¹Pauro musungwa waKristu Jesu naTimotio hama, kuna Firimoni mudiwa wedu zvikuru nemushumiri pamwe nesu,

¹Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,

²nekumudiwa Apifia, naAkipo, muuto pamwe nesu, nekukereke iri mumba mako;

²and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.

³Nyasha kwamuri nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴Ndinovonga Mwari wangu, ndichikureva nguva dzose paminyengetero yangu,

⁴I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

⁵ndichinzwa zverudo rwako nerutendo rwaunarwo kuna Ishe Jesu nekuvatsvene vose,

⁵hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

⁶kuti kudyidzana kwerutendo rwako kuve nesimba pakugamuchira chinhu chipi nechipi chakanaka chiri mamuri muna Kristu Jesu.

⁶in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].

⁷Nekuti tine mufaro mukuru nekunyaradzwa murudo rwako, nekuti moyo yevatsvene yakavandudzwa newe, hama.

⁷For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

⁸Naizvozvo kunyange ndingashinga zvikuru muna Kristu kukuraira izvo zvakafanira,

⁸Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,

⁹zvakadaro nekuda kwerudo zviri nani kukukumbirisai, zvandakadai hangu, ini Pauro mutana, uye zvinowo musungwa waJesu Kristu.

⁹for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰Ndinokukumbirisa pamusoro pemwana wangu, wandakabereka muzvisungo zvangu Onesimo,

¹⁰I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,

¹¹wakange asingambokubatsiri, asi zvino unobatsira iwe neni;

¹¹once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

¹²wandatumirazve kwauri; naizvozvo iwe umugamuchire uyo ndiko kuti moyo wangu;

¹²whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:

¹³wandaida kuramba naye, kuti panzvimbo yako andishumire pazvisungo zveevhangeri;

¹³whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

¹⁴asi handina kuda kuita chinhu iwe usati watenda, kuti zvakanaka zvako zvaungaita zvirege kuitwa nekurovererwa, asi nechido.

¹⁴but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

¹⁵Nekuti zvimwe wakaparadzaniswa newe chinguva nemhaka iyi, kuti ugozova naye nekusingaperi;

¹⁵for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

¹⁶arege kuzova zvino semuranda, asi unopfuura muranda, hama inodikamwa zvikuru kwandiri, asi zvikuru sei kwauri. zvose panyama nemuna Ishe.

¹⁶not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

¹⁷Naizvozvo kana uchindiverenga seumwe wako, umugamuchire sezvaungandigamuchira ini.

¹⁷If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;

¹⁸Asi kana akakutadzira, kunyange ane ngava newe, undiravire ini izvozvo.

¹⁸but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.

¹⁹Ini Pauro ndanyora noruoko rwangu ndomene, ndicharipa; kuti ndirege kuti kwauri, unengava kwandiri newewo womene.

¹⁹*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

²⁰Hongu hama, ngandive nemufaro pamusoro pako muna Ishe; uvandudze moyo wangu muna Ishe.

²⁰Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

²¹Ndakunyorera ndichivimba kuteerera kwako, ndichiziva kuti uchaitawo kupfuura zvandinoreva.

²¹Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

²²Asi ipapo ndigadzirirewo pekugara; nekuti ndinotarisira kuti kubudikidza neminyengetero yenyu ndichapiwa kwamuri.

²²But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.

²³Unokukwazisai Epafrasi musungwa pamwe neni muna Kristu Jesu.

²³Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

²⁴Mako, Arisitako, Dhemasi, Ruka, vabati pamwe neni.

²⁴Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.

²⁵Nyasha dzaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu ngadzive nemweya wenyu.

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.