¹Pauro naTimotio, varanda vaJesu Kristu, kuvatsvene vose muna Kristu Jesu vari paFiripi, pamwe nevatariri nevadhikoni:

¹Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

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

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

³Ndinovonga Mwari wangu pakukurangarirai kose,

³I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

⁴nguva dzose pamunyengetero wangu woga woga pamusoro penyu mose ndakaita munyengetero nemufaro,

⁴always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

⁵nekuda kwekudyidzana kwenyu muevhangeri kubva pazuva rekutanga kusvikira zvino;

⁵for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

⁶ndichivimba nechinhu ichi, kuti iye wakatanga basa rakanaka mamuri, ucharizadzisa kusvikira pazuva raJesu Kristu;

⁶having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ,

⁷sezvazvakandinakira kufunga izvozvi pamusoro penyu mose, nekuti ndinemwi mumoyo wangu zvekuti zvose zvisungo zvangu nemukutavirira nekusimbisa kweevhangeri, imwi mose muri vagovani venyasha pamwe neni.

⁷according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

⁸Nekuti Mwari ndiye chapupu changu, kuti ndinokushuvai mose zvikuru sei netsitsi dzaKristu Jesu.

⁸For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

⁹izvi ndinonyengetera, kuti rudo rwenyu rurambe ruchingowanda paruzivo nokunzwisisa kose,

⁹and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

¹⁰kuti mugamuchire zvinhu zvakanakisisa, kuti muve vakarurama navasine mhosva, kusvikira pazuva raKristu,

¹⁰for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,

¹¹makazadzwa nezvibereko zvekururama, zvinovuya naJesu Kristu, paukuru nekurumbidzwa kwaMwari.

¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹²Zvino ndinoda kuti muzive, hama, kuti zvinhu zvakandiwira zvakatofambisa zvikuru evhangeri;

¹²And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

¹³zvekuti zvisungo zvangu muna Kristu zviratidzwe pamuzinda wose nekuvamwe vose.

¹³so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places — all,

¹⁴Nevazhinji vehama muna Ishe, dzasimbiswa nezvisungo zvangu, vonyanya kutsunga kuparidza shoko raMwari vasingatyi.

¹⁴and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold — fearlessly to speak the word.

¹⁵Vamwe zvirokwazvo vanoparidza Kristu kunyange negodo negakava, vamwewo nemoyo wakanaka;

¹⁵Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

¹⁶vamwe vanoparidza Kristu nenharo, kwete pachokwadi vachifunga kuti vawedzere marwadzo pazvisungo zvangu.

¹⁶the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

¹⁷Asi vamwe vanoita nerudo, vachiziva kuti ndakagadzirwa kutavirira evhangeri.

¹⁷and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

¹⁸Zvino chii? Kunyange zvakadaro kunzira dzose, kana mumano-mano kana muchokwadi, Kristu unoparidzwa, uye ndinofara mazviri, hongu ndichasifarazve.

¹⁸what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed — and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

¹⁹Nekuti ndinoziva kuti izvi zvichashadukira kuruponeso rwangu kubudikidza nemunyengetero wenyu, nerubatsiro rweMweya waJesu Kristu,

¹⁹For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

²⁰zvichienderana nekutarisira kwangu kwakasimba netariro, kuti handinganyadziswi nechinhu asi neushingi hwose samagariro nazvinowo Kristu uchakudzwa mumuviri wangu, kana neupenyu, kana nerufu.

²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

²¹Nekuti kwandiri kurarama ndiKristu, uye kufa ifuma.

²¹for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain.

²²Zvino kana kurarama panyama chiri chibereko chebasa rangu; zvino zvandichasarudza, handizivi;

²²And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

²³Nekuti ndiri mukumanikidzwa pakati pezviviri: ndine chishuwo chekubva ndive naKristu, nokuti ndizvo zvinopfuura nekunaka;

²³for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

²⁴asi kugara munyama kunonyanyisa kudiwa nekuda kwenyu.

²⁴and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

²⁵Zvino zvandine chivimbo ichi, ndinoziva kuti ndichagara, ndicharamba ndigere nemwi mose, pakupfuvurira kwenyu mberi, mufare nerutendo,

²⁵and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

²⁶kuti kuzvirumbidza kwenyu kuwande muna Kristu Jesu pamusoro pangu nekuvapo kwanguzve kwamuri.

²⁶that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

²⁷Asi mufambiro wenyu ngauve wakafanira evhangeri yaKristu kuti kunyange ndikauya ndikakuonai, kunyange kusavapo, ndinzwe nyaya dzenyu kuti mumire nesimba mumweya umwe, nemoyo umwe, muchirwira pamwe rutendo rweevhangeri;

²⁷Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

²⁸uye musingatyityidzirwi nechinhu nevapikisi venyu pachinhu chimwe; ndizvo zvichava chiratidzo chekuparadzwa kwavari, asi kwamuri cheruponeso; uye chinobva kuna Mwari.

²⁸and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

²⁹Nekuti kwamuri kwakapiwa pachinzvimbo chaKristu, kwete kutenda kwaari koga, asi kumutambudzikirawo;

²⁹because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

³⁰mune kurwa kwakangodaro sekwamakaona mandiri, nokunzwa ikozvino mandiri.

³⁰the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.