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¹Nokuti Nemi, hama dzangu, munoziva kuti kupinda kwedu kwamuri hakuna kuva pasina.For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

²Asi kunyange takatambudzika nokuitirwa zvakaipa paFiripi, sezvamunoziva, takatsunga munaMwari wedu, tikakuparidzirai Evhangeri yaMwari pakati pokudziviswa kukuru.But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

³Nokuti kuraira kwedu hakuna kubva pakurashika, kana pakufunga kwakaipa, kana pakunyengera;For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

⁴asi sezvatakatendiwa naMwari, kuti tipiwe Evhangeri, ndizvo zvatinotaura; tisingaiti kuti tifadze vanhu, asi Mwari unoidza moyo yedu.But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

⁵Nokuti, sezvamunoziva, hatina kutongoreva namashoko okubata kumeso, kana namano-mano okukarira fuma, Mwari chapupu;For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

⁶tisingatsvaki kukudzwa navanhu kana nemi, kana navamwe, kunyange taigona kukuremedzai, zvatiri vaapostora vaKristu.Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

⁷Asi takanga tiri vanyoro pakati penyu, somureri kana achivaraidza vana vake;But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

⁸saizvozvo takakushuvai kwazvo, tikati zvakanaka kuti tirege kugovana nemi Evhangeri yaMwari bedzi, asi kunyange nemweya yedu vo, nokuti makanga madikanwa nesu kwazvo.So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

⁹Nokuti, hama dzangu, munorangarira kutambudzika nokurwa kwedu; taibata vusiku namasikati, kuti tirege kuremedza mumwe wenyu, tikakuparidzirai Evhangeri yaMwari.For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

¹⁰Imi muri zvapupu, naMwari vo, kuti taifamba novutsvene nokururama, tisina chatingapomerwa kwamuri, imi vanotenda.Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

¹¹Sezvamunoziva, kuti takaita nemi, mumwe nomumwe wenyu, sababa vanoita navana vavo,As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

¹²tichikurairai, tichikusimbisai, tichikupupurirai, kuti mufambe zvakafanira Mwari, iye unokudanirai kuvushe bwake nokubwinya kwake.That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹³Saka isu vo tinoramba tichivonga Mwari, kuti panguva yamakagamuchira shoko, iro shoko raMwari, ramakanzwa kwatiri, hamuna kurigamuchira seshoko ravanhu, asi seshoko raMwari, (riri iro zvirokwazvo) rinobata vo mukati menyu, imi munotenda.For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

¹⁴Nokuti imi, hama dzangu, makava vateveri vekereke dzaMwari dziri muJudhiya munaKristu Jesu; nokuti nemi vo makatambudzwa saizvozvo novokwenyu, sezvavakatambudzwa ivo navaJudha,For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

¹⁵Ndivo vakavuraya Ishe Jesu navaporofita, vakatidzinga isu, vasingafadzi Mwari, vachirwa navanhu vose.Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

¹⁶vanotidzivisa kuti tirege kuparidzira vahedheni, kuti vaponeswe; kuti varambe vachizadzisa zvivi zvavo; asi kutsamwa kwakaburukira pamusoro pavo kusvikira pakuguma.Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁷Zvino isu, hama dzangu, zvatakaparadzaniswa nemi chinguva chiduku pamuviri, pasati pari pamoyo, takashingairira zvikuru nokushuva kukuru kuti tivonane nemi pachiso;But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

¹⁸naizvozvo taida kuvuya kwamuri, ini Pauro, kamwe vuye zve rwechipiri, asi Satani wakatidzivisa.Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

¹⁹Nokuti tariro yedu ndeipiko, kana mufaro, kana korona yokuzvirumbidza nayo? Hamuzimi here, pamberi paShe wedu Jesu Kristu pakuvuya kwake?For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

²⁰Nokuti imi muri kubwinya kwedu nomufaro wedu.For ye are our glory and joy.