¹Ndinoreverera kwamuri Fibhi, hanzvadzi yedu, murandakadzi wekereke iri paKenikireya.

¹And I commend you to Phebe our sister — being a ministrant of the assembly that [is] in Cenchrea —

²Kuti mumugamuchire muna Ishe, sezvinofanira vatsvene, uye kuti mumubatsire pazvinhu zvose, zvaangashaiwa kwamuri; nekuti iye amene wakava mumiririri wevazhinji, newanguwo ndomene.

²that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you — for she also became a leader of many, and of myself.

³Kwazisai Prisira naAkwira, vanoshanda pamwe neni muna Kristu Jesu.

³Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus —

⁴Ivo nekuda kweupenyu hwangu vakaradzika mitsipa yavo, vandisingavongi ini ndoga asiwo nekereke dzose dzevahedheni;

⁴who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations —

⁵nekereke iri paimba yavo. Kwazisai Epaeneto, mudikamwa wangu, unova chibereko chekutanga cheAkaya muna Kristu.

⁵and the assembly at their house; salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.

⁶Kwazisai Maria, wakatishandira zvikuru.

⁶Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;

⁷Kwazisai Andoroniko naJunia, hama dzangu, navakasungwa pamwe neni, vane mbiri pakati pevaapositori, vakanditangirawo kuva muna Kristu.

⁷salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

⁸Kwazisai Ambiriyasi, mudikamwa wangu muna Ishe.

⁸Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord;

⁹Kwazisai Obhano, mushandi pamwe nesu muna Kristu, naStako mudikamwa wangu.

⁹salute Arbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved;

¹⁰Kwazisai Apere unotendwa muna Kristu. Kwazisai vokwaArisitobhuro.

¹⁰salute Apelles, the approved in Christ; salute those of the [household] of Aristobulus;

¹¹Kwazisai Herodhio hama yangu. Kwazisaiwo vokwaNakiso, vari muna Ishe.

¹¹salute Herodion, my kinsman; salute those of the [household] of Narcissus, who are in the Lord;

¹²Kwazisai Trufaina naTrufosa, vanobata muna Ishe. Kwazisai Pesisi mudikamwa, wakabata zvikuru muna Ishe.

¹²salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

¹³Kwazisai Rufosi wakasanangurwa muna Ishe, namai vake nevangu.

¹³Salute Rufus, the choice one in the Lord, and his mother and mine,

¹⁴Kwazisai Asingirita, Firegoni, Hemasi, Patrobhasi, Hemesi, nehama dzinavo.

¹⁴salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren with them;

¹⁵Kwazisai Firorogosi naJuria, Nerusi, nehanzvadzi yake, naOrimba, navatsvene vose vanavo.

¹⁵salute Philologus, and Julias, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them;

¹⁶Kwazisanai nekutsvoda kutsvene. Kereke dzaKristu dzinokukwazisai.

¹⁶salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

¹⁷Zvino ndinokukumbirisai hama, kuti mungwarire avo vanopesanisa nezvigumbuso, zvinopesana nedzidziso yamakadzidza imwi, muvanzvenge.

¹⁷And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

¹⁸Nekuti vakadaro havashumiri Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu, asi dumbu ravo; uye nemashoko akanaka nekutaura kwakanaka, vanonyengera moyo yevasina mhosva.

¹⁸for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

¹⁹Nekuti kuteerera kwenyu kwakasvika kune vose. Naizvozvo ndinofara pamusoro penyu; asi ndinoda kuti muve vakachenjera kune zvakanaka, asi vasina mhosva kune zvakaipa.

¹⁹for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

²⁰Zvino Mwari werugare uchakurumidza kupwanya Satani pasi petsoka dzenyu. Nyasha dzaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu ngadzive nemwi. Ameni.

²⁰and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen!

²¹Timotio, mushandi pamwe neni naRukio naJasoni naSosipatro hama dzangu vanokukwazisai.

²¹Salute you do Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kindred;

²²Ini Tetiosi, unonyora tsamba iyi, ndinokukwazisai muna Ishe.

²²I Tertius salute you (who wrote the letter) in the Lord;

²³Gayosi, muchingamiri wangu newekereke yose, unokukwazisai. Erastosi, muchengeti wemari yeguta, unokukwazisai, naKwatosi hama.

²³salute you doth Gaius, my host, and of the whole assembly; salute you doth Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother,

²⁴Nyasha dza Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu, ngadzive nemwi mose. Ameni.

²⁴the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.

²⁵Zvino kuna iye unogona kukusimbisai sezvinoreva evhangeri yangu nekuparidzwa kwaJesu Kristu, nekuzarurwa kwezvakavanzika, zvakange zvakavanzwa nguva dzakare.

²⁵And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

²⁶asi ikozvino zvinoratidzwa, uye neMagwaro evaporofita semurairo waMwari wekusingaperi, wakaziviswa kumarudzi ose, pakuteerera kwerutendo;

²⁶and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith —

²⁷kuna Mwari iye wakachenjera oga, ngakuve nokurumbidzwa naJesu Kristu nekusingaperi. Ameni.

²⁷to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him [be] glory to the ages. Amen.