¹Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, kuvatsvene vari paEfeso, nekune vakatendeka muna Kristu Jesu:

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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.

³Ngaarumbidzwe Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, wakatiropafadza neropafadzo yose yeMweya pazvinhu zvekudenga muna Kristu,

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

⁴sezvaakatisarudza maari pasati pava nekuvambwa kwenyika, kuti tive vatsvene vasingamhuriki pamberi pake murudo;

⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

⁵agara atitemera mukuitwa vana naJesu Kristu kwaari, sezvaakafadzwa pakuda kwake,

⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

⁶kuve kurumbidzwa kwenyasha dzake, nadzo wakatiita kuti tigamuchirwe muMudikamwa;

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

⁷maari matine dzikunuro kubudikidza neropa rake, iko kangamwiro yekudarika, zvichienderana nefuma yenyasha dzake;

⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

⁸madziri wakawanza kwatiri mukuchenjera kose neungwaru;

⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁹azivisa kwatiri chakavanzika chekuda kwake, sekushuva kwake kwakanaka kwaakazvipira maari pachake;

⁹making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

¹⁰kuti pakuitika kwekuzara kwenguva, aunganidze pamwe zvinhu zvose muna Kristu, zvose zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika maari.

¹⁰to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

¹¹muna iye matakawanawo nhaka, yatakagara tatemerwa nezviga zvaiye unoita zvinhu zvose nezano rechido chake;

¹¹in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

¹²kuti tive verumbidzo yekubwinya kwake, isu takavimba kare kuna Kristu;

¹²to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

¹³muna iye imwiwo manzwa shoko rechokwadi, evhangeri yeruponeso rwenyu; muna iyewo matenda kwaari makapiwa mucherechedzo weMweya Mutsvene wechivimbiso,

¹³in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

¹⁴uri rubatso rwenhaka yedu, parudzikunuro rwezvakawanikwa, kurumbidzo yekubwinya kwake.

¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁵Naizvozvo iniwo, ndakati ndanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Ishe Jesu, nerudo kuvatsvene vose,

¹⁵For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

¹⁶handiregi kukuvongerai, ndichikutaurai paminyengetero yangu;

¹⁶don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁷kuti Mwari waIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vekubwinya, akupei mweya wekuchenjera nekuzarurirwa paruzivo rwepamusoro pake;

¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

¹⁸meso efungwa dzenyu avhenekerwa kuti muzive kuti tariro yekudana kwake chii, uye fuma yekubwinya kwenhaka yake pavatsvene chii?

¹⁸having the eyes of your hearts TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts” enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁹Nekuti ukuru hwakapfuvurisa hwesimba rake kwatiri isu tinotenda chii, maererano nekubata kwesimba rake guru,

¹⁹and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

²⁰raakashandisa muna Kristu paakamumutsa kuvakafa, nokumugarisa kuruoko rwake rwerudyi panzvimbo dzekudenga,

²⁰which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

²¹kumusoro-soro kweutongi hwose, nesimba, neukuru, neushe, nezita roga roga rinorehwa, kwete kwenguva ino chete, asi kune inozouyawo;

²¹far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

²²akaisa zvose pasi petsoka dzake, akamupa utungamiriri pamusoro pezvose kukereke,

²²He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

²³ndiwo muviri wake, kuzara kwaiye unozadzisa zvose mune zvose.

²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.