¹Naizvozvo pakutanga kwezvose ndinokurudzira kuti mikumbiro, minyengetero, kureverera nekupa kuvonga zviitirwe vanhu vose;

¹I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

²Nekuti madzimambo nevose vari panzvimbo dzakakwirira kuti tigare upenyu hwerugare nerunyararo pauMwari hwose nerukudzo;

²for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

³nekuti izvi zvakanaka uye zvinogamuchirwa pamberi paMwari Muponesi wedu,

³This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

⁴uyo unoda kuti vanhu vose vaponeswe, uye vasvike pakuziva chokwadi.

⁴who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁵Nekuti kuna Mwari umwe, nemurevereri umwe pakati paMwari navanhu, ndiye munhu Kristu Jesu,

⁵For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus,

⁶wakazvipa amene kuva rudzikunuro rwevose, chive chapupu panguva dzakafanira,

⁶who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;

⁷icho chandagadzirwa kuva muparidzi nemuapositori (ndinoreva zvirokwazvo, muna Kristu, handirevi nhema), mudzidzisi wevahedheni parutendo nechokwadi.

⁷whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸Naizvozvo ndinoda kuti varume vanyengetere panzvimbo dzose, vachisimudza maoko matsvene, vasina kutsamwa nekupikisana.

⁸I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

⁹Saizvozvowo, kuti vakadzi vazvishongedze nezvipfeko zvakafanira, vane kunyara nekuzvidzora, kwete nevhudzi rakarukwa, kana ndarama, kana maparera*, kana nguvo dzinodhura,

⁹In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

¹⁰asi zvakafanira vakadzi vanoti vanoshumira Mwari nemabasa akanaka.

¹⁰but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

¹¹Mukadzi ngaadzidze mukunyarara nekuzviisa pasi kose.

¹¹Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

¹²Asi handitenderi mukadzi kuti adzidzise, kana kuti ave nesimba pamusoro pemurume, asi ave mukunyarara.

¹²But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

¹³Nekuti Adhamu wakatanga kuumbwa, tevere Evha;

¹³For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

¹⁴naAdhamu haana kunyengerwa, asi mukadzi anyengerwa wakava mukudarika,

¹⁴and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

¹⁵asi vachaponeswa kubudikidza nekubereka vana, kana vachirambira murutendo nerudo, neutsvene nekuzvidzora.

¹⁵but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.