1 Timoteyo
5: 1 Ntukamagane umusaza, ahubwo umwinginga nka se; n'abasore nk
bavandimwe;
5: 2 Abakecuru bakuru nka ba nyina; umuto nka bashiki bacu, hamwe nubuziranenge bwose.
5: 3 Wubahe abapfakazi ari abapfakazi rwose.
5: 4 Ariko niba umupfakazi wese afite abana cyangwa abishywa, nibabanze bige kwerekana
kubaha murugo, no gusaba ababyeyi babo: kuko nibyiza kandi
byemewe imbere y'Imana.
5: 5 Noneho umupfakazi rwose, akaba umusaka, yiringira Imana, kandi
ikomeza kwinginga no gusenga ijoro n'umurango.
5: 6 Ariko utuye mu byishimo aba yarapfuye akiriho.
5: 7 Kandi ibyo bintu bitanga, kugira ngo bitagira amakemwa.
5: 8 Ariko nihagira uwutanga ibye, kandi byumwihariko kubwe
nzu, yahakanye kwizera, kandi ni mubi kuruta umufiri.
5: 9 Ntihakabe umupfakazi ujyanwa mu mubare uri munsi yimyaka mirongo itandatu,
kuba yarabaye umugore wumugabo umwe,
5:10 Byatangajwe neza kubikorwa byiza; niba yarareze abana, niba ari
yacumbitse abanyamahanga, niba yogeje ibirenge byabatagatifu, niba afite
yorohereje abababaye, niba yarakurikiranye umwete umurimo wose mwiza.
5:11 Ariko abapfakazi bato barabyanga, kuko iyo batangiye gushavura
kurwanya Kristo, bazashyingirwa;
5:12 Kugira gucirwaho iteka, kuko baretse kwizera kwabo kwa mbere.
5:13 Kandi biga gukora ubusa, bazerera ku nzu n'inzu;
kandi ntabwo ari ubusa gusa, ahubwo abatereta nabo kandi bahuze, kuvuga ibintu
ibyo batagomba.
5:14 Ndashaka rero ko abagore bakiri bato bashyingirwa, bakabyara, bakayobora Uwiteka
inzu, ntukagire umwanya uhanganye wo kuvuga nabi.
5:15 Kuberako bamwe bamaze guhindukirira Satani.
5:16 Niba hari umugabo cyangwa umugore wizera ufite abapfakazi, nibabareke,
kandi ntukareke itorero; kugira ngo iborohereze abo
abapfakazi rwose.
5:17 Reka abakuru bategeka neza babare bakwiriye icyubahiro kabiri,
cyane cyane abakora mwijambo ninyigisho.
5:18 Kubyanditswe byera bivuga ngo: Ntuzacecekeshe umunwa w'inka ukandagira
ibigori. Kandi, Umukozi akwiye ibihembo bye.
5:19 Kurwanya umusaza ntukemere, ahubwo mbere ya babiri cyangwa batatu
abatangabuhamya.
5:20 Babacumura mbere ya byose, kugirango abandi nabo batinye.
5:21 Ndagutegetse imbere y'Imana, n'Umwami Yesu Kristo, n'intore
abamarayika, ko witegereza ibyo bintu utabanje guhitamo mbere
ikindi, ntacyo ukora kubogama.
5:22 Shyira amaboko mu buryo butunguranye, kandi ntukagire uruhare mu byaha by'abandi:
gumana isuku.
5:23 Ntukongere kunywa amazi, ahubwo ukoreshe vino nkeya kubwinda yawe kandi
ubumuga bwawe.
5:24 Ibyaha byabantu bamwe barakinguye mbere, bajya imbere y'urubanza; na bimwe
abagabo bakurikira.
5:25 Mu buryo nk'ubwo, imirimo myiza ya bamwe igaragara mbere; na bo
ibyo ntibishobora guhishwa.