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1 Pawulo na Siluwanona Timoteyo, turabandikiye mwebwe abo mu Itorero ry'Abatesalonike, bari mu Mana Data wa twese no mu Mwami Yesu Kristo.
Ubuntu n'amahoro bibe muri mwe.

2 Mwese tubashimira Imana iminsi yose tubasabira uko dusenze,

3 twibuka iteka imirimo yanyu yo kwizera n'umuhatiw'urukundo mugira, no kwihangana ku bwo kwiringira Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, imbere y'Imana yacu ari yo Data wa twese.

4 Bene Data bakundwan'Imana, tuzi yuko mwatoranijwe na yo

5 kukoubutumwa twahawe butabagezeho ari amagambo gusa, ahubwo bwabagezeho bufiten'imbaraga n'Umwuka Wera no kubemeza mudashidikanya. Namweubwanyu muzi uko twameraga muri mwe ku bwanyu.

6 Namwe ni ko mwadukurikije mukurikiza n'Umwami wacu, mumazekwakirira ijambo ry'Imana mu makuba menshi, mufiteibyishimo by'Umwuka Wera.

7 Ni cyo cyatumye muba icyitegererezo cy'abizera bose bari i Makedoniya no muri Akaya,

8 kuko muri mwe ari ho havuyeubwaku bw'ijambo ry'Umwami wacu. Iyakora ntibwageze i Makedoniya no muri Akaya honyine, ahubwo hose kwizera kwanyu mwizera Imana kwaramamaye. Ni cyo gituma tutaruha tugiraicyo tubwira abantu,

9 kukoubwabo bajya bavugauburyo twabasūye, n'uko mwahindukiriye Imana mwimuye ibigirwamana, ngo muboneuko mukorera Imana nyakuri kandi ihoraho,

10 no gutegereza Umwana wayouzavamu ijuru, uwo yazuye mu bapfuye ari we Yesu, uwouzadukizaumujinyauzatera.

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1 Bene Data,ubwanyu muzi yuko kubasūra kwacu kutariuk'ubusa,

2 ahubwo tumazekubabarizwa i Filipi no kuhahemurirwa nk'uko mubizi, duhabwa n'Imana yacu gushira amanga ngo tubabwireubutumwa bwiza bw'Imana turi mu ntambara nyinshi.

3 Kuko guhugurakwacu atari uko kuyobya, kutavamu byanduye kandi kukabaatari uko kuriganya,

4 ahubwo nk'uko Imana yatwemereye kugirango tube abo guhabwaubutumwa bwiza, ni ko tubuvuga. Ntituvugank'abashaka kunezeza abantu, keretse Imana igerageza imitima yacu.

5 Ntitwigeze kuvugaijambo ryo gushyeshya nk'uko mubizi, cyangwa ngo tugireurwiyerurutso rwo kwifuza inyungu muri mwe. Imana ni yo dutanze houmugabo.

6 Kandi ntitwashatse icyubahiro mu bantu, naho haba muri mwe cyangwa mu bandi,

7 nubwo twabashaga kubaremerera kuko turi intumwa za Kristo. Ahubwo twitonderaga muri mwe nk'ukoumureziakuyakuya abana be.

8 Ni cyo cyatumye muduteraimbabazi tukabakunda cyane, tukishimira kutabahaubutumwa bwiza gusa, ahubwo no kubahaubugingo bwacu kuko mwatubereye inkoramutimacyane.

9 Bene Data, mwibukeumuhatiwacu n'imiruho nk'uko twababwirijeubutumwa bwiza bw'Imana dukoraku manywa na nijoro, kugirango hatagira uwo muri mwe turemerera.

10 Mwebwe n'Imana ni mwe ntanze ho abagabo b'uburyo twameranaga namwe abizera turi abera, dukiranuka kandi tutarihoumugayo,

11 kandi nk'uko mubizitwahuguragaumuntu wese muri mwe, tukabahumurizano kubihanangiriza nk'uko se w'abana agirira abana be,

12 kugirango mugende uko bikwiriye ab'Imana, ari yo ibahamagarira kujya mu bwami bwayo n'ubwiza bwayo.

13 Icyo dushimira Imanaubudasiba ni uko ubwo twabahaga ijambo ry'ubutumwa bwiza, ari ryo jambo ry'Imana, mutaryemeye nk'aho ari ijambo ry'abantu, ahubwo mwaryemeye nk'ijambo ry'Imana nk'uko riri koko kandi rigakorera no muri mwe abizera,

14 kuko bene Data mwigānye amatorero y'Imana y'i Yudayaari muri Kristo Yesu, kuko ibyo mwababajwe n'ubwoko bwanyu ari bimwe n'ibyo abo bababajwe n'Abayuda.

15 Bishe Umwami Yesu n'abahanuzi kandi natwe baratwirukanye ntibanezeza Imana, baba abanzi b'abantu bose.

16 Batubuzakubwiriza abanyamahanga ngo na bo bakizwe, bahora buzuzaurugerorw'ibyaha byabo. Ariko ubu bwo,umujinyaubasohoreyeho kubarangiza rwose.

17 Ariko twebweho bene Data, ubwo twatandukanywaga namwe igihe gito ku mubiri, ariko si ku mutimatwiyongeranije kugiraumwete wo kubabona, tubakumbura cyane

18 kuko twashakaga kuza iwanyu. (Icyakora jyewe Pawulo sinabishatse rimwe gusa ahubwo ni kabiri), ariko Satani aratubuza.

19 Ibyiringiro byacu ni iki, cyangwa ibyishimo, cyangwa ikamba ryo kwirata? Si mwebwe se mu maso y'Umwami wacu Yesu, ubwo azaza?

20 Kuko ari mwe cyubahiro cyacu n'ibyishimo byacu.

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1 Nuko rero tubonye yuko tutagishoboye kwiyumanganya, twibwira ko ibyiza ari uko twasigara muri Atenayi twenyine.

2 Nuko dutumaTimoteyo mwene Data,umukoziw'Imana wo kubwirizaubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo ngo abe ari weubakomeza, no kubahuguraku byo kwizera kwanyu

3 kugirango hatagiraumuntu muri mweunyeganyezwa n'aya makuba, kukoubwanyu muzi yuko ari cyo twashyiriweho.

4 Ndetse ubwo twari kumwe namwe mbere twababwiye yuko tugiyekubabazwa, kandi ni ko byabaye namwe murabizi.

5 Ni cyo cyatumye mbatumahombonye ko ntakibashije kwiyumanganya, kugirango menye ibyo kwizera kwanyu yuko yendaumushukanyi yaba yarabashutse, natwe tukabatwarakoreyeubusa.

6 Ariko none Timoteyo atugezeho avuye iwanyu, yatuzaniye inkuru nziza y'ibyo kwizera kwanyu n'urukundo rwanyu, kandi yuko mutwibuka neza iteka, mudukumbura mushaka kuturebank'uko natwe tubakumbura.

7 Ni cyo cyatumye bene Data, duhumurizwa ku bwanyu no kwizera kwanyu mu mubabaro wacu wose n'amakuba,

8 kuko none turi bazima ubwo muhagaze mushikamye mu Mwami.

9 Mbese ni shimwe ki twabasha kwitura Imana, ku bw'ibyishimo byose tubīshimira imbere y'Imana yacu?

10 Dusabira cyane ku mwanywa na nijoro, kugirango tubarebe twuzuzeibyasigaye ku kwizera kwanyu.

11 Icyampa Imana yacuubwayo ari yo Data wa twese, n'Umwami wacu Yesu, bakatubonereza inzira yo kuza iwanyu.

12 Namwe Umwami wacu abuzuze, abasesekaze gukundana no gukunda abandi bose nk'uko natwe twabakunze,

13 kugirango abakomeze imitima itabahoumugayo, yere mu maso y'Imana yacu ari yo Data wa twese, ubwo Umwami wacu Yesu azazana n'abera be bose.

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1 Nuko bene Data, ibisigaye turabinginga tubahuguriramu Mwami Yesu, kugirango nk'uko mwabwiwe natwe uko mukwiriye kugenda no kunezeza Imana, mube ari ko mugenda ndetse murusheho.

2 Muzi amategeko twahawe n'Umwami Yesu kubategeka ayo ari yo.

3 Icyo Imana ishaka ni iki: niukwezwa kwanyu no kwirinda gusambana,

4 ngoumuntu wese muri mwe amenye gutegekaumubiriwe wezweufiteicyubahiro,

5 mudatwarwa n'irari ryo kurigira nk'abapagani batazi Imana,

6 kandi ngoumuntu wese areke kurengēra cyangwa kuriganya mwene Se kuri ibyo, kuko Umwami wacu ahōra inzigo y'ibyo byose nk'uko twabanje kubabwira no kubahamiriza.

7 Imana ntiyaduhamagariye kwanduzwa, ahubwo yaduhamagariye kwezwa.

8 Ni cyo gitumauwirengagiza ibyo ataba ariumuntu yanze, ahubwo aba yanze Imana iha mwebwe Umwuka wayo wera.

9 Ariko rero ibyo gukunda bene Data, ntimugomba kubyandikirwa kukoubwanyu mwigishijwe n'Imana gukundana,

10 ndetse musigaye mukundana na bene Data bose b'i Makedoniya hose. Ariko bene Data, turabahugurirakugirango murusheho kugiraurukundo rusāze,

11 kandi mugireumwete wo gutuzamutariba kazitereyemo, mukoreshe amaboko yanyu nk'uko twabategetse,

12 kugirango mugendane ingeso nziza ku bo hanze mudafite icyo mukennye.

13 Ariko bene Data, ntidushaka ko mutamenya iby'abasinziriye, mutababara nka ba bandi badafite ibyiringiro.

14 Ubwo twemeye yuko Yesu yapfuye akazuka, abe ari ko twizera yuko Imana izazanana na Yesu abasinziririye muri we.

15 Iki ni cyo tubabwira tukibwirijwe n'ijambo ry'Umwami wacu yuko twebwe abazaba bakiriho, basigaye kugezaku kuza k'Umwami, tutazabanziriza na hato abasinziriye.

16 Kuko 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,

17 maze natwe abazaba bakiriho basigaye duhereko tujyananwe na bo, tuzamuwe mu bicu gusanganirira Umwami mu kirere. Nuko rero tuzabana n'Umwami iteka ryose.

18 Nuko mumaranishe imibabaro kubwirana ayo magambo.

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1 Ariko bene Data, iby'ibihe n'iminsi ntimugomba kubyandikirwa,

2 kukoubwanyu muzi neza yukoumunsi w'Umwami wacuuzazank'ukoumujuraaza nijoro.

3 Ubwo bazaba bavuga bati “Ni amahoro nta kibi kiriho”, ni bwo kurimbuka kuzabatungura nk'uko ibise bitunguraumugoreutwite, kandi ntibazabasha kubikira na hato.

4 Ariko mwebweho bene Data, ntimuri mu mwijima ngo uwo munsiubatungure nk'umujura,

5 kuko mwese muri abana b'umucyo n'abana b'amanywa. Ntituri ab'ijoro cyangwa ab'umwijima.

6 Nuko rero twe gusinzira nk'abandi ahubwo tube maso, twirinde ibisindisha

7 kuko abasinzira basinzira nijoro, n'abasinda bagasinda nijoro.

8 Ariko twebweho ubwo turi ab'amanywa, twirinde ibisindisha twambaye kwizera n'urukundo nk'icyuma gikingira igituza, kandi twambaye ibyiringiro byo kuzabona agakiza nk'ingofero.

9 Kuko Imana itatugeneyeumujinya, ahubwo yatugeneye guheshwa agakiza n'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo

10 wadupfiriye, kugirango nituba turi maso cyangwa nituba dusinziriye, tuzabaneho na we.

11 Nuko rero muhumurizanye kandi muhuguranenk'uko musanzwe mubikora.

12 Ariko bene Data, turabingingira kugirango mwite ku bakorera muri mwe, babategekera mu Mwami wacu babahana.

13 Mububahecyane mu rukundo ku bw'umurimowabo. Mugirirane amahoro.

14 Kandi turabahugurabene Data, kugirango mucyahe abica gahunda, mukomeze abacogora, mufashe abadakomeye, mwihanganire bose.

15 Murebehatagirauwitura undi inabi yamugiriye, ahubwo mujye mukurikiza icyiza iteka mu byo mugirirana no mu byo mugirira abandi bose.

16 Mwishime iteka,

17 musengeubudasiba,

18 mu bibaho byose muhoremushima, kuko ari byo Imana ibashakaho muri Kristo Yesu.

19 Ntimukazimye Umwuka w'Imana

20 kandi ntimugahinyure ibihanurwa,

21 ahubwo mugerageze byose mugundire ibyiza,

22 mwirinde igisa n'ikibi cyose.

23 Imana y'amahoro ibeze rwose, kandi mwebweubwanyu n'umwuka wanyu, n'ubugingo n'umubiribyose birarindwe, bitazabahoumugayoubwo Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo azaza.

24 Ibahamagara ni iyo kwizerwa, no kubikora izabikora.

25 Bene Data, mudusabire.

26 Mutahishe bene Data bose guhoberana kwera.

27 Mbarahirije Umwami wacu, muzasomere bene Data bose uru rwandiko.

28 Ubuntu bw'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo bubanenamwe.