VaKorose 4

¹Madzishe, itirai varanda venyu zvakarurama, zvakaringana; muzive kuti nemi vo munaShe kudenga.Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

²Tsungirirai pakunyengetera, murinde pakuri nokuvonga;Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

³mutinyengeterere nesu vo, kuti Mwari atizarurire mukova weshoko, titaure chakavanzika chaKristu, chandakasungirwa icho;Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

⁴kuti ndichiratidze, sezvandinofanira kutaura.That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

⁵Fambai nokuchenjera kunavari kunze, muchingwarira nguva. yenyuWalk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

⁶Kutaura kwenyu ngakuve nenyasha nguva dzose, kwakarungwa nomunyu, kuti muzive kupindura mumwe nomumwe sezvamunofanira kuita.Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

⁷Muchaziviswa zvangu zvose naTikiko, hama inodikanwa, mushumiri wakatendeka, nomuranda pamwe chete neni munaShe.All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

⁸Ndakamutuma iye kwamuri nemhaka iyi, kuti muzive zvedu, anyaradze moyo yenyu;Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

⁹pamwe chete naOnesimo, hama yakatendeka, inodikanwa, mumwe wokwenyu. Ivo vachakuzivisai zvose zvapano.With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

¹⁰Aristarko, musungwa pamwe chete neni, unokukwazisai, naMarko, hama yaBharnabhasi, (makarairwa pamsoro pake; kana achisvika, mumugamuchirei);Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

¹¹naJesu, unonzi Justo, vari vokudzingiswa; ndivava bedzi vanobata neni pavushe bwaMwari, ivo vakandinyaradza.And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.

¹²Epafrasi, mumwe wokwenyu, muranda waKristu Jesu, unokukwazisai, achirwa nguva dzose pakunyengetera nokuda kwenyu, kuti mumire makakwana, muchiziva kwazvo kuda kwose kwaMwari.Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

¹³Nokuti ndinomupupurira, kuti unotambudzika zvikuru nokuda kwenyu, naveRaodikia, naveHirapori.For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

¹⁴Ruka, chiremba unodikanwa, naDhemasi, vanokukwazisai.Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

¹⁵Ndikwazisirei hama dziri Raodikia, naNimfa, nekereke iri mumba mavo.Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

¹⁶Kana mwadhi iyi yarabwa pakati penyu, ngairabwe vo mukereke yavaRaodikia; imi vo murave mwadhi inobva Raodikia.And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

¹⁷Vudzai Arkipo, muti: Tarira basa rawakapiwa naShe, kuti uripedzise kwazvo.And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

¹⁸Ndiko kukwazisa kwangu, ini Pauro, noruvoko rwangu. Rangarirai kusungwa kwangu. Nyasha ngadzive nemi.The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.