¹Zvino zvatinobatawo pamwe, tinokumbira zvikuruwo kuti musagamuchira nyasha dzaMwari pasina.

¹And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God —

²Nekuti unoti: Nenguva yakafanira ndakakunzwa, uye nepazuva reruponeso ndakakubatsira; tarirai, zvino nguva yakafanira; tarirai ikozvino zuva rekuponeswa.

²for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now [is] a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,` —

³Hatigumbusi nechinhu, kuti kushumira kurege kumhurwa;

³in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

⁴asi pazvose tinozviratidza savashumiri vaMwari, pakutsungirira kukuru, pamanikidzo, pakushaiwa, pakumanikidzwa,

⁴but in everything recommending ourselves as God`s ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

⁵pakurohwa, pakusungwa, pamabongozozo, pamabasa, pakusavata, pakutsanya,

⁵in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

⁶pautsvene, paruzivo, pamoyo murefu, paunyoro, paMweya Mutsvene, parudo rusinganyepedzeri;

⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

⁷pashoko rechokwadi, pasimba raMwari, pazvombo zvekururama, kurudyi nekuruboshwe,

⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

⁸nekukudzwa nekuzvidzwa, neguhu rakaipa neguhu rakanaka; sevanyepedzeri, asi tiri vechokwadi;

⁸through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

⁹sevasingazikamwi, asi tichizikamwa zvikuru; sevanofa, asi tarirai, tiri vapenyu; sevanorohwa, asi tisingaurawi;

⁹as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

¹⁰sevanoshungurudzwa, asi tichigara tichifara; sevarombo, asi tichifumisa vazhinji; savasine chinhu, asi tine zvose.

¹⁰as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

¹¹Imwi veKorinde, muromo wedu wakashama kwamuri, moyo wedu wakuriswa.

¹¹Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

¹²Hamumanikidzwi matiri, asi munomanikidzwa mumoyo menyu.

¹²ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your [own] bowels,

¹³Zvino pakutsiva kwakadaro, ndinotaura sekune vana vangu, imwiwo mukuriswe.

¹³and [as] a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say [it],) be ye enlarged — also ye!

¹⁴Musasungwa zvisina kufanira pajoko pamwe nevasingatendi; nekuti kururama kungava nekudyidzana kwei nekusarurama? Chiedza chingabatana sei nerima?

¹⁴Become not yoked with others — unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness?

¹⁵Kristu unokunzwana kwei naBeriari? Unotenda ungava nemugove wei neusingatendi?

¹⁵and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?

¹⁶Tembere yaMwari ine chitenderano chei nezvifananidzo? Nekuti imwi muri tembere yaMwari mupenyu, Mwari sezvaakareva achiti: Ndichagara mavari, nekufamba mavari; ndichava Mwari wavo, uye ivo vachava vanhu vangu.

¹⁶and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said — `I will dwell in them, and will walk among [them], and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

¹⁷Naizvozvo budai pakati pavo, muraurwe, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, uye musabata chine tsvina; uye ini ndichakugamuchirai,

¹⁷wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I — I will receive you,

¹⁸Uye ndichava Baba kwamuri, nemwi muchava vanakomana nevanasikana vangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Wemasimbaose.

¹⁸and I will be to you for a Father, and ye — ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.`