Luke 11
1 When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
Zvino zvakaitika achinyengetera pane imwe nzvimbo, apo amira, umwe wevadzidzi vake akati kwaari: Ishe, tidzidzisei kunyengetera, Johwani sezvaakadzidzisawo vadzidzi vake.
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Ndokuti kwavari: Kana muchinyengetera, muti: Baba vedu vari kumatenga, zita renyu ngariitwe dzvene. Ushe hwenyu ngahuuye. Chido chenyu ngachiitwe, panyikawo sezvachinoitwa kudenga.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
Mutipei zuva rimwe nerimwe kudya kwedu kwemazuva ese.
4 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
Uye mutikanganwire zvivi zvedu, nokuti isuwo tinokanganwira ani nani ane ngava kwatiri. Uye musatipinza pakuedzwa, asi mutisunungure pakuipa.
5 He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Akati kwavari: Ndeupi wenyu ane shamwari, uye anoenda kwaari pakati peusiku, akati kwaari: Shamwari, ndikwerete zvingwa zvitatu,
6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
nokuti shamwari yangu yasvika kwandiri ichibva parwendo, asi handina chinhu chandingamuperekera;
7 and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
uye uyo ari mukati akapindura akati: Usandinetsa; ikozvino mukova wapfigwa, nevana vangu vadiki vaneni pamubhedha; handigoni kumuka ndikakupa.
8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
Ndinoti kwamuri: Kunyange akasamuka akamupa, nekuda kwekuva shamwari yake, asi nekuda kwekutsungirira kwake achamuka akamupa zvese zvaanoshaiwa.
9 “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
Zvino ini ndinoti kwamuri: Kumbirai, muchapiwa; tsvakai, muchawana; gogodzai, muchazarurirwa.
10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Nokuti wese anokumbira anogamuchira; neanotsvaka anowana; neanogogodza anozarurirwa.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Kuti ndeupi wenyu ari baba, kana mwanakomana achikumbira chingwa, angazomupa ibwe? Kanawo hove, angazomupa nyoka panzvimbo yehove here?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
Kanawo kuti akakumbira zai, angazomupa chinyavada here?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
Naizvozvo kana imwi makaipa muchiziva kupa zvipo zvakanaka vana venyu, Baba vari kudenga vachapa zvikuru sei Mweya Mutsvene vanovakumbira.
14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Zvino wakange achibudisa dhimoni iro raiva chimumumu. Zvino zvakaitika kuti dhimoni rabuda, chimumumu chikataura; zvaunga zvikashamisika.
15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Asi vamwe vavo vakati: Anobudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri mukuru wemadhimoni.
16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Uye vamwe vachiidza, vakatsvaka kwaari chiratidzo chinobva kudenga.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
Asi iye achiziva mifungo yavo wakati kwavari: Ushe hwese hunopesana huchizvipikisa hunoparadzwa; neimba inopikisana neimba inowa.
18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
Kana Sataniwo achipesana achizvipikisa, ushe hwake hungazomira sei? Nokuti munoti, ndinobudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri.
19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Asi kana ini ndichibudisa madhimoni naBheerizebhuri, vanakomana venyu vanobudisa nani? Naizvozvo ivo vachava vatongi venyu.
20 But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.
Asi kana ndichibudisa madhimoni nemunwe waMwari, naizvozvo ushe hwaMwari hwasvika kwamuri.
21 “When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
Kana chikakarara chashonga zvombo chichirinda chivanze chacho, nhumbi dzacho dziri murugare;
22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
asi kana wakasimba kuchipfuura akachirwisa, akachikunda, anotora nhumbi dzacho dzese dzekurwa dzachange chichivimba nadzo, ndokugovera zvaapamba zvacho.
23 “He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.
Asina ini anopesana neni; neasingaunganidzi neni anoparadzira.
24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
Kana mweya wetsvina wabuda mumunhu, unofamba uchigura nemunzvimbo dzakawoma, uchitsvaka zororo; asi uchishaiwa unoti: Ndichadzokera kuimba yangu kwandakabuda.
25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Zvino kana wasvika unowana yatsvairwa nekurongedzwa.
26 Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
Ipapo unoenda ndokutora pamwe naye imwe mweya minomwe yakaipa kuupfuura, ndokupinda ndokugaramo; uye kuguma kwemunhu uyo kwakaipa kupfuura kutanga.
27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
Zvino zvakaitika pakutaura kwake zvinhu izvozvi, umwe mukadzi pakati pechaunga akasimudza inzwi, akati kwaari: Rakaropafadzwa dumbu rakakutakurai, nemazamu amakayamwa.
28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Asi iye akati: Hongu, asi zvikuru vakaropafadzwa vanonzwa shoko raMwari vachirichengeta.
29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Zvino kwakati kwaungana zvaunga zvakatsikirirana, akatanga kuti: Zera iri rakaipa; rinotsvaka chiratidzo, asi hakuna chiratidzo chichapiwa kwariri, kunze kwechiratidzo chaJona muporofita.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
Nokuti Jona sezvaakava chiratidzo kuVaNinivhi, saizvozvowo zvichaita Mwanakomana wemunhu kuzera iri.
31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
Mambokadzi wechamhembe achasimuka pakutongwa pamwe nevarume vezera iri akavapa mhosva; nokuti wakabva pamigumo yenyika kuzonzwa uchenjeri hwaSoromoni, zvino tarirai, mukuru kuna Soromoni ari pano.
32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
Varume veNinivhi vachasimuka pakutonga nezera iri, vakaripa mhosva, nokuti vakatendeuka pakuparidza kwaJona; zvino tarira, mukuru kuna Jona ari pano.
33 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
Hakuna munhu anoti kana atungidza mwenje anoisa pakavanda, kana pasi pedengu, asi pachigadziko chemwenje, kuti avo vanopinda vaone chiedza.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
Mwenje wemuviri iziso; naizvozvo kana ziso rako riri benyu, muviri wakowo wese uzere nechiedza; asi kana rakaipa, muviri wakowo une rima.
35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
Naizvozvo chenjera kuti chiedza chiri mukati mako chisava rima.
36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
Naizvozvo kana muviri wako wese uzere nechiedza, pasina rumwe rutivi rwune rima, uchazara nechiedza wese, sepaya mwenje uchikuvhenekera nekupenya.
37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
Wakati achitaura, umwe muFarisi akamukumbira kuti adye naye; akapinda, akagara pakudya.
38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
Zvino muFarisi wakati achiona, akashamisika kuti wakange asina kutanga ashamba asati adya chisvusvuro.
39 The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Ishe ndokuti kwaari: Ikozvino imwi VaFarisi munonatsa kunze kwemukombe nekwendiro, asi mukati menyu muzere neupambi neuipi.
40 You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
Imwi mapenzi, heya wakaita kunze, haana kuita mukatiwo?
41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Asi ipai sechipo kuvarombo izvo zvinhu zvemukati; zvino tarirai, zvese zvichava zvakachena kwamuri.
42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Asi mune nhamo VaFarisi! Nokuti munopa chegumi cheminte neruyi nemiriwo yese, uye muchidarika mutongo nerudo rwaMwari; maifanira kuita izvi, nekusarega zvimwe.
43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Mune nhamo VaFarisi! Nokuti munoda zvigaro zvepamusoro mumasinagoge, nekwaziso pamisika.
44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
Mune nhamo, vanyori neVaFarisi, vanyepedzeri! Nokuti makafanana nemarinda asingaonekwi, uye vanhu vanofamba pamusoro pawo vasingazivi.
45 One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
Zvino umwe wenyanzvi dzemutemo wakapindura akati kwaari: Mudzidzisi, kana muchitaura izvi munotuka isuwo.
46 He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
Asi akati: Mune nhamowo imwi nyanzvi dzemutemo! Nokuti munoremedza vanhu nemitoro inorema kutakurwa, asi imwi momene hamubati mitoro iyi neumwe weminwe yenyu.
47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Mune nhamo! Nokuti munovaka marinda evaporofita, uye madzibaba enyu akavauraya.
48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Naizvozvo munopupura kuti munotenderana nemabasa emadzibaba enyu; nokuti ivo vakavauraya zvirokwazvo, imwiwo munovaka marinda avo.
49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
Naizvozvo uchenjeri hwaMwari hunotiwo: Ndichavatumira vaporofita nevaapositori, vamwe vavo vachauraya nekushusha;
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
kuti ropa revaporofita vese rakateurwa kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika ritsvakwe pazera iri,
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
kubva paropa raAberi kusvikira paropa raZakaria wakaparara pakati pearitari neimba yaMwari; hongu, ndinoti kwamuri: Richatsvakwa pazera iri.
52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
Mune nhamo, nyanzvi dzemutemo! Nokuti makabvisa kiyi yeruzivo; hamuna kupinda momene, nevaipinda makavadzivirira.
53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
Wakati achitaura zvinhu izvi kwavari, vanyori neVaFarisi vakatanga kuita daka naye zvikurusa, nekumubvunzisisa pamusoro pezvizhinji,
54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
vachimuteya, nekutsvaka kubata chinhu chinobuda mumuromo make, vagomupa mhosva.
