¹Naizvozvo ivai vateveri vaMwari, sevana vanodikamwa;

¹Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

²uye fambai murudo, Kristu sezvaakatidawo, akazvipa nekuda kwedu, ave chipo nechibayiro kuna Mwari kuva hwema hwunonhuhwira.

²and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

³Asi upombwe netsvina yose kana kuchiva ngazvirege kutongorehwa pakati penyu, sezvinofanira vatsvene;

³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

⁴neunzenza, nekutaura kweupenzi, kana kunemera, izvo zvisina kufanira; asi zviri nani kuvonga.

⁴nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

⁵Nekuti izvi munozviziva kuti hakuna mhombwe, kana munhu usina kuchena, kana munhu unochiva, unova munamati wezvifananidzo, ungava nenhaka muushe hwaKristu nehwaMwari.

⁵For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

⁶Ngakurege kuva nemunhu unokunyengerai nemashoko asina maturo; nekuti nemhaka yezvinhu izvi kutsamwa kwaMwari kunouya pamusoro pevanakomana vekusateerera.

⁶Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

⁷Naizvozvo regai kuva vagovani navo;

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

⁸Nekuti maimbova rima, asi zvino mava chiedza muna Ishe; fambai sevana vechiedza.

⁸For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

⁹Nekuti chibereko chemweya chiri mukunaka kose nekururama, nechokwadi,

⁹(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

¹⁰muchiidza zvinofadza kuna Ishe;

¹⁰proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

¹¹uye musadyidzana nemabasa erima asina zvibereko, asi zviri nani mumhure;

¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

¹²Nekuti zvinhu zvinoitwa navo pakavanda zvinonyadzisa kunyange kutaura nezvazvo.

¹²for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

¹³Asi zvinhu zvose zvinomhurwa zvinoratidzwa nechiedza; nekuti zvose, zvinoratidzwa chiedza,

¹³But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

¹⁴saka unoti: Muka iwe uvete, muka kuvakafa, zvino Kristu uchakuvhenekera.

¹⁴Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

¹⁵Naizvozvo chenjerai kuti munofamba sei nekuchenjerera, kwete semapenzi asi sevakachenjera;

¹⁵Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

¹⁶muchidzikunura nguva, nekuti mazuva akaipa.

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷Saka musava matununu, asi vanonzwisisa kuti kuda kwaIshe kwakadini.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁸Uye regai kudhakwa newaini, makuri mune bongozozo guru, asi zadzwai neMweya;

¹⁸And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁹muchitaurirana nemapisarema nenziyo, nenziyo dzeMweya, muchiimba nekuita mutinhimira mumoyo yenyu kuna Ishe;

¹⁹speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

²⁰muchipa kuvonga nguva dzose pamusoro pezvinhu zvose kuna Mwari naBaba, muzita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu;

²⁰giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

²¹muchizviisa pasi umwe kune umwe mukutya Mwari.

²¹subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

²²Vakadzi zviisei pasi pevarume venyu, sekuna Ishe.

²²Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²³Nekuti murume musoro wemukadzi, saKristuwo ari musoro wekereke; uye ndiye Muponesi wemuviri.

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.

²⁴Asi kunyange kereke sezvairi pasi paKristu, saizvozvowo vakadzi kuvarume vavo pachinhu chose.

²⁴But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

²⁵Varume, idai vakadzi venyu, Kristu sezvaakadawo kereke, akazvipa nekuda kwayo;

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

²⁶kuti aiite tsvene ainatse nekushambidza kwemvura neshoko,

²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

²⁷kuti aikumikidze kwaari iri kereke inobwinya isina gwapa kana kuwonyana, kana chimwe chinhu chakadai; asi kuti ive tsvene isina chaingapomerwa.

²⁷that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁸Saizvozvowo varume vanofanira kuda vakadzi vavo semiviri yavo. Unoda mukadzi wake, unozvida iye;

²⁸Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

²⁹Nekuti hakuna munhu wakatongovenga nyama yake, asi unoifunda nekuichengetedza, saizvozvo Ishe kukereke;

²⁹for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

³⁰Nekuti isu tiri mitezo yemuviri wake, yenyama yake neyamafupa ake.

³⁰because we are members of his body.

³¹Nekuda kwaizvozvi munhu uchasiya baba namai vake, abatanidzwe kumukadzi wake; uye ava vaviri vachava nyama imwe.

³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

³²Chakavanzika ichi chikuru, asi ndinotaura zvaKristu nekereke.

³²This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

³³Asi imwiwo umwe neumwe pachake ngaade mukadzi wake sezvaanozvida iye; nemukadzi ngaatye murume.

³³Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.