Kukwidzwa kuParadhiso
Achimanikidzwa kuti azviratidze, Pauro anotaura nezvomunhu akabvutirwa kuparadhiso, ozoramba kuzviita chinhu chokuzvikudza nacho. Munzwa wakaramba uripo pashure pokuteterera katatu; mhinduro yakava nyasha, kwete kubviswa kwawo. Haadi chinhu chavanacho, asi ivo chaivo, uye anotya kuwana zvivi zvisina kutendeukwa paanosvika.
12 1Ndinofanira kuramba ndichizvirumbidza—hapana kubatsira mazviri—asi ndichaenderera mberi kuzviratidzo nezvakazarurwa zvaIshe. 2Makore gumi namana apfuura, mumwe murume ari muna Kristu—ndinomuziva—akakwidzwa kudenga rechitatu. Kana ari mumuviri kana kunze kwawo, handigoni kutaura; Baba vedu vanoziva. a a v2 Mupfungwa dzechiJudha dzekare, ‘denga rechitatu’ raiva nzvimbo yomweya yepamusoro-soro — pamberi paMwari chaipo. 3Uye ndinoziva murume uyu—kana ari mumuviri kana kunze kwomuviri, handizivi; Baba vedu vanoziva. 4akakwidzwa muparadhiso akanzwa mashoko asingatsananguriki, zvinhu zvisingatenderwi munhu kutaura.
5Ndichazvirumbidza pamusoro pomurume uyu, asi handingazvirumbidzi pamusoro pangu, kunze kwoutera hwangu. 6Kana ndaida kuzvirumbidza, ndaisazova benzi, nokuti ndaizotaura chokwadi. Asi ndinozvidzora, kuti parege kuva nomunhu anondifunga kupfuura zvaanoona mandiri kana zvaanonzwa kwandiri, 7uye nokuda kwokuti zvakazarurwa izvi zvaiva zvinoshamisa kwazvo, naizvozvo, kuti ndirege kuzvikudza, ndakapiwa munzwa munyama yangu, nhume yaSatani kuti indishungurudze—kuti ndirege kuzvikudza. 8Katatu ndakateterera kuna Ishe pamusoro paizvozvi, kuti zvibve kwandiri.
9Asi akati kwandiri, “Nyasha dzangu dzakakwana kwauri, nokuti simba rangu rinokwaniswa muutera.” Saka ndichafara kwazvo kuzvirumbidza zvakanyanya muutera hwangu, kuti simba raKristu rigare pamusoro pangu.
10Saka ndinogutsikana noutera, kutukwa, matambudziko, kutambudzwa, nokunetseka nokuda kwaKristu. Nokuti pandinenge ndisina simba, ipapo ndine simba.
Mwoyo waBaba kuKereke
11Ndava benzi—imi makandimanikidza kuti ndive iro. Nokuti ndaifanira kunge ndakarumbidzwa nemi, nokuti handina kumbova pasi pavaapostora vakuru-vakuru ava, kunyange ndisiri chinhu. 12Zviratidzo zvomuapostora wechokwadi zvakaitwa pakati penyu nokutsungirira kwose: zviratidzo, zvishamiso, namabasa esimba. 13Makaderera sei kune dzimwe kereke—kunze kwokuti handina kukuremedzai? Ndiregererei chakaipa ichi!
14Tarirai, aka ndiko kechitatu ndagadzirira kuuya kwamuri, uye handingakuremedzei—handidi zvenyu, asi imi. Vana havafaniri kuchengetera vabereki vavo, asi vabereki ndivo vanochengetera vana vavo. 15Ndichafara kwazvo kushandisa zvangu uye kushandiswa nokuda kwemweya yenyu—kana ndichikudai zvakanyanya, ko ini ndichadiwa zvishoma here? 16Ngazvive saizvozvo—handina kukuremedzai. Asi sezvo ndiri wounyengeri, ndakakubatai nokunyengera. 17Ko ndakakubirai here kubudikidza nomumwe wavandakatuma kwamuri? 18Ndakakurudzira Tito kuti aende ndikatuma hama pamwe chete naye. Ko Tito akakubirai here? Ko hatina kufamba nomweya mumwe chete here, netsoka dzimwe chetedzo?
19Munofunga kuti takanga tichizvidzivirira kwamuri nguva yose here? Tinotaura tiri muna Kristu pamberi paBaba vedu—zvose, vadiwa, kuti tikuvakei. 20Ndinotya kuti pandinouya, ndingasakuwanai sezvandinoda, uye imi mungasandiwana sezvamunoda—kuti kuchava nokukakavara, godo, hasha, udyire, kucherana, makuhwa, manyawi, nenyonganyonga. 21Ndinotya kuti pandinouyazve, Baba vangu vangandininipisa pamberi penyu, uye ndichachema nokuda kwavazhinji vakatadza kare uye vasina kutendeuka kubva pakusachena, upombwe, neruchiva zvavakaita.