VaRoma 15

¹Zvino isu, tinesimba, tinofanira kutakura vutera bwavasinesimba, tisingazvifadzi.We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²Mumwe nomumwe wedu ngaafadze wokwake pane zvakanaka zvinosimbisa.Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

³Nokuti Kristu vo haana kuzvifadza; asi sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Kuzvidza kwavakakuzvidza nako kwakawira pamusoro pangu.For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

⁴Nokuti zvose zvakanyorwa kare, zakanyorwa kuti isu tidzidze kuti tive netariro inobva pakutsungirira napakunyaradza kwaMagwaro.For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

⁵Zvino Mwari wokutsungirira nowokunyaradza ngaakupei moyo mumwe pakati penyu, sezvinoda Kristu Jesu;Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶kuti mukudze Mwari, baba vaShe wedu Jesu Kristu, nomoyo mumwe vuye nomuromo mumwe.That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Saka gamuchirai, Kristu sezvaakatigamuchira, kuti Mwari akudzwe.Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

⁸Nokuti ndinoti: Jesu Kristu wakaitwa mushumiri wokudzingiswa kuratidza zvokwadi yaMwari, kuti asimbise zvakapikirwa madzibaba.Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

⁹Vuye, kuti vahedheni vakudze Mwari nokuda kwengoni dzake; sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Naizvozvo ndichakurumbidzai pakati pavahedheni, Nokukuimbirai zita renyu.And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

¹⁰Vuye zve unoti: Farai imi vahedheni, navanhu vake.And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹Vuye zve: Rumbidzai Ishe, imi vahedheni vose; Marudzi ose ngaamukudze.And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

¹²Vuye zve, Isaya unoti: Mudzi waJese uchavapo, Naiye unomuka, kuti abate vahedheni; Vahedheni vachamutarira iye;And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³Zvino Mwari wetariro ngaakuzadzei nomufaro wose norugare pakutenda kwenyu, kuti muve netariro yakawandisa, nesimba roMweya Mutsvene.Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴Zvino, hama dzangu, ini ndimene, ndinoziva kwazvo pamusoro penyu, kuti imi mumene muzere nokunaka, makazadzwa nokuziva kwose, munogona vo kurairana.And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵Asi ndinokunyorerai zvimwe ndichinyanya kutsunga, ndichiita sendinokunyevudzai nenyasha dzandakapiwa naMwari,Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

¹⁶kuti ndive muranda waKristu Jesu kuvahedheni, ndichiita basa rovuPirisita paEvhangeri yaMwari, kuti chibayiro chavahedheni chifadze Mwari, chakaitwa chitsvene noMweya Mutsvene.That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷Naizvozvo ndingazvirumbidza munaKristu Jesu pazvinhu zvaMwari.I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

¹⁸Nokuti ndingatya kutaura zvimwe zvinhu, asi izvo Kristu zvaakaita neni, kuti vahedheni vateereswe neshoko namabasa,For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

¹⁹nesimba re zviratidzo nezvinoshamisa, nesimba roMweya Mutsvene; nokudaro kubva Jerusarema nenyika yakapoteredza, kusvikira Iriko, ndakaparidza kwazvo Evhangeri yaKristu;Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

²⁰ndichishingarira chinhu ichi kuti ndiparidze Evhangeri, apo pasina kumborebwa zita raKristu, kuti ndirege kuvaka pamusoro penheyo dzomumwe munhu;Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

²¹asi, sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Avo, vasina kuvudzwa zvake; vachavona; Naivo vasina kunzwa vachanzwisisa.But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

²²Naizvozvo ndakadziviswa vo kazhinji kuvuya kwamuri;For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

²³zvino zvandisina pokubata panyika idzi, vuye zvaava makore mazhinji ndichida zvikuru kuvuya kwamuri,But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

²⁴kana ndichienda Spania, ndichavuya kwamuri; (nokuti ndinotarira kukuvonai parwendo rwangu, ndiperekedzwe nemi ikoko, kana ndamboguta zvishoma nemi.)Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

²⁵Asi zvino ndomboenda Jerusarema kundoshumira vatsvene.But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

²⁶Nokuti veMakedhonia naveAkaya vakati zvakanaka kuti vagovane navarombo pavatsvene vari paJerusarema.For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

²⁷Nokuti vakatiira zvakanaka; vanengava navo. Nokuti kana vahedheni vakaitwa vagovani navo pazvinhu zvoMweya, vanengava vo rokuvashumira pa zvinhu zvenyama.It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

²⁸Naizvozvo kana ndapedza chinhu ichi, ndikavavigira chibereko ichi, ndichaenda Spania nokwenyu.When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

²⁹Ndinoziva kuti kana ndichivuya kwenyu, ndichavuya nokuropafadza kwakazara kweEvhangeri yaKristu.And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

³⁰Zvino ndinokumbira zvikuru, hama dzangu, naShe wedu, Jesu Kristu, vuye norudo rwoMweya, kuti murwe pamwe chete neni pakunyengetera kwenyu kunaMwari pamusoro pangu;Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

³¹kuti ndisunungurwe kuna vasingatereri muJudhea, vuye kuti kushumira kwangu kunaveJerusarema kufadze vatsvene;That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

³²kuti ndivuye kwamuri nomufaro nokuda kwaMwari, ndiwane zororo pamwe chete nemi.That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

³³Zvino Mwari worugare ngaave nemi mose. Ameni.Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.