1Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
1Dai muchindiitira moyo murefu zvishoma paupenzi hwangu; asi nemwi zvirokwazvo munondiitira moyo murefu.
2For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy [which is] of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin to Christ.
2Nekuti ndine godo pamusoro penyu negodo reuMwari; nekuti ndakakuwanisai kumurume umwe, kuti ndikukumikidzei semhandara yakachena kuna Mwari.
3But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, [so] your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.
3Asi ndinotya kuti zvimwe neimwe nzira nyoka sezvayakanyengera Eva nemano ayo, saizvozvo ndangariro dzenyu dzingasvibiswa dzitsauke pakururama kuri muna Kristu.
4For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with [it].
4Nekuti kana uyo unosvika achiparidza umwe Jesu watisina kuparidza, kana kugamuchira mumwe mweya wamusina kugamuchira kana imwe evhangeri yamusina kugamuchira, zvino momuitira moyo murefu kwazvo.
5For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.
5Nekuti ndinoona ndisingatairi nepaduku kuvaapositori vakurusa.
6But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.
6Zvino kunyange ndisina kudzidza pakutaura, asi kwete paruzivo; asi takaratidzwa zvirokwazvo kwamuri muzvinhu zvose.
7Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that *ye* might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?
7Ndakaita chivi here pakuzvininipisa kuti mukudzwe, nekuti ndakaparidza kwamuri evhangeri yaMwari pasina muripo?
8I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.
8Ndakapamba dzimwe kereke, ndichireva mibairo kuti ndikuyamurei.
9And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.
9Uye pandakanga ndiripo nemwi ndichishaiwa, handina kuremedza munhu; nekuti zvandaishaiwa, hama dzaibva Makedhonia dzakapa; uye pazvose ndakachenjera kuti ndirege kuva mutoro kwamuri, uye ndicharamba ndichichenjera.
10[The] truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.
10sezvo chokwadi chaKristu chiri mandiri, hakuna munhu ungandikonesa kuzvikudza kumatunhu eAkaya.
11Why? because I do not love you? God knows.
11Nemhaka yei? Nekuti handikudiyi here? Mwari unoziva.
12But what I do, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those wishing [for] an opportunity, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we.
12Asi chandinoita, icho ndichaita, kuti ndigure mukana kune vanoshuva mukana; kuti mune izvo zvavanozvirumbidza nazvo vawanikwe vakaita sesu.
13For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
13Nekuti vakadaro vaapositori venhema, vabati vanonyengera, vanozvishandura kuva vaapositori vaKristu.
14And [it is] not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
14Naizvozvo hazvishamisi; nekuti kunyange Satani amene unozvishandura kuva mutumwa wechiedza.
15It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
15Naizvozvo hachizi chinhu chikuru kana vashumiri vakevo vachizvishandura, sevashumiri vekururama; kuguma kwawo kuchaenderana nemabasa avo.
16Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
16Ndinotizve: Munhu ngaarege kufunga kuti ndiri benzi; kana zvakadaro, sebenzi ndigamuchirei, kuti ndizvirumbidze zvishoma.
17What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
17Izvo zvandinotaura, handizvitauri maererano naIshe, asi sepaupenzi, pachivimbo ichi chekuzvikudza.
18Since many boast according to flesh, *I* also will boast.
18Sezvo vazhinji vachizvikudza panyama, iniwo ndichazvikudza.
19For ye bear fools readily, being wise.
19Nekuti munoitira mapenzi moyo murefu nemufaro, imwi muri vakachenjera;
20For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
20Nekuti munoita moyo murefu kana munhu achikuisai muuranda, kana ani nani achikuparadzai, kana ani nani achikutapai, kana ani nani achizvikudza, kana ani nani achikurovai kumeso.
21I speak as to dishonour, as though *we* had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly,) *I* also am daring.
21Ndinoreva semaererano nekushoora, sezvinenge takanga tine utera. Zvino kana kune munhu une ushingi (ndinotaura paupenzi), ini ndine ushingiwo.
22Are they Hebrews? *I* also. Are they Israelites? *I* also. Are they seed of Abraham? *I* also.
22VaHebheru here? Neniwo. VaIsraeri here? Neniwo. Vana vaAbhurahamu here? Neniwo.
23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
23Vashumiri vaKristu here? (Ndinotaura semupengo), ndiri iye, zvikuru pamabasa ndinopamhidzira, pamavanga kupfuura chipimo, mumajere kakadzokororwa, parufu kazhinji.
24From the Jews five times have I received forty [stripes], save one.
24KuvaJudha ndakagamuchira kashanu, shamhu dzine makumi mana kusiya imwe.
25Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:
25Katatu ndakarohwa netsvimbo, kamwe ndakatakwa nemabwe, katatu ndakaputsikirwa nechikepe usiku hwumwe nemasikati ndakange ndiri makadzika megungwa;
26in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] nations, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] desert, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brethren;
26panzendo kazhinji, panjodzi dzenzizi, panjodzi dzemakororo, panjodzi dzevekwangu, panjodzi dzevahedheni, panjodzi muguta, panjodzi murenje, panjodzi mugungwa, panjodzi pakati pehama dzenhema;
27in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
27pakuchama nepakurwadziwa, pakusavata kazhinji, panzara nenyota, pakutsanya kazhinji, pachando nepakushama.
28Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.
28kunze kwezvinhu izvi zviri panze, ndinoremedzwa zuva rimwe nerimwe nekurangarira kereke dzose.
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
29Ndiani une utera, neni ndikasava neutera? Ndiani unogumburwa, neni ndikasatsva?
30If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
30Kana zvakafanira kuzvirumbidza, ndichazvirumbidza nezvinhu zveutera hwangu.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows -- he who is blessed for ever -- that I do not lie.
31Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, unorumbidzwa kusvikira rinhi narinhi, unoziva kuti handirevi nhema.
32In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
32PaDhamasiko mutungamiriri waishe Areta wakarinda guta raveDhamasiko achitsvaka kundibata;
33and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
33uye ndakaburuswa nepawindo ndiri mudengu nepamudhuri, ndikatiza pamaoko ake.