VaEfeso 4

¹Naizvozvo ini musungwa munaShe, ndinokumbira zvikuru kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudanwa kwamakadanwa nako,I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

²nokuzvininipisa kwose novunyoro, nomoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo;With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

³muchishingaira kuchengeta vumwe bwoMweya muchisungo chorugare.Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

⁴Kuno muviri mumwe, noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadanwa vo mutariro imwe yokudanwa kwenyu;There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

⁵Ishe mumwe, nokutenda kumwe, norubhabhatidzo rumwe,One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶naMwari mumwe, naBaba vavose, uri pamsoro pavose, unobata navose, uri mukati menyu mose.One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

⁷Asi mumwe nomumwe wedu wakapiwa nyasha nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

⁸Naizvozvo unoti: Wakakwira kumusoro akatapa vatapwa, Akapa vanhu zvipo,Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

⁹(Zvino kuti: Wakakwira, chinyiko, asi kuti, wakaburuka pakutanga vo kumativi ari pasi panyika?(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

¹⁰Wakaburuka ndiye wakakwira vo kumusoro-soro kwedenga rose, kuti azadzise zvose.)He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

¹¹Zvino wakapa vamwe kuti vave vaapostora, vamwe vaporofita, vamwe vaEvhangeri, vamwe vafudzi navadzidzisi;And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

¹²kuti vatsvene vakwanisirwe basa ravo rokushumira, nerokuvaka muviri waKristu;For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

¹³kudzimana isu tose tisvike pavumwe bwokutenda nokuziva Mwanakomana waMwari, napamunhu wakura, napachiyero chovukuru bwokuzara kwaKristu;Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

¹⁴kuti tirege kuramba tichingova vacheche, tichizununguswa nokudzingwa nemhepo ipi neipi yokudzidzisa nokunyengera kwavanhu, namano, kuti vatsause nokunyengera;That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

¹⁵asi tireve zvokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvose, iye Kristu, Musoro;But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

¹⁶muviri wose wakasonganiswa zvakanaka maari nokubatanidzwa nenhengo dzose dzino simbisa, mutezo mumwe nomumwe uchibata nechiyero chawo, kuti muviri ukuriswe pakuvakwa kwawo murudo.From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

¹⁷Naizvozvo ndinoreva nokupupura chinhu ichi munaShe, ndichiti, musafamba savamwe vahedheni, vanofamba vo novupenzi bwokurangarira kwavo,This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

¹⁸vakasvibirwa pakunzwisisa kwavo, vari vatorwa pavupenyu bwaMwari nokuda kwokusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nokuda kwovukukutu bwomoyo yavo;Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

¹⁹vakazvipa vasine hanya kuvutere, kuti vabate mabasa ose etsvina nokuchiva.Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰Asi imi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,But ye have not so learned Christ;

²¹kana ari iye hake wamakanzwa, nokudzidziswa maari, seiri zvokwadi munaJesu:If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

²²kuti pamufambire wenyu wokutanga mubvise munhu wekare, unovodzwa nokuchiva kwokunyengera;That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

²³muvandudzwe mumweya wokurangarira kwenyu,And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

²⁴mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa akafanana naMwari pakururama, novutsvene bwezvokwadi.And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

²⁵Naizvozvo bvisai nhema, mutaure zvokwadi, mumwe nomumwe kuno wokwake; nokuti tiri mitezo, mumwe womumwe.Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

²⁶Tsamwai, musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira muchakatsamwa;Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

²⁷musapa Dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.Neither give place to the devil.

²⁸Wakaba, ngaarege kuba zve; asi zvirinani kuti atambudzike, abate namavoko ake basa rakanaka, kuti ave nechaangapa unoshaiwa.Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

²⁹Mumuromo wenyu murege kubuda shoko rakavora, asi rakanaka, ringasimbisa pakafanira, rivigire nyasha avo vanonzwa.Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

³⁰Regai kuchemedza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakaisirwa chisimbiso maari kusvikira pazuva rokudzikinurwa.And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

³¹Shungu dzose, nokutsamwa, nehasha, nokupopota, nokutuka, nezvakaipa zvose, ngazvibviswe kwamuri;Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

³²muitirane moyo munyoro, munzwirane tsitsi, mukanganwirane, se zvamakakanganwirwa naMwari.And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.