¹ Inini, Pauro, ndinomukumbirai, pakunatsa nousisi wa Kirisitu, ndinonatsa pamberi penyu, ndeisumba kugara nemwi kudhai ndisiripopi, ² ndinokumbira kuti, kudhai ndinemwi zwia, ndisadziite munatsi nokudzithemba. Asi ndinokumbira kuti nditchakushingirai padhoko ndikasongana noanoti tirikurarama ngokudha kwenyama. ³ Kunyangwe tihambire munyama, atiiti zwinodha nyama; ⁴ ngokuti pfuti dzatinorwa nadzo dzonyamapi ne, asi dzine simba rokudhenga rinoputsa mathuku, nokuphushurura masoko emanyepo. ⁵ Nesuwo tinorwisawo tchiro cthese tchinodha kuedza kurwisana no ruzio raMwari, uye tino sunga nzero dzedhu pakutondoedza kwaKirisitu. ⁶ Uye tiri kuedza kutchinyusa ese maitiro emusikazwa, kudhai nemwio munodhikana kuteerea. ⁷ Munoona zwiripamhene mberi kwenyu. Kudhai munhu akatenda kuti gwa Kirisitu, ngaarangaridze patchake, kuti ngwa Kirisitu, kudhai nesuwo. ⁸ Kunyangwe ndidzimtutumadze hangu ngeutongi watinao, Wamakapuwa na Isha kuti musimbiswe aiwa kuputswa, andizotsweruki. ⁹ Inini andiripi kumutiyisai ngetsamaba dzandinomutarira. ¹⁰ Ngokuti amweni anoti:" Tsamba dzake itsamba kwadzo uye dzino simba; asi panyama iyena wakaremba, uye mareketero ake aatoiti kuzwa". ¹¹ Munhu iyena unodhikana kuzia kuti zvatiri pamasoko emutsamba dzatino tara, kudhai tisiripopi, ndizvonao zvatinoita pabhasa kudhai tinemwi kweneio. ¹² Atizogumi pakupima kana kuita muenzaniso noamweni anozvirumbidza patchao asi, pamunonga meipimana nokuenzanisana no amweni azvibui tchiro pasina bhasa. ¹³ Isusu, atizvitutumadzi dhakara kupindiridza; asi titchaita nomugano watakapuwa ndiMwari, nokugumao kemurio. ¹⁴ Atizi kupindiridza marire pataka gumeio, uye tanga tiri ekutanga pakugumisa Vangeri raKirisitu kemuri. ¹⁵ Atizvitutumadzi zvenhando ngobhasa ratinosoita; phidhimu, tirikuimira kuti, pamunenge metchikura pakutenda, mbuto yedhu kuti tisenzere inonga yetchi fararika, mukati me marire atakapuwa kuti tisenzere. ¹⁶ Taima ndimwi, kuti tikwaniseo kuparidza vangeri mumbuto dzimweni. Atizodhakari ngobhasa rakaizwa mumbuto dzoamweni. ¹⁷ Asi unozvipambedza uia ega, azvipembedzere muna Ishe". ¹⁸ Ngokuti andizvopi bhasi zvaunofunga kuita wega zvakanaka, asi kuno unotumidzirwa na Ishe.