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

¹If then [there be] any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

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

²fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;

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

³[let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;

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

⁴regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.

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

⁵For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;

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

⁶who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

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

⁷but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;

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

⁸and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and [that the] death of [the] cross.

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

⁹Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,

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

¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],

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

¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord to God [the] Father's glory.

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

¹²So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather 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 works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.

¹⁴Itai zvinhu zvose musinganyunyuti nekupikisana;

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and reasonings,

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

¹⁵that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear 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, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.

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

¹⁷But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.

¹⁸Nekuda kweizvozvo imwiwo mufare uye mufare pamwe neni.

¹⁸In like manner do *ye* also rejoice, 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 Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on.

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

²⁰For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.

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

²¹For all seek their own things, 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 a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.

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

²³Him therefore I hope to send immediately, as soon as I shall see how it goes with me:

²⁴asi ndinovimba muna Ishe kuti iniwo ndomene ndichakurumidza kuuya.

²⁴but I trust in [the] Lord that I myself also shall soon come;

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

²⁵but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,

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

²⁶since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed 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 he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, 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 seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that *I* might 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 honour;

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

³⁰because for the sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.