2 Timoti 1

¹Pauro, muapostora waJesu Kristu, nokuda kwaMwari, nokuda kwechipikirwa chovupenyu bwuri munaKristu Jesu,Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

²kunaTimotio, mwana wangu unodikanwa: Nyasha, nengoni, norugare, zvinobva kunaMwari Baba, naKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, ngazvive newe.To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³Ndinovonga Mwari, wandinoshumira samadziteteguru angu, nehana yakachena, kana ndichiramba ndichikurangarira pakukumbira kwangu vusiku namasikati,I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

⁴ndichishuva zvikuru kukuvona, ndichirangarira misodzi yako, kuti ndizadzwe nomufaro;Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

⁵ndichiyevudzwa kutenda kusinganyengeri kuri mauri, kwaimbogara pakutanga muna mbuya vako Roisi, nomuna mai vako, vaJunika kwandinoziva kwazvo kuti kunogaravo mauri.When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

⁶Nemhaka iyi ndinokuyevudzira kuti ukuchidzire chipiwa chaMwari chiri mauri nokuiswa kwamavoko angu.Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

⁷Nokuti Mwari haana kutipa mweya wokutya asi wesimba, noworudo, nowazvokwadi.For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

⁸Naizvozvo usanyadziswa nokupupurira Ishe wedu, kana ini, musungwa wake, asi utambudzike pamwe chete neni nokuda kweEvhangeri nesimba raMwari,Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

⁹wakatiponesa, akatidana nokudana kutsvene, zvisingabvi pamabasa edu, asi nokufunga kwake, nenyasha dzaakatiitira munaKristu Jesu nguva dzisati dzavapo,Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

¹⁰asi kwakaratidzwa zvino nokuvonekwa kwoMuponesi wedu, Kristu Jesu, iye wakaparadza rufu, akabudisa pachena vupenyu nokusavora nenzira yeEvhangeri,But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

¹¹yandakaitwa muparidzi, nomuapostora, nomudzidzisi waVahedheni.Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²Nemhaka iyi ndinotambudzika vo nezvinhu izvi, asi handinyadziswi, nokuti ndinoziva wandakatenda, ndinoziva kwazvo, kuti unogona kuchengeta chandakamupa kusvikira zuva irero.For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

¹³Batisisa zvawakaratidzwa zvamashoko akarurama, izvo zvawakanzwa kwandiri mukutenda norudo ruri munaKristu Jesu.Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Icho chakanaka, chawakapiwa, uchichengete noMweya Mutsvene unogara matiri.That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

¹⁵Unozviziva hako kuti vose vari paAsia vakandifuratira; pakati pavo panaFigero naHermogene.This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶Ishe ngaaitire imba yaOnesiforo ngoni, nokuti kazhinji wakandisimbisa, asi nganyadziswi neketani yangu.The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

¹⁷Asi wakati asvika Roma, akanditsvaka zvikuru, akandiwana.But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

¹⁸(Ishe ngaamuitire chinhu ichi kuti awane ngoni kunaShe nezuva irero); newe unoziva kwazvo vukuru bwokushumira kwake paEfeso.The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.