VaGaratiya 1

¹Pauro, muapostora,usina kubva kuvanhu, kana kutumwa nomunhu, asi naJesu Kristu, naMwari Baba, wakamumutsa kuvakafa),Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

²nehama dzose dziri kwandiri, kukereke dzeGaratia:And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

³Nyasha norugare ngazvive nemi, zvinobva kunaMwari, Baba vedu, naShe Jesu Kristu,Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴wakazvipa nokuda kwezvivi zvedu, kuti atisunungure kunyika yakaipa yazvino, nokuda kwaMwari, Baba vedu;Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

⁵ngaave nokubwinya nokusingaperi-peri. Ameni.To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

⁶Ndinoshamiswa kuti munokurumidza mukadai kushandukira uyo wakakudanai munyasha dzaKristu, kuti mutsaukire kune imwe evhangeri;I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

⁷isati iri imwe hayo; asi kuti vamwe varipo vanokukanganisai, vachida kushandura Evhangeri yaKristu.Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

⁸Asi kunyange isu, kana mutumwa unobva kudenga, akakuparidzirai imwe Evhangeri, inopesana neyatinokuparidzirai isu, ngaave wakatukwa.But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

⁹Sezvatakamboreva, zvino ndinoreva zve saizvozvo: Kana kunomunhu unokuparidzirai imwe Evhangeri, inopesana naiyo yamakagamuchira, ngaave wakatukwa.As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

¹⁰Nokuti zvino ndinoita vushamwari navanhu here, kana naMwari? Kana ndinotsvaka kufadza vanhu here? Kana ndaifadza vanhu nazvino, handizaiva muranda waKristu.For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹¹Nokuti ndinokuzivisai, hama dzangu, kuti Evhangeri yakaparidzwa neni, haina kuita seyavanhu.But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

¹²Nokuti handina kuipiwa kana kuidzidziswa nomunhu, asi ndakairatidzwa naJesu Kristu.For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³Nokuti makanzwa zvomufambire wangu kare pakunamata kwavaJudha, kuti ndaitambudza kereke yaMwari zvikuru kwazvo, ndikaiparadza;For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

¹⁴pakunamata kwavaJudha ndaipfuvura vazhinji vezero rangu parudzi rwangu, ndichinyanya kushingairira tsika dzamadzibaba angu.And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵Zvino Mwari, akati afadzwa nazvo, iye wakandisanangura kubva padumbu ramai vangu, akandidana nenyasha dzake.But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

¹⁶kuti aratidze Mwanakomana wake mandiri, ndimuparidze pakati pavahedheni, pakarepo handina kurangana nenyama neropa.To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

¹⁷handina kukwira Jerusarema kunaavo vakanditangira kuva vaapostra, asi ndakaenda ArAbhiya, ndikadzokera Dhamaseko zve.Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

¹⁸Ipapo, makore matatu akati apfuvura, ndikakwira Jerusarema kundovona Kefasi, ndikagara naye mazuva anegumi namashanu.Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

¹⁹Asi handina kuvona mumwe wavaapostora, asi Jakobho bedzi, munun’una waShe.But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

²⁰Izvi zvandinokunyorerai, tarirai, pamberi paMwari handirevi nhema.Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

²¹Ipapo ndakasvika kunyika dzeSiria neKirikia.Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

²²Asi ndakanga ndisingazikanwi pachiso nekereke dzeJudhea dziri munaKristu.And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

²³asi vakanga vanzwa bedzi, kuti uya, waititambudza kare, zvino woparidza kutenda kwaaiparadza kare;But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

²⁴vakarumbidza Mwari mandiri.And they glorified God in me.