¹Naizvozvo ini musungwa waIshe ndinokukumbirisai, kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudamwa kwamakadamwa nako,

¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

²nekuzvininipisa kose nevunyoro, nemoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo,

²with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

³muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.

³giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

⁴Kune muviri mumwe noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadamwawo mutariro imwe yekudamwa kwenyu;

⁴[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

⁵Ishe mumwe, rutendo rumwe, rubhabhatidzo rwumwe,

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶Mwari mumwe, naBaba vavose, uri pamusoro pavose, uye kubudikidza navose, nekwamuri mose.

⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

⁷Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.

⁷But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

⁸Naizvozvo unoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.

⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

⁹Zvino kuti wakakwira chii, kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga kunzvimbo dzakaderera dzepanyika?

⁹(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

¹⁰Uyo wakaburuka ndiyewo wakakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ose, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvose.

¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

¹¹Zvino wakapa vamwe kuva vaapositori, nevamwe vaporofita, nevamwe vaevhangeri, nevamwe vafudzi nevadzidzisi,

¹¹And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

¹²kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene pabasa reushumiri, pakuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu;

¹²for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

¹³kudzimara tose tasvika paumwe hwerutendo nehweruzivo rweMwanakomana waMwari, nepamunhu wakazara, pachiyero chechimiro chekuzara kwaKristu;

¹³till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

¹⁴kuti tisazova vachechezve, vanodzungaidzwa kuenda nekudzoka nekupepereswa nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso nekunyengera kwevanhu, neusvatu hwemano ekutsauka;

¹⁴that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

¹⁵asi titaure chokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvinhu zvose, iye musoro Kristu;

¹⁵but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;

¹⁶kunobva kwaari muviri wose, wakabatanidzwa pamwe zvakaringana nekuumbanidzwa, kubudikidza nemudemhe mudemhe wefundo rimwe nerimwe, zvichienderana nemashandiro anobudirira muchiero chenhengo imwe neimwe achikurisa muviri pakuvakwa kwawo murudo.

¹⁶from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

¹⁷Naizvozvo ndinoreva ichi, nekupupura muna Ishe, kuti imwi kubva zvino musachifamba sevamwe vahedheni mukushaya maturo kwefungwa yavo,

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

¹⁸vakasvibiridzwa mufungwa, vari vatorwa paupenyu hwaMwari nekuda kwekusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nekuda koukukutu hwemoyo yavo;

¹⁸being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

¹⁹ivo vakazvipa vatindivara kuunzenza, kuti vabate utsvina hwose neruchiva.

¹⁹who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,

²⁰But ye did not so learn Christ;

²¹kana zvakadaro makamunzwa nekudzidziswa maari, sezvo chokwadi chiri muna Jesu:

²¹if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

²²kuti murase zvinoenderana nemufambiro wenyu wekutanga, munhu wekare, unoodzwa nekuchiva kwekunyengera;

²²that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

²³uye muvandudzwe mumweya wefungwa yenyu,

²³and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴uye kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa akafanana naMwari pakururama, neutsvene hwechokwadi.

²⁴and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

²⁵Naizvozvo muchirasa nhema, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe neumwe wake; nekuti tiri mitezo, mumwe wemumwe.

²⁵Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

²⁶Tsamwai musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;

²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

²⁷uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.

²⁷neither give place to the devil.

²⁸Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti atambudzike achibata chinhu chakanaka namaoko, kuti ave nechaangapa unoshaiwa.

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

²⁹Shoko rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi iro rakanakira kusimbisa zvakafanira, ripe nyasha vanzwi.

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

³⁰Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakasimbiswa maari kusvikira pazuva redzukunuro.

³⁰And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

³¹Shungu dzose, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nokutuka ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwose;

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

³²asi ivai nemoyo munyoro mumwe kune mumwe, muchinzwirana tsitsi, muchikangamwirana, sezvamakakangamwirwa naMwari nekuda kwaKristu.

³²and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.