¹ Rino gambo ni ryo kwemerwa, umuntu abeye ashatse kuba umukuru w' i kanisa, yifujije akazi keza. ² Umukuru w' i kanisa agombye kuba atariho umugayo, umugabo w'umugore umwe, ugenderaga muri gahunda, uwo kwirinda, wifataga neza, uwakiraga abashitsi, ushobweye kwigisha. ³ Yere gukunda inzoga, udahemukaga, ariko abe umunyambabazi, ubaga mu mahoro, kandi etere gukunda cane iby' isi n' amafaranga. ⁴ Abe ari ushobweye guhagarikira urugo rwe neza, no kumenya kwigisha abana be kubaha no gutungana. ⁵ Umuntu abeye adashobweye guhagarikira urugo rwe, akayobore i kanisa ry' Imana gute? ⁶ Ndo akwiye kuba umukristo mushasha kugira ngo atazuramo ubwirasi, akagwa mu mutego (ubusha) no guanirwa hamwe na shetani. ⁷ Ni ngombwa ko hanze bamugambaho byiza kugira ngo yere kumwara no kugwa m'umutego gwa shetani. ⁸ Abadiakoni nabo bagombye gutungana, batari abo guteranya, abadakunze inzoga cangwa gukunda ifaida zibi. ⁹ Babe abo kurinda ibanga ryo kwizera bafite umutima gutari kubacira urubanza. ¹⁰ Bagombye kubanza gupimwa mbere yo gushirwa mu kazi, niba batari gukambwa nabi nabo hanze. ¹¹ Abagore nabo ni guco. Bagombye gutungana batari abaneguranyi, barikwirinda ibibi, no kwiringirwa muri byose. ¹² Umudiakoni agombye kuba: umugabo w'umugore umwe, iwiji kwigisha abana be no guhagarikira neza inzu ye. ¹³ Kubera abakoze neza akazi kabo, bagombye kubahwa kubera bahagarariye neza mu kwizera Yesu Kristo. ¹⁴ Ndakwandikiye bino bintu mfite ibyiringiro ko ngiye kukugeraho vuba. ¹⁵ Ariko mbaye ntinze kwija, umenye uko ugombye kwifata mu nzu y' Imana ariyo kanisa y' Imana Ihoragaho, ariwe inkingi n' injego y' ukuri. ¹⁶ Kandi niba ntibesheje, ibanga ry' ubutungane rirakomeye, kubera uwagaragaye m'umubiri yagizwe umunyakuru n' Umwuka abonwa na malaika, yigisha abapagani, yizerwa mu si yose, hanyuma apandishwa mu cubahiro.