2 VaKorinde 1

¹Pauro, muapostora waKristu Jesu, nokuda kwaMwari, naTimotio, hama yedu kukereke yaMwari iri paKorinte, pamwe chete navatsvene vose vari paAkaya yose:Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

²Nyasha ngadzive nemi, norugare runobva kunaMwari, Baba vedu, naShe Jesu Kristu.Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Mwari ngaavongwe, ivo Baba vaShe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vengoni, Mwari wokunyaradza kwose;Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

⁴iye unotinyaradza pakutambudzika kwedu kwose, kuti isu tive nesimba rokunyaradza vari mukutambudzika kupi nokupi, nokunyaradzwa kwatinonyaradzwa nako naMwari.Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

⁵Nokuti madambudziko aKristu se zvaakava mazhinji kwatiri, saizvozvo vo kunyaradzwa kwedu kwakava kuzhinji naKristu.For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

⁶Zvino kana tichitambudzika hedu isu, zvinoitwa nokuda kwokunyaradzwa nokuponeswa kwenyu; kana tichinyaradzwa isu, zvinoitwa nokuda kwokunyaradzwa kwenyu, kunokusimbisai kutsungirira pamadambudziko iwayo atinotambudzika vo nawo.And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

⁷Tariro yedu pamusoro penyu yakasimba, nokuti tinoziva kuti sezvamunosongana nesu pamadambudziko, saizvozvo vo pakunyaradzwa.And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

⁸Nokuti hatidi, hama dzangu, kuti murege kuziva kutambudzika kwakatiwira paAsia, kuti takaremerwa kwazvo-kwazvo kukunda simba redu, nokudaro takarasha moyo tichiti hatingararami;For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

⁹asi pamoyo pedu isu takanga tatozvitongera rufu, kuti tirege kuvimba nesimba redu, asi naMwari unomutsa vakafa;But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

¹⁰iye wakatisunungura parufu rukuru rwakadai, vuye uchatisunungura; Iye watinovimba kuti unotisunungura;Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

¹¹nemivo muchibatsirana pakutikumbirira kwenyu, kuti vanhu vazhinji vavonge pamusoro pedu nokuda kwechipo chedu chenyasha chatakapiwa nokunyengetera kwavazhinji.Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

¹²Nokuti kuzvirumbidza kwedu ndikoku: Kupupura kwehana yedu, kuti takafamba panyika, zvikuru kwamuri, novutsvene nezvokwadi yaMwari, tisingafambi novuchenjeri bwenyama, asi nenyasha dzaMwari.For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

¹³Nokuti hatikunyoreriyi zvimwe zvinhu, asi izvo zvamunorava nezvamunotenda; ndinoti dai muchizvitenda kusvikira pakuguma;For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

¹⁴sezvamakatitendavo panezvimwe, kuti isu tiri kurumbidzwa kwenyu, semivo muchava kurumbidzwa kwedu nezuva raShe Jesu.As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁵Ndichiziva izvozvi, ndakanga ndichida kutanga kuvuya kwamuri, kuti mukomborerwe rwechipiri;And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

¹⁶ndipfuvure nokwenyu ndichienda Makedhonia, nokuvuya nokwenyu zve, ndichibva Makedhonia, ndiperekedzwe nemi ndichienda Judhea.And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

¹⁷Zvino zvandakanga ndichida kuita izvozvo, ndakaita nokushanduka moyo here? Kana, zvandinoda kuita ndinozvida nenyama here, kuti ini pamwe nditi: Hongu, hongu, pamwe: Kwete, kwete?When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

¹⁸NaMwari wakatendeka, shoko redu kwamuri harizi hongu nakwete.But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

¹⁹Nokuti Mwanakomana waMwari, Jesu Kristu, uyo wakaparidzwa pakati penyu nesu neni naSirivhano naTimotio wakanga asiri hongu nakwete, asi wakanga ari hongu maari.For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

²⁰Nokuti zvipikirwa zvaMwari kunyange zviri zvizhinji sei, maari ndihongu; naizvozvo naiye vo ndiAmeni, kuti Mwari akudzwe nesu.For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

²¹Zvino, uyo unotisimbisa munaKristu pamwe chete nemi, nokutizodza, ndiMwari;Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

²²uyo wakatiisira vo chisimbiso, akatipa rubatso rwoMweya mumoyo medu.Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

²³Asi ndinodana Mwari, ave chapupu pamoyo wangu, kuti handina kuzovuya Korinte, nokuti ndakakunzwirai tsitsi.Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

²⁴Hatiiti simba nokutenda kwenyu, asi tinokubatsirai kuti mufare; nokuti mumire nokutenda.Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.