1Petero intumwa ya Yesu Kristo, ndabandikiye mwebwe abimukirab'intore bo mu batataniye i Ponto n'i Galatiya, n'i Kapadokiya no muri Asiya n'i Bituniya,
2mwatoranijwe nk'uko Imana Data wa twese yabamenye kera mubiheshejwe no kwezwa n'Umwuka, kugirango mwumvire Imana muminjagirwe amaraso ya Yesu Kristo.
Ubuntu n'amahoro bigwire muri mwe.
3Imana y'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, ari na yo Se, ishimwe kuko yatubyaye ubwa kabiri nk'uko imbabazi zayo nyinshi ziri, kugirango tugireibyiringiro bizima tubiheshejwe no kuzukakwa Yesu Kristo,
4tuzaboneumurageutabasha kuboracyangwa kwandura cyangwa kugajuka,ari wo namwe mwabikiwe mu ijuru,
5mwebwe abarindwa n'imbaraga z'Imana ku bwo kwizera, murindirwa agakiza kiteguwe kuzahishurwa mu gihe cy'imperuka.
6Ni cyo gituma mwishima, nubwo ahari mukwiriye kumaraigihe gito mubabazwa n'ibibagerageza byinshi,
7kugirango kwizera kwanyu kugaragare ko kurusha izahabu igiciro cyinshi (kandi izahabu nubwo ishira igeragereshwaumuriro), kandi kugirango kwizera kwanyu kugaragare ko ari uk'ukuri, amaherezo kuzabahesha ishimwe n'ubwiza n'icyubahiro ubwo Yesu Kristo azahishurwa.
8Uwo mumukunda mutaramubona, kandi nubwo none mutamurebamuramwizera, ni cyo gituma mwishima ibyishimo byiza bitavugwa,
9kuko muhabwa agakiza k'ubugingo bwanyu ari ko ngororano yo kwizera kwanyu.
10Abahanuzi bahanuye iby'ako gakiza barondora n'iby'ubuntu mwari mugiyekuzahabwa babishimikiriye,
11barondora igihe icyo ari cyo n'ibimenyetso byacyo, byerekanwaga n'Umwuka wa Kristo wari muri bo agahamya imibabaro ya Kristo itari yaba, n'ubwiza bw'uburyo bwinshi bwari bugiyekuyiheruka.
12Kandi bahishurirwa yuko batabyiyerekewe ahubwo ko ari mwe babyerekewe. Ibyo none mumazekubibwirwa n'ababwirijeubutumwa bwiza, babwirijwe n'Umwuka Wera woherejwe ava mu ijuru, kandi ibyo abamarayika babigirira amatsiko bashaka kubirunguruka.
13Nuko mukenyere mu mitima yanyu, mwirinde ibisindisha, mwiringire rwose impano y'ubuntu muzazanirwa, ubwo Yesu Kristo azahishurwa.
14Mube nk'abana bumvira, ntimwishushanye n'irari mwagiraga kera mukiriinjiji.
15Ahubwo nk'ukouwabahamagaye ariuwera, abe ari ko namwe muba abera mu ngeso zanyu zose.
16Kuko byanditswe ngo “Muzabeabera kuko ndiuwera.”
17Kandi ubwo uwo mwambaza mumwita So, ariuciraumuntu weseurubanza rukwiriye ibyo yakoze ntarobanure ku butoni, mumareiminsi y'ubusuhukebwanyu mutinya.
18Kuko muzi yuko ibyo mwacungujwe ngo muve mu ngeso zanyu zitagiraumumaromwatojwe na ba sekuruzabanyu, atari ibyangirika nk'ifeza cyangwa izahabu,
19ahubwo mwacungujwe amaraso y'igiciro cyinshi, nk'ay'umwana w'intamautagira inenge cyangwa ibara, ari yo ya Kristo
20wamenywe n'Imana kera isi itararemwa, ariko akerekanwa ku mperuka y'ibihe ku bwanyu,
21abo yahaye kwizera Imana yamuzuyeikamuha icyubahiro, kugirango kwizera kwanyu n'ibyiringiro byanyu bibe ku Mana.
22Nuko rero ubwo mwiyejesheje imitima kumviraukurikugirango muboneuko mukunda bene Data mutaryarya, mukundane cyane mu mitima
23kuko mwabyawe ubwa kabiri, mutabyawe n'imbuto ibora ahubwo mwabyawe n'imbuto itabora, mubiheshejwe n'ijambo ry'Imana rizima rihoraho.
24Kuko,
“Abafite imibiri bose bahwanye n'ibyatsi,
Ubwiza bwabo bwose bumezenk'uburabyo bw'ibyatsi.
Ibyatsi birumauburabyo bwabyo bugahunguka,
25Ariko ijambo ry'Uwiteka ryo rihoraho iteka.”
Kandi iri ni ryo jambo ry'ubutumwa bwiza mwabwirijwe.