¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

¹Pauro muapositori waKristu Jesu nekuda kwechido chaMwari, naTimotio hama,

²To 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.

²kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka muna Kristu vari paKorose: Nyasha kwamuri, nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

³We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

³Tinopa kuvonga kuna Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, tichikunyengetererai nguva dzose,

⁴Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

⁴sezvo takanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Kristu Jesu, uye zverudo kuvatsvene vose,

⁵For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

⁵nekuda kwetariro yakagadzirirwa imwi kumatenga, yamakagara manzwa pashoko rechokwadi cheevhangeri,

⁶Which 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:

⁶iyo yasvika kwamuri sepanyika yosewo; ichibereka chibereko, sezvainoitawo kwamuri, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nekuziva nyasha dzaMwari muchokwadi;

⁷As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

⁷sezvamakadzidzawo kuna Epafrasi, muranda unodikamwa pamwe nesu, mushumiri wakatendeka waKristu nekuda kwenyu,

⁸Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁸iye wakatiudzawo zverudo rwenyu muMweya.

⁹For 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;

⁹Nekuda kweizvi isuwo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa, hatimiri kukunyengetererai, nekukumbira kuti muzadzwe neruzivo rwechido chake, pauchenjeri hwose nekunzwisisa kwemweya;

¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹⁰kuti mufambe sezvinofanira Ishe muchimufadza pazvose, muchibereka zvibereko pabasa rose rakanaka, muchikura paruzivo rwaMwari;

¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹¹muchisimbiswa nesimba rose, zvichienderana nesimba rekurumbidzwa kwake, muve nemoyo murefu nekutsungirira nemufaro;

¹²Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

¹²muchipa kuvonga kuna Baba, vakatiita kuti tifanire kugoverana kwenhaka yevatsvene muchiedza.

¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

¹³vakatinunura pasimba rerima, vakatishandurira muushe hweMwanakomana werudo rwavo,

¹⁴In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

¹⁴watine dzikinuro maari kubudikidza neropa rake, ndiko kukangamwirwa kwezvivi.

¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

¹⁵Ndiye mufananidzo waMwari usingaonekwi, dangwe rechisikwa choga choga;

¹⁶For 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:

¹⁶Nekuti maari zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa, zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika, zvinoonekwa nezvisingaonekwi, kana zviri zvigaro zveushe kana ushe, kana ukuru, kana masimba; zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa naye, zvikasikirwa iye.

¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

¹⁷Ndiye unotangira zvinhu zvose, uye zvinhu zvose zvakabatanidzwa maari.

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁸Uye ndiye musoro wemuviri, kereke; unova kutanga, dangwe kune vakafa; kuti pazvose iye ave wokutanga.

¹⁹For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

¹⁹Nekuti zvakafadza Baba, kuti kuzara kose kugare maari,

²⁰And, 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.

²⁰uye akonzere naye kuti zvinhu zvose zviyananiswe kwaari, amboita rugare kubudikidza neropa remuchinjikwa wake kubudikidza naiye, kunyange zviri panyika kunyange zviri kumatenga.

²¹And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

²¹Nemwi maimbova vaeni nevavengi mufungwa nemabasa akaipa, asi zvino wayanana nemwi

²²In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

²²mumuviri wenyama yake kubudikidza nekufa akukumikidzei muri vatsvene, uye musina mhosva uye musingamhuriki pachiso chake,

²³If 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;

²³kana muchirambira parutendo makateyiwa uye makasimbiswa, uye hamubviswi patariro yeevhangeri yamakanzwa, yakaparidzirwa chisikwa choga choga chiri pasi pedenga; iyo yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo ini Pauro.

²⁴Who 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:

²⁴Zvino ndinofara pamatambudziko angu nekuda kwenyu, nekuzadzisa zvakasara pamatambudziko aKristu munyama yangu nekuda kwemuviri wake, inova kereke;

²⁵Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

²⁵iyo ini yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo zvichienderana nekuita kwaMwari kwandakapiwa pamusoro penyu, kuzadzisa shoko raMwari,

²⁶Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

²⁶chakavanzika chakange chakafukidzwa kubvira kare, nekubva kumazera, asi zvino chinoratidzwa kuvatsvene vake,

²⁷To 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:

²⁷kuna ivo Mwari vaakada kuzivisa kiti fuma yekubwinya kwechakavanzika ichi pakati pevahedheni chii, chinova Kristu mamuri, tariro yekubwinya;

²⁸Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

²⁸watinoparidza isu, tichiyambira munhu umwe neumwe, nekudzidzisa munhu umwe neumwe munjere dzose, kuti tikumikidze munhu umwe neumwe akakwana muna Kristu;

²⁹Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

²⁹ndizvo zvandinoshingairirawo, ndichirwa zvinoenderana nekubata kwake kunobata mandiri nesimba.