¹But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

¹Asi uzivewo ichi, kuti mumazuva ekupedzisira nguva dzekutambudzika dzichasvika.

²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

²Nekuti vanhu vachava vanozvida, vanoda mari, vanozvirumbidza, vanozvikudza, vanyombi, vasingateereri vabereki, vasingavongi, vasiri vatsvene,

³without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

³vasina rudo rwechisikigo, vasingadi kuyanana, vacheri, vasingazvidzori, vane hasha, vasingadi zvakanaka,

⁴traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

⁴vatengesi, vanongomhanyirira, vane manyawi, vanoda mafaro kupfuura kuda Mwari;

⁵holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

⁵vane mufananidzo weuMwari, asi vakaramba simba rako; ubve pavanhu vakadai.

⁶For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

⁶Nekuti pane ivava varipo vanopinda mudzimba vachiverevedza, vachitapa zvikadzi nzenza, vakaremedzwa nezvivi, vanozvuzvurudzwa nekuchiva kwakasiyana siyana,

⁷always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁷zvinongogara zvichidzidza, asi hazvitongogoni kusvika paruzivo rwechokwadi.

⁸Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.

⁸Jane naJambere sezvavakapikisa Mozisi, saizvozvo ava vanoramba chokwadi, vanhu vendangariro dzakaodzwa, vakarashwa parutendo.

⁹But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

⁹Asi havachapfuuriri mberi, nekuti upenzi hwavo hwuchaonekwa kune vose, sezvakazoita hwavowo.

¹⁰But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

¹⁰Asi iwe wakatevera zvakazara dzidziso yangu, mufambiro, chinangwa, rutendo, moyo murefu, rudo, kutsungirira,

¹¹persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.

¹¹kushushwa, nenhamo, zvakandiwira paAndiyokiya, paIkoniyamu, napaRistra, kushushwa kwakadini kwandakatsunga makuri, uye Mwari wakandinunura maari ose.

¹²Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

¹²Hongu, nevose vanoda kurarama muuMwari muna Kristu Jesu vachashushwa;

¹³But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹³asi vanhu vakaipa nevanyengeri vachaenderera mberi pakuipa vachitsausa nekutsauswa.

¹⁴But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

¹⁴Asi iwe rambira pazvinhu zvawakadzidza uye zvakasimbiswa kwauri, uchiziva kuti wakazvidzidza kuna ani,

¹⁵From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵uye kuti kubvira paucheche wakaziva magwaro matsvene, anogona kukuchenjedza kusvikira pakuponeswa kubudikidza nerutendo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹⁶Every Scripture is God-breathed and or, Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

¹⁶Rugwaro rwose rwakafemerwa naMwari runobatsira padzidziso, pakutsiura, pakururamisa, nekuraira kuri mukururama,

¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

¹⁷kuti munhu waMwari ave wakakwana, agadzirirwa kwazvo basa rose rakanaka.