VaGaratia 5

1 Kristu akatisunungura kuti tive vakasununguka. Zvino, mirai nesimba, murege kuzviremedza zvakare nejoko routapwa.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Batai mashoko angu! Ini, Pauro, ndinokuudzai kuti kana muchidzingiswa, Kristu haachakosheswi kwamuri napaduku.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

3 Uyezve, ndinotaura kumunhu wose anoda kudzingiswa kuti anofanira kuteerera murayiro wose.

For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4 Imi munoedza kururamisirwa nomurayiro makaparadzaniswa naKristu; makabva panyasha.

Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; ye have fallen from grace.

5 Asi nokutenda tinoshinga kwazvo kumirira kururama, kunova ndiko kwatine tariro nako kubudikidza noMweya.

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

6 Nokuti muna Kristu Jesu kudzingiswa kana kusadzingiswa hazvina maturo. Chinhu chinokosha chete ndiko kutenda kunozviratidza kubudikidza norudo.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

7 Makanga muchimhanya nhangemutange yakanaka. Ndianiko akakudzivisai uye akakukonesai kuteerera chokwadi?

Ye did run well, who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

8 Kugombedzera ikoko hakuna kubva kuna iye anokudanai.

This persuasion [cometh] not from him that calleth you.

9 Mbiriso shoma inovirisa chikanyiwa chose chakakanyiwa.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10 Ndinovimba muna She kuti hamuchazogamuchiri dzimwe pfungwa. Iyeye anokunyonganisai achazviripira mhaka yake, angava ani zvake.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

11 Hama dzangu, kana ndichiri kuparidza nezvokudzingiswa, ko, ndichiri kutambudzirwei hangu? Naizvozvo kugumbusa kwomuchinjikwa kwabviswa.

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then hath the offense of the cross ceased.

12 Kana vari vaya vanokukuchidzirai, ndaida hangu kuti vazvigure zvinhu zvavo.

I would they were even cut off who trouble you.

13 Imi, hama dzangu, makadanwa kuti muve vakasununguka. Asi regai kushandisa rusununguko rwenyu munyama; asi shandiranai murudo.

For, brethren, ye have been called to liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

14 Murayiro wose unobatanidzwa mumurayiro mumwe chete unoti: “Ude wokwako sezvaunozvida iwe.”

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

15 Kana muchiramba muchirumana uye nokudyana, chenjererai kuti murege kuparadzana mumwe nomumwe wenyu.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one by another.

16 Saka ndinoti, raramai noMweya, uye hamungazofadzi nyama nokuchiva kwayo.

[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17 Nokuti nyama inoshuva zvinopesana noMweya, uye Mweya anopesanawo nezvinoshuviwa nenyama. Izvi zvinorwisana pachazvo, kuti murege kuita zvamunoda.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 Asi kana muchitungamirirwa noMweya, hamusi pasi pomurayiro.

But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 Mabasa enyama ndiwo aya: upombwe, tsvina, utere;

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these], Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 kunamata zvifananidzo, uroyi, ruvengo, gakava, godo, kutsamwa, kuzvikudza, kuparadzana, dzidziso dzakatsauka

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 nokugodorana; kudhakwa, kutamba kwakaipa, nezvimwe zvakadaro. Ndinokuyambirai, sezvandakamboita kare kuti avo vana mararamiro iwaya havangagari nhaka youmambo hwaMwari.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 Asi chibereko choMweya ndirwo rudo, mufaro, rugare, mwoyo murefu, unyoro, kunaka, kutendeka,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 kupfava uye kuzvidzora. Hakuna murayiro unopesana nezvizvi.

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 Avo vari vaKristu Jesu vakaroverera pamuchinjikwa nyama nokuchiva kwayo uye nezvainoshuva.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

25 Sezvo tichirarama noMweya, ngatifambei noMweya.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 Ngatiregei kuzvikudza, tichitsamwisana kana kuchiva zvevamwe.

Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another.