¹ Nditchadha hangu kuita ingana bhenzi, uye, zwirokwazwo, muzondiregere ndeidharo! ² ngokuti ndinokudhai, notchidho tchinobva kuna Mwari, ngokuti ndakamugondesa mutchato ndikupangidzei kuita mhandwe ku mwanarume, ari Kirisitu. ³ Asi ndirikutiya kuti, nyoka zvayaka tchengedza Eva no manyepo, mutsauswe kubva patchokwadhi muna Kirisitu. ⁴ Ngokuti, kudhai mukaparidzirwa Djesu umweni wakasiyana no watino paridza, kana kuti vangeri rakasiyana no ramakatenda, kana kutendera henyu! ⁵ Ndinoona kuti andiripi napadhoko hapo mudhoko pamberi anozwi ndiona "maphostori makuru". ⁶ Asi, nyangazi ndisikazi kufundiswa pakureketa, ndakafundiswa paruzio. Muzvese uye nomukhaindi wese, takaita kuti muzwizie. ⁷ Ndaposha here, kudzishoresa patchangu kuti mukudzwe? Ngokuti ndakamuparidzirai zwonyore vangeri ra Mwari. ⁸ Ndakaripwa nge makherekhe amweni, ndeitenda mubhairo wao, kuti ndikusenzerei. ⁹ Petanga tiri tese pane zwandaidhao, asi apana wandaka shupha. Ngokuti hama dzabva kuMacedoni dzaunza zwandaidha. ndakaramba hangu kuita mutoro kemuri, uye nditcharumbwa ndeiramba. ¹⁰ Mutchokwadhi tcha Kirisitu tchirimandiri, pembedzo iyi andizoibvisirwi kumitanha yeku Akaia. ¹¹ Ngei? kuti Andikudii imwimwi kani? Mwari anozvizia kuti ndinkudhai. ¹² Asi zwandirikuita pano nditcharumbwa ndeizviita, kuti pasaoneke kurebha muromo kuno anodha aiya kudzipambedza: ¹³ Ngokuti anhu akadharoo maphostori ekunyepa atchengedzi, etchiita hingana maphostori aKirisitu. ¹⁴ Izwi azwokukangaidzapi ne, ngokuti naiyenao sathani anodziitawo hingana ngirozi yokudjeka. ¹⁵ Tchikangaidzopi tchakakura kuti asenzi ake nyepereo kuita anhukwao. Gumisire rao rakaringana no mabhasa awo. ¹⁶ Ndinoreketazwe patswa: Musafunge kuti ndiri bhenzi. kudhai mukafunga kuti ndiribhenzi, nditambirei kuita bhenzi mukadharo kana kundi pembedzao henyu padhoko. ¹⁷ Zwandiri kureketa pano azvizi ne kureketwa na Ishe, asi ndinoreketa sa bhenzi, murugondo rokundi pembedza. ¹⁸ Tswakadhi kuti ajinji anodzi rumbidza panyama, nenio nditchazvirumbidzao. ¹⁹ Ngokuti makatendera mapenzi no moiyo mutchena, zvamuri imwimwi aziisisi! ²⁰ Munotendera kuti munhu aite upambi, mutsengwe ndie, awinw nemwi, azvirumbidze pamusoro penyu, kana kuti mupondwe nae mbama pahope. ²¹ Nokutsweruka, ndinoti tanga tisina simba. Nyangazi paoneke munhu anodzirumbidza, ndinoreketa hingana bhenzi, nenio nditchadzirumbidzao. ²² Konji awona ndimaHeberu kani? Nenio. Awona ndimaiziraeri kani? Neniwo. Aona ndiana ekudzinza raAburahama? Neniwo. ²³ Awona ndiasenzi aKirisitu?( ndinoreketa hingana bhenzi) ndini mukuru kupinda aona. Ndasenza zwikurisa, ndakambo pinda mukaribhoso kajinji, ndinosopondwa kupindiridza uye ndakadharika no mumakwanza majinji erufu. ²⁴ Ndakabvengwa kashanu kese noMadjuda" no mishamu makumatatu na mipfemba". ²⁵ Ndakadzipwa no mishamu katatu kese. Ndakafurwa kamwe nomapuwe. ndakakhutuka mumvura katatu. Ndakapedza usiku umwe no masikati amwe ndeibheruka munvura. ²⁶ Parwendo randaiita, ndakapinda munjozi yemurambo, mbava, njozi mumitanha, muthambe, munvura; uye no munjozi ye hama dzomanyepo. ²⁷ Ndinosoita mabhasa okurema uye nokuremba, ndeiphuphudza nousiku ndisika wati, no nzara no nyota, kajinji mumitsanyo, ndiri mitu nomhepo. ²⁸ Uye, kunza ko izvi zvese, ndirikuzwa kuremerwa mazuwa ese ngokurangaridza makherekhe ese. ²⁹ Kudhai pane wakaremba, konji inini andirembio kani? Kudhai pane wakagwegwedhuswa, inini andizwi ushungu kani? ³⁰ Kuti ndiite maonererwa, ndaizoonererwa nokuremba kangu. ³¹ Mwari Bhabha a Ishe Djesu, anokudzwa patchose, anozvizia kuti andiripi kunyepa! ³² Ku Damasko, mutungamiriri we pamutanhepo wakatumwa na mambo Areta airindira kudha kundisunga. ³³ Asi akandibvisa ngopabhuri pamadzitiro, ndikaatiza kubhatwa ndio.