2 Petero
3: 1 Uru rwandiko rwa kabiri, bakundwa, ubu ndabandikiye; muri ibyo byombi ndabyutsa
uzamure ubwenge bwawe bwuzuye muburyo bwo kwibuka:
3: 2 Kugira ngo uzirikane amagambo yavuzwe mbere n'abera
abahanuzi, n'itegeko ryacu intumwa z'Uwiteka na
Umukiza:
3: 3 Kumenya mbere, ko hazaza iminsi yimperuka,
kugenda inyuma y'irari ryabo,
3: 4 Ati: "Amasezerano yo kuza kwe ari he?" kuko kuva ba se
yasinziriye, ibintu byose birakomeza nkuko byari bimeze kuva mu ntangiriro ya
ibyaremwe.
3: 5 Kubwibyo babishaka batabizi, ko kubwijambo ry'Imana Uwiteka
ijuru rya kera, isi ihagaze hanze y'amazi no muri
amazi:
3: 6 Isi yariho icyo gihe, yuzuye amazi, irarimbuka:
3: 7 Ariko ijuru n'isi biriho ubu, kubwijambo rimwe birubahirizwa
mububiko, bugenewe umuriro kumunsi wurubanza no kurimbuka
y'abagabo batubaha Imana.
3: 8 Ariko, bakundwa, ntukayobewe n'iki kintu kimwe, umunsi umwe uri kumwe
Uwiteka nk'imyaka igihumbi, n'imyaka igihumbi nk'umunsi umwe.
3: 9 Uwiteka ntatinda ku masezerano ye, nk'uko abantu bamwe babara
ubunebwe; ariko iratwihanganira kuri-ward, ntabwo ishaka ko hagomba
kurimbuka, ariko ko bose bagomba kuza kwihana.
3:10 Ariko umunsi w'Uwiteka uzaza nk'umujura nijoro; muri
ijuru rizashira hamwe n'urusaku rwinshi, n'ibigize
gushonga hamwe nubushyuhe bukabije, isi nayo nimirimo irimo
bizatwikwa.
3:11 Kubona noneho ko ibyo byose bizaseswa, ni ubuhe buryo
abantu mukwiye kuba mubiganiro byose byera no kubaha Imana,
3:12 Shakisha kandi wihutire kuza k'umunsi w'Imana, aho Uwiteka
ijuru ryaka umuriro rizashonga, kandi ibintu bizashonga
n'ubushyuhe bukabije?
3:13 Nyamara, twe, dukurikije amasezerano ye, dushakisha ijuru rishya kandi a
isi nshya, aho ituye gukiranuka.
3:14 None rero, bakundwa, mubonye ko mushakisha ibintu nk'ibyo, mugire umwete
kugira ngo mumusange mu mahoro, nta mwanya, kandi utagira amakemwa.
3:15 Kandi mubare ko kwihangana k'Umwami wacu ari agakiza; ndetse nkatwe
umuvandimwe ukundwa Pawulo nawe akurikije ubwenge yahawe
Mwandikiwe;
3:16 Kimwe no mu nzandiko ze zose, ubavugamo muri ibyo; muri
ni ibintu bimwe bigoye kubyumva, ibyo bitarize kandi
kurwana kutajegajega, nkuko bakora nibindi byanditswe, kubwabo
kurimbuka.
3:17 None rero, bakundwa, kuko mubimenye mbere, mwirinde
nawe, kuyoborwa n'ikosa ry'ababi, mugwe mwawe
gushikama.
3:18 Ariko mukure mubuntu, no mubumenyi bwUmwami n'Umukiza wacu Yesu
Kristo. Icyubahiro kibe icyubahiro ubu n'iteka ryose. Amen.