¹Zvino Mweya unoreva zvakajeka kuti panguva dzekupedzisira vamwe vachatsauka parutendo, vachiteerera mweya inonyengera nedzidziso dzemadhimoni,

¹But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

²paunyepedzeri vachireva nhema, vakapiswa pahana dzavo nedare rinopisa,

²through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

³vachidzivisa kuwanana, kurega chimwe chikafu Mwari chaakasikwa kuti chigamuchirwe nekuvonga nevanotenda vanoziva chokwadi.

³forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

⁴Nekuti chose chisikwa chaMwari chakanaka, uye hakuna chingafanira kurashwa kana chichigamuchirwa nekuvonga;

⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

⁵Nekuti chinoitwa chitsvene neshoko raMwari nemunyengetero.

⁵for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁶Kana uchiyevudzira hama zvinhu izvi, uchava mushumiri wakanaka waJesu Kristu, wakafundwa namashoko erutendo needzidziso yakanaka, yaunotevera.

⁶If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed [until now]:

⁷Asi urambe ngano dzakaipa nedzechembere. Uzvirovedze pauMwari.

⁷but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

⁸Nekuti kurovedza muviri kunobatsira zvishoma, asi uMwari hunobatsira pazvinhu zvose, zvahune chivimbiso cheupenyu hwazvino nehwunouya.

⁸for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

⁹Shoko iri rakatendeka, rinofanirwa nekugamuchirwa kose.

⁹Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

¹⁰Nekuti naizvozvo isu tose tinoshanda nesimba, nekushorwa, nekuti tinovimba naMwari mupenyu, unova Muponesi wevanhu vose, zvikuru waavo vanotenda.

¹⁰For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

¹¹Raira zvinhu izvi udzidzise:

¹¹These things command and teach.

¹²Kusava nemunhu unozvidza uduku hwako, asi uve muenzaniso wevanotenda, pashoko pamufambiro, parudo, paMweya, parutendo, nepautsvene.

¹²Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

¹³Kusvikira ndasvika, ngwarira pakuverenga, pakuraira nepadzidziso.

¹³Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

¹⁴Usashaya hanya nechipo chiri mauri, chawakapiwa nechiporofita, nokuiswa maoko eutariri.

¹⁴Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

¹⁵Funganya pamusoro pezvinhu izvi, uzvipe nemoyo wose kwazviri, kuti kupfuurira mberi kwako kuonekwe kune vose.

¹⁵Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.

¹⁶Uzvichenjerere iwe nedzidziso. Urambire pazviri, nekuti mukuita izvi, uchazviponesa iwe nevanokunzwa.

¹⁶Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.