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

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

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 thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

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

⁴always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,

⁵nekuda kwekudyidzana kwenyu muevhangeri kubva pazuva rekutanga kusvikira zvino;

⁵for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

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

⁶being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the 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.

⁷even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are 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 after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

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

⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

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

¹⁰so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

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

¹¹being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

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

¹²Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

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

¹³so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

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

¹⁴and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

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

¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

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

¹⁶the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

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

¹⁷but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

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

¹⁸What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

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

¹⁹For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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 shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

²¹Nekuti kwandiri kurarama ndiKristu, uye kufa ifuma.

²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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

²²But if to live in the flesh, --[if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

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

²³But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

²⁴asi kugara munyama kunonyanyisa kudiwa nekuda kwenyu.

²⁴yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

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

²⁵And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

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

²⁶that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

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 let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you and be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

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

²⁸and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

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

²⁹because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

³⁰mune kurwa kwakangodaro sekwamakaona mandiri, nokunzwa ikozvino mandiri.

³⁰having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.