¹Zvino ini Pauro ndomene ndinokukumbirisai neunyoro nokugadzikana kwaKristu wakaninipiswa pakati penyu ndiripo, asi kana ndisipo ndine chivimbo kwamuri;

¹Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

²asi ndinokumbirisa kwamuri, kuti ndirege kuva neushingi kana ndiripo nechivimbo chakadai chandinacho kumirisana nevamwe vanofunga kuti tinofamba zvinoenderana nenyama.

²But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

³Nekuti kunyangwe tichifamba munyama, hatirwi nemitoo yenyama;

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

⁴Nekuti zvombo zvehondo yedu hazvisi zvenyama, asi zvakasimba kubudikidza naMwari pakuputsa nhare;

⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

⁵tichiwisira pasi mirangariro, nechose chakakwirira chinozvikwiridza chichipesana neruzivo rwaMwari, nekuisa muutapwa, mirangariro yose pakuteerera Kristu.

⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

⁶takazvigadzira kutsiva kusateerera kose, kana kuteerera kwenyu kwazadziswa.

⁶And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

⁷Imwi munotarira zvinhu nemutovo wemamiriro okunze. Kana munhu achizvivimba kuti ndewaKristu ngaazvirangarirezve, kuti sezvaari waKristu, saizvozvo isuwo tiri vaKristu.

⁷Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

⁸Nekuti kunyange ndichizvikudza nezvinhu zvizhinji, ndaifanira kunyanyisa maererano nesimba redu ratakapiwa naIshe rekusimbisa, uye kwete rekukuputsirai pasi, handinganyadziswi;

⁸For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

⁹kuti ndirege kuita sendinokutyityidzirai netsamba.

⁹That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

¹⁰Nekuti vanoti: Tsamba dzake dzinorema uye dzine simba, asi kuvapo kwake pamuviri, unoutera nepakutaura une kuzvidzwa.

¹⁰For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹¹Regai wakadaro arangarire ichi, kuti sezvatakadaro pashoko nepatsamba kana tisipo saizvozvowo pakuita kwedu kana tiripo.

¹¹Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

¹²Nekuti hatina ushingi hwekuzviverenga nekuzvifananidza nevamwe vanozvikudza; asi ivo pakati pavo vanozvienzanisa navo nokuzvifananidza pachavo, havana kuchenjera.

¹²For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

¹³Asi isu hatingazvirumbidzi nezvinhu zvisina chipimo, asi zvinoenderana nechipimo chemuganhu wekuyera Mwari waakatitemera chipimo chekusvika nekwamuriwo.

¹³But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

¹⁴Nekuti hatizvitambanudzi kupfuurikidza, setisingasvikiri kwamuri; nekuti nekwamuriwo takasvika neevhangeri yaKristu;

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

¹⁵tisingazvikudzi kupfuurikidza chipimo pamusoro pemabasa evamwe; asi tine tariro, kuti kana rutendo rwenyu rwuchiwanzwa, isu tichakuriswa nemwi zvinoenderana nechipimo chedu nekupfuurisa,

¹⁵Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

¹⁶kuparidza evhangeri pamatunhu ari mhiri kwenyu, kwete kuzvirumbidza pachipimo cheumwe pamusoro pezvatogadzirwa.

¹⁶To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

¹⁷Asi unozvirumbidza, ngaazvirumbidze muna Ishe.

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁸Nekuti haasi uyo unozvirumbidza unogamuchirwa, asi unorumbidzwa naIshe.

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.