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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.

² Ubuntu n'amahoro bibe muri mwe, biva ku Mana Data wa twese no ku Mwami Yesu Kristo.

³ Dukwiriye kubashimira Imana iteka bene Data nk'uko bikwiriye, kuko kwizera kwanyu kugwira cyane, n'urukundo rw'umuntu wese muri mwe mukundana rugasāga.

⁴ Ni cyo gitumaubwacu tubirata mu matorero y'Imana, turatakwihangana kwanyu no kwizera mu byo murenganywa byose n'amakuba mushinyiriza.

⁵ Ibyo ni ibyerekana ko Imana idaca urwa kibera, ngo mutekerezwe ko mukwiriye kwinjira mu bwami bwayo kandi ari bwo mubabarizwa,

⁶ kuko ari ibitunganiye Imana kwitura ababababaza kubabazwa,

⁷ kandi namwe abababazwa kubitura kuzaruhukananatwe, ubwo Umwami Yesu azahishurwa ava mu ijuru, azanye n'abamarayika b'ubutware bwe

⁸ hagati y'umurirowaka, ahōre inzigo abatamenye Imana n'abatumviraubutumwa bwiza bw'Umwami wacu Yesu.

⁹ Bazahanwa igihano kibakwiriye ari cyo kurimbuka kw'iteka ryose, bakohērwa ngo bave imbere y'Umwami no mu bwiza bw'imbaraga ze,

¹⁰ ubwo azazanwa no gushimirwa abera be kuri uwo munsi, no gutangarirwa ku bw'abamwizeye bose kukoubuhamya twabahamirije bwemewe.

¹¹ Ni cyo gituma tubasabira iteka, ngo Imana yacu ibatekereze ko mumezenk'uko bikwiriye abahamagawe na yo, kandi isohoreshe imbaraga imyifurizemyiza yose n'imirimo yanyu yose iva ku kwizera,

¹² kugirango izina ry'Umwami wacu Yesu rihimbarizwe muri mwe, namwe mumuhimbarizwe nk'ukoubuntu bw'Imana yacu n'ubw'Umwami Yesu Kristo buri.

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¹ Turabinginga bene Data, ku bwo kuzazak'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo no kuzamuteranirizwaho kwacu,

² kugirango mutanamuka vuba mukavamu bwenge cyangwa ngo muhagarike imitima, naho mwaba mubitewe n'umwuka cyangwa n'ijambo cyangwa n'urwandiko rukekwa ko ruvuyekuri twe, bihamya yukoumunsi w'Umwami wacuumazegusohora.

³ Ntihakagireumuntuuboshyauburyo bwose, kuko uwo munsiutazaza kurya kwimūra Imana kutabanje kubaho, kandi urya munyabugomeatarahishurwa ari we mwana wo kurimbuka.

⁴ Niumubisha wishyira hejuru y'icyitwa imana cyose cyangwa igisengwa, kugirango yicare mu rusengero rw'Imana, yiyerekane ko ari Imana.

⁵ Ntimwibuka yuko nababwiye ibyo nkiri kumwe namwe?

⁶ Kandi none muzi yuko ikimubuzaariukugirango azahishurwe mu gihe cye,

⁷ kuko amayoberane y'ubugomen'ubu atangiye gukora, ariko ntazahishurwa keretseuyabuza ubu akuweho.

⁸ Ni bwo wa mugomeazahishurwa, uwo Umwami Yesu azicishaumwuka uva mu kanwa ke, akamutsembesha kuboneka k'ukuzakwe.

⁹ Kuza k'uwo mugomekuri mu buryo bwo gukorakwa Satani, gufiteimbaraga zose n'ibimenyetso n'ibitangaza by'ibinyoma,

¹⁰ n'ubuhenzi bwose bwo gukiranirwa ku barimbuka, kuko batemeye gukundaukuringo bakizwe.

¹¹ Ni cyo gituma Imana izabohererezaubushukanyi bukomeye cyane ngo bizere ibinyoma,

¹² kugirango abatizeye iby'ukuribose bakishimira gukiranirwa, bacirwe ho iteka.

¹³ Ariko bene Data bakundwan'Umwami wacu, dukwiriye kubashimira Imana iteka kukouhereye mbere na mbere, Imana yabatoranirije agakiza gaheshwa no kwezwa kuva ku Mwuka no kwizeraukuri.

¹⁴ Ni byo yabahamagariye ibahamagajeubutumwa twahawe, kugirango muhabweubwiza bw'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo.

¹⁵ Nuko rero bene Data, muhagarare mushikamye, mukomeze inyigisho mwigishijwe, naho zaba ari izo mwigishijwe n'amagambo yacu cyangwa n'urwandiko rwacu.

¹⁶ Nuko Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo ubwe, n'Imana Data wa twese yadukunze ikaduha ihumurery'iteka ryose n'ibyiringiro byiza, ku bw'ubuntu bwayo

¹⁷ ihumurizeimitima yanyu, ibakomereze mu mirimo yose myiza n'amagambo yose meza.

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¹ Ibisigaye bene Data, mudusabire kugirango ijambo ry'Umwami wacu ryamamare vuba rishimishwe nk'uko biri muri mwe,

² kandi ngo dukireabantu babi b'ibigoryi kuko kwizera kudafitwe na bose.

³ Ariko Umwami ni uwo kwizerwa, ni weuzakomeza mwebwe, abarinde Umubi.

⁴ Kandi ibyanyu tubyiringijwe n'Umwami, yuko ibyo dutegetse mubikora kandi muzajya mubikora.

⁵ Umwami ayobore imitima yanyu, ayerekeze ku rukundo rw'Imana no ku kwihangana kwa Kristo.

⁶ Nuko bene Data, turabategeka mu izina ry'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo kuzibukīra mwene Data weseugenda yica gahunda, cyangwaudakurikiza ibibabwiriza mwahawe natwe.

⁷ Ubwanyu muzi uko mukwiriye kutwigana kuko tuticaga gahunda muri mwe,

⁸ cyangwa ngo tugireuwo turya iby'ubusa, ahubwo twagiragaumuhatin'imiruho dukoraku manywa na nijoro, kugirango tutagiraumuntu muri mwe turemerera.

⁹ Icyakora si uko tudafiteubutware, ahubwo niukugirango tubiheho icyitegerezo ngo mugereikirenge mu cyacu,

¹⁰ kuko iki ari cyo twabategetse tukirikumwe namwe, ngoumuntu wese wanga gukorantakarye.

¹¹ Twumvise yuko hariho bamwe bo muri mwe bagenda bica gahunda, batagira icyo bakora ahubwo bakaba ba kazitereyemo.

¹² Nuko rero abameze batyo turabategeka tubihanangiririza mu Mwami Yesu Kristo, gukorana ituza ngo babone uko barya ibyokurya byaboubwabo.

¹³ Ariko mwebweho bene Data, ntimugacogorere gukoraneza.

¹⁴ Kandi nihagiraumuntuutumvira ijambo ryacu ryo muri uru rwandiko, mumenye mumuheakato kugirango akorwe n'isoni.

¹⁵ Ariko ntimumutekereze ko ariumwanzi wanyu, ahubwo mumuhugurenka mwene So.

¹⁶ Nuko rero Umwami wacu w'amahoro ajye abaha amahoro iteka ryose mu buryo bwose. Umwami abane namwe mwese.

¹⁷ Uku ni ko gutashya kwanjye Pawulo kwanditswe n'ukwanjye kuboko, ni cyo kimenyetso mu nzandiko zanjye zose, ni ko nandika.

¹⁸ Ubuntu bw'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo bubanenamwe mwese.