1 Timoteyo
3: 1 Iri ni ijambo ryukuri, Niba umuntu yifuza umwanya wa musenyeri, we
yifuza akazi keza.
3: 2 Umwepiskopi rero agomba kuba umwere, umugabo wumugore umwe, kuba maso,
gushishoza, imyitwarire myiza, ihabwa abashyitsi, apt kwigisha;
3: 3 Ntabwo yahawe vino, nta rutahizamu, cyangwa umururumba w'amafaranga yanduye; ariko ihangane,
ntabwo ari intonganya, ntabwo ararikira;
3: 4 Uyobora neza inzu ye, akayobora abana be
hamwe n'uburemere bwose;
3: 5 (Kuberako umuntu atazi gutegeka inzu ye, azabyitaho ate?
y'itorero ry'Imana?)
3: 6 Ntabwo ari umushyitsi, kugira ngo ataterwa ishema agwa muri
gucirwaho iteka na satani.
3: 7 Byongeye kandi, agomba kuba afite raporo nziza yabatari hanze; kugira ngo
kugwa mubitutsi numutego wa satani.
3: 8 Mu buryo nk'ubwo, abadiyakoni bagomba kuba imva, ntibakongerewe kabiri, ntibahawe byinshi
vino, ntabwo ari umururumba wa lucre yanduye;
3: 9 Gufata ibanga ryo kwizera umutimanama utabacira urubanza.
3:10 Kandi ibyo nabyo bibanze bigaragare; noneho nibareke gukoresha ibiro bya a
umudiyakoni, ugasanga nta makemwa.
3:11 Nubwo bimeze bityo, abagore babo bagomba kuba bakomeye, ntibasebanya, bashishoza, bizerwa
byose.
3:12 Reka abadiyakoni babe abagabo b'umugore umwe, bategeka abana babo kandi
amazu yabo neza.
3:13 Kuberako abakoresha ibiro byumudiyakoni kugura neza
ubwabo urwego rwiza, nubutwari bukomeye mukwizera kurimo
Kristo Yesu.
3:14 Ibyo ndabandikiye, nizeye ko bizaza iwanyu bidatinze:
3:15 Ariko nimara igihe kirekire, kugirango mumenye uko mugomba kwitwara
wowe ubwawe mu nzu y'Imana, ariryo torero ry'Imana nzima, Uwiteka
inkingi n'ifatizo ry'ukuri.
3:16 Kandi nta mpaka zikomeye ni ibanga ryo kubaha Imana: Imana yari
kwigaragaza mu mubiri, gutsindishirizwa mu Mwuka, kubonwa n'abamarayika, kubwiriza
ku banyamahanga, bizera isi, bakira icyubahiro.