¹ Paulo, intumwa ya Yesu Kristo, ku tegeko ry' Imana, Umukiza wacu na Yesu Kristo ibyiringiro byacu. ² Kuri Timoteo, umwana wa nyowe wa kweli kweli mu kwizera, ndikugusabira ubuntu, imbabazi n'ituze biturukaga ku Mana Data Se wa Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu ³ Ndikukwibutsa byabindi naguhuguriyemo igihe nagendaga i Makedonia, ndikugusaba gusigara i Efeso kugira ngo usabe abantu bamwe bareke kwigisha izindi nyigisho, ⁴ no kudahora m' utuganigani, ni ibisekuru bidashiraga, bibyaraga gusakuza aho gukomeza umurimo gw'Imana mu kwizera. ⁵ Ico ndenda kugeraho muri rino tegeko n' urukundo mbafitiye ruturutse mu mutima guboneye, ubwenge buboneye, no kwizera kweneye. ⁶ Bamwe kuko bahigitse ibyo bintu, bazimiriye mu migisho gatafite akamaro. ⁷ Barigushaka kuba abalimu bakomeye b'amategeko ariko batiji ibyo barikugamba, nibyo bariguhamya. ⁸ Ndo twibagiwe ko amategeko gaboneye iyo umuntu agakoresheje neza. ⁹ Kandi twiji ko amategeko nda gakorewe ababoneye, ahubwo ababi, abazanaga indwano, abatubahaga Imana, abanyabyaha, abatagiraga kwizera, abatemeraga inyigisho nzima, abicaga ababyeyi, n'abicanyi. ¹⁰ abasambanyi, b'igitsina kimwe, abasambo, ababeshi, abarahira ibubeshi, n' ibindi byose biri tafauti n' inyigisho ziboneye. ¹¹ Dukurikije umwaze gw'agakiza k'ubwiza bw' Imana yo gushimwa, umwaze gw' agakiza nahewe. ¹² Ndigushimira Uwampeye ingufu, ni Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu, ko yangize umuntu wo kwizerwa, kandi yanshije mu kazi nyowe hambere wari ari umuhakanyi wa Kristo. ¹³ umurenganyi, umugome, ariko nahewe imbabazi kuko nabikoraga m' ubutamenya no kutizera. ¹⁴ Nuko ubuntu bw'Umwami bwariyongereye hamwe n' urukundo ruri muri Yesu Kristo. ¹⁵ Rino n' igambo ry'ukuri, rikwiriye kwemerwa ko Yesu Kristo yayijire mu si gukiza abanyabyaha. Muri bo ndi uwambere. ¹⁶ Ariko nahewe imbabazi kugira ngo Yesu Kristo ambonekeremo uwo hambere urambye... ngo mbe umufano gwa abakamwizere, abakabone ubuzima buhoragaho. ¹⁷ Umwami w' ibihe byose, udapfaga, utabonekaga, Imana yonyine Ihabwe icubahiro, ububonere none n'ibihe byose. Amina. ¹⁸ Timoteo mwana wa nyowe, amabwiriza ndikuguha, gakurikiranye n'imburo bwagambwe hambere kuri wowe, ko urwana indwano iboneye. ¹⁹ Kandi wizere, ugire ubwenge. Ubwo bumenyi bamwe barabupoteje nuko barazamye mubyo kwizera. ²⁰ Muribo hari Himeneo na Aleksanduro, bo natereye mu maboko ga shetani kugira ngo bigishwe, batirata bakaka Imana icubahiro cayo.