¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nekuraira kwaMwari Muponesi wedu, nekwaIshe Jesu Kristu, tariro yedu,

²Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

²kuna Timotio mwana wangu chaiye parutendo: Nyasha, tsitsi, nerugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naJesu Kristu Ishe wedu.

³As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

³Sezvandakakukurudzira kuti ugare paEfeso, ndichienda Makedhonia, kuti uraire vamwe kuti varege kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso,

⁴Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

⁴kana kurangarira ngano nenhoroondo dzamazita emadzibaba dzisingaperi, zvinomutsa gakava pane kutsigisa kwaMwari kuri murutendo.

⁵Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

⁵Asi chinangwa chemurairo rudo rwunobva pamoyo wakachena nehana yakanaka nerutendo rwusinganyepedzeri;

⁶From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

⁶pane izvozvi vamwe vakatsvedza vakatsaukira kukutaura kusina maturo;

⁷Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

⁷vachishuva kuva vadzidzisi vemurairo, vasingazivi zvavanoreva kana zvavanosimbisa.

⁸But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

⁸Asi tinoziva kuti murairo wakanaka, kana munhu achiushandisa zviri pamurairo,

⁹Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

⁹achiziva izvi, kuti murairo hauna kuitirwa munhu wakarurama, asi vasina murairo nevasingateereri, vasingadi Mwari nevatadzi, vasiri vatsvene, nevasingatendi, nemhondi dzemadzibaba, nemhondi dzana amai, vanoponda vanhu;

¹⁰For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

¹⁰mhombwe, ngochani, nevanopamba vanhu, varevi venhema, vaputsi vemhiko, uye kana chimwe chiriko chinopesana nedzidziso mhenyu;

¹¹According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹¹sezvinoreva evhangeri yekubwinya kwaMwari wakaropafadzwa, yakakumikidzwa kwandiri.

¹²And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

¹²Uye ndinomuvonga Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu wakandigonesa, nekuti wakati ndakatendeka, akandiisa paushumiri,

¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹³Ini ndaimbova munyombii nemushushi nemutuki; asi ndakawana tsitsi nekuti ndakaita nekusaziva pakusatenda;

¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴asi nyasha dzaIshe wedu dzakawedzeresa nerutendo, nerudo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁵This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

¹⁵Ishoko rakatendeka rinofanira kugamuchirwa chose, kuti Kristu Jesu wakavuya munyika kuzoponesa vatadzi, avo vandiri mukuru wavo;

¹⁶Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

¹⁶asi nekuda kwaizvozvi ndakawana tsitsi, kuti mandiri ini mukuru Jesu Kristu aratidze moyo murefu wose, uve muenzaniso kuna vanozotenda kwaari, paupenyu hwusingaperi.

¹⁷Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷Zvino kuna iye Ishe wekusingaperi, usingafi, usingavonekwi, Mwari woga wakachenjera ngakuve nekukudzwa nekubwinya kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

¹⁸This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

¹⁸Murairo uyu ndinokumikidza kwauri, Timotio mwana wangu, sezviporofita zvakatanga kuitika pamusoro pako, kuti nazvo urwe kurwa kwakanaka;

¹⁹Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

¹⁹wakabata rutendo nehana yakanaka, iyo vamwe vakati vairasa zvichienderana nerutendo vakaputsikirwa nechikepe;

²⁰Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

²⁰vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naArekizandro, vandakakumikidza kuna Satani, kuti vadzidze kusanyomba.