¹ Uko ndokutanga kwevagere ra Jesu kristu, mwanakomana waMwari. ² Sezvakanyorwa mubhuku romuporofita Isaya: ''Ndichatuma mutumwa Wangu pamberi Pake, uya uchagadzirira gwanzi. ³ Izwi remunhu renodanidzira kubomo: 'Gadzirirai gwanzi raIshe, ruramisai gwanza Rake. ⁴ Johani wouya, achibabatidza mubomo achidanidzira rubabatidzo rekuzwindeba kwidzitadzo. ⁵ Guta rose rejudhea newagari wose wejerusarema waiuya kwaari. Wose wakababatidzwa naye murwenzi reJorodani waireurora zwitadzo zwawo. ⁶ Johani wakapfeka basha dzemabvere ekamera, anga anebande reganda muchiuno make wairya magwiza uchi wemusango. ⁷ Iye aidanidzira achiti, ''munhu arikutewera masure mangu ane simba kupfura ragu, andina kufanira kukotama kukusunugura shagu dzake. ⁸ Ini ndinobabatidza nobvura, asi iye achakubabatidzai no Mweya mutsene'' ⁹ Zwakaitika mazua ayo, Jesu akauya nekunazareta kwe garerea, akababatidzwa na Johani murwinzi rejorodani. ¹⁰ Jesu achimbuda mubvura,iye akaona ndega richivurika mweya mutsene wakadzika kwaari kugue njiwa. ¹¹ izwi rakambuda kundega : '' uwo ndeye mwana wandinoda. Ndinerudo naye.'' ¹² Ipapo mweya wakamutora ndokumoendesa kubomo. akawa kubomo ¹³ mazua makumi mana, akaedzwa na Satani. Iye anga arinemuka dzesango, newatumwa waimuchadira. ¹⁴ Johani wakasugwa,Jesu akaswika mugarerea, waindanizira vagere yaMwari, ¹⁵ achiti: ''nguva yodzadziswa,umambo waMwari wakuswika. swindepei mutende kuvageri''. ¹⁶ aifamba pedyo negugwa regarerea,akatarira Simoni na Andrea hama ya Simoni, wakakanda mabhure mugugwa,nokuti wangari waedzi. ¹⁷ Jesu akawati: ''uyai mwandiri ndikuitei waedzi wewanhu''. ¹⁸ Ipapo vasiya mabhure wakamutewera. ¹⁹ Jesu, wakafambia zwichoma, akaona jakobo, mwana we zhebedeu,uye Johani hama yake; wanga wari muchekepe wachigadzira mabure. ²⁰ ipapo akawadana,wakasiya baba wawo,zhebedeu, newachadi muchekepe wakamusiya. ²¹ wakapinda mucapernaume,musuwe sabhataJesu wakapinda musinagogue akatanga kudzidzisa. ²² wakachamiswa ne kufundisa kwake, nekuti aifundise se munhu anga anesimba uye kwete sewanyore. ²³ Imomo musinagogue, manga mune mumwe murume akanga anemweya wetswina akadanidzira akati; ²⁴ tineiko newe, Jesu wenazareta?wauya kuzotiparadza? tinokusiya kuti urianiko. uri mutswene waMwari!''. ²⁵ Jesu akaraira dimoni racho akati: nyarara buda paari! ²⁶ ipapo mweya wetswena wakawa pasi wakabuda uchindanizira nezwi guru. ²⁷ Wanhu wese wakachamiswa waibvudzana vese; chii ichi? dzidziso itsa nesimba here? iye anoraira mweya yetswina, inomuzua''. ²⁸ Ipapo nau dzake dzakaswika kuzwimbo yese yegarerea. ²⁹ Paaka buda musinagogui, wakaenda kuimba yaSimoni na Andrea,na Jakobo na Johani. ³⁰ mai wemudzimai waSimoni wanga wanga wakawata nekuwadziwa. Ipapo wakaudza Jesu nenyaya yake. ³¹ iye akauya, akamubuda muoko akamusimudza: worwere wakamusiya, akatanga kumuchadira. ³² wawa mandekwani,kupota kwezuwa,waka muwodzisira wawere wose wamwe wanga wane mweya yetswina. ³³ Wagari wose wakaswika pamusuwo. ³⁴ wakapora wese wairwara uye wakadziga mweya wetswina ijinji. aga asigabvumire kuti mweya wetswina itaure, nekuti waimuziya. ³⁵ wakasimuka makuseni, kuchiri kwakaswiba; wakabuda,wakaenda kudzipo yake ipapo akanamata. ³⁶ Simoni wanga wa naye asi waimutswaga. ³⁷ wakamouna wakati: ''taikutsagai''. ³⁸ Iye akati: '' gatiende kuimwe zwimbo, kuguta rire pedyo, kuti ndi dzidzise ikoko. ndidzwo zwandakauya kuzoita'' ³⁹ iye akaenda kugarerea kuse, wachidzidzisa mumasinagogue uye wachidzinga ma dimoni. ⁴⁰ Mumwe anga anemapere budzi wakauya paari akamutsanagurira akapfugama. iye akati kuna Jesu: kana uchida, munogona kunditchenesa''. ⁴¹ akabatwa netsitsi, akatambanudza muoko akamubata, akamuti: ''ini ndinoda kuchena''. ⁴² Ipapo mapere budzi akamusiya, iye akatchena. ⁴³ Jesu akamuudza uye akati aende, achiti: ⁴⁴ ''wona, usaudze munhu, asi enda kune mu prisita opa zwipo nekutchena kwako zwamunorairwa na moses,se chipupure zwawo''. ⁴⁵ Iye akabuda otanga kudanidzira kune wese nau dzakaswika kwese, zwakarepo Jesu anga asingachapinde mumakuguta wose.Iye aigara kudzwimbo zvakawanda, asi nukudaro wajinji waiuya wachibva zwimbo dzakasiana siana.