VaGaratiya 5

¹Kristu wakatisunungura kuti tive vakasununguka; naizvozvo mirai nesimba, murege kusungwa zve nejoko rovuranda.Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

²Tarirai, ini Pauro, ndinoti kwamuri, kuti kana muchidzingiswa, Kristu haangakubatsiriyi chinhu.Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

³Ndinopupurira mumwe nomumwe unodzingiswa, kuti iye unengava rokuti aite murairo wose.For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

⁴Makaparadzaniswa naKristu, iyemi munoda kururamiswa nomurairo; mabudiswa panyasha.Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

⁵Nokuti isu noMweya tinomirira nokutenda tariro yokururamiswa.For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

⁶Nokuti munaKristu Jesu kudzingiswa kana kusadzingiswa hazvibatsiri chinhu; asi kutenda kunobata norudo.For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

⁷Makanga muchimhanya zvakanaka; ndianiko wakakudzivisai kuti murege kuterera zvokwadi?Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

⁸Hamuna kugombedzerwa naiye wakakudanai.This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

⁹Mbiriso shoma inovirisa bundu rose.A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

¹⁰Ndinotenda pamusoro penyu munaShe, kuti hamungatongorangariri chimwe chinhu; asi uyo, unokupesanisai uchafanira hake kutongwa, kunyange ari aninani.I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

¹¹Asi ini, hama dzangu, kana ndichiparidza kuti vanhu vadzingiswe, ndinoramba ndichitambudzwa neiko? Naizvozvo kugumbusa kwomuchinjikwa kwabviswa.And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

¹²Dai avo vanokupesanisai vachizvigura vo.I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

¹³Nokuti imi, hama dzangu, makadanirwa kusununguka; asi kusununguka kwenyu ngakurege kuva nzira yenyama, asi batiranai norudo.For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

¹⁴Nokuti murairo wose unozadziswa neshoko rimwe chete, rokuti: Ude wokwako sezvaunozvida iwe;For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

¹⁵asi kana muchirumana nokudyana, chenjerai kuti murege kupedzana.But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

¹⁶Zvino ndinoti: Fambai noMweya, ipapo hamungaiti kuchiva kwenyama.This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

¹⁷Nokuti nyama inochiva ichirwa noMweya, noMweya uchirwa nenyama; nokuti izvi zvinorwisana; kuti murege kuita zvamunoda.For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

¹⁸Asi kana muchitungamirirwa noMweya, hamuzi pasi pomurairo.But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

¹⁹Zvino mabasa enyama anovonekwa, anoti: Vupombwe, netsvina, novutere,Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

²⁰nokunamata zvifananidzo, novuroyi, nokuvengana, negakava, negodo, nokutsamwa, nokupesana, nokuparadzana, nedzidziso dzakatsauka,Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

²¹nokugodorana, nokuvuraya nokubatwa, nokutamba kwakaipa, nezvinhu zvakadai; izvo zvandinokuvudzai zvino, sezvandakambokuvudzai kare, kuti vanoita zvakadai havangadyi nhaka yovushe bwaMwari.Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

²²Zvino chibereko choMweya ndirwo rudo, nomufaro, norugare, nomoyo murefu, nomoyo munyoro, nokunaka, nokutendeka.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

²³novunyoro, nokuzvidzora; hakuno murairo unodzivisa zvinhu zvakadai.Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

²⁴Asi avo vari vaKristu Jesu vakarovera pamuchinjikwa nyama, pamwe chete nokuda kwayo, nokuchiva kwayo.And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

²⁵Kana tichirarama noMweya, ngatifambe vo noMweya,If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

²⁶tirege kuzvikudza, tichimutsana moyo, tichigodorana.Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.