Ruka 19:13-26

Akadana varanda vake vane gumi, akavapa gumi repondo, akati kwavari, ‘Shambadzirai, kusvikira ndichiuyazve.’ Asi vanhu venyika yake vakanga vachimuvenga, vakatuma nhume kumutevera, kundoti, ‘Hatidi kuti uyu munhu ave ishe wedu.’ “Zvino akati adzoka kuya kwaakanga andopiwa ushe, akarayira kuti vaya varanda vaakanga apa mari, vadanirwe kwaari, anzwe kuti mumwe nomumwe akawanei nokushambadzira kwake. Wokutanga akasvika, akati, ‘Ishe, pondo yenyu yakawana dzimwe pondo dzine gumizve.’ “Akati kwaari, ‘Zvakanaka, muranda wakanaka; zvawakanga wakatendeka pazviduku-duku, ubate maguta ane gumi.’ “Wechipiri akasvika, akati, ‘Ishe, pondo yenyu yakawedzerazve pondo shanu.’ “Akati kwaariwo, ‘Newe, ubate maguta mashanu.’ Zvino mumwe akasvika, akati, ‘Ishe, tarirai pondo yenyu heyi, yandakanga ndachengeta mumucheka. Nokuti ndakanga ndichikutyai, zvamuri munhu ane hasha, munotora zvamusakaisapo, munocheka zvamusakakusha.’ Akati kwaari, ‘Ndichakutonga namashoko ako amene, iwe muranda wakaipa! Wakanga uchiziva kuti ndiri munhu ane hasha, ndichitora zvandisakaisa, ndichicheka zvandisakakusha; zvino wakaregereiko kuisa mari yangu mubangi, ndikazoitora pakudzoka kwangu yawanda.’ Ipapo akati kuna vakanga vamirepo, ‘Mutorerei pondo iyo, muipe ane pondo dzine gumi.’ Vakati kwaari, ‘Ishe, atova nepondo dzine gumi.’ Ndinoti kwamuri, ‘Mumwe nomumwe ane chinhu, achapiwa; asi asina, achatorerwa nezvaanazvo.