¹Pauro muapositori waKristu Jesu nekuda kwechido chaMwari, naTimotio hama,

¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

²kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka muna Kristu vari paKorose: Nyasha kwamuri, nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

²to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].

³Tinopa kuvonga kuna Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, tichikunyengetererai nguva dzose,

³We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

⁴sezvo takanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Kristu Jesu, uye zverudo kuvatsvene vose,

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

⁵nekuda kwetariro yakagadzirirwa imwi kumatenga, yamakagara manzwa pashoko rechokwadi cheevhangeri,

⁵on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

⁶iyo yasvika kwamuri sepanyika yosewo; ichibereka chibereko, sezvainoitawo kwamuri, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nekuziva nyasha dzaMwari muchokwadi;

⁶which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:

⁷sezvamakadzidzawo kuna Epafrasi, muranda unodikamwa pamwe nesu, mushumiri wakatendeka waKristu nekuda kwenyu,

⁷even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

⁸iye wakatiudzawo zverudo rwenyu muMweya.

⁸who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

⁹Nekuda kweizvi isuwo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa, hatimiri kukunyengetererai, nekukumbira kuti muzadzwe neruzivo rwechido chake, pauchenjeri hwose nekunzwisisa kwemweya;

⁹For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

¹⁰kuti mufambe sezvinofanira Ishe muchimufadza pazvose, muchibereka zvibereko pabasa rose rakanaka, muchikura paruzivo rwaMwari;

¹⁰[so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

¹¹muchisimbiswa nesimba rose, zvichienderana nesimba rekurumbidzwa kwake, muve nemoyo murefu nekutsungirira nemufaro;

¹¹strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

¹²muchipa kuvonga kuna Baba, vakatiita kuti tifanire kugoverana kwenhaka yevatsvene muchiedza.

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,

¹³vakatinunura pasimba rerima, vakatishandurira muushe hweMwanakomana werudo rwavo,

¹³who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

¹⁴watine dzikinuro maari kubudikidza neropa rake, ndiko kukangamwirwa kwezvivi.

¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

¹⁵Ndiye mufananidzo waMwari usingaonekwi, dangwe rechisikwa choga choga;

¹⁵who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;

¹⁶Nekuti maari zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa, zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika, zvinoonekwa nezvisingaonekwi, kana zviri zvigaro zveushe kana ushe, kana ukuru, kana masimba; zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa naye, zvikasikirwa iye.

¹⁶because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

¹⁷Ndiye unotangira zvinhu zvose, uye zvinhu zvose zvakabatanidzwa maari.

¹⁷And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

¹⁸Uye ndiye musoro wemuviri, kereke; unova kutanga, dangwe kune vakafa; kuti pazvose iye ave wokutanga.

¹⁸And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things:

¹⁹Nekuti zvakafadza Baba, kuti kuzara kose kugare maari,

¹⁹for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

²⁰uye akonzere naye kuti zvinhu zvose zviyananiswe kwaari, amboita rugare kubudikidza neropa remuchinjikwa wake kubudikidza naiye, kunyange zviri panyika kunyange zviri kumatenga.

²⁰and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross -- by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

²¹Nemwi maimbova vaeni nevavengi mufungwa nemabasa akaipa, asi zvino wayanana nemwi

²¹And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

²²mumuviri wenyama yake kubudikidza nekufa akukumikidzei muri vatsvene, uye musina mhosva uye musingamhuriki pachiso chake,

²²in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,

²³kana muchirambira parutendo makateyiwa uye makasimbiswa, uye hamubviswi patariro yeevhangeri yamakanzwa, yakaparidzirwa chisikwa choga choga chiri pasi pedenga; iyo yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo ini Pauro.

²³if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.

²⁴Zvino ndinofara pamatambudziko angu nekuda kwenyu, nekuzadzisa zvakasara pamatambudziko aKristu munyama yangu nekuda kwemuviri wake, inova kereke;

²⁴Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

²⁵iyo ini yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo zvichienderana nekuita kwaMwari kwandakapiwa pamusoro penyu, kuzadzisa shoko raMwari,

²⁵of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,

²⁶chakavanzika chakange chakafukidzwa kubvira kare, nekubva kumazera, asi zvino chinoratidzwa kuvatsvene vake,

²⁶the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;

²⁷kuna ivo Mwari vaakada kuzivisa kiti fuma yekubwinya kwechakavanzika ichi pakati pevahedheni chii, chinova Kristu mamuri, tariro yekubwinya;

²⁷to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:

²⁸watinoparidza isu, tichiyambira munhu umwe neumwe, nekudzidzisa munhu umwe neumwe munjere dzose, kuti tikumikidze munhu umwe neumwe akakwana muna Kristu;

²⁸whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

²⁹ndizvo zvandinoshingairirawo, ndichirwa zvinoenderana nekubata kwake kunobata mandiri nesimba.

²⁹Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.