Nyasha kuVatsvene vari muEfeso
Tsamba inokwira-kwira pamusoro pechirongwa chisingaperi chaBaba vedu chokubatanidza zvinhu zvose muna Kristu, uye pamusoro pekereke seimba yavo nomuviri wavo.
1 1Pauro, mupostori waKristu Jesu nokuda kwaBaba vedu, kuvatsvene vari muEfeso, uye vakatendeka muna Kristu Jesu: a a v1 Zvinyorwa zvekare kwazvo hazvina mashoko okuti “muEfeso.” 2Nyasha ngadzive nemi norugare zvinobva kuna Baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.
Chikomborero Chose muMudiwa
3Ngavakudzwe Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, vakatikomborera muna Kristu nezvikomborero zvose zvomweya zviri kumatenga. b b v3 Chikomborero chaPauro chinovhura kurumbidza kwakareba kunosvika kundima yegumi nemana — Baba vedu vanotikomborera muMwanakomana, uye Mweya Mutsvene anotiisa chisimbiso. Chimiro chose choruponeso imhuri. 4Sezvavakatisarudza maari nyika isati yavambwa, kuti tive vatsvene uye vasina chavangapomerwa pamberi paBaba vedu murudo. 5Vakatitemera kare kuti tive vanakomana vavo kubudikidza naJesu Kristu, maererano nomufaro wakanaka wokuda kwavo. c c v5 Chinangwa chaBaba vedu chisingaperi hachisi chokungoponeswa chete — ndechokudzoserwa kuuvanakomana. Vakatanga nyika isati yavapo kuti vatiuyise kumba savana vavo kubudikidza naJesu. 6Kuti nyasha dzavo dzinobwinya dzirumbidzwe, dzatakapiwa pachena muMudiwa—Jesu. 7Maari, kubudikidza neropa rake, tine dzikinuro—ruregerero rwezvivi zvedu—nepfuma yenyasha dzaBaba vedu, 8idzo dzavakatidururira zvakawanda, nouchenjeri hwose nokunzwisisa. 9Vakatizarurira chakavanzika chokuda kwavo, mufaro wavo wakanaka wavakaronga muna Kristu, 10urongwa hwokuzara kwenguva: kubatanidza zvinhu zvose muna Kristu—zvinhu zviri kudenga nezviri panyika—maari. 11Maari isuwo takaitwa vagari venhaka, takatemerwa kare nechinangwa chaBaba vedu, ivo vanoita zvinhu zvose maererano nezano rokuda kwavo, 12kuti isu takatanga kuva netariro muna Kristu tirumbidze kubwinya kwavo. 13Maari imiwo, pamakanzwa shoko rechokwadi—vhangeri roruponeso rwenyu—mukatenda maari, makaiswa chisimbiso noMweya Mutsvene wakapikirwa, 14iwo unova rubatso rwenhaka yedu kusvikira tayiwana, kuti kubwinya kwavo kurumbidzwe.
Kunyengetera kuti Meso Aone
15Naizvozvo ini, ndanzwa nezvokutenda kwenyu muna Ishe Jesu norudo rwenyu kuvatsvene vose, 16handimbomiri kuvonga nokuda kwenyu, ndichikurangarirai muminyengetero yangu, 17kuti Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, Baba vokubwinya, vakupei Mweya wouchenjeri nowezaruriro, kuti muzive Baba vedu zvizere, 18meso emwoyo yenyu avhenekerwa, kuti muzive tariro yokudana kwavo, nepfuma yenhaka yavo inobwinya iri muvanhu vaBaba vedu, 19noukuru hukuru hwesimba ravo kwatiri isu tinotenda, hunoenzana nokushanda kwesimba ravo guru, 20ravakashandisa muna Kristu, pavakamutsa Jesu kuvakafa vakamugarisa kuruoko rwavo rworudyi kunzvimbo dzokudenga. 21kumusoro-soro kwoutongi hwose nesimba nemasimba noushe, nezita rimwe nerimwe rinodomwa, kwete munyika ino chete asiwo mune inouya. 22Uye Baba vedu vakaisa zvinhu zvose pasi petsoka dzaKristu vakamupa kuti ave musoro pamusoro pezvinhu zvose kukereke, 23inova muviri wake, kuzara kwaiye anozadza zvose muna zvose.