Umambo hwaBaba Hune Nzeve Dzokunzwa
Achidzidzisa ari muchikepe, Jesu anotsanangura kuuya kwoumambo hwaBaba vedu: mbeu inowira panzira, padombo, pamhinzwa nomuvhu rakanaka, rambi, zviyo zvinokura murimi akarara, tsanga yemasitadhi. Ipapo anonyaradza dutu iro vadzidzi vake vaiva nechokwadi kuti raizovanyudza.
4 1Jesu akadzidzisazve pedyo negungwa. Vanhu vazhinji kwazvo vakaungana vakamukomba zvokuti akapinda muchikepe chaiva mumvura akagaramo, asi vanhu vose vakanga vari pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. 2Akavadzidzisa zvinhu zvizhinji nemifananidzo, uye mukudzidzisa kwake akati kwavari:
3“Teererai! Mudyari akabuda kundodyara mbeu. 4Zvino paakanga achidyara, imwe mbeu yakawira panzira, shiri dzikauya dzikaidya. 5Imwe mbeu yakawira panzvimbo ine matombo, pakanga pasina ivhu rakawanda, ikamera pakarepo nokuti ivhu rakanga risina kudzika. 6Zuva rakati rabuda, zvirimwa zvakapiswa, uye nokuti zvakanga zvisina midzi, zvakaoma. 7Imwe mbeu yakawira muminzwa, minzwa ikakura ikaivhunga, ikasabereka zviyo. 8Imwe mbeu yakawira muvhu rakanaka, ikabereka zviyo zvakamera, zvikakura, zvikabereka zvakapetwa kamakumi matatu, kamakumi matanhatu, nekazana pane zvakanga zvadyarwa.” 9Akati, “Ane nzeve dzokunzwa, ngaanzwe.”
10Paakanga ava oga, vaya vaaiva navo, pamwe chete neGumi Nevaviri, vakamubvunza nezvemifananidzo.
11Akati kwavari, “Imi makapiwa chakavanzika choumambo hwaBaba vedu, asi kune vari kunze, zvinhu zvose zvinouya nemifananidzo, 12kuitira kuti ‘vatarise asi varege kuona, uye vanzwe asi varege kunzwisisa, kuti varege kutendeuka vagokanganwirwa.’”
13Akati kwavari, “Hamunzwisisi mufananidzo uyu here? Zvino muchanzwisisa sei mifananidzo yose? 14Mudyari anodyara shoko. 15Ava ndivo vari panzira pakadyarwa shoko: vangopedza kunzwa, Satani anouya pakarepo achibvisa shoko rakadyarwa mavari. 16Ava ndivo vakadyarwa panzvimbo ine matombo, vanonzwa shoko vobva varigamuchira nomufaro pakarepo. 17Asi havana midzi mukati mavo, vanongogara kwenguva pfupi; kana dambudziko kana kutambudzwa zvichiuya nokuda kweshoko, vanobva vawa pakarepo. 18Vamwe ndivo vakadyarwa muminzwa. Ava ndivo vanonzwa shoko, 19asi kufunganya kwenyika ino, kunyengera kwepfuma, uye kuchiva zvimwe zvinhu zvinopinda zvichivhunga shoko, rikasabereka zvibereko. 20Ava ndivo vakadyarwa muvhu rakanaka: vanonzwa shoko, vorigamuchira, vobereka zvibereko—zvakapetwa kamakumi matatu, kamakumi matanhatu, nekazana.”
Chiedza Chinoitwa Kuti Chivheneke
21Akati kwavari, “Pane angauya nomwenje kuti auise pasi pedengu kana pasi pomubhedha—kwete pachigadziko chawo here? 22Hapana chakavanzwa kunze kwokuti chizoratidzwa; hapana chakavigwa kunze kwokuti chizobuda pachena. 23Kana munhu ane nzeve dzokunzwa, ngaanzwe.”
24Akati kwavari, “Chenjererai zvamunonzwa. Chiyero chamunoshandisa ndicho chamuchayerwa nacho—uye muchawedzerwa. 25Nokuti ane chinhu achapiwa zvimwe; asina, kunyange icho chaanacho achachitorerwa.”
Mbeu Inokura Yoga
26Akati, “Umambo hwaBaba vedu hwakafanana nezvizvi: munhu anokusha mbeu pavhu. 27Usiku namasikati, arere kana amuka, mbeu inomera igokura, kunyange zvake asingazivi kuti zvinoitika sei. 28Ivhu rinobereka zviyo roga—kutanga bukira, kozotevera hura, kwozotevera tsanga dzakakwana muhura. 29Asi kana zviyo zvaibva, anobva atuma jeko pakarepo, nokuti nguva yokukohwa yasvika.”
Mbeu Yemasitadha
30Akati, “Tingafananidza umambo hwaBaba vedu nechii, kana kuti tingahushandisira mufananidzo upi? 31Hwakaita sembeu yemasitadha, iyo mbeu diki kupfuura dzose kana ichidyarwa pavhu. 32Asi kana yadyarwa, inokura ikava hombe kupfuura miriwo yose yomubindu, ichibereka matavi makuru zvokuti shiri dzedenga dzinogona kuvaka matendere adzo mumumvuri wayo.”
33Nemifananidzo mizhinji yakadaro akataura shoko kwavari, sezvavaigona kunzwa. 34Akataura kwavari nemifananidzo chete, asi vari voga akatsanangurira vadzidzi vake zvinhu zvose.
Jesu Anonyaradza Dutu
35Pazuva iroro, ava madekwana, akati kwavari, “Ngatiyambukire mhiri.”
36Vakasiya vanhu vazhinji vakaenda naye, sezvaakanga akangoita, ari muchikepe, zvimwe zvikepe zvichimuperekedza. 37Dutu guru remhepo rakamuka. Mafungu akarova chikepe, zvokuti chakanga chotozara mvura. 38Asi Jesu akanga avete shure mechikepe pamutsago. Vakamumutsa vakati, “Mudzidzisi, hamuna hanya kuti tiri kufa here?”
39Akamuka, akatsiura mhepo, akati kugungwa, “Nyarara! Dzikama!” Mhepo ikamira, zvose zvikadzikama zvachose. 40Akati kwavari, “Seiko muchitya kudai? Hamusati mava nokutenda here?”
41Vakatya kwazvo, vakabvunzana vachiti, “Ko uyu ndianiko, zvokuti kunyange mhepo negungwa zvinomuteerera?”