¹Asi uzivewo ichi, kuti mumazuva ekupedzisira nguva dzekutambudzika dzichasvika.

¹This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

²Nekuti vanhu vachava vanozvida, vanoda mari, vanozvirumbidza, vanozvikudza, vanyombi, vasingateereri vabereki, vasingavongi, vasiri vatsvene,

²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

³vasina rudo rwechisikigo, vasingadi kuyanana, vacheri, vasingazvidzori, vane hasha, vasingadi zvakanaka,

³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

⁴vatengesi, vanongomhanyirira, vane manyawi, vanoda mafaro kupfuura kuda Mwari;

⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

⁵vane mufananidzo weuMwari, asi vakaramba simba rako; ubve pavanhu vakadai.

⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

⁶Nekuti pane ivava varipo vanopinda mudzimba vachiverevedza, vachitapa zvikadzi nzenza, vakaremedzwa nezvivi, vanozvuzvurudzwa nekuchiva kwakasiyana siyana,

⁶For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

⁷zvinongogara zvichidzidza, asi hazvitongogoni kusvika paruzivo rwechokwadi.

⁷Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁸Jane naJambere sezvavakapikisa Mozisi, saizvozvo ava vanoramba chokwadi, vanhu vendangariro dzakaodzwa, vakarashwa parutendo.

⁸Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

⁹Asi havachapfuuriri mberi, nekuti upenzi hwavo hwuchaonekwa kune vose, sezvakazoita hwavowo.

⁹But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.

¹⁰Asi iwe wakatevera zvakazara dzidziso yangu, mufambiro, chinangwa, rutendo, moyo murefu, rudo, kutsungirira,

¹⁰But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

¹¹kushushwa, nenhamo, zvakandiwira paAndiyokiya, paIkoniyamu, napaRistra, kushushwa kwakadini kwandakatsunga makuri, uye Mwari wakandinunura maari ose.

¹¹Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

¹²Hongu, nevose vanoda kurarama muuMwari muna Kristu Jesu vachashushwa;

¹²Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

¹³asi vanhu vakaipa nevanyengeri vachaenderera mberi pakuipa vachitsausa nekutsauswa.

¹³But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

¹⁴Asi iwe rambira pazvinhu zvawakadzidza uye zvakasimbiswa kwauri, uchiziva kuti wakazvidzidza kuna ani,

¹⁴But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

¹⁵uye kuti kubvira paucheche wakaziva magwaro matsvene, anogona kukuchenjedza kusvikira pakuponeswa kubudikidza nerutendo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶Rugwaro rwose rwakafemerwa naMwari runobatsira padzidziso, pakutsiura, pakururamisa, nekuraira kuri mukururama,

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

¹⁷kuti munhu waMwari ave wakakwana, agadzirirwa kwazvo basa rose rakanaka.

¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.