VaEfeso 4
1 Sezvo ndiri musungwa waShe, zvino ndinokukurudzirai kuti murarame upenyu hwakafanira kudanwa kwamakagamuchira.
Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,
2 Muzvininipise zvachose uye mupfave; muite mwoyo murefu, muchiitirana mwoyo murefu murudo.
with all humility and gentleness, and with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 Mushingaire kuchengeta humwe hwoMweya kubudikidza nechisungo chorugare.
and being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 Pano muviri mumwe chete noMweya mumwe chete, sezvo makadanirwa kutariro imwe chete pamakadanwa,
There is one body and one Spirit (just as you were called to one hope at your calling),
5 Ishe mumwe, kutenda kumwe, rubhabhatidzo rumwe;
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 us all.
7 Asi kuno mumwe nomumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha sokugoverwa kwadzakaitwa naKristu.
Now each one of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift.
8 Ndokusaka zvichinzi: “Paakakwira kudenga, akatungamirira dungwe renhapwa uye akapa zvipo kuvanhu vake.”
Therefore it says, “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 what does “he ascended” mean except that he first also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 Iye akaburuka ndiye chaiye akakwira kumusoro-soro kupfuura kudenga denga, kuitira kuti azadze pasi pose.)
He who descended is the very one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)
11 Ndiye akapa vamwe kuti vave vapostori, vamwe kuti vave vaprofita, vamwe kuti vave vavhangeri, uye vamwe kuti vave vafudzi navadzidzisi,
It was he who appointed some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 kuti vagadzirire vanhu vaMwari pabasa rokushumira, kuitira kuti muviri waKristu uvakwe
to equip the saints for the work of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
13 kudzamara isu tose tasvika pahumwe mukutenda uye nomukuziva Mwanakomana waMwari napamunhu akura, asvika pachiyero chose chokuzara kwaKristu.
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ's fullness.
14 Ipapo hatingazorambi tiri vacheche, vanosundirwa shure nemberi vachipeperetswa kuno nouko nemhepo ipi zvayo yedzidziso, uye nokunyengera nousvinu hwavanhu mukutsausa kwokunyengera kwavo.
So we must no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men and their craftiness in deceitful scheming.
15 Asi, tichitaura chokwadi murudo, tichakura pazvinhu zvose maari iye musoro, iye Kristu.
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, that is, 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, joined and held together by every supporting joint, grows and builds itself up in love as each individual part does its work.
17 Saka ndinokuudzai izvi, uye murambire pazviri muna She, kuti hamufaniri kuramba muchirarama savaHedheni, muupenzi hwendangariro dzavo.
Therefore, I solemnly declare in the Lord that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
18 Vakasvibiswa mukunzwisisa kwavo uye vakaparadzaniswa noupenyu hwaMwari nokuda kwokusaziva kuri mavari nokuda kwoukukutu hwemwoyo yavo.
They are darkened in their understanding, being excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
19 Vasisina hanya, vakasvika kuutera kuitira kuti vagoita mabasa ose etsvina, nokuchiva zvakawanda.
They became callous and gave themselves up to lewd behavior, greedy to engage in every kind of impurity.
20 Kunyange zvakadaro, imi hamuna kuziva Kristu saizvozvo.
But you did not learn Christ in that way!
21 Zvirokwazvo makanzwa nezvake uye makadzidziswa maari maererano nechokwadi chiri muna Jesu.
Surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus,
22 Makadzidziswa, maererano namafambiro enyu ekare, kuti mubvise munhu wenyu wekare, anoodzwa nokuchiva kwokunyengera;
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former way of life and is being corrupted by its deceitful desires,
23 kuti muitwe vatsva mukufunga kwendangariro dzenyu;
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
24 uye mufuke munhu mutsva, akasikwa kuti afanane naMwari mukururama kwechokwadi noutsvene.
and to put on the new self, created according to the image of God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe wenyu anofanira kubvisa nhema uye ataure chokwadi kuno muvakidzani wake, nokuti isu tose tiri nhengo dzomuviri mumwe.
Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each of you must speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
26 “Mukutsamwa kwenyu, musatadza.” Musarega zuva richivira muchakangotsamwa,
Do not sin in your anger. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
27 uye musapa dhiabhori mukana.
and do not give any opportunity to the devil.
28 Uyo akanga achimboba ngaarege kuzobazve, asi anofanira kushanda, achiita zvinhu zvinobatsira namaoko ake, kuti ave nechaangagovera avo vanoshayiwa.
He who steals must no longer steal; rather he must labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may have something to contribute to anyone in need.
29 Musarega kutaura kwakaora kuchibuda mumiromo yenyu, asi chete zvinobatsira pakuvaka vamwe maererano nezvavanoshayiwa, kuti zvigobatsira avo vanonzwa.
Let no foul word come out of your mouth, but only what is good for edification, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
30 Uye musachemedza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, uyo wakaitwa chisimbiso chenyu pazuva rokudzikinurwa.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Bvisai shungu dzose, hasha nokutsamwa, kupopota namakuhwa pamwe chete nokuvenga kwose.
Put away all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and slander, together with all malice.
32 Muitirane mwoyo munyoro uye munzwirane tsitsi, muchikanganwira mumwe nomumwe wenyu, sezvamakakanganwirwa naMwari muna Kristu.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has forgiven us.
