1 Abatesalonike
2: 1 Mwa bavandimwe, nimumenye ubwinjiriro bwanyu, yuko atari bwo
ku busa:
2: 2 Ariko na nyuma yibyo twababajwe mbere, kandi dufite isoni
twinginze, nkuko mubizi, i Filipi, twatinyutse mu Mana yacu kuvuga
kuri wewe ubutumwa bwiza bw'Imana hamwe n'impaka nyinshi.
2: 3 Kuko impanuro zacu zitari iz'uburiganya, cyangwa iz'umwanda, cyangwa uburiganya:
2: 4 Ariko nkuko twemerewe n'Imana kwiringirwa nubutumwa bwiza, ndetse
turavuga rero; ntabwo ari ugushimisha abantu, ahubwo ni Imana igerageza imitima yacu.
2: 5 Kuberako nta gihe na kimwe twakoresheje amagambo ashimisha nkuko mubizi, cyangwa a
inzara yo kurarikira; Imana ni umuhamya:
2: 6 Nta muntu n'umwe wigeze dushaka icyubahiro, haba muri mwebwe, haba no ku bandi, igihe twe
birashobora kuba biremereye, nk'intumwa za Kristo.
2: 7 Ariko tworoheje muri mwe, nk'uko umuforomo akunda abana be:
2: 8 Rero twifuzaga cyane kubwanyu, twiteguye kubikora
ntabwo twahawe ubutumwa bwiza bw'Imana gusa, ahubwo n'ubugingo bwacu,
kuko mwari mukundwa kuri twe.
2: 9 Erega baribuka, bavandimwe, imirimo yacu n'imibabaro yacu: ijoro ryo gukora
n'umunsi, kubera ko tutari kubazwa n'umwe muri mwebwe, twabwirije
kuri wewe ubutumwa bwiza bw'Imana.
2:10 Muri abahamya, kandi Imana nayo, mbega ukuntu twera kandi dukiranuka kandi tutaryarya
twitwaye muri mwebwe bizera:
2:11 Nkuko mubizi uko twashishikarije, duhumuriza kandi twishyuza buri wese muri mwe,
nk'uko se akora abana be,
2:12 Kugira ngo ugende ukwiye Imana, yaguhamagaye mu bwami bwayo
n'icyubahiro.
2:13 Kubera iyo mpamvu, turashimira Imana ubudahwema, kuko, iyo
wakiriye ijambo ry'Imana watwumvise, ntiwakiriye nka Uwiteka
ijambo ryabantu, ariko nkuko biri mubyukuri, ijambo ryImana, mubyukuri
ikora kandi muri mwebwe abizera.
2:14 Mwa bavandimwe, mwahindutse abayoboke b'amatorero y'Imana arimo
Yudaya iri muri Kristo Yesu: kuko nawe mwababaye nkibintu
abanyagihugu banyu bwite, nk'uko bafise Abayahudi:
2:15 Ninde wishe Umwami Yesu, n'abahanuzi babo, kandi bafite
baradutoteza; kandi ntibashimisha Imana, kandi binyuranye n'abantu bose:
2:16 Kutubuza kuvugana nabanyamahanga kugirango bakizwe, buzure
hejuru y'ibyaha byabo, kuko uburakari bubageraho bikabije.
2:17 Ariko twe bavandimwe, twakuwe muri mwe igihe gito imbere yacu, ntabwo
mumutima, yihatiye cyane kubona isura yawe nini
kwifuza.
2:18 Ni cyo cyatumye tuza aho uri, ndetse nanjye Pawulo, inshuro nyinshi; ariko
Satani yaratubujije.
2:19 Kuberiki ibyiringiro byacu, cyangwa umunezero, cyangwa ikamba ryo kwishima? Nturi muri wowe
kuboneka k'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo igihe azazira?
2:20 Kuberako muri icyubahiro cyacu n'ibyishimo byacu.