¹Asi uzivewo ichi, kuti mumazuva ekupedzisira nguva dzekutambudzika dzichasvika.

¹And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

²Nekuti vanhu vachava vanozvida, vanoda mari, vanozvirumbidza, vanozvikudza, vanyombi, vasingateereri vabereki, vasingavongi, vasiri vatsvene,

²for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

³vasina rudo rwechisikigo, vasingadi kuyanana, vacheri, vasingazvidzori, vane hasha, vasingadi zvakanaka,

³without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

⁴vatengesi, vanongomhanyirira, vane manyawi, vanoda mafaro kupfuura kuda Mwari;

⁴traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

⁵vane mufananidzo weuMwari, asi vakaramba simba rako; ubve pavanhu vakadai.

⁵having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

⁶Nekuti pane ivava varipo vanopinda mudzimba vachiverevedza, vachitapa zvikadzi nzenza, vakaremedzwa nezvivi, vanozvuzvurudzwa nekuchiva kwakasiyana siyana,

⁶for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

⁷zvinongogara zvichidzidza, asi hazvitongogoni kusvika paruzivo rwechokwadi.

⁷always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

⁸Jane naJambere sezvavakapikisa Mozisi, saizvozvo ava vanoramba chokwadi, vanhu vendangariro dzakaodzwa, vakarashwa parutendo.

⁸and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;

⁹Asi havachapfuuriri mberi, nekuti upenzi hwavo hwuchaonekwa kune vose, sezvakazoita hwavowo.

⁹but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

¹⁰Asi iwe wakatevera zvakazara dzidziso yangu, mufambiro, chinangwa, rutendo, moyo murefu, rudo, kutsungirira,

¹⁰And thou -- thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

¹¹kushushwa, nenhamo, zvakandiwira paAndiyokiya, paIkoniyamu, napaRistra, kushushwa kwakadini kwandakatsunga makuri, uye Mwari wakandinunura maari ose.

¹¹the persecutions, the afflictions, that befel me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,

¹²Hongu, nevose vanoda kurarama muuMwari muna Kristu Jesu vachashushwa;

¹²and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

¹³asi vanhu vakaipa nevanyengeri vachaenderera mberi pakuipa vachitsausa nekutsauswa.

¹³and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

¹⁴Asi iwe rambira pazvinhu zvawakadzidza uye zvakasimbiswa kwauri, uchiziva kuti wakazvidzidza kuna ani,

¹⁴And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

¹⁵uye kuti kubvira paucheche wakaziva magwaro matsvene, anogona kukuchenjedza kusvikira pakuponeswa kubudikidza nerutendo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁵and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus;

¹⁶Rugwaro rwose rwakafemerwa naMwari runobatsira padzidziso, pakutsiura, pakururamisa, nekuraira kuri mukururama,

¹⁶every Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that [is] in righteousness,

¹⁷kuti munhu waMwari ave wakakwana, agadzirirwa kwazvo basa rose rakanaka.

¹⁷that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.