¹Naizvozvo ini musungwa waIshe ndinokukumbirisai, kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudamwa kwamakadamwa nako,

¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

²nekuzvininipisa kose nevunyoro, nemoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo,

²with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

³muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.

³being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

⁴Kune muviri mumwe noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadamwawo mutariro imwe yekudamwa kwenyu;

⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

⁵Ishe mumwe, rutendo rumwe, rubhabhatidzo rwumwe,

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶Mwari mumwe, naBaba vavose, uri pamusoro pavose, uye kubudikidza navose, nekwamuri mose.

⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

⁷Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.

⁷But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

⁸Naizvozvo unoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.

⁸Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” Psalm 68:18

⁹Zvino kuti wakakwira chii, kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga kunzvimbo dzakaderera dzepanyika?

⁹Now this, “He ascended,” what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

¹⁰Uyo wakaburuka ndiyewo wakakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ose, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvose.

¹⁰He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

¹¹Zvino wakapa vamwe kuva vaapositori, nevamwe vaporofita, nevamwe vaevhangeri, nevamwe vafudzi nevadzidzisi,

¹¹He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds or, pastors and teachers;

¹²kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene pabasa reushumiri, pakuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu;

¹²for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

¹³kudzimara tose tasvika paumwe hwerutendo nehweruzivo rweMwanakomana waMwari, nepamunhu wakazara, pachiyero chechimiro chekuzara kwaKristu;

¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

¹⁴kuti tisazova vachechezve, vanodzungaidzwa kuenda nekudzoka nekupepereswa nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso nekunyengera kwevanhu, neusvatu hwemano ekutsauka;

¹⁴that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

¹⁵asi titaure chokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvinhu zvose, iye musoro Kristu;

¹⁵but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

¹⁶kunobva kwaari muviri wose, wakabatanidzwa pamwe zvakaringana nekuumbanidzwa, kubudikidza nemudemhe mudemhe wefundo rimwe nerimwe, zvichienderana nemashandiro anobudirira muchiero chenhengo imwe neimwe achikurisa muviri pakuvakwa kwawo murudo.

¹⁶from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

¹⁷Naizvozvo ndinoreva ichi, nekupupura muna Ishe, kuti imwi kubva zvino musachifamba sevamwe vahedheni mukushaya maturo kwefungwa yavo,

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

¹⁸vakasvibiridzwa mufungwa, vari vatorwa paupenyu hwaMwari nekuda kwekusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nekuda koukukutu hwemoyo yavo;

¹⁸being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

¹⁹ivo vakazvipa vatindivara kuunzenza, kuti vabate utsvina hwose neruchiva.

¹⁹who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,

²⁰But you did not learn Christ that way;

²¹kana zvakadaro makamunzwa nekudzidziswa maari, sezvo chokwadi chiri muna Jesu:

²¹if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

²²kuti murase zvinoenderana nemufambiro wenyu wekutanga, munhu wekare, unoodzwa nekuchiva kwekunyengera;

²²that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

²³uye muvandudzwe mumweya wefungwa yenyu,

²³and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴uye kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa akafanana naMwari pakururama, neutsvene hwechokwadi.

²⁴and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

²⁵Naizvozvo muchirasa nhema, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe neumwe wake; nekuti tiri mitezo, mumwe wemumwe.

²⁵Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

²⁶Tsamwai musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;

²⁶“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

²⁷uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.

²⁷neither give place to the devil.

²⁸Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti atambudzike achibata chinhu chakanaka namaoko, kuti ave nechaangapa unoshaiwa.

²⁸Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

²⁹Shoko rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi iro rakanakira kusimbisa zvakafanira, ripe nyasha vanzwi.

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

³⁰Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakasimbiswa maari kusvikira pazuva redzukunuro.

³⁰Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

³¹Shungu dzose, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nokutuka ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwose;

³¹Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

³²asi ivai nemoyo munyoro mumwe kune mumwe, muchinzwirana tsitsi, muchikangamwirana, sezvamakakangamwirwa naMwari nekuda kwaKristu.

³²And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.