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¹Munhu upi noupi ngaarangarire saizvozvo kuti tiri varanda vaKristu.vachengeti vezvakavanzika zvaMwari.Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

²Zvino, pazvinhu izvi, pavatariri panotsvakwa, kuti munhu awanikwe akatendeka.Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

³Zvino chinhu chiduku-duku kwandiri, kuti nditongwe nemi, kana nokutonga kwomunhu; handizvitongi ini ndimene.But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

⁴Nokuti handizivi mhosva yandinayo; asi handiruramiswi naizvozvo; asi unonditonga ndiye’She.For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

⁵Saka regai kutonga chinhu nguva isati yasvika, kusvikira Ishe avuya, iye uchabudisa pachena zvinhu zvakavanzika zverima, nokuratidza mifungo yomoyo; apo munhu mumwe nomumwe ucharumbidzwa naMwari.Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

⁶Zvino, hama dzangu, zvinhu izvi ndakanyora ndichizvifananidzira ini naAporo, nokuda kwenyu; kuti mudzidze kwatiri kusapfuvura izvo zvakanyorwa, kuti mumwe arege kuzvikudza, achitsaura mumwe kunomumwe.And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

⁷Nokuti ndianiko wakakutsaura iwe? Chinyiko chaunacho chausina kupiwa? Zvino kana wakapiwa, unozvikudzireiko sousina kupiwa?For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

⁸Matoguta, matofuma, mabata vushe kunze kwedu; dai maibata vushe henyu, kuti isu tibate vo pamwe chete nemi.Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

⁹Nokuti ndinoti Mwari wakatigadza isu vaapostora pakupedzisira, savanhu vakatongerwa rufu; nokuti takaitwa chinhu chinoshamisa nyika, navatumwa navanhu.For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

¹⁰Isu tiri mapenzi nokuda kwaKristu, asi imi makachenjera munaKristu; isu tinoshaiwa simba, asi imi munesimba; imi munokudzwa, asi isu tinozvidzwa.We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

¹¹Kusikira nguva ino isu tinenzara, tinenyota, hatina chatingafuka, tinorobwa netsiva, hatinenzvimbo kwayo yokugara;Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

¹²tinotambudzika, tichibata namavoko edu; kana tichitukwa, tinoropafadza, kana tichitambudzwa, tinotsunga moyo;And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

¹³kana tichipomerwa, tinovaraidza; takaitwa setsvina yenyika, marara avose kusvikira zvino.Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

¹⁴Handikunyoreriyi zvinhu izvi, kuti ndikunyadzisei, asi kuti ndikurairei savana vangu vanodikanwa.I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

¹⁵Nokuti kunyange maiva navadzidzisi vanezvuru zvinegumi munaKristu, hamuna madzibaba mazhinji; nokuti munaJesu Kristu ini ndakakuberekai neEvhangeri.For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

¹⁶Naizvozvo ndinokumbira zvikuru kwamuri, kuti muve vateveri vangu.Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

¹⁷Nemhaka iyi ndakatuma Timotio kwamuri, mwana wangu unodikanwa, wakatendeka munaShe; iye uchakuyevudzai, mitovo yangu iri munaKristu Jesu, se zvandinodzidzisa kwose pakereke dzose.For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

¹⁸Zvino vamwe vanozvikudza, vachiti sokuti handingavuyi kwamuri.Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

¹⁹Ndichakurumidza kuvuya kwamuri, kana Ishe achida; handingazivi shoko raivavo vanozvikudza, asi simba ravo.But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

²⁰Nokuti vushe bwaMwari habwuzi pamashoko, asi pasimba.For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²¹Munotsvakeiko? Ndivuye kwamuri neshamhu, kana norudo nomweya wovuyoro here?What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?