¹Pauro muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, zvichienderana nechivimbiso cheupenyu hwuri muna Kristu Jesu,

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that [is] in Christ Jesus,

²kuna Timotio, mwana wangu unodikamwa: Nyasha, tsitsi, nerugare, zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba, naKristu Jesu Ishe wedu.

²to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

³Ndinovonga Mwari wandinoshumira kubva kumadziteteguru nehana yakachena, kuti ndisingamiri ndakakurangarira paminyengetero yangu siku nesikati,

³I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

⁴ndichishuva zvikuru kukuona, ndichirangarira misodzi yako, kuti ndizadzwe nemufaro;

⁴desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

⁵kana ndichisvika pakurangarira rutendo rwusinganyepedzeri rwuri mauri, rwaimbogara pakutanga muna mbuya vako Roisi namai vako Yunisi, uye ndinovimba kuti kunogarawo mauri.

⁵taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

⁶Nemhaka iyi ndinokuyeudzira kuti ukutidzire chipo chaMwari, chiri mauri nekuiswa kwemaoko angu.

⁶For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

⁷Nekuti Mwari haana kutipa mweya wekutya asi wesimba, newerudo, newefungwa dzakanaka.

⁷for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

⁸Naizvozvo usanyadziswa neuchapupu hwaIshe wedu, kana hwangu musungwa wake, asi utambudzike pamwe neni nekuda kweevhangeri zvichienderana nesimba raMwari,

⁸therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

⁹wakatiponesa, akatidana nekudana kutsvene, kwete zvichienderana nemabasa edu, asi zvichienderana nezano rake, nenyasha dzakapiwa kwatiri muna Kristu Jesu nguva dzisati dzavapo,

⁹who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

¹⁰asi zvino kunoratidzwa nekuonekwa kwemuponesi wedu Jesu Kristu, wakaparadza rufu, akabudisa pachena upenyu nekusafa kubudikidza neevhangeri,

¹⁰and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,

¹¹yandakagadzirwa kuva muparidzi, nemuapositori, nemudzidzisi wevahedheni.

¹¹to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

¹²Nemhaka yechikonzero ichi neni ndinotambudzika zvinhu izvi, zvakadaro handinyadziswi, nekuti ndinoziva wandakatenda, uye ndinoziva kwazvo kuti unogona kuchengeta chandakamupa kusvikira zuva iroro.

¹²for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

¹³Batisisa muenzaniso wemashoko mapenyu awakanzwa kwandiri murutendo nerudo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹³The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus;

¹⁴Icho chinhu chakanaka chawakakumikidzwa uchichengete neMweya Mutsvene unogara matiri.

¹⁴the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

¹⁵Unozviziva izvi, kuti vose vari paAsia vakandifuratira; pakati pavo pana Figero naHemogene.

¹⁵thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;

¹⁶Ishe ape tsitsi kuimba yaOnesiforo; nekuti kazhinji wakandivandudza, uye haana kunyadziswa neketani yangu.

¹⁶may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

¹⁷Asi wakati asvika Roma, akanditsvaka zvikuru, akandiwana.

¹⁷but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

¹⁸Ishe ngaamuitire kuti awane tsitsi kuna Ishe nezuva iroro; uye muzvinhu zvingani zvaakabatira kwandiri paEfeso iwe unozivisisa.

¹⁸may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.