Abefeso
6: 1 Bana, mwumvire ababyeyi banyu muri Nyagasani, kuko aribyo.
6: 2 Wubahe so na nyoko; ni ryo tegeko rya mbere hamwe
gusezerana;
6: 3 Kugira ngo bibe byiza, kandi ubeho igihe kirekire ku isi.
6: 4 Kandi, yemwe ba so, ntimukarakaze abana banyu, ahubwo mubareze
mu kurera no guhugura kwa Nyagasani.
6: 5 Bagaragu, nimwumvire abo ari shobuja mukurikije Uwiteka
inyama, n'ubwoba no guhinda umushyitsi, mu bwigunge bw'umutima wawe, nkuko kuri
Kristo;
6: 6 Ntabwo ari ukureba, nka menpleasers; ariko nk'abakozi ba Kristo,
gukora ibyo Imana ishaka bivuye ku mutima;
6: 7 Ukore neza, ukore nk'Uwiteka, ntukorere abantu:
6: 8 Kumenya ko ikintu cyiza umuntu wese akora, na we azagikora
yakira Umwami, yaba imbata cyangwa umudendezo.
6 Databuja, nimukorere ibintu nk'ibyo, mwirinde gutera ubwoba:
kumenya ko Databuja nawe ari mwijuru; eka mbere nta no kubaha
abantu bari kumwe.
6:10 Hanyuma, bavandimwe, mukomere muri Nyagasani, n'imbaraga zayo
imbaraga.
6:11 Wambare intwaro zose z'Imana, kugira ngo ubashe guhagarara imbere y'Uwiteka
amayeri ya satani.
6:12 Kuberako tutarwanya inyama n'amaraso, ahubwo turwana n'ibikomangoma,
kurwanya imbaraga, kurwanya abategetsi b'umwijima w'iyi si,
kurwanya ububi bwo mu mwuka ahantu hirengeye.
6:13 Noneho rero, mujyane intwaro zose z'Imana, kugira ngo mubashe
ihangane kumunsi mubi, kandi umaze gukora byose, guhagarara.
6:14 Hagarara rero, ukenyeye ukuri, kandi ukomeze
igituza cyo gukiranuka;
6:15 Ibirenge byawe byambaye inkweto zo gutegura ubutumwa bwiza bw'amahoro;
Ikirenze byose, fata ingabo yo kwizera, aho uzabishobora
kuzimya imyambi yaka umuriro yababi.
6:17 Fata ingofero y'agakiza, n'inkota ya Mwuka, aribyo
ijambo ry'Imana:
6:18 Gusenga buri gihe hamwe namasengesho yose no kwinginga muri Mwuka, kandi
kubireba hamwe no kwihangana no kwinginga kuri bose
abera;
6:19 Kandi kuri njye, kugira ngo mvuge, kugira ngo mfungure
umunwa ushize amanga, kugirango umenyeshe ibanga ry'ubutumwa bwiza,
6:20 Kubera ko ndi ambasaderi mu ngoyi, kugira ngo mvuge nshize amanga,
nk'uko ngomba kuvuga.
6:21 Ariko kugira ngo mumenye ibyanjye, n'uko mbikora, Tikiko, mukundwa
umuvandimwe n'umukozi wizerwa muri Nyagasani, azabamenyesha mwese
ibintu:
6 uwo nakoherereje uwo mugambi umwe, kugira ngo mumenye ibyacu
ibintu, kandi kugirango aguhumurize imitima yawe.
6:23 Amahoro abavandimwe, kandi mukundane kwizera, biva ku Mana Data na
Umwami Yesu Kristo.
6:24 Ubuntu bubane nabantu bose bakunda Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo babikuye ku mutima.
Amen.