¹Naizvozvo ivai vateveri vaMwari, sevana vanodikamwa;

¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

²uye fambai murudo, Kristu sezvaakatidawo, akazvipa nekuda kwedu, ave chipo nechibayiro kuna Mwari kuva hwema hwunonhuhwira.

²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

³Asi upombwe netsvina yose kana kuchiva ngazvirege kutongorehwa pakati penyu, sezvinofanira vatsvene;

³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

⁴neunzenza, nekutaura kweupenzi, kana kunemera, izvo zvisina kufanira; asi zviri nani kuvonga.

⁴Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

⁵Nekuti izvi munozviziva kuti hakuna mhombwe, kana munhu usina kuchena, kana munhu unochiva, unova munamati wezvifananidzo, ungava nenhaka muushe hwaKristu nehwaMwari.

⁵For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

⁶Ngakurege kuva nemunhu unokunyengerai nemashoko asina maturo; nekuti nemhaka yezvinhu izvi kutsamwa kwaMwari kunouya pamusoro pevanakomana vekusateerera.

⁶Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

⁷Naizvozvo regai kuva vagovani navo;

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

⁸Nekuti maimbova rima, asi zvino mava chiedza muna Ishe; fambai sevana vechiedza.

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

⁹Nekuti chibereko chemweya chiri mukunaka kose nekururama, nechokwadi,

⁹(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

¹⁰muchiidza zvinofadza kuna Ishe;

¹⁰Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

¹¹uye musadyidzana nemabasa erima asina zvibereko, asi zviri nani mumhure;

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

¹²Nekuti zvinhu zvinoitwa navo pakavanda zvinonyadzisa kunyange kutaura nezvazvo.

¹²For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

¹³Asi zvinhu zvose zvinomhurwa zvinoratidzwa nechiedza; nekuti zvose, zvinoratidzwa chiedza,

¹³But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

¹⁴saka unoti: Muka iwe uvete, muka kuvakafa, zvino Kristu uchakuvhenekera.

¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

¹⁵Naizvozvo chenjerai kuti munofamba sei nekuchenjerera, kwete semapenzi asi sevakachenjera;

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

¹⁶muchidzikunura nguva, nekuti mazuva akaipa.

¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷Saka musava matununu, asi vanonzwisisa kuti kuda kwaIshe kwakadini.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁸Uye regai kudhakwa newaini, makuri mune bongozozo guru, asi zadzwai neMweya;

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁹muchitaurirana nemapisarema nenziyo, nenziyo dzeMweya, muchiimba nekuita mutinhimira mumoyo yenyu kuna Ishe;

¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

²⁰muchipa kuvonga nguva dzose pamusoro pezvinhu zvose kuna Mwari naBaba, muzita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu;

²⁰Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²¹muchizviisa pasi umwe kune umwe mukutya Mwari.

²¹Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

²²Vakadzi zviisei pasi pevarume venyu, sekuna Ishe.

²²Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²³Nekuti murume musoro wemukadzi, saKristuwo ari musoro wekereke; uye ndiye Muponesi wemuviri.

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

²⁴Asi kunyange kereke sezvairi pasi paKristu, saizvozvowo vakadzi kuvarume vavo pachinhu chose.

²⁴Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

²⁵Varume, idai vakadzi venyu, Kristu sezvaakadawo kereke, akazvipa nekuda kwayo;

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

²⁶kuti aiite tsvene ainatse nekushambidza kwemvura neshoko,

²⁶That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

²⁷kuti aikumikidze kwaari iri kereke inobwinya isina gwapa kana kuwonyana, kana chimwe chinhu chakadai; asi kuti ive tsvene isina chaingapomerwa.

²⁷That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁸Saizvozvowo varume vanofanira kuda vakadzi vavo semiviri yavo. Unoda mukadzi wake, unozvida iye;

²⁸So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

²⁹Nekuti hakuna munhu wakatongovenga nyama yake, asi unoifunda nekuichengetedza, saizvozvo Ishe kukereke;

²⁹For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

³⁰Nekuti isu tiri mitezo yemuviri wake, yenyama yake neyamafupa ake.

³⁰For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

³¹Nekuda kwaizvozvi munhu uchasiya baba namai vake, abatanidzwe kumukadzi wake; uye ava vaviri vachava nyama imwe.

³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

³²Chakavanzika ichi chikuru, asi ndinotaura zvaKristu nekereke.

³²This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

³³Asi imwiwo umwe neumwe pachake ngaade mukadzi wake sezvaanozvida iye; nemukadzi ngaatye murume.

³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.