Muchiri Kukura muna Baba
VaKorinde vari kuputsana kuva mapoka evateveri — ndinotevera Pauro, ndinotevera Aporo — uye Pauro anoti uhu ucheche. Murimi nomudiriri havazi chinhu; Baba vedu ndivo vanokudza. Zvinovakwa nomumwe nomumwe panheyo imwe chete zvichaonekwa nomoto.
3 1Hama dzangu, handina kugona kutaura nemi savanhu voMweya, asi savanhu venyama—savacheche muna Kristu. 2Ndakakupai mukaka, kwete zvokudya zvikukutu, nokuti makanga musati magadzirira. Kunyange zvino muchiri kusagadzirira. 3Muchiri venyama. Sezvo godo nokukwikwidzana zviri pakati penyu, hamusi venyama here, muchifamba savanhu zvavo? 4Nokuti kana mumwe achiti, “Ini ndinotevera Pauro,” mumwewo achiti, “Ini ndinotevera Aporo,” hamusi kuita savanhuwo zvavo here?
5Ko Aporo chii? Pauro chii? Varanda vamakatenda kubudikidza navo, mumwe nomumwe sokupiwa kwaakaitwa naIshe. 6Ini ndakadyara, Aporo akadiridza, asi Baba vedu ndivo vakakurisa. 7Saka anodyara neanodiridza havasi chinhu—asi Baba vedu chete, ivo vanokurisa. 8Anodyara neanodiridza vakafanana; mumwe nomumwe achapiwa mubayiro wake maererano nebasa rake. 9Nokuti tiri vashandi pamwe chete naBaba vedu; imi muri munda wavo, chivako chavo.
10Nenyasha dzandakapiwa naBaba vedu, ndakateya nheyo somuvaki mukuru akachenjera, mumwe achivaka pamusoro padzo. Mumwe nomumwe ngaachenjerere kuti anovaka sei pamusoro padzo. 11Nokuti hakuna munhu angagona kuteya dzimwe nheyo kunze kweidzo dzakatoteyiwa, idzo ndiJesu Kristu. 12Zvino kana munhu achivaka pamusoro penheyo negoridhe, sirivha, matombo anokosha, matanda, uswa, kana mashanga, 13basa romunhu mumwe nomumwe richaonekwa pachena, nokuti Zuva iro richariratidza, nokuti moto uchariburitsa pachena, uye moto iwoyo uchaedza kuti basa romunhu mumwe nomumwe rakadii. 14Kana basa raakavaka munhu rikasara riripo, achapiwa mubayiro. 15Kana basa romunhu rikapiswa, acharasikirwa—asi iye pachake achaponeswa, asi sokunge napakati pomoto.
16Hamuzivi here kuti muri temberi yaBaba vedu, uye kuti Mweya waBaba vedu unogara mamuri? 17Kana munhu akaparadza temberi yaBaba vedu, Baba vedu vachamuparadza. Nokuti temberi yaBaba vedu itsvene, uye temberi iyoyo ndimi.
18Ngakurege kuva nomunhu anozvinyengera. Kana munhu pakati penyu achifunga kuti akachenjera munguva ino, ngaave benzi, kuti agova akachenjera. 19Nokuti uchenjeri hwenyika ino upenzi kuna Baba vedu. Nokuti Rugwaro runoti, “Anobata vakachenjera mumano avo,” 20uyezve, “Baba vedu vanoziva ndangariro dzavakachenjera, kuti hadzina maturo.” 21Saka ngakurege kuva nomunhu anozvikudza nokuda kwavanhu. Nokuti zvinhu zvose ndezvenyu, 22angava Pauro kana Aporo kana Kefasi, kana nyika kana upenyu kana rufu, kana zvazvino kana zvichauya—zvose ndezvenyu, 23uye imi muri vaKristu, uye Kristu ndowaBaba vedu.