¹ Apo Jesu wadzaka kubva pamutundhu, mbungano huru yakamuteera. ² Saka mundhu wainga nemapere wakauya kwaari, akamugwadamira etchiti: “Mambo, dai wechida ungandirapa.” ³ Jesu wakatambanudza nyara yake, akamugwama etchiti: “Ndinoda, krapwa.” Paripopo mapere ake akarapwa ⁴ Jesu wakazoti kwaari: “Ngwara kuti usazovundza mundhu. Teera njira yako, udzikonbedzere kumupristi, nokupa chipo icho chaakaronza Mosis kuti chiite chapupu kwavari.” ⁵ Apo Jesu paakangena muKhapernaume, kwakauya kwaari nduna yezana yechimukumbira, ⁶ yechiti: “Mambo, muchandi wangu wakaata mumbhatso echirwara ngokuoma muiri.” ⁷ Jesu Wakati kweiri, “Inini ndinozouya, ndimuponese echirwadziwa kukuru.” ⁸ Asi nduna yezana yakadaira, ikati: “Haiwa, Mambo, handina kodzero yekuti imwimwi mupinde pambhatso pangu, asi reketai ngeizwi rega nomushandi wangu unozoponeswa, ⁹ Nokuti ininiwo ndiri mundhu unotongwa, ndine majoni ari pashi pangu; neni ndinoti kuneuyu, ‘Enda,’ ena unoenda; nokuneumweni, ‘Uya,’ ena unouya; nekumushandi wangu, ‘Ita ichi,’ ema unochiita.” ¹⁰ Jesu paakazwa izvi, wakashama, akati kwavari kune vaimuteera: “Ngegwinyiso ndinoti kwamuri andizi kumboona kutenda kukuru kwakadai, haiwa kunyangue kuvaIsuraeri ¹¹ Neni ndinoti kwomuri: kuti vajinji vanozouya kubva kumabvazuva nokumabirirw, vanozogara pashi pedhiri naAbrahama naIsaka naJakobe muumambo wekudenga. ¹² Asi vana veumambo vanozokandirwa muchidima chiri kubanze, kunozoita kutchema nokukwetchana kwemazino.” ¹³ NaJesu wakati kunduna yezana: “Enda, ngakuitwe kwouri kudai ngokutenda kwako.” Nemuchandi wakaponeswa panguva imweyo ¹⁴ Apo Jesu paakangena mumbhatso yaPetro, wakaona mbuya vake vakaata vechirwara nekupicha muviri. ¹⁵ Jesu wakabata nyara yake, nomutsarara wakavasiya; navo vakamuruka, vakamushandira ¹⁶ Kwoita madeekoni, vakaunza kwaari vajinji vainga nemadhimoni, ena wakamabudisa akamadzinga ngeizwi rake, akaponesa veshe vairwara, ¹⁷ zwakadai, kwazadziskwa kureketwa kwakaizua ndiIsaya muprofeti echiti: “ena emene wakatora zwinda dzedu, akatwara kurwara kwedu.” ¹⁸ Apo Jesu paaingaechiona mbungano huru yechimutendenedza, wakapanga kuti vaambuke seri. ¹⁹ Kwakauya kwaari munyori, akati kwaari, “Mudzidzisi, ndinozokuteera apo paunoenda.” ²⁰ NaJesu wakati kwaari: “Hava dzine mirindi neshiri dzemudenga dzine zvisaki; asi Mukororo woMunhu aana nepokutsamira soro rake ²¹ Mumwe wevadzidzi wakati kwaari, “Mambo, kutanga nditendere kuti ndiende nditsire baba angu.” ²² Asi Jesu wakati kwaari, “Nditeere, urekere vakafa kuti vatsire vakafa vavo.” ²³ Apo Jesu paakapinda mungarava, vadzidzi vake vakamuteera. ²⁴ kwakabuda mubvumo mukuru muruandhle, nekudaro ngarava yakadumaidzwa ngemafungo; asi ena wainga wakaata. ²⁵ Vakauya kwaari, vakamumusa vechiti, “Mambo, tiponese; tofa.” ²⁶ Jesu wakati kwavari, “Munombotkya ngei, imwimwi munekutenda kudoodoko?” apo wakamuruka, akakaraidza mubvumo noruandhle; kwakaapo kuterama kukuru. ²⁷ Nevandhu vakashamisika vechiti: “Uyu mundhu uri wakaitawani, kuti mubvumo noruandhle zvinomunozwa ²⁸ Apo Jesu paakaguma seri munyika yavaGadhareni, kwakasangana naye vandhu vairi vainga nemadhimoni vechibva mumaiba, vane ushungu unotkisa, nokudaro kwainga kusina nomundhu waingaachahamba ngeiyo njira. ²⁹ Ningirai, vakadaidzira vakati: “Tineyi newe, iwewe Mwanakomana waMwari? Wauya panapa kutishwinyisa isati yaguma nguva here?” ³⁰ Zvino kwaiyapo danga renguruve jinji dzechifura kanharauko kubva kwaari. ³¹ Nemadhimoni akamukumbira etchi: “Kudai wechitibudisa, titumei tiyende mudanga renguruve.” ³² Jesu wakati kwavari, “Endai.” Nawo akabuda, akangena munguruve. danga reshe rakadzaka ngepamakaha muruandhle, rakafa mumvura ³³ Avo vaiusha vakatiza, vakaenda mudhorobha, vakaronza zveshe izvo zvainga zvaitwa kuneavo vainga nemadhimoni. ³⁴ Vedhorobha weshe vakabuda koosangana naJesu. Kwakati vechimuona, vakamunyengerera kuti abve mumigano yavo.