¹Nekuti maererano nekubatsira vatsvene, zvakanyanyisisa kuti ndikunyorerei;

¹For, indeed, concerning the ministration that [is] for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

²Nekuti ndinoziva kushingaira kwendangariro dzenyu, dzandinozvirumbidza pamusoro penyu kune veMakedhonia, kuti Akaya yakanga vazvigadzirira kubvira makei; nokushingaira kwenyu kwakamutsa vazhinji.

²for I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did stir up the more part,

³Zvakadaro ndakatuma hama, zvimwe kuzvirumbidza kwedu pamusoro penyu kungava pasina pachinhu ichi, kuti sezvandakareva, muzvigadzirire;

³and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,

⁴zvimwe kuti kana vamwe veMakedhonia vachiuya neni, vakakuwanai musina kuzvigadzirira, isu tinganyadziswa pakuvimba kwedu tichizvikudza.

⁴lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we — we may be put to shame (that we say not — ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

⁵Naizvozvo ndakaona zvakafanira kukurudzira hama idzi, kuti vatange kuenda kwamuri, vatange kugadzira chipo chenyu chekuvonga chamakagara mapikira, kuti ichochi chigare chakagadzirwa chiri chipo chekuvonga asi kwete chinhu chatorwa nesimba,

⁵Necessary, therefore, I thought [it] to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

⁶Asi izvi kuti: Unodzvara zvishoma, unokohwawo zvishoma; neunodzvara zvizhinji, uchakohwawo zvizhinji.

⁶And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

⁷Umwe neumwe ngaaite semadiro omoyo wake; kwete nekuchema, kana nekurovererwa; nekuti Mwari unoda unopa nemufaro.

⁷each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

⁸Uye Mwari unogona kuwanza nyasha dzose kwamuri kuti nguva dzose muve nekuringana kose pazvose, muwanze pabasa rose rakanaka;

⁸and God [is] able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

⁹sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Iye wakaparadzira, wakapa kuvarombo; kururama kwake kunogara nekusingaperi.

⁹(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,`)

¹⁰Zvino iye unopa mbeu kumudzvari, zvose chingwa chekudya nekuwanza mbeu dzenyu dzakadzvarwa, nekuwedzera zvibereko zvekururama kwenyu;

¹⁰and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

¹¹muchifumiswa pazvinhu zvose pakupana kose, zvinokonzera kubudikidza nesu kuvonga kuna Mwari.

¹¹in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

¹²Nekuti basa rekushumira uku harizadzisi kushaiwa kwevatsvene chete, asi kunowanzisawo kuvonga kuzhinji kuna Mwari;

¹²because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

¹³nekuda kweuchapupu hwekushumira uku vanorumbidza Mwari pamusoro pekupupura kwenyu kwakazviisa pasi peevhangeri yaKristu, nepamusoro pekupa kwenyu zvakawanda kwavari nekune vose.

¹³through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and [for] the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

¹⁴Uye nemunyengetero wavo kwamuri, vachikushuvai nekuda kwenyasha huru-huru dzaMwari pamusoro penyu.

¹⁴and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

¹⁵Mwari ngaavongwe nekuda kwechipo chake chisingarondedzereki.

¹⁵thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!