1Nekuti tinoziva kuti kana imba yedu yenyika, yedumba ichiputswa, tine chivakwa chinobva kuna Mwari, imba isina kuvakwa nemaoko, yekusingaperi iri kumatenga.
1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2Nekuti mune iyi tinogomera, tichishuva nemoyo wose kuti tifukidzwe neimba yedu inobva kudenga;
2For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
3kana zvikadaro hatingawanikwi tisina chatakafuka.
3if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
4Nekuti nesu tiri mutende tinogomera tichiremerwa; tisingadi kuti tikururwe, asi kufukidzwa, kuti chinofa chimedzwe neupenyu.
4For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5Zvino uyo wakatigadzirira chinhu ichochi ndiMwari, wakatipawo rubatso rwoMweya.
5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
6Naizvozvo tine ushingi nguva dzose, tichiziva kuti kana tiri kumusha mumuviri hatisi kuna Ishe;
6Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
7Nekuti tinofamba nerutendo kwete nekuona;
7for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8naizvozvo tine ushingi, tichishuva kuti zviri nani kusava pamuviri, asi kuva kuna Ishe.
8We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
9Naizvozvo tinoshingaira kuti kunyange tiri pamusha kana kure nemusha kwaari.
9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
10Nekuti tose tinofanira kuonekwa pamberi pechigaro chekutonga chaKristu; kuti umwe neumwe agamuchire zvinhu zvaakaita pamuviri, zvichienderana nezvaakaita, kana zvakanaka kana zvakaipa.
10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
11Naizvozvo zvatinoziva kutyisa kw aIshe, tinonyengetedza vanhu; asi tinoratidzwa kuna Mwari; uye ndine chivimbo kuti tiratidzwe pahana dzenyu.
11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
12Hatizvirumbidzizve kwamuri, asi tinokupai mukana wekurumbidza nekuda kwedu, kuti mugone kumirisana navo vanozvirumbidza pachiso kwete pamoyo.
12For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
13Nekuti kana tichipenga, ndezve kuna Mwari; kana tiri vanhu kwavo, ndezve kwamuri.
13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.
14Nekuti rudo rwaKristu runotimanikidza; nekuti tinoona saizvozvo kuti kana mumwe akafira vose, zvino vose vakafa;
14For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
15zvino iye wakafira vose, kuti avo vanorarama vachirega kuzozviraramira ivo, asi iye wakavafira nekumukazve.
15He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
16Naizvozvo kubvira zvino hatizivi munhu panyama; uye kunyange takaziva Kristu panyama, kubvira zvino hatichamuzivi saizvozvo.
16Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
17Kuti kana munhu ari muna Kristu, wava chisikwa chitsva, zvinhu zvekare zvapfuura, tarirai zvose zvava zvitsva.
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
18Uye zvinhu zvose zvakabva kuna Mwari, wakatiyananisa naye naJesu Kristu, uye wakatipa kushumira kweyananiso;
18But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19sezvinonzi Mwari wakange ari muna Kristu achiyananisa nyika kwaari, asingavaverengeri kudarika kwavo, akakumikidza kwatiri shoko rekuyananisa.
19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20Naizvozvo tiri nhumwa nekuda kwaKristu, Mwari saanenge achikukumbirisai, nesu tinokukumbirisaiwo pachinzvimbo chaKristu tichiti: Yananiswai naMwari.
20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21Nekuti uyo wakange asingazivi chivi, wakamuita chivi pachinzvimbo chedu; kuti isu tive kururama kwaMwari maari.
21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.