¹If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

¹Zvino kana kune kurudziro kuna Kristu, kana imwe nyaradzo yerudo, kana kudyidzana kweMweya, kana mumoyo munyoro nemukunzwira tsitsi,

²make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

²zadzisai mufaro wangu, muve nefungwa imwe, muchiva nerudo rumwe, nemweya umwe, nendangariro imwe,

³doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

³musingaiti nenharo, kana nekuzvikudza kusina maturo, asi mukuzvininipisa kwemoyo, umwe neumwe ngaakudze umwe kupfuura imwi;

⁴each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁴umwe neumwe ngaarege kutarira zvake, asi umwe neumwe zvinhu zvevamwewo.

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

⁵fungwa iyi ngaive mamuri, yakanga uri muna Kristu Jesuwo;

⁶who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁶iye wakati ari muchimiro chaMwari, haana kurangarira kuti kuenzana naMwari kupamba;

⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

⁷asi wakazvidurura, akazvitorera chimiro chemuranda, akaitwa mumufananidzo wemunhu.

⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

⁸akati awanikwa mumufananidzo wemunhu, akazvininipisa, akateerera kusvikira parufu, irwo rufu rwemuchinjikwa.

⁹Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

⁹Naizvozvo Mwariwo wakamukudza zvikuru, akamupa zita rinopfuura mazita ose;

¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

¹⁰kuti muzita raJesu ibvi rose rifugame, kudenga nepanyika, nepasi penyika,

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹uye rurimi rwoga rwoga rwureurure kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye Ishe, kuve rumbidzo kuna Mwari baba.

¹²So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹²Naizvozvo, vadikamwa vangu, sezvamakateerera nguva dzose, kwete pakuvapo kwangu chete, asi kunyanya pakusavapo kwangu, shandai kuponeswa kwenyu nekutya nekudedera;

¹³For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

¹³Nekuti ndiMwari unoshanda mamuri, zvose kuda nekuita chido chake chakanaka.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

¹⁴Itai zvinhu zvose musinganyunyuti nekupikisana;

¹⁵that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁵kuti musatongomhurika, uye musina chakaipa, vana vaMwari vasina gwapa pakati perudzi rwakakombama nekutsauka, rwamunopenya pakati parwo semwenje munyika;

¹⁶holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

¹⁶muchibatisisa shoko reupenyu; pakuzvikudza kwangu nezuva raKristu, kuti handina kumhanya pasina, kana kushandira pasina.

¹⁷Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁷Hongu kunyange neni ndikadururwa pamusoro pechibayiro nebasa rerutendo rwenyu, ndinofara uye ndinofara nemwi mose.

¹⁸In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

¹⁸Nekuda kweizvozvo imwiwo mufare uye mufare pamwe neni.

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

¹⁹Asi ndinovimba muna Ishe Jesu kutumira Timotio kwamuri nekukurumidza, kuti iniwo ndifare kana ndanzwa chimiro chenyu.

²⁰For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

²⁰Nekuti handina munhu une moyo wakaita sewake, uchava nehanya zvirokwazvo nezvenyu.

²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

²¹Nekuti vose vanotsvaka zvavo, kwete zvinhu zviri zvaKristu Jesu.

²²But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

²²Asi munoziva kutendeka kwake, kuti semwana kuna baba wakashanda pamwe neni paevhangeri.

²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

²³Zvino ndiye wandinotarisira kubva ndatongomutumira kwamuri, kana ndaona kuti zvangu zvakadini;

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

²⁴asi ndinovimba muna Ishe kuti iniwo ndomene ndichakurumidza kuuya.

²⁵But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

²⁵Asi ndakaona zvakafanira kutuma kwamuri Epafrodito, hama, nemubatsiri wangu pabasa neuto pamwe neni, asi nhume yenyu nemushumiri wekushaiwa kwangu;

²⁶since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

²⁶sezvo akanga achikushuvai zvikuru mose, uye akazadzwa neshungu, nekuti imwi makange manzwa kuti wakange achirwara.

²⁷For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

²⁷Nekuti zvirokwazvo wakange achirwara ari pedo nekufa; asi Mwari wakamunzwira tsitsi; kwete kwaari oga, asi nekwandiriwo, zvimwe ndirege kuva neshungu pamusoro peshungu.

²⁸I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁸Naizvozvo ndakashingaira kumutuma, kuti kana momuonazve mufare, neni shungu dzangu dziderere.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

²⁹Naizvozvo mumugamuchire muna Ishe nemufaro wose, uye mubate vakadai neruremekedzo;

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

³⁰Nekuti nekuda kwebasa raKristu wakaswedera pakufa, asingarangariri upenyu hwake, achida kukwanisa pamakanga musingagoni kundishumira imwi.