Nyasha noRugare kuKorinde
Tsamba yaPauro yomoyo wake chaiwo, achidzivirira ushumiri hwake kubudikidza nokutambudzika uye achizvirumbidza muutera chete, umo simba raMwari rinoitwa rakakwana.
1 1Pauro, mupostori waKristu Jesu nokuda kwaBaba vedu, naTimoti hama yedu, kukereke yaBaba vedu iri muKorinde, pamwe chete navatsvene vose vari muAkaya mose: 2Nyasha ngadzive nemi norugare zvinobva kuna Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.
Baba Venyaradzo Yose
3Ngavakudzwe Baba vedu, Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vetsitsi nenyaradzo yose, 4vanotinyaradza mukutambudzika kwedu kwose, kuti isu tigone kunyaradza vamwe mukutambudzika kwavo kwose nenyaradzo yatinogamuchira isu pachedu kuna Baba vedu. 5Sezvo kutambudzika kwaKristu kuchifashukira kwatiri, saizvozvowo nyaradzo yedu inofashukira kubudikidza naKristu. 6Kana tichitambudzika, zvinoitirwa kunyaradzwa nokuponeswa kwenyu; kana tichinyaradzwa, zvinoitirwa kunyaradzwa kwenyu, kunoshanda kana muchitsungirira nomwoyo murefu kutambudzika kumwe chetiko kwatinotambudzika. 7Tariro yedu pamusoro penyu yakasimba, tichiziva kuti sezvamunogovana mukutambudzika, saizvozvowo munogovana munyaradzo.
8Hama dzangu, tinoda kuti muzive nezvokutambudzika kwatakasangana nako muAsia: takaremerwa zvakanyanya kupfuura simba redu, zvokuti takarasa tariro kunyange yokurarama. 9Takanzwa sokuti takanga tagamuchira mutongo worufu, kuti tirege kuvimba nesu pachedu asi naBaba vedu, vanomutsa vakafa. 10Vakatinunura panjodzi yorufu yakadai, uye vachatinunurazve; takaisa tariro yedu kwavari kuti varambe vachitinunura, 11sezvamunotibatsirawo neminyengetero yenyu, kuti vazhinji vagovonga nokuda kwedu nokuda kwechipo chenyasha chatakapiwa kubudikidza neminyengetero mizhinji.
Pauro Anoshandura Zvirongwa Zvake
12Nokuti uku ndiko kuzvirumbidza kwedu: hana yedu inopupura kuti takararama munyika—zvikurukuru kwamuri—noutsvene nokutendeseka kwaBaba vedu, kwete nouchenjeri hwenyika asi nenyasha dzaBaba vedu. 13Hatikunyoreriyi chimwe chinhu kunze kwezvamunogona kuverenga uye kunyange kunzwisisa, uye ndinovimba kuti muchanzwisisa zvizere, 14sezvamakatinzwisisa muchidimbu: pazuva raIshe wedu Jesu, muchazvirumbidza nokuda kwedu sezvatichaita isu nokuda kwenyu.
15Ndine chivimbo ichi, ndakaronga kutanga kuuya kwamuri, kuti muve nenyasha yechipiri. 16Ndakaronga kukushanyirai pandainge ndichienda kuMakedhonia, ndodzoka kwamuri ndichibva kuMakedhonia, mozondituma kuJudhea. 17Ndakanga ndichingochinja-chinja here pakuronga izvi? Kana kuti ndinoronga maererano nenyama, ndichiti Hongu, hongu uye Kwete, kwete panguva imwe chete? 18Sezvo zvirokwazvo Baba vedu vakatendeka, shoko redu kwamuri harina kuva “Hongu” ne“Kwete.” 19Nokuti Mwanakomana waBaba vedu, Jesu Kristu, akaparidzwa pakati penyu kubudikidza naSirivhano, naTimoti, uye neni, akanga asiri “Hongu” ne“Kwete,” asi nguva dzose aiva “Hongu” maari. 20Zvivimbiso zvose zvakaita Baba vedu, maari ndi“Hongu”; saka kubudikidza naiyewo, tinoti “Ameni” kuna Baba vedu, kuti vakudzwe.
21Zvino ndiBaba vedu vanotisimbisa pamwe chete nemi muna Kristu uye vakatizodza, 22vakatiisawo chisimbiso uye vakatipa Mweya wavo Mutsvene mumwoyo medu sorubatso rwezvichauya. a a v22 Shoko rechiGiriki rinoreva rubatso ishoko rebhizimisi — kutanga kubhadhara. Baba vedu vanopa Mweya Mutsvene sechikamu chokutanga chezvinhu zvose zvichiri kuuya, chivimbiso chavo chokuti vachapedza zvavakatanga. 23Ndinodana Baba vedu kuti vave chapupu, noupenyu hwangu, kuti handina kudzokera kuKorinde kuti ndikunzwirei tsitsi. 24Kwete kuti tinotonga kutenda kwenyu, asi tinoshanda pamwe chete nemi nokuda kwomufaro wenyu, sezvo makamira makasimba nokutenda.