2 VaKorinde 4

¹Saka, zvatinako kushumira uku, patakanzwirwa ngoni napo, hatineti;Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

²asi takaramba zvinhu zvakavanzika zvinonyadza, tisingafambi nokunyengera, tisingashatisi shoko raMwari; asi pakuratidza kwedu zvokwadi, tinozvitendisa kuhana dzavanhu vose pamberi paMwari.But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

³Zvino kana Evhangeri yedu yakafukidzwa, yakafukidzwa kuna vanorashika;But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

⁴kuna vasingatendi vakapofumadzirwa ndangariro namwari wenyika ino, kuti varege kuvhenekerwa nechiedza cheEvhangeri yokubwinya kwaKristu, uri mufananidzo waMwari.In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

⁵Nokuti hatizviparidzi isu, asi Kristu Jesu kuti ndiye Ishe; nesu kuti tiri varanda venyu nokuda kwaJesu.For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

⁶Nokuti Mwari, wakareva kuti chiedza chibude parima, ndiye wakavhenekera mumoyo yedu, kuti atipe chiedza chokuziva kubwinya kwaMwari kunovonekwa pachiso chaJesu Kristu.For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷Asi fuma iyi tinayo mumidziyo yevhu, kuti vukuru bwesimba bwuve bwaMwari, bwurege kuva bwedu.But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

⁸Tinotambudzika pamativi ose, asi hatimanikidzwi; tinokanganiswa, asi hatina kurasha moyo;We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

⁹tinotambudzwa, asi hatina kusiyiwa; takawisirwa pasi, asi hatina kuparadzwa;Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰tinoramba tichitakura nguva dzose mumuviri wedu kufa kwaShe Jesu, kuti novupenyu vo bwaJesu bwuratidzwe mumuviri wedu.Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

¹¹Nokuti isu vapenyu tinogara tichingoiswa pakufa nokuda kwaJesu, kuti novupenyu vo bwaJesu bwuratidzwe munyama yedu inofa.For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

¹²Saizvozvo kufa kunobata matiri, asi vupenyu mamuri.So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

¹³Zvino zvatinomweya iwoyu wokutenda, sezvazvakanyorwa; zvichinzi: Ndakatenda, saka ndakataura; nesuvo tinotenda saka tinotauravo;We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

¹⁴tichiziva kuti iye wakamutsa Ishe Jesu, uchatimutsa vo isu pamwe chete naJesu; agotiisa pamberi pake pamwe chete nemi.Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

¹⁵Nokuti zvinhu zvose zvinoitwa nokuda kwenyu, kuti nyasha zvadzakawanzwa navazhinji, dziwanze kuvonga, kuti Mwari akudzwe.For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

¹⁶Saka hatineti, asi kunyange munhu wedu wokunze achipera hake, munhu womukati unovandudzwa zuva rimwe nerimwe.For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁷Nokuti kutambudzika kwedu, kwakareruka, kuripo chinguva chiduku, kunotiitira kubwinya kukuru kwakaisvo-naka kusingaperi;For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸tisingatariri zvinovonekwa, asi zvisingavonekwi; nokuti zvinovonekwa zvinopfuvura, asi zvisingavonekwi ndezvokusingaperi.While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.