¹Vana, teererai vabereki venyu muna Ishe; nekuti izvi zvakarurama.

¹The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

²Kudza baba vako namai, unova murairo wekutanga une chivimbiso,

²honour thy father and mother,

³kuti zvikunakire, uye urarame nguva refu panyika.

³which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.`

⁴nemwi madzibaba, musatsamwisa vana venyu; asi varerei pakuranga nekutsiura kwaIshe.

⁴And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

⁵Varanda, teererai avo vari vatenzi panyama, nekutya nekudedera, nemoyo wakarurama sekuna Kristu;

⁵The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

⁶kwete nekushandira maziso, sevafadzi vevanhu, asi sevaranda vaKristu, vanoita kuda kwaMwari kubva pamoyo;

⁶not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

⁷muchibata nechido chakanaka sekuna Ishe uye kwete kuvanhu;

⁷with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

⁸muchiziva kuti chinhu chipi nechipi chakanaka chinoitwa nemunhu umwe neumwe, uchachipiwa zvakadaro naIshe, kana wakasungwa kana wakasununguka.

⁸having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

⁹nemwi madzishe, itai zvinhu zvimwezvo kwavari, muchirega kuvhundudzira muchiziva kuti Ishe wenyuwo uri kumatenga; uye kwaari hakurangarirwi zvinoonekwa zvevanhu.

⁹And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

¹⁰Pakupedzisira hama dzangu, simbai muna Ishe, nemusimba reukuru hwake.

¹⁰As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

¹¹Shongai zvombo zvose zvaMwari, kuti mugone kumirisana nemano adhiabhorosi.

¹¹put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

¹²Nekuti hatirwisani nenyama neropa, asi neutongi, nemasimba, nemadzishe erima enyika ino, nemweya yetsvina yematenga.

¹²because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

¹³Saka torai zvombo zvose zvaMwari kuti mugone kuramba mumire pazuva rakaipa, maita zvose, mumire.

¹³because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done — to stand.

¹⁴Naizvozvo mirai zvivuno zvenyu zvakasungwa nechokwadi, makapfeka chidzitiro chechifuva chekururama,

¹⁴Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

¹⁵uye tsoka dzenyu dzakasungwa nekugadzirira kweevhangeri yerugare;

¹⁵and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

¹⁶pamusoro pezvose matora nhovo yerutendo, yamungagona kudzima nayo miseve yose inopfuta yewakaipa.

¹⁶above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

¹⁷Torai ngowani yeruponeso, nemunondo weMweya, unova Shoko raMwari;

¹⁷and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

¹⁸munyengetere nguva dzose nemunyengetero wose nemukumbiro muMweya, muchirinda pazvinhu izvi nokutsungirira kose nekukumbirira vatsvene vose.

¹⁸through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —

¹⁹uye kana ndiri ini, kuti shoko ripiwe kwandiri pakushamisa muromo wangu neushingi ndidudzire zvakavanzika zveevhangeri,

¹⁹and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

²⁰yandiri nhume yayo mumaketani; kuti mairi nditaure ndisingatyi, sezvandinofanira kutaura.

²⁰for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely — as it behoveth me to speak.

²¹Asi kuti imwi muzivewo zvakanangana neni, kuti ndinoitei, Tikiko hama inodikamwa, nemushumiri wakatendeka muna Ishe, uchakuzivisai zvinhu zvose;

²¹And that ye may know — ye also — the things concerning me — what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

²²wandakamutuma kwamuri neshoko irori, kuti muzive zvakanangana nesu, uye anyaradze moyo yenyu.

²²whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

²³Rugare kuhama, nerudo pamwe nerutendo zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba naIshe Jesu Kristu.

²³Peace to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

²⁴Nyasha ngadzive nevose vanoda Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu nekusingaperi. Ameni.

²⁴The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ — undecayingly! Amen.