¹ Simao Petro, Muranda no Mupostoro waJesu Kristo vainga naitusu pamwepo mukudhakaja kogonda pakati pokururama kaMwari wedhu Muponesi Jesu Kristo; ² Nhacha no Runhararo ngauhengejehwe ngoruzivo wa Mwari, noka Jesu wedhu Mambo. ³ Ngosimba lake loMwari wakatipa zvese zvoupenhu nokutiwhurijira zvouMwari, pakati poSimba lawia wakatidhainja pauthende no Simba; ⁴ Ngokuti ngizvo zvathakapiva zvakanaka mupango, panberi phavo galanhi muripovo mwapokonyoka kudva mukuola kwekuemula kwangu. ⁵ Ngokudhalo tadhira kuveka kwese, engejeranhi gonda lo simba; ngokugonda, nokuziva; ⁶ Mechivibhata, kamwari; nokuvibhata mega, norusenegejo, nokuwhurijwa kaMwari; ⁷ Asi kuwhurijwa kamwari, no rudho lakaperera; nokuperera, korudho. ⁸ Asi komuri kunoneka kukula kozviro zvonazvo, ndivona avazomusi muchikabhari muchero okuziva ka Mambo wedhu Jesu Kristo. ⁹ Ngokuti kuya kuchina zviro yi bhofu, aoni zvondhambo, echikanganwa kusuka zvichaichi zvokare. ¹⁰ Ngokuti, hama, zvanganhi kudhavira kodhainjwa kwenhu kusina ngodhivi laMwari; asi mesita zvonazvo amuchaichi. ¹¹ Asi ngokudhalo munonga mesikula mesitendera kuntsena ko uMambo kunhalala ka Mambo wedhu muponesi Jesu Kristo. ¹² Asi ngokudharo inini andimusi nguva jese jokumucherecheja zviro zvonazvo, asi mecizviziva, asi garanhi makaperera poichokwadhi panhamasi. ¹³ Asi ndinozvita kururama, asi inini ndimutheperri iri, asi ndinomumusa ngokumucherecheja; ¹⁴ Asi ngokukasika ndinobhuda mutheperi, se zvinoita Mambo werdhu Jesu Kristo zvanondiikhombijira. ¹⁵ Asi ndhakazvanga kuti imwimwi muzive kucherecheja kozviro zvonazvo. ¹⁶ Asi itusu atizivi kuteketesa simba rokuviya kwa Mambo Jesu Kristo ndechitevera kusikwa nohungwaro asi takaita chapupu chokuona chakakura ovandhu. ¹⁷ Ngokuti Mwari Bhabha wakaachira kureremeja nouthendi, echitumwa ngohizvwi routhendi: Kuti uhu mwanangu wandhinodha, anondhidhakajisa. ¹⁸ Asi itusu takarizwa izwi ronarorakatmwa kudhenga, asi itusu tinaye kudhundhu rakachena. ¹⁹ Asi tinomazvi atinogonda ovaprofeti; asi anomuita zvakanaka akagarisika kwanga, kadhai se chiesa chinovheneka pachidhima, kudhakara zuva rochena nonhereji jomangwanani jinomuka mumoyo mwenhu. ²⁰ Asi mechiziva pakutanga zvonazvo: asi akuna chipropfeti chomatahotaho chenhu mega. ²¹ Ngokuti chiprofeti achizivi kuitiwa ngokudha ko Mundhu, asi vandhu vanoziva ngodivi ra Mwari vechitungamirihwa ngoMweya wakaChena.