¹Zvino ini Pauro ndomene ndinokukumbirisai neunyoro nokugadzikana kwaKristu wakaninipiswa pakati penyu ndiripo, asi kana ndisipo ndine chivimbo kwamuri;

¹And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you — through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ — who in presence, indeed [am] humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

²asi ndinokumbirisa kwamuri, kuti ndirege kuva neushingi kana ndiripo nechivimbo chakadai chandinacho kumirisana nevamwe vanofunga kuti tinofamba zvinoenderana nenyama.

²and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

³Nekuti kunyangwe tichifamba munyama, hatirwi nemitoo yenyama;

³for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

⁴Nekuti zvombo zvehondo yedu hazvisi zvenyama, asi zvakasimba kubudikidza naMwari pakuputsa nhare;

⁴for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

⁵tichiwisira pasi mirangariro, nechose chakakwirira chinozvikwiridza chichipesana neruzivo rwaMwari, nekuisa muutapwa, mirangariro yose pakuteerera Kristu.

⁵reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

⁶takazvigadzira kutsiva kusateerera kose, kana kuteerera kwenyu kwazadziswa.

⁶and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.

⁷Imwi munotarira zvinhu nemutovo wemamiriro okunze. Kana munhu achizvivimba kuti ndewaKristu ngaazvirangarirezve, kuti sezvaari waKristu, saizvozvo isuwo tiri vaKristu.

⁷The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ`s, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ`s, so also we [are] Christ`s;

⁸Nekuti kunyange ndichizvikudza nezvinhu zvizhinji, ndaifanira kunyanyisa maererano nesimba redu ratakapiwa naIshe rekusimbisa, uye kwete rekukuputsirai pasi, handinganyadziswi;

⁸for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

⁹kuti ndirege kuita sendinokutyityidzirai netsamba.

⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

¹⁰Nekuti vanoti: Tsamba dzake dzinorema uye dzine simba, asi kuvapo kwake pamuviri, unoutera nepakutaura une kuzvidzwa.

¹⁰`because the letters indeed — saith one — [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.`

¹¹Regai wakadaro arangarire ichi, kuti sezvatakadaro pashoko nepatsamba kana tisipo saizvozvowo pakuita kwedu kana tiripo.

¹¹This one — let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, [we are] in deed.

¹²Nekuti hatina ushingi hwekuzviverenga nekuzvifananidza nevamwe vanozvikudza; asi ivo pakati pavo vanozvienzanisa navo nokuzvifananidza pachavo, havana kuchenjera.

¹²For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

¹³Asi isu hatingazvirumbidzi nezvinhu zvisina chipimo, asi zvinoenderana nechipimo chemuganhu wekuyera Mwari waakatitemera chipimo chekusvika nekwamuriwo.

¹³and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us — to reach even unto you;

¹⁴Nekuti hatizvitambanudzi kupfuurikidza, setisingasvikiri kwamuri; nekuti nekwamuriwo takasvika neevhangeri yaKristu;

¹⁴for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,

¹⁵tisingazvikudzi kupfuurikidza chipimo pamusoro pemabasa evamwe; asi tine tariro, kuti kana rutendo rwenyu rwuchiwanzwa, isu tichakuriswa nemwi zvinoenderana nechipimo chedu nekupfuurisa,

¹⁵not boasting of the things not measured, in other men`s labours, and having hope — your faith increasing — in you to be enlarged, according to our line — into abundance,

¹⁶kuparidza evhangeri pamatunhu ari mhiri kwenyu, kwete kuzvirumbidza pachipimo cheumwe pamusoro pezvatogadzirwa.

¹⁶in the [places] beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another`s line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

¹⁷Asi unozvirumbidza, ngaazvirumbidze muna Ishe.

¹⁷and he who is boasting — in the Lord let him boast;

¹⁸Nekuti haasi uyo unozvirumbidza unogamuchirwa, asi unorumbidzwa naIshe.

¹⁸for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.