2 Johani 1

¹Mukuru kunamai vakasanangurwa navana vavo vandinoda nezvokwadi; ndisati ndiri ini ndoga, asi navose vo vanoziva zvokwadi;The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

²nokuda kwezvokwadi, inogara matiri, ichagara vo nesu nokusingaperi.For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

³Nyasha,nengoni,nerugare zvichava nesu, zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba nokunaShe Jesu Kristu, Mwanakomana waBaba, muzvokwadi norudo.Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

⁴Ndinofara zvikuru, nokuti ndakawana vamwe vana venyu vachifamba muzvokwadi, se zvatakarairwa naBaba.I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

⁵Zvino ndinokumbira kwamuri, mai, ndisingaiti sendinokunyorerai murairo mutsva, asi uyo watakanga tinawo kubva pakutanga, wokuti tidane.And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

⁶Ndirwo rudo, kuti tifambe nemirairo yake. Ndiwoyu murairo, sezvamakanzwa kubva pakutanga, kuti mufambe mauri.And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

⁷Nokuti vanyengeri vazhinji vakabudira munyika, vasingapupuri kuti Jesu Kristu wakavuya panyama. Ndiye munyengeri naantikristu.For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

⁸Zvichenjererei imi, kuti murege kurashikirwa nezvatakabatira, asi kuti mupiwe mubairo wakakwana.Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

⁹Mumwe nomumwe, unotungamirira vamwe, asingarambiri mukudzidzisa kwaKristu, haanaMwari; asi uyo, unorambira mukudzidzisa ndiye unaBaba noMwanakomana.Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

¹⁰Kana mumwe achivuya kwamuri, asingavuyi nokudzidzisa uku, musamugamuchira mumba, kana kuti kwaari, Kwaziwa!If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

¹¹Nokuti unoti kwaari kwaziwai unofambidzana naye pamabasa ake akaipa.For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

¹²Kunyange ndinezvizhinji zvandaida kukunyorerai, handidi kunyora pamwadhi neingi; asi ndinotarira kuti ndichavuya kwamuri, tigotaurirana nomuromo, kuti mufaro wenyu uzadziswe.Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

¹³Vana vomunun’una wenyu vakasanangurwa vanokukwazisai.The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.