¹Vakuru vari pakati penyu ndinovakurudzira, vandiri mukuru pamwe navo nechapupu chematambudziko aKristu, nemugovaniwo wekubwinya kuchazoratidzwa, ndichiti:

¹Elders who [are] among you, I exhort, who [am] a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,

²Fudzai boka raMwari riri pakati penyu muchiritarisisa, kwete nekurovererwa asi nechido, kwete nekuda kwekukarira fuma yakaipa, asi nekutenda;

²feed the flock of God that [is] among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

³kana kuva semadzishe pane vamakagoverwa asi muri mufananidzo weboka.

³neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

⁴Zvino kana Mufudzi mukuru achizoonekwa muchagamuchira korona yekubwinya isingabvuruvari.

⁴and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

⁵Saizvozvo imwi vaduku, muzviise pasi pevakuru, imwi mose muzviise pasi mumwe kune mumwe, uye mupfekedzwe nekuninipa, nekuti Mwari unopikisa vanozvikudza achipa nyasha vanozvininipisa.

⁵In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

⁶Naizvozvo zvininipisei pasi peruoko rwune simba rwaMwari, kuti akukudzei panguva yakafanira,

⁶be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

⁷muchikandira pamusoro pake kufunganya kwenyu kose, nekuti iye unokuchengetai.

⁷all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

⁸Svinurai, murinde, nekuti mupikisi wenyu dhiabhorosi, seshumba inoomba unofamba-famba ichitsvaka waangaparadza;

⁸Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

⁹mumupikise makamira nesimba parutendo, muchiziva kuti matambudziko iwawo anozadziswa kuhama dzenyu dziri panyika.

⁹whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

¹⁰Asi Mwari wenyasha dzose, iye wakatidanira mukubwinya kwake kusingaperi naKristu Jesu, kana tatambudzika chinguvana, iye ungakuperedzerai nekukusimbisai, nekukupai simba, nekukuteyai.

¹⁰And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle [you];

¹¹Kwaari ngakuve kubwinya nesimba kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

¹¹to Him [is] the glory, and the power — to the ages and the ages! Amen.

¹²NaSirivhano hama yakatendeka kwamuri pakufunga kwangu, ndakakunyorerai nepaduku, ndichikurudzira nekupupura kuti idzi ndidzo nyasha dzechokwadi dzaMwari; dzamumire madziri.

¹²Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few [words] I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.

¹³Kereke iri muBhabhironi yakasarudzwa pamwe nemwi inokukwazisai, naMako mwanakomana wangu.

¹³Salute you doth the [assembly] in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.

¹⁴Kwazisanai nekutsvoda kwerudo. Rugare kwamuri mose muri muna Kristu.

¹⁴Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who [are] in Christ Jesus! Amen.