¹Naizvozvo iwe, mwana wangu, simba munyasha dziri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that [is] in Christ Jesus,

²Nezvinhu zvawakanzwa kwandiri pakati pezvapupu zvizhinji, uzvikumikidze izvozvo kuvanhu vakatendeka vachagonawo kudzidzisa vamwe.

²and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

³Naizvozvo iwe utambudzike zvakaoma, semurwi wakanaka waKristu Jesu.

³thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

⁴Hakuna munhu unorwa semurwi unozvipinganidza nezvinhu zveupenyu, kuti agone kufadza uyo wakamupinza basa.

⁴no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

⁵Uye kana munhuwo achikwikwidza, haashongedzwi korona kana asina kukwikwidza zviri pamurairo.

⁵and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

⁶Murimi unoshanda ndiye unofanira kutanga kugamuchira zvibereko.

⁶the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

⁷Fungisisa zvandinoreva, uye Ishe ngaakupe kunzwisisa pazvinhu zvose.

⁷be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

⁸Rangarira Jesu Kristu wakamutswa kuvakafa, werudzi rwaDhavhidhi, zvichienderana neevhangeri yangu;

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

⁹yandinotambudzika mairi zvakaipa kusvikira pazvisungo semuiti wezvakaipa; asi shoko raMwari harina kusungwa.

⁹in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

¹⁰Saka ndinotsungirira zvinhu zvose nekuda kwevakasanangurwa, kuti ivo vawanewo ruponeso rwuri muna Kristu Jesu, pamwe nekubwinya kusingaperi.

¹⁰because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that [is] in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

¹¹Shoko iri rakatendeka; nekuti kana takafa pamwe naye, tichararamawo pamwe naye.

¹¹Stedfast [is] the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

¹²Kana tikatsungirira, tichatonga pamwe naye; kana tikamuramba, iye uchatirambawo.

¹²if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also shall deny us;

¹³Kana tisingatendeki, iye unoramba akatendeka, haangazvirambi.

¹³if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

¹⁴Uvayevudzire zvinhu izvi, uchiraira pamberi paIshe, kuti varege kuita nharo dzemashoko dzisina rubatsiro, zvinongoparadza vanonzwa.

¹⁴These things remind [them] of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

¹⁵Shingaira kuti uzviratidze kuna Mwari uri munhu wakatendeka, mushandi usingafaniri kunyadziswa, unonyatsoruramisa shoko rechokwadi.

¹⁵be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

¹⁶Asi nzvenga kutaura kwetsvina kusina maturo; nekuti vacharamba vachingonyanya pakusava neuMwari,

¹⁶and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

¹⁷neshoko ravo richanyenga segomarara; pakati pavo pana Himenayo naFireto;

¹⁷and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

¹⁸ivo vakatsauka pachokwadi, vachiti kumuka kwevakafa kwatopfuura, vachipidigura rutendo rwevamwe.

¹⁸who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro nheyo dzaMwari dzinomira dzakasimba, dzine chisimbiso ichi: Ishe unoziva vari vake; vuye: Umwe neumwe unoreva zita raIshe ngaabve pakusarurama.

¹⁹sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

²⁰Zvino muimba huru hamuna midziyo yendarama neyesirvheri chete, asiwo yematanda neyevhu, neimwe inokudzwa neimwe isingakudzwi.

²⁰And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

²¹Naizvozvo kana munhu achizvinatsa pazvinhu izvi, uchava mudziyo unokudzwa, wakaitwa mutsvene, wakakwanira basa ratenzi, wakagadzirirwa basa rose rakanaka.

²¹if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

²²Tiza kuchiva kweuduku, asi uteverere kururama, rutendo, rudo, rugare, pamwe nevanodana kuna She zvichibva pamoyo wakachena.

²²and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

²³Asi mibvunzo yeupenzi neyekusadzidza urambe, uchiziva kuti zvinomutsa kukakavara.

²³and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

²⁴Zvino muranda waIshe haafaniri kukakavara, asi ave munyoro kune vose, unoziva kudzidzisa, une moyo murefu,

²⁴and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

²⁵unoraira neunyoro avo vanopikisa, kuti zvimwe Mwari avape kutendevukira mukugamuchira chokwadi,

²⁵in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

²⁶uye vapengenukezve kubva pamusungo wadhiabhorosi, wavakanga vakabatwa naye muuranda pakuda kwake.

²⁶and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.