Colossians 3
1 If then ye have risen with the Messiah, seek the things on high, where the Messiah sitteth on the right hand of God.
Naizvozvo kana makamutswa pamwe naKristu, tsvakai zvekumusoro, uko kuna Kristu agere kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari.
2 Think of things on high; not of the things on earth:
Rangarirai zviri kumusoro, kwete zviri panyika.
3 for ye are dead; and your life is hidden with the Messiah, in God.
Nokuti makafa, uye upenyu hwenyu hwakavigwa pamwe naKristu muna Mwari.
4 And when the Messiah, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.
Kana Kristu upenyu hwedu achionekwa, ipapo imwiwo muchaonekwa pamwe naye mukubwinya.
5 Mortify therefore your members that are on the earth; whoredom, impurity, and the passions, and evil concupiscence, and avarice which is idolatry.
Naizvozvo urayai mitezo yenyu iri panyika, upombwe, tsvina, kushumba kwakaipa, kuda zvakaipa, uye kuchiva, kunova kunamata zvifananidzo.
6 For on account of these things, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.
Nekuda kwezvinhu izvi, hasha dzaMwari dzinouya pavana vekusateerera;
7 And in these things ye also formerly walked, when ye lived in them.
imwiwo maimbofamba mazviri, pamairarama mazviri.
8 But now, put away from you all these, wrath, anger, malice, reviling, filthy talking:
Asi ikozvino imwiwo bvisai zvese izvi, kutsamwa, hasha, uipi, kunyomba, nekutaura zvinonyadzisa kubva mumuromo wenyu;
9 and lie not one to another; but put off the old man, with all his practices;
regai kureverana nhema, zvamakabvisa munhu wekare nemabasa ake,
10 and put ye on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge, after the likeness of his Creator;
mukapfeka mutsva, anovandudzwa paruzivo semufananidzo wewakamusika;
11 where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, neither Greek nor barbarian, neither bond nor free; but the Messiah is all, and in all.
apo pasina muGiriki uye muJudha, kudzingiswa uye kusadzingiswa, mutorwa, muSikitia, musungwa, wakasununguka; asi Kristu ndiye zvese, uye ari mune zvese.
12 Therefore, holy and beloved, as the elect of God, put ye on compassions, and tenderness, and suavity, and humbleness of mind, and gentleness, and long suffering.
Naizvozvo pfekai sevasanangurwa vaMwari, vatsvene nevanodikanwa, moyo yetsitsi, moyo munyoro, kuzvininipisa, unyoro, nemoyo murefu;
13 And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.
muchiitirana moyo murefu, nekukanganwirana kana umwe ane mhosva neumwe; Kristu sezvaakakukanganwiraiwo, saizvozvowo imwi;
14 And with all these, join love, which is the girdle of perfection.
zvino pamusoro pezvinhu zvese izvi pfekai rudo, ndicho chisungo chekupedzeredza.
15 And let the peace of the Messiah direct your hearts; for to that ye have been called, in one body; and be ye thankful to the Messiah.
Nerugare rwaMwari ngarwutonge mumoyo yenyu, ndirwo rwamakadanirwawo mumuviri mumwe; uye ivai vanovonga.
16 And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.
Shoko raKristu ngarigare mamuri neufumi muuchenjeri hwese; muchidzidzisana nekurairana mumapisarema, nenziyo, nenziyo dzemweya, muimbire Ishe nenyasha mumoyo wenyu;
17 And whatever ye do in word or act, do it in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and give thanksgiving through him to God the Father.
uye zvese chero chipi chamunoita pashoko kana pachiito, itai zvese muzita raIshe Jesu, muchivonga Mwari naBaba kubudikidza naye.
18 Wives, be ye subject to your husbands, as is right in the Messiah.
Vakadzi zviisei pasi pevarume venyu pachenyu, sezvo zvakafanira muna Ishe.
19 Husbands, love ye your wives, and be not bitter towards them.
Varume, idai vakadzi venyu, uye regai kuvavavira.
20 Children, obey your parents in every thing; for this is pleasing before our Lord.
Vana, teererai vabereki pazvinhu zvese, nokuti izvi zvinofadza Ishe.
21 Parents, anger not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Madzibaba, musatsamwisa vana venyu, kuti varege kuora moyo.
22 Servants, obey in all things your bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord.
Varanda, teererai pazvinhu zvese vari vatenzi venyu panyama; kwete nekushandira maziso sevafadzi vevanhu, asi nemoyo wakarurama, muchitya Mwari;
23 And whatever ye do, do it with your whole soul, as unto our Lord, and not as to men:
uye zvese kunyange chipi chamunoita, itai nemoyo, sekuna Ishe, uye kwete kuvanhu;
24 and know ye, that from our Lord ye will receive a recompense as the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord the Messiah.
muchiziva kuti kuna Ishe muchagamuchira mubairo wenhaka; nokuti munoshandira Ishe Kristu.
25 But the delinquent will receive a recompense, according to the delinquency; and there is no respect of persons.
Asi anoita zvisakarurama achagamuchira zvisakarurama zvaakaita; uye hakuna kusarurwa kwavanhu.
