Luke 14
1 On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
Zvino zvakaitika pakupinda kwake mumba meumwe wevakuru kuVaFarisi kuzodya chingwa nesabata, kuti ivo vakamucherekedza.
2 There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.
Zvino tarira, kwakange kune umwe munhu pamberi pake waiva nerukandwe.
3 “Is it allowable,” said Jesus, addressing the Students of the Law and the Pharisees, “to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?”
Jesu ndokupindura akataura kunyanzvi dzemutemo neVaFarisi, achiti: Zviri pamutemo here kuporesa nesabata?
4 They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.
Asi vakanyarara. Zvino akamubata akamuporesa ndokurega achienda.
5 And he said to them: “Which of you, finding that his son or his ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath Day?”
Akavapindura achiti: Ndiani wenyu, ungati ane mbongoro kana nzombe ikawira mugomba, akasaisimudza pakarepo nezuva resabata?
6 And they could not make any answer to that.
Vakasagona kumupindurazve pamusoro pezvinhu izvi.
7 Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable —
Zvino wakataura mufananidzo kune vakakokwa, achiona kuti vanosarudza sei zvigaro zvepamusoro, akati kwavari:
8 “When you are invited by any one to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place, for fear that some one of higher rank should have been invited by your host;
Kana wakokwa neumwe munhu kumuchato, usagara pachigaro chepamusoro; zvimwe umwe anokudzwa kupfuura iwe wakokwa naye,
9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this man,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.
zvino wakakukoka iwe naiye asvike ati kwauri: Dziurira uyu; ipapo uchatanga kutora nzvimbo yepasisa nenyadzi.
10 No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honoured in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
Asi kana wakokwa, enda ugare panzvimbo yepasisa, kuti kana uyo wakakukoka achisvika, angati kwauri: Shamwari, kwira kumusoro; zvino uchava nerukudzo pamberi pevagere pakudya newe.
11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Nokuti ani nani anozvikwiridzira, achaninipiswa; neanozvininipisa achakwiridzirwa.
12 Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbours, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
Ipapo akatiwo kune wakamukoka: Kana waita chisvusvuro kana chirairo, usadana shamwari dzako, kana vanakomana vamai vako, kana hama dzako, kana vavakidzani vafumi, zvimwe ivowo vangazokukokazve, ugoripirwa.
13 No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
Asi kana waita mabiko, dana varombo, vanokamhina, mhetamakumbo, mapofu;
14 and then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good.”
uye ucharopafadzwa, nokuti havana zvokukuripira nazvo, nokuti ucharipirwa pakumuka kwevakarurama.
15 One of the guests heard what he said and exclaimed: “Happy will he be who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God!”
Umwe wevakange vagere naye pakudya wakati achinzwa zvinhu izvi, akati kwaari: Wakaropafadzwa uyo achadya chingwa paushe hwaMwari.
16 But Jesus said to him: “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,
Asi akati kwaari: Umwe munhu wakaita chirairo chikuru, akakokera vazhinji.
17 and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Akatuma muranda wake nenguva yekuraira kuti ati kune vakange vakakokwa: Uyai, nokuti zvese zvagadzirwa zvino.
18 They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.’
Zvino vese vakatanga umwe neumwe kuzvikumbirira ruregerero. Wekutanga akati kwaari: Ndatenga munda, ndinofanira kuenda ndinomuona; ndinokukumbira, ini undiregerere.
19 The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;
Uye umwe akati: Ndatenga zvipani zvishanu zvenzombe, ndinoenda kunodziidza; ndinokumbira, ini undiregerere.
20 while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.’
Uye umwe akati: Ndawana mukadzi, naizvozvo handigoni kuuya.
21 On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’
Zvino muranda uyo wakauya akapira zvinhu izvi ishe wake. Ipapo mwene weimba akatsamwa, akati kumuranda wake: Buda nekukurumidza uende kumigwagwa nemunzira dzemuguta, upinze pano varombo, nevanokamhina, nemhetamakumbo, nemapofu.
22 Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’
Muranda ndokuti: Ishe, zvaitwa sezvamaraira, asi nzvimbo ichipo.
23 ‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
Ishe akati kumuranda: Buda kumigwagwa nekuuzhowa, ugombedzere vapinde, kuti imba yangu izadzwe.
24 for I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna umwe kune varume avo vakakokwa acharavira chirairo changu.
25 One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them:
Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvaifamba naye; akatendeuka akati kwavari:
26 “If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.
Kana ani nani achiuya kwandiri, akasavenga baba vake namai, nemukadzi, nevana, nevanin'ina nemadzikoma, nehanzvadzi, hongu, kunyange neupenyu hwake, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
Zvino ani nani asingatakuri muchinjikwa wake akanditevera, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
28 Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? —
Nokuti ndiani wenyu, anoti achida kuvaka shongwe, asingatangi agara pasi, akaverenga madhuriro, kana ane zvekupedzesa?
29 For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,
Kuti zvimwe ateya nheyo akasagona kupedza, vese vanoona vanotanga kumuseka,
30 and say ‘Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!’
vachiti: Uyu munhu akatanga kuvaka, asi akakoniwa kupedzisa.
31 Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
Kana ndeupi mambo, kana achienda kuhondo akamirisana neumwe mambo, asingatangi agara pasi, akafungisisa kuti angagona here nezvuru gumi kusangana neanouya akapikisana naye nezvuru makumi maviri?
32 And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.
Asi kana zvisakadaro, iye achiri kure, anotuma nhume, akumbire zverugare.
33 And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Saka saizvozvo, ani nani kwamuri asingasii zvese zvaanazvo, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
34 Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what shall be used to season it?
Munyu wakanaka; asi kana munyu warasa kuvava, ucharungwa nei?
35 It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. Men throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with hear!”
Hauchina kufanira kunyange pamunda, kana padutu remupfudze; vanourasira kunze. Ane nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.
