[1] Pauro, Sirasi naTimoti, kukereke yavaTesaronika muna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu:
[2] Nyasha norugare zvinobva kuna Mwari ivo Baba nokuna Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu.
[3] Tinofanira kuramba tichivonga Mwari nguva dzose nokuda kwenyu, hama, uye zvakanaka izvozvo, nokuti kutenda kwenyu kuri kukura zvakanyanya, uye rudo rwamunarwo kuno mumwe nomumwe wenyu rwuri kukura.
[4] Naizvozvo, pakati pekereke dzaMwari tinozvirumbidza pamusoro pokutsungirira kwenyu uye nokutenda kwenyu nomukutambudzika kwose nokuedzwa kwamunotsunga makuri.
[5] Zvose izvi ndizvo zvinoratidza kuti kutonga kwaMwari kwakarurama, uye nokuda kwaizvozvi muchanzi makafanirwa noumambo hwaMwari, ihwo hwamunotamburira.
[6] Mwari anoruramisira: Achatsiva nokutambudza avo vanokutambudzai,
[7] uye agozorodza imi vari kutambudzika, uye nesuwo. Izvi zvichaitika Ishe Jesu paacharatidzwa kubva kudenga mumurazvo womoto unopfuta ane vatumwa vake vane simba.
[8] Acharanga vaya vasingazivi Mwari uye vasingateereri vhangeri raIshe wedu Jesu.
[9] Vacharangwa nokuparadzwa kusingaperi, uye vachapfigirwa kunze pamberi paIshe, uye napaukuru hwesimba rake,
[10] pazuva raanouya kuzokudzwa muvanhu vake vatsvene uye sechishamiso pakati paavo vose vakatenda. Izvi zvinosanganisira imi, nokuti makatenda uchapupu hwedu kwamuri.
[11] Nomurangariro uyu, isu tinoramba tichikunyengetererai, kuti Mwari wedu ati makafanira kudana kwake, uye kuti nesimba rake azadzise zvinangwa zvenyu zvose zvakanaka nebasa rose rakamutswa nokutenda kwenyu.
[12] Tinonyengeterera izvi kuitira kuti zita raIshe wedu Jesu rikudzwe mamuri, uye imi maari, maererano nenyasha dzaMwari wedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.