¹Munhu ngaatirangarire sezvizvi, sevaranda vaKristu, nevachengetedzi vezvakavanzika zvaMwari.

¹Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

²Pamusoro pazvo zvinotarisirwa kuti pavatariri, kuti munhu awanikwe akatendeka.

²Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

³Asi kwandiri chinhu chiduku-duku kuti nditongwe nemwi, kana nekutonga kwemunhu; asi neni handizvitongi.

³But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

⁴Nekuti handirangariri chinhu kwandiri, zvakadaro handiruramiswi neizvozvo; Asi unonditonga ndiIshe.

⁴For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

⁵Naizvozvo regai kutonga chinhu nguva isati yasvika, kusvikira Ishe auya, iye zvose uchabudisa pachena zvinhu zvakavanzika zverima, uye ucharatidza mazano emoyo; uye ipapo munhu umwe neumwe ucharumbidzwa naMwari.

⁵Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

⁶Zvino zvinhu izvi, hama, ndinozvifananidzira neni naAporo nekuda kwenyu, kuti mudzidze kwatiri kuti musafunga kupfuura izvo zvakanyorwa, kuti umwe arege kuzvikudza achitsaura umwe kune umwe.

⁶Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

⁷Nekuti ndiani wakaita kuti musiyane? Uye chii chaunacho chausina kupiwa? Zvino kana wakapiwa, unozvikudzirei seusina kupiwa?

⁷For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

⁸Matoguta, matofuma, matotonga kunze kwedu; ndinodawo kuti mutonge, kuti isuwo titonge pamwe nemwi.

⁸Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

⁹Nekuti ndinofunga kuti Mwari wakatigadza isu vaapositori vekupedzisira, sevakatemerwa rufu; nekuti takaitwa chivokero kunyika, nekuvatumwa nekuvanhu.

⁹For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

¹⁰Isu tiri mapenzi nekuda kwaKristu, asi imwi makachenjera muna Kristu; isu tine utera, asi imwi makasimba; imwi munokudzwa, asi isu tinozvidzwa.

¹⁰We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

¹¹Kunyange kusvikira nguva ino tine nzara, uye tine nyota, takashama, tinorohwa netsiva, uye tiri vambeyi;

¹¹Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

¹²tinochama, tichishanda nemaoko edu; kana tichinyombwa tinoropafadza, kana tichishushwa tinotsunga moyo;

¹²and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

¹³kana tichinyeyewa tinonyengerera; tinoitwa setsvina yenyika, marara ezvinhu zvose, kusvikira zvino.

¹³being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

¹⁴Handinyoreri zvinhu izvi kuti ndikunyadzisei, asi savana vangu vanodikamwa ndinokunyeverai.

¹⁴I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

¹⁵Nekuti kunyange mune vadzidzisi zvuru gumi muna Kristu, zvakadaro hamuna madzibaba mazhinji; nekuti muna Kristu Jesu ini ndakakuberekai kubudikidza neevhangeri.

¹⁵For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

¹⁶Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai: Ivai vatevedzeri vangu.

¹⁶I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

¹⁷Nemhaka iyi ndakatuma Timotio kwamuri, unova mwana wangu unodikamwa, uye wakatendeka muna Ishe; iye uchakuyeuchidzai mitoo yangu iri muna Kristu, sezvandinodzidzisa kose pakereke dzose.

¹⁷For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

¹⁸Zvino vamwe vanozvikudza sezvinonzi handingauyi kwamuri.

¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

¹⁹Asi ndichauya kwamuri nekukurumidza, kana Ishe achida, uye ndichaziva, kwete shoko revanozvikudza, asi simba.

¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.

²⁰Nekuti ushe hwaMwari hahwuzi pashoko asi pasimba.

²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²¹Munodei? Ndiuye kwamuri netsvimbo here kana murudo nemweya weuyoro?

²¹What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?