1 Petro 1

¹Petro, muapostora waJesu Kristu, kunavakasanangurwa vari vaeni, vakapararira paPonto, neGaratia, neKapadhokia, neAsia, neBitinia,Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

²vakasanangurwa nokuziva zviri mberi kwaMwari Baba, muvutsvene bwoMweya, kuti vaterere, vasaswe neropa raJesu Kristu: Nyasha norugare ngazviwanzwe kwamuri.Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

³Mwari, Baba vaShe wedu, Jesu Kristu, ngaatendwe, wakatibereka zve nengoni dzake huru, kuti tive netariro mhenyu, inovuya nokumuka kwaJesu Kristu kuvakafa,Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

⁴kuti tive nenhaka isingavori, isinakusvibiswa, isingasvavi yamakachengeterwa kudenga,To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

⁵imi munorindwa nesimba raMwari nokutenda, kuti mupiwe ruponeso, rwakagara rwakagadzirwa, kuti ruratidzwe nenguva yokupedzisira.Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁶Iyo yamunofarira zvikuru, kunyange zvino, kana zvichifanira, muchichemedzwa nguva duku nemiidzo mizhinji;Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

⁷kuti kuidzwa kwokutenda kwenyu kunokosha zvikuru kupfuvura ndarama inopera hayo, kunyange ichiidzwa nomoto, kuwanikwe kuchibereka kurumbidzwa, nokubwinya, nokukudzwa pakuvonekwa kwaJesu Kristu;That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

⁸iye wamunoda, kunyange musina kumuvona iye wamunotenda kwaari, kunyange musingamuvoni zvino, muchifara zvikuru nomufaro usingagoni kutaurwa, uzere nokubwinya;Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

⁹muchipiwa chinovavarirwa nokutenda kwenyu,Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰Ndirwo ruponeso rwomweya yenyu.Ruponeso urwu rwakabvunzisiswa nokunzverwa kwazvo navaporofita, vakaporofita, zvenyasha dzamaizoitirwa imi,Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

¹¹vachinzvera kuti nguva ndeipi kana yakadini, yakataurwa noMweya waKristu, wakanga uri mukati mavo, nguva yaakapupura kare zvokutambudzika kwaKristu, nokubwinya kunozotevera izvozvo.Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

¹²Avo, vakaratidzwa kuti vakanga vasingazvibatiri ivo, asi imi, pazvinhu izvo zvamakataurirwa zvino naivo vakakuparidzirai Evhangeri noMweya Mutsvene wakatumwa achibva kudenga; zvinhu izvo vatumwa vanoda kuzvicherekedza.Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

¹³Saka zvisungei zvivuno zvendangarairo dzenyu, musvinure, mutarire nomoyo wose kunyasha dzamuchazopiwa pakuvonekwa kwaJesu Kristu;Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹⁴muve savana vanoterera, musingaenzanisi mufambire wenyu nokuchiva kwakare pakusaziva kwenyu;As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

¹⁵asi saiye mutsvene wakakudanai, nemi vo mumene muve vatsvene pamufambire wenyu wose;But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

¹⁶nokuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Ivai vatsvene, nokuti ini ndiri mutsvene,Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

¹⁷Zvino kana muchimuidza Baba, iye unotonga achitarira zvakaitwa nomumwe nomumwe asingatariri zvinovonekwa zvomunhu, garai panguva yovutorwa bwenyu muchitya;And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

¹⁸muchiziva kuti hamuna kudzikinurwa nezvinovora, nesirivheri kana ndarama, pamufambire wenyu usinamaturo, wamakasiyirwa namadzibaba enyu;Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

¹⁹asi neropa raKristu, seregwaiana risina charingapomerwa, risinoruvara;But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

²⁰iye wakazikanwa kare, nyika isati yavambwa, asi wakaratidzwa pakuguma kwenguva nokuda kwenyu,Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

²¹imi, munotenda naye kunaMwari, wakamumutsa kuvakafa, akamupa kubwinya; kuti kutenda kwenyu netariro yenyu zvive kunaMwari.Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

²²Zvamakanatsa mweya yenyu muchiterera zvokwadi Mumweya, kuti mude hama nokusanyengera, munofanira kudana zvikuru nomoyo wose;Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

²³nokuti makaberekwa kutsva, zvisingabvi pambeu inovora, asi pane isingavori, neshoko raMwari benyu rinogara nokusingaperi.Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

²⁴Nokuti, Nyama yose yakaita sovuswa, Nokunaka kwose seruva rovuswa, Vuswa bwunosvava, neruva rinowira pasi;For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

²⁵Asi shoko raShe rinogara nokusingaperi.Ndireri shoko romufaro ramakaparidzirwa.But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.