Kumutsirwa muUpenyu hwaBaba vedu
Sezvo vakamutswa pamwe naKristu, upenyu hwavo chaihwo hwakavigwa pamwe naye muna Baba vedu. Saka vanobvisa hasha, nhema nemakaro vopfeka tsitsi, moyo murefu nekuregerera sevasarudzwa nevadikanwa vaBaba vedu. Dzimba nebasa zvinogadziriswazve nerudo irworwo.
3 1Zvino, sezvo makamutswa pamwe chete naKristu, tsvakai zvinhu zviri kumusoro, uko Kristu kwaakagara kuruoko rworudyi rwaBaba vedu. 2Isai pfungwa dzenyu pazvinhu zviri kumusoro, kwete pazvinhu zvapanyika. 3Nokuti makafa, uye upenyu hwenyu hwakavanzwa pamwe chete naKristu muna Baba vedu. 4Kana Kristu, iye upenyu hwenyu, achionekwa, ipapo nemiwo muchaonekwa pamwe naye mukubwinya.
5Saka urayai zviri zvapanyika mamuri: upombwe, tsvina, ruchiva, kushuva kwakaipa, nokukara—kunova kunamata zvifananidzo. 6Nokuda kwezvinhu izvi kutsamwa kwaBaba vedu kuri kuuya pavaya vasingavateereri. 7Nemiwo kare maigara saizvozvi—ndihwo hwaiva upenyu hwenyu. 8Asi zvino bvisai zvose izvi: kutsamwa, hasha, ruvengo, kureva, nokutaura kwakaipa kunobva mumuromo menyu. 9Musareverana nhema, sezvo makabvisa munhu wekare pamwe nezviito zvake, 10mukapfeka munhu mutsva, anovandudzwa muruzivo achifanana nomufananidzo weMusiki wake. 11Hapana muGiriki kana muJudha, akadzingiswa kana asina kudzingiswa, mutorwa, muSukiti, muranda kana akasununguka—asi Kristu ndiye zvose, muna vose.
12Saka, savasanangurwa vaBaba vedu, vatsvene uye vanodiwa kwazvo, pfekai tsitsi dzomwoyo, mwoyochena, kuzvininipisa, unyoro, nomwoyo murefu. 13Shiviriranai, muchikanganwirana chichemo chipi zvacho chamunacho pamusoro peumwe neumwe. Kanganwirai sokukanganwira kwakaita Ishe kwamuri. 14Uye pamusoro pezvose izvi pfekai rudo, runozvisunga zvose pamwe chete mukubatana kwakakwana. 15Rugare rwaKristu ngarutonge mwoyo yenyu—makadanirwa kwaruri muri muviri mumwe. Ivai nokuonga. 16Shoko raKristu ngarigare zvakakwana mamuri, muchidzidzisana nokurairana nouchenjeri hwose, muchiimba mapisarema, nziyo dzokurumbidza, nenziyo dzinobva kuMweya, mune kuonga mumwoyo yenyu kuna Baba vedu. 17Chimwe nechimwe chamunoita, mushoko kana muchiito, zviitei zvose muzita raIshe Jesu, muchionga Baba vedu kubudikidza naye.
Mhuri Dzinoumbwa noRudo
18Vakadzi, zviisei pasi pavarume venyu, sezvazvakafanira muna Ishe.
19Varume, idai vakadzi venyu uye musava noutsinye kwavari.
20Vana, teererai vabereki venyu pazvinhu zvose, nokuti izvi zvinofadza Ishe.
21Madzibaba, musatsamwisa vana venyu, kuti varege kuora mwoyo.
22Varanda, teererai vatenzi venyu vapanyika pazvinhu zvose—kwete pamunongotariswa chete, kuti muwane nyasha, asi nomwoyo wakatendeka, muchitya Ishe. 23Chimwe nechimwe chamunoita, zviitei nomwoyo wose, sokunge muchiitira Ishe, kwete vanhu, 24sezvo muchiziva kuti muchagamuchira nhaka somubayiro unobva kuna Ishe; munoshumira Ishe Kristu. 25Ani naani anoita zvakaipa achatsiviwa pane zvakaipa zvake, uye hapana kusarura.