¹ Ahasigaye, bavandimwe, mwishime m'Umwami. Ntaho nduhaga kubandikira ibintu bimeze guca, kandi ni byiza kuri mwewe. ² Mwirinde imbwa, mwirinde abakozi babi, mwirinde abakaswe b'izina. ³ Kuko ni twewe abakaswe, ni twewe twakaswe mu Mwuka gw'Imana, uwo duhimbazaga muri Yesu Kristo kandi tutari kwiringira imibiri yacu. ⁴ Ariko nanje narinshoboye kwiringira mu mubiri. Niba hari umuntu wese wiringiye ibyo umubiri gwe, naringomba kumurusha. ⁵ Njewe, nakaswe umusi gwa munane, umuryango gwa Israeli, nkomoka mu Ababenyamini, umuheburayo wabyawe n'Abaheburayo no kubw'amategeko, umufarisayo. ⁶ Kubyerekeye umwete, natatije ikanisa, nta umugayo imbere y'ukuri kw'amategeko. ⁷ Ariko ibyo byose byari bimbereye inyungu, nabibonye nkaho ari ibitagira akamaro, kubera Kristo. ⁸ Kandi ibyo bintu byose ndikubireba nk'igihombo kubera ubwiza burenze bwo kumenya Yesu Kristo Umwami wanje, kubera we nahakanye byose, ndikubireba nkaho ari ibyondo kugira ngo nunguke Kristo. ⁹ Kandi mboneke muri we, bidatewe n'ukuri kwanje, ukuri kuvuye mu tegeko, ariko ukuri tuboneraga m'ukwizera Kristo, ukuri kuvuye ku Mana mu nzira yo kwizera. ¹⁰ Kubera ibyo nzamenya Kristo n'ingufu zo kuzukwa kwe, n'ubufatanye mu mateso ge, dusana nawe mu rupfu rwe, kugira ngo tugere, ¹¹ Niba mbishoboye kuzuka kuva abapfuye. ¹² Ntaho ari uko ndagije kubona ibihembo cangwa si guhinduka intungane yuzuye ariko ndikuja imbere bibaye bishobotse mfatishe ico Kristo nanje ndi mu maboko ga Kristo. ¹³ Bavandimwe, ntaho ndikwireba mu mutima gwanje nkaho namaze gushikira, ariko ico nkoraga n'uko nteraga umugongo ibiri inyuma yanje, ngatumbira ibiri imbere. ¹⁴ Ndi mu urugendo kugira ngo ngere ku mwisho, mbone igihembo co guhamagarwa kuvuye ku Mana yo mu ijuru muri Kristo Yesu. ¹⁵ None rero, twewe turi intungane tugire ico gitekerezo kimwe, kandi niba hari ibindi murigutekereza kubyerekeye iri jambo iryi ryo ryose, Imana niyo izabereka ukuri. ¹⁶ Ariko aho tugereye hano aba ari ho dufatira. ¹⁷ Bavandimwe, munkurikize, mwigane abo bose bagenderaga mu byo twabigishe. ¹⁸ Kuko benshi bagenderaga, abo nabavuzeho kenshi, na buno mbisubiyemo ndi kurira, abo n'abanzi b'umusalaba gwa Kristo. ¹⁹ Umwisho gwabo ni ukurimbuka, inda n' iyo mana yabo, kwirita kwabo kuzahinduka ikimwara, imipango yabo n'iy' isi gusa. ²⁰ Ariko twewe iwacu ni mw'ijuru aho turindiriye Umukiza, Umwami Yesu Kristo. ²¹ Uzahindura guno mubiri gwacu gw'igihe gikeya kugira ngo gumere nk'umubiri gwe g'ubwiza bwe ku ngufu za wawundi ushoboye kswemeza ibintu byose no kubishira hasi ye.