¹ Kwakaitika apo Jesu apedza kupanga vajiji vake gumi navairi, wakamiruka kubvapo, akaenda koodzidzisa nokuchumaira mumadhorobha avo. ² Ipapo Johani azwa ari mutirongo mishando yaKrito, wakatumira izwi ngevadzidzi vake. ³ navo vakati kwaari, ndiwe here uwo unouya, nokuti tichagariraumweni? ⁴ NaJesu wakapingura, akati: Kwavari, Endai, muronzere Johani izvo zvomunozwa nezvomunoona: ⁵ Mapofu anoona nezvirema zvino hamba, nevanemapere vanomhodyoswa, nemadziiranzeevano zwa, nevakafa vanomuswa, nevarombo vane vhangeri rinochumairwa kwavari. ⁶ Unomuchena uwousikapumhunwi ndini. ⁷ Naapo vachaenda, Jesu wakatanga kuereketa kumbungano ngenda yaJohani, wakati: Mwakaenda mushango koonenyi? ⁸ Rutsanga rakazunginyiswa ngedutu here? ⁹ Asi, mwakaendeyo koonenyi? Muprofeti here? Eya, ndinoti kwomuri, nouwo unonyanya kupinda. muprofeti. ¹⁰ Uyu ndiye wevakanyora ndiyekuti, penya, ndinotuma munyai wangu pamberi pehope yako, uwo unozonasira njira yako pamberi pako. ¹¹ Ngomuchokadi ndinoti: Pakati peavo vakaberekwa ngevakazdi, akuzi kungobva mukuru kupinda Johani mubhabhatidzi; asi iyena ndimudoko muUmambo hwomundhenga uri mukuru kwaari. ¹² Kubvira kumazua aJohani Mubhabhatidzi metsa zvinopano umambo hwomundhenga hunopambwa ngezvigebengwa zvonoutora ngesimba. ¹³ Ngokuti vaprofeti veshe neMipango zvakaprofeta metsa orooguma Johani. ¹⁴ Kudai, mwechitenda kuchaichira, Uyu, ndiye Erija, uwo wakaemeswa kuuya. ¹⁵ Uwo unezee dzekuzwa ngaazwe. ¹⁶ Asi ndoezvanisa nenyi uyu mubariwana? Wakadai ngevana vanogara pandau dzomusika, vechindanidzira kunevangeni vavo. ¹⁷ Echiti: Takaridza minanzi kwomuri, nemwi amuzikuzvina takaita chiriro, nemwi amuzikubonda. ¹⁸ Ngokuti Johani, wakauyaasikazivi ngokuti kunwa, nawo vakati: Unedhimoni'. ¹⁹ Mukororo waMundu wakauya echindya nokumwa, navo echiti: Sotanhi, mubhoki nomumwisi wevhini, shamwari yevabhasiri neyashaishi! Asi kugwara kwakapembedzwa ngemishado yakwo'. ²⁰ Naapo wakatanga kuvandira madhorobha umwo mwaiya mwaitwa mishado mizhiji yake inesimba, ngokuti avazi kutederuka. ²¹ ''Ihehe kwouri, khorazini! Ihehe kwouri, Bhethisaidha! Ngokuti kudai mishado inesimba yaiya yakaitwa muThiro neSidhoni,iyo yakaitwa mukati mwenyu, vaidai vakatotederuka karetu, vane masaka nemarota. ²² Kani hai, ndinoti kwomuri kunozopinda kureruka kuneThiro neSidhoni ngezuva rokutongwa kunkwamuri. ²³ Newe, Capernaume, unozokuriswa mundenga here? Unozodzaswa pashi, kuaidesi. ²⁴ Asi ndonoti kwamuri kunozopinda kureruka kunyika yeSidhoni ngezuva rokutongwa kuneiwewe''. ²⁵ Ngouwo mukuwo, Jesu vakati: Ndinokutenda, Bhaba Mambo womundenga newenyika, nokuti iwewe wakazvifisha izvi kune vakangwara nevanekuzia, wakazvipangidzira kichaya. ²⁶ Eya, Bhaba, ngokuti chaiya chinodakadza mukuona kwako. ²⁷ Zviro zvese zvakainswa kweediri ndiBhaba angu, Akuna unozia Mukororo ega, ndiBhaba, asi Mukororo ega, nouwo wanooda kumupangidzira Mukororo. ²⁸ Uyai kwandiri mwese mwakaremba, munodzimbirwa ngomutwaro, neni ndinozomuzorodzai. ²⁹ Toranhi joka yangu padera penyu, mudzidze kwandiri, ngokuti inini ndakafaa mumoyo, nemwi munozoona kuzorora kwamweya yenyu, ³⁰ Ngokuti joka rangu rakanaka nomutwaro wangu unoreruka''.