Mateo 25:3-13

Mapenzi vaya vakatora mwenje yavo asi havana kuisa mafuta mairi. Kunyange zvakadaro, vakachenjera vakatora mafuta mumidziyo pamwe chete nemwenje yavo. Chikomba chakanonoka kusvika, vose vakabatwa nehope ndokuvata. “Pava pakati pousiku vakanzwa mheremhere: ‘Chikomba chauya! Budai mumuchingamidze!’ “Ipapo vasikana vose vakamuka uye vakagadziridza mwenje yavo. Mapenzi akati kuna vakachenjera, ‘Tipeiwo mamwe emafuta enyu; mwenje yedu yava kudzima.’ “Vakapindura vakati, ‘Kwete, zvimwe haangakwaniri isu nemi tose. Asi endai kuna vaya vanotengesa mafuta mugondozvitengera mamwe.’ “Asi vachiri munzira kundotenga mafuta, chikomba chakasvika. Vasikana vakanga vakagadzirira vakapinda naye mumutambo wesvitsa uye musuo ukapfigwa. “Pashure vamwe vaya vakadzokawo. Vakati, ‘Ishe! Ishe! Tizarurireiwo musuo!’ “Asi akavapindura achiti, ‘Ndinokuudzai chokwadi, handikuzivei.’ “Naizvozvo garai makagadzirira nokuti hamuzivi musi kana nguva.