¹ Paulo, indumwa ya Yesu Kristo nguko Imana yenda, ku ndungane ziri mu Efeso, no ku bizerire Yesu Kristo. ² Ubundu n'ituze biturukire ku Mana Data no k'Umwami Yesu Kristo, bibagereho. ³ Imana isimwe ariyo She w'Umwami wetu Yesu Kristo, kuko yaduheye imigisha yoshe yo m'Umuka go mu juru, mu Kristo. ⁴ Muri we, Imana yaducagwiye mbere isi itakabaho, kugira ngo tube indungane, kandi tutariho ikimwaro imbere yayo. ⁵ Kuko yabipangire kera m'urukundo rwe ko tugirwa abana be tubihawe na Yesu Kristo kubera ineza yo kwenda kwe. ⁶ Igikurikiyeho, nuko Imana ikuzwa kubera ububonere bw'ubundu bwo yaduhereze nguko yenda we wonyine m'Umukunzi we. ⁷ Mu we twacugwiwe binyuriye mu maraso ge, kubabalirwa ibyaha, nguko ubusakare bw'ubundu bwayo buri. ⁸ Ubwo Imana yadusukireho ubundi kangari bukatubere ubwenge bwoshe no kumenya. ⁹ Imana yatumenyeseze ukuri guhishirwe nguko yenda, kubera imipango iboneye yo yabaga yadupangiye. ¹⁰ Kugira ngo abihire mu bikorwa, igihe imisi ikagere, ibone uko ikusanyiriza ibindu byoshe mu Kristo, ari ibiri mu juru, cangwa mu yino si. ¹¹ Mu we, twewe tugirirwe abaragwa, twacagwiwe kera, nguko Imana yabipangire, igakora ibindu byoshe nguko yenda m'umutima gwayo. ¹² Kugira ngo tube abo gusima ububonere bwayo, twewe tuyiringiye Kristo. ¹³ Mu we, mweho namwe, mumarire kumva igambo ry'ukuri, ubutumwa bw'agakiza kenyu. Mu we mwakizerire kandi mwahizweho ikashe n'Umuka Guboneye mwabaga mwaraganiwe. ¹⁴ Ugo niwe ingwate y'umurage gwetu, Imana yigurire ngo iducungure, kugira ngo asimirwe m'ububonere bwe. ¹⁵ Nico gitumire ko nanje marire kumva kukizera Umwami Yesu kwenyu, nuko mukundaga indungane zoshe, ¹⁶ Ndo nahagarikire gusimira Imana no kubashabira mu majina buri gihe mbaga ndigushaba. ¹⁷ Kugira ngo Imana y'Umwami wetu Yesu Kristo, Data w'icubahiro, w'ububonere, abahe umutima g'ubwenge no gusimirwa no kumumenya . ¹⁸ Kandi afungure amesho g'imitima yenyu, kugira ngo mumenye ibyiringiro bifatanye n'umuhamagaro gwe, kandi ngo mumenye n'ubukire bw'ububonere bwo indungane zibikiwe no kuragwa. ¹⁹ Kandi ndigushaba ngo mumenye ubwingi bw'ingufu zayo butagira igipimo kuri twewe abizerire, nguko ingufu z'ubushobozi bwayo bukomeye ziri. ²⁰ Yazerekaniye mu Kristo ubwo yamuzwiye mu bapfiye, kandi akamwikaza m'ukuboko kw'uburyo kwe mu juru. ²¹ Yamuhize heru y'ubutware bwoshe, y'ubushobozi bwoshe, n'ingufu zoshe, n'ubutegetsi bwoshe, n'ijina ryoshe rigambwaga, atari mu misi za none gusha, ahubwo no mu bihe bikayije. ²² Yahize byoshe musi y'ibisando bye kandi yamuheye ikanisa ngo abe umutegetsi waryo ari heru ya byoshe. ²³ Naryo nigo mubiri gwe guzwiye kandi guzwizaga ibindu byoshe no mu njira zoshe.