2 VaKorinde 6

¹Zvino zvatinobatsirana naye, tinokumbira zvikuru kuti murege kugamuchira nyasha dzaMwari pasina.We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

²(Nokuti iye unoti: Ndakakunzwa iwe nenguva yakafanira, Ndakakubatsira pazuva rokuponeswa; Tarirai, zvino inguva yakafanira; tarirai, zvino ndiro zuva rokuponeswa.)(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

³Hatigumbusi vamwe nechinhu, kuti kushumira kwedu kurege kuzvidzwa;Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

⁴asi pazvinhu zvose tinozviratidza savashumiri vaMwari, pakutsungirira kukuru, panhamo, pakushaiwa, pamadambudziko,But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

⁵pakurobwa, pakusungwa, pakunyonganiswa, pamabasa, pakusavata, pakuzvinyima zvokudya;In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

⁶pakuchena kwomoyo pakuziva, pamoyo murefu, pavunyoro, paMweya Mutsvene, parudo rusinganyengeri;By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

⁷pashoko razvokwadi, pasimba raMwari, nenhumbi dzokurwa dzokururama, kurudyi nokuruboswe,By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

⁸nokukudzwa, nokusakudzwa, neguhu rakaipa, neguhu rakanaka; savanyengeri, asi tiri vezvokwadi hedu;By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

⁹savasingazikanwi, asi tichizikanwa hedu zvikuru; savanofa, asi, tarirai, tiri, vapenyu hedu; savanorobwa, asi tisingavurawi hedu;As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

¹⁰savanochema, asi tichigara tichifara hedu; savarombo, asi tichifumisa vazhinji hedu; savasine chinhu, asi tinazvo zvose hedu.As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

¹¹Imi, vaKorinte, muromo wedu wakashama kwamuri, moyo wedu wakuriswa.O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

¹²Hamumanikidzwi kwatiri, asi munomanikidzwa mumoyo menyu.Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

¹³Zvino, mundidzosere saizvozvo (ndinotaura sokunavana vangu), imi vo mukuriswe moyo.Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

¹⁴Musasungwa zvisina kufanira pajoko pamwe chete navasingatendi; nokuti kururama kungava novukama bweiko nokusarurama? Chiedza chingayanana seiko nerima?Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

¹⁵Kristu unganzwana seiko naBeriari? Unotenda ungava nomugove weiko nousingatendi?And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

¹⁶Tembere yaMwari ingatenderana seiko nezvifananidzo? Nokuti isu tiri tembere yaMwari mupenyu; Mwari sezvaakareva; achiti: Ndichagara mukati mavo, nokufamba mukati mavo; ndichava Mwari wavo, ivo vachava vanhu vangu.And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

¹⁷Saka Budai pakati pavo, muzviravure, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, Musabata chinhu chine tsvina; Ini ndichakugamuchirai,Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

¹⁸Ndichava Baba venyu, Nemi muchava vanakomana navanasikana vangu. Ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe unesimba rose.And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.