¹ Ndidiyalo cuti wanhu wanada cutiona, ninga wanyabasa wa Kristu nawaya wacuti wadaithwa wacucoya zvacufusica zva Mulungu. ² Nakaindi yenei, cuti waya wacuti wadapiwa waonereri wagale wacutendeca wacuthembeca. ³ Ese cuna ine tchinhu tchidoco cuti cuti nditongwe naimwe podi na lilense dale la munhu. Thangwe ine ine wene ndina tonga. ⁴ Ine mfuwa yangu idatchena hapana zvacunyangala zvacuti zvinaphwatirhwa ine; Podi zvazvo zvidadiyalo hazvilongui cuti ine handina cutchena. Ndi tchangamire ananditonga. ⁵ Nazvenezvo musatongue tchilitchense cthinhunhaisati yakwana ngani, hasati auya Tchangamire. Iye atchauisa thotchi lacuti zvinhu zvinse zvacuti zvilimudima, atchabudisa pamhene zvilimumoyo. Penepo, cuna mubodzinamubodzi atchadzadziwa cutenda kwatche cuna Mulungu. ⁶ Zvinopano, wabale wangu, ine ndidaita izvi muculalama kwanguna na Apolo nathangwe la imwe, cuitira cuti mupfunze naife: "Musapacanye cuzbvinhu zvacuti zvidanembiwa"; Nadiyano hapana anagala wacuzvicuza adzaulu pamunango. ⁷ Thangwe mbani adacutsala cubuda cuna unango? ntchanyi tchaco untcho tchacuti hauna cutchipiwa mahala? Ungti udazbvipiwa mahala? Apo ungati udazvipiwa thangweranyi ulicuzvicuza niga hauna cuzvipiwa? ⁸ Imwe mwadinazvo cale zvense zvanu munada! Mwad wacupfuma! Mwadi wanyakwawa mweka mweka ifw hapana! Ndina tchakwadi tcuti, ine ndiricudacuti mugalae wanyakwawa, cuti tigalae wanyakwawa pabodzipo imwe. ⁹ Naepenepo ndinafunga cuti Mulungu adatisankula cuti tigala maphostoli, pambuto yacupedzesera, ninga wanhu wacuti wadatonguerhwa cufa. Ife tinadaithwa tchitsetso tchadzico lino, nanguilozi za wanhu. ¹⁰ Ife maswilu nathangwe la kristu, Apo imwe ndimwe wacutchenjera muna kristu. Ife tidaneta, apo imwe ndimwe wansimba. Imwe muna cuziwa ife tina nyozerhwa. ¹¹ Cuswica ngani ino, ife tina nzara tina nyota, tida fpfeca matsacara tina neriwa chuwa chuwa yatche hatina pacukakala. ¹² Tinasewenza maningui, namanza yathuya. Pathu tinatukiwa, ife tinauita maitabasa. Pathu tinachuphiwa tina chinguirira. Ife ¹³ tinga phwatirhwa nyaya ife tidaira tinadaira zvamuche. Cuswikira pangani ino tidaithwa zvinyalala zvamudzic cuna wense. ¹⁴ Ine handina cunemba zvinhu izvi cuti ndicunyadzisene, ese cuti ndicu lonnze pada nyangazica, ninga wnw wangu wangu ndinada. ¹⁵ Ne deca mukana zvulu kumi wpfunzsi muna kristu, musakale nawababa wajinji. Ine ndidakala baba wanu muna kristu Djesu nathangwe la Vangueri. ¹⁶ Nazvenezvo ndiricucumbira cuti mugale watowezeri wangu ¹⁷ Nathangwe la zvenezvi ndina cutumirani Timotio, wangu ndinada futi mwana wacutendeca wa tchangamire. Iye atchacutsalacanisani njira zangu muna Kristu, nazvenezvi ninga zvangu ndina pfunzisa muzinyumba zacunamatira. ¹⁸ wenango wanu wadi czvicuza, wtchiita ninga handisi cudzauya cuna imwe. ¹⁹ Apo nditchiyenda nacucasica cuna imwe Tchangmere angazvida. Napenepo Handidzatswaki kwene cuti wanhu awa wazvicuza cuti waliculanga tani, ese cuti wana nsimba idatani. ²⁰ Thangwe umambo hwa Mulungu hausi pavculanga basi ese pansimba. ²¹ Munadai? Ndiuye cua imwe na munxhamu o ne nacuda na muzimu unazvitchepesa?