Ephesians 1
1 To Christ’s People at Ephesus who are faithful to him, from Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.
Pauro, muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, kuvatsvene vari muEfeso, nekune vakatendeka muna Kristu Jesu:
2 May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
Nyasha kwamuri nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu uye Ishe Jesu Kristu.
3 Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.
Ngaarumbidzwe Mwari uye Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, wakatiropafadza neropafadzo yese yemweya pazvinhu zvekudenga muna Kristu;
4 For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
sezvaakatisarudza maari pasati pava nekuvambwa kwenyika, kuti tive vatsvene, uye vasingamhuriki pamberi pake murudo,
5 From the first he destined us, in his good-will towards us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ,
agara atitemera mukuitwa vana kwaari kubudikidza naJesu Kristu, sekuda kwakanaka kwechido chake,
6 and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving-kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;
kuve rumbidzo yekubwinya yenyasha dzake, madziri wakatiropafadza muMudikanwi;
7 for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offences.
watine dzikunuro maari neropa rake, iyo kanganwiro yekudarika, zvichienderana nefuma yenyasha dzake,
8 All this accords with the loving-kindness which God lavished upon us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
dzaakawanza kwatiri mukuchenjera kwese neungwaru,
9 when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the good-will which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,
azivisa kwatiri chakavanzika chechido chake, sekushuva kwakanaka kwake kwaakaronga pachake;
10 in view of that Divine Order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, centre in him.
kuti pakubata kwekuzara kwenguva, aunganidze pamwe zvinhu zvese muna Kristu, zvese zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika;
11 In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s Heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;
imo maari, muna iye matakawanawo nhaka, yatakagara tatemerwa zvichienderana nechiga chaiye anoita zvinhu zvese zvichienderana nezano rechido chake,
12 that we should enhance his glory — we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
kuti tive rumbidzo yekubwinya kwake, isu takatanga kuvimba kuna Kristu;
13 And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the Message of the Truth, the Good News of your Salvation — you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.
nemwi muna iye, manzwa shoko rechokwadi, evhangeri yeruponeso rwenyu; kuna iyewo matenda kwaari makapiwa mucherechedzo neMweya Mutsvene wechivimbiso,
14 And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, fore-shadowing the full redemption of God’s own People — to enhance his Glory.
ari rubatso rwenhaka yedu, rwuve rudzikunuro rwezvakawanikwa, kurumbidzo yekubwinya kwake.
15 And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s People,
Naizvozvo iniwo ndakati ndanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Ishe Jesu nerudo kuvatsvene vese,
16 have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
handiregi kukuvongerai, ndichikurangarirai paminyengetero yangu;
17 My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;
kuti Mwari waIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vekubwinya, akupei mweya wekuchenjera newechakazarurwa paruzivo pamusoro pake;
18 that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realise the hope given by God’s Call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s People,
meso efungwa dzenyu avhenekerwa kuti muzive kuti tariro yekudana kwake chii, uye fuma yekubwinya kwenhaka yake pavatsvene chii,
19 and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.
uye kuti ukuru hwakapfuvurisa hwesimba rake kwatiri isu tinotenda chii, maererano nekubata kweusamasimba hwesimba rake,
20 The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and ‘caused him to sit at his right hand’ on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,
raakashandisa muna Kristu, achimumutsa kubva kuvakafa, nokumugarisa kuruoko rwake rwerudyi panzvimbo dzekudenga,
21 and above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
kumusoro-soro kweutongi hwese, nesimba, neukuru, neushe, nezita rega-rega rinodanwa, kwete kwenguva ino chete, asi kune inouyawo; (aiōn g165)
22 And God placed ‘all things under Christ’s feet,’ and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head;
akaisawo zvese pasi petsoka dzake, akamupa kuva musoro pamusoro pezvese kukereke,
23 for the Church is Christ’s Body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.
ndiwo muviri wake, kuzara kwaiye anozadzisa zvese mune zvese.
