ƲaEfeso 1:1-23

Pauro, muapostora waKristu Jesu, nokuɗa kwaMŋari, kuʋatȿene ʋari [paEfeso], nokunaʋanotenda munaKristu Jesu: Nyasha ŋgadziʋe nemi, norugare runobva kunaMŋari, Ƃaɓa ʋeɗu, naShe Jesu Kristu. Ŋgaaʋoŋgwe Mŋari naƂaɓa ʋaShe weɗu Jesu Kristu, wakatiropafadza nokuropafadza kwose kwoMŋeya, kuɗeŋga munaKristu, seɀaakatisanaŋgura maari nyika isati yaʋambga, kuti tiʋe ʋatȿene ʋasinemhoȿa pamberi pake muruɗo; akatitemera kare, kuti naJesu Kristu tiitwe ʋanakomana ʋake, seɀaakafadzwa pakuɗa kwake, kuti kunaka kukuru kwenyasha dzake dzaakaŋgotipa hake muMuɗikanwa wake, kurumbidzwe; uyo watinedzikinuro maari neropa rake, iko kukaŋganwirwa kwokuɗarika kweɗu, nokuwanda kwenyasha dzake; dzaakawanza kwatiri nokucenjera kwose nokuziʋa; akatiziʋisa ɀakaʋanzika ɀokuɗa kwake, seɀaakafadzwa pakufuŋga kwake maari; kuti afambise kuzara kweŋguʋa, aʋuŋganidze munaKristu ɀose ɀiri kuɗeŋga, neɀiri pasi; munaiye, watakaitwa ʋo nhaka maari, yatakatemerwa kare nokuraira kwaiye, unoita ɀose nokufuŋga kwokuɗa kwake; kuti tirumbidze kubginya kwake, isu takatarira kare kunaKristu; munaiye, nemi ʋo, makanzwa shoko reɀokwaɗi maari, iyo Evaŋgeri yokuponeswa kwenyu; munaiye, wamakatenda kwaari, mukaisirwa cisimbiso noMŋeya Mutȿene wamakapikirwa; uri ruɓatso rwenhaka yeɗu, kuratidza kudzikinurwa kwaʋanhu ʋaMŋari caiʋo, kuti kubginya kwake kurumbidzwe. Saka neni ʋo, ndakati ndanzwa kutenda munaShe Jesu kuri pakati penyu, noruɗo kuʋatȿene ʋose, handiregi kuʋoŋga pamsoro penyu, ndicikuraŋgarirai paminyeŋgetero yaŋgu; kuti Mŋari waShe weɗu Jesu Kristu, Ƃaɓa ʋokubginya kukuru, akupei mŋeya wokucenjera nowokuzarurirwa pakumuziʋa; mavenekerwa meso omŋoyo wenyu, kuti muziʋe kuti kuɗana kwake kunetariro yei, nefuma yokubginya kwenhaka yake pakati paʋatȿene, noʋukuru bgakapfuʋurisa bgesimba rake kwatiri isu tinotenda, nokuɓata kwesimba rake guru, raakaɓata munaKristu, acimumutsa kuʋakafa, nokumugarisa kurudyi rwake kuɗeŋga, kumsoro‐soro kwaʋaɓati ʋose, noʋukuru, nesimba, noʋushe, namazita ose anorebga, pasati pari panyika ino ɓedzi, asi paneinozoʋuya ʋo; akaisa ɀose pasi petsoka dzake, akapa kereke iye, kuti aʋe musoro waɀose, ndiwo muʋiri wake, kuzara kwaiye unozadzisa ɀose munaʋose.