¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹Zvino kana kune kurudziro kuna Kristu, kana imwe nyaradzo yerudo, kana kudyidzana kweMweya, kana mumoyo munyoro nemukunzwira tsitsi,

²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

²zadzisai mufaro wangu, muve nefungwa imwe, muchiva nerudo rumwe, nemweya umwe, nendangariro imwe,

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

³musingaiti nenharo, kana nekuzvikudza kusina maturo, asi mukuzvininipisa kwemoyo, umwe neumwe ngaakudze umwe kupfuura imwi;

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

⁴umwe neumwe ngaarege kutarira zvake, asi umwe neumwe zvinhu zvevamwewo.

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁵fungwa iyi ngaive mamuri, yakanga uri muna Kristu Jesuwo;

⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

⁶iye wakati ari muchimiro chaMwari, haana kurangarira kuti kuenzana naMwari kupamba;

⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁷asi wakazvidurura, akazvitorera chimiro chemuranda, akaitwa mumufananidzo wemunhu.

⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁸akati awanikwa mumufananidzo wemunhu, akazvininipisa, akateerera kusvikira parufu, irwo rufu rwemuchinjikwa.

⁹Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

⁹Naizvozvo Mwariwo wakamukudza zvikuru, akamupa zita rinopfuura mazita ose;

¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹⁰kuti muzita raJesu ibvi rose rifugame, kudenga nepanyika, nepasi penyika,

¹¹And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹uye rurimi rwoga rwoga rwureurure kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye Ishe, kuve rumbidzo kuna Mwari baba.

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹²Naizvozvo, vadikamwa vangu, sezvamakateerera nguva dzose, kwete pakuvapo kwangu chete, asi kunyanya pakusavapo kwangu, shandai kuponeswa kwenyu nekutya nekudedera;

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹³Nekuti ndiMwari unoshanda mamuri, zvose kuda nekuita chido chake chakanaka.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁴Itai zvinhu zvose musinganyunyuti nekupikisana;

¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁵kuti musatongomhurika, uye musina chakaipa, vana vaMwari vasina gwapa pakati perudzi rwakakombama nekutsauka, rwamunopenya pakati parwo semwenje munyika;

¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

¹⁶muchibatisisa shoko reupenyu; pakuzvikudza kwangu nezuva raKristu, kuti handina kumhanya pasina, kana kushandira pasina.

¹⁷Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁷Hongu kunyange neni ndikadururwa pamusoro pechibayiro nebasa rerutendo rwenyu, ndinofara uye ndinofara nemwi mose.

¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁸Nekuda kweizvozvo imwiwo mufare uye mufare pamwe neni.

¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

¹⁹Asi ndinovimba muna Ishe Jesu kutumira Timotio kwamuri nekukurumidza, kuti iniwo ndifare kana ndanzwa chimiro chenyu.

²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

²⁰Nekuti handina munhu une moyo wakaita sewake, uchava nehanya zvirokwazvo nezvenyu.

²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

²¹Nekuti vose vanotsvaka zvavo, kwete zvinhu zviri zvaKristu Jesu.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

²²Asi munoziva kutendeka kwake, kuti semwana kuna baba wakashanda pamwe neni paevhangeri.

²³Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

²³Zvino ndiye wandinotarisira kubva ndatongomutumira kwamuri, kana ndaona kuti zvangu zvakadini;

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

²⁴asi ndinovimba muna Ishe kuti iniwo ndomene ndichakurumidza kuuya.

²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁵Asi ndakaona zvakafanira kutuma kwamuri Epafrodito, hama, nemubatsiri wangu pabasa neuto pamwe neni, asi nhume yenyu nemushumiri wekushaiwa kwangu;

²⁶For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁶sezvo akanga achikushuvai zvikuru mose, uye akazadzwa neshungu, nekuti imwi makange manzwa kuti wakange achirwara.

²⁷For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁷Nekuti zvirokwazvo wakange achirwara ari pedo nekufa; asi Mwari wakamunzwira tsitsi; kwete kwaari oga, asi nekwandiriwo, zvimwe ndirege kuva neshungu pamusoro peshungu.

²⁸I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁸Naizvozvo ndakashingaira kumutuma, kuti kana momuonazve mufare, neni shungu dzangu dziderere.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

²⁹Naizvozvo mumugamuchire muna Ishe nemufaro wose, uye mubate vakadai neruremekedzo;

³⁰Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

³⁰Nekuti nekuda kwebasa raKristu wakaswedera pakufa, asingarangariri upenyu hwake, achida kukwanisa pamakanga musingagoni kundishumira imwi.