2 Petro 1

¹Simeoni Petro, muranda nomuapostora waJesu Kristu, kunavakagoverwa kutenda kumwe nokwedu, kunokosha, nokururama kwaMwari wedu noMuponesi Jesu Kristu;Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

²nyasha ngadzive nemi norugare ngaruwanzwe pakuziva Mwari naJesu, Ishe wedu;Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

³nokuti nesimba rovuMwari bwake takapiwa zvose zvinodikanwa pavupenyu napakunamata Mwari, nenzira yokumuziva iye wakatidana nokubwinya kwake nokunaka;According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

⁴akatipa nazvo zvipikirwa zvinokosha zvakakura kwazvo; kuti nazvo muve vanhu vakagoverwa vuMwari, matiza kuvora kuri panyika nokuchiva.Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

⁵Zvino nemhaka iyi muchishingaira kwazvo wedzerai kunaka pakutenda kwenyu, napakunaka wedzerai kuziva;And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

⁶napakuziva, kuzvidzora; napakuzvidzora, kutsungirira; napakutsungirira, kunamata Mwari;And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

⁷napakunamata Mwari, kuda vatendi, napakuda vatendi, rudo.And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

⁸Nokuti kana zvinhu izvi zviri mamuri, zvichiramba zvichiwanzwa, zvichakuitai vanhu vasinovusimbe navasingashaiwi zvibereko pakuziva Ishe wedu, Jesu Kristu.For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹Nokuti munhu, usinaizvozvi ibofu, unovona zviri pedo bedzi, wakanganwa kusukwa kwezvivi zvake zvakare.But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

¹⁰Saka, hama dzangu, shingairai kwazvo kuti musimbise kudanwa nokusanangurwa kwenyu; nokuti kana muchiita izvozvi hamungatongogumburwi;Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

¹¹nokuti muchazviita muchazarurirwa zvakanaka kuti mupinde muvushe bwusingaperi bwaShe wedu, noMuponesi Jesu Kristu.For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹²Saka handingaregi kukuyevudzai zvinhu izvi nguva dzose, kunyange muchizviziva henyu, vuye makasimba pazvokwadi yamunayo.Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

¹³Ndinoti zvakanaka, kuti ndichiri mutabhernakeri ino ndikumutsei nokukuyevudzai;Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

¹⁴ndichiziva kuti kubviswa kwetabhernakeri yangu kwava pedo, sezvandakaratidzwa naShe wedu Jesu Kristu.Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

¹⁵Zvino ndichashingaira, kuti mugogona kurangarira zvinhu izvi nguva dzose kana ndaenda.Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

¹⁶Nokuti hatina kutevera ngano dzokufungwa nenjere, nguva yatakakuzivisai simba nokuvuya kwaShe wedu Jesu Kristu, asi takanga tiri vanhu vakavona vumambo bwake.For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

¹⁷Nokuti iye wakapiwa kukudzwa nokubwinya naMwari, Baba, panguva iya, yakavuya inzwi rakadai kwaari.richibva kukubwinya kukuru-kuru, richiti: Uyu ndiye Mwanakomana wangu unodikanwa, wandinofarira.For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹⁸Inzwi iri takarinzwa isu, richibva kudenga, nguva yatakanga tinaye mugomo dzvene.And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

¹⁹Vuye tineshoko rovuporofita rakasimba kwazvo, ramunoita zvakanaka kana muchiriterera, rakaita somwenje unovhenekera munerima, kusvikira vutonga bwuchitsuka, nenyamasase ichibudira moyo yenyu;We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

²⁰muchiziva pakutanga, kuti hakunovuporofita bworugwaro bwunongodudzirwa nomunhu;Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

²¹nokuti hakunovuporofita bwakatongovuya nokuda kwomunhu, asi vanhu vatswene vaMwari vakataura, vachimutswa noMweya Mutsvene.For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.