Abafilipi
3: 1 Hanyuma, bavandimwe, nimwishimire Uwiteka. Kwandika ibintu bimwe kuri
wowe, kuri njye mubyukuri ntabwo biteye agahinda, ariko kubwawe ni umutekano.
3: 2 Witondere imbwa, wirinde abakozi babi, wirinde umwanzuro.
3: 3 Kuko turi gukebwa, dusenga Imana mu mwuka, kandi
shimishwa na Kristo Yesu, kandi ntukizere umubiri.
3: 4 Nubwo nshobora no kwiringira umubiri. Niba hari undi mugabo
atekereza ko afite aho ashobora kwiringira umubiri, ndushijeho:
3: 5 Abakebwe ku munsi wa munani, mu bubiko bwa Isiraheli, mu muryango wa
Benyamini, Umuheburayo w'Abaheburayo; nko gukora ku mategeko, Umufarisayo;
3: 6 Kubijyanye n'umwete, gutoteza itorero; gukora ku gukiranuka
biri mu mategeko, nta makemwa.
3: 7 Ariko ni ibiki byangiriye akamaro, abo nabonaga ko ari igihombo kuri Kristo.
3: 8 Yego ntagushidikanya, kandi ndabara byose ariko igihombo kubwiza bwa Uwiteka
ubumenyi bwa Kristo Yesu Umwami wanjye: uwo nabuze
byose, kandi ubibare ariko amase, kugirango nshobore gutsinda Kristo,
3: 9 Kandi muboneke muri we, udafite gukiranuka kwanjye, ari ko kwa
amategeko, ariko ibyanyuze mu kwizera kwa Kristo, gukiranuka
ikomoka ku Mana kubwo kwizera:
3:10 Kugira ngo mumumenye, n'imbaraga z'izuka rye, na
gusabana n'imibabaro ye, bigahinduka bihuye n'urupfu rwe;
3:11 Niba muburyo ubwo aribwo bwose nshobora kugera ku izuka ry'abapfuye.
3:12 Ntabwo ari nkaho nari maze kubigeraho, byombi byari bimaze gutungana: ariko njye
kurikira nyuma, niba aribyo nshobora gutahura ibyo nanjye ndimo
yafashwe na Kristo Yesu.
3:13 Bavandimwe, sinzi ko ari njye nafashe: ariko iki kintu kimwe njye
kora, wibagirwe ibyo bintu biri inyuma, kandi ubigereho
ibyo bintu biri mbere,
3:14 Ndakanda ku kimenyetso kugirango mpabwe igihembo cyo guhamagarwa kw'Imana muri
Kristo Yesu.
3:15 Reka rero, nkabantu bose batunganye, tuzirikane gutya: kandi niba aribyo
ikintu utekereza ukundi, Imana izaguhishurira ibi.
3:16 Nubwo bimeze bityo ariko, tumaze kugeraho, reka tugende kimwe
tegeka, reka twibuke ikintu kimwe.
3:17 Bavandimwe, mube abayoboke hamwe nanjye, kandi mubashyireho abagenda nkawe
tugire urugero.
3:18 (Kubantu benshi bagenda, abo nababwiye kenshi, none ndabibabwiye ndetse
kurira, ko ari abanzi b'umusaraba wa Kristo:
3:19 Iherezo ryabo ni irimbuka, Imana ni inda yabo, n'icyubahiro cyayo
mu kimwaro cyabo, utekereza ibintu byo ku isi.)
3:20 Kuberako ibiganiro byacu biri mwijuru; Kuva aho na none dushakisha i
Umukiza, Umwami Yesu Kristo:
3:21 Ninde uzahindura umubiri wacu mubi, kugirango uhindurwe nkuwawe
umubiri wicyubahiro, ukurikije akazi ashoboye ndetse no
yiyobore byose.