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¹Naizvozvo ivai vateveri vaMwari savana vanodikanwa;Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

²fambai murudo, Kristu sezvaakakudai vo, akazvipa nokuda kwedu, kuti ave chipo nechibayiro kunaMwari, zviite bwema bwunonhuwira.And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

³Asi vupombwe, netsvina yose, kana kuchiva, ngazvirege kurebwa pakati penyu, sezvinofanira vatsvene;But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

⁴nezvakaipa, nokutaura zvovupenzi, nokunemera, izvo zvisina kufanira; asi zvirinani kuvonga.Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

⁵Nokuti munoziva kwazvo, kuti hakune mhombwe, kana munhu unetsvina, kana unochiva, ndiye unonamata zvifananidzo, ungadya nhaka muvushe bwaKristu nobwaMwari.For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

⁶Ngakurege kuva nomunhu unokunyengerai namashoko asinamaturo; nokuti nemhaka yezvinhu izvi kutsamwa kwaMwari kunovuya pamusoro pavanakomana vokusaterera.Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

⁷Naizvozvo regai kushamwaridzana navo;Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

⁸nokuti kare maiva rima, asi zvino muri chiedza munaShe; fambai savana vechiedza.For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

⁹(Nokuti chibereko chemweya chiri mukunaka kwose, nokururama, nezvokwadi),(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

¹⁰muchiidza kuti ndezvipi zvinofadza Ishe.Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

¹¹Regai kuyanana namabasa erima asine zvibereko, asi zvirinani kuti muraire;And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

¹²nokuti izvo, zvinoitwa navo pakavanda, zvinonyadza kana zvichirebwa.For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

¹³Asi zvinhu zvose, kana zvarairwa, zvinoratidzwa nechiedza; nokuti zvose, zvinoratidzwa, chava chiedza.But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

¹⁴Saka iye unoti: Muka iwe uvete, muka kuvakafa, Kristu uchakuvhenekera.Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

¹⁵Naizvozvo chenjerai kwazvo pakufamba kwenyu, kuti murege kufamba savasina kuchenjera asi savakachenjera;See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

¹⁶mungwarire nguva yenyu, nokuti mazuva akaipa.Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷Saka musava mapenzi, asi muzive kuda kwaShe.Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁸Regai kubatwa newaini, nokuti ndipo pano kusazvidzora, asi muzadzwe noMweya;And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁹mutaurirane pakati penyu namapisarema, nenziyo, nezviimbo zvoMweya, muimbire, muridzire Ishe mumoyo yenyu;Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

²⁰muchivonga Mwari, Baba, nguva dzose pamusoro pezvinhu zvose, muzita raShe wedu, Jesu Kristu;Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²¹muchizviisa mumwe pasi pomumwe, muchitya Mwari.Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

²²Imi vakadzi, muzviise pasi pavarume venyu chaivo, sezvamunoita kunaShe.Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²³Nokuti murume musoro womukadzi, saKristuvo musoro wekereke; iye amene ndiye muponesi womuviri.For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

²⁴Asi kereke sezvairi pasi paKristu, vakadzi ngavadaro pazvinhu zvose kuvarume vavo.Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

²⁵Imi varume, idai vakadzi venyu, Kristu sezvaakadavo kereke, akazvipa nokuda kwayo;Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

²⁶kuti aiite tsvene achiinatsa nokushambidza kwemvura pashoko,That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

²⁷kuti azviisire pamberi pake kereke, inobwinya, isinegwapa, kana kuwonyana, kana chinhu chakadai; asi ive tsvene, isinemhosva.That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁸Saizvozvo vo varume vanofanira kuda vakadzi vavo semiviri yavo. Unoda mukadzi wake, unozvida;So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

²⁹nokuti hakuno munhu wakatongovenga nyama yake; asi unoipa zvokudya nokuichengeta, Kristu sezvaanoitira kereke;For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

³⁰nokuti isu tiri mitezo yomuviri wake, yenyama yake neyamafupa ake.For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

³¹Naizvozvo munhu uchasiya baba vake namai vake, anamatire mukadzi wake; ivavo vaviri vachava nyama imwe.For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

³²Chakavanzika ichi, chikuru, asi ndinotaura zvaKristu nezvekereke.This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

³³Asi imivo, mumwe nomumwe ngaade mukadzi wake sezvaanozvida iye; nomukadzi ngaatye murume wake.Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.