2 VaKorinde 10

¹Zvino ini Pauro ndinokumbira zvikuru kwamuri novunyoro netsitsi dzaKristu ini muduku kana ndiri pakati penyu, asi ndinotsunga kwamuri kana ndisipoNow I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

²Ndinokumbira kwamuri, kuti kana ndavapo, ndirege kuzotsunga, nokutenda kwandinoti zvino ndichatsunga nako kuna vamwe vanoti tinofamba nenzira yenyama.But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

³Nokuti, kunyangwe tichifamba nenzira yenyama, hatirwi nemitovo yenyama;For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

⁴nokuti nhumbi dzedu dzokurwa nadzo hadzizi dzenyama, asi dzine simba pamberi paMwari rokuputsa nhare;(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

⁵isu tinowisira pasi mifungo yose isina maturo, nezvose zvino zvikwiridza zvichipesana neruzivo rwaMwari.Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

⁶takazvigadzira kuranga kusaterera kwose, kana kuterera kwenyu kwazadziswa.And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

⁷Imi munotarira zvinhu zviri pamberi penyu. Kana munhu achivimba nazvo achiti ndiri waKristu ngaarangarire zve chinhu ichi mumoyo make, kuti sezvaari waKristu iye, saizvozvo nesuvo tiri vaKristu..Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

⁸Nokuti kunyange ndainyanya kuzvirumbidza pamusoro pesimba redu ratakapiwa naShe kukusimbisai, risati riri rokukuputsai, handinganyadziswi;For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

⁹kuti ndirege kuita sendinokutyisai nenwadhi dzangu.That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

¹⁰Nokuti vanoti, nwadhi dzake dzina mashoko makuru, dzinesimba, asi muviri wake kana aripo, unovutera nokutaura kwake kunozvidzwa.For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹¹Munhu wakadaro ngaarangarire chinhu ichi kuti sezvatinoreva pamwadhi kana tisipo ndizvo zvatakaitavo pakuita kwedu kana tiripo.Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

¹²Nokuti tinotya kuzvienzanisa nokuzvifananidza navamwe vanozvikudza; asi ivo havanenjere, zvavanozvienzanisa naivo vamene, nokuzvifananidza naivo vamene.For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

¹³Zvino isu hatingazvirumbidzi tichipfuvura chipimo, asi nechipimo chinosvika pachipimo chatakagoverwa naMwari, kuti chive chiyero, chisvikire vo kwamuri.But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

¹⁴Nokuti hatinyanyi kuzvitambanudza, sezvatisingasvikiri kwamuri; nokuti tisu takatanga kusvikira kwamuri neEvhangeri yaKristu;For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

¹⁵hatizvirumbidzi tichipfuvura chipimo pamusoro pebasa ravamwe; asi tinetariro kuti, kana kutenda kwenyu kuchikura, isu tichakuriswa pakati penyu kusvikira pachipimo chedu nokupfuvurisa;Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

¹⁶tigoparidza Evhangeri panyika dziri mberi kwenyu, tirege kuzvirumbidza pachipimo chomumwe pamusoro pezvatoitwa hazvo.To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

¹⁷Asi unozvirumbidza, ngaazvirumbidze munaShe.But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁸Nokuti wakatendeka haazi iye unozvirumbidza, asi ndiye unorumbidzwa naShe.For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.