VaRoma 16
1 Ndinoreverera kwamuri hanzvadzi yedu Febhi, muranda wekereke iri paSeniseria.
Herewith I introduce our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant of the Church at Cenchreae,
2 Ndinokukumbirai kuti mumugamuchire muna She sezvinofanira vatsvene uye mumubatsire pazvinhu zvose zvaangashayiwa, nokuti akabatsira zvikuru vanhu vazhinji, kusanganisira neniwo.
that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind friend to many, including myself.
3 Kwazisai Pirisira naAkwira, vanobata neni muna Kristu Jesu.
Greetings to Prisca and Aquila my fellow labourers in the work of Christ Jesus--
4 Vakaisa upenyu hwavo panjodzi nokuda kwangu. Kwete ini ndoga asi kuti nekereke dzose dzavaHedheni dzinovatenda zvikuru.
friends who have endangered their own lives for mine. I am grateful to them, and not I alone, but all the Gentile Churches also.
5 Kwazisaiwo kereke inosangana mumba mavo. Kwazisai Epenetasi mudikani wangu, ndiye akava chibereko changu chokutanga muna Kristu munyika yeEzhia.
Greetings, too, to the Church that meets at their house. Greetings to my dear Epaenetus, who was the earliest convert to Christ in the province of Asia;
6 Kwazisai Maria, akakushandirai kwazvo.
to Mary who has laboured strenuously among you;
7 Kwazisai Adhironikasi naJuniasi, hama dzangu vakanga vari mutorongo pamwe chete neni. Vakakurumbira pakati pavapostori, uye vakanditangirawo kuva muna Kristu.
and to Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen, who once shared my imprisonment. They are of note among the Apostles, and are Christians of longer standing than myself.
8 Kwazisai Amupiratasi, uyo wandinoda muna She.
Greetings to Ampliatus, dear to me in the Lord;
9 Kwazisai Uribhanusi, anobata nesu muna Kristu, uye naSitakisi mudikani wangu.
to Urban, our fellow labourer in Christ, and to my dear Stachys.
10 Kwazisai Aperesi, akaedzwa uye akaonekwa akakwana muna Kristu. Kwazisai vemhuri yokwaAristobhurusi.
Greetings to Apella, that veteran believer; and to the members of the household of Aristobulus.
11 Kwazisai Herodhioni, hama yangu. Kwazisai vari mumhuri yokwaNakisasi vari muna She.
Greetings to my countryman, Herodion; and to the believing members of the household of Narcissus.
12 Kwazisai Tirifena naTirifosa, vakadzi vanobata nesimba muna She. Kwazisai mudikani wangu wepamwoyo Perisisi, mumwe mukadzi anobata nesimba muna She.
Greetings to those Christian workers, Tryphaena and Tryphosa; also to dear Persis, who has laboured strenuously in the Lord's work.
13 Kwazisai Rufusi, akasanangurwa muna She uye namai vake, vakanga vari mai vanguwo.
Greetings to Rufus, who is one of the Lord's chosen people; and to his mother, who has also been a mother to me.
14 Kwazisai Asingiritasi, naFeregoni, naHerimesi, naPatirobhasi, naHerimasi, uye nehama dzavanadzo.
Greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and to the brethren associated with them;
15 Kwazisai Firorogasi naJuria, naNerea nehanzvadzi yake naOrimbasi uye navatsvene vose vavanavo.
to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister and Olympas, and to all God's people associated with them.
16 Kwazisanai nokutsvodana kutsvene. Kereke dzose dzaKristu dzinokukwazisai.
Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the Churches of Christ send greetings to you.
17 Ndinokukumbirai zvikuru, hama dzangu, kuti muchenjerere vaya vanopesanisa uye vanoisa zvigumbuso pamberi penyu vanopikisana nedzidziso yamakadzidza imi. Muve kure navo.
But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.
18 Nokuti vanhu vakadaro havasi kushumira Ishe wedu Kristu, asi dumbu ravo. Nokutaura kwakanaka uye nokubata kumeso, vanonyengera vanhu vane pfungwa dzisina uchenjeri.
For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple.
19 Vanhu vakanzwa zvokuteerera kwenyu, naizvozvo ndine mufaro mukuru pamusoro penyu; asi ndinoda kuti muve vakachenjera pane zvakanaka, uye muve vasina chavanopomerwa pane zvakaipa.
Your fidelity to the truth is everywhere known. I rejoice over you, therefore, but I wish you to be wise as to what is good, and simple-minded as to what is evil.
20 Mwari worugare achakurumidza kupwanya Satani pasi petsoka dzenyu. Nyasha dzaIshe wedu Jesu ngadzive nemi.
And before long, God the giver of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
21 Timoti, anobata neni, anokukwazisai, sezvinoita Rusiasi naJasoni naSosipata, hama dzangu.
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, and so do my countrymen Lucius, Jason and Sosipater.
22 Ini Teritiasi, ndanyora tsamba iyi ndinokukwazisai muna She.
I, Tertius, who write this letter, send you Christian greetings.
23 Gayasi, uyo akandigamuchira ini nekereke yose iri kuno, anokukwazisai. Erastasi mubati wehomwe yemari yeguta nehama yedu Kwatosi vanokukwazisai.
Gaius, my host, who is also the host of the whole Church, greets you. So do Erastus, the treasurer of the city, and Quartus our brother.
24 Nyasha dzaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu ngadzive nemi mose. Ameni.
25 Zvino kuna iye anogona kukusimbisai nevhangeri rangu, uye nokuparidzwa kwaJesu Kristu, maererano nokuzarurwa kwechakanga chakavanzika kwamakore namakore akapfuura, (aiōnios g166)
To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered, (aiōnios g166)
26 asi zvino chakaratidzwa uye chikaziviswa kubudikidza nezvinyorwa zvavaprofita nokurayira kwaMwari anogara nokusingaperi, kuti ndudzi dzose dzigomuteerera uye dzimutende, (aiōnios g166)
but has now been brought fully to light, and by the command of the God of the Ages has been made known by the writings of the Prophets among all the Gentiles to win them to obedience to the faith-- (aiōnios g166)
