VaEfeso 2
1 Kana muri imi, makanga makafa mukudarika kwenyu nomuzvivi,
You were made alive when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
2 izvo zvamaigara mazviri pamaitevera nzira dzenyika ino uye nedzomutongi woushe hwomuchadenga, iwo mweya unoshanda zvino muna avo vasingateereri. (aiōn g165)
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; (aiōn g165)
3 Isu tose taigara pakati pavo pane imwe nguva, tichikudza kuchiva kwenyama yedu yezvivi uye tichitevera zvido zvedu nezvataifunga. Sezvakangoita vamwe vose, pakuzvarwa kwedu takanga tiri vana vokutsamwirwa.
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 Asi nokuda kworudo rwake rukuru kwatiri, Mwari, iye akapfuma pangoni,
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
5 akatiita vapenyu muna Kristu kunyange zvedu takanga takafa mukudarika kwedu, makaponeswa nenyasha.
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 Uye Mwari akatimutsa pamwe chete naKristu akatigarisa kudenga muna Kristu Jesu,
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 kuitira kuti munguva dzinouya aratidze pfuma yake huru yenyasha dzake, zvichiratidzwa muunyoro hwake kwatiri muna Kristu Jesu. (aiōn g165)
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; (aiōn g165)
8 Nokuti makaponeswa nenyasha, kubudikidza nokutenda, uye izvi hazvibvi kwamuri, chipo chaMwari,
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 kwete namabasa, kuti parege kuva nomunhu anozvikudza.
not of works, that no one would boast.
10 Nokuti tiri basa raMwari, rakasikwa muna Kristu Jesu kuti tiite mabasa akanaka, akagadzirwa naMwari kare kuti tiaite.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
11 Naizvozvo, rangarirai kuti kare imi veDzimwe Ndudzi pakuzvarwa uye muchinzi “vasina kudzingiswa” naavo vaizviti “vakadzingiswa” (uko kunoitwa pamuviri namaoko avanhu),
Therefore remember that once you, the non-Jews in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);
12 rangarirai kuti panguva iyoyo makanga makaparadzaniswa naKristu, musingaverengwi muzvizvarwa zveIsraeri uye muri vatorwa musungano dzechipikirwa, musina tariro uye musina Mwari munyika.
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 Asi zvino muna Kristu Jesu, imi makanga muri kure kare, makaswededzwa pedyo kubudikidza neropa raKristu.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 Nokuti iye pachake ndiye rugare rwedu, akaita kuti vaviri vave chinhu chimwe uye akaparadza mukaha, irwo rusvingo rwokuvengana rwaivaparadzanisa,
For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
15 nokuparadza munyama yake murayiro, mitemo yacho pamwe chete uye nezvakatemwa. Vavariro yake yakanga iri yokusika maari munhu mumwe chete mutsva kubva pavaviri, naizvozvo aite rugare,
having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
16 uye mumuviri mumwe chete uyu ayananise vaviri ava kuna Mwari kubudikidza nomuchinjikwa, wakaparadza kuvengana kwavo.
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.
17 Akauya akaparidza rugare kwamuri imi makanga muri kure uye rugare kuna avo vakanga vari pedyo.
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
18 Nokuti kubudikidza naye isu tose tinosvika kuna Baba noMweya mumwe chete.
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 Saka, hamuchisiri vatorwa kana vaeni, asi vagari pamwe chete navanhu vaMwari uye mava veimba yaMwari,
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
20 makavakwa panheyo dzavapostori navaprofita, naKristu Jesu pachake iye dombo rapakona.
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
21 Maari imba yose yakabatanidzwa pamwe chete uye inokura kuti ive temberi tsvene muna She.
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 Uye maari nemiwo makavakwa pamwe chete kuti muve ugaro hwaMwari muMweya.
in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
