Colossians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:
Pauro muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, naTimotio hama,
2 To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.
kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka muna Kristu dziri paKorose: Nyasha kwamuri nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
Tinovonga Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, tichikunyengetererai nguva dzese,
4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,
sezvo takanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Kristu Jesu, uye zverudo kuvatsvene vese,
5 on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.
nekuda kwetariro yakaisirwa imwi kumatenga, yamakagara manzwa pashoko rechokwadi cheevhangeri,
6 For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
yasvika kwamuri sepanyika yesewo; ichibereka chibereko, sezvainoitawo kwamuri, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nekuziva nyasha dzaMwari muchokwadi;
7 as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,
sezvamakadzidzawo kuna Epafrasi, muranda anodikanwa pamwe nesu, anova mushumiri wakatendeka waKristu nekuda kwenyu,
8 and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.
wakatiudzawo zverudo rwenyu muMweya.
9 For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
Nekuda kweizvi isuwo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa, hatimiri kukunyengetererai, nekukumbira kuti muzadzwe neruzivo rwechido chake pauchenjeri hwese nekunzwisisa kwemweya,
10 so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
kuti mufambe zvinofanira Ishe pane zvese zvinofadza, muchibereka zvibereko pabasa rese rakanaka, muchikura paruzivo rwaMwari;
11 Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
muchisimbiswa nesimba rese, zvichienderana nesimba rekubwinya kwake, pamoyo murefu wese nekutsungirira pamwe nemufaro;
12 and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
muchivonga kuna Baba, vakatiita kuti tifanire kugoverana kwenhaka yevatsvene muchiedza,
13 It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
vakatinunura pasimba rerima, vakatishandurira muushe hweMwanakomana werudo rwavo,
14 in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.
watine dzikunuro maari neropa rake, ndiko kukanganwirwa kwezvivi.
15 Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
Anova mufananidzo waMwari asingaonekwi, dangwe rechisikwa chega-chega.
16 For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.
Nokuti maari zvinhu zvese zvakasikwa, zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika, zvinoonekwa nezvisingaonekwi, kana zviri zvigaro zveushe, kana umambo, kana ukuru, kana masimba; zvinhu zvese zvakasikwa naye, zvikasikirwa iye.
17 And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
Ndiyewo anotangira zvinhu zvese, uye zvinhu zvese zvakabatanidzwa maari.
18 Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
Uye iye musoro wemuviri, wekereke; anova kutanga, dangwe kubva kune vakafa; kuti pazvese iye ave wekutanga;
19 For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
nokuti zvakafadza Baba, kuti kuzara kwese kugare maari,
20 And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.
uye ayananisa naye zvinhu zvese kwaari, aita rugare neropa remuchinjikwa wake kubudikidza naiye, kunyange zviri panyika kunyange zviri kumatenga.
21 And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
Nemwi maimbova vaeni nevavengi mufungwa nemabasa akaipa, asi ikozvinowo wayanana nemwi
22 He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;
mumuviri wenyama yake kubudikidza nerufu, akukumikidzei muri vatsvene uye musina mhosva uye musingamhuriki pamberi pake;
23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.
zvino kana muchirambira parutendo makateyiwa uye makasimbiswa, uye hamubviswi patariro yeevhangeri yamakanzwa, yakaparidzirwa chisikwa chega-chega chiri pasi pedenga; iyo yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo ini Pauro.
24 Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
Zvino ikozvino ndinofara pamatambudziko angu nekuda kwenyu, nekuzadzisa zvakasara pamatambudziko aKristu munyama yangu nekuda kwemuviri wake, unova kereke;
25 I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--
ini yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo zvichienderana nekubatiswa kwaMwari chandakapiwa pamusoro penyu, kuzadzisa shoko raMwari,
26 the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, (aiōn g165)
chakavanzika chakange chakavanzwa kubvira kare uye kubva kumazera, asi ikozvino chinoratidzwa kuvatsvene vake, (aiōn g165)
27 to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
kune ivo Mwari vaakada kuzivisa kuti fuma yekubwinya kwechakavanzika ichi pakati pevahedheni chii, chinova Kristu mamuri, tariro yekubwinya;
28 Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.
watinoparidza isu, tichiyambira munhu umwe neumwe, nekudzidzisa munhu umwe neumwe munjere dzese, kuti tikumikidze munhu umwe neumwe akakwana muna Kristu Jesu;
29 To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.
ndizvo zvandinoshingairirawo, ndichirwa zvinoenderana nekubata kwake kunobata mandiri nesimba.
