1Nuko bene Data, ibisigaye turabinginga tubahuguriramu Mwami Yesu, kugirango nk'uko mwabwiwe natwe uko mukwiriye kugenda no kunezeza Imana, mube ari ko mugenda ndetse murusheho.
2Muzi amategeko twahawe n'Umwami Yesu kubategeka ayo ari yo.
3Icyo Imana ishaka ni iki: niukwezwa kwanyu no kwirinda gusambana,
4ngoumuntu wese muri mwe amenye gutegekaumubiriwe wezweufiteicyubahiro,
5mudatwarwa n'irari ryo kurigira nk'abapagani batazi Imana,
6kandi ngoumuntu wese areke kurengēra cyangwa kuriganya mwene Se kuri ibyo, kuko Umwami wacu ahōra inzigo y'ibyo byose nk'uko twabanje kubabwira no kubahamiriza.
7Imana ntiyaduhamagariye kwanduzwa, ahubwo yaduhamagariye kwezwa.
8Ni cyo gitumauwirengagiza ibyo ataba ariumuntu yanze, ahubwo aba yanze Imana iha mwebwe Umwuka wayo wera.
9Ariko rero ibyo gukunda bene Data, ntimugomba kubyandikirwa kukoubwanyu mwigishijwe n'Imana gukundana,
10ndetse musigaye mukundana na bene Data bose b'i Makedoniya hose. Ariko bene Data, turabahugurirakugirango murusheho kugiraurukundo rusāze,
11kandi mugireumwete wo gutuzamutariba kazitereyemo, mukoreshe amaboko yanyu nk'uko twabategetse,
12kugirango mugendane ingeso nziza ku bo hanze mudafite icyo mukennye.
13Ariko bene Data, ntidushaka ko mutamenya iby'abasinziriye, mutababara nka ba bandi badafite ibyiringiro.
14Ubwo twemeye yuko Yesu yapfuye akazuka, abe ari ko twizera yuko Imana izazanana na Yesu abasinziririye muri we.
15Iki ni cyo tubabwira tukibwirijwe n'ijambo ry'Umwami wacu yuko twebwe abazaba bakiriho, basigaye kugezaku kuza k'Umwami, tutazabanziriza na hato abasinziriye.
16Kuko Umwami ubwe azaza amanutse ava mu ijuru aranguruyeijwi rirenga, hamwe n'ijwi rya marayikaukomeye n'impanda y'Imana, nuko abapfiriye muri Kristo ni bo bazabanza kuzuka,
17maze natwe abazaba bakiriho basigaye duhereko tujyananwe na bo, tuzamuwe mu bicu gusanganirira Umwami mu kirere. Nuko rero tuzabana n'Umwami iteka ryose.
18Nuko mumaranishe imibabaro kubwirana ayo magambo.