1 Petero
3: 1 Namwe bagore, mugandukire abagabo banyu; ibyo, niba bihari
ntukumvire ijambo, barashobora kandi nta jambo batsinzwe na
ikiganiro cy'abagore;
3: 2 Mugihe babonye ikiganiro cyawe gitanduye hamwe n'ubwoba.
3: 3 Ninde urimbisha abireke ntibibe ibyo gushushanya hanze byo gutunganya umusatsi,
no kwambara zahabu, cyangwa kwambara imyenda;
3: 4 Ariko bibe umuntu wihishe kumutima, mubitariho
ruswa, ndetse n'imitako y'umwuka woroheje kandi utuje, urimo
kubona Imana igiciro cyinshi.
3: 5 Kuberako nyuma yibi bihe byashize, abagore bera nabo bizeye
mu Mana, barimbishije, bayoboka abagabo babo:
3: Nkuko Sara yumviye Aburahamu, akamwita umutware: muri abakobwa bawe,
igihe cyose ukoze neza, kandi ntutinye gutangara.
3: 7 Namwe bagabo, mubane nabo ukurikije ubumenyi, mutange
wubahe umugore, nk'icyombo kidakomeye, kandi nk'abazungura
hamwe n'ubuntu bw'ubuzima; kugirango amasengesho yawe atakubangamira.
3: 8 Hanyuma, mwese mube umwe, mugirire impuhwe mugenzi wawe, urukundo
nk'abavandimwe, mugirire impuhwe, mugire ikinyabupfura:
3: 9 Kudahindura ikibi ikibi, cyangwa kudindiza gari ya moshi: ahubwo ni ibinyuranye
umugisha; kumenya ko uhari byitwa, ko uzaragwa a
umugisha.
3:10 Erega ukunda ubuzima, akabona iminsi myiza, yirinde ibye
ururimi ruva mubibi, niminwa ye ko batavuga uburiganya:
Reka yirinde ikibi, akore ibyiza; reka ashake amahoro, kandi abikurikirane.
3:12 Kuko amaso y'Uwiteka ari hejuru y'intungane, n'amatwi ye arakinguye
ku masengesho yabo: ariko mu maso h'Uwiteka urwanya ababikora
ikibi.
3:13 Kandi ni nde uzakugirira nabi, niba ukurikira ibiriho
byiza?
3:14 Ariko nimubabazwa kubwo gukiranuka, murahirwa, kandi ntimukabe
ubwoba bw'iterabwoba ryabo, kandi ntugahagarike umutima;
3:15 Ariko weze Uwiteka Imana mumitima yawe: kandi witegure guhora utanga an
subiza umuntu wese ubajije impamvu yicyizere kiri muriwe
n'ubwitonzi n'ubwoba:
3:16 Kugira umutimanama utamucira urubanza; ko, mugihe bakuvuga nabi, nkuko
inkozi z'ibibi, barashobora guterwa isoni bashinja ibinyoma ibyiza
ikiganiro muri Kristo.
3:17 Kuberako aribyiza, niba ubushake bw'Imana bumeze gutya, kubabazwa neza
gukora, kuruta gukora ibibi.
3:18 Kuberako Kristo nawe yigeze kubabazwa ibyaha, intungane kubarenganya,
kugira ngo atuzane ku Mana, yicwe mu mubiri, ariko
byihutishijwe n'Umwuka:
3:19 Na we aragenda, abwiriza imyuka iri muri gereza;
3:20 Nibihe bimwe batumviye, mugihe kimwe kwihangana kwImana
yategereje mu gihe cya Nowa, mu gihe inkuge yari yitegura, aho ari bake,
ni ukuvuga ko abantu umunani bakijijwe n'amazi.
3:21 Igishushanyo gisa naho umubatizo na none uradukiza (ntabwo ari
gukuraho umwanda wumubiri, ariko igisubizo cyibyiza
umutimanama ku Mana,) n'izuka rya Yesu Kristo:
3:22 Ni nde wagiye mu ijuru, kandi uri iburyo bw'Imana; abamarayika na
abategetsi n'ububasha bigengwa na we.