1 Petero
1: 1 Petero, intumwa ya Yesu Kristo, kubanyamahanga batatanye hose
Pontus, Galatiya, Kapadokiya, Aziya, na Bitiniya,
1: 2 Tora ukurikije kumenya Imana Data mbere, binyuze
kwezwa kwa Mwuka, kumvira no kuminjagira amaraso
ya Yesu Kristo: Ubuntu, amahoro, bigwire.
1: 3 Hahirwa Imana na Se w'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, nk'uko bivugwa
ku bw'imbabazi zayo nyinshi yongeye kutubyarira ibyiringiro bizima by Uwiteka
izuka rya Yesu Kristo mu bapfuye,
1: 4 Umurage utabora, kandi udahumanye, kandi ibyo ntibishira
kure, wabitswe mwijuru kubwawe,
1: 5 Ababitswe n'imbaraga z'Imana kubwo kwizera kugera ku gakiza biteguye
guhishurwa mugihe cyanyuma.
1: 6 Aho mwishima cyane, nubwo ubu mugihe runaka, nibiba ngombwa, muri
muburemere binyuze mubishuko byinshi:
1: 7 Ko ikigeragezo cyo kwizera kwawe, kuba gifite agaciro kuruta zahabu
kurimbuka, nubwo byageragejwe numuriro, birashobora kuboneka gushima kandi
icyubahiro n'icyubahiro igihe Yesu Kristo azagaragara:
1: 8 Ninde mutabonye, mukunda; muri nde, nubwo ubu mutamubona, nyamara
kwizera, wishimira umunezero utavugwa kandi wuzuye icyubahiro:
1: 9 Kwakira iherezo ry'ukwizera kwawe, ndetse n'agakiza k'ubugingo bwawe.
1:10 Muri ako gakiza abahanuzi babajije kandi bashakisha umwete,
wahanuye ubuntu bugomba kuza kuri wewe:
1:11 Gushakisha iki, cyangwa nigihe ki Umwuka wa Kristo yari arimo
basobanuye, igihe yatanze ubuhamya mbere yububabare bwa Kristo,
n'icyubahiro gikwiye gukurikira.
1:12 Uwo yahishuriwe, ko atari bo ubwabo, ahubwo natwe kuri twe
yakoreye ibintu, ubu babibwiwe nabo ko
bakubwirije ubutumwa bwiza hamwe n'Umwuka Wera woherejwe
ijuru; ibintu abamarayika bifuza kureba.
1:13 Ni cyo gitumye ukenyera mu bwenge bwawe, ushishoze, kandi wizere ko imperuka
kubuntu buzakuzanirwa mugihe cyo guhishurwa kwa Yesu
Kristo;
1:14 Nkabana bumvira, ntimukigane nkabambere
irari mu bujiji bwawe:
1:15 Ariko nk'uko uwaguhamagaye ari uwera, nimube abera mu buryo bwose
ikiganiro;
1:16 Kuberako byanditswe ngo, Mube abera; kuko ndi uwera.
1:17 Kandi nimutabaza Data, utubaha abantu
ukurikije imirimo ya buri muntu, fata igihe cyo gutura hano
ubwoba:
1:18 Kuberako uzi ko mutacunguwe nibintu byononekaye,
nka feza na zahabu, uhereye kubiganiro byawe byubusa byakiriwe na gakondo
ba sogokuruza;
1:19 Ariko n'amaraso y'agaciro ya Kristo, nk'umwana w'intama utagira inenge kandi
nta mwanya:
1:20 Ninde washyizweho mbere yuko isi iremwa, ariko yari
kwigaragaza muri ibi bihe byanyuma kuri wewe,
1:21 Ni nde wizera Imana, wamuzuye mu bapfuye, agatanga
icyubahiro cye; kugira ngo kwizera kwawe n'ibyiringiro byawe bibe mu Mana.
1:22 Kubona wejeje ubugingo bwawe mukumvira ukuri binyuze muri Uwiteka
Umwuka ku rukundo rudasanzwe rwabavandimwe, reba ko mukundana
n'umutima wera cyane:
1:23 Kuvuka ubwa kabiri, ntabwo byavutse ku mbuto zangirika, ahubwo byavutse bitangirika, by Uwiteka
ijambo ry'Imana, ribaho kandi rihoraho iteka.
1:24 Kuko inyama zose zimeze nk'ibyatsi, n'ubwiza bw'umuntu nk'ururabyo rwa
ibyatsi. Ibyatsi byumye, indabyo zacyo ziragwa:
1:25 Ariko ijambo ry'Uwiteka rihoraho iteka. Kandi iri ni ryo jambo
kubutumwa bwiza mubwirwa.