¹Ndinorairisa naizvozvo pamberi paMwari, naIshe Jesu Kristu, iye uchatonga vapenyu nevakafa pakuonekwa kwake neushe hwake;

¹I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

²paridza shoko; iva wakagadzirira nenguva yakafanira, panguva isakafanira; dzora, tsiura, kurudzira nemoyo murefu wose nepadzidziso.

²preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

³Nekuti nguva ichasvika yavacharamba kutendera dzidziso mhenyu, asi zvichienderana nekuchiva kwavo vachazvivunganidzira vadzidzisi, vachirumwa nzeve,

³for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

⁴vachafuratidza nzeve dzavo pachokwadi, vachitendeusirwa kungano.

⁴and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

⁵Asi iwe svinura pazvinhu zvose, utsungirire pamatambudziko, uite basa remuevhangeri, uzadzise basa rako.

⁵And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

⁶Nekuti ini ndotodururwa sechibayiro, nenguva yekubva kwangu yasvika.

⁶for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

⁷Ndarwa kurwa kwakanaka, ndapedza rwendo, ndachengeta rutendo;

⁷the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

⁸kubva ikozvino, ndakachengeterwa korona yekururama yandichapiwa naIshe Mutongi wakarurama nezuva iroro; kwete kwandiri ndoga, asi kune vose vanoda kuonekwa kwake.

⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

⁹Shingaira kuti ukurumidze kuuya kwandiri.

⁹Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

¹⁰Nekuti Dhemasi wakandisiya, ada nyika yaikozvino. Akaenda Tesaronika; Kresike kuGaratia, Tito kuDhamatia.

¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

¹¹Ruka oga uneni. Tora Mako uuye naye nekuti unondibatsira pakushumira.

¹¹Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

¹²Asi Tikiko ndakamutuma kuEfeso.

¹²and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;

¹³Nguvo yandakasiya paTroasi kuna Kapo, kana wouya uuye nayo, nemabhuku, zvikuru magwaro ematebwe.

¹³the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

¹⁴Arekisandiro mupfuri wendarira wakandiitira zvakaipa zvizhinji; Ishe uchamutsiva zvinoenderana nemabasa ake;

¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

¹⁵iwewo umuchenjerere, nekuti wakapikisa zvikuru mashoko edu.

¹⁵of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

¹⁶Pakuzvidavirira kwangu kwekutanga hapana munhu wakamira neni, asi vose vakandisiya. Dai zvarega kuverengerwa kwavari.

¹⁶in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

¹⁷Zvakadaro Ishe wakamira neni, akandisimbisa, kuti neni kuparidza kuzikamwe zvakazara nevahedheni vose vanzwe; uye ndakarwirwa pamuromo weshumba.

¹⁷and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹⁸Uye Ishe uchandirwira pabasa rose rakaipa, uye uchandichengetera kupinda ushe hwake hwokudenga; kubwinya ngakuve kwaari nekusingaperi-peri. Ameni.

¹⁸and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save [me] -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹⁹Kwazisa Priska naAkwira, neimba yaOnesiforo.

¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;

²⁰Erasto wakasara paKorinde; asi Trofimo ndakamusiya paMireto achirwara.

²⁰Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

²¹Shingaira kuuya chando chisati chasvika. Yubhuro unokukwazisa, naPudhe, naRina, naKraudhia nehama dzose.

²¹be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

²²Ishe Jesu Kristu ngaave nemweya wako. Nyasha ngadzive nemwi. Ameni.

²²The Lord Jesus Christ [is] with thy spirit; the grace [is] with you! Amen.