¹Naizvozvo zvatine kushumira uku, sezvatakagamuchira tsitsi, hatineti;

¹Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

²asi takarasha zvinhu zvakavanzika zvinonyadza, tisingafambi neusvatu, kana kushandisa shoko raMwari nekunyengera; asi nekuratidza chokwadi, tichizvipupurira kuhana dzevanhu vose pamberi paMwari.

²but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

³Zvino kana evhangeri yedu yakafukidzwa, yakafukidzwa kune avo vanoparara;

³and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

⁴kwavari Mwari wenyika ino wavakapofumadza fungwa dzevasingatendi, zvimwe chiedza chekubwinya kweevhangeri yaKristu uri mufananidzo waMwari chingavhenekera kwavari.

⁴in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

⁵Nekuti hatizviparidzi isu, asi Kristu Jesu Ishe; uye isu tiri varanda venyu nekuda kwaJesu.

⁵for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

⁶Nekuti Mwari wakati chiedza chivhenekere parima ndiye wakavhenekera mumoyo yedu, kuti atipe chiedza cheruzivo rwokubwinya kwaMwari pachiso chaJesu Kristu.

⁶because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷Asi tine fuma iyi mumidziyo yevhu, kuti ukuru hwesimba hwuve hwaMwari, uye hwusabva kwatiri;

⁷And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

⁸tinotambudzwa pamativi ose, asi hatimanikidzwi; tinokanganiswa, asi hatiori moyo;

⁸on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

⁹tinotambudzwa, asi kwete kusiiwa; tinowisirwa pasi, asi kwete kuparadzwa;

⁹persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰tichitakura nguva dzose kufa kwaIshe Jesu mumuviri, kuti neupenyuwo hwaJesu hwuratidzwe mumuviri wedu.

¹⁰at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

¹¹Nekuti isu vapenyu tinogara tichikumikidzwa mukufa nekuda kwaJesu, kuti upenyuwo hwaJesu hwuratidzwe munyama yedu inofa.

¹¹for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

¹²Saizvozvo kufa kunobata matiri, asi upenyu mamuri.

¹²so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

¹³Naizvozvo tine mweya iwoyu werutendo, zvichienderana nezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Ndakatenda, saka naizvozvo ndakataura; isuwo tinotenda saka naizvozvo tinotaura;

¹³And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;` we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

¹⁴tichiziva kuti iye wakamutsa Ishe Jesu, uchatimutsawo isu kubudikidza naJesu; agotikumikidza pamwe nemwi.

¹⁴knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

¹⁵Nekuti zvinhu zvose zvinoitwa nekuda kwenyu, kuti nyasha zvadzakawanzwa nekuda kwekuvonga kwevazhinji dziwedzerwe dzive rukudzo kuna Mwari.

¹⁵for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

¹⁶Naizvozvo hatineti, asi kunyange munhu wedu wokunze achiparara, zvakadaro womukati unovandudzwa zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹⁶wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

¹⁷Nekuti kutambudzika kwedu kwakareruka kuripo asi kwechinguva chiduku, kunotiitira kubwinya kukuru kwakaisvo-naka kusina chiyero;

¹⁷for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us —

¹⁸Nekuti tisingatariri zvinhu zvinoonekwa, asi zvinhu zvisingaonekwi; nekuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa ndezvenguva, asi zvinhu zvisingaonekwi ndezvekusingaperi.

¹⁸we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during.