¹Zvino Mweya unoreva zvakajeka kuti panguva dzekupedzisira vamwe vachatsauka parutendo, vachiteerera mweya inonyengera nedzidziso dzemadhimoni,

¹And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

²paunyepedzeri vachireva nhema, vakapiswa pahana dzavo nedare rinopisa,

²in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

³vachidzivisa kuwanana, kurega chimwe chikafu Mwari chaakasikwa kuti chigamuchirwe nekuvonga nevanotenda vanoziva chokwadi.

³forbidding to marry — to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

⁴Nekuti chose chisikwa chaMwari chakanaka, uye hakuna chingafanira kurashwa kana chichigamuchirwa nekuvonga;

⁴because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

⁵Nekuti chinoitwa chitsvene neshoko raMwari nemunyengetero.

⁵for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.

⁶Kana uchiyevudzira hama zvinhu izvi, uchava mushumiri wakanaka waJesu Kristu, wakafundwa namashoko erutendo needzidziso yakanaka, yaunotevera.

⁶These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

⁷Asi urambe ngano dzakaipa nedzechembere. Uzvirovedze pauMwari.

⁷and the profane and old women`s fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

⁸Nekuti kurovedza muviri kunobatsira zvishoma, asi uMwari hunobatsira pazvinhu zvose, zvahune chivimbiso cheupenyu hwazvino nehwunouya.

⁸for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

⁹Shoko iri rakatendeka, rinofanirwa nekugamuchirwa kose.

⁹stedfast [is] the word, and of all acceptation worthy;

¹⁰Nekuti naizvozvo isu tose tinoshanda nesimba, nekushorwa, nekuti tinovimba naMwari mupenyu, unova Muponesi wevanhu vose, zvikuru waavo vanotenda.

¹⁰for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men — especially of those believing.

¹¹Raira zvinhu izvi udzidzise:

¹¹Charge these things, and teach;

¹²Kusava nemunhu unozvidza uduku hwako, asi uve muenzaniso wevanotenda, pashoko pamufambiro, parudo, paMweya, parutendo, nepautsvene.

¹²let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

¹³Kusvikira ndasvika, ngwarira pakuverenga, pakuraira nepadzidziso.

¹³till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;

¹⁴Usashaya hanya nechipo chiri mauri, chawakapiwa nechiporofita, nokuiswa maoko eutariri.

¹⁴be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

¹⁵Funganya pamusoro pezvinhu izvi, uzvipe nemoyo wose kwazviri, kuti kupfuurira mberi kwako kuonekwe kune vose.

¹⁵of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

¹⁶Uzvichenjerere iwe nedzidziso. Urambire pazviri, nekuti mukuita izvi, uchazviponesa iwe nevanokunzwa.

¹⁶take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.