Luke 15
1 Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;
Zvino kwakaswedera kwaari vateresi nevatadzi vese, kuzomunzwa.
2 and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"
VaFarisi nevanyori vakatsutsumwa vachiti: Uyu anogamuchira vatadzi, achidya navo.
3 So in figurative language He asked them,
Zvino wakavaudza mufananidzo uyu, achiti:
4 "Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it?
Ndeupi munhu kwamuri angati ane makwai zana, kana arasikirwa nerimwe rawo, asingasii makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe murenje, akatevera rakarasika kusvikira ariwana?
5 And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.
Uye kana ariwana, anoriisa pamafudzi ake achifara.
6 Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together, and says, 'Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep--the one I had lost.'
Zvino kana asvika kumusha, anodana pamwe shamwari nevavakidzani, achiti kwavari: Farai neni, nokuti ndawana gwai rangu rakange rarasika.
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.
Ndinoti kwamuri: Saizvozvo mufaro uchava kudenga pamusoro pemutadzi umwe anotendeuka, kupfuura pamusoro pevakarurama makumi mapfumbamwe nevapfumbamwe, vasingatsvaki kutendeuka.
8 "Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully till she finds it?
Kana ndeupi mukadzi ane makobiri gumi, kana arasikirwa nekobiri rimwe, asingatungidzi mwenje, akatsvaira imba, akatsvakisisa kusvikira ariwana?
9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, and says, "'Congratulate me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
Uye kana ariwana, anodana shamwari nevavakidzani pamwe, achiti: Farai neni, nokuti ndawana kobiri randanga ndarasikirwa naro.
10 "I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."
Saizvozvo, ndinokutaurirai, kuti mufaro uripo pamberi pevatumwa vaMwari pamusoro pemutadzi umwe anotendeuka.
11 He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.
Zvino wakati: Umwe munhu aiva ane vanakomana vaviri;
12 The younger of them said to his father, "'Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided his wealth between them.
mudiki wavo ndokuti kuna baba: Baba, ndipei mugove wenhumbi wakanangana neni. Akavagovera nhumbi dzake.
13 No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.
Pasina kupfuura mazuva mazhinji, mwanakomana mudiki wakaunganidza zvese pamwe, akasimuka akaenda kunyika iri kure; uye akaparadza ikoko nhaka yake, achirarama neunzenza.
14 At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.
Zvino wakati aparadza zvese, kwakauya nzara huru panyika iyo, iye akatanga kushaiwa.
15 So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
Zvino wakaenda, akanozvibatanidza neumwe wezvizvarwa zvenyika iyo; akamutumira kuminda yake kunofudza nguruve.
16 and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
Wakange achishuva kugutsa dumbu rake nemateko nguruve adzaidya; asi hakuna munhu waimupa.
17 "But on coming to himself he said, "'How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!
Zvino wakati apengenuka, akati: Varikichi vazhinji sei vababa vangu vane zvingwa zvakawandisisa, asi ini ndofa nenzara.
18 I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you:
Ndichasimuka ndiende kuna baba vangu, ndigoti kwavari: Baba, ndakatadzira kudenga, nepamberi penyu;
19 I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'
uye handichafaniri kunzi mwanakomana wenyu; ndiitei seumwe wevarikichi venyu.
20 "So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.
Akasimuka akaenda kuna baba vake. Asi wakati achiri kure, baba vake vakamuona, vakanzwa tsitsi, vakamhanya ndokuwira pahuro pake, nekumutsvoda.
21 "'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'
Zvino mwanakomana akati kwavari: Baba, ndakatadzira kudenga nepamberi penyu, uye handichafaniri kunzi mwanakomana wenyu.
22 "But the father said to his servants, "'Fetch a good coat quickly--the best one--and put it on him; and bring a ring for his finger and shoes for his feet.
Asi baba vakati kuvaranda vavo: Budai nenguvo refu yakanakisisa mumupfekedze, muise mhete paruoko rwake, nemanyatera patsoka;
23 Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;
muuye nemhuru yakakodzwa, mubaye, uye ngatidye tifare;
24 for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.
nokuti uyu mwanakomana wangu wakange afa, zvino wararamazve; wakange arasika, asi wawanikwa; zvino vakatanga kufara.
25 "Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.
Zvino mwanakomana wake mukuru wakange ari kumunda; zvino wakati achisvika, oswedera paimba, akanzwa mumhanzi nekutamba.
26 Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.
Zvino wakadanira kwaari umwe wevaranda, akabvunza kuti izvi zvinorevei.
27 "'Your brother has come,' he replied; 'and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.'
Zvino akati kwaari: Munin'ina wako wasvika; zvino baba vako vabaya mhuru yakakodzwa, nokuti vamugamuchira ari mutano.
28 "Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came out and entreated him.
Asi wakatsamwa, akasada kupinda; naizvozvo baba vake vakabuda, vakamukumbirisa.
29 "'All these years,' replied the son, 'I have been slaving for you, and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, for me to enjoy myself with my friends;
Asi iye wakapindura akati kuna baba: Tarirai, makore mazhinji akadai ndakakubatirai, handina kutongodarika murairo wenyu, asi hamuna kutongondipa mbudzana, kuti ndifare neshamwari dzangu.
30 but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'
Asi mangoti mwanakomana wenyu uyu wakaparadza nhumbi dzenyu nezvifeve achisvika, mamubaira mhuru yakakodzwa.
31 "'You my dear son,' said the father, 'are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.
Vakati kwaari: Mwana, iwe uneni nguva dzese, uye zvese zvangu ndezvako.
32 We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"
Asi kwaifanira kuti kupemberwe nekufarwa, nokuti munin'ina wako uyu wakange afa, wararamazve; wakange arasika, wawanikwa.
