1 Timoteyo
6: 1 Reka abagaragu benshi bari munsi yingogo babare ba shebuja
bikwiye icyubahiro cyose, kugirango izina ry'Imana ninyigisho zayo bitaba
yatutse.
6: 2 Kandi abafite ba shebuja bizera, ntibabasuzugure, kuko
ni abavandimwe; ahubwo ubakorere, kuko ari abizerwa
kandi bakundwa, basangiye inyungu. Ibi bintu byigisha kandi bikangurira.
6: 3 Niba umuntu yigisha ukundi, kandi akemera kutavuga amagambo meza, ndetse na
amagambo y'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, no ku nyigisho ikwiranye
kubaha Imana;
6: 4 Yirata, ntacyo azi, ariko yerekana ibibazo nibibazo bya
magambo, aho hazamo ishyari, amakimbirane, gusebanya, ibitekerezo bibi,
6: 5 Impaka mbi z'abantu bafite ibitekerezo byononekaye, kandi badafite ukuri,
ukeka ko inyungu ari ukubaha Imana: kuva muri ubwo buryo.
6: 6 Ariko kubaha Imana kunyurwa ninyungu nini.
6: 7 Kuberako ntacyo twazanye muri iyi si, kandi nta gushidikanya ko dushobora gutwara
nta kintu na kimwe.
6: 8 Kandi dufite ibiryo n'imyambaro reka tubihaze.
6: 9 Ariko abakize bazagwa mu bishuko no mu mutego, no muri
irari ryinshi ryubupfu kandi ribabaza, ryarohamye abantu mukurimbuka kandi
kurimbuka.
6:10 Kuberako gukunda amafaranga ari umuzi wibibi byose: mugihe bamwe bifuzaga
nyuma, bayobye kwizera, kandi baricengeye
hamwe nububabare bwinshi.
6:11 Ariko wowe, muntu w'Imana, uhunge ibyo bintu; hanyuma ukurikire nyuma
gukiranuka, kubaha Imana, kwizera, urukundo, kwihangana, kwiyoroshya.
6:12 Kurwana intambara nziza yo kwizera, komeza ubuzima bw'iteka, aho uri
ubuhanzi nabwo bwitwa, kandi wavuze ko ari umwuga mwiza mbere ya benshi
abatangabuhamya.
6:13 Ndaguhaye inshingano imbere y'Imana, izamura byose, kandi
imbere ya Kristo Yesu, mbere ya Ponsiyo Pilato yiboneye ibyiza
kwatura;
6:14 Ko ukurikiza iri tegeko nta kibanza, kidashidikanywaho, kugeza i
kugaragara k'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo:
6:15 Ibyo azabigaragaza mu bihe bye, ninde uhiriwe kandi ufite imbaraga,
Umwami w'abami, n'Umutware w'abatware;
6:16 Ninde ufite ukudapfa gusa, atuye mu mucyo nta muntu ushobora
wegera; uwo nta muntu n'umwe wigeze abona, cyangwa ngo abone: uwo niyubahe kandi
imbaraga z'iteka. Amen.
6:17 Urege abakire muri iyi si, kugira ngo batayoborwa,
cyangwa ngo wizere ubutunzi butazwi, ahubwo wizere Imana nzima, iduha
cyane ibintu byose byo kwishimira;
6:18 Ko bakora ibyiza, ko bakize mubikorwa byiza, biteguye kugabura,
ubushake bwo gushyikirana;
6:19 Kwishyiriraho ubwabo umusingi mwiza ugereranije nigihe
ngwino, kugira ngo bakomeze ubuzima bw'iteka.
6:20 Yewe Timoteyo, komeza ibyo wizeye, wirinde guhumanya
nubusa kubusa, no kurwanya siyanse ibinyoma byitwa:
6:21 Ibyo bamwe bavuga ko bakoze amakosa kubyerekeye kwizera. Ubuntu ubane
wowe. Amen.