¹Zvino tichatiyi? Ticharambira muchivi kuti nyasha dziwande here?

¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

²Ngazvisadaro! Isu takafa kuchivi, ticharamba tichirarama sei machiri?

²God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

³Ko hamuzivi here kuti isu tose takabhabhatidzwa muna Kristu Jesu, takabhabhatidzwa murufu rwake?

³Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

⁴Naizvozvo takavigwa pamwe naye murufu pakubhabhatidzwa; kuti saiye Kristu akamutswa kuvakafa nokubwinya kwaBaba, saizvozvo nesuwo tifambe pautsva hweupenyu.

⁴Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

⁵Nekuti kana takasimwa pamwe pakufanana korufu rwake, tichadarowo pakumuka;

⁵For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

⁶tichiziva izvi, kuti munhu wedu wekare wakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa pamwe naye, kuti muviri wechivi uparadzwe kuti tisachiva tinoshumira chivi;

⁶Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

⁷nekuti uyo wakafa wasunungurwa pachivi.

⁷For he that is dead is freed from sin.

⁸Zvino kana takafa pamwe naKristu, tinotenda kuti tichararamawo pamwe naye;

⁸Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

⁹tichiziva kuti Kristu amutswa kuvakafa haachazofizve; rufu haruchazovi nesimba pamusoro pake.

⁹Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

¹⁰Nekuti pane izvi wakafa, wakafa kamwe kuchivi; zvino pakuti mupenyu, mupenyu kuna Mwari.

¹⁰For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

¹¹Saizvozvo nemwiwo muzviverenge semakafa zvirokwazvo kuchivi, asi vapenyu kuna Mwari kubudikidza naKristu Jesu Ishe wedu.

¹¹Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹²Naizvozvo chivi ngachirege kutonga mumuviri wenyu unofa, kuti muteerere kuchiva kwawo;

¹²Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

¹³kana kupa mitezo yenyu ive midziyo yekusarurama kuchivi; asi muzvipe imwi kuna Mwari, sevapenyu kuvakafa, nemitezo yenyu ive midziyo yekururama kuna Mwari.

¹³Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

¹⁴Nekuti chivi hachitongi pamusoro penyu; nekuti hamusi pasi pemurairo, asi pasi penyasha.

¹⁴For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

¹⁵Zvino tichatiyi? Tichatadza here, nekuti hatisi pasi pemurairo, asi pasi penyasha? Ngazvisadaro!

¹⁵What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

¹⁶Hamuzivi here kuti uyo wamunozvipa kwaari muve varanda vekumuteerera, muri varanda vaiye wamunoteerera; kana vechivi chinoisa kurufu, kana vekuteerera kunoisa kukururama?

¹⁶Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

¹⁷Asi Mwari ngaavongwe, kuti imwi maiva varanda vechivi, asi mava kuteerera kubva pamoyo rudzi urwu rwedzidziso yamakakumikidzwa kwairi,

¹⁷But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

¹⁸uye masunungurwa kubva pachivi, makava varanda vekururama.

¹⁸Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

¹⁹Ndinotaura semutauriro wevanhu, nekuda kweutera hwenyama yenyu; nekuti sezvamakapa mitezo yenyu kuva varanda kutsvina, neuipi zvinoisa kune zvakaipa, saizvozvo zvino ipai mitezo yenyu ive varanda vekururama kunoisa kuutsvene.

¹⁹I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

²⁰Nekuti pamaiva varanda vechivi, makange makasununguka pakururama.

²⁰For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

²¹Zvino maiva nezvibereko zvei pazvinhu izvo zvamava kunyadziswa nazvo zvino? Nekuti kuguma kwezvinhu izvo rufu.

²¹What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

²²Asi zvino zvamakasunungurwa pachivi, mukava varanda kuna Mwari, mune chibereko chenyu chinoisa kuutsvene, uye kuguma kwazvo upenyu hwusingaperi.

²²But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

²³Nekuti mubairo wechivi rufu; asi chipo chenyasha chaMwari upenyu hwusingaperi kubudikidza naKristu Jesu Ishe wedu.

²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.