¹Naizvozvo zvatine kushumira uku, sezvatakagamuchira tsitsi, hatineti;

¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

²asi takarasha zvinhu zvakavanzika zvinonyadza, tisingafambi neusvatu, kana kushandisa shoko raMwari nekunyengera; asi nekuratidza chokwadi, tichizvipupurira kuhana dzevanhu vose pamberi paMwari.

²But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

³Zvino kana evhangeri yedu yakafukidzwa, yakafukidzwa kune avo vanoparara;

³Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

⁴kwavari Mwari wenyika ino wavakapofumadza fungwa dzevasingatendi, zvimwe chiedza chekubwinya kweevhangeri yaKristu uri mufananidzo waMwari chingavhenekera kwavari.

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

⁵Nekuti hatizviparidzi isu, asi Kristu Jesu Ishe; uye isu tiri varanda venyu nekuda kwaJesu.

⁵For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

⁶Nekuti Mwari wakati chiedza chivhenekere parima ndiye wakavhenekera mumoyo yedu, kuti atipe chiedza cheruzivo rwokubwinya kwaMwari pachiso chaJesu Kristu.

⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” Genesis 1:3 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷Asi tine fuma iyi mumidziyo yevhu, kuti ukuru hwesimba hwuve hwaMwari, uye hwusabva kwatiri;

⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

⁸tinotambudzwa pamativi ose, asi hatimanikidzwi; tinokanganiswa, asi hatiori moyo;

⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

⁹tinotambudzwa, asi kwete kusiiwa; tinowisirwa pasi, asi kwete kuparadzwa;

⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

¹⁰tichitakura nguva dzose kufa kwaIshe Jesu mumuviri, kuti neupenyuwo hwaJesu hwuratidzwe mumuviri wedu.

¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

¹¹Nekuti isu vapenyu tinogara tichikumikidzwa mukufa nekuda kwaJesu, kuti upenyuwo hwaJesu hwuratidzwe munyama yedu inofa.

¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

¹²Saizvozvo kufa kunobata matiri, asi upenyu mamuri.

¹²So then death works in us, but life in you.

¹³Naizvozvo tine mweya iwoyu werutendo, zvichienderana nezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Ndakatenda, saka naizvozvo ndakataura; isuwo tinotenda saka naizvozvo tinotaura;

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” Psalm 116:10 We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

¹⁴tichiziva kuti iye wakamutsa Ishe Jesu, uchatimutsawo isu kubudikidza naJesu; agotikumikidza pamwe nemwi.

¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

¹⁵Nekuti zvinhu zvose zvinoitwa nekuda kwenyu, kuti nyasha zvadzakawanzwa nekuda kwekuvonga kwevazhinji dziwedzerwe dzive rukudzo kuna Mwari.

¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

¹⁶Naizvozvo hatineti, asi kunyange munhu wedu wokunze achiparara, zvakadaro womukati unovandudzwa zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹⁶Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁷Nekuti kutambudzika kwedu kwakareruka kuripo asi kwechinguva chiduku, kunotiitira kubwinya kukuru kwakaisvo-naka kusina chiyero;

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸Nekuti tisingatariri zvinhu zvinoonekwa, asi zvinhu zvisingaonekwi; nekuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa ndezvenguva, asi zvinhu zvisingaonekwi ndezvekusingaperi.

¹⁸while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.