Abefeso
3: 1 Kubera iyo mpamvu, I Pawulo, imfungwa ya Yesu Kristo kubanyamahanga,
3: 2 Niba warigeze wumva itangwa ry'ubuntu bw'Imana bwatanzwe
njye kuri wewe:
3: 3 Ukuntu ibyo yabihishuriye yamenyesheje ibanga; (nkuko nabyanditse
hejuru mumagambo make,
3: 4 Niyo mpamvu, nimusoma, mushobora gusobanukirwa ubumenyi bwanjye mubanga rya
Kristo)
3: 5 Ibyo mu bindi bihe bitamenyeshejwe abana b'abantu, nk'uko biri
none yahishuriwe intumwa ze n'abahanuzi bera kubwa Mwuka;
3: 6 Ko abanyamahanga bagomba kuba bagenzi babo, kandi mumubiri umwe, kandi
abasangiye amasezerano ye muri Kristo n'ubutumwa bwiza:
3: 7 Aho nagizwe umukozi, nkurikije impano y'ubuntu bw'Imana
nahawe no gukora neza imbaraga zimbaraga ze.
3: 8 Kuri njye, uwutari muto mu batagatifu bose, ni ubu buntu bwatanzwe,
ko nkubwiriza mubanyamahanga ubutunzi butagereranywa bwa
Kristo;
3: 9 Kandi kugirango abantu bose babone icyo ubusabane bwibanga aribwo
kuva isi yatangira kwihishwa mu Mana, yaremye byose
ibintu na Yesu Kristo:
3:10 Kubigambiriye ko kubutware n'imbaraga zo mwijuru
ahantu hashobora kumenyekana nitorero ubwenge butandukanye bwImana,
3:11 Dukurikije umugambi w'iteka yateguye muri Kristo Yesu uwacu
Nyagasani:
3:12 Muri twe dufite ubutwari no kugera ku cyizere kubwo kwizera kwe.
3:13 Ni cyo gitumye nifuza ko mutazacika intege mu mibabaro yanjye kuri wewe
ni icyubahiro cyawe.
3:14 Kubera iyo mpamvu, napfukamye Se wa Mwami wacu Yesu Kristo,
3:15 Muri bo umuryango wose wo mu ijuru no ku isi witwa,
3:16 Ko azaguha, ukurikije ubutunzi bw'icyubahiro cye, kuba
yakomejwe n'imbaraga n'Umwuka we mu muntu w'imbere;
3:17 Kugira ngo Kristo ature mu mitima yawe kubwo kwizera; ko mwebwe, mizi kandi
ishingiye ku rukundo,
3:18 Turashobora gusobanukirwa nabera bose ubugari, kandi
uburebure, n'uburebure, n'uburebure;
3:19 Kandi kumenya urukundo rwa Kristo, rutanga ubumenyi, kugirango mubashe
nuzure byuzuye byuzuye.
3:20 Noneho ushoboye gukora ibirenze ibyo twese
baza cyangwa utekereze, ukurikije imbaraga zidukorera,
3:21 Icyubahiro kibe icye mu itorero na Kristo Yesu mu bihe byose,
isi itagira iherezo. Amen.