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| 1. | Hama dzangu, kutenda kwenyu kunaShe wedu Jesu Kristu, iye wokubwinya, ngakurege kuva nokutenda zvinovonekwa zvomunhu. |
| 2. | Nokuti kana musinagoge renyu mukapinda munhu unemhete yendarama, akapfeka nguvo dzakanaka, mukapinda vo murombo, wakapfeka nguvo dzakaipa; |
| 3. | mukatarira uyo wakapfeka nguvo dzakanaka, mukati: Gara pano pakanaka; mukati kumurombo: Mira ipapo, kana: Gara pasi pachitsiko chetsoka dzangu; |
| 4. | ko hamuna kutsaura mumoyo yenyu, mukava vatongi vanemifungo yakaipa here? |
| 5. | Inzwai, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa: Ko Mwari haana kusanangura varombo venyika here kuti vave vafumi pakutenda, navadyi venhaka yovushe bwakapikira vanomuda? |
| 6. | Asi imi makazvidza murombo. Ko havazi vafumi vanokuremedzai, naivo vanokukwirirai kuzvigaro zvokutonga here? |
| 7. | Ko havazi ivo vanomhura zita rakanaka ramunotumidzwa naro here? |
| 8. | Asi zvino kana muchizadzisa murairo wovushe, sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Ida wokwako sezvaunozvida iwe, munoita zvakanaka. |
| 9. | Asi kana muchitenda zvinovonekwa zvomunhu, munoita zvivi, munopiwa mhosva nomurairo muchinzi vadariki. |
| 10. | Nokuti munhu unochengeta murairo wose, akagumburwa kunechinhu chimwe chete, wava nemhosva kunezvose. |
| 11. | Nokuti iye, wakati: usaita vupobwe, ndiyevo: wakati usavuraya. Zvino kana usingaiti vupobwe, asi uchivuraya, wava mudariki womurairo. |
| 12. | Taurai, vuye itai savanhu vanozotongwa nomurairo wokusunungurwa. |
| 13. | Nokuti kutonga hakungavi nengoni kunousina kuitira vamwe ngoni; ngoni dzinozvirumbidza dzichikunda kutonga. |
| 14. | Zvinobatsirei hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti: Ndinokutenda, asi asinamabasa? Ko kutenda uko kungamuponesa here? |
| 15. | Kana kunehama, murume kana mukadzi, asina zvokufuka, unoshaiwa zvokudya zuva rimwe nerimwe, |
| 16. | mumwe wenyu akati kwavari: Endai henyu nomufaro, mudziyirwe, mugute, musingavapi izvo zvinodikanwa nomuviri, zvinogobatsirei? |
| 17. | Saizvozvo, vo, nokutenda kana kusinamabasa, kwakafa hako. |
| 18. | Asi mumwe ungati: iwe unokutenda, neni ndinamabasa; ndiratidze kutenda kwako kusina mabasa,neni ndigokuratidza namabasa angu kutenda kwangu. |
| 19. | Iwe unotenda kuti Mwari ndiye mumwe chete; unoita zvakanaka; mweya yakaipa inotenda vo izvozvo, ichidedera. |
| 20. | Zvino iwe munhu wovupenzi, unoda kuziva here kuti kutenda kusinamabasa kwakafa? |
| 21. | Ko Abhurahamu, baba vedu, haana kururamiswa namabasa here, nguva yaakabayira mwanakomana wake Isaka paaritari? |
| 22. | Unovona kuti kutenda kwake kwakabata pamwe chete namabasa ake, vuye kuti kutenda kwake kwakakwaniswa namabasa; |
| 23. | rugwaro rukaitika, runoti: Abhurahamu wakatenda Mwari, kukanzi kwaari ndiko kururama; akanzi hama yaMwari. |
| 24. | Munovona kuti munhu unoruramiswa namabasa, haaruramiswi nokutenda bedzi. |
| 25. | Saizvozvo vo, Rakabhi, chifeve, haana kururamiswa here namabasa, nguva yaakachingamidza nhume, nokuvaendisa neimwe nzira? |
| 26. | Nokuti somuviri usinomweya wakafa, saizvozvo kutenda kusinamabasa kwakafa vo. |
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