Mateu 25:14-23

“Ndinodaro nokuti umambo hwedenga huchaita somunhu akanga ava kuenda kurwendo akadaidza varanda vake akaturira kwavari zvinhu zvake. Akapa mumwe wavo mari yematarenda mashanu, mumwe maviri, mumwe rimwechete, munhu nemunhu achipiwa maererano nezvaaikwanisa kuita. Ndokubva aenda zvake. Uya akagamuchira mari yamatarenda mashanu akabva aenda pakarepo akandoita mhindu nayo, akaita mari yamamwe matarenda mashanu. Ndizvozvowo zvakaita akapiwa mari yamatarenda maviri, akawana imwe mari yamatarenda maviri. Asi uya akagamuchira mari yetarenda rimwechete akaenda akandoricherera pasi akaviga mari yatenzi wake. Mumashure menguva ndefu, tenzi wavaranda vaya akauya akagadzirisana nezvemari yake navo. Uya akagamuchira mari yamatarenda mashanu, akauya kwaari namamwe matarenda mashanu achiti, ‘Changamire, makandipa mari yamatarenda mashanu, haano matarenda mamwe mashanu andakashava.’ Tenzi wake akati kwaari, ‘Hauchionaka muranda wakanaka wakatendeka. Wakatendeka mune zvidiki, ndavakukuita mutariri wezvakawanda. Saka chiuya tifare pamwechete neni tenzi wako.’ Uya akapiwa mari yamatarenda maviri akauyawo achiti, ‘Changamire, makandipa mari yamatarenda maviri heino imwe mari yematarenda maviri yandakashava.’ Tenzi wake akamuti, ‘Hauchionaka muranda wakanaka, wakatendeka. Wakatendeka mune zvidiki ndavakukuita mutariri wezvakawanda. Saka chiuya tifare pamwechete neni Tenzi wako.’