¹Kuzvikudza zvirokwazvo hakubatsiri kwandiri nekuti ndichasvika pazviratidzo nezvakazarurwa zvaIshe.

¹I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

²Ndinoziva munhu uri muna Kristu makore gumi nemana apfuura (kana zvakaitwa mumuviri, handizivi, kana zvimwe kunze kwemuviri, handizivi, Mwari unoziva), wakadai wakakwidzwa kudenga rechitatu.

²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

³uye ndinoziva munhu wakadai (kana mumuviri kana kunze kwemuviri, handizivi; Mwari unoziva),

³And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

⁴kuti wakakwidzwa akaiswa muparadhiso, akanzwa mashoko asingatauriki, asingatenderwi munhu kutaura.

⁴how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁵Pamusoro pewakadai ndichazvikudza; asi pamusoro pangu handizvikudzi; asi pautera hwangu.

⁵On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in [my] weaknesses.

⁶Nekuti kunyange ndichida kuzvikudza, handingavi benzi; nekuti ndichareva chokwadi; asi ndinorega, zvimwe umwe munhu ungandifungira kuva mukuru kune zvaakavona kana zvaakanzwa kwandiri,

⁶For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth from me.

⁷uye kuti ini ndirege kukudzwa kupfuuridza chipimo kubudikidza nekuwanda kwezvakazarurwa, ndakapiwa munzwa munyama, nhume yaSatani kuti indirove, kuti ndirege kukudzwa kupfuura chipimo.

⁷And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

⁸Nekuda kwechinhu ichi, ndakakumbirisa Ishe katatu kuti chibve kwandiri.

⁸Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

⁹Zvino akati kwandiri: Nyasha dzangu dzakakuringanai; nekuti simba rangu rinozadziswa muutera. Naizvozvo ndichazvirumbidza nemufaro mukuru uye utera hwangu, kuti simba raKristu rigare pamusoro pangu.

⁹And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹⁰Naizvozvo ndinofara muutera, mukunyombwa, mukushaiwa, murushusho, mukushungurudzwa nekuda kwaKristu; nekuti kana ndine utera, ipapo ndine simba.

¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹¹Ndava benzi ndichizvikudza; ndimwi makandimanikidza; nekuti ini ndaifanira kukudzwa nemwi; nekuti handizi muduku nepaduku kuvaapositori vanopfuura vose kunyange ndisi chinhu.

¹¹I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

¹²Zvirokwazvo zviratidzo zvemuapositori zvakaitwa pakati penyu mukutsungirira kose, muzviratidzo nezvishamiso, nemabasa esimba.

¹²Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

¹³Nekuti makapfuurwa papi nedzimwe kereke, kunze kwekuti ini handina kuva mutoro kwamuri? Ndikangamwirei kusarurama uku.

¹³For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

¹⁴Tarirai, ndakazvigadzirira kuuya kwamuri rwechitatu, uye handidi kuva mutoro kwamuri; nekuti handitsvaki zvenyu, asi imwi; nekuti vana havafaniri kuchengetera vabereki, asi vabereki vana.

¹⁴Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁵Uye ndinoda nemufaro mukuru kuparadza, nekuparadzirwa mweya yenyu, kunyange ndichikudai zvakapamhidzirwa zvikuru, ndinodikamwa zvishoma?

¹⁵And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

¹⁶Asi ngazvive saizvozvo, ini handina kukuremedzai; asi zvandakanga ndine mano, ndakakubatai nekunyengera.

¹⁶But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

¹⁷Ndakakutsvatai here neumwe waivo vandakatuma kwamuri?

¹⁷Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

¹⁸Ndakakumbira Tito, ndikatuma hama naye; ko Tito wakakutsvatai here? Hatina kufamba nemumweya umwe here? uye nemumakwara mamwe here?

¹⁸I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?

¹⁹Uye munofunga kuti tinozvidzivirira kwamuri here? Tinotaura pamberi paMwari muna Kristu; asi tinotaura zvinhu zvose vadikamwa kuti musimbiswe.

¹⁹Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, [are] for your edifying.

²⁰Nekuti ndinotya kuti zvimwe kana ndichisvika, ndingakuwanai musina kuita sezvandinoda, neni ndingawanikwa nemwi ndakaita sezvamusingadi; zvimwe makakava, godo, hasha, kupesana, kucherana, makuhwa, manyawi, mabongozozo;

²⁰For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

²¹zvimwe kana ndichisvikazve, Mwari wangu andininipise pakati penyu, ndichachemera vazhinji vaavo vakatombotadza vakasatendeuka pakusachena kwavo neupomhwe neunzenza hwavakaita.

²¹lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.