¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, kuvatsvene vari paEfeso, nekune vakatendeka muna Kristu Jesu:

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

²Nyasha kwamuri, nerugare runobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu, naIshe Jesu Kristu.

²Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Ngaarumbidzwe Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, wakatiropafadza neropafadzo yose yeMweya pazvinhu zvekudenga muna Kristu,

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

⁴sezvaakatisarudza maari pasati pava nekuvambwa kwenyika, kuti tive vatsvene vasingamhuriki pamberi pake murudo;

⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

⁵agara atitemera mukuitwa vana naJesu Kristu kwaari, sezvaakafadzwa pakuda kwake,

⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁶kuve kurumbidzwa kwenyasha dzake, nadzo wakatiita kuti tigamuchirwe muMudikamwa;

⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

⁷maari matine dzikunuro kubudikidza neropa rake, iko kangamwiro yekudarika, zvichienderana nefuma yenyasha dzake;

⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

⁸madziri wakawanza kwatiri mukuchenjera kose neungwaru;

⁸Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

⁹azivisa kwatiri chakavanzika chekuda kwake, sekushuva kwake kwakanaka kwaakazvipira maari pachake;

⁹Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

¹⁰kuti pakuitika kwekuzara kwenguva, aunganidze pamwe zvinhu zvose muna Kristu, zvose zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika maari.

¹⁰That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

¹¹muna iye matakawanawo nhaka, yatakagara tatemerwa nezviga zvaiye unoita zvinhu zvose nezano rechido chake;

¹¹In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

¹²kuti tive verumbidzo yekubwinya kwake, isu takavimba kare kuna Kristu;

¹²That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

¹³muna iye imwiwo manzwa shoko rechokwadi, evhangeri yeruponeso rwenyu; muna iyewo matenda kwaari makapiwa mucherechedzo weMweya Mutsvene wechivimbiso,

¹³In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

¹⁴uri rubatso rwenhaka yedu, parudzikunuro rwezvakawanikwa, kurumbidzo yekubwinya kwake.

¹⁴Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

¹⁵Naizvozvo iniwo, ndakati ndanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Ishe Jesu, nerudo kuvatsvene vose,

¹⁵Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

¹⁶handiregi kukuvongerai, ndichikutaurai paminyengetero yangu;

¹⁶Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

¹⁷kuti Mwari waIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vekubwinya, akupei mweya wekuchenjera nekuzarurirwa paruzivo rwepamusoro pake;

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

¹⁸meso efungwa dzenyu avhenekerwa kuti muzive kuti tariro yekudana kwake chii, uye fuma yekubwinya kwenhaka yake pavatsvene chii?

¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁹Nekuti ukuru hwakapfuvurisa hwesimba rake kwatiri isu tinotenda chii, maererano nekubata kwesimba rake guru,

¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

²⁰raakashandisa muna Kristu paakamumutsa kuvakafa, nokumugarisa kuruoko rwake rwerudyi panzvimbo dzekudenga,

²⁰Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

²¹kumusoro-soro kweutongi hwose, nesimba, neukuru, neushe, nezita roga roga rinorehwa, kwete kwenguva ino chete, asi kune inozouyawo;

²¹Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

²²akaisa zvose pasi petsoka dzake, akamupa utungamiriri pamusoro pezvose kukereke,

²²And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

²³ndiwo muviri wake, kuzara kwaiye unozadzisa zvose mune zvose.

²³Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.