ƲaKorose 4 - Shona Bible 1949 revised 2002

¹ Madzishe, itirai varanda venyu zvakarurama, zvakaringana; muzive kuti nemiwo muna Ishe kudenga.

Nyengeterai, muchenjere pamufambiro wenyu namashoko enyu

² Tsungirirai pakunyengetera, murinde pakuri nokuvonga;

³ mutinyengeterere nesuo kamwe, kuti Mwari atizarurire musuo weshoko, titaure chakavanzika chaKristu, chandakasungirwa icho;

⁴ kuti ndichiratidze, sezvandinofanira kutaura.

⁵ Fambai nokuchenjera kuna vari kunze, muchingwarira nguva yenyu.

⁶ Kutaura kwenyu ngakuve nenyasha nguva dzose, kwakarungwa nomunyu, kuti muzive kupindura mumwe nomumwe sezvamunofanira kuita.

Anotuma Tikiko naOnesimo

⁷ Muchaziviswa zvangu zvose naTikiko, hama inodikanwa, mushumiri akatendeka, nomuranda pamwechete neni muna Ishe.

⁸ Ndakamutuma iye kwamuri nemhaka iyi, kuti muzive zvedu, anyaradze mwoyo yenyu;

⁹ pamwechete naOnesimo, hama yakatendeka, inodikanwa, mumwe wokwenyu. Ivo vachakuzivisai zvose zvapano.

Kuonekana

¹⁰ Arisitakusi, musungwa pamwechete neni, anokukwazisai, naMako, hama yaBhanabhasi, mumugamuchire;

¹¹ naJesu, anonzi Jusuto, vari vokudzingiswa; ndivava bedzi vanobata neni paushe hwaMwari, ivo vakandinyaradza.

¹² Epafirasi; mumwe wokwenyu, muranda waKristu Jesu, anokukwazisai, achirwa nguva dzose pakunyengetera nokuda kwenyu, kuti mumire makakwana, muchiziva kwazvo kuda kwose kwaMwari.

¹³ Nokuti ndinomupupurira, kuti anotambudzika zvikuru nokuda kwenyu, naveRaodhikia, naveHerapori.

¹⁴ Ruka, n'anga inodikanwa, naDhemasi, vanokukwazisai.

¹⁵ Ndikwazisirei hama dziri Raodhikia, naNimifa, nesangano riri mumba mavo.

¹⁶ Kana tsamba iyi yarawa pakati penyu, ngairawewo musangano ravaRaodhikia; imiwo murave tsamba inobva Raodhikia.

¹⁷ Udzai Arikipo muti, “Tarira basa rawakapiwa naIshe, kuti uripedzise kwazvo.”

¹⁸ Ndiko kukwazisa kwangu, ini Pauro, noruoko rwangu. Rangarirai kusungwa kwangu. Nyasha ngadzive nemi.