¹ Paulo, intumwa ya Yesu Kristo , ku tegeko ry' Imana, Umukiza wacu na Yesu Kristo ibyiringiro byacu. ² Kuri Timoteo, Umwana wanje nyakuri mu kwizera, ngusabira ubuntu, imbabazi n'amahoro biva ku Mana Data Se wa yesu Kristo Umwami wacu ³ Ndakwibutsa byabindi naguhuguriyemo igihe nagendaga i Makedonia, ngusaba gusigara muri Efeso kugira ngo usabe abantu bamwe bareke kwigisha izindi nyigisho, ⁴ no gutihuza n'utugani gani, ni ibisekuruza bidashira, bikabyara gusakuza aho gukomeza umurimo wi Imana mu kwizera. ⁵ Intego yiri tegeko ni urukundo mbafitiye ruva mu mutima uboneye, ubwenge bwiza, no kwizera kweneye. ⁶ Bamwe kuko bahingitse ibyo bintu, bazimiriye mu migisho gatafite akamaro. ⁷ Bashaka kuba abigisha bakomeye ba amategeko ariko batazi ibyo barikugamba, nibyo bariguhamya. ⁸ Ntaho twibagiwe ko amategeko aboneye iyo wagakoresheje neza. ⁹ Kandi tuzi ko amategeko ntaho gakorewe ababoneye, ahubwo ababi, abazana intambara, abatubaha Imana, abanyabyaha, abatagira kwizera, abatemera inyigisho nzima, abica ababyeyi, n'abicanyi. ¹⁰ Abasambanyi, abasambana ari abi gitsina kimwe, abambuzi, ababeshi, abarahira ibinyoma, ni ibindi byose biri tafauti ni nyigisho ziboneye. ¹¹ Dukurikije umwaze wa agakiza ku ubwiza bw' Imana yo gushimwa, umwaze w' agakiza nahawe. ¹² Ndashimira Uwampaye ingufu niwe Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu ko yangize umwizerwa, kandi anshira mu kazi njewe mbere wari umuhakanyi wa Kristo., ¹³ umurenganyi, umugome, ariko nagiriwe imbabazi kuko nabikoraga mu butamenya no kutizera. ¹⁴ Nuko ubuntu bw'Umwami bwariyongereye hamwe n' urukundo ruri muri Yesu Kristo. ¹⁵ Iri ni ijambo ryukuri, rikwiriye kwemerwa ko Yesu Kristo yaje mu isi gukiza abanyabyaha. Muri bo ndi uwambere. ¹⁶ Ariko nagiriwe imbabazi kugira ngo Yesu Kristo ambonekeremo uwa mbere urambye ngo mbe umufano gwa abazamwizera bazabona ubuzima buhoraho. ¹⁷ Umwami wa ibihe byose, udapfa, utaboneka, Imana yonyine Ahabwe icubahiro, ubwiza none n'ibihe byose. Amen. ¹⁸ Timoteo mwana wanje,amabwiriza ndikuguha,akurikiranye n'ubuhanuzi bwavuzwe mbere kuri weho, ko urwana intambara nziza. ¹⁹ Kandi ukagira kwizera, n'ubwenge . Ubwo bumenyi , bamwe barabupoteje nuko barazamye mubyo kwizera. ²⁰ Muribo hari Himeneo na Aleksanduro ,bo natereye mumaboko ya shetani kugira ngo bigishwe, batirata bakaka Imana ichubahiro cayo.