¹Nenguva iyi yechitatu ndinouya kwamuri; mumiromo yezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu shoko roga roga richasimbiswa.

¹This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” Deuteronomy 19:15

²Ndakambokuudzai, uye ndinogara ndakuudzai, sendakange ndiripo rwechipiri, ikozvino ndisipo, ndinovanyorera avo vakatadza, nekune vamwe vose kuti kana ndikauyazve, handingavaregererizve.

²I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

³Sezvo muchitsvaka uchapupu hwaKristu unotaura mandiri, iye usingashaiwi simba kwamuri, asi une simba mamuri.

³seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.

⁴Nekuti kunyange akarovererwa pamuchinjikwa neutera, asi unorarama nesimba raMwari. Nekuti isuwo hatina simba maari asi tichararama pamwe naye nesimba raMwari kwamuri.

⁴For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

⁵Zviongororei kana muri parutendo; zvinzverei mumene, Hamuzivi here imwi mumene kuti Jesu Kristu uri mamuri sei? Kunze kwekuti zvirokwazvo muri vakarashwa.

⁵Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

⁶Asi ndinovimba kuti muchaziva kuti hatisi vakarashwa.

⁶But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.

⁷Zvino ndinonyengetera kuna Mwari kuti musaita chakaipa; kwete kuti isu tiratidzike setakatendeka, asi kuti imwi muite zvakarurama, kunyange isu takaita savakarashwa.

⁷Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.

⁸Nekuti hatigoni kuita chinhu chinopesana nechokwadi, asi chechokwadi.

⁸For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

⁹Nekuti tinofara kana isu tine utera asi imwi makasimba; uye izvi tinozvinyengetererawo, kuzadziswa kwenyu.

⁹For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

¹⁰Saka ndinonyora zvinhu izvi ndisipo, zvimwe kana ndiripo ndingashandisa hasha, zvichienderana nesimba randakapiwa naIshe rekusimbisa, kwete rekuputsa.

¹⁰For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

¹¹Pakupedzisira, hama, farai, muzadziswe, munyaradzwe, muve vemoyo umwe, garai murugare; uye Mwari werudo nerugare uchava nemwi.

¹¹Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹²Kwazisanai nekutsvoda kutsvene.

¹²Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹³Vatsvene vose vanokukwazisai.

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹⁴Nyasha dzaIshe Jesu Kristu, nerudo rwaMwari, nekudyidzana kweMweya Mutsvene, ngazvive nemwi mose. Ameni.

¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.