Abakolosayi
2: 1 Kuberako nifuza ko mumenya amakimbirane akomeye mfitiye, kandi
bo muri Laodikiya, kandi kuri benshi batigeze mbona mu maso hanjye mu mubiri;
2: 2 Kugira ngo imitima yabo ihumurizwe, ihuze urukundo, kandi
ku butunzi bwose bwubwishingizi bwuzuye bwo gusobanukirwa, kuri
kwemera ibanga ry'Imana, na Data, na Kristo;
2: 3 Muri bo hihishe ubutunzi bwose bw'ubwenge n'ubumenyi.
2: 4 Kandi ibi ndabivuze, kugira ngo hatagira umuntu ugushuka n'amagambo akwegera.
5: 5 Nubwo ntaboneka mu mubiri, ariko ndi kumwe nawe mu mwuka,
kwishima no kureba gahunda yawe, no gushikama kwizera kwawe
Kristo.
2: 6 Nkuko mwakiriye Kristo Yesu Umwami, nimugende muri we:
2: 7 Imizi kandi yubake muri we, kandi ushikamye mu kwizera nk'uko wahoze
yigishijwe, ari byinshi hamwe no gushimira.
2: 8 Witondere kugira ngo hatagira umuntu ukwangiza binyuze muri filozofiya n'uburiganya bw'ubusa, nyuma
gakondo yabagabo, nyuma yimikorere yisi, kandi ntabwo nyuma
Kristo.
2: 9 Erega muri we hatuwe ubumana bwose bw'umubiri.
2:10 Kandi mwuzuye muri We, ariwe mutwe wubutware bwose kandi
imbaraga:
Ni nde muri mwebwe no gukebwa gukorerwa hanze
amaboko, mugukuraho umubiri wibyaha byumubiri na
gukebwa kwa Kristo:
2:12 Yashyinguwe hamwe na we mu mubatizo, ari naho mwazukiye hamwe na we
kwizera kw'imikorere y'Imana, yamuzuye mu bapfuye.
2:13 Namwe, kuba mwarapfuye mu byaha byanyu no kudakebwa kw'umubiri wawe,
Yihutishije hamwe na we, ababariye ibicumuro byanyu byose;
2:14 Kurandura inyandiko y'intoki amategeko yaturwanya, ayo
yari inyuranye natwe, ayikura mu nzira, ayimanika ku musaraba we;
2:15 Amaze kwangiza ibikomangoma n'ububasha, yabigaragaje
kumugaragaro, kubatsinda muri byo.
Ntihakagire umuntu ugucira urubanza mu nyama, cyangwa mu binyobwa, cyangwa ku byerekeye an
umunsi wera, cyangwa ukwezi gushya, cyangwa iy'isabato:
2:17 Ni igicucu cyibintu bizaza; ariko umubiri ukomoka kuri Kristo.
2:18 Ntihakagire umuntu ugushuka ibihembo byawe wicishije bugufi kandi
gusenga abamarayika, kwinjira mubintu adafite
abonye, yatewe isoni nubwenge bwe bwumubiri,
2:19 Kandi udafashe Umutwe, uva umubiri wose ukoresheje ingingo
kugira ibyokurya byakorewe, no kuboha hamwe, byiyongera hamwe na
kwiyongera kw'Imana.
2:20 Kubwibyo rero, niba mwarapfuye hamwe na Kristo kuva mubitekerezo byisi,
kubera iki, nkaho uba mw'isi, mugengwa n'amategeko,
2:21 (Ntukoreho; ntukaryoshye; ntukore;
2:22 Ibyo byose bigomba kurimbuka ukoresheje;) nyuma yamategeko na
inyigisho z'abantu?
2:23 Ni ibihe bintu bifite ubwenge bwinshi mu gusenga, no kwicisha bugufi,
no kwirengagiza umubiri; ntabwo mucyubahiro icyo aricyo cyose cyo guhaza Uwiteka
inyama.