¹Zvino rutendo ndirwo rusimbiso rwezvinhu zvatinotarisira, umbowo hwezvinhu zvisingaonekwi.

¹Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

²Nekuti naiko vanhu vakuru vakapupurirwa zvakanaka.

²For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

³Kubudikidza nerutendo tinonzwisisa kuti nyika dzakanyatsoumbwa neshoko raMwari, zvekuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa hazvibvi kuzvinhu zvinoonekera.

³By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

⁴Nerutendo Abheri wakabayira kuna Mwari chibayiro chakanakisisa kupfuura Kaini; chaakawana nacho uchapupu kuti wakange akarurama, Mwari achipupurira zvipo zvake; naicho kunyange afa hake, uchiri kungotaura.

⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

⁵Norutendo Enoki wakatamiswa kuti arege kuona rufu, akasawanikwa nekuti Mwari wakange amutamisa; nekuti asati atamiswa wakapupurirwa kuti wakange afadza Mwari.

⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

⁶Kunze kwerutendo hazvibviri kumufadza; nekuti unouya kuna Mwari, unofanira kutenda kuti iye uripo, uye mupi wemubayiro wevanomutsvaka nemoyo wose.

⁶And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him]; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

⁷Nerutendo Nowa wakati ayambirwa naMwari pamusoro pezvinhu zvichigere kuonekwa, nekutya akagadzira areka yeruponeso rwemhuri yake; akapa nyika mhosva nazvo, akava mudyi wenhaka yekururama kunouya nerutendo.

⁷By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸Nerutendo Abhurahamu wakati adamwa kuti abude, aende kunzvimbo yaakanzi uchazoigamuchira ive nhaka akateerera, akabuda akaenda, asingazivi kwaanoenda.

⁸By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

⁹Nerutendo wakagara semutorwa munyika yechivimbiso senyika yeutorwa, achigara mumatende naIsaka naJakobho, vadyi venhaka yechivimbiso chimwecho pamwe naye;

⁹By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

¹⁰Nekuti wakange achitarisira guta rine nheyo, Mwari ari mhizha nemuvaki waro.

¹⁰for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

¹¹Nerutendowo Sara pachake wakapiwa simba rekugamuchira mbeu akazvara mwana, apfuura zera, nekuti wakati iye wamuvimbisa wakatendeka.

¹¹By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

¹²Naizvozvo vakaberekwa neumwe zvichibva kune wakafa vakaita senyeredzi dzekudenga pakuwanda, uye sejecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa risingaverengeki.

¹²wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

¹³Ivava vose vakafira murutendo, vasina kugamuchira zvivimbiso, asi vakazviona zviri kure, vakagutsikana nazvo, vakazvimbundikira vakabvuma kuti vaeni nevapfuuri panyika.

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹⁴Nekuti ivo vanotaura zvinhu zvakadaro, vanoratidza pachena kuti vanotsvaka nyika yekwavo.

¹⁴For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

¹⁵Nekuti kana zvirokwazvo vaifungisisa zvenyika iyo yavakabva kwairi, vangadai vakawana mukana wekudzokera.

¹⁵And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

¹⁶Asi zvino vanoshuva yakanaka kuipfuura, ndiyo yekudenga; naizvozvo Mwari haana nyadzi pamusoro pavo kuti aidzwe Mwari wavo; nekuti wakavagadzirira guta.

¹⁶But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

¹⁷Nerutendo Abhurahamu paakaidzwa wakabayira Isaka, uye iye wakange agamuchira zvivimbiso akabayira mwana wake wakaberekwa umwe woga;

¹⁷By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son];

¹⁸wakanzi pamusoro pake: Muna Isaka vana vako vachatumidzwa;

¹⁸even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

¹⁹nekurangarira kuti Mwari unogona kumutsa kunyange kuvakafa; ndipapowo paakamugamuchira mumufananidzo.

¹⁹accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

²⁰Nerutendo Isaka wakaropafadza Jakobho naEsau pamusoro pezvinhu zvinouya.

²⁰By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

²¹Nerutendo Jakobho ofa wakaropafadza mwanakomana umwe neumwe waJosefa; akanamata akasendamira pamusoro pemudonzvo wake.

²¹By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.

²²Nerutendo Josefa ava kufa wakataura zvekubuda kwevana vaIsraeri, akaraira pamusoro pemafupa ake.

²²By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

²³Nerutendo Mozisi aberekwa wakavanzwa mwedzi mitatu nevabereki vake, nekuti vakavona kuti mwana wakanaka; uye havana kutya murairo wamambo.

²³By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

²⁴Nerutendo Mozisi akura wakaramba kunzi mwanakomana wemukunda waFarao,

²⁴By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

²⁵pachinzvimbo chaizvozvo wakasarudza kuitirwa zvakaipa pamwe nevanhu vaMwari pane kuva mumufaro wezvivi kwechinguvana;

²⁵choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

²⁶akati kunyombwa kwaKristu ifuma huru pakufuma kose kweEgipita; nekuti wakarangarira muripo wemubayiro.

²⁶accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.

²⁷Nerutendo wakasiya Egipita, asingatyi kutsamwa kwamambo; nekuti wakatsungirira seunomuona iye usingaonekwi.

²⁷By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

²⁸Nerutendo wakachengetedza pasika nekusaswa kweropa, kuti unouraya matangwe arege kuvabata.

²⁸By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

²⁹Nerutendo vakagura Gungwa Dzvuku sepavhu rakawoma; vaEgipita vachizviidza vakabitirirwa.

²⁹By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.

³⁰Nerutendo masvingo eJeriko akawira pasi, apoteredzwa mazuva manomwe.

³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.

³¹Nerutendo Rakabhi chifeve haana kuparara pamwe nevasina rutendo, paakanga agamuchira vashori nerugare.

³¹By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

³²Zvino ndichataurirei zvimwe? Nekuti ndichapererwa nenguva ndichitaura zvaGidhioni, naBharaki, naSamusoni, naJefita, Dhavhidhiwo, naSamueri, nevaporofita;

³²And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:

³³avo kubudikidza nerutendo vakakunda ushe, vakaita kururama, vakawana zvivimbiso, vakadzivira miromo yeshumba,

³³who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

³⁴vakadzima simba remoto, vakapukunyuka kwakapinza kwemunondo, vakasimbiswa pautera, vakava nesimba pakurwa, vakadzinga hondo dzemamwe marudzi.

³⁴quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.

³⁵Vakadzi vakagamuchirazve vakafa vavo vachimukazve; vamwe vakashungurudzwa, vasingagamuchiri kudzikunungurwa, kuti vawane kumuka kuri nani;

³⁵Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

³⁶vamwewo vakaidzwa nekuitwa chiseko, nekuzvambaradzwa, uyezve nezvisungo nemujere;

³⁶and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

³⁷vakatakwa nembwe, vakatsemurwa nepakati, vakaidzwa, vakashinjwa nemunondo; vakadzungaira vakafuka matehwe emakwai nematehwe embudzi; vari nhoronhondo, vachitambudzika, vachishungurudzwa,

³⁷they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

³⁸(nyika haina kuvafanira), vachidzungaira mumagwenga, nemakomo, nemapako, nemakomba enyika.

³⁸(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

³⁹Naivava vose vapupurirwa zvakanaka kubudikidza nerutendo havana kugamuchira zvivimbiso,

³⁹And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

⁴⁰Nekuti Mwari wakange atigadzirira chinhu chiri nani, kuti ivo varege kupedzeredzwa pasina isu.

⁴⁰God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.