Ndima 1

1 Phauri, mupostori waKristu Jesu ngokuda kwaMwari, naThimothi hama yedu,

kuchiara chaMwari chiri muKhorinte, pamwepo nevakacheneswa veshe vari munyika yeshe yeAkhaiya;

2 nyasha ngadzigare kwomuri nokunyarara kunobva kunaMwari Baba edu naMambo Jesu Kristu. 3 Ngaakudzwe Mwari naBaba aMambo wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba wenyasha, Mwari wokuembedzera

kweshe,

4 uwo unotiembedzera mukutambudzika kwedu kweshe, kuti isusuwo tikone kuembedzera avo

vari mukutambudzika kunyazwi kwakaitawani, ngoukwo kuembedzerwa kwetinoembedzerwa ndikwo

pachedu ndiMwari.

5 Ngokuti kudai ngokutambudzika kwaKristu kunowanzwa kwetiri, ndizvo

kuembedzerwa kwedu kunowanzwawo kubudikidza ndiKristu.

6 Kudai techitambudzwa, kunoitirwa kuembedzerwa noruponeso rwenyu; kunyazwi techiembedzerwa,

kunoitirwa kuembedzerwa kwenyu, kunoshanda mukushingirira nomukusengerera paawo madambudziko

etinotambudzikawo ndiwo.

7 Gonda redu ndimwi rakagwinya; techizia izvi, kuti kudai

ngezvomunokoanisirana madambudziko edu, ndizvo munokoanisirana kuembedzerwa kwedu.

8 Ngokuti

atidi, hama, kuti muite vasikazii ngokutambudzika kwedu kwakatigumira tiri muAsia; kuti takaremerwa

kakurutu kupinda simba redu, ngokudaro negonda reshe rokuti tinopona rakapera.

9 Ngegwinyiso isusu pachedu takazwa mumwoyo yedu kuti taiya taashira kutongerwa rufu, kuti

tisadzigonda pachedu, asi kuti tigonde kuna Mwari unomusa vakafa.

10 Uwo wakatinunura kubva

mukufa kwakakura kudaro, unozoangira kutinunura; mwaari tinogonda kuti uchazotinunura.

11 Imwimwiwo mwechitidetsera ngemikumbiro yenyu, kuti vazhinji vatibongere ngendaa yezvifumiso zvenyasha zvakapuwa kwetiri ngendaa yemikumbiro mizhinji. 12 Ngegwinyiso uku ndikwo kudziganzisa kwedu, kuri chapupuzve chemhumba yedu, kuti takadzibata

munyika mukucheneswa[1] nomugwinyiso raMwari, kakurutu takaita kudaro kwomuri, haiwa

ngoungwaru hwenyama akadi, asi ngenyasha dzaMwari.

13 Ngokuti atinyori zviro zvimweni kwomuri,

asi zvomunofunda nokuzwisisa, neni ndinogonda kuti munozozvizwisisa metsa kumagumo,

14 kudai

ngezvemwakatizwisisa ngezvimweni, kuti ngezuva raMambo wedu Jesu isusu tiri kuganza kwenyu,

kunyazwi imwimwiwo muri kuganza kwedu.

15 Mukugonda uku ndaipinimidza kuti nditange kuuya kwomuri, kuti mufumiswe kwechipiri.

16 Nokupinda ngokwomuri ndechienda Masedhonia, ndoobva Masedhonia ndipetuke kwomuri, ndiendiswe

mberi ndimwi murwendo rwangu rweJudhia.

17 Ndizvo apo ndaipinimidza kudaro, ndakaonisa

kushanduka kwomwoyo here? Nokuti izvo zviro zvendinoemesa kuti ndiite, ndinozozviemesa here

ngokwenyama, kuti kungaapo kwendiri kuronza kuti, “Eya, eya,” nokuti, “Haiwa, haiwa?”

18 Asi kudai

ndiMwari unogondeka, izwi redu kwomuri andiropi rokuti, “Eya naHaiwa.”

19 Ngokuti Mukororo waMwari, Jesu Kristu, uwo wetakachumaira pakati penyu inini, Sirivhanusi

naThimothi, waiya asiri, “Eya” nokuti, “Haiwa,” asi mwaari unoramba ari, “Eya.”

20 Ngokuti mwaari

chimwe ngachimwe chezvigondiso zvaMwari kwaari zviri, “Eya.” Ngendaa iyi kubudikidza ndiye tinoti,

“Ameni,” kuita kukudzwa kwaMwari tisu.

21 Asi ndiMwari uwo unotigwinyisa pamwepo nemwi munaKristu, nowakatidzodza, 22 ngokuisa ruphau

rwake padera pedu, akatipazve chibatiso choMweya mumwoyo yedu.

23 Asi ndinodaidza Mwari kuita

chapupu kumwoyo wangu, kuti ngendaa yokusikada kumutambudza andizi kuuya Khorinte.

24 Haiwa,

kuti titonge padera pokugonda kwenyu; asi tinoshanda pamwepo kumudetsera kuti mudakare; ngokuti

munoema mwakagwinya mukugonda.