¹ Asi, hama, andidi kuti muite vasikazii vedu veshe aiya pashi pegore, navo veshe vakamuka ruandhle; ² Navo veshe vakabhabhatizwa munaMosi mugore nomuruandhle; ³ Navo veshe vakadya kumweko kwomweya; ⁴ Navo veshe vakamwa kumwa kumweko komweya; ngokuti vakamwa kubva pabhue romweya rakavateera, nobue iro raiya Kristu. ⁵ Asi Mwari azii kudakara ndizvona kuna iona; ngokuti vakasiiwa mushango. ⁶ Zvino zviro izvi zvinoita zvedu, kuti isusu tichazoemura zvakashata, kuradaro ngekavaemura avo. ⁷ Musazoita vanodiramiejaniso, nenga vamweni vakaenda, kudaro zvakatawa: Vanhu vakagara pashi kuda kudya, nokumwa, vakamukirazve kuda kutamba. ⁸ Tichashaisha zvokushata, nenga wamweni wavo vakashaisha, pazua limwe pamazana mawiri nomatato zvikuru wakava. ⁹ Tichaeja Kristu, nenga vamweni wavo vakamueja, vakapera nonyoka. ¹⁰ Muchaghunhuta, nenga vamweni wavo vakaghunhuta, vakapera novaparaji. ¹¹ Nozviro zveshe zvakaitika nenga mupangijo, zvakatawhak kubvunja itusu, pakupera komazua anozoguma. ¹² Ngokuti, vayani vanorangarira kugara vakaima, sotanyi kuitira kuti muchawa. ¹³ Nehzviejo umwe unomuwirira, aasi vomunhu; apo Mwari vakanaka; amusiinyi mwecieja kuti novanodha, nasi nomuejo anozopekeja gwanja rokubudha, kuitira kuti mugajane. ¹⁴ Ngokuti, hama jamgu, tizani zvokushata. ¹⁷ Inini ndirikumubvunja nenga wakangwara; izvani zvandinomubvunjani inini. ¹⁶ Ngondawa yomuwiri vomakomborero, kuti itusu tabhasira, asipi chigarano chaKristu? Cingwa chatamupa, asipi chigarano chaKristu? ¹⁵ Kuti zvino kuna cingwa tchimwe, itusu takavanda tiri muwiri umwe basi; ngokuti teshe takaoneka kuna cingwa chimwe basi. ¹⁸ Onani vaIzraeli pazviwiri pomuwir: ngokuti vanodya zvakatswangwa asipi vatewereri voatari? ¹⁹ Zvino kuti inini ndikumubvunja? Vokutiwa ndizviro? Apo kuiti zvokutswaka novakashatiwha ndizviro? ²⁰ Apo inini ndinoti, kuti zviro zvinotswanga vawengi, zvino zvakatswakiwha nomadimoni, asi kuna Mwari. Ngokuti andidhi kuti muite vatewereri vomadimoni. ²² Amubviviri kumwa theo yaMambo notheo yomadimoni; amubviri kugara pameza yaMambo noyomadimoni. ²¹ Takaeja kuambira urchanje kuna Mambo? Itusu takavanga kupinda iena? ²³ Zviro zveshe zvakandidhakajira, asipi zveshe zviro zvindiwirira; zveshe zviro zvakadaja, asipi zviro zveshe zvinowaka. ²⁴ Apana anotswanga kuna iena, ngokuti umwe ngaatswangwe kuna umwe vake. ²⁵ Nazvoshe kuti zviri kutengwesa paasougwe, idyanyi, azvibviri kubvunjisa ngondava yowhiru. ²⁷ Ngondava yonyika yaMambo, nohurwengo wavo. ²⁶ Kana paneumwe asinganamati omucheuja, modha kuenda, idyanyi zveshe zvamukanda pamberi penyu, sehimwimwi kubvunjisa ngondawa yowhiru. ²⁸ Asi umwe angamubvunjisa: "Izvi zvakatswangwa nowavengi", muchadya, ngondawa yovayani vakamutamba, nondawa yowhiru. Kuti nyika nourwengo wavo ngozvaMambo. ²⁹ Asi ndirikumunja nowhiru yovamweni, asi wako. Ngokuti, zvino, kana mutenere vangu unotongwa nowhiru houmweni? ³⁰ Kana inini ndinowanika pacingwa ngonyasha, ngokuti vanondizonda nazviane zvinopa ngonyasha? ³¹ Apo, wechidya, kana wechimwa, kana wechiita chiro, itai zveshe kuna npururijo vaMwari. ³² Azvibviri kutukana, nomajudheu, nomagrego, no cheachi yaMwai. ³³ Aasi kuna inini kuna weshe, kutama kutswanga nokunyinda kwangu, asi zvino zvokuvanda, wavane kuponeswa.