¹*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

¹Naizvozvo ini musungwa waIshe ndinokukumbirisai, kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudamwa kwamakadamwa nako,

²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;

²nekuzvininipisa kose nevunyoro, nemoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo,

³using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

³muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.

⁴[There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;

⁴Kune muviri mumwe noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadamwawo mutariro imwe yekudamwa kwenyu;

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

⁵Ishe mumwe, rutendo rumwe, rubhabhatidzo rwumwe,

⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

⁶Mwari mumwe, naBaba vavose, uri pamusoro pavose, uye kubudikidza navose, nekwamuri mose.

⁷But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

⁷Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.

⁸Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

⁸Naizvozvo unoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.

⁹But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

⁹Zvino kuti wakakwira chii, kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga kunzvimbo dzakaderera dzepanyika?

¹⁰He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

¹⁰Uyo wakaburuka ndiyewo wakakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ose, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvose.

¹¹and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

¹¹Zvino wakapa vamwe kuva vaapositori, nevamwe vaporofita, nevamwe vaevhangeri, nevamwe vafudzi nevadzidzisi,

¹²for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

¹²kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene pabasa reushumiri, pakuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu;

¹³until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

¹³kudzimara tose tasvika paumwe hwerutendo nehweruzivo rweMwanakomana waMwari, nepamunhu wakazara, pachiyero chechimiro chekuzara kwaKristu;

¹⁴in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;

¹⁴kuti tisazova vachechezve, vanodzungaidzwa kuenda nekudzoka nekupepereswa nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso nekunyengera kwevanhu, neusvatu hwemano ekutsauka;

¹⁵but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

¹⁵asi titaure chokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvinhu zvose, iye musoro Kristu;

¹⁶from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.

¹⁶kunobva kwaari muviri wose, wakabatanidzwa pamwe zvakaringana nekuumbanidzwa, kubudikidza nemudemhe mudemhe wefundo rimwe nerimwe, zvichienderana nemashandiro anobudirira muchiero chenhengo imwe neimwe achikurisa muviri pakuvakwa kwawo murudo.

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,

¹⁷Naizvozvo ndinoreva ichi, nekupupura muna Ishe, kuti imwi kubva zvino musachifamba sevamwe vahedheni mukushaya maturo kwefungwa yavo,

¹⁸being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,

¹⁸vakasvibiridzwa mufungwa, vari vatorwa paupenyu hwaMwari nekuda kwekusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nekuda koukukutu hwemoyo yavo;

¹⁹who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

¹⁹ivo vakazvipa vatindivara kuunzenza, kuti vabate utsvina hwose neruchiva.

²⁰But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ,

²⁰Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,

²¹if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;

²¹kana zvakadaro makamunzwa nekudzidziswa maari, sezvo chokwadi chiri muna Jesu:

²²[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

²²kuti murase zvinoenderana nemufambiro wenyu wekutanga, munhu wekare, unoodzwa nekuchiva kwekunyengera;

²³and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

²³uye muvandudzwe mumweya wefungwa yenyu,

²⁴and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

²⁴uye kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa akafanana naMwari pakururama, neutsvene hwechokwadi.

²⁵Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

²⁵Naizvozvo muchirasa nhema, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe neumwe wake; nekuti tiri mitezo, mumwe wemumwe.

²⁶Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,

²⁶Tsamwai musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;

²⁷neither give room for the devil.

²⁷uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.

²⁸Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

²⁸Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti atambudzike achibata chinhu chakanaka namaoko, kuti ave nechaangapa unoshaiwa.

²⁹Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].

²⁹Shoko rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi iro rakanakira kusimbisa zvakafanira, ripe nyasha vanzwi.

³⁰And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.

³⁰Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakasimbiswa maari kusvikira pazuva redzukunuro.

³¹Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

³¹Shungu dzose, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nokutuka ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwose;

³²and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

³²asi ivai nemoyo munyoro mumwe kune mumwe, muchinzwirana tsitsi, muchikangamwirana, sezvamakakangamwirwa naMwari nekuda kwaKristu.