¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

¹Pauro muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, zvichienderana nechivimbiso cheupenyu hwuri muna Kristu Jesu,

²to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²kuna Timotio, mwana wangu unodikamwa: Nyasha, tsitsi, nerugare, zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba, naKristu Jesu Ishe wedu.

³I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

³Ndinovonga Mwari wandinoshumira kubva kumadziteteguru nehana yakachena, kuti ndisingamiri ndakakurangarira paminyengetero yangu siku nesikati,

⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

⁴ndichishuva zvikuru kukuona, ndichirangarira misodzi yako, kuti ndizadzwe nemufaro;

⁵having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

⁵kana ndichisvika pakurangarira rutendo rwusinganyepedzeri rwuri mauri, rwaimbogara pakutanga muna mbuya vako Roisi namai vako Yunisi, uye ndinovimba kuti kunogarawo mauri.

⁶For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

⁶Nemhaka iyi ndinokuyeudzira kuti ukutidzire chipo chaMwari, chiri mauri nekuiswa kwemaoko angu.

⁷For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

⁷Nekuti Mwari haana kutipa mweya wekutya asi wesimba, newerudo, newefungwa dzakanaka.

⁸Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

⁸Naizvozvo usanyadziswa neuchapupu hwaIshe wedu, kana hwangu musungwa wake, asi utambudzike pamwe neni nekuda kweevhangeri zvichienderana nesimba raMwari,

⁹who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

⁹wakatiponesa, akatidana nekudana kutsvene, kwete zvichienderana nemabasa edu, asi zvichienderana nezano rake, nenyasha dzakapiwa kwatiri muna Kristu Jesu nguva dzisati dzavapo,

¹⁰but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

¹⁰asi zvino kunoratidzwa nekuonekwa kwemuponesi wedu Jesu Kristu, wakaparadza rufu, akabudisa pachena upenyu nekusafa kubudikidza neevhangeri,

¹¹For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹¹yandakagadzirwa kuva muparidzi, nemuapositori, nemudzidzisi wevahedheni.

¹²For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

¹²Nemhaka yechikonzero ichi neni ndinotambudzika zvinhu izvi, zvakadaro handinyadziswi, nekuti ndinoziva wandakatenda, uye ndinoziva kwazvo kuti unogona kuchengeta chandakamupa kusvikira zuva iroro.

¹³Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹³Batisisa muenzaniso wemashoko mapenyu awakanzwa kwandiri murutendo nerudo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁴That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

¹⁴Icho chinhu chakanaka chawakakumikidzwa uchichengete neMweya Mutsvene unogara matiri.

¹⁵This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁵Unozviziva izvi, kuti vose vari paAsia vakandifuratira; pakati pavo pana Figero naHemogene.

¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

¹⁶Ishe ape tsitsi kuimba yaOnesiforo; nekuti kazhinji wakandivandudza, uye haana kunyadziswa neketani yangu.

¹⁷but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

¹⁷Asi wakati asvika Roma, akanditsvaka zvikuru, akandiwana.

¹⁸(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

¹⁸Ishe ngaamuitire kuti awane tsitsi kuna Ishe nezuva iroro; uye muzvinhu zvingani zvaakabatira kwandiri paEfeso iwe unozivisisa.