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¹Naizvozvo pakupedzisira, hama dzangu, tinokumbira kwamuri, nokukurairai munaShe Jesu, kuti, sezvamakadzidza kwatiri mutovo wamunofanira kufamba nokufadza Mwari nawo, sezvamunofamba vo, kuti muwanze nokuwanzisisa panaizvozvo.Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

²Nokuti munoziva mirairo yatakakupai, naShe Jesu.For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

³Nokuti kuda kwaMwari ndibwo vutsvene bwenyu, murege vupombwe;For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

⁴kuti mumwe nomumwe wenyu azive kuzviwanira mudziyo wake novutsvene nokukudzwa,That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

⁵asingaiti nokukara kwokuchiva, savahedheni, vasingazivi Mwari;Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

⁶munhu ngaarege kuitira hama yake zvakaipa kana kumunyengera pachinhu ichi, nokuti Ishe ndiye mutsivi wezvinhu izvozvo zvose, sezvatakakuvudzai vo nokukupupurirai kwazvo.That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

⁷Nokuti Mwari haana kutidanira tsvina, asi muvutsvene.For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

⁸Naizvozvo unoramba izvozvo, haarambi munhu, asi Mwari, unokupai Mweya wake, iwo Mutsvene.He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁹Zvino, kana ruri rudo pakati pehama, hamufaniri kuti munyorerwe, nokuti imi mumene makadzidziswa naMwari kuti mudane;But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

¹⁰nokuti ndizvovo zvamunoitira hama dzose dzeMakedhonia, yose asi tinokurairai, hama dzangu, kuti muwanze nokuwanzisisa panaizvozvi;And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

¹¹Shingairirai kuva norugare, mumwe nomumwe abate zvake, muchibate basa namavoko enyu, sezvatakakurairai;And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

¹²kuti mufambe nomutovo wakafanira kuna vari kunze, musingashaiwi chinhu.That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹³Zvino, hama dzangu, hatidi kuti mushaiwe kuziva pamusoro pavavete, kuti murege kuchema savamwe vasinetariro.But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

¹⁴Nokuti kana tichitenda kuti Jesu wakafa, akamuka zve, saizvozvo vo avo vakavata munaJesu, Mwari uchavavuyisa pamwe chete naye.For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

¹⁵Nokuti tinokuvudzai neshoko raShe, kuti isu vapenyu, vakasara kusvikira pakuvuya kwaShe, hatingatongotangiri vakavata.For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

¹⁶Nokuti Ishe amene uchaburuka kudenga nokudanidzira, nenzwi romutumwa mukuru, nehwamanda yaMwari; vakafa munaKristu vachatanga kumuka;For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

¹⁷zvino isu vapenyu, vakasara, tichatorwa pamwe chete navo mumakore, kuti tichingamidze Ishe mudenga; naizvozvo tichava naShe nguva dzose.Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸Naizvozvo nyaradzanai namashoko awa.Wherefore comfort one another with these words.