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Mazuva okupedzisira achazara nevanhu vanozvida, vanoda mari nemafaro, vachiramba vaine chimiro chokunze chokuzvipira. Kudzivirirwa kwaTimoti hakusi muzvinhu zvitsva asi mukuenderera mberi: ramba uri pane zvawakadzidza, nemuMagwaro akafemerwa naBaba vedu, anomushongedzera zvizere.
3 1Asi nzwisisa izvi: pamazuva okupedzisira pachauya nguva dzokutambudzika. 2Nokuti vanhu vachava vanozvida, vanoda mari, vanozvikudza, vanozvitutumadza, vanotuka, vasingateereri vabereki, vasingatendi, vasina utsvene. 3Vasina hanya, vasingaregereri, vanochera vamwe, vasingazvidzori, vane utsinye, vachivenga zvakanaka, 4vanonyengera, vanoita zvisina kungwara, vakazvimba nokuzvikudza, vanoda mafaro pane kuda Baba vedu. 5Vanochengeta chimiro chokunamata Mwari asi vachiramba simba racho—nzvenga vanhu vakadaro. 6Nokuti pakati pavo pane vaya vanoverevedza vachipinda mudzimba vachibata vakadzi vasina simba vakaremerwa nezvivi, vachitungamirirwa nokuchiva kwakasiyana-siyana. 7Vanogara vachidzidza asi vasingatongogoni kusvika pakuziva chokwadi. 8SaJanesi naJambiresi vakapikisa Mozisi, naivavawo vanopikisa chokwadi—vane pfungwa dzakaora, vakarambwa pakutenda. a a v8 Janesi naJambiresi ndiwo mazita echinyakare echiJudha enʼanga dzomuIjipiti dzakapikisa Mozisi (ona Ekisodho 7–8). 9Asi havangasviki kure, nokuti upenzi hwavo huchaonekwa navose, sezvazvakaita kuvarume vaya vaviri.
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10Asi iwe, wakatevera dzidziso yangu, mufambiro wangu, chinangwa changu, kutenda, mwoyo murefu, rudo, kutsungirira, 11kutambudzwa kwangu nokutambura—muAndiyoki, muIkoniyo, muRistra, kutambudzwa kwakadii kwandakatsungirira! Asi Ishe akandinunura pazviri zvose. 12Zvirokwazvo, vose vanoda kurarama upenyu hwokunamata Mwari muna Kristu Jesu vachatambudzwa, 13asi vanhu vakaipa navanyengeri vacharamba vachinyanya kuipa, vachinyengera uye vachinyengerwa. 14Asi iwe—rambira pane zvawakadzidza uye zvawakatenda nazvo zvakasimba, uchiziva kuti wakazvidzidza kuna ani, 15uye kuti kubvira pauduku hwako wakaziva magwaro matsvene, anogona kukuita munhu akachenjera kuti uponeswe kubudikidza nokutenda muna Kristu Jesu. 16Magwaro ose akafemerwa naBaba vedu—anobatsira pakudzidzisa, pakuratidza zvakaipa, pakururamisa, nokurovedza kururama, b b v16 Magwaro ndiwo kufema kwaBaba vedu pachavo — kwete murayiro wamwari ari kure asi shoko rinorarama raBaba vanotaura kuvana vavo. 17kuti munhu waBaba vedu akwane, agadzirirwa basa rose rakanaka.