¹Nekuti maererano nekubatsira vatsvene, zvakanyanyisisa kuti ndikunyorerei;

¹For concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you.

²Nekuti ndinoziva kushingaira kwendangariro dzenyu, dzandinozvirumbidza pamusoro penyu kune veMakedhonia, kuti Akaya yakanga vazvigadzirira kubvira makei; nokushingaira kwenyu kwakamutsa vazhinji.

²For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal [reported] of you has stimulated the mass [of the brethren].

³Zvakadaro ndakatuma hama, zvimwe kuzvirumbidza kwedu pamusoro penyu kungava pasina pachinhu ichi, kuti sezvandakareva, muzvigadzirire;

³But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;

⁴zvimwe kuti kana vamwe veMakedhonia vachiuya neni, vakakuwanai musina kuzvigadzirira, isu tinganyadziswa pakuvimba kwedu tichizvikudza.

⁴lest haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, *we*, that we say not *ye*, may be put to shame in this confidence.

⁵Naizvozvo ndakaona zvakafanira kukurudzira hama idzi, kuti vatange kuenda kwamuri, vatange kugadzira chipo chenyu chekuvonga chamakagara mapikira, kuti ichochi chigare chakagadzirwa chiri chipo chekuvonga asi kwete chinhu chatorwa nesimba,

⁵I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.

⁶Asi izvi kuti: Unodzvara zvishoma, unokohwawo zvishoma; neunodzvara zvizhinji, uchakohwawo zvizhinji.

⁶But this [is true], he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in [the spirit of] blessing shall reap also in blessing:

⁷Umwe neumwe ngaaite semadiro omoyo wake; kwete nekuchema, kana nekurovererwa; nekuti Mwari unoda unopa nemufaro.

⁷each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

⁸Uye Mwari unogona kuwanza nyasha dzose kwamuri kuti nguva dzose muve nekuringana kose pazvose, muwanze pabasa rose rakanaka;

⁸But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:

⁹sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Iye wakaparadzira, wakapa kuvarombo; kururama kwake kunogara nekusingaperi.

⁹according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

¹⁰Zvino iye unopa mbeu kumudzvari, zvose chingwa chekudya nekuwanza mbeu dzenyu dzakadzvarwa, nekuwedzera zvibereko zvekururama kwenyu;

¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

¹¹muchifumiswa pazvinhu zvose pakupana kose, zvinokonzera kubudikidza nesu kuvonga kuna Mwari.

¹¹enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

¹²Nekuti basa rekushumira uku harizadzisi kushaiwa kwevatsvene chete, asi kunowanzisawo kuvonga kuzhinji kuna Mwari;

¹²Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;

¹³nekuda kweuchapupu hwekushumira uku vanorumbidza Mwari pamusoro pekupupura kwenyu kwakazviisa pasi peevhangeri yaKristu, nepamusoro pekupa kwenyu zvakawanda kwavari nekune vose.

¹³they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;

¹⁴Uye nemunyengetero wavo kwamuri, vachikushuvai nekuda kwenyasha huru-huru dzaMwari pamusoro penyu.

¹⁴and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God [which is] upon you.

¹⁵Mwari ngaavongwe nekuda kwechipo chake chisingarondedzereki.

¹⁵Thanks [be] to God for his unspeakable free gift.