¹ Paulo, intumwa ya Yesu Kristo kubyo ubusheka by'Imana, na mwene data Timoteyo. ² Kubera nabene date bizerwa muri Kristo bari Ikolosayi ubuntu na mahoro, bihabye n'Imana data wa twese. ³ Turi gushima Imana se w'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo kandi ntaho turuha kubasabira. ⁴ Tumaze kunva ukwizera kwanyu muri Kristo hamwe nurukundo mugirira abera bose. ⁵ Kubyo ibyiringiro mwateganirijwe mwijuru nuko yaba ryukuri, ico ijambo ryu ubutumwa gya bamenyesheje mbere. ⁶ Riri hagati yanyu no umwisi nzima, rifite amatunda, kandi rira kura, kuko bimeze hagati yanyu, kuva umunsi mwabyonvise kandi mukamenya ubundu bw'Imana bujana n'ukuri. ⁷ Kuko imigisha mwahawe na Epafura, umukozi mugenzi wacu dukunda. ⁸ Akaba umugabura w'ibyimana wa Kristo. Kandi yatumenyesheje urukundo umwuka wabashijemo kandi ubakoresha. ⁹ Nizo mpanvu natwe, kuba mu musi twabimenyeye, ntaho tubura kubasengera kumana, turigusabako mwuzura kumenya ubushake by'Imana, turigusaba ko buruzwa kumenya ubushake by'Imana, n'ubwenge byose no ubumenyi byo mumuka. ¹⁰ Kugira ngo mugendere kuburyo mutunganiye Umwami wacu kandi mumushimishe muri byose, mwere na matunda mu mirimo yose mwiza, kandi mukurire mukumenyi Mana. ¹¹ Mukomezwe ningufu zose ze kuko ubushobozi byi chubahiro bye bungana, ugira ngo muhoro iminsi yose muhangana mu byishimo kandi mutegereje. ¹² Mushime Data, wabashoboje kugira umurage kumugabane wabizera mu muco, ¹³ Yadukuye mubaraga zu mwijima nyuma atujana mu byami by'Umwana we. ¹⁴ Akundwa nuwo dufitiye mo guhiduka, abana b'Imana n'okubabarirwa ibyaha. ¹⁵ Uwo mwana, niwe shusho y' Imana itabonwa, infura y'ibiremwa byose. ¹⁶ Kuko muri we nimo ibindu byose biri mwijuru n'ibiri mwisi byaremewe, ibirebekana n'ibita rebekana, intebe y'Ubwami, n'ubwami byose, n'ubutware byose n'ubushobozi byose byaremwe nawe kandi biremwa kubwe. ¹⁷ Yabaye intagiriro ya byose kandi ibintu byose bibaho kubye. ¹⁸ Niwe mutwe wumubiri w'ikanisa, n'itangiro, imfura yo mubafuye, kugira ngo abe uwa mbere muri byose. ¹⁹ Kuko Imana yashatse kwicaza ukuzura kose muri we. ²⁰ Yashatse kugira ngo mwiyunganishe n'ibintu byose; ibiri mw'isi n'ibiri mwijuru amuzanisha amahoro, kubwo umusaraba we. ²¹ Naho mwewe, mwari muri abanya mahanga kera n'abandi mubitekerezo n'imirimo yanyu, yamaze kubunganisha munzira yurupfu rye mumubiri we. ²² Kugira ngo abagaragarize imbere ye ngambera batagira kugira ico abagayaho kandi nta nenge mufite. ²³ Niba muguma kandi mushikamiye mubyo twizeye, ntimuhindukire ngo mureke ibyiringiro by'ubutumwa bwo mwunvishije, bwigishijwe kubya remye byose byo musi y'ijuru, byo njewe Paulo nabereye intumwa (Umukoresha). ²⁴ Ndikwishimira mu mibabaro yanje, kandi kubyabuze mu mubabaro ya Kristo, ndiku byuzuriza mumubiri wanje, ariryo kanisa; ²⁵ Nikuriyo kanisa naboneye umukozi kubwo umurimo Imana yampaye kubera mwe, kugira ngo n'igisha ijambo ry'Imana ni buryo bigaragaye. ²⁶ Aribwo bwiru bwahishuwe mubihe byose, Ariko bikaba byarahishuriwe abera be. ²⁷ Imana yashatse kubamenyesha ubukiri bw'ubwiza bwubwo bwiru hagati yabapagani, ibyo kumenya Kristo murimwe aribyo byiringiro by'ubyiza. ²⁸ Niwe dutangaza, tuburira umuntu wese, twigisha umuntu wese ubwenge byose, kugira ngo tuzamurikire Imana umuntu wese, wuzuye muri Kristo. ²⁹ Ico nico gitumye nkora, ndwanisha ingufu ze zinkorera mo.