Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai, ini musungwa muna Ishe, kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudanwa kwamakadanwa nako,
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
pamwe nekuzvininipisa kwese neunyoro, nemoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo,
3 using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.
4 [There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
Kune muviri umwe uye Mweya umwe, sezvamakadanwawo mutariro imwe yekudanwa kwenyu;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Ishe umwe, rutendo rumwe, rubhabhatidzo rwumwe,
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
Mwari umwe naBaba vevese, ari pamusoro pevese, uye kubudikidza nevese, nekwamuri mese.
7 But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.
8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
Naizvozvo anoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Zvino izvi kuti: Wakakwira, chii kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga kunzvimbo dzakaderera dzenyika?
10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
Wakaburuka ndiyewo wakakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ese, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvese.
11 and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
Zvino iye wakapa vamwe kuva vaapositori, nevamwe vaporofita, nevamwe vaevhangeri, nevamwe vafudzi nevadzidzisi,
12 for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene, pabasa reushumiri, pakuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu;
13 until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
kusvikira tese tasvika paumwe hwerutendo, nehweruzivo rweMwanakomana waMwari, pamurume wakazara, pachiyero chechimiro chekuzara kwaKristu;
14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
kuti tisazova vacheche, vanodzungaidzwa nemafungu kuenda nekudzoka nekupepereswa nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso, nekunyengera kwevanhu, pakunyengera, kumano ekutsauka;
15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
asi titaure chokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvinhu zvese, iye musoro, Kristu;
16 from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.
kunobva kwaari muviri wese, wakabatanidzwa pamwe zvakaringana nekuumbanidzwa, kubudikidza nemudemhe-mudemhe wefundo rimwe nerimwe, zvichienderana nemashandiro muchiero chenhengo imwe neimwe achikurisa muviri pakuvakwa kwawo murudo.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
Naizvozvo ndinoreva ichi, nekupupura muna Ishe, kuti imwi kubva zvino musachifamba sevamwe vahedheni vanofamba mukushaya maturo kwefungwa yavo,
18 being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
vakasvibiridzwa mufungwa, vari vatorwa paupenyu hwaMwari nekuda kwekusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nekuda koukukutu hwemoyo yavo;
19 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
ivo vakazvipa vatindivara kuunzenza, kuti vabate utsvina hwese neruchiva.
20 But ye have not thus learnt the Christ,
Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,
21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
kana zvakadaro makamunzwa nekudzidziswa maari, sezvo chokwadi chiri muna Jesu;
22 [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
kuti murase zvinoenderana nemufambiro wekutanga, munhu wekare, anoodzwa nekuchiva kwekunyengera;
23 and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
uye muvandudzwe mumweya wefungwa yenyu,
24 and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
uye kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa maererano naMwari mukururama neutsvene hwechokwadi.
25 Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Naizvozvo muchiisa nhema parutivi, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe kune umwe wake; nokuti tiri mitezo, umwe weumwe.
26 Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Tsamwai musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;
27 neither give room for the devil.
uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.
28 Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti abate nesimba chinhu chakanaka nemaoko, kuti ave nechaangapa anoshaiwa.
29 Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
Shoko ripi zvaro rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi chero kana rakanakira kuvaka sezvakafanira, kuti ripe nyasha kune vanonzwa.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakaiswa mucherechedzo maari kusvikira pazuva redzukunuro.
31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
Shungu dzese, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nekutuka ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwese;
32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
asi ivai nemoyo munyoro umwe kune mumwe, muchinzwira tsitsi, muchikanganwirana, Mwari sezvaakakukanganwiraiwo muna Kristu.
