VaEfeso 4
1 Sezvo ndiri musungwa waShe, zvino ndinokukurudzirai kuti murarame upenyu hwakafanira kudanwa kwamakagamuchira.
I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.
2 Muzvininipise zvachose uye mupfave; muite mwoyo murefu, muchiitirana mwoyo murefu murudo.
With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;
3 Mushingaire kuchengeta humwe hwoMweya kubudikidza nechisungo chorugare.
and endeavor to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace.
4 Pano muviri mumwe chete noMweya mumwe chete, sezvo makadanirwa kutariro imwe chete pamakadanwa,
There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling.
5 Ishe mumwe, kutenda kumwe, rubhabhatidzo rumwe;
There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 Mwari mumwe naBaba vavose, ari pamusoro pavose, uye kubudikidza navose, uye muna vose.
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
7 Asi kuno mumwe nomumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha sokugoverwa kwadzakaitwa naKristu.
And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.
8 Ndokusaka zvichinzi: “Paakakwira kudenga, akatungamirira dungwe renhapwa uye akapa zvipo kuvanhu vake.”
Thus it is said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.
9 (Zvinorevei kuti “akakwira” asi kuti akaburukawo kumativi ari pasi penyika?
Now surely this "he ascended" implies that he also descended into the lower part of the earth.
10 Iye akaburuka ndiye chaiye akakwira kumusoro-soro kupfuura kudenga denga, kuitira kuti azadze pasi pose.)
He who descended is he who ascended above the highest heaven, that he might fill the universe.
11 Ndiye akapa vamwe kuti vave vapostori, vamwe kuti vave vaprofita, vamwe kuti vave vavhangeri, uye vamwe kuti vave vafudzi navadzidzisi,
It is he who made some men apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 kuti vagadzirire vanhu vaMwari pabasa rokushumira, kuitira kuti muviri waKristu uvakwe
in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ -
13 kudzamara isu tose tasvika pahumwe mukutenda uye nomukuziva Mwanakomana waMwari napamunhu akura, asvika pachiyero chose chokuzara kwaKristu.
till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
14 Ipapo hatingazorambi tiri vacheche, vanosundirwa shure nemberi vachipeperetswa kuno nouko nemhepo ipi zvayo yedzidziso, uye nokunyengera nousvinu hwavanhu mukutsausa kwokunyengera kwavo.
So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;
15 Asi, tichitaura chokwadi murudo, tichakura pazvinhu zvose maari iye musoro, iye Kristu.
but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.
16 Kubva maari muviri wose, wakasanganiswa uye wakabatanidzwa pamwe chete nenhengo dzose dzichiusimbisa, unokura uye unozvivaka murudo, sezvo mutezo mumwe nomumwe uchiita basa rawo.
From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.
17 Saka ndinokuudzai izvi, uye murambire pazviri muna She, kuti hamufaniri kuramba muchirarama savaHedheni, muupenzi hwendangariro dzavo.
This then I tell you and implore you in the Master’s name, to pass your lives no longer as the Gentiles do in the perverseness of their minds;
18 Vakasvibiswa mukunzwisisa kwavo uye vakaparadzaniswa noupenyu hwaMwari nokuda kwokusaziva kuri mavari nokuda kwoukukutu hwemwoyo yavo.
having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.
19 Vasisina hanya, vakasvika kuutera kuitira kuti vagoita mabasa ose etsvina, nokuchiva zvakawanda.
These being past feeling have given themselves over to sensuality, in order to practise every form of impurity with greedy zest.
20 Kunyange zvakadaro, imi hamuna kuziva Kristu saizvozvo.
But you have not so learned Christ,
21 Zvirokwazvo makanzwa nezvake uye makadzidziswa maari maererano nechokwadi chiri muna Jesu.
if indeed you have listened to him, and in him been taught the truth as it is in Jesus.
22 Makadzidziswa, maererano namafambiro enyu ekare, kuti mubvise munhu wenyu wekare, anoodzwa nokuchiva kwokunyengera;
You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
23 kuti muitwe vatsva mukufunga kwendangariro dzenyu;
and to be made new in the spirit of your mind,
24 uye mufuke munhu mutsva, akasikwa kuti afanane naMwari mukururama kwechokwadi noutsvene.
and to put on the new self, created after God’s likeness, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.
25 Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe wenyu anofanira kubvisa nhema uye ataure chokwadi kuno muvakidzani wake, nokuti isu tose tiri nhengo dzomuviri mumwe.
So then put away falseness and speak every man the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
26 “Mukutsamwa kwenyu, musatadza.” Musarega zuva richivira muchakangotsamwa,
"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.
27 uye musapa dhiabhori mukana.
Give the devil no place.
28 Uyo akanga achimboba ngaarege kuzobazve, asi anofanira kushanda, achiita zvinhu zvinobatsira namaoko ake, kuti ave nechaangagovera avo vanoshayiwa.
Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.
29 Musarega kutaura kwakaora kuchibuda mumiromo yenyu, asi chete zvinobatsira pakuvaka vamwe maererano nezvavanoshayiwa, kuti zvigobatsira avo vanonzwa.
From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.
30 Uye musachemedza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, uyo wakaitwa chisimbiso chenyu pazuva rokudzikinurwa.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Bvisai shungu dzose, hasha nokutsamwa, kupopota namakuhwa pamwe chete nokuvenga kwose.
Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;
32 Muitirane mwoyo munyoro uye munzwirane tsitsi, muchikanganwira mumwe nomumwe wenyu, sezvamakakanganwirwa naMwari muna Kristu.
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
