Colossians 3
1 If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things [which are] above, where the Christ is, sitting at [the] right hand of God:
Naizvozvo kana makamutswa pamwe naKristu, tsvakai zvekumusoro, uko kuna Kristu agere kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari.
2 have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
Rangarirai zviri kumusoro, kwete zviri panyika.
3 for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.
Nokuti makafa, uye upenyu hwenyu hwakavigwa pamwe naKristu muna Mwari.
4 When the Christ is manifested who [is] our life, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.
Kana Kristu upenyu hwedu achionekwa, ipapo imwiwo muchaonekwa pamwe naye mukubwinya.
5 Put to death therefore your members which [are] upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
Naizvozvo urayai mitezo yenyu iri panyika, upombwe, tsvina, kushumba kwakaipa, kuda zvakaipa, uye kuchiva, kunova kunamata zvifananidzo.
6 On account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Nekuda kwezvinhu izvi, hasha dzaMwari dzinouya pavana vekusateerera;
7 In which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
imwiwo maimbofamba mazviri, pamairarama mazviri.
8 But now, put off, ye also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
Asi ikozvino imwiwo bvisai zvese izvi, kutsamwa, hasha, uipi, kunyomba, nekutaura zvinonyadzisa kubva mumuromo wenyu;
9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,
regai kureverana nhema, zvamakabvisa munhu wekare nemabasa ake,
10 and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;
mukapfeka mutsva, anovandudzwa paruzivo semufananidzo wewakamusika;
11 wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.
apo pasina muGiriki uye muJudha, kudzingiswa uye kusadzingiswa, mutorwa, muSikitia, musungwa, wakasununguka; asi Kristu ndiye zvese, uye ari mune zvese.
12 Put on therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
Naizvozvo pfekai sevasanangurwa vaMwari, vatsvene nevanodikanwa, moyo yetsitsi, moyo munyoro, kuzvininipisa, unyoro, nemoyo murefu;
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also [do] ye.
muchiitirana moyo murefu, nekukanganwirana kana umwe ane mhosva neumwe; Kristu sezvaakakukanganwiraiwo, saizvozvowo imwi;
14 And to all these [add] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
zvino pamusoro pezvinhu zvese izvi pfekai rudo, ndicho chisungo chekupedzeredza.
15 And let the peace of Christ preside in your hearts, to which also ye have been called in one body, and be thankful.
Nerugare rwaMwari ngarwutonge mumoyo yenyu, ndirwo rwamakadanirwawo mumuviri mumwe; uye ivai vanovonga.
16 Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
Shoko raKristu ngarigare mamuri neufumi muuchenjeri hwese; muchidzidzisana nekurairana mumapisarema, nenziyo, nenziyo dzemweya, muimbire Ishe nenyasha mumoyo wenyu;
17 And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, [do] all things in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
uye zvese chero chipi chamunoita pashoko kana pachiito, itai zvese muzita raIshe Jesu, muchivonga Mwari naBaba kubudikidza naye.
18 Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.
Vakadzi zviisei pasi pevarume venyu pachenyu, sezvo zvakafanira muna Ishe.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Varume, idai vakadzi venyu, uye regai kuvavavira.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.
Vana, teererai vabereki pazvinhu zvese, nokuti izvi zvinofadza Ishe.
21 Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
Madzibaba, musatsamwisa vana venyu, kuti varege kuora moyo.
22 Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
Varanda, teererai pazvinhu zvese vari vatenzi venyu panyama; kwete nekushandira maziso sevafadzi vevanhu, asi nemoyo wakarurama, muchitya Mwari;
23 Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as [doing it] to the Lord, and not to men;
uye zvese kunyange chipi chamunoita, itai nemoyo, sekuna Ishe, uye kwete kuvanhu;
24 knowing that of [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
muchiziva kuti kuna Ishe muchagamuchira mubairo wenhaka; nokuti munoshandira Ishe Kristu.
25 For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
Asi anoita zvisakarurama achagamuchira zvisakarurama zvaakaita; uye hakuna kusarurwa kwavanhu.
