Abakolosayi
1: 1 Pawulo, intumwa ya Yesu Kristo kubushake bw'Imana, na Timoteyo wacu
umuvandimwe,
1: 2 Kubatagatifu n'abavandimwe bizerwa muri Kristo bari i Colosse:
Mugire amahoro, amahoro aturuka ku Mana Data wa twese n'Umwami Yesu
Kristo.
1: 3 Turashimira Imana na Se w'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, dusenga
burigihe kubwawe,
1: 4 Kuva twumvise kwizera kwawe muri Kristo Yesu, nurukundo ukunda
ugomba kwera abera bose,
1: 5 Kuberako ibyiringiro byanyu mwijuru mwijuru mwigeze kubyumva mbere
mw'ijambo ry'ukuri k'ubutumwa bwiza;
1: 6 Ninde waje kuri wewe, nk'uko biri mw'isi yose; ikabyara
imbuto, nk'uko nazo ziri muri wowe, kuva umunsi wabyumvise, ukabimenya
ubuntu bw'Imana mu kuri:
1: 7 Nkuko mwize kuri Epafura mugenzi wacu dukunda, uri kubwawe a
umukozi wizerwa wa Kristo;
1: 8 Ninde watumenyesheje urukundo rwawe muri Mwuka.
1: 9 Kubera iyo mpamvu natwe, kuva umunsi twumvise, ntituzahwema gusenga
kubwanyu, no kwifuza ko mwuzura ubumenyi bwe
ubushake mubwenge bwose no gusobanukirwa kwumwuka;
1:10 Kugira ngo mugende ukwiye Uwiteka kubishimisha byose, mubyera
mubikorwa byose byiza, no kwiyongera mubumenyi bw'Imana;
1:11 Yakomejwe n'imbaraga zose, akurikije imbaraga ze zicyubahiro, kuri bose
kwihangana no kwihangana hamwe n'ibyishimo;
1:12 Gushimira Data, watumye duhura ngo dusangire
umurage w'abatagatifu mu mucyo:
1:13 Ni nde wadukuye mu mbaraga z'umwijima, akaduhindura?
mu bwami bw'Umwana we yakundaga:
1:14 Muri twe twacunguwe binyuze mu maraso ye, ndetse no kubabarirwa
ibyaha:
1:15 Ninde shusho yImana itagaragara, imfura yibiremwa byose:
1:16 Kuberako ibintu byose byaremwe na we, ibyari mu ijuru n'ibirimo
isi, igaragara kandi itagaragara, yaba intebe, cyangwa ubutware, cyangwa
ibikomangoma, cyangwa imbaraga: ibintu byose yaremewe na we, kandi kuri we:
1:17 Kandi ari imbere ya byose, kandi byose ni byo kuri we.
1:18 Kandi niwe mutwe wumubiri, itorero: ninde ntangiriro, Uwiteka
imfura mu bapfuye; kugira ngo muri byose ashobore kugira Uwiteka
icyambere.
1:19 Kuberako Data yashimishije ko muri we hagomba kubaho byose byuzuye.
1:20 Amaze kugira amahoro binyuze mumaraso y'umusaraba we, kuri we
kwiyunga byose kuri we; na we, ndavuga, niba ari ibintu
mw'isi, cyangwa ibintu byo mwijuru.
1:21 Namwe, mwigeze kuba mwitandukanije nabanzi mubitekerezo byanyu babi
arakora, nyamara ubu yiyunze
1:22 Mu mubiri wumubiri we kubwo gupfa, kugirango ubereke abera kandi
ntagushinja kandi kidashidikanywaho imbere ye:
1:23 Niba mukomeje kwizera gushingiye no gutuza, kandi ntimukimuke
duhereye ku byiringiro by'ubutumwa bwiza mwumvise, kandi bwamamajwe
ku biremwa byose biri munsi yijuru; aho I Pawulo yagizwe a
minisitiri;
1:24 Ninde wishimiye imibabaro yanjye kubwanyu, akuzuza ibiriho
inyuma yububabare bwa Kristo mumubiri wanjye kubwumubiri we,
ariryo torero:
1:25 Aho nagize umukozi, nkurikije uko Imana itanga
nahawe kubwawe, gusohoza ijambo ry'Imana;
1:26 Ndetse ibanga ryagiye rihishwa kuva kera no mu gisekuru, ariko
ubu bigaragarijwe abera be:
1:27 Uwo Imana izamenyesha ubutunzi bw'icyubahiro bw'ibi
amayobera mu banyamahanga; ari we Kristo muri wowe, ibyiringiro by'icyubahiro:
1:28 Uwo tubwiriza, tuburira abantu bose, kandi twigisha umuntu wese ubwenge bwose;
kugirango dushobore kwerekana umuntu wese utunganye muri Kristo Yesu:
1:29 Aho nanjye nkorera, mparanira nkurikije imirimo ye, iyo
ikora muri njye imbaraga nyinshi.