¹ Jesu akati kune wadzidzi wake: ''Azvidziwirike kuti kunyadziswa kuye, Asi pakati pawo zwinhu izvi zvichaitika! ² Zaiwe nani kuti bhowe re guyu risungirirwe pamutsipa, ipapo uchikadwa kugugwa, kupotsa zwino zvidhoko. ³ ndakagwarira. Kana hama yako ikatadza, umutsure; kana iye akasvindemba, muregerere. ⁴ Kana iye akatadza kanomwe kwauri muzuwa rimwero kanomwe akadzokeredza achiti: 'Ndazvindemba', muregerere''. ⁵ Wadzidzi wakati kuna Ishe: ''Tiwedzerei kutenda'' ⁶ Ishe wakadaira: ''Ndai makage mune kutenda kwakaita se tsanga yemastarda, maiti kumuwonde: 'Gurwa ne midzi usemwe mugugwa' Iye aikotererai! ⁷ Ndiani pakati penyu, anoiwe ne basa panyika kana kuti kuchegeta mhuka, umoti kana adzoka kumunda: 'Uya ugare apa udye? ⁸ Kana kuti, musati: 'Ndigadzirerei chikafu, isa bande muchiono pakati penguwo dzako, kuswikira inini ne kumwa, uye wapedza udya ne kumwa'? ⁹ Iye anofanira kutenda muranda here nekuita zvataurirwa? ¹⁰ Kana nemiwo mukaita zvemunege muwodzwa, munoti: 'Tiriwaranda wasingabatsiri, taita zvataida kuita''. ¹¹ Wari mugwanzi re Jerusarema, Jesu apfura ne pakati peSamari ne Gareria. ¹² Achipinda murimwe guta, akanosangana ne warume gumi waiwe nemaperembudzi. Iwo wakamira pamberi pake ¹³ uye wakadanidzira, wachiti: ''Jesu, mudzidzi, titswerei ngoni''. ¹⁴ Achiwawona, akati: ''endai kunoratidza maprisita''. zwakaitika kuti mugwanzi wakachena. ¹⁵ Mumwe wcho, wachiona kuti waporeswa, akadzoka, achikudza Mwari ne izwi guru, ¹⁶ akapfugama mutsoka dzaJesu, achimupa nyasha. uwo angari musamaria. ¹⁷ Ipapo Jesu akabvudza: ''awasi gumi here waporeswa? ¹⁸ Kuwamwe pfubamwe waripi? Awana kuya wamwe wachikudza Mwari,kunze kwako usiri wekuno?''. ¹⁹ Iye akati: ''Simuka, enda, kuyenda kwako kwakuponesa''. ²⁰ Rimwe zuwa, wafarisi wakamubvudza kuti umambo waMwarri uchauya riniko, Jesu akapidura: ''Kuya kwe Umambo waMwari achisi chinhu chinowoneka. ²¹ Amusoti: 'Uripano!' kana: 'Uriapo!, neiko umambo waMwari uripakati pedu''. ²² Jesu akati kune wadzidzi wake: ''Muchaona mazuwa andichada kune muwone Mwanakomana, amuso muone zvekare. ²³ Iwo wachiti: 'Uripano! Uriapo! 'Musabude, musawatere. ²⁴ Kuita semene inopenya ne simba kurimwe ndiwe rikudenga, ndizvo zvichaita Mwanakomanana weMunhu muzuwa rake. ²⁵ Asi Iye anofana kutambudzika zvinhu zwakawanda acharabwa ne rudzi rino. ²⁶ Se zvakatika mazuwa a Noah, ndizvo zvichaitika zuwa re mMwanakomana. ²⁷ Wadya, nekumwa, wairorana wachirodzana, kuzvikira zuwa ra Noah pawakapinda muareka, kwakauya mvura ikaparadza wese. ²⁸ Ndidzo didzo nemazuwa aLoti: wadya, wachimwa, waitegesa, wachisima, wachiwaka. ²⁹ Asi, Loti pahaka buda muSodoma, kwakanaya moto waibva kudenga ikaparadza wese. ³⁰ Ndizvo zvichaitika mazuwa yeMwanakomanana zvakaratidzika. ³¹ Nezuwa iro, anenge aripamusoro kuwa nezvinhu zvavo zvakanaka, musadzike muchitora. anenge arikugomo gasadzoke kumba. ³² cherechedzai mukadzi wa Loti. ³³ Anotsaga upenyu wake wocharasa, asi anorasa upenyu uchaponeswa. ³⁴ Ndinoti, usiku wairi wari pabhonde, mumwe wachatorwa muwe uchasiwa. ³⁵ Wakadzi wairi wachigaisa wese, mumwe muchatorwa mumwe uchasiwa''. ³⁶ Wawiri wari mumunda umwe uchatorwa umwe uchasiwa. ³⁷ Uye iwo wakamubvudza: ''Kupi, Ishe?''. akawadarika: kune chitunha ndipo panougana majhiwa.