VaEfeso 6

¹Imi vana, tererai vabereki venyu munaShe; nokuti ndizvo zvakarurama.Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

²Kudza baba vako namai ndiwo murairo wokutanga unechipikirwaHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

³kuti uitirwe zvakanaka, ugare nguva refu panyika.That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

⁴Nemi madzibaba, regai kutsamwisa vana venyu; asi varerei pakuranga nokuraira kwaShe.And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

⁵Imi varanda, tererai avo vari vatenzi venyu panyama, nokutya nokudedera, nemoyo yakarurama, muchizviita sokunaKristu;Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

⁶musingabati kana muchivonekwa bedzi, savafadzi vavanhu, asi savaranda vaKristu, vanoita kuda kwaMwari nomoyo wose;Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

⁷muchibata nomoyo wakanaka, muchizviita sokunaShe, musingaitiri vanhu;With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

⁸muchiziva kuti chinhu chipi nechipi chakanaka, chinoitwa nomunhu mumwe nomumwe, uchachipiwa zve naShe, kana akasungwa kana akasununguka.Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

⁹Nemi madzishe, muvaitire saizvozvo, murege kuvatyisa; nokuti munoziva kuti Ishe wavo nowenyu uri kudenga; haatendi zvinovonekwa zvomunhu.And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

¹⁰Pakupedzisira hama dzangu,ivai nesimba munaShe, nomusimba rake guru.Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

¹¹Shongai nhumbi dzose dzokurwa nadzo dzaMwari, mugone kumira muchirwa namano aDhiabhorosi.Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹²Nokuti hatirwi nenyama neropa, asi navabati, navanesimba, namadzishe enyika erima rino, nemweya yakaipa yedenga.For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

¹³Saka torai nhumbi dzose dzokurwa nadzo dzaMwari, kuti mugone kudzivisa pazuva rakaipa, nokuramba mumire mapedza zvose.Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴Naizvozvo mirai makasunga zvivuno zvenyu nezvokwadi, makapfeka chidzitiro chechifuva chokururama,Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁵makasunga patsoka dzenyu kugadzirwa kweEvhangeri yorugare;And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

¹⁶pamusoro paizvozvi makatora nhovo huru yokutenda, yamungagona kudzima nayo miseve yose yomoto yowakaipa.Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

¹⁷Torai ngowani yoruponeso, nomunondo woMweya, iro Shoko raMwari;And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

¹⁸munyengetere nguva dzose nokunyengetera kwose nokukumbira muMweya, muchirinda pazvinhu izvi nokutsunga kwose nokukumbirira vatsvene vose.Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

¹⁹neni vo, kuti ndipiwe shoko kana ndichishamisa muromo wangu, kuti ndidudzire ndisingatyi zvakavanzika zveEvhangeri,And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

²⁰yandiri nhume yayo yakasungwa namatare; kuti ndizvitaure ndisingatyi, sezvandinofanira kutaura.For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

²¹Zvino kuti muzive vo zvangu, kuti ndakadiniko, Tikiko, hama inodikanwa, nomushumiri wakatendeka munaShe, uchakuzivisai zvose;But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

²²ndakamutuma kwamuri neshoko iri, kuti muzive zvinhu zvedu, anyaradze moyo yenyu.Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

²³Rugare ngaruve nehama, norudo pamwe chete nokutenda, zvinobva kunaMwari, Baba,naShe Jesu Kristu,Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁴Nyasha ngadzive navose vanoda Ishe wedu, Jesu Kristu, norudo rusingavori.Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.