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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

⁶Asi ndinovimba kuti muchaziva kuti hatisi vakarashwa.

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.

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

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

⁸Nekuti hatigoni kuita chinhu chinopesana nechokwadi, asi chechokwadi.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

¹²Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹²Kwazisanai nekutsvoda kutsvene.

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹³Vatsvene vose vanokukwazisai.

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

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