¹Zvino zvatine zvivimbiso izvi vadikamwa, ngatizvinatse patsvina dzose dzenyama nemweya, tikwanise utsvene mukutya Mwari.

¹Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²Tigamuchirei; hatina kutadzira munhu, hatina kutadzisa munhu, hatina kubiridzira munhu.

²Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

³Handitauriri kupa mhosva; nekuti ndamboreva kuti imwi muri mumoyo medu, kuti tife nekurarama pamwe.

³I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

⁴Ushingi hwekutaura kwangu kwamuri hwukuru, kuzvirumbidza kwangu kukuru pamusoro penyu; ndakazadzwa nenyaradzo, ndinofara zvikurusa pamatambudziko edu ose.

⁴Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

⁵Nekuti takati tasvika Makedhonia, nyama yedu haina kuva nezororo, asi takatambudzwa pamativi ose; kunze kukakavara, mukati kutya.

⁵For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

⁶Asi Mwari, unonyaradza vakasuruvadzwa, wakatinyaradza nekusvika kwaTito;

⁶Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁷uye kwete nekusvika kwake chete, asiwo nekunyaradzwa kwaakanyaradzwa nako pamusoro penyu, paakatiudza zvechishuwo chenyu chemoyo wose, kuchema kwenyu, kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pangu, zvekuti ndakanyanya kufara.

⁷And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

⁸Nekuti kunyange ndakakushungurudzai netsamba, handizvidyi moyo; kunyange ndichizvidya moyo; nekuti ndinoona kuti tsamba iyoyo yakakushungurudzai, asi yakanga iri nguva duku.

⁸For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

⁹Zvino ndinofara, kwete nekuti makashungurudzwa, asi kuti makashungurudzika mukatendeuka; nekuti makashungurudzwa sezvinoda Mwari, kuti murege kurashikirwa nechinhu nekuda kwedu.

⁹Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

¹⁰Nekuti kuchema kweuMwari kunouyisa kutendeukira kuruponeso, kwete kuzvidya moyo nako; asi kushungurudzika kwenyika kunouyisa rufu.

¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

¹¹Nekuti tarirai chinhu chimwe ichocho chekuti makashungurudzika nenzira yeuMwari, chakauyisa mukati menyu kunanzerera kwakadini, hongu nekuzvichenura, hongu kutsamwa, hongu kutya, hongu chishuvo chakasimba, hongu kurwadza moyo, hongu kutsiva. Pazvinhu zvose makazviratidza kuti makachena pachinhu ichi.

¹¹For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

¹²Naizvozvo kunyange ndakakunyorerai, ndakazviita kwete nekuda kwaiye wakaita zvisakarurama, kana nekuda kwaiye wakaitirwa zvisakarurama, asi kuti kushingaira kwedu nekuda kwenyu kuonekwe nemwi pamberi paMwari.

¹²Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

¹³Nemhaka iyi takanyaradzwa panyaradzo yenyu asi takafara zvikuru kwazvo pamusoro pemufaro waTito, nekuti mweya wake wakavandudzwa nemwi mose.

¹³Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

¹⁴Nekuti kana ndakazvikudza nechinhu kwaari pamusoro penyu, handinyadziswi; asi sezvatakataura zvinhu zvose kwamuri muchokwadi, saizvozvowo kuzvikudza kwedu kuri pamberi paTito kwakavonekwa kuri chokwadi.

¹⁴For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

¹⁵Nehanya dzake dzawedzerwa kwamuri, achirangarira kuteerera kwenyu mose, kuti makamugachira sei nekutya nekudedera.

¹⁵And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁶Ndinofara naizvozvo kuti pazvose ndine chivimbo nemwi.

¹⁶I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.