1 Abatesalonike
3: 1 Kubwibyo, mugihe tutagishoboye kwihanganira, twatekereje ko ari byiza gusigara
muri Atenayi honyine;
3: 2 Yohereza Timoteyo, umuvandimwe wacu, n'umukozi w'Imana, n'uwacu
mugenzi wawe mubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo, kugushiraho, no guhumuriza
wowe kubyerekeye kwizera kwawe:
3: 3 Kugira ngo hatagira umuntu uhindurwa n'imibabaro, kuko mwebwe ubwanyu murabizi
ko twashyizweho.
3: 4 Mubyukuri, igihe twari kumwe nawe, twababwiye mbere yuko tugomba
kubabazwa; nk'uko byagenze, kandi murabizi.
3: 5 Kubera iyo mpamvu, igihe ntagishoboye kwihanganira, nohereje kumenya ibyawe
kwizera, kugira ngo hato na hato uwagerageza akugerageza, n'imirimo yacu
ube impfabusa.
3: 6 Ariko noneho igihe Timoteyo yavaga iwanyu akatugana, akatuzanira ibyiza
ubutumwa bw'ukwizera kwawe n'urukundo, kandi ko mubyibuka neza
buri gihe, twifuza cyane kutubona, nkuko natwe tuzakubona:
3: 7 None rero, bavandimwe, twahumurijwe nawe mu mibabaro yacu yose
n'imibabaro kubwo kwizera kwawe:
3: 8 Ubu turiho, niba uhagaze neza muri Nyagasani.
3: 9 Ni iki dushobora gushimira Imana kubwanyu, kubwibyishimo byose
aho twishimira kubwanyu imbere yImana yacu;
3:10 Ijoro n'amanywa dusenga cyane kugirango tubone isura yawe, n'imbaraga zawe
gutunganyiriza ibibuze mu kwizera kwawe?
3:11 Noneho Imana ubwayo na Data, n'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, bayobora ibyacu
inzira igana kuri wewe.
3:12 Kandi Uwiteka agutera kwiyongera no gukundana muri mugenzi wawe,
no ku bantu bose, nk'uko natwe tubakorera:
3:13 Kugira ngo arangize, ashobora gukomeza imitima yawe itagira inenge mu kwera mbere
Mana, ndetse na Data, mugihe cyo kuza k'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo hamwe na bose
abera be.