2 VaKorinde 12

¹Ndinofanira hangu kuzvirumbidza, kunyange zvisina kunaka, asi ndichasvika pazviratidzo nezvakazarurwa zvaShe.It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

²Ndinoziva munhu uri munaKristu, ave makore anegumi namana apfuvura, (kana zvakaitwa mumuviri, kana kunze kwomuviri, handizivi; Mwari unoziva), munhu wakadai wakakwidzwa kudenga rechitatu.I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

³Vuye ndinoziva munhu wakadai (kana zvakaitwa mumuviri kana kunze kwomuviri, handizivi; Mwari unoziva)And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

⁴kuti wakakwidzwa muparadhiso, akanzwa mashoko asingagoni kutaurwa, asina kutenderwa munhu kuti areve.How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁵Pamusoro pomunhu wakadai ndichazvirumbidza; asi pamusoro pangu handizvirumbidzi; asi pamusoro povutera bwangu bedzi.Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

⁶Nokuti kana ndichida kuzvirumbidza, handingavi benzi; nokuti ndichareva zvamazvokwadi; asi ndinorega hangu, kuti kurege kuva nomunhu, ungati ndiri mukuru kunezvaakavona kana zvaakanzwa kwandiri;For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

⁷zvino, kuti ini ndirege kunyanya kuzvikudza nokuda kwovukuru kwazvo bwezvakandizarurirwa, ndakapiwa munzwa munyama yangu, nhume yaSatani, andirove, kuti ndirege kunyanya kuzvikudza.And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

⁸Pamusoro pechinhu ichi ndakakumbira Ishe zvikuru katatu, kuti chibve kwandiri.For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

⁹Iye akati kwandiri: Nyasha dzangu dzinokuringana; nokuti simba rangu rinozadziswa pavutera bwako. Naizvozvo zvirinani kuti ndizvirumbidze nomufaro mukuru novutera bwangu, kuti simba raKristu rigare pamusoro pangu.And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹⁰Naizvozvo ndinofara novutera, nokuzvidzwa, nokushaiwa, nokutambudzika, nenhamo nokuda kwaKristu; nokuti kana ndinovutera, ipapo ndinesimba.Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹¹Ndava benzi; pakuzvirumbidza. Nokuti ini ndaifanira kurumbidzwa nemi; nokuti handizi muduku napaduku kuvaapostora vanopfuvura vose, kunyange ndisi chinhu.I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

¹²Zvirokwazvo, zviratidzo zvomuapostora zvakaitwa pakati penyu nokutsungirira kukuru, nezviratidzo, nezvishamiso, namabasa esimba.Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

¹³Nokuti makapfuvurwa neiko nedzimwe kereke, asi pakuti ini handina kukuremedzai? Ndikanganwirei henyu kusarurama uku.For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

¹⁴Tarirai, ino ndiyo nguva yechitatu yandakazvigadzira kuvuya kwamuri; handingakuremedziyi; nokuti handitsvaki zvenyu, asi ndinokutsvakai imi; nokuti vana havafaniri kuchengetera vabereki, asi vabereki vanofanira kuchengetera vana.Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁵Nokuti ndingafara zvikuru kupedza zvose zvangu, nokupedzwa ini ndichikudai zvikuru, ini ndodikanwa zvishoma here?And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

¹⁶Zvino, ngazvive saizvozvo hazvo, ini handina kukuremedzai; asi zvandakanga ndinenjere, ndakakubatai namano.But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

¹⁷Ndakakutorerai chinhu here nomumwe waivo vandakatuma kwamuri?Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

¹⁸Ndakaraira Tito, ndakatuma hama iya naye; ko Tito wakakutorerai chinhu here? Hatina kufamba nomweya mumwe here? Vuye namakwara mamwe here?I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

¹⁹Nguva yose makanga muchiti tinozvidavirira kwamuri here? Tinotaura pamberi paMwari munaKristu; asi tinotaura izvi zvose, vadikanwa, kuti musimbiswe.Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

²⁰Nokuti ndinotya kuti zvimwe kana ndichisvika, ndingakuwanai musina kuita sezvandinoda, neni ndingawanikwa nemi ndakaita sezvamusingadi; zvimwe kungavapo gakava, negodo, nokutsamwa, nokupesana, nokuchera, namakuhwa, namanyawi, nenyonganiso;For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

²¹kuti kana ndichisvika zve, Mwari wangu arege kundininipisa pamberi penyu, ndicheme pamusoro pavazhinji vavo vatotadza, vakasatendevuka patsvina yavo, novupombwe, novutere bwavakaita.And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.