VaEfeso 3

¹Nemhaka iyi, ini Pauro, ndiri musungwa waKristu Jesu nokuda kwenyu, imi vahedheni,For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

²kana makanzwa henyu kugoverwa kwenyasha dzaMwari dzandakapiwa pamusoro penyu;If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to youward:

³kuti zvakanga zvakavanzika zvakandiziviswa pakuzarurirwa, sezvandakambokunyorerai namashoko mashoma;How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

⁴kana muchirava iwo, mungavona kuziva kwangu zvakavanzika zvaKristu;Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

⁵zvakanga zvisina kuziviswa vanakomana vavanhu panedzimwe nguva, sezvazvakazarurirwa vaapostora vatsvene, navaporofita zvino muMweya;Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

⁶Kuti Vahedheni vave vadyi venhaka pamwe chete nesu, nomuviri mumwe nesu vagovani vechipikirwa chake pamwe chete nesu muna Kristu neEvhangeriThat the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

⁷yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo nechipo chenyasha dzaMwari, chandakapiwa nokubata kwesimba rake.Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

⁸Ini, muduku kwazvo kuvatsvene vose, ndakapiwa nyasha idzi, kuti ndiparidzire vahedheni fuma isinganzwerwi yaKristu,Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

⁹nokuratidza vose kuti kugoverwa kwakadiniko kwezvakavanzika, zvakanga zvakafukidzwa munaMwari, wakasika zvose, naKristu Jesu kubva panguva yokutanga;And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

¹⁰kuti zvino vabati navanesimba kudenga va ziviswe nekereke kuchenjera kukuru kwaMwari;To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

¹¹sechirevo chokutanga-tanga chaakatema munaKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu;According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

¹²maari tinokutsunga kwedu nokupinda kwedu tisingatyi, nokutenda kwake.In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

¹³Saka ndinokumbira kuti murege kupera moyo nokutambudzika kwangu pamusoro penyu; ndiko kukudzwa kwenyu.Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

¹⁴Nemhaka iyi ndinofugama namabvi angu kunaBaba, vaShe wedu Jesu KristuFor this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵avo, rudzi rwose kudenga napanyika runotumidzwa nezita ravo,Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

¹⁶kuti vakupei pafuma yokubwinya kwavo kukuru, simba kuti musimbiswe noMweya wavo mumunhu womukati;That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

¹⁷kuti Kristu agare pamoyo yenyu nokutenda; kuti imi, munemidzi yenyu nenheyo dzenyu murudo;That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸muve nesimba rokunzwisisa pamwe chete navatsvene vose, kuti kufara, nokureba, nokukwirira, nokudzika kwakadiniko,May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

¹⁹nokuziva rudo rwaKristu, runopfuvura kuziva, kuti muzadziswe nokuzara kwose kwaMwari.And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

²⁰Zvino, iye unesimba rokuita zvikuru kwazvo zvinopfuvura zvose zvatinokumbira kana zvatinofunga, nesimba rinobata mukati medu,Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

²¹ngaave nokubwinya mukereke munaKristu Jesu, kusvikira kumarudzi ose nokusingaperi-peri, Ameni.Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.