VaEfeso 4
1 Sezvo ndiri musungwa waShe, zvino ndinokukurudzirai kuti murarame upenyu hwakafanira kudanwa kwamakagamuchira.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called,
2 Muzvininipise zvachose uye mupfave; muite mwoyo murefu, muchiitirana mwoyo murefu murudo.
With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love;
3 Mushingaire kuchengeta humwe hwoMweya kubudikidza nechisungo chorugare.
Endeavoring 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, even as ye are called in one hope of 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] above all, and through all, and in you all.
7 Asi kuno mumwe nomumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha sokugoverwa kwadzakaitwa naKristu.
But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Ndokusaka zvichinzi: “Paakakwira kudenga, akatungamirira dungwe renhapwa uye akapa zvipo kuvanhu vake.”
Wherefore he saith, 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 that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 Iye akaburuka ndiye chaiye akakwira kumusoro-soro kupfuura kudenga denga, kuitira kuti azadze pasi pose.)
He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens, 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,
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 kuti vagadzirire vanhu vaMwari pabasa rokushumira, kuitira kuti muviri waKristu uvakwe
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying 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 a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
14 Ipapo hatingazorambi tiri vacheche, vanosundirwa shure nemberi vachipeperetswa kuno nouko nemhepo ipi zvayo yedzidziso, uye nokunyengera nousvinu hwavanhu mukutsausa kwokunyengera kwavo.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive:
15 Asi, tichitaura chokwadi murudo, tichakura pazvinhu zvose maari iye musoro, iye Kristu.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the 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 whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love.
17 Saka ndinokuudzai izvi, uye murambire pazviri muna She, kuti hamufaniri kuramba muchirarama savaHedheni, muupenzi hwendangariro dzavo.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 Vakasvibiswa mukunzwisisa kwavo uye vakaparadzaniswa noupenyu hwaMwari nokuda kwokusaziva kuri mavari nokuda kwoukukutu hwemwoyo yavo.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19 Vasisina hanya, vakasvika kuutera kuitira kuti vagoita mabasa ose etsvina, nokuchiva zvakawanda.
Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 Kunyange zvakadaro, imi hamuna kuziva Kristu saizvozvo.
But ye have not so learned Christ;
21 Zvirokwazvo makanzwa nezvake uye makadzidziswa maari maererano nechokwadi chiri muna Jesu.
If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 Makadzidziswa, maererano namafambiro enyu ekare, kuti mubvise munhu wenyu wekare, anoodzwa nokuchiva kwokunyengera;
That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
23 kuti muitwe vatsva mukufunga kwendangariro dzenyu;
And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind;
24 uye mufuke munhu mutsva, akasikwa kuti afanane naMwari mukururama kwechokwadi noutsvene.
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe wenyu anofanira kubvisa nhema uye ataure chokwadi kuno muvakidzani wake, nokuti isu tose tiri nhengo dzomuviri mumwe.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
26 “Mukutsamwa kwenyu, musatadza.” Musarega zuva richivira muchakangotsamwa,
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 uye musapa dhiabhori mukana.
Neither give place to the devil.
28 Uyo akanga achimboba ngaarege kuzobazve, asi anofanira kushanda, achiita zvinhu zvinobatsira namaoko ake, kuti ave nechaangagovera avo vanoshayiwa.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Musarega kutaura kwakaora kuchibuda mumiromo yenyu, asi chete zvinobatsira pakuvaka vamwe maererano nezvavanoshayiwa, kuti zvigobatsira avo vanonzwa.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
30 Uye musachemedza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, uyo wakaitwa chisimbiso chenyu pazuva rokudzikinurwa.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption.
31 Bvisai shungu dzose, hasha nokutsamwa, kupopota namakuhwa pamwe chete nokuvenga kwose.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 Muitirane mwoyo munyoro uye munzwirane tsitsi, muchikanganwira mumwe nomumwe wenyu, sezvamakakanganwirwa naMwari muna Kristu.
And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
