Vatariri muImba yaBaba vedu
Unhu, kwete kugona, ndihwo hunokodzeresa vatungamiri. Mutariri anofanira kuva asina chaangapomerwa, munyoro, asina makaro, uye anokwanisa kutungamirira imba yake pachake; vadhikoni vanotanga kuedzwa. Pauro anonyora kuti Timoti azive mazvibatiro aanofanira kuita mumba maBaba vedu, uye anotaura rwiyo pamusoro paKristu.
3 1Heino tsumo yakavimbika: ani naani anoshuva kuva mutariri anoda basa rakanaka. 2Saka mutariri anofanira kuva asina chaanopomerwa: akatendeka kumukadzi wake, ane njere, anozvidzora, ane hunhu, anogamuchira vaeni, anokwanisa kudzidzisa. 3Asingadhakwi, asingaiti chisimba asi ari munyoro, asingakakavari, uye asingadi mari. 4Anofanira kutonga imba yake zvakanaka, achiita kuti vana vake vateerere nokukudzwa kwose, 5nokuti kana munhu asingazivi kutonga imba yake, achachengeta sei kereke yaBaba vedu? 6Haafaniri kuva munhu achangotendeuka, kuti arege kuzvikudza agowira mukutongwa kumwe cheteko kwadhiabhorosi. 7Anofanirawo kuva nemukurumbira wakanaka kuvari kunze, kuti arege kuwira mukunyadziswa nomumusungo wadhiabhorosi.
8Madhikoni awo anofanira kukudzwa, asina hunyengeri, asingadi waini zhinji, asingakariri pfuma inonyadzisa. 9Anofanira kubatisisa chakavanzika chokutenda nehana yakachena. 10Iwowo anofanira kutanga aedzwa; ipapo, kana achinge aonekwa asina chaanopomerwa, ngaashumire somadhikoni. 11Saizvozvowo vakadzi vanofanira kukudzwa, vasingacheri vamwe, asi vane njere uye vakatendeka pazvinhu zvose. 12Dhikoni anofanira kuva akatendeka kumukadzi wake uye anofanira kutonga vana vake neimba yake zvakanaka. 13Madhikoni anoshumira zvakanaka anozviwanira chinzvimbo chakanaka nokutsunga kukuru pakutenda muna Kristu Jesu.
Chakavanzika Chiri Pamwoyo peKutenda Kwedu
14Ndiri kukunyorera mirayiridzo iyi, kunyange ndichitarisira kuuya kwauri nokukurumidza. 15Asi kana ndikanonoka, uchaziva kuti munhu anofanira kuzvibata sei muimba yaBaba vedu, inova kereke yaBaba vapenyu, mbiru nenheyo yechokwadi. 16Zvisingarambiki, chakavanzika chokunamata Mwari chikuru: iye akaonekwa panyama, akaruramiswa noMweya Mutsvene, akaonekwa nevatumwa, akaparidzwa pakati pendudzi, akatendwa munyika yose, akakwidzwa mukubwinya. a a v16 Kupupura uku kwekutanga kunoimba nezvaJesu—iye akauya panyama, akamuka aruramiswa, uye akakwidzwa mukubwinya; “iye” panguva dzose anoreva iye.