Zuva raIshe Rinouya
Zuva rinouya sembavha, asi ivo havasi murima pamusoro paro, saka rambai makasvinura uye mune pfungwa dzakajeka. Kupedzisira kune runyorwa runokurumidza: remekedzai vatungamiri venyu, nyaradzai vakaora mwoyo, ivai nomwoyo murefu, farai, nyengeterai, vongai, edzai zvinhu zvose, uye batisisai zvakanaka.
5 1Zvino kana dziri nguva nemwaka, hama, hamutsvaki kunyorerwa chinhu. 2Imi pachenyu munonyatsoziva kuti zuva raIshe wedu Jesu rinouya sembavha usiku. 3Vanhu pavanoti, “Rugare nokuchengeteka,” kuparadzwa kunovawira pakarepo—sokurwadziwa kwomukadzi ane pamuviri—uye havangapukunyuki. 4Asi imi, hama, hamusi murima kuti zuva iroro rikushamisei sembavha. 5Imi mose muri vana vechiedza navana vemasikati; isu hatizi veusiku kana verima. 6Saka ngatirege kurara savamwe, asi ngatirambe takasvinura, takazvibata. 7Nokuti vanorara, vanorara usiku, uye vanodhakwa, vanodhakwa usiku. 8Asi sezvo tiri vemasikati, ngatizvibate, takapfeka kutenda norudo sechidzitiro chechipfuva, netariro yoruponeso senguwani. 9Nokuti Baba vedu havana kutitemera kutsamwa, asi kuti tiwane ruponeso kubudikidza naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, 10iye akatifira, kuti kunyange takasvinura kana takarara, tigorarama pamwe chete naye. 11Naizvozvo kurudziranai uye muvakane, sezvamunoita.
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12Tinokukumbirai, hama, kuti muremekedze vaya vanoshanda nesimba pakati penyu, vanokutungamirirai muna Ishe, uye vanokurairai. 13Muvakudze zvikuru norudo nokuda kwebasa ravo. Garai murugare pakati penyu.
14Hama, tinokukurudzirai: rairai vasimbe, nyaradzai vaora mwoyo, tsigirai vasina simba, muite mwoyo murefu kuna vose. 15Chenjerai kuti kurege kuva neanotsiva chakaipa nechakaipa kuna ani zvake, asi garai muchitsvaka zvakanaka pakati penyu uye kuna vose.
16Farai nguva dzose, 17rambai muchinyengetera musingaregi, 18vongai pazvinhu zvose; nokuti ndiko kuda kwaBaba vedu muna Kristu Jesu kwamuri. 19Musadzima Mweya Mutsvene. 20Musazvidza zviprofita, 21asi edzai zvinhu zvose; batisisai zvakanaka. 22Nzvengai zvakaipa zvemhando dzose.
23Baba vedu verugare pachavo ngavakuitei vatsvene zvakakwana, uye mweya wenyu wose nomwoyo nomuviri ngazvichengetwe zvisina chazvinopomerwa pakuuya kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu. 24Iye anokudanai akatendeka; zvirokwazvo achazviita.
25Hama, tinyengetererei.
26Kwazisai hama dzose nokutsvoda kutsvene. 27Ndinokurayirai pamberi paIshe kuti tsamba iyi iverengwe kuhama dzose.
28Nyasha dzaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu ngadzive nemi.