¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nekuraira kwaMwari Muponesi wedu, nekwaIshe Jesu Kristu, tariro yedu,

²to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²kuna Timotio mwana wangu chaiye parutendo: Nyasha, tsitsi, nerugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naJesu Kristu Ishe wedu.

³As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

³Sezvandakakukurudzira kuti ugare paEfeso, ndichienda Makedhonia, kuti uraire vamwe kuti varege kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso,

⁴neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

⁴kana kurangarira ngano nenhoroondo dzamazita emadzibaba dzisingaperi, zvinomutsa gakava pane kutsigisa kwaMwari kuri murutendo.

⁵but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

⁵Asi chinangwa chemurairo rudo rwunobva pamoyo wakachena nehana yakanaka nerutendo rwusinganyepedzeri;

⁶from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

⁶pane izvozvi vamwe vakatsvedza vakatsaukira kukutaura kusina maturo;

⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

⁷vachishuva kuva vadzidzisi vemurairo, vasingazivi zvavanoreva kana zvavanosimbisa.

⁸But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,

⁸Asi tinoziva kuti murairo wakanaka, kana munhu achiushandisa zviri pamurairo,

⁹as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

⁹achiziva izvi, kuti murairo hauna kuitirwa munhu wakarurama, asi vasina murairo nevasingateereri, vasingadi Mwari nevatadzi, vasiri vatsvene, nevasingatendi, nemhondi dzemadzibaba, nemhondi dzana amai, vanoponda vanhu;

¹⁰for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

¹⁰mhombwe, ngochani, nevanopamba vanhu, varevi venhema, vaputsi vemhiko, uye kana chimwe chiriko chinopesana nedzidziso mhenyu;

¹¹according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹¹sezvinoreva evhangeri yekubwinya kwaMwari wakaropafadzwa, yakakumikidzwa kwandiri.

¹²And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

¹²Uye ndinomuvonga Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu wakandigonesa, nekuti wakati ndakatendeka, akandiisa paushumiri,

¹³although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹³Ini ndaimbova munyombii nemushushi nemutuki; asi ndakawana tsitsi nekuti ndakaita nekusaziva pakusatenda;

¹⁴The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴asi nyasha dzaIshe wedu dzakawedzeresa nerutendo, nerudo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁵The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

¹⁵Ishoko rakatendeka rinofanira kugamuchirwa chose, kuti Kristu Jesu wakavuya munyika kuzoponesa vatadzi, avo vandiri mukuru wavo;

¹⁶However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

¹⁶asi nekuda kwaizvozvi ndakawana tsitsi, kuti mandiri ini mukuru Jesu Kristu aratidze moyo murefu wose, uve muenzaniso kuna vanozotenda kwaari, paupenyu hwusingaperi.

¹⁷Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷Zvino kuna iye Ishe wekusingaperi, usingafi, usingavonekwi, Mwari woga wakachenjera ngakuve nekukudzwa nekubwinya kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

¹⁸This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

¹⁸Murairo uyu ndinokumikidza kwauri, Timotio mwana wangu, sezviporofita zvakatanga kuitika pamusoro pako, kuti nazvo urwe kurwa kwakanaka;

¹⁹holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

¹⁹wakabata rutendo nehana yakanaka, iyo vamwe vakati vairasa zvichienderana nerutendo vakaputsikirwa nechikepe;

²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

²⁰vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naArekizandro, vandakakumikidza kuna Satani, kuti vadzidze kusanyomba.