Firimoni 1
1 Pauro, musungwa waKristu Jesu, naTimoti hama yedu, kuna Firimoni shamwari yedu inodikanwa uye nomushandi pamwe chete nesu,
To my beloved friend and coworker Philemon,
2 kuna Afia hanzvadzi yedu, kuna Akipo murwi pamwe chete nesu uye nokukereke inosangana mumba mako:
to my sister Apphia, to my fellow soldier Archippus, and to the church which meets at Philemon’s house. From Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy.
3 Nyasha ngadzive nemi norugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.
Grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Ndinovonga Mwari wangu nguva dzose pandinokurangarira muminyengetero yangu,
I am ever mentioning you in my prayers, and giving thanks to God,
5 nokuti ndinonzwa nezvokutenda kwako muna Ishe Jesu uye norudo rwako kuvatsvene vose.
because I am hearing of your love and of the faith which you hold, not only toward the Lord Jesus Christ, but toward all the saints.
6 Ndinokunyengeterera kuti ugovane navamwe nesimba, kuitira kuti uve noruzivo rwakazara pamusoro pezvinhu zvose zvakanaka zvatinazvo muna Kristu.
And I pray that your participation may become effectual, as you come to acknowledge every good thing which is in you to Christ.
7 Rudo rwako rwakandipa mufaro mukuru nokukurudzirwa, nokuti iwe, hama yangu, wakazorodza mwoyo yavatsvene.
For I have great joy and comfort in your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed.
8 Naizvozvo, kunyange zvazvo ndisingatyi, muna Kristu, kuti ndikurayire zvaunofanira kuita,
And so, although I might be bold in Christ to dictate to you what is fitting,
9 asi ndinokukumbira nokuda kworudo. Saka ini, saPauro mutana uye zvino musungwa waKristu Jesu
yet for love’s sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!
10 ndinokumbira kwauri pamusoro pomwanakomana wangu Onesimasi, akava mwanakomana wangu pakusungwa kwangu.
I beseech you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in these chains.
11 Akanga asingabatsiri kwauri kare, asi zvino ava kubatsira kwatiri tose iwe neni.
Once you found him "unprofitable," but now he is "profitable" to you and to me.
12 Ndiri kumudzosera kwauri, iye mwoyo wangu chaiwo.
I am sending him back to you, he himself, that is, my very heart!
13 Ndaida kuti iye agare neni kuti agotora nzvimbo yako pakundibatsira zvandiri muusungwa nokuda kweVhangeri.
I could wish to retain him at my side, so that he might minister to me in your stead, in my bonds for the gospel.
14 Asi handina kuda kuita chinhu iwe usina kuchitendera, kuitira kuti zvose zvakanaka zvauchaita zvirege kuva zvokurovedzerwa asi nokuda kwako.
But without your consent I was unwilling to do anything, so that your kindness to me might be of your own free will, and not of compulsion.
Perhaps for this reason you were separated from him for an hour, in order that you might have him back forever, (aiōnios g166)
16 asisiri somuranda, asi ava nani kupfuura muranda, sehama inodikanwa. Munhu anodikanwa kwandiri, asi kutonyanya kwauri, zvose somunhu uye sehama muna She.
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a brother beloved; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both as a man and a fellow Christian.
17 Saka kana uchindiona somumwe wako, mugamuchire sokugamuchira kwaungandiita.
If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
18 Kana ane zvaakakutadzira kana kuti ane mungava newe, uzvireve kwandiri.
And if he has wronged you at all, or is owing you anything, charge that to me.
19 Ini, Pauro, ndanyora izvi noruoko rwangu. Ndichazviripira, ndisingarevi kuti iwe pachako uri mungava kwandiri.
I Paul am writing this in my own handwriting, "I will repay you." But I will not mention that you owe me, over and over, your very soul.
20 Hama, ndinoshuva, kuti ndiwane rubatsiro kubva kwauri muna She; zorodza mwoyo wangu muna Kristu.
Come my brother, let me have joy in the Lord because of you! Refresh my heart in Christ!
21 Ndanyora kwauri ndichivimba nokuteerera kwako, ndichiziva kuti uchaita kunyange kupfuura zvandakukumbira.
Because I am thoroughly persuaded of your obedience, I have written you, knowing full well that you will do by me what I am asking.
22 Uye chimwe chinhuzve: Ndigadzirirewo pokugara, nokuti ndinotarira kuti ndichapiwa kwamuri pakupindurwa kweminyengetero yenyu.
Please also prepare for me a lodging, for I am hoping by your prayers to be restored to you again.
23 Epafurasi, musungwa pamwe chete neni muna Kristu Jesu, anokukwazisai,
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greeting;
24 uyewo Mako, Aristakusi, Dhemasi, naRuka, vashandi pamwe chete neni.
so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25 Nyasha dzaIshe Jesu Kristu ngadzive nomweya wako.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
