¹Zvino kana kune kurudziro kuna Kristu, kana imwe nyaradzo yerudo, kana kudyidzana kweMweya, kana mumoyo munyoro nemukunzwira tsitsi,

¹If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

²zadzisai mufaro wangu, muve nefungwa imwe, muchiva nerudo rumwe, nemweya umwe, nendangariro imwe,

²make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

³musingaiti nenharo, kana nekuzvikudza kusina maturo, asi mukuzvininipisa kwemoyo, umwe neumwe ngaakudze umwe kupfuura imwi;

³[doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

⁴umwe neumwe ngaarege kutarira zvake, asi umwe neumwe zvinhu zvevamwewo.

⁴not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁵fungwa iyi ngaive mamuri, yakanga uri muna Kristu Jesuwo;

⁵Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁶iye wakati ari muchimiro chaMwari, haana kurangarira kuti kuenzana naMwari kupamba;

⁶who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁷asi wakazvidurura, akazvitorera chimiro chemuranda, akaitwa mumufananidzo wemunhu.

⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

⁸akati awanikwa mumufananidzo wemunhu, akazvininipisa, akateerera kusvikira parufu, irwo rufu rwemuchinjikwa.

⁸and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

⁹Naizvozvo Mwariwo wakamukudza zvikuru, akamupa zita rinopfuura mazita ose;

⁹Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

¹⁰kuti muzita raJesu ibvi rose rifugame, kudenga nepanyika, nepasi penyika,

¹⁰that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,

¹¹uye rurimi rwoga rwoga rwureurure kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye Ishe, kuve rumbidzo kuna Mwari baba.

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹²Naizvozvo, vadikamwa vangu, sezvamakateerera nguva dzose, kwete pakuvapo kwangu chete, asi kunyanya pakusavapo kwangu, shandai kuponeswa kwenyu nekutya nekudedera;

¹²So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

¹³Nekuti ndiMwari unoshanda mamuri, zvose kuda nekuita chido chake chakanaka.

¹³for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

¹⁴Itai zvinhu zvose musinganyunyuti nekupikisana;

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

¹⁵kuti musatongomhurika, uye musina chakaipa, vana vaMwari vasina gwapa pakati perudzi rwakakombama nekutsauka, rwamunopenya pakati parwo semwenje munyika;

¹⁵that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁶muchibatisisa shoko reupenyu; pakuzvikudza kwangu nezuva raKristu, kuti handina kumhanya pasina, kana kushandira pasina.

¹⁶holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

¹⁷Hongu kunyange neni ndikadururwa pamusoro pechibayiro nebasa rerutendo rwenyu, ndinofara uye ndinofara nemwi mose.

¹⁷Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

¹⁸Nekuda kweizvozvo imwiwo mufare uye mufare pamwe neni.

¹⁸and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹Asi ndinovimba muna Ishe Jesu kutumira Timotio kwamuri nekukurumidza, kuti iniwo ndifare kana ndanzwa chimiro chenyu.

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

²⁰Nekuti handina munhu une moyo wakaita sewake, uchava nehanya zvirokwazvo nezvenyu.

²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

²¹Nekuti vose vanotsvaka zvavo, kwete zvinhu zviri zvaKristu Jesu.

²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

²²Asi munoziva kutendeka kwake, kuti semwana kuna baba wakashanda pamwe neni paevhangeri.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

²³Zvino ndiye wandinotarisira kubva ndatongomutumira kwamuri, kana ndaona kuti zvangu zvakadini;

²³Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

²⁴asi ndinovimba muna Ishe kuti iniwo ndomene ndichakurumidza kuuya.

²⁴but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.

²⁵Asi ndakaona zvakafanira kutuma kwamuri Epafrodito, hama, nemubatsiri wangu pabasa neuto pamwe neni, asi nhume yenyu nemushumiri wekushaiwa kwangu;

²⁵But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

²⁶sezvo akanga achikushuvai zvikuru mose, uye akazadzwa neshungu, nekuti imwi makange manzwa kuti wakange achirwara.

²⁶since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

²⁷Nekuti zvirokwazvo wakange achirwara ari pedo nekufa; asi Mwari wakamunzwira tsitsi; kwete kwaari oga, asi nekwandiriwo, zvimwe ndirege kuva neshungu pamusoro peshungu.

²⁷for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁸Naizvozvo ndakashingaira kumutuma, kuti kana momuonazve mufare, neni shungu dzangu dziderere.

²⁸I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹Naizvozvo mumugamuchire muna Ishe nemufaro wose, uye mubate vakadai neruremekedzo;

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

³⁰Nekuti nekuda kwebasa raKristu wakaswedera pakufa, asingarangariri upenyu hwake, achida kukwanisa pamakanga musingagoni kundishumira imwi.

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.