1 Abatesalonike
1: 1 Pawulo, na Silivani, na Timoteyo, ku itorero ry'Abatesalonike
ikiri mu Mana Data no mu Mwami Yesu Kristo: Mugirire neza
wowe, n'amahoro, biva ku Mana Data, n'Umwami Yesu Kristo.
1: 2 Turashimira Imana burigihe kubwanyu mwese, tukabavuga ibyacu
amasengesho;
1: 3 Kwibuka udahagaritse umurimo wawe wo kwizera, n'umurimo w'urukundo, kandi
kwihangana ibyiringiro mumwami wacu Yesu kristo, imbere yImana niyacu
Data;
1: 4 Mumenye, bavandimwe mukundwa, gutora Imana kwanyu.
1: 5 Kuko ubutumwa bwacu butakuzanye mu ijambo gusa, ahubwo bwaje no mu mbaraga, no muri
Umwuka Wera, kandi afite ibyiringiro byinshi; nkuko mubizi ubwoko bw'abagabo twe
bari muri mwe kubwanyu.
1: 6 Kandi mwabaye abayoboke bacu, na Nyagasani, mwakiriye ijambo
mu mibabaro myinshi, n'ibyishimo bya Roho Mutagatifu:
1: 7 Kugira ngo mube intangarugero kubantu bose bizera Makedoniya na Akaya.
1: 8 Erega muri mwebwe havuzwe ijambo ry'Uwiteka atari muri Makedoniya gusa kandi
Achaia, ariko kandi ahantu hose kwizera kwawe kurinda Imana gukwirakwira mu mahanga;
kugirango tudakeneye kuvuga ikintu na kimwe.
1: 9 Kuberako bo ubwabo batweretse uburyo bwo kwinjira twari dufite
wowe, nuburyo wahindukiriye Imana uva mubigirwamana kugirango ukorere abazima nukuri
Mana;
1:10 Gutegereza Umwana we mu ijuru, uwo yazuye mu bapfuye, ndetse
Yesu, wadukijije uburakari buzaza.