¹ Cungati mubodz wanu apoca nanyauyatche ali mubale watche, muna imesa tani cuti aende cudale cuna watongui wanyica ne cuti aende cuna watongui wacutchena? ² imwepa hamudziwi wacutchen watchadzab tonga dzico, imwe hamupusi cutonga tu mirandu tacuti hatina nabasa lene? ³ Imwepa hamudziwi cuti mutchadzatomga nguilozi? Apo cudzati zvinhu zviri paculalama cuno! ⁴ Napenepo, mungati mutchipocana pazvinhu izvi vzaculalama cuno, thangwe lanyi hamuthonyi mtongui podi zvatche angati anacutenda cudatchepa? ⁵ Ine ndiriculanga zbinezvi nathangwe lacunyqla kwanu. Hapana pacati panu wacuti wacuti ana cutchenjera kwacuti anga puse cutonga timirandu taimwe ubale hwanu? ⁶ Apo pambuto yeneyo mubalewanu alicukwira kwenda cudale kwendera mubalebwatche, peze penepo oenda caikiwa pamberi pamu tongui wamudzico! ⁷ Izvi zvacuti mapoca imwe makristu mweka mweka moenderana cudale zvinbalanga cuti mudacundiwa cale. Thangweranyi hamutendi cunyangazirhwa? ⁸ Thangwe ranyi hamutenderi cuti pacati panu mubirane, watchikakla wali wabale wanu tchaiwo! ⁹ Codi hamudziwi cuti waculeca cuita cthadi hawa dzipindi muu mambo hwa Mulungu? Musa phwatirane: nathangwe wanaita umhombwe podi wanamata zvacuphwata, podi mahule podi wamuna wacuti wanaita vzaumhombwe podi wamuna wacuti wanada wamuna binzawo, ¹⁰ mambava, podi wanondorja zviri zvense na zvidhakwa, podi wanaita magumba na zimbava, hawadzagali nhaca ya Mulungu. ¹¹ Ninga zvidaita wanzanu imwepo. Apo muda sambiziwa mutchiita wacutchena mutchigomberhwa mulandu na Mulungu mu dzina la Tchangamire Djesu kristu na Muzimu wa Mulungu wathu. ¹² "Zvinhu zvense ndinatenderhwa", ese hazvisi zvense cuti zvinandibatsira". Zvense zvinhu zvinatenderhwa, ese handidi cuti nditongwe nazvo. ¹³ Zvacurja ntswamutchipfu futi tchipfu nctha zvacurja", apo Mulungu atchaphwanya zvense zviwiri. Muiri hausi waumpombwe ese ngwa Tchangamire na tchangamreo ngwa muwiri. ¹⁴ Mulungu adamusa Tchangamire futi tidamusiwawo na Simba Yatche. ¹⁵ Imwe hamudziwi muiri mitezo ya Kristu? Apo ndina tola mutezo wa Kristu ndita nawo upimbwe? Ndinatchadi tchacuti nkabe! ¹⁶ Hamuzdiwi cuti anasangana na hule anaita muiri ubodzi naiye? Ntswanyi zvinalanga zvidanembwa: "Pawa wiri wanaita kwene nyama ibodzi." ¹⁷ Pazvense, uya wacuti anasangana na Tchangamire anaita muzimuubdzi na Iye. ¹⁸ Thawani umhombwe! zviri zvense zvitema cuti munhu anaita ananga alicunza kwamuiri, ese munhu anaita zvaupombwe ananyangazira muiri watche. ¹⁹ Hamudziwi cuti imwe ndimwe muiri wanyumba yacunamatira ya Muzimu Wacutchena, cuti unalalama muna imwe, uya wacuti mudatambila cukundonla Mulungu, wacuti hamusi wanu wene? ²⁰ Napenepo muda tenguiwa namutengo. Napenepo cuzani Mulungu mumu muiri yanu.