¹Naizvozvo rashai uipi hwose nemano mano ose neunyepedzeri negodo neucheri hwose,

¹Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

²savacheche vachangoberekwa, pangai mukaka usina kusanganiswa nechinhu weshoko, kuti mukuriswe nawo;

²as new-born babes the word`s pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

³kana zvakadaro, ivai vakaravira kuti Ishe une nyasha.

³if so be ye did taste that the Lord [is] gracious,

⁴Wamunouya kwaari, ibwe benyu, rakarambwa zvirokwazvo nevanhu, asi rakasarudzwa naMwari, rinokosha.

⁴to whom coming — a living stone — by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

⁵Imwiwo semabwe mapenyu makavakwa muve imba yemweya, upristi utsvene, kuti mubayire zvibayiro zvemweya, zvinogamuchirika kuna Mwari nekuda kwaJesu Kristu.

⁵and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁶Nekuti murugwaro zvirimowo, zvinoti: Tarira, ndinoteya muZiyoni mbiru yebwe repakona, rakasarudzwa rinokosha; neunotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.

⁶Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;`

⁷Naizvozvo kwamuri imwi munotenda unokosha, asi kune vasingateereri, ibwe rakarabwa nevavaki, ndiro rakazova musoro wekona,

⁷to you, then, who are believing [is] the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

⁸uye ibwe rekugumbusa, nedombo rekupinganidza; vanogumburwa neshoko vasingariteereri; ndizvo zvavakagadzirwawo.

⁸and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence — who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, — to which also they were set;

⁹Asi imwi muri rudzi rwakasarudzwa, upristi hweumambo, rudzi rutsvene, vanhu vakatengwa, kuti muparidze kose kunaka kwaiye wakakudanai kubva parima muuye kuchiedza chake chinoshamisa.

⁹and ye [are] a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

¹⁰imwi maimbova musi vanhu, asi ikozvino muri vanhu vaMwari; makange musina kuwana tsitsi, asi zvino manzwirwa tsitsi.

¹⁰who [were] once not a people, and [are] now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

¹¹Vadiwa, ndinokukumbirisai, sevatorwa nevapfuuri, kuti muzvidzore pakuchiva kwenyama kunorwa nemweya;

¹¹Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

¹²mune mafambiro wakanaka pakati pevahedheni; kuti pavanokumhurai sevaiti vezvakaipa, vaona mabasa enyu akanaka varumbidze Mwari nezuva rekushanyirwa.

¹²having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

¹³Muzviise pasi pechiga chimwe nechimwe chevanhu nekuda kwaIshe: kana ari mambo, saiye mutungamiriri;

¹³Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

¹⁴kana kuvatungamiriri, sekuna ivo vakatumwa naye pakurangwa kwevaiti vezvakaipa, asi ive rumbidzo yevanoita zvakanaka.

¹⁴whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

¹⁵Nekuti ndizvo zvakaita chido chaMwari, kuti nekuita zvakanaka munyaradze kusaziva kwemapenzi;

¹⁵because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

¹⁶sevakasununguka, asi musingashandisi kusungunuka kwenyu sechifukidzo chezvakaipa, asi sevaranda vaMwari.

¹⁶as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

¹⁷Kudzai vose. Idai ukama. Ityai Mwari. Kudzai mambo.

¹⁷to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

¹⁸Varanda zviisei pasi pevatenzi venyu nekutya kose, kwete kune vakanaka nevanyoro chete, asiwo kune vasakarurama.

¹⁸The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

¹⁹Nekuti idzi inyasha kana nekuda kwehana kuna Mwari munhu achitsungirira pakutambudzika, achitambudzika zvisakafanira.

¹⁹for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

²⁰Nekuti zvine mbiri yei, kana muchitsungirira mukarobwa matadza? Asi kana mukatsungirira kana muchiita zvakanaka uye muchitambudzika muchitsungirira, izvozvi inyasha kuna Mwari.

²⁰for what renown [is it], if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure [it]? but if, doing good and suffering [for it], ye do endure, this [is] gracious with God,

²¹Nekuti makadanirwa izvozvo, nekuti Kristu wakatitambudzikirawo, akatisiira muenzaniso, kuti mutevere makwara ake;

²¹for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

²²iye usina kuita chivi, nekunyengera hakuna kuwanikwa mumuromo make;

²²who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

²³iye wakati achinyombwa, haana kunyombawo; achitambudzika haana kutyityidzira; asi wakazvikumikidza kune unotonga zvakarurama;

²³who being reviled — was not reviling again, suffering — was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

²⁴iye wakatakura amene zvivi zvedu pamuviri wake pamuti, kuti isu takafa kuzvivi tiraramire kururama; iye wamakaporeswa nemavanga ake.

²⁴who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

²⁵Nekuti makange makaita semakwai akarasika; asi zvino madzokera kumufudzi neMutariri wemweya yenyu.

²⁵for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.