa tsitsi nesu utibatsire. ²³ Jesu akati:"kuti iwewe veshikona! zveshe zviro zvinoitika pano anotenda. ²⁴ Apapo apapo, baba veshikomana wakakumbira, akati:" ndonogonda! ndibatsirewo nekusatenda kangu." ²⁵ Jesu apapo akaona wandhuveshiuya kwainga ari, akabvisa mweya vakashata, akati:" mweya wembeveve, ndinokuti ubve maari usazopinda zve maari kanazve." ²⁶ Vakadaidzira zvikuru cheshitshuya chikomana apapo akabuda maari. Vaita ingatei mundhu vafa nekuti vandhu vajinji vaiti:"ena vafa" ²⁷ Asi Jesu wakamumurudza ngenyara dzake, chikomana chikayema. ²⁸ Jesu pakapinda mumbatso, wadzidzi vake vakamubvunza vari vega:"ngei tisingamubudisi?" ²⁹ Ena akareketa kuti:"zvakadai ngeizwi azvibudizwi pasina munamato?. ³⁰ Veibva iyo, vakadarikira ngepa Gaririya, Jesu ainga asingadi kuti vaziye kawainga wari. ³¹ Ngekuti wayidzidzisa vadzidzi wake yechiti:"mwanakomana uchatengeswa mumayoko yewandhu, vatsha muyuraya. Ena angauraiwa papera mazuwa matatu uchamuka. ³² Asi wona avana kuzwisisa zvakareketa ngekuti vainga veitya kumubvunza. ³³ Vakayenda ku Cafarnau. Ena painga ari kumuzi vakabvunza vadzidzi vake:"chini chamuri kureketedzana munjira?". ³⁴ Asi vona vakaramba vakanyarara kekuti vaireketa umwe neumwe ngenyaya yekuti ndiyani mukuru. ³⁵ Ena vakagara akadaidzira gumi navayiri akati:"kana umwe wenyu anoda kuita wekutanga, uchazoita wekupedzisira, yeshiyita zve mushandi vemundhu veshe. ³⁶ Ena vakabhata mwana mudhoko munyaradzake akamuyisa pakati pawo: akati ³⁷ "veche uyani achayachira mwana umwe, akadai nge muzitarangu, uyu aandiyachiri, asi anoyachira uyone akandituma. ³⁸ Jonh akamuti:'mudzidzisi, toyona umweni ayibvisa mweya vakashata muzita rako tikamurambidza, ngei asikangatiteyeri". ³⁹ Asi Jesu akati:"musamurambidza. ngekuti akuna angaita chishamiso muzita rangu apedza ureketa zvakashata kwangu. ⁴⁰ Ndiani asirianesu, airitenga. ⁴¹ Ani nani achimupa komechi yevhura yekumwa ngekuti muri vacristo, ngechokwadi ndinomubuyira kuti azotami mubairo vake. ⁴² Uyani akaita kuti wana vanodhoko vanotenda kwendiri zvakanaka kaari ange akasungira buye guro pamutsipa pake akandirwe muvhura yeruvadhle. ⁴³ kana nyara yako yeikuita kuti uchaishe, isheke. zvakanaka kauri unge nendaramu nenyara imwe pasina pane kuva ngenyara mbiri uchaenda kugehena, kumuriro usingadzimi. ⁴⁴ kune honye dzisingafi nemuriro usingadzimi (zvinyorwa izwi mumagwaro hekare zvakadzimwa). ⁴⁵ Kana tsoka yako yechiyita kuti ushaiche icheke. Zvakanaka kuti unge nendaramu urichigono, pane kuva netsoka mbiri, uye ukandirwe mugehena. ⁴⁶ Kunehonye dzisingafi nemuriro usingadzima(zvinyorwa izwi mumagwaro hekare zvakadzimwa). ⁴⁷ Kana dziso rako reita kuti uchaishe. Ribvise zvakanakahazvo kupinda muhumambo waMwari nedziso rimwe pane mayiri ukandirwe mugehena. ⁴⁸ Kunehonye dzisingafi, hemuriro usingadzimi. ⁴⁹ Ngekuti umwe neumwe ucharungwa nemoto. ⁵⁰ Munyu vakanaka, asi ukanga vapera kunaka kawo, munozoita kudini, kuti urungezve? ivai nemunyu nemi, raramai nerugare nevamwe venyi."