1 Petero
2: 1 Kubwibyo, gushyira ku ruhande ubugome bwose, n'uburiganya bwose, n'uburyarya, kandi
ishyari, n'amagambo mabi yose,
2: 2 Nkumwana ukivuka, wifuze amata avuye kumutima, kugirango ukure
bityo:
2: 3 Niba aribyo, mwigeze kuryoherwa ko Uwiteka agira ubuntu.
2: 4 Abo baza, nk'ibuye rizima, ntibemerewe abantu, ariko
yatowe n'Imana, kandi ifite agaciro,
2: 5 Namwe, nk'amabuye mazima, mwubatse inzu y'umwuka, yera
ubupadiri, gutanga ibitambo byumwuka, byemewe n'Imana na Yesu
Kristo.
2: 6 Ni yo mpamvu nanone bikubiye mu byanditswe, Dore, ndyamye muri Siyoni a
ibuye ry'inguni, abatoranijwe, bafite agaciro: kandi umwizera azabikora
ntukagire urujijo.
2: 7 Kuri mwebwe rero abizera ko ari uw'agaciro, ariko kuri bo
kutumvira, ibuye abubatsi ntibemereye, ni kimwe cyakozwe
umutwe w'inguni,
2: 8 Kandi ibuye ryo gutsitara, n'urutare rw'icyaha, ndetse kuri bo
gutsitara ku ijambo, kutumvira: aho nabo bari
yashyizweho.
2: 9 Ariko muri ab'igihe cyatoranijwe, abatambyi b'umwami, ishyanga ryera, a
abantu badasanzwe; kugira ngo ugaragaze ibisingizo by'ufite
yaguhamagaye mu mwijima mu mucyo we utangaje:
2:10 Mu bihe byashize bitari ubwoko, ariko ubu ni ubwoko bw'Imana:
itari yarabonye imbabazi, ariko ubu yabonye imbabazi.
2:11 Bakundwa bakundwa, ndabasaba nk'abanyamahanga n'abasura, mwirinde
irari ry'umubiri, rirwanya ubugingo;
2:12 Kugira ikiganiro cyawe kuba inyangamugayo mubanyamahanga: ibyo, naho bo
vuga nabi nkabanyabyaha, barashobora kubikorwa byawe byiza, aribyo
azareba, ahimbaze Imana kumunsi wo gusurwa.
2:13 Mwishyire mu mategeko yose y'umuntu ku bw'Uwiteka: niba aribyo
bibe ku mwami, nk'ikirenga;
2:14 Cyangwa kuri ba guverineri, nk'aboherejwe na we ku gihano
by'abagizi ba nabi, no kubisingiza abakora neza.
2:15 Kuberako ubushake bw'Imana ari ko, kugira ngo mukore neza
ubujiji bw'abapfu:
2:16 Nkubuntu, kandi ntukoreshe umudendezo wawe kumutwe wubugome, ariko nk
abakozi b'Imana.
2:17 Wubahe abantu bose. Kunda ubuvandimwe. Tinya Imana. Wubahe umwami.
2:18 Bakozi, mugandukire shobuja n'ubwoba bwose; si ku byiza gusa
n'ubwitonzi, ariko kandi kuri froward.
2:19 Kuberako ibyo birashimirwa, niba umuntu wumutimanama wera ku Mana yihanganye
intimba, kubabazwa nabi.
2:20 Ni ikihe cyubahiro, niba, iyo uhuye n'amakosa yawe, uzabikora
fata wihanganye? ariko niba, iyo ukoze neza, ukababara kubwibyo, urafata
wihangane, ibi biremewe n'Imana.
2:21 Kuko na none mwitwa, kuko Kristo natwe yatubabaje,
adusigiye urugero, kugirango ukurikire intambwe ze:
2:22 Nta muntu wigeze akora icyaha, nta n'uburiganya bwabonetse mu kanwa ke:
2:23 Ni nde, igihe yatukwaga, atongeye gutukwa; igihe yababaye, we
nta iterabwoba; ariko yiyeguriye ko azacira urubanza ubutabera:
2:24 Ni nde ubwe yikoreye ibyaha byacu mu mubiri we ku giti, ngo twe,
kuba warapfuye kubwibyaha, ukwiye kubaho ukiranuka
bakize.
2:25 Kuko mwari nk'intama zayobye; ariko ubu basubijwe Uwiteka
Umwungeri na Musenyeri wubugingo bwawe.