² Jesu akati kune wadzidzi wake: ''Kwakange kune mumwe murume mupfumi akange aine mutungamiriri, iye aipomerwa kuti aparadza pfuma yake. ¹ Saka murume mupfume akamudana akati: 'Zwiiko zwandiri kunzwa pamusoro pako? Zwadairire pamusoro poutungamiriri wako, uye usazowezwe mutungamirir'. ³ Uye mutungamiriri akazwiti kwaari: 'Ndaita sei, nokuti ishe wangu warikundibvisa basa reutungamiriri? Ini hadina simba pakuchera, uye ndinonyara kukumbira. ⁴ Ndinoziwa zwadichaita kuti, kana ndikabviswa pautungamiriri, kuti wanhu wazonditambire mudzimba dzawo' ⁵ Saka mutungamiriri akadaidza mumwe na mumwe aikwereta ishe wake iye akabvudza wekutanga: 'Une chikwereti chakaita sei kuna ishe wangu?'. ⁶ Iye akati: 'Zana rezviero zvamafuta amourivhi'. Mutungamiriri akati: 'Tora tsamba yako, ugare pasi nekukasika, unyure makumi mashanhu'. ⁷ Uye mutungamiriri akatizwe kune mumwe: 'Une chikwete chakaita sei?'. Iye akapidura akati: 'Zana rezviero zvegorose'. Iye akati: 'Tora tsamba yakounyore makumi masere'. ⁸ Ishe akaremekedza mutungamiriri asina kururama, nokuti akanga aita neuchenger. Nokuti wana wenyika ino waka chengera kwazwopakuita kwazwo kukunda wana wechiedza. ⁹ Ndinoti kwamuri: 'Ita chamwari dzenyu dzene pfuma isina kururama, kuitira kuti painoperera, muzotambirwa mudzimba dzisinga pere'. ¹⁰ Akatendeka pazwishoma akatendekazwe pane zwakawanda, uye asina kutendeka pazwishomauye achavawo asina kutendeka pane zwakawanda. ¹¹ Nokudaro, kana usina kutendeka uchishandisa pfuma dzenyika ino, ndianiko achawimba newepachokwandi paupfimi? ¹² Uye kana usina pamari newamwe wanhu, ndiani achakupawo zwako? ¹³ Hakuna muranda anochandira wana ishe wawiri, iye anowenga umwe uye oda umwe, kana kuti achanamatira kune umwe agozwidza umwe. haugone kushandira Mwari ne pfuma''. ¹⁴ Ipapo wafarisi, waida mari zwakanyanya, wakanzwa zvinhu izvi, wakamutuka. ¹⁵ Asi Iye akati: ''Imi munozwiruramisa pamberi pewanhu, Mwari anoziwa moyo wenyu. zwinhu zvinorumbidza na wanhu zwinonyagadza Mwari. ¹⁶ Mitemo zwawaporofita zvakaparidzwa kuswika pakuswika kwa Johani. kubvira izozwino, vhageri ye Umambo wa Mwari riri kuparidzwa, uye tose tirikuswimanikidza kupinda mariri. ¹⁷ Zwiri kunyore kuti denga nenyika zvipfure pane kuti rawara raduku remitemo kabviswe. ¹⁸ Uya anoramba mukadzi wake anororazve umwe anenge aita upombwe, uye anorora mukadzi arabwa anenge aita upombwe. ¹⁹ Pakange pane umwe murume mupfumi, aipfeka hembe dzepepuru ne mucheka wakana uye aishandisa upfumi wake mazuwa ²⁰ ose. Umwe murombo aidzi Razaro, aigara pamusowo pake, nemaronda akawanda. ²¹ Iye aishuwira kudya dzadona patafura yemurume mupfumi uye neimbwa dzaiuya dzichinadza maronda ake. ²² Zvakaitika pakafa murombo akatorwa ne ngironzi akamuiendesa pachipfuwa chaAbrahama. Mupfumi akafawo akawigwa ²³ ari mugehena, umo airwadziwa, akasimudza maziso nechekure akaona Abrahama na Razaro ari pachipfuwa pake. ²⁴ Saka iye akadanidzira, akati: 'Baba Abrahama, ndizwreiwo ngoni, tumai razaro anyike chigunwe chake nemvura atonodze rurimi rwangu, nekuti ndirikutsa mumoto muno' ²⁵ Asi Abrahama akati: 'Mwanakomana rangarira kuti, pawakange uchiri mupenyu, iwe wakatambira zwinhu zwose zwakanaka, Asi ipapo razaro aigamuchira zwino zwakachta, Asi zwino Razaro arikunyaradzwawo pano, asi iwe urikurwadziwa'. ²⁶ Pamusoro paizvozvo, pane mukana mukuru wakaiswa, kuti wanobva kuno kuti wauye ikoko wasagane uye akuna munhu angakwanise kuyambuka kuno kwatiri'. ²⁷ Murume mupfumi akati: 'Ndinokukumbirai Baba Abrahama, kuti ishe watumi kumba kwababa wangu, ²⁸ nokuti ndine wanun'una washoma ndinonda kuti muwataurire, kufira kuti warenge kuuya kuzwimbo ino inorwadza'. ²⁹ Asi Abrahama akati: 'Iko kune Muzizi newaporofita, vanawo gawadzwe'. ³⁰ Murume mupfumi akati: 'Aiwa Baba Abrahama, asi umwe akabva kuwakafaakaenda kwawari, akatendeuko'. ³¹ Abrahama akati: 'Kana iwo wasiganzwi Mozizi nawaporofita, hawangatende kunyakwe dai mumwe akamukakubva kuwafi'''.