¹Zvino ini Pauro ndomene ndinokukumbirisai neunyoro nokugadzikana kwaKristu wakaninipiswa pakati penyu ndiripo, asi kana ndisipo ndine chivimbo kwamuri;

¹Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

²asi ndinokumbirisa kwamuri, kuti ndirege kuva neushingi kana ndiripo nechivimbo chakadai chandinacho kumirisana nevamwe vanofunga kuti tinofamba zvinoenderana nenyama.

²Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

³Nekuti kunyangwe tichifamba munyama, hatirwi nemitoo yenyama;

³For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

⁴Nekuti zvombo zvehondo yedu hazvisi zvenyama, asi zvakasimba kubudikidza naMwari pakuputsa nhare;

⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

⁵tichiwisira pasi mirangariro, nechose chakakwirira chinozvikwiridza chichipesana neruzivo rwaMwari, nekuisa muutapwa, mirangariro yose pakuteerera Kristu.

⁵throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

⁶takazvigadzira kutsiva kusateerera kose, kana kuteerera kwenyu kwazadziswa.

⁶and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

⁷Imwi munotarira zvinhu nemutovo wemamiriro okunze. Kana munhu achizvivimba kuti ndewaKristu ngaazvirangarirezve, kuti sezvaari waKristu, saizvozvo isuwo tiri vaKristu.

⁷Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.

⁸Nekuti kunyange ndichizvikudza nezvinhu zvizhinji, ndaifanira kunyanyisa maererano nesimba redu ratakapiwa naIshe rekusimbisa, uye kwete rekukuputsirai pasi, handinganyadziswi;

⁸For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

⁹kuti ndirege kuita sendinokutyityidzirai netsamba.

⁹that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

¹⁰Nekuti vanoti: Tsamba dzake dzinorema uye dzine simba, asi kuvapo kwake pamuviri, unoutera nepakutaura une kuzvidzwa.

¹⁰For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

¹¹Regai wakadaro arangarire ichi, kuti sezvatakadaro pashoko nepatsamba kana tisipo saizvozvowo pakuita kwedu kana tiripo.

¹¹Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

¹²Nekuti hatina ushingi hwekuzviverenga nekuzvifananidza nevamwe vanozvikudza; asi ivo pakati pavo vanozvienzanisa navo nokuzvifananidza pachavo, havana kuchenjera.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹³Asi isu hatingazvirumbidzi nezvinhu zvisina chipimo, asi zvinoenderana nechipimo chemuganhu wekuyera Mwari waakatitemera chipimo chekusvika nekwamuriwo.

¹³But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

¹⁴Nekuti hatizvitambanudzi kupfuurikidza, setisingasvikiri kwamuri; nekuti nekwamuriwo takasvika neevhangeri yaKristu;

¹⁴For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

¹⁵tisingazvikudzi kupfuurikidza chipimo pamusoro pemabasa evamwe; asi tine tariro, kuti kana rutendo rwenyu rwuchiwanzwa, isu tichakuriswa nemwi zvinoenderana nechipimo chedu nekupfuurisa,

¹⁵not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

¹⁶kuparidza evhangeri pamatunhu ari mhiri kwenyu, kwete kuzvirumbidza pachipimo cheumwe pamusoro pezvatogadzirwa.

¹⁶so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

¹⁷Asi unozvirumbidza, ngaazvirumbidze muna Ishe.

¹⁷But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

¹⁸Nekuti haasi uyo unozvirumbidza unogamuchirwa, asi unorumbidzwa naIshe.

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.