VaRoma 6

¹Zvino tichatiyiko? Torambira muzvivi kuti nyasha dziwande here?What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

²Haiswa! Isu takafa kuzvivi, tichagara seiko mukati mazvo?God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

³Ko hamuzivi here kuti isu takabhabhatidzwa muna Kristu Jesu, takabhabhatidzwa murufu rwake?Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

⁴Naizvozvo pakubhabhatidzwa takavigwa pamwe chete naye murufu; kuti saiye Kristu akamutswa kuvakafa nokubwinya kwaBaba, saizvozvo nesu vo tifambe novupenyu bwutsva.Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

⁵Nokuti kana takava vamwe naye pakufanana naye, parufu rwake, tichadaro vo pakumuka kwake;For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

⁶tichiziva izvi, kuti munhu wedu wekare wakaroverwa pamuchinjikwa pamwe chete naye, kuti muviri wezvivi ushaiswe simba, tirege kuzova varanda vezvivi;Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

⁷nokuti wakafa, waruramiswa pazvivi.For he that is dead is freed from sin.

⁸Zvino kana takafa pamwe chete naKristu, tinotenda kuti tichararamavo pamwe chete naye;Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

⁹tichiziva kuti Kristu amutswa kuvakafa, haachazofi; rufu haruchavi nesimba pamsoro pake.Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

¹⁰Nokuti pakufa kwake, wakafa kamwe kwazvo kuzvivi; zvino pakurarama kwake, unorarama kunaMwari.For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

¹¹Saizvozvo nemi vo muzviti makafa kuzvivi, asi kuti muri vapenyu kunaMwari, munaKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu.Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹²Naizvozvo zvivi ngazvirege kubata vushe mumuviri wenyu unofa, kuti muterere kuchiva kwawo;Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

¹³vuye musapa zvivi mitezo yenyu, kuti dzive nhumbi dzokuita zvisakarurama; asi muzvipei imi kunaMwari, savanhu vakararama kuvakafa, nemitezo yenyu kuti dzive nhumbi dzokururama kunaMwari.Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

¹⁴Nokuti zvivi hazvingavi nesimba pamusoro penyu; nokuti hamuzi pasi pomurairo asi pasi penyasha.For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

¹⁵Zvino tichatiyiko? Titadze, nokuti hatizi pasi pomurairo here, asi pasi penyasha? Haiswa!What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

¹⁶Hamuzivi here, kuti uyo wamunozvipa kwaari kuti muve varanda vake kumuterera, kuti muri varanda vaiye wamunoterera; kana vezvivi zvinoisa kurufu, kana vokuterera kunoisa kukururama?Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

¹⁷Asi Mwari ngaavongwe, nokuti imi maiva varanda vezvivi, mukazoterera nomoyo rudzi urwu rwedzidziso yamakaiswa kwairi.But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

¹⁸Makasunungurwa pazvivi, mukava varanda vokururama.Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

¹⁹Ndinotaura nokutaura kwavanhu, nokuda kwokushaiwa simba kwenyama yenyu; nokuti sezvamakapa mitezo yenyu kuti ive varanda vetsvina, navezvisakarurama zvinoisa kunezvisakarurama, saizvozvo ipai mitezo yenyu zvino ive varanda vekururama kunoisa kuvutsvene.I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

²⁰Nokuti panguva iyo muchiri varanda vezvivi, makanga makasununguka pakururama.For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

²¹Zvino maiva nezvibereko zveiko panguva iyo pazvinhu izvo zvamunonyadziswa nazvo zvino? Nokuti kuguma kwazvo ndirwo rufu.What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

²²Asi zvino makasunungurwa pazvivi, mava varanda vaMwari, munezvibereko zvenyu zvinoisa kuvutsvene, vuye kuguma kwazvo ndibwo vupenyu bwusingaperi.But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

²³Nokuti mubairo wezvivi ndirwo rufu; asi chipo chokungopiwa chaMwari ndibwo vupenyu bwusingaperi munaKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu.For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.