1 Timoti 1

¹Pauro, muapostora waShe Kristu Jesu nokuraira kwaMwari, Muponesi wedu, naKristu Jesu, tariro yedu;Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

²kunaTimotio, mwana wangu chaiye pakutenda: Nyasha, nengoni, norugare, zvinobva kunaMwari Baba, naKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, ngazvive newe.Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

³Sezvandakakumbira zvikuru kwauri, ini ndichienda Makedhonia, ndinoti, usare paEfeso, kuti uraire vamwe varege kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso.As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

⁴kana kurangarira ngano namazita amadzitetegeru asingaperi, zvinongomutsa nharo, zvisingatendisi zvakarairwa naMwari, zviri mukutenda.Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

⁵Asi chinovavarirwa nomurairo ndirwo rudo runobva pamoyo wakachena, napahana yakanaka, napakutenda kusinganyengeri;Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

⁶vamwe vakarashika pazvinhu izvozvi, vakatsaukira kukutaura kusinamaturo;From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

⁷vachitsvaka kuti vave vadzidzisi vomurairo, vasingazivi zvavanoreva kana zvavanosimbisa.Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

⁸Asi tinoziva kuti murairo wakanaka, kana munhu achiita nawo sezvinoreva murairo,But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

⁹achiziva kuti murairo hauna kuitirwa wakarurama, asi vasinehanya nomurairo, navasingatereri, navasingadi Mwari, navatadzi, navasi vatsvene, navasinehanya naMwari, navanorova madzibaba, navanorova madzimai,navanovuraya vanhu;Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

¹⁰nemhombwe, navanopombora navarume,navanoba vanhu, navanoreva nhema, navanopika nhema, vuye kana chimwe chiri’ko chinopesana nedzidziso yakarurama;For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

¹¹sezvinoreva Evhangeri yokubwinya kwaMwari womufaro, yandakapiwa ini.According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹²Ndinomuvonga iye Kristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, wakandipa simba, nokuti wakati ndakatendeka, akandiisa pabasa rake;And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

¹³kunyange ini ndaimhura Mwari kare, nomutambudza ndichiitira vanhu zvakaipa; asi ndakaitirwa ngoni, nokuti ndakanga ndichizviita nokusaziva pakusatenda;Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹⁴asi nyasha dzaShe wedu dzakawanda zvikuru nokutenda, norudo ruri munaKristu Jesu.And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Ishoko razvokwadi, rinofanira kutendwa kwazvo, kuti Kristu Jesu wakavuya panyika kuzoponesa vatadzi; avo, ini ndiri mukuru wavo;This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

¹⁶asi naizvozvo ndakaitirwa ngoni, kuti Jesu Kristu aratidze moyo wake wose murefu mandiri, ini mukuru wavatadzi, kuti ndive chiratidzo kunavanozotenda kwaari, zvinovaisa kuvupenyu bwusingaperi.Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

¹⁷Zvino iye Ishe usingaperi, usingafi, usingavonekwi, Mwari woga, wakachenjera ngaave nokukudzwa nokubwinya nokusingaperi-peri. Ameni.Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸Basa iri, rakarairwa, ndinokupa iro, iwe Timotio, mwana wangu, kuti sezvazvakaprofitwa kare pamusoro pako, urwe pfumo rakanaka mazviri;This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

¹⁹wakabata kutenda nehana yakarurama; iyo yakarashwa navamwe, vakarashikirwa nokutenda;Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

²⁰vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naAreksandro, vandakaisa kunaSatani, vadzidziswe kuti varege kumhura Mwari.Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.