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4:1 Naizvozvo ini musungwa waIshe, ndinokukumbirisai kuti mufambe zvakafanira
zvekudanwa kwamakadanwa nako.
4:2 nekuzvininipisa kose nevunyoro, nemoyo murefu, nemoyo murefu
mumwe murudo;
4:3 muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hweMweya muchisungo cherugare.
4:4 Kune muviri mumwe, noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadamwawo mutariro imwe
kudanwa kwako;
4:5 Ishe mumwe, kutenda kumwe, rubhabhatidzo rumwe,
4:6 Mwari mumwe chete uye Baba vavose, ari pamusoro pavose, uye kubudikidza navose, uye mamuri
zvose.
4:7 Asi kune umwe neumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha zvichienderana nechiyero chechiyero
chipo chaKristu.
4:8 Naizvozvo unoti: Paakakwira kumusoro, wakatapa utapwa
muutapwa, akapa zvipo kuvanhu.
4:9 (Zvino zvaakakwira, chii kunze kwekuti wakaburukawo pakutanga?
nzvimbo dzakaderera dzepasi?
4:10 Uyo wakaburuka ndiyewo uyo akakwira kumusoro-soro kune vose
denga, kuti azadzise zvinhu zvose.)
4:11 Zvino wakapa vamwe kuti vave vaapositori; vamwe vaporofita; vamwe vaevhangeri;
vamwe vafudzi navadzidzisi;
4:12 kuitira kukwaniswa kwevatsvene pabasa rekushumira, nekuvanamata
kuvakwa kwemuviri waKristu:
4:13 Kusvikira isu tose tasvika pakubatana kwerutendo neruzivo rweMweya
Mwanakomana waMwari, kumunhu akakwana, napachiyero choukuru hwomunhu
kuzara kwaKristu:
4:14 kuti kubva zvino tirege kuzova vachechezve, tichidzungaidzwa kuno nekoko, nokutakurwa
nemhepo ipi neipi yedzidziso, nekunyengera kwevanhu nenjere
nokunyengera kwavanovandira kuti vatsause;
4:15 Asi tichitaura chokwadi murudo, tikure maari pazvinhu zvese,
unova musoro, Kristu;
4:16 kubva kwaari muviri wose wakanyatsobatanidzwa pamwe chete uye wakabatanidzwa neiyo
iro mufundo rimwe nerimwe rinowaniswa naro, maererano nokushanda nesimba
chiyero chenhengo imwe neimwe chinokurisa muviri pakuvaka
pacharo murudo.
4:17 Naizvozvo ndinoreva izvi, uye ndinopupura muna Ishe, kuti mufambe
kwete savamwe vahedheni vanofamba muupenzi hwendangariro dzavo;
4:18 vane njere dzakasvibiswa, vari vatorwa kubva kuupenyu hwaMwari
nokusaziva kuri mukati mavo, nokuda kwoupofu hwavo
mwoyo:
4:19 ivo vakazvipa muutere, zvavakanga vapererwa namazano.
kuti vabate tsvina yose neruchiva.
20 Asi imwi hamuna kudzidza Kristu saizvozvo;
4:21 kana zvakadaro imwi makamunzwa, uye makadzidziswa naye, saiye
chokwadi chiri muna Jesu.
4:22 kuti mubvise maererano nemufambiro wekutanga, munhu wekare, unova iye
kuodzwa nokuchiva kunonyengera;
4:23 uye muvandudzwe mumweya wepfungwa dzenyu;
4:24 kuti mufuke munhu mutsva, wakasikwa akafanana naMwari maari
kururama noutsvene hwechokwadi.
4:25 Naizvozvo muchirasa nhema, mutaure chokwadi umwe neumwe neumwe wake;
nokuti tiri mitezo, mumwe womumwe.
4:26 Tsamwai, musingatadzi; zuva ngarirege kuvira pamusoro pekutsamwa kwenyu;
4:27 uye musapa dhiabhorosi nzvimbo.
Wakaba ngaarege kubazve; asi zviri nani kuti atambudzike, ashande
nemaoko ake chinhu chakanaka, kuti ave nechaangamupa
izvo zvinoda.
4:29 Shoko rakaora ngarirege kubuda mumuromo menyu, asi iro
rakanaka pakuvaka, kuti ripe nyasha kune avo
vanzwi.
30 Uye regai kushungurudza Mweya Mutsvene waMwari, wamakasimbiswa maari maari
zuva rokudzikinura.
4:31 Shungu dzose, nehasha, nekutsamwa, nekupopota, nezvakaipa ngazvidzore
kutaura ngazvibviswe kwamuri neuipi hwose.
4:32 Uye muitirane moyo munyoro, munzwirane tsitsi, muchikanganwirana;
Mwari sezvaakakukangamwiraiwo nokuda kwaKristu.