1 Timothy 1

Shona (Shona Bible 1949, revised 2002)

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1Pauro, mupostori waKristu Jesu nokurayira kwaMwari, Muponesi wedu, naKristu Jesu, tariro yedu;

2kuna Timoti, mwana wangu chaiye pakutenda: Nyasha, nengoni, norugare, zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba, naKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, ngazvive newe.

3Sezvandakakumbira zvikuru kwauri, ini ndichienda Makedhonia, ndinoti, usare muEfeso, kuti urayire vamwe, varege kudzidzisa dzimwe dzidziso;

4kana kurangarira ngano namazita amadziteteguru asingaperi, zvinongomutsa nharo, zvisingatendesi zvakarayirwa naMwari, zviri mukutenda.

5Asi chinovavarirwa nomurayiro ndirwo rudo runobva pamwoyo wakachena, napahana yakanaka, napakutenda kusinganyengeri;

6vamwe vakarashika pazvinhu izvozvi, vakatsaukira kukutaura kusina maturo;

7vachitsvaka kuti vave vadzidzisi vomurayiro, vasingazivi zvavanoreva kana zvavanosimbisa.

8Asi tinoziva kuti murayiro wakanaka, kana munhu achiita nawo sezvinoreva murayiro,

9achiziva kuti murayiro hauna kuitirwa wakarurama, asi vasina hanya nomurayiro, navasingateereri, navasingadi Mwari, navatadzi, navasi vatsvene, navasina hanya naMwari, navanorova madzibaba, navanorova madzimai, navanouraya vanhu;

10nemhombwe, navanopombora navarume, navanoba vanhu, navanoreva nhema, navanopika nhema, uye kana chimwe chiriko chinopesana nedzidziso yakarurama;

11sezvinoreva Vhangeri yokubwinya kwaMwari womufaro, yandakapiwa ini.

12Ndinomuvonga iye Kristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, akandipa simba, nokuti akati ndakatendeka, akandiisa pabasa rake;

13kunyange ini ndaiva aishonha Mwari kare, nomutambudzi ndichiitira vanhu zvakaipa; asi ndakaitirwa ngoni, nokuti ndakanga ndichizviita nokusaziva pakusatenda;

14asi nyasha dzaIshe wedu dzakawanda zvikuru nokutenda, norudo ruri muna Kristu Jesu.

15Ishoko rechokwadi, rinofanira kutendwa kwazvo, kuti Kristu Jesu akauya panyika kuzoponesa vatadzi; avo ini ndiri mukuru wavo;

16asi naizvozvo ndakaitirwa ngoni, kuti Jesu Kristu aratidze mwoyo wake wose murefu mandiri, ini mukuru wavatadzi, kuti ndive chiratidzo kuna vanozotenda kwaari, zvinovaisa kuupenyu husingaperi.

17Zvino iye Ishe asingaperi, asingafi, asingaonekwi, Mwari woga, ngaave nokukudzwa nokubwinya nokusingaperi-peri. Ameni.

18Basa iri, rakarayirwa, ndinokupa iro, iwe Timoti, mwana wangu, kuti sezvazvakaporofitwa kare pamusoro pako, urwe pfumo rakanaka mazviri;

19wakabata kutenda nehana yakarurama; iyo yakarashwa navamwe, vakarashikirwa nokutenda;

20vamwe vavo ndiHimenio naArekizanda, vandakaisa kuna Satani, vadzidziswe kuti varege kushonha Mwari.

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