¹ Nimba hari kuhabwa umutima muri Kristo. Nimba hari umunezero guva murukundogwiwe. Nimba hari ukusangira mumutima. Nimba hari imbabazi nikigongwe. ² Kwiza umunezero gwanje nu kwipfuza kumwe, mufishe urukundo lumwe, mufishe bamwe mumutima , nikugiea ivyiyumviro bimwe. ³ Ntimugire kukwimenya nukwivuna aliko kukwitonda mubabona abandi kalibeza chane yanyu. ⁴ Buri muntu umwe murimwebwe ntuzolabegusa ibikewewe vyiwe wenyene, aliko kandi yitearalike ibikenewe vya bandi. ⁵ Mubu nukushaka kuko afishe Kristo Yesu. ⁶ Naho wene alichokimwe ni mana, aliko ntiyitwaraliche kuba cho kimwe ni mana ni kintu cho kwifatanya nacho. ⁷ Hanyuma yiwe, yichishije bagufi wene. Yatoye umubili wu mukozi. Yiyerekana mukarorela kumwana wu muntu. Abonekana umwana wu muntu. ⁸ Wene yichishije bugufi mukwubaha kushika kurupfu, urupfu gwu musalaba. ⁹ Aho rero imana yumushimye chane. Yamuhaye izina likuru lichaho buri zina. ¹⁰ Yakoze ivyokugira ngo izina dya Yesu buri viningombwa dyuname. Amavi ya bari mwijuru na bari hejuru yisi na buri musi yisi. ¹¹ Na yakora ivyo kugira ururimi ni ngombwa gwemele ko Yesu Kristo ari umwami, kubwiza bwi mana Daha. ¹² None rero bakundwa banje nkuko kumwubaha imisi yose, sigusa kukubaho kwanje aliko relo ni hejuru chane naho hatobaho ukubaho kwanje, mushicha akakiza kanyu mwebwe mutinya nukuetemera. ¹³ Kubera arimana ikora akazi muri mwebwe kubela kubashoboza kwifuza kukora iibereye wene. ¹⁴ Mukore vyose atakwidodomba nukuharila. ¹⁵ Mukore, ivyo kugira ntimwidogegwe ni kubaabana bi mana bizegwa batafishe akarohe, mukore kutyo kugira mube umucho wisi, muruvyaro gwu bwansi nububi. ¹⁶ Fata chane ijambo dyubuzima kugira ngombe na ngombwa yo kushinagiza umusi wa Kristo. Hanyuma nzomenya yuko nturukiye ubusa kandi sinababariye ubusa. ¹⁷ Aliko naho nsukwa nkikimazi hejuru, yakimazichu kwizera kwachu, ndishima na ndishima hamwe namwe mwese. ¹⁸ Kutyo namwe kandi murishima na murishima hamwe nanje. ¹⁹ Aliko ndizera mumwami Yesu kumutuma Timotheyo iwanyu ubu vuba, kugira ngwashobore kuhabwa umutima ninamenye ibintu vyanyu. ²⁰ Kuko ntafishe uyundi wu vyiyumviro nkawe, ufishe ububasha kukwiye kubera mwebwe. ²¹ Abandi bose banalikutuma iwanyu balandela ayiwabo bonyene gusa na saga Yesu Kristo. ²² Aliko muramenya akachiro kiwe, kubera nkukwo umwana amufasha se wiwe, nikwo yakoze hamwe nanje mubutumwa. ²³ Rero ndizera kumutuma ningoga mukihegusa nzomumenya nikizoba kwanje. ²⁴ Aliko ndemeza mumwami yuko jewe nyense kandi nzoza ubu vuba. ²⁵ Aliko ndiyumvira ni ngombwa kumugarula iwanyu epafradito, wene ni mwewe, wachuna numukozi wakazi, mugenzanje na numusirikahe muenzanje, ni ntumwa iwanyu kubera ivyo nkennye. ²⁶ Kubera yarifishe ubwoba na yifuza kuba hamwe namwe mwese, kukubera mwumvishe yuko ya rigwaye. ²⁷ Kubera kweli yarigwaye chane hofi yo kupfa. Aliko imana iramugirila ikigongwe na icho chiza ntichari hejuru yiwe gusa, aliko kandi chari hejuru yanje, kugira ngosimbe numubabaro hejuru yu mubabaro. ²⁸ Rero ndamugarula iwanyu ni ngoga bishoboka kugira ngo nimwabona kandi muronke kunezegwa nanje nzoba nkuweho inkekankeka. ²⁹ Mumwakile Epafradito mumwami mumunezero gwose. Mwubahe abantu nkawe. ³⁰ Kukubera ikazi ya Kristo ko yari hofi kupfa. Yarahevye amagarayiwe kukunkiza jewe akora kidya mutashobora kukora kukumfasha jewe mwarikure nanje.