¹Nemhaka yeizvi, ini Pauro, musungwa waKristu Jesu nekuda kwenyu vahedheni,

¹For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

²kana makanzwa nezvekushandiswa kwenyasha dzaMwari dzakapiwa kwandiri pamusoro penyu,

²if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

³kuti sechakazarurwa wakandizivisa chakavanzika, sezvandakambokunyorerai namashoko mashoma;

³how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

⁴naizvozvo kana muchirava iwo, munganzwisisa ruzivo rwangu muchakavanzika chaKristu;

⁴by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

⁵icho pane mamwe mazera chisina kuziviswa kuvanakomana vevanhu, sezvachakanga chozarurirwa kuvaapositori vatsvene, nevaporofita neMweya;

⁵which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

⁶Kuti vahedheni vave vadyi venhaka pamwe nesu uye vemuviri umwe nevagovani vechivimbiso chake muna Kristu neevhangeri,

⁶that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

⁷yandakaitwa nayo mushumiri zvichienderana nechipo chenyasha dzaMwari chakapiwa kwandiri nekubata kwesimba rake.

⁷of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

⁸Kwandiri ndiri muduku kumudukusa wevatsvene vose, nyasha idzi dzakapiwa, kuti ndiparidze pakati pevahedheni fuma isinganzvereki yaKristu,

⁸To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹nekuita kuti vose vaone kuti kudyidzana kwakadiniko kwechakavanzika chakanga chakavigwa muna Mwari kubva pakuvamba kwenyika, wakasika zvinhu zvose naKristu Jesu,

⁹and to make all men see what is the administration TR reads “fellowship” instead of “administration” of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

¹⁰kuti zvino paushe nepamasimba panzvimbo dzekudenga kudenga, kuchenjera kukuru kwaMwari kuziviswe nekereke;

¹⁰to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

¹¹sechiga chekusingaperi chaakatema muna Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu;

¹¹according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

¹²maari matine kutsunga nekupinda tine chivimbo, nerutendo rwake.

¹²in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

¹³Naizvozvo ndinokumbira kuti murege kuora moyo pakukutambudzikirai kwangu; ndiko kurumbidzwa kwenyu.

¹³Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

¹⁴Nemhaka iyi ndinofugama nemabvi angu kuna Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu,

¹⁴For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵avo rudzi rwose rwuri kumatenga nepanyika rwunodaidzwa nezita ravo,

¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

¹⁶kuti vakupei zvichienderana nefuma yeushe hwavo ukuru, kuti musimbiswe nesimba neMweya wake mumunhu wemukati;

¹⁶that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

¹⁷kuti Kristu agare pamoyo yenyu nerutendo; kuti imwi mune midzi nenheyo murudo,

¹⁷that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸muve nesimba rekunzwisisa nevatsvene vose, kuti kufara, nekureba, nekukwirira, nekudzika chii,

¹⁸may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

¹⁹nokuziva rudo rwaKristu, runopfuura ruzivo, kuti muzadzwe nekuzara kose kwaMwari.

¹⁹and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁰Zvino kune une simba rekuita zvikuru kwazvo zvinopfuura zvose zvatinokumbira kana kufunga maererano nesimba rinobata matiri,

²⁰Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

²¹kwaari ngakuve nekubwinya mukereke naKristu Jesu kusvikira kumarudzi ose nokusingaperi-peri, Ameni.

²¹to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.