VaKorose 1

1 Pauro muapositori waJesu Kristu nechido chaMwari, naTimotio hama,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,

2 kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka muna Kristu dziri paKorose: Nyasha kwamuri nerugare rwunobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.

3 Tinovonga Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, tichikunyengetererai nguva dzese,

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4 sezvo takanzwa zverutendo rwenyu muna Kristu Jesu, uye zverudo kuvatsvene vese,

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

5 nekuda kwetariro yakaisirwa imwi kumatenga, yamakagara manzwa pashoko rechokwadi cheevhangeri,

on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 yasvika kwamuri sepanyika yesewo; ichibereka chibereko, sezvainoitawo kwamuri, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nekuziva nyasha dzaMwari muchokwadi;

which is come to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 sezvamakadzidzawo kuna Epafrasi, muranda anodikanwa pamwe nesu, anova mushumiri wakatendeka waKristu nekuda kwenyu,

even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;

8 wakatiudzawo zverudo rwenyu muMweya.

who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.

9 Nekuda kweizvi isuwo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa, hatimiri kukunyengetererai, nekukumbira kuti muzadzwe neruzivo rwechido chake pauchenjeri hwese nekunzwisisa kwemweya,

On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 kuti mufambe zvinofanira Ishe pane zvese zvinofadza, muchibereka zvibereko pabasa rese rakanaka, muchikura paruzivo rwaMwari;

that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 muchisimbiswa nesimba rese, zvichienderana nesimba rekubwinya kwake, pamoyo murefu wese nekutsungirira pamwe nemufaro;

endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

12 muchivonga kuna Baba, vakatiita kuti tifanire kugoverana kwenhaka yevatsvene muchiedza,

giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;

13 vakatinunura pasimba rerima, vakatishandurira muushe hweMwanakomana werudo rwavo,

who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;

14 watine dzikunuro maari neropa rake, ndiko kukanganwirwa kwezvivi.

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; —

15 Anova mufananidzo waMwari asingaonekwi, dangwe rechisikwa chega-chega.

who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation;

16 Nokuti maari zvinhu zvese zvakasikwa, zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika, zvinoonekwa nezvisingaonekwi, kana zviri zvigaro zveushe, kana umambo, kana ukuru, kana masimba; zvinhu zvese zvakasikwa naye, zvikasikirwa iye.

for in him were created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for him;

17 Ndiyewo anotangira zvinhu zvese, uye zvinhu zvese zvakabatanidzwa maari.

and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.

18 Uye iye musoro wemuviri, wekereke; anova kutanga, dangwe kubva kune vakafa; kuti pazvese iye ave wekutanga;

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he may be in all things pre-eminent;

19 nokuti zvakafadza Baba, kuti kuzara kwese kugare maari,

for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,

20 uye ayananisa naye zvinhu zvese kwaari, aita rugare neropa remuchinjikwa wake kubudikidza naiye, kunyange zviri panyika kunyange zviri kumatenga.

having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.

21 Nemwi maimbova vaeni nevavengi mufungwa nemabasa akaipa, asi ikozvinowo wayanana nemwi

And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22 mumuviri wenyama yake kubudikidza nerufu, akukumikidzei muri vatsvene uye musina mhosva uye musingamhuriki pamberi pake;

in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;

23 zvino kana muchirambira parutendo makateyiwa uye makasimbiswa, uye hamubviswi patariro yeevhangeri yamakanzwa, yakaparidzirwa chisikwa chega-chega chiri pasi pedenga; iyo yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo ini Pauro.

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

24 Zvino ikozvino ndinofara pamatambudziko angu nekuda kwenyu, nekuzadzisa zvakasara pamatambudziko aKristu munyama yangu nekuda kwemuviri wake, unova kereke;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

25 ini yandakaitwa mushumiri wayo zvichienderana nekubatiswa kwaMwari chandakapiwa pamusoro penyu, kuzadzisa shoko raMwari,

of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,

26 chakavanzika chakange chakavanzwa kubvira kare uye kubva kumazera, asi ikozvino chinoratidzwa kuvatsvene vake, (aiōn g165)

the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)

27 kune ivo Mwari vaakada kuzivisa kuti fuma yekubwinya kwechakavanzika ichi pakati pevahedheni chii, chinova Kristu mamuri, tariro yekubwinya;

to whom it was the will of God to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

28 watinoparidza isu, tichiyambira munhu umwe neumwe, nekudzidzisa munhu umwe neumwe munjere dzese, kuti tikumikidze munhu umwe neumwe akakwana muna Kristu Jesu;

whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

29 ndizvo zvandinoshingairirawo, ndichirwa zvinoenderana nekubata kwake kunobata mandiri nesimba.

to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.