Mwoyo waBaba muUshumiri
Pauro anodzivirira maitiro aakaita pakati pavo pamberi paBaba vedu, pasina kubata kumeso, pasina kuvanza makaro uye pasina kuzvikudza nechinzvimbo. Anotanga azvifananidza naamai vanoyamwisa, ozozvifananidza nababa vari nevana vavo, uye anovayeuchidza kuti aishanda usiku kuti asaremera munhu.
2 1Nokuti imi pachenyu munoziva, hama dzangu, kuti kushanya kwedu kwamuri hakuna kuva pasina. 2Asi kunyange takanga tatotambura uye tatambudzwa paFiripi, sezvamunoziva, takawana ushingi muna Baba vedu kuti titaure mashoko avo akanaka kwamuri pasinei nokupikiswa kukuru. 3Nokuti kukurudzira kwedu hakubvi pakurasika kana pakusachena, uyewo hatiedzi kunyengera munhu. 4Asi, sezvo Baba vedu vakatitendera kuti tivimbwe nevhangeri, tinotaura saizvozvi—tisingadi kufadza vanhu, asi Baba vedu, ivo vanoedza mwoyo yedu. 5Hatina kumbotaura namashoko okubata kumeso, sezvamunoziva, kana sechifukidziro choruchiva—Baba vedu ndivo chapupu. 6Hatina kutsvaka kurumbidzwa navanhu—kwete kubva kwamuri, kwete kuna vamwe—kunyange savapostori vaKristu taigona kushandisa simba redu. 7Asi takanga tiri vanyoro pakati penyu, sezvinoita mai vanoyamwisa vachichengeta vana vavo nounyoro. 8Saka, tichikushuvai zvikuru, takafara kugoverana nemi kwete mashoko akanaka aBaba vedu chete asi nesu pachedu, nokuti makava vanodikanwa zvikuru kwatiri. 9Nokuti munoyeuka, hama dzangu, kushanda kwedu nokutambura kwedu: takashanda usiku namasikati, kuti tirege kuremedza mumwe wenyu, patakanga tichiparidza mashoko akanaka aBaba vedu kwamuri. 10Imi naBaba vedu muri zvapupu kuti takararama noutsvene, nokururama, uye tisina chatinopomerwa kwamuri imi vanotenda. 11Sezvamunoziva, takabata mumwe nomumwe wenyu sababa nevana vavo—tichikukurudzirai, tichikunyaradzai, uye tichikukumbirisai, 12kuti murarame upenyu hwakafanira Baba vedu, ivo vanokudanai kuti mupinde muumambo hwavo nokubwinya kwavo.
13Tinovongawo Baba vedu nguva dzose pamusoro peizvi: pamakagamuchira shoko raBaba vedu ramakanzwa kwatiri, hamuna kurigamuchira seshoko romunhu asi sezvariri chaizvo—shoko ravo, rinoshanda mamuri imi munotenda. 14Hama dzangu, makatevedzera kereke dzaBaba vedu dziri muna Kristu Jesu dzomuJudhiya, nokuti makatambura zvimwe chetezvo kubva kuvanhu venyu sezvavakaita kubva kuvaJudha, 15ivo vakauraya Ishe Jesu navaprofita, vakatidzinga, vasingafadzi Baba vedu, uye vanopikisa vanhu vose, 16vachitidzivisa kutaura kuvaHedheni kuti vaponeswe, vachigara vachizadza chiyero chezvivi zvavo. Zvino hasha dzakazovasvikira pakupedzisira.
Kushuva Kukuonai Zvakare
17Hama dzangu, zvatakabviswa kwamuri kwechinguva chiduku—pamuviri, kwete mumwoyo—takanyanya kushuva kuona chiso chenyu, nokushuva kukuru. 18Takada kuuya kwamuri—ini, Pauro, kakawanda-wanda—asi Satani akatidzivisa. 19Nokuti chii chitariro yedu, kana mufaro wedu, kana korona yokuzvirumbidza pamberi paIshe wedu Jesu pakuuya kwavo? Hamusi imi here? 20Hongu, imi ndimi kubwinya kwedu nomufaro wedu.