VaKorose 1

¹Pauro, muapostora waKristu Jesu nokuda kwaMwari, naTimotio, hama yedu,Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

²kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka munaKristu vari paKorose: Nyasha ngadzive nemi, norugare zvinobva kunaMwari, Baba vedu.To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Tinovonga Mwari, Baba vaShe wedu Jesu Kristu, nguva dzose kana tichikunyengetererai,We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

⁴zvatakanzwa zvokutenda kwenyu munaKristu Jesu, norudo rwamunarwo kuvatsvene vose,Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

⁵pamusoro petariro yamakachengeterwa kudenga, yamakanzwa kare pashoko rezvokwadi reEvhangeri;For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

⁶iyo yakasvika kwamuri, sezvayakasvika panyika yose vo; ichibereka zvibereko, ichikura, sezvainoita kwamuri vo, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nokuziva kwazvo nyasha dzaMwari muzvokwadi;Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

⁷sezvamakadzidza kunaEpafrasi, muranda pamwe chete nesu, unodikanwa, mushumiri wakatendeka waKristu nokuda kwenyu,As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

⁸iye wakativudza vo zvorudo rwenyu muMweya.Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁹Saka nesu vo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa, hatiregi kukunyengetererai, nokukumbira kuti muzadziswe nokuziva kwazvo kuda kwake, pakuchenjera nokunzwisisa kwose kwomeya;For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰kuti mufambe sezvinofanira Ishe, muchimufadza pazvose, muchibereka zvibereko pamabasa ose akanaka, muchikura pakuziva Mwari kwazvo;That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹¹muchisimbiswa nesimba rose, nesimba rokubwinya kwake, muve nomoyo murefu, nomufaro;Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹²muvonge Baba, vakatikwanisa kuti tipiwe nhaka yavatsvene muchiedza.Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

¹³vakatisunungura pasimba rerima, vakatiisa muvushe bwoMwanakomana worudo rwavo;Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

¹⁴watinedzikinuro maari, ndiko kukanganwirwa kwezvivi zvedu.In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

¹⁵Ndiye mufananidzo waMwari usingavonekwi, dangwe rezvisikwa zvose;Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

¹⁶nokuti maari zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa, zviri kudenga napanyika, zvinovonekwa nezvisingavonekwi, kana zviri zvigaro zvovushe kana vushe, kana vabati, kana masimba; zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa naye, zviripo nokuda kwake.For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

¹⁷Ndiye unotangira zvose, zvose zvakabatana maari.And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

¹⁸Ndiye musoro womuviri, ndiyo kereke; ndiye wokutanga, dangwe ravakamuka kuvakafa; kuti iye ave mukuru pazvinhu zvose.And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

¹⁹Nokuti Baba vakafara nazvo, kuti kuzara kwose kugare maari,For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

²⁰kuti naye ayananise zvinhu zvose kwaari, amboita rugare neropa romuchinjikwa wake; naiye, kunyange zviri panyika, kunyange zviri kudenga.And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

²¹Nemi vo, kare maiva vaeni navavengi pakufunga kwenyu pamabasa enyu akaipa,And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

²²asi zino wakakuyananisai pamuviri wenyama yake, nokufa kwake, kuti akuisei pamberi pake muri vatsene, musinemhosa, musingapomerwi,In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

²³kana muchingorambira pakutenda, makateyiwa, mumire makasimba, musingabviswi patariro yeEvhangeri yamakanzwa, yakaparidzirwa zvisikwa zvose pasi pokudenga; iyo Evhangeri yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo, ini Pauro.If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

²⁴Zvino ndinofara pakutambudzika kwangu nokuda kwenyu, ndichizadzisa panyama yangu zvakasara pamadambudziko aKristu, nokuda kwomuviri wake, iyo kereke;Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

²⁵iyo yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo sezvandakagoverwa naMwari pamusoro penyu, kuti ndizadzise shoko raMwari;Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

²⁶ndicho chakavanzika, chakanga chakafukidzwa kubvira pakutanga kwenguva nendudzi, asi zvino chakaratidzwa vatsvene vake;Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

²⁷kunaivo Mwari waakada kuvazivisa vufumi bwokubwinya kwechakavanzika ichochi pakati pavahedheni, chokuti, Kristu mukati menyu, tariro yokubwinya;To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

²⁸iye watinoparidza isu, tichiraira munhu mumwe nomumwe, tichidzidzisa munhu mumwe nomumwe novuchenjeri bwose, kuti tiise munhu mumwe nomumwe akakwana munaKristu;Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

²⁹ndizvo zvandinobatiravo, ndichirwa, zvichiitwa nokubata kwake kunobata mukati mangu nesimba.Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.