¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

¹Naizvozvo ivai vateveri vaMwari, sevana vanodikamwa;

²Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

²uye fambai murudo, Kristu sezvaakatidawo, akazvipa nekuda kwedu, ave chipo nechibayiro kuna Mwari kuva hwema hwunonhuhwira.

³But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

³Asi upombwe netsvina yose kana kuchiva ngazvirege kutongorehwa pakati penyu, sezvinofanira vatsvene;

⁴nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

⁴neunzenza, nekutaura kweupenzi, kana kunemera, izvo zvisina kufanira; asi zviri nani kuvonga.

⁵Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

⁵Nekuti izvi munozviziva kuti hakuna mhombwe, kana munhu usina kuchena, kana munhu unochiva, unova munamati wezvifananidzo, ungava nenhaka muushe hwaKristu nehwaMwari.

⁶Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

⁶Ngakurege kuva nemunhu unokunyengerai nemashoko asina maturo; nekuti nemhaka yezvinhu izvi kutsamwa kwaMwari kunouya pamusoro pevanakomana vekusateerera.

⁷Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

⁷Naizvozvo regai kuva vagovani navo;

⁸For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

⁸Nekuti maimbova rima, asi zvino mava chiedza muna Ishe; fambai sevana vechiedza.

⁹for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

⁹Nekuti chibereko chemweya chiri mukunaka kose nekururama, nechokwadi,

¹⁰proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

¹⁰muchiidza zvinofadza kuna Ishe;

¹¹Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

¹¹uye musadyidzana nemabasa erima asina zvibereko, asi zviri nani mumhure;

¹²For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

¹²Nekuti zvinhu zvinoitwa navo pakavanda zvinonyadzisa kunyange kutaura nezvazvo.

¹³But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

¹³Asi zvinhu zvose zvinomhurwa zvinoratidzwa nechiedza; nekuti zvose, zvinoratidzwa chiedza,

¹⁴Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

¹⁴saka unoti: Muka iwe uvete, muka kuvakafa, zvino Kristu uchakuvhenekera.

¹⁵Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

¹⁵Naizvozvo chenjerai kuti munofamba sei nekuchenjerera, kwete semapenzi asi sevakachenjera;

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁶muchidzikunura nguva, nekuti mazuva akaipa.

¹⁷Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁷Saka musava matununu, asi vanonzwisisa kuti kuda kwaIshe kwakadini.

¹⁸Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

¹⁸Uye regai kudhakwa newaini, makuri mune bongozozo guru, asi zadzwai neMweya;

¹⁹speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

¹⁹muchitaurirana nemapisarema nenziyo, nenziyo dzeMweya, muchiimba nekuita mutinhimira mumoyo yenyu kuna Ishe;

²⁰giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

²⁰muchipa kuvonga nguva dzose pamusoro pezvinhu zvose kuna Mwari naBaba, muzita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu;

²¹subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

²¹muchizviisa pasi umwe kune umwe mukutya Mwari.

²²Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

²²Vakadzi zviisei pasi pevarume venyu, sekuna Ishe.

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

²³Nekuti murume musoro wemukadzi, saKristuwo ari musoro wekereke; uye ndiye Muponesi wemuviri.

²⁴But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

²⁴Asi kunyange kereke sezvairi pasi paKristu, saizvozvowo vakadzi kuvarume vavo pachinhu chose.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

²⁵Varume, idai vakadzi venyu, Kristu sezvaakadawo kereke, akazvipa nekuda kwayo;

²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

²⁶kuti aiite tsvene ainatse nekushambidza kwemvura neshoko,

²⁷that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁷kuti aikumikidze kwaari iri kereke inobwinya isina gwapa kana kuwonyana, kana chimwe chinhu chakadai; asi kuti ive tsvene isina chaingapomerwa.

²⁸Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

²⁸Saizvozvowo varume vanofanira kuda vakadzi vavo semiviri yavo. Unoda mukadzi wake, unozvida iye;

²⁹For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

²⁹Nekuti hakuna munhu wakatongovenga nyama yake, asi unoifunda nekuichengetedza, saizvozvo Ishe kukereke;

³⁰because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

³⁰Nekuti isu tiri mitezo yemuviri wake, yenyama yake neyamafupa ake.

³¹“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

³¹Nekuda kwaizvozvi munhu uchasiya baba namai vake, abatanidzwe kumukadzi wake; uye ava vaviri vachava nyama imwe.

³²This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

³²Chakavanzika ichi chikuru, asi ndinotaura zvaKristu nekereke.

³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

³³Asi imwiwo umwe neumwe pachake ngaade mukadzi wake sezvaanozvida iye; nemukadzi ngaatye murume.