¹Naizvozvo pakutanga kwezvose ndinokurudzira kuti mikumbiro, minyengetero, kureverera nekupa kuvonga zviitirwe vanhu vose;

¹I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

²Nekuti madzimambo nevose vari panzvimbo dzakakwirira kuti tigare upenyu hwerugare nerunyararo pauMwari hwose nerukudzo;

²for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

³nekuti izvi zvakanaka uye zvinogamuchirwa pamberi paMwari Muponesi wedu,

³for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

⁴uyo unoda kuti vanhu vose vaponeswe, uye vasvike pakuziva chokwadi.

⁴who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

⁵Nekuti kuna Mwari umwe, nemurevereri umwe pakati paMwari navanhu, ndiye munhu Kristu Jesu,

⁵for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶wakazvipa amene kuva rudzikunuro rwevose, chive chapupu panguva dzakafanira,

⁶who did give himself a ransom for all — the testimony in its own times —

⁷icho chandagadzirwa kuva muparidzi nemuapositori (ndinoreva zvirokwazvo, muna Kristu, handirevi nhema), mudzidzisi wevahedheni parutendo nechokwadi.

⁷in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle — truth I say in Christ, I do not lie — a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

⁸Naizvozvo ndinoda kuti varume vanyengetere panzvimbo dzose, vachisimudza maoko matsvene, vasina kutsamwa nekupikisana.

⁸I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

⁹Saizvozvowo, kuti vakadzi vazvishongedze nezvipfeko zvakafanira, vane kunyara nekuzvidzora, kwete nevhudzi rakarukwa, kana ndarama, kana maparera*, kana nguvo dzinodhura,

⁹in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

¹⁰asi zvakafanira vakadzi vanoti vanoshumira Mwari nemabasa akanaka.

¹⁰but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.

¹¹Mukadzi ngaadzidze mukunyarara nekuzviisa pasi kose.

¹¹Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

¹²Asi handitenderi mukadzi kuti adzidzise, kana kuti ave nesimba pamusoro pemurume, asi ave mukunyarara.

¹²and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

¹³Nekuti Adhamu wakatanga kuumbwa, tevere Evha;

¹³for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

¹⁴naAdhamu haana kunyengerwa, asi mukadzi anyengerwa wakava mukudarika,

¹⁴and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

¹⁵asi vachaponeswa kubudikidza nekubereka vana, kana vachirambira murutendo nerudo, neutsvene nekuzvidzora.

¹⁵and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.