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¹Zvino, vadikanwa, zvatine zvipikirwa izvi, ngatizvinatse pamatsvina ose enyama noomweya, tikwanise vutsvene pakutya Mwari.Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²Mutizarurirei moyo yenyu; hatina kuitira munhu zvisakarurama, hatina kutadzira munhu, hatina kunyengera munhu.Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

³Handirevi izvi, kuti ndikupei mhosva; nokuti ndamboreva kuti imi muri mumoyo medu, kuti tife nokurarama pamwe chete nemi.I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

⁴Kusatya kwangu kukuru pakutaura kwamuri, nokuzvirumbidza kwangu kukuru pamusoro penyu; ndizere nokunyaradzwa, ndinofara kwazvo pakutambudzika kwedu kwose.Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

⁵Nokuti takati tasvika Makedhonia, nyama yedu haina kuzorora, asi takatambudzika pamativi ose; kunze kwaiva nokukakavara, mukati maiva nokutya.For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

⁶Asi Mwari, unonyaradza vakavora moyo, wakatinyaradza nokusvika kwaTito;Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁷handiti nokusvika kwake bedzi, asi vo nokunyaradzwa, kwaakanyaradzwa nako pamusoro penyu, achitivudza zvechishuvo chenyu, nokuchema kwenyu, nokushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pangu; saka ndakanyanya kufara.And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

⁸Nokuti kunyange ndakakuchemedzai nemwadhi yangu, handizvidyi moyo; kunyange ndakanga ndichizvidya moyo hangu, ndinovona kuti mwadhi iyo yakakuchemedzai, asi yakanga iri nguva duku hayo.For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

⁹Zvino, handifari kuti makachemedzwa, asi nokuti makachemedzwa mukatendevuka nokuti makachemedzwa sezvinoda Mwari, kuti murege kurashikirwa nechinhu nokuda kwedu.Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

¹⁰Nokuti kuchema sezvinoda Mwari kunovuyisa kutendevuka, kunoisa kukuponeswa kusingazvidyi moyo; asi kuchema kwenyika kunovuyisa rufu.For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

¹¹Nokuti tarirai kuti chinhu icho chokuti makachemedzwa sezvinoda Mwari, chakavuyisa mukati menyu kushingaira kukuru sei, nokuzvidavirira, nokutsamwa, nokutya, nechishuvo, nokurwadza moyo, nokutsiva. Pazvinhu zvose makazviratidza kuti makachena pachinhu ichi.For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

¹²Zvino, kana ndakakunyorerai, handina kuzviita nokuda kwaiye wakaita zvisakarurama, kana nokuda kwaiye wakaitirwa zvisakarurama, asi kuti kushingaira kwenyu nokuda kwedu kuvonekwe nemi mumene pamberi paMwari.Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

¹³Nemhaka iyi isu tinonyaradzwa; zvino pakunyaradzwa kwedu takafara zvikuru kwazvo pamusoro pomufaro waTito, nokuti mweya wake wakasimbiswa nemi mose.Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

¹⁴Nokuti kana ndakazvirumbidza nechinhu kwaari pamusoro penyu, handina kunyadziswa; asi sezvatakataura kwamuri zvose nezvokwadi, saizvozvo vo kuzvirumbidza kwedu pamberi paTito kwakavonekwa kuti ndokwazvokwadi.For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

¹⁵Nehanya dzake dzawedzerwa kwamuri, achirangarira kuterera kwenyu mose, pamakamugachira napo nokutya nokudedera.And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

¹⁶Ndinofara kuti pazvinhu zvose ndingakutendai.I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.