Kunyaradzwa noKusvika kwaTito
Tito anosvika kuMakedhonia aine mashoko, uye kutya kwaPauro kunopera. Tsamba yake inorwadza yakanga yavasuwisa uye akanga achizvidemba zvishoma kuti akaitumira, asi kusuwa ikoko kwakavadzosa. Kusuwa kunodiwa naBaba vedu kunotungamirira kukutendeuka kusina munhu anokuzvidemba. Anotaura pachena kuti ava kuvavimba zvakare.
7 1Saka, vadikani, zvatine zvivimbiso izvi, ngatizvinatsei pakusachena kwose kwenyama nokwomweya, tichipedzisa utsvene mukutya Baba vedu.
2Tiitirei nzvimbo mumwoyo yenyu. Hatina kutadzira munhu, hatina kuodza munhu, hatina kubiridzira munhu. 3Handirevi izvi kuti ndikupei mhosva. Ndakamboreva kuti: muri mumwoyo yedu, kuti tife uye tirarame pamwe chete. 4Ndine chivimbo chikuru mamuri, ndinodada kwazvo nemi. Ndizere nokunyaradzwa, ndinopfachukira nomufaro mukutambudzika kwedu kwose.
5Kunyange patakasvika kuMakedhonia, miviri yedu yakanga isina zororo—tichitambudzwa kumativi ose, kukakavara kunze, kutya mukati. 6Asi Baba vedu, vanonyaradza vakaora mwoyo, vakatinyaradza nokusvika kwaTito. 7Kwete nokusvika kwake chete, asiwo nokunyaradzwa kwaakagamuchira nokuda kwenyu—akatiudza nezvokushuva kwenyu, kuchema kwenyu, kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pangu—saka ndakanyanya kufara.
8Kunyange tsamba yangu yakakurwadzisai, handizvidembi—kunyange ndakambozvidemba, sezvo ndichiona kuti tsamba iyoyo yakakurwadzisai, kunyange kwenguva pfupi. 9Zvino ndinofara—kwete kuti makarwadziwa, asi kuti kurwadziwa kwenyu kwakauyisa kutendeuka. Makarwadziwa sezvinoda Baba vedu, saka hamuna kurasikirwa nechinhu nokuda kwedu. 10Nokuti kurwadziwa maererano nokuda kwaBaba vedu kunobereka kutendeuka kunoendesa kuruponeso, kusina kuzvidemba; asi kurwadziwa kwenyika kunobereka rufu. 11Onai zvakaberekwa mamuri nokurwadziwa uku maererano nokuda kwaBaba vedu: kushingaira, kushuva kuzvichenura, kutsamwa, kutya, kushuva, kushingaira, kugadzirira kururamisira! Pazvinhu zvose makazviratidza kuti hamuna mhosva panyaya iyi. 12Kunyange ndakakunyorerai, zvakanga zvisiri nokuda kwomutadzi, kana nokuda kwouya akatadzirwa, asi kuti kutendeseka kwenyu kwamuri isu kuonekwe nemi pamberi paBaba vedu. 13Ndokusaka takanyaradzwa. Kupfuura kunyaradzwa kwedu, takanyanya kufara nomufaro waTito, nokuti mweya wake wakavandudzwa nemi mose. 14Zvose zvandakazvirumbidza kwaari pamusoro penyu hazvina kundinyadzisa. Sezvo zvose zvatakakuudzai zvaiva zvechokwadi, saizvozvowo kuzvirumbidza kwedu pamberi paTito kwakava kwechokwadi. 15Mwoyo wake kwamuri wakanyanya kukura, achirangarira kuti mose makateerera sei, muchimugamuchira nokutya nokudedera. 16Ndinofara, nokuti pazvinhu zvose ndine chivimbo chakazara mamuri.