Mateu
14:1 Nenguva iyo Herodhe umwe wevatongi vana wakanzwa mukurumbira waJesu.
14:2 akati kuvaranda vake: Uyu ndiJohwani Mubhabhatidzi; amuka kubva
vakafa; naizvozvo mabasa esimba anobata maari.
14:3 Nekuti Herodhe wakange abata Johwani akamusunga akamuisa mutirongo
nekuda kwaHerodhiasi mukadzi waFiripi munin'ina wake.
4 Nekuti Johwani wakange ati kwaari: Hazvitenderwi kwauri kuti uve naye.
14:5 Zvino wakange achida kumuuraya, akatya chaunga;
nokuti vaimutora somuprofita.
14:6 Asi kwakati kuchichengetedzwa zuva rekuberekwa kwaHerodhe, mukunda waHerodhiasi akatamba
pamberi pavo akafadza Herodhi.
14:7 Naizvozvo wakavimbisa nemhiko kuti uchamupa chipi nechipi chaaizokumbira.
8 Zvino iye arairwa namai vake akati: Ndipei pano Johwani
Musoro weBaptist muchaja.
9 Mambo akashungurudzika, asi nekuda kwemhiko, uye nekuda kweavo
akagara naye pakudya, akaraira kuti apiwe.
14:10 Akatuma vanhu akagura Johwani musoro mutirongo.
14:11 Musoro wake ukauyiswa mundiro, ukapiwa kumusikana, iye mukadzi
akauya nayo kuna mai vake.
14:12 Vadzidzi vake vakauya vakatora mutumbi vakauviga, ndokuenda
uye akaudza Jesu.
14:13 Jesu wakati azvinzwa, akabvapo nechikepe akaenda kunzvimbo yerenje
vari vega; zvino zvaunga zvakati zvichizvinzwa, zvikamutevera netsoka
kubva mumaguta.
14:14 Zvino Jesu wakati abuda akaona chaunga chikuru, akabayiwa
akavanzwira tsitsi, akaporesa varwere vavo.
14:15 Zvino ava madekwana, vadzidzi vake vakauya kwaari vachiti: Uyu inguva
nzvimbo yerenje, uye nguva yaenda; Endesai vanhu vazhinji ava
vangaenda kumisha vanozvitengera chikafu.
14:16 Asi Jesu wakati kwavari: Havafaniri kuenda; vapei imwi kuti vadye.
14:17 Asi vakati kwaari: Hatina pano kunze kwezvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri.
14:18 Akati: Uyai nazvo pano kwandiri.
14:19 Akaraira chaunga kuti chigare pasi pauswa, akatora
zvingwa zvishanu nehove mbiri, akatarira kudenga, akavonga.
akamedura ndokupa zvingwa kuvadzidzi vake, vadzidzi vakapa
chaunga.
14:20 Vakadya vose, vakaguta, vakanonga zvimedu
zvakasara, matengu gumi nemaviri azere.
14:21 Uye vakange vadya vaiva varume zvuru zvishanu pasina vakadzi ne
vana.
14:22 Pakarepo Jesu akamanikidza vadzidzi vake kupinda muchikepe, uye
kuti vamutungamirire mhiri, iye ndokurega zvaunga zvichienda.
14:23 Zvino wakati arega zvaunga zvichienda, akakwira mugomo
asi ari oga kuti anyengetere; akati ava madekwana, wakange ari oga ipapo.
14:24 Asi chikepe zvino chakange chava pakati pegungwa chichivheyeswa nemafungu;
mhepo yakanga ichipikisa.
14:25 Nenguva yechina yemurindiro yeusiku Jesu akaenda kwavari achifamba
gungwa.
14:26 Zvino vadzidzi vakati vachimuona achifamba pamusoro pegungwa, vakavhunduka;
vachiti: Mweya; vakadanidzira nokutya.
14:27 Asi pakarepo Jesu wakataura navo akati: Tsungai moyo; zviri
I; musatya.
28 Petro ndokumupindura akati: Ishe, kana muri imwi ndirairei ndiuye kwamuri
pamusoro pemvura.
14:29 Akati: Uya. Petro akati aburuka muchikepe, akasimuka
akafamba pamusoro pemvura kuti aende kuna Jesu.
14:30 Asi wakati achiona mhepo ine simba akatya; uye kutanga
kunyura, akadanidzira achiti: Ishe, ndiponesei!
14:31 Pakarepo Jesu wakatandavadza ruoko, akamubata, akati
kwaari: Iwe werutendo ruduku, unokononei?
14:32 Vakati vapinda muchikepe, mhepo ikanyarara.
14:33 Vakange vari muchikepe ndokuuya vakamunamata vachiti: Kubva
chokwadi muri Mwanakomana waMwari.
14:34 Vakati vayambuka, vakasvika panyika yeGenesareti.
14:35 Varume venzvimbo iyo vakati vamuziva, vakatumira nhume
Nyika iyo yose yakapoteredza vakauyisa kwaari vose vakanga varipo
chirwere;
14:36 Vakakumbirisa kwaari kuti vabate chete mupendero wenguvo yake;
vose vakabata vakaporeswa zvakakwana.