¹ Habaye hariho kuyagirwa muri Kristo, habayeho guhumurizwa muri urukundo, babayeho ubumwe m'umwuka, habayeho imbabazi n'impuhwe. ² Mwuzuze ibyishimo gwanje, mufite imyumvire imwe, urukundo rumwe, umutima gumwe n'ibitekerezo bimwe. ³ Mutakora icari co cose m'ukukumvikana cangwa muri kwishira hejuru bidafite akamaro ariko kwichisha bugufi kwanyu kubiboneshe abandi babaruta. ⁴ Buri muntu muri mwewe atakora iby'inyungu ze gusa ahubwo atekereze no kuz'abandi. ⁵ Mugire umutima gwari guri muri Kristo. ⁶ Uwo wabayeho ameze ng'Imana, ntaho yaboneye ko kuba nk'Imana ari inkintu co kunyaga. ⁷ Ahubwo yiyatse yifatira ishusho y'umugaragu cisana n'abandu kandi yabonekanye nk'umuntu nyakuri. ⁸ Yicishije bugufi, arubaha kugeza gupfa, n'ikirushijeho yemera urupfu ryo k'umusaraba. ⁹ Nico catumye Imana mu ubushobozi n'ubushake bwe yaramuzamuye, nyuma amuha izina riri hejuru y'amazina yose. ¹⁰ Kugira ngo mu izina rya Yesu burivi mw'ijuru no ku isi no musi y'isi rimupfukamire. ¹¹ N'uko buri rurimi rugamba cane imbere y'abantu bose ko Yesu Kristo ari Umwami, kandi bahimbaye Imana Data wacu twese. ¹² Kubera ibyo, bakundwa banje, kubera ko mwahoze muri kumvira, mukoreshe agakiza kanyu mufite bwoba no gutitira, atari gusa igihe ndiho, ariko bihore guco no kurushaho igihe ntariho. ¹³ Kuko n'Imana abakoreragamo ngo mukore kandi mukunde ibyo ishaka. ¹⁴ Mwere gukora icari cocose mutishimye cangwa murigutinya tinya. ¹⁵ Kugira ngo mubeho ntamugayo kandi mubonereye akazi, abana bo Imana yishimiye hagati y'abantu babi bafite imitima igoramye mukabana nabo muri ikimori muri iyi si. ¹⁶ Mufite ijambo ry'ubuzima nabigishije kandi iryo ndikwiritira ngo musi gwa Kristo ndikwerekana ko ntaho nirikuye ubusa cangwa gukorera ubusa. ¹⁷ Kandi naho natanga amaraso ganje kuba igitambo, ndishimye no kwishima namwe. ¹⁸ Namwe mwishime nkanje kandi mwishimane nanje. ¹⁹ Mwiringiye m'Umwami Yesu gutuma Timoteyo ngo azi iwanyu kugira ngo mundeme agatima maze kumenya uko mumeze. ²⁰ Kuko nta muntu n'umwe uri hano ufite ibitekerezo nk'ibyanje ushoboye kwita ku byanyu koko; ²¹ Kuko bose bari kwishakira iby'inyungu zabo, atari guhangayikira ibya Kristo. ²² Muziko Timoteyo yabonetse ko akwije igihe yitangaga k'umurimo go gutangaza ubutumwa hamwe nanje, yigashe nk'umwana uri hamwe na se. ²³ Nimera kubona aho ibyanje bigeze, nzamubatumira. ²⁴ Kandi nizeye ko Umwami azanshoboza kuza iwanyu vuba. ²⁵ Nabonye ari byiza kubatumira Epafrodito umuvandimwe kandi umukozi hamwe nanje mu ntambara zanje, kandi akaba ariwe wanzaniye ibyo mwantumiye kugira ibibazo byanje byorohe. ²⁶ Kuko yumvaga ashaka kubabonaho mwese, kandi yashimiye ko mwamenye ibyerekeye indwara ye. ²⁷ Yarandwaye kandi yari agiye gupfa habura gakeya ariko Imana yamugireye imbabazi, atari we gusa ahubwo nanje, kugira ngo nticwa n'agahinda kugeretse ku kandi gahinda. ²⁹ Naeahitiye kumutuma kugirango mwishimire kumubona kandi nanje mve mugahinda. ²⁸ Mumwakire rero m'Umwami mwuzuye ibyishimo kandi abantu bameze nkamwe mugomba kubaha icubahiro. ³⁰ Kuko yageze hafi yo gupfa kubera akazi Kristo we utari hangayikiye ubuzima bwe ngo ageze ku mwisho akazi mwakoreraga igihe mwabaga mudahari.