Ephesians 4
1 I urge you, then — I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause — to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;
Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai, ini musungwa muna Ishe, kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudanwa kwamakadanwa nako,
2 always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,
pamwe nekuzvininipisa kwese neunyoro, nemoyo murefu, muchiitirana moyo murefu murudo,
3 and striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.
muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.
4 There is but one Body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your Call.
Kune muviri umwe uye Mweya umwe, sezvamakadanwawo mutariro imwe yekudanwa kwenyu;
5 There is but one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism.
Ishe umwe, rutendo rumwe, rubhabhatidzo rwumwe,
6 There is but one God and Father of all — the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.
Mwari umwe naBaba vevese, ari pamusoro pevese, uye kubudikidza nevese, nekwamuri mese.
7 Every one of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.
Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechipo chaKristu.
8 That is why it is said — ‘When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to mankind.’
Naizvozvo anoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.
9 Now surely this ‘going up’ must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.
Zvino izvi kuti: Wakakwira, chii kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga kunzvimbo dzakaderera dzenyika?
10 He who went down is the same as he who went up — up beyond the highest Heaven, that he might fill all things with his presence.
Wakaburuka ndiyewo wakakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ese, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvese.
11 And he it is who gave to the Church Apostles, Prophets, Missionaries, Pastors, and Teachers,
Zvino iye wakapa vamwe kuva vaapositori, nevamwe vaporofita, nevamwe vaevhangeri, nevamwe vafudzi nevadzidzisi,
12 to fit his People for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the Body of the Christ.
kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene, pabasa reushumiri, pakuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu;
13 And this shall continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach the ideal man — the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.
kusvikira tese tasvika paumwe hwerutendo, nehweruzivo rweMwanakomana waMwari, pamurume wakazara, pachiyero chechimiro chekuzara kwaKristu;
14 Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;
kuti tisazova vacheche, vanodzungaidzwa nemafungu kuenda nekudzoka nekupepereswa nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso, nekunyengera kwevanhu, pakunyengera, kumano ekutsauka;
15 but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head — Christ himself.
asi titaure chokwadi murudo, tigokura maari pazvinhu zvese, iye musoro, Kristu;
16 For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigour of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of 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, then, as one in union with the Lord, I say to you and urge upon you: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,
Naizvozvo ndinoreva ichi, nekupupura muna Ishe, kuti imwi kubva zvino musachifamba sevamwe vahedheni vanofamba mukushaya maturo kwefungwa yavo,
18 with their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the Life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
vakasvibiridzwa mufungwa, vari vatorwa paupenyu hwaMwari nekuda kwekusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nekuda koukukutu hwemoyo yavo;
19 Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.
ivo vakazvipa vatindivara kuunzenza, kuti vabate utsvina hwese neruchiva.
20 But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ — if, that is, you really listened to him,
Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo,
21 and through union with him were taught the Truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.
kana zvakadaro makamunzwa nekudzidziswa maari, sezvo chokwadi chiri muna Jesu;
22 For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
kuti murase zvinoenderana nemufambiro wekutanga, munhu wekare, anoodzwa nekuchiva kwekunyengera;
23 that the very spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;
uye muvandudzwe mumweya wefungwa yenyu,
24 and that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the Truth.
uye kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa maererano naMwari mukururama neutsvene hwechokwadi.
25 Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, ‘you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbours.’ For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.
Naizvozvo muchiisa nhema parutivi, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe kune umwe wake; nokuti tiri mitezo, umwe weumwe.
26 ‘Be angry, yet do not sin.’ Do not let the sun go down upon your anger;
Tsamwai musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;
27 and give no opportunity to the Devil.
uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.
28 Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.
Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti abate nesimba chinhu chakanaka nemaoko, kuti ave nechaangapa anoshaiwa.
29 Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.
Shoko ripi zvaro rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi chero kana rakanakira kuvaka sezvakafanira, kuti ripe nyasha kune vanonzwa.
30 And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the Day of Redemption.
Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakaiswa mucherechedzo maari kusvikira pazuva redzukunuro.
31 Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.
Shungu dzese, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nekutuka ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwese;
32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.
asi ivai nemoyo munyoro umwe kune mumwe, muchinzwira tsitsi, muchikanganwirana, Mwari sezvaakakukanganwiraiwo muna Kristu.
