VaKorose 1:1-29
1 Pauro, muapostora waKristu Jesu nokuda kwaMwari,+ naTimoti+ hama yedu,
2 kuvatsvene nehama dzakatendeka dziri pamwe+ naKristu dziri kuKorose:
Mutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa norugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba vedu ngazvive nemi.+
3 Tinogara tichionga+ Mwari Baba vaShe wedu Jesu Kristu patinokunyengetererai,+
4 zvatakanzwa nezvokutenda kwenyu pamusoro paKristu Jesu uye kuda kwamunoita vatsvene vose+
5 nokuda kwetariro+ yamakachengeterwa kumatenga.+ Tariro iyi makainzwa kare nokutaurwa kwechokwadi chemashoko iwayo akanaka+
6 ayo akauya kwamuri, sezvaari kubereka zvibereko+ achiwedzera+ munyika+ yose sezvaari kuitawo pakati penyu, kubvira pazuva ramakanzwa nokuziva zvakarurama mutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa+ waMwari muchokwadi.+
7 Ndizvo zvamakadzidza kuna Epafrasi,+ muranda pamwe chete nesu anodiwa, uyo ari mushumiri akatendeka waKristu nokuda kwedu,
8 akatizivisawo rudo rwenyu+ rwamuinarwo mumudzimu.
9 Ndokusaka isuwo, kubvira pazuva ratakanzwa nezvazvo, tisina kurega kukunyengetererai+ nokukumbira kuti muzadzwe nezivo yakarurama+ pamusoro pokuda kwake nokuchenjera kwose+ nokunzwisisa kwomudzimu,+
10 kuti mufambe zvakakodzera+ Jehovha,+ mumufadze kwazvo zvamunoramba muchibereka zvibereko mumabasa ose akanaka,+ muwedzere pazivo yakarurama+ pamusoro paMwari,
11 muchisimbiswa nesimba rose kusvika panosvika simba rake rinokudzwa+ kuti mutsungirire+ zvizere nokuva vane mwoyo murefu nomufaro,
12 muchionga Baba vakaita kuti muve vakakodzera kugoverana nhaka+ yevatsvene+ vakavhenekerwa nechiedza.+
13 Iye akatinunura pasimba+ rerima, akatipinza+ muumambo+ hwoMwanakomana wake waanoda,+
14 anoshandiswa kutisunungura norudzikinuro, iko kukanganwirwa kwezvivi zvedu.+
15 Iye ndiye mufananidzo+ waMwari asingaoneki,+ dangwe+ rezvisikwa zvose;
16 nokuti pachishandiswa iye+ zvimwe zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa zviri kumatenga nezviri panyika, zvinhu zvinooneka nezvinhu zvisingaoneki, pasinei nokuti zvingava zviri zvigaro zvoumambo here kana ushe kana hurumende kana vanhu vane masimba.+ Zvimwe zvinhu zvose zvakasikwa pachishandiswa iye+ uye nokuda kwake.
17 Uyewo, akatangira zvimwe zvinhu zvose+ uye zvimwe zvinhu zvose zvakaitwa kuti zvivepo pachishandiswa iye,+
18 uye iye ndiye musoro womuviri, iyo ungano.+ Ndiye wokutanga, dangwe kubva kuvakafa,+ kuti ave wokutanga+ muzvinhu zvose;
19 nokuti Mwari akaona zvakanaka kuti kuzara+ kwose kugare maari,
20 uye achishandisa iye kuti ayananisezve+ kwaari zvimwe zvinhu zvose+ nokuita rugare+ neropa+ raakateura padanda rokutambudzikira,+ pasinei nokuti zvingava zvinhu zviri panyika here kana kuti zvinhu zviri kumatenga.
21 Chokwadi, imi maimbova makaparadzaniswa+ uye muri vavengi vaMwari nokuti pfungwa dzenyu dzakanga dziri pamabasa akanga akaipa,+
22 zvino iye akayananisazve+ achishandisa muviri wenyama waiyeye norufu rwake,+ kuti akuunzei kwaari muri vatsvene, musina gwapa+ uye musina chamunopomerwa,+
23 chero bedzi imi muchiramba muri pakutenda,+ makatsiga panheyo+ uye makasimba+ musingabviswi patariro yemashoko akanaka iwayo amakanzwa,+ uye akaparidzirwa+ zvisikwa zvose+ zviri pasi pedenga. Ini Pauro ndakava mushumiri wemashoko akanaka iwaya.+
24 Ndiri kufara zvino pakutambura kwangu kuzhinji nokuda kwenyu,+ uye iniwo, ndiri kuzadzisa panyama yangu zvakasara pakutambudzika+ kwaKristu nokuda kwomuviri wake, iyo ungano.+
25 Ndakava mushumiri+ weungano iyi maererano noutariri+ hunobva kuna Mwari hwandakapiwa nokuda kwenyu kuti ndiparidze shoko raMwari zvizere,
26 chakavanzika chitsvene+ chakanga chakavanzika kubvira mumamiriro ezvinhu epanguva yekare+ nomuzvizvarwa zvakapfuura. Asi zvino chakaiswa pachena+ kuvatsvene vake,
27 kune vaya avo Mwari akafarira kuzivisa kuti pfuma inokudzwa+ yechakavanzika chitsvene+ pakati pemamwe marudzi chii. Chakavanzika chitsvene chacho ndiKristu+ ari pamwe nemi, iyo tariro yokukudzwa pamwe chete naye.+
28 Iye ndiye watiri kuzivisa,+ tichirayira munhu wose nokudzidzisa munhu wose nokuchenjera kwose,+ kuti tiunze munhu wose akakwana+ ari pamwe naKristu.
29 Chokwadi ndiri kushanda nesimba nokuda kwaizvozvi, ndichizvishandisa nesimba+ maererano nokushanda+ kwaanoita uye uko kuri kushanda mandiri nesimba.+
