Pauro Anonyorera vaKorinde
Pauro anotaura nezvokupesana, nhubu nokuvhiringidzika kwetsika mukereke duku inotambura, uye anopa kereke chitsauko chayo chikuru pamusoro porudo.
1 1Pauro, akadanwa kuti ave mupostori waKristu Jesu nokuda kwaBaba vedu, naSositenesi hama yedu, 2kukereke yaBaba vedu iri muKorinde: avo vakaitwa vatsvene muna Kristu Jesu, vakadanwa kuti vave vatsvene, pamwe chete navose kwose kwose vanodana zita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu—Ishe wavo nowedu. 3Nyasha kwamuri norugare zvinobva kuna Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.
Kuonga Nyasha dzaBaba vedu
4Ndinogara ndichionga Baba vangu nokuda kwenyu, nokuda kwenyasha dzamakapiwa naBaba vedu muna Kristu Jesu, 5nokuti maari makapfumiswa munzira dzose, mukutaura kwose noruzivo rwose, 6sezvo uchapupu pamusoro paKristu hwakasimbiswa pakati penyu, 7zvokuti hamushayi chipo chipi zvacho muchakamirira nechishuvo kuratidzwa kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, 8iye achakusimbisaiwo kusvikira kumagumo, musina chamunopomerwa pazuva raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu. 9Baba vedu vakatendeka, ivo vamakadanwa navo kuti muve nokuwadzana kukuru noMwanakomana wavo, Jesu Kristu Ishe wedu.
Mhuri Inofanira Kubatana
10Hama dzangu, ndinokukumbirisai, muzita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu: tenderanai mose; ngaparege kuva nokupatsanurana pakati penyu, asi batanai mupfungwa imwe nechinangwa chimwe. 11Nokuti vanhu vaKoroe vakandizivisa, hama dzangu, kuti kune kukakavadzana pakati penyu. 12Saka: mumwe nomumwe wenyu anoti, “Ini ndiri waPauro,” “Ini ndiri waAporo,” “Ini ndiri waKefasi,” “Ini ndiri waKristu.” 13Ko Kristu akakamuranwa here? Ko Pauro akarovererwa pamuchinjikwa nokuda kwenyu here? Kana kuti makabhabhatidzwa muzita raPauro here? 14Ndinoonga Baba vedu kuti handina kubhabhatidza kana mumwe wenyu kunze kwaKrispasi naGayo, 15kuti kurege kuva nomunhu angati makabhabhatidzwa muzita rangu. 16Ndakabhabhatidzawo veimba yaStefanasi; kunze kwaizvozvo, handizivi kana ndakabhabhatidza mumwewo munhu. 17Kristu haana kundituma kuti ndibhabhatidze asi kuti ndiparidze vhangeri—kwete namashoko ouchenjeri hwavanhu, kuti muchinjikwa waKristu urege kushaya simba raro.
Simba roMuchinjikwa
18Shoko romuchinjikwa ihupenzi kuna avo vari kuparara, asi kwatiri isu vari kuponeswa isimba raBaba vedu.
19Nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Ndichaparadza uchenjeri hwavakachenjera, uye ndichabvisa njere dzavanonzwisisa.
20Aripi munhu akachenjera? Aripi munyanzvi wezvinyorwa? Aripi munhu anokakavara wenguva ino? Ko Baba vedu havana kuita kuti uchenjeri hwenyika huve upenzi here? 21Nokuti sezvo, mukuchenjera kwaBaba vedu, nyika isina kuvaziva kubudikidza nouchenjeri hwayo, vakafadzwa nokuponesa vatendi kubudikidza noupenzi hwezvatinoparidza. 22Nokuti vaJudha vanokumbira zviratidzo uye vaGiriki vanotsvaka uchenjeri, 23asi isu tinoparidza Kristu akarovererwa pamuchinjikwa—chigumbuso kuvaJudha noupenzi kuvahedheni, 24asi kuna avo vakadanwa, vose vaJudha nevaGiriki, Kristu isimba raBaba vedu nouchenjeri hwaBaba vedu. 25Nokuti upenzi hwaBaba vedu hwakachenjera kupfuura vanhu, uye utera hwaBaba vedu hwakasimba kupfuura vanhu.
26Rangarirai kudanwa kwenyu, hama dzangu: havazi vazhinji vakachenjera maererano nemienzaniso yavanhu, havazi vazhinji vane simba, havazi vazhinji vakaberekwa vari vakuru. 27Asi Baba vedu vakasarudza zvinhu zvoupenzi zvenyika kuti vanyadzise vakachenjera, uye Baba vedu vakasarudza zvinhu zvoutera zvenyika kuti vanyadzise vane simba, 28nezvinhu zvakaderera, zvinozvidzwa zvenyika Baba vedu vakazvisarudza—zvinhu zvisipo—kuti vashayise maturo zvinhu zviripo, 29kuti parege kuva nomunhu anozvikudza pamberi paBaba vedu. 30Zvichibva kwavari muri muna Kristu Jesu, iye akava uchenjeri hwedu hunobva kuna Baba vedu—kururama kwedu noutsvene norudzikinuro, a a v30 Muna Kristu, Baba vanotipa zvinhu zvose zvatinoda — Kristu pachake anova uchenjeri hwedu, kumira kwedu kwakanaka, utsvene hwedu, norusununguko rwedu. Chipo chacho Munhu. 31kuti, sezvazvakanyorwa, “Anozvikudza ngaazvikudze muna Ishe.”