Abakolosayi
3: 1 Niba mwazutse hamwe na Kristo, shakisha ibyo hejuru,
aho Kristo yicaye iburyo bw'Imana.
3: 2 Shyira urukundo rwawe ku bintu biri hejuru, aho gushyira ku isi.
3: 3 Kuko mwapfuye, kandi ubuzima bwanyu bwihishe hamwe na Kristo mu Mana.
3: 4 Igihe Kristo, ari we buzima bwacu, azagaragara, ni nako muzagaragara
hamwe na we mu cyubahiro.
3: 5 Hindura rero abayoboke bawe bari ku isi; ubusambanyi,
umwanda, urukundo rudasanzwe, guhuzagurika kubi, no kurarikira,
aribyo gusenga ibigirwamana:
3: 6 Niyo mpamvu uburakari bw'Imana bugera ku bana ba
kutumvira:
3: 7 Muriyo wanyuzemo igihe runaka, igihe wabayemo.
3: 8 Ariko ubu rero mwakuyeho ibyo byose; umujinya, umujinya, ubugome, gutukana,
itumanaho ryanduye riva mu kanwa kawe.
3: 9 Ntukabeshye, kuko wambuye umusaza ibye
ibikorwa;
3:10 Kandi wambare umuntu mushya, ushya mu bumenyi nyuma y Uwiteka
ishusho y'uwamuremye:
3:11 Ahatari Umugereki cyangwa Umuyahudi, gukebwa cyangwa kudakebwa,
Umunyarwandakazi, Umusikuti, umurunga cyangwa umudendezo: ariko Kristo ni byose, kandi muri byose.
3:12 Wambare rero, nk'intore z'Imana, zera kandi zikundwa, amara ya
imbabazi, ubugwaneza, kwicisha bugufi mu bitekerezo, kwiyoroshya, kwihangana;
3:13 Kubabarirana, no kubabarirana, niba hari umuntu ufite a
gutongana n'umuntu uwo ari we wese: nk'uko Kristo yakubabariye, ni ko nawe ubikora.
3:14 Kandi hejuru y'ibyo byose mwambare urukundo, arirwo sano
gutungana.
3:15 Kandi amahoro y'Imana ategeke mumitima yawe, nawe uko uri
yahamagariwe mu mubiri umwe; kandi ushime.
3:16 Reka ijambo rya Kristo rigume muri wowe mubwenge bwose; kwigisha na
gukangurirana muri zaburi n'indirimbo n'indirimbo z'umwuka, kuririmba
n'ubuntu mu mitima yawe kuri Nyagasani.
3:17 Kandi ibyo mukora byose mu magambo cyangwa mu bikorwa, byose mubikore mu izina rya Nyagasani
Yesu, ashimira Imana na Data kuri we.
3:18 Bagore, nimwumvire abagabo banyu, nk'uko bikwiriye Uwiteka
Mwami.
3:19 Bagabo, mukunde abagore banyu, kandi ntimukarakarire.
3:20 Bana, mwumvire ababyeyi banyu muri byose: kuko ibyo birashimishije
kuri Nyagasani.
3:21 Ba so, ntimukarakaze abana banyu, kugira ngo badacika intege.
3:22 Bakozi, nimwumvire muri byose shobuja mukurikije umubiri; ntabwo
hamwe na eyeervice, nka menpleasers; ariko mubwirebange bwumutima, ubwoba
Imana:
3:23 Kandi ibyo mukora byose, mubikore mbikuye ku mutima, nka Nyagasani, ntimugirire abantu;
3:24 Mumenye iby'Uwiteka muzabona ibihembo by'umurage:
kuko mukorera Umwami Kristo.
3:25 Ariko ukora ibibi, azahabwa ibibi yakoze:
kandi nta cyubahiro cyabantu.