¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nekuraira kwaMwari Muponesi wedu, nekwaIshe Jesu Kristu, tariro yedu,

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;

²kuna Timotio mwana wangu chaiye parutendo: Nyasha, tsitsi, nerugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naJesu Kristu Ishe wedu.

²unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³Sezvandakakukurudzira kuti ugare paEfeso, ndichienda Makedhonia, kuti uraire vamwe kuti varege kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso,

³As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

⁴kana kurangarira ngano nenhoroondo dzamazita emadzibaba dzisingaperi, zvinomutsa gakava pane kutsigisa kwaMwari kuri murutendo.

⁴neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now].

⁵Asi chinangwa chemurairo rudo rwunobva pamoyo wakachena nehana yakanaka nerutendo rwusinganyepedzeri;

⁵But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

⁶pane izvozvi vamwe vakatsvedza vakatsaukira kukutaura kusina maturo;

⁶from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

⁷vachishuva kuva vadzidzisi vemurairo, vasingazivi zvavanoreva kana zvavanosimbisa.

⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

⁸Asi tinoziva kuti murairo wakanaka, kana munhu achiushandisa zviri pamurairo,

⁸But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

⁹achiziva izvi, kuti murairo hauna kuitirwa munhu wakarurama, asi vasina murairo nevasingateereri, vasingadi Mwari nevatadzi, vasiri vatsvene, nevasingatendi, nemhondi dzemadzibaba, nemhondi dzana amai, vanoponda vanhu;

⁹as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

¹⁰mhombwe, ngochani, nevanopamba vanhu, varevi venhema, vaputsi vemhiko, uye kana chimwe chiriko chinopesana nedzidziso mhenyu;

¹⁰for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

¹¹sezvinoreva evhangeri yekubwinya kwaMwari wakaropafadzwa, yakakumikidzwa kwandiri.

¹¹according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹²Uye ndinomuvonga Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu wakandigonesa, nekuti wakati ndakatendeka, akandiisa paushumiri,

¹²I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;

¹³Ini ndaimbova munyombii nemushushi nemutuki; asi ndakawana tsitsi nekuti ndakaita nekusaziva pakusatenda;

¹³though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

¹⁴asi nyasha dzaIshe wedu dzakawedzeresa nerutendo, nerudo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Ishoko rakatendeka rinofanira kugamuchirwa chose, kuti Kristu Jesu wakavuya munyika kuzoponesa vatadzi, avo vandiri mukuru wavo;

¹⁵Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

¹⁶asi nekuda kwaizvozvi ndakawana tsitsi, kuti mandiri ini mukuru Jesu Kristu aratidze moyo murefu wose, uve muenzaniso kuna vanozotenda kwaari, paupenyu hwusingaperi.

¹⁶howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

¹⁷Zvino kuna iye Ishe wekusingaperi, usingafi, usingavonekwi, Mwari woga wakachenjera ngakuve nekukudzwa nekubwinya kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

¹⁷Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸Murairo uyu ndinokumikidza kwauri, Timotio mwana wangu, sezviporofita zvakatanga kuitika pamusoro pako, kuti nazvo urwe kurwa kwakanaka;

¹⁸This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

¹⁹wakabata rutendo nehana yakanaka, iyo vamwe vakati vairasa zvichienderana nerutendo vakaputsikirwa nechikepe;

¹⁹holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

²⁰vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naArekizandro, vandakakumikidza kuna Satani, kuti vadzidze kusanyomba.

²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.