Jakobho 1:1-27

Jakobho, muranda waMwari nowaIshe Jesu Kristu, kumarudzi ane gumi namaviri akapararira: Farai! Hama dzangu, muti mufaro bedzi kana muchiwira mumiedzo mizhinji; muchiziva kuti kuedzwa kwokutenda kwenyu kunobereka kutsungirira. Asi kutsungirira ngakuve nebasa rakakwaniswa, kuti mukwane, mururame kwazvo, musingashayiwi chinhu. Zvino kana mumwe wenyu achishayiwa kuchenjera ngaakumbire kuna Mwari, anongopa vose asingazotuki; achapiwa hake. Asi ngaakumbire nokutenda, asinganyunyuti napaduku; nokuti munhu anonyunyuta akaita sefungu regungwa rinosundwa nemhepo richimutswamutswa. Munhu uyu ngaarege kufunga kuti achazowana chinhu kuna Ishe; munhu, ane mwoyo miviri, anoshandukashanduka panzira dzake dzose. Asi hama iri muduku zvayo ngaafare nokukudzwa kwake; nomupfumi nokuninipiswa kwake, nokuti achapfuura seruva rouswa. Nokuti zuva rinobuda pamwechete nemhepo inopisa, ndokuomesa uswa; ruva rahwo rinowira pasi, nokunaka kwahwo kwakanga kwaonekwa kunopera; saizvozvowo mupfumi achasvava panzira dzake. Akaropafadzwa munhu uyo anotsunga mwoyo pakuedzwa; nokuti kana atendwa, achapiwa korona yohupenyu yakapikirwa avo vanomuda. Kana munhu achiedzwa, ngaarege kuti ndinoedzwa naMwari; nokuti Mwari haangaedzwi nezvakaipa, naiye amene haangaedzi munhu. Asi munhu mumwe nomumwe anoedzwa kana achikwewa nokuchiva kwake achinyengerwa. Zvino kuchiva, kana kwarema, kunozvara zvivi; nezvivi, kana zvakura, zvinobereka rufu. Musanyengerwa, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa. Zvipo zvose zvakanaka nezvipiwa zvose zvakakwana zvinobva kumusoro, zvichiburuka kuna Baba vezviedza, uyo asina kupinduka kana mumvuri wokushanduka. Nokuda kwake akatibereka neshoko rechokwadi, kuti isu tiite sechibereko chokutanga chezvisikwa zvake. Munozviziva henyu izvozvi, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa. Asi munhu mumwe nomumwe ngaakurumidze kunzwa, anonoke kutaura, anonoke kutsamwa; nokuti kutsamwa kwomunhu hakuiti kururama kwaMwari. Saka bvisai tsvina yose nokuipa kwakawanda, mugamuchire nomwoyo munyoro shoko rakasimwa mukati menyu, rinogona kuponesa mweya yenyu. Asi ivai vaiti veshoko, musava vanzwi voga, muchizvinyengera. Nokuti kana munhu ari munzwi weshoko, asati ari muiti waro, akafanana nomunhu anoona chiso chake, chaakaberekwa nacho, muchionioni. Nokuti anozviona, ndokuenda, ndokukanganwa pakarepo kuti akadini iye. Asi munhu anocherekedza murayiro wakakwana, iwo murayiro wokusunungurwa, akaramba achidaro, asati ari munzwi, anokanganwa, asi muiti webasa, iye acharopafadzwa pane zvaanoita. Kana munhu achiti ndinonamata Mwari, asingadzori rurimi rwake, asi achinyengera mwoyo wake, kutenda kwaiyeyo munhu hakuna maturo. Kunamata, kwakarurama, kusina mhosva pamberi paMwari wedu naBaba, ndiko kufambira nherera nechirikadzi mukutambudzika kwavo, nokuzvichengeta, kuti arege kusvibiswa nenyika.