1 Petro
1:1 Petro, mupostori waJesu Kristu, kuvatorwa vakapararira
Pontasi, Garatia, Kapadhokia, Asia, neBhitinia;
1:2 vasanangurwa maererano nokufanoziva kwaMwari Baba, kubudikidza
kuutsvene hwoMweya, mukuteerera nokusaswa kweropa
zvaJesu Kristu: Nyasha kwamuri nerugare ngazviwanzwe.
1:3 Ngaarumbidzwe Mwari, uye Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, maererano
nokuda kwetsitsi dzake huru akatiberekazve kuti tive netariro mhenyu kubudikidza naJehovha
kumuka kwaJesu Kristu kubva kuvakafa,
1:4 kunhaka isingaori, isina kusvibiswa, isingasvavi
kure, makachengeterwa kudenga;
1:5 imwi munochengetwa nesimba raMwari kubudikidza nerutendo kuruponeso rwakagadzirirwa
kuratidzwa munguva yekupedzisira.
1:6 iyo yamunofara mairi zvikuru, kunyange zvino, kana zvichifanira, muri kwenguva duku
mukuremerwa nemiedzo yakawanda:
1:7 kuti kuidzwa kwerutendo rwenyu kunokosha zvikuru kupfuura ndarama
inoparara, kunyange ichiidzwa nomoto, inogona kuwanikwa inorumbidzwa uye
kukudzwa nekubwinya pakuonekwa kwaJesu Kristu;
8 Iye musina kumuona munomuda; maari kunyange musingamuoni zvino
munotenda, munofara nomufaro usingatauriki uzere nokubwinya;
1:9 muchigamuchira chinovavarirwa nerutendo rwenyu, irwo ruponeso rwemweya yenyu.
1:10 Urwo ruponeso vaporofita vakabvunzisisa nekunzvera zvikuru.
wakaporofita zvenyasha dzinouya kwamuri;
1:11 Kunzvera chii, kana rudzii nguva Mweya waKristu akanga ari
zvairatidza, payakagara yapupura kutambudzika kwaKristu;
uye nokubwinya kuchazotevera.
1:12 kuna ivo vakaratidzwa, kuti kwete kwavari, asi kwatiri ivo
wakashumira pazvinhu zvakataurwa kwamuri zvino naivo
ndakaparidza vhangeri kwamuri noMweya Mutsvene wakatumwa kubva
kudenga; izvo zvinoshuva vatumwa kutarira mazviri.
1:13 Naizvozvo zvisungei zviuno zvendangariro dzenyu, svinurai, muve netariro kusvikira pakuguma
nokuda kwenyasha dzamuchauyiswa kwamuri pakuratidzwa kwaJesu
Kristu;
1:14 sevana vanoteerera, musazvienzanisa nevekutanga
kuchiva mukusaziva kwenyu.
1:15 asi saiye wakakudanai ari mutsvene, nemwiwo ivai vatsvene pane zvose
hurukuro;
1:16 Nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Ivai vatsvene; nokuti ini ndiri mutsvene.
1:17 Uye kana muchidana Baba, ivo vanotonga pasina rusaruro
maererano nebasa romumwe nomumwe, pedzai nguva yokugara kwenyu muri mutorwa pano
kutya:
1:18 Sezvo munoziva kuti hamuna kudzikinurwa nezvinhu zvinoora.
sesirivha nendarama, kubva pamafambiro enyu asina maturo, makagamuchira netsika
kubva kumadzibaba enyu;
1:19 Asi neropa rinokosha raKristu, seregwayana risina charingapomerwa uye
pasina nzvimbo:
1:20 Iye akagara atemerwa nyika isati yavambwa, asi akanga aripo
zviratidze kwamuri munguva dzekupedzisira,
1:21 iye wamunotenda naye muna Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa, akapa
ngaakudzwe; kuti kutenda kwenyu netariro yenyu zvive muna Mwari.
1:22 Zvamakanatsa mweya yenyu pakuteerera chokwadi kubudikidza nemurairo
Mweya parudo rwehama rwusinganyepedzeri, dananai
nemoyo wakachena kushingaira;
1:23 makaberekwa kutsva, zvisingabvi pambeu inoora, asi pane isingaori, kubudikidza neropa.
Shoko raMwari benyu uye rinogara nokusingaperi.
1:24 Nokuti nyama yose yakaita souswa, uye kubwinya kwose kwomunhu seruva
uswa. Uswa hunooma, neruva rahwo rinodonha;
1:25 Asi shoko raIshe rinogara nekusingaperi. Uye iri ndiro izwi iro
nevhangeri rinoparidzwa kwamuri.