¹Zvino shure kwemakore gumi nemana ndakakwirazve kuJerusarema naBhanabhasi, ndikatorawo Titosi.

¹Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

²Ndakakwira nekuzarurirwa, ndikarondedzera kwavari evhangeri yandinoparidza pakati pevahedheni, asi pachivande kune vakange vachikudzwa, kuti zvimwe neumwe mutowo ndingamhanya kana ndakatomhanyira pasina, kana kuti zvimwe ndatomhanyira pasina.

²And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

³Asi kunyange Titosi waiva neni ari muGiriki, haana kurovererwa kuti adzingiswe;

³But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

⁴uye nekuda kwehama dzenhema, vakange vapinzwa nekunyangira, vakange vapinda chinyararire kuzoshora kusununguka kwedu kwatinako muna Kristu Jesu, kuti vatiise muuranda;

⁴and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

⁵vatisina kupa mukana nekuzviisa pasi kunyange kweawa; kuti chokwadi cheevhangeri chirambe chigere nemwi.

⁵to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

⁶Asi kana vari ivo vairatidza kuva chinhu (hazvinei kwandiri kuti vaiva vakadini; Mwari haagamuchiri chimiro chinoonekwa chemunhu), nekuti kana vari ivo vanokudzwa havana kundiwedzera chinhu;

⁶But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person)-- they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:

⁷asi nekusiyana ivo vakati vaona kuti evhangeri yavasakadzingiswa yakakumikidzwa kwandiri, seye vekudzingiswa kuna Petro,

⁷but contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with [the gospel] of the circumcision

⁸(nekuti iye wakasima nesimba kuna Petro vuapositori hwevakadzingiswa, ndiye wakapa kwandiri vuapositori kuvahedheni);

⁸(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

⁹vakati vaziva nyasha dzakange dzapiwa kwandiri, Jakobho, naKefasi, naJohwani, vanokudzwa kuva mbiru, ruoko rwerudyi rwekudyidzana vakandipa, nekuna Bhanabhasi, kuti isu tiende kuvahedheni, ivo kuna vakadzingiswa;

⁹and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;

¹⁰chete kuti tirangarire varombo; chandakashingairirawo kuti ndichiite.

¹⁰only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

¹¹Zvino Kefasi wakati asvika Andiyokiya, ndakamupikisa pachiso, nekuti waifanira kumhurwa.

¹¹But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

¹²Nekuti vasati vasvika vamwe vakange vabva kuna Jakobho, iye waidya nevahedheni; asi vakati vasvika akasuduruka, akazviraura, achitya avo vekudzingiswa.

¹²For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision.

¹³Nevamwe vaJudha vakanyengera pamwe naye; zvekuti Bhanabhasiwo wakatorwa neunyepedzeri hwavo.

¹³And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.

¹⁴Asi ndakati ndichiona kuti havafambi zvakarurama maererano nechokwadi cheevhangeri, ndakati kuna Petro pamberi pevose: Kana iwe uri muJudha, uchirarama nemutowo wevahedheni, uye kwete sezvinoita vaJudha, unoroverera sei vahedheni kuti vararame sevaJudha?

¹⁴But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

¹⁵Isu vaJudha pachisikirwo, uye kwete vatadzi vanobva kuvahedheni,

¹⁵We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

¹⁶tichiziva kuti munhu haanzi wakarurama nemabasa emurairo, asi nerutendo rwaJesu Kristu, kunyange isuwo takatenda kuna Kristu Jesu, kuti tinzi takarurama nerutendo rwaKristu, uye kwete nemabasa emurairo; nekuti nemabasa emurairo hakuna nyama ichanzi yakarurama.

¹⁶yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

¹⁷Asi kana isu, tinotsvaka kunzi takarurama kuna Kristu, isu tomenewo tiwanikwe tiri vatadzi, naizvozvo Kristu wava mushumiri wechivi here? Ngazvisadaro!

¹⁷But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

¹⁸Nekuti kana ndikavakazve zvinhu zvandaputsa, ndinozviita mudariki.

¹⁸For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.

¹⁹Nekuti ini kubudikidza nemurairo ndakafa kumurairo, kuti ndirarame kuna Mwari,

¹⁹For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

²⁰Ndakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa pamwe naKristu; asi ndinorarama; zvakadaro handisisiri ini, asi Kristu unorarama mandiri; ndiko kurarama kwandinorarama zvino panyama, ndinorarama nerutendo rweMwanakomana waMwari; wakandida akazvipa nekuda kwangu

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

²¹Handishaisi nyasha dzaMwari maturo; nekuti kana kunzi wakarurama zvichibva kumurairo, saka Kristu wakafira pasina.

²¹I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.