¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, kuvatsvene vari paEfeso, nekune vakatendeka muna Kristu Jesu:

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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.

³Ngaarumbidzwe Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, wakatiropafadza neropafadzo yose yeMweya pazvinhu zvekudenga muna Kristu,

³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

⁴sezvaakatisarudza maari pasati pava nekuvambwa kwenyika, kuti tive vatsvene vasingamhuriki pamberi pake murudo;

⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

⁵agara atitemera mukuitwa vana naJesu Kristu kwaari, sezvaakafadzwa pakuda kwake,

⁵having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁶kuve kurumbidzwa kwenyasha dzake, nadzo wakatiita kuti tigamuchirwe muMudikamwa;

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

⁷maari matine dzikunuro kubudikidza neropa rake, iko kangamwiro yekudarika, zvichienderana nefuma yenyasha dzake;

⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

⁸madziri wakawanza kwatiri mukuchenjera kose neungwaru;

⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁹azivisa kwatiri chakavanzika chekuda kwake, sekushuva kwake kwakanaka kwaakazvipira maari pachake;

⁹making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

¹⁰kuti pakuitika kwekuzara kwenguva, aunganidze pamwe zvinhu zvose muna Kristu, zvose zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika maari.

¹⁰unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say,]

¹¹muna iye matakawanawo nhaka, yatakagara tatemerwa nezviga zvaiye unoita zvinhu zvose nezano rechido chake;

¹¹in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

¹²kuti tive verumbidzo yekubwinya kwake, isu takavimba kare kuna Kristu;

¹²to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

¹³muna iye imwiwo manzwa shoko rechokwadi, evhangeri yeruponeso rwenyu; muna iyewo matenda kwaari makapiwa mucherechedzo weMweya Mutsvene wechivimbiso,

¹³in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

¹⁴uri rubatso rwenhaka yedu, parudzikunuro rwezvakawanikwa, kurumbidzo yekubwinya kwake.

¹⁴which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

¹⁵Naizvozvo iniwo, ndakati ndanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Ishe Jesu, nerudo kuvatsvene vose,

¹⁵For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

¹⁶handiregi kukuvongerai, ndichikutaurai paminyengetero yangu;

¹⁶cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;

¹⁷kuti Mwari waIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vekubwinya, akupei mweya wekuchenjera nekuzarurirwa paruzivo rwepamusoro pake;

¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

¹⁸meso efungwa dzenyu avhenekerwa kuti muzive kuti tariro yekudana kwake chii, uye fuma yekubwinya kwenhaka yake pavatsvene chii?

¹⁸having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁹Nekuti ukuru hwakapfuvurisa hwesimba rake kwatiri isu tinotenda chii, maererano nekubata kwesimba rake guru,

¹⁹and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

²⁰raakashandisa muna Kristu paakamumutsa kuvakafa, nokumugarisa kuruoko rwake rwerudyi panzvimbo dzekudenga,

²⁰which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],

²¹kumusoro-soro kweutongi hwose, nesimba, neukuru, neushe, nezita roga roga rinorehwa, kwete kwenguva ino chete, asi kune inozouyawo;

²¹far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

²²akaisa zvose pasi petsoka dzake, akamupa utungamiriri pamusoro pezvose kukereke,

²²and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

²³ndiwo muviri wake, kuzara kwaiye unozadzisa zvose mune zvose.

²³which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.