Umutima wa Data mu murimo
Paulo yiregura ku vyo yagenje igihe yari muri bo imbere ya Data, atabarimira, adapfuka ubunyamururumba, kandi ataseserezwa n'ubukuru. Yigereranya ubwa mbere n'umuvyeyi yonsa, hanyuma na se w'abana, akabibutsa ko yakora n'ijoro kugira ntaremereze n'umwe.
2 1Mu vy'ukuri mwebwe nyene, bene Data, murazi yuko ukugendera kwacu iwanyu kutabaye impfagusa. 2Naho twari twamaze kubabazwa no gufatwa nabi i Filipi, nk'uko mubizi, twaronse ubutinyutsi muri Data wa twese bwo kubabwira inkuru nziza yiwe naho twari turi mu kurwanywa cane. 3Kuko ukuremesha kwacu kutava mu kuzimira canke mu buhumane, eka kandi ntiturondera guhenda umuntu. 4Ahubwo, kubera Data wa twese yaraduhaye kwizerwa inkuru nziza, ni co gituma tuvuga gutyo, atari ukunezereza abantu, ariko Data wa twese, we yigera imitima yacu. 5Ntitwigeze tuvuga amajambo y'ishigikirwa, nk'uko mubizi, eka n'ugupfukirana umwina—Data wa twese ni we cabona. 6Ntitwarondeye ishimwe ry'abantu—atari kuri mwebwe, atari ku bandi—naho tweho turi intumwa za Kristo twari dushoboye gukaza ubukuru bwacu. 7Ariko twari abitonda muri mwebwe, nk'umuvyeyi w'umugore yonsa, yitwararika abana biwe bwite n'ikibabarwe. 8Nuko, kubera twaguma tubipfuza cane, twari twishimiye kubasangiza atari inkuru nziza ya Data wa twese gusa, ariko n'ubuzima bwacu nyene, kubera mwabaye abo dukunda cane. 9Kuko muribuka, bene Data, akuya n'uburuhe bwacu: twakoze ijoro n'umutaga, kugira ngo ntiduremereye n'umwe muri mwebwe, mu gihe twabamenyesha inkuru nziza ya Data wa twese. 10Mwebwe na Data wa twese muri ivyabona vy'ukuntu twagize ubweranda, ugukiranuka, n'ubutungane muri mwebwe mwemera. 11Nk'uko mubizi, twagize umwe wese muri mwebwe nk'uko se agirira abana biwe—tubaremesha, tubahoza, kandi tubahimiriza, 12kugira ngo mugendere mu buzima bubereye Data wa twese, we abahamagarira mu bwami bwiwe bwite no mu bwiza bwiwe.
13Turashimira kandi Data wa twese ubudahengeshanya kuri iki: igihe mwakira ijambo rya Data wa twese mwumvise kuri twebwe, ntimwarakiriye nk'ubutumwa bw'umuntu, ariko nk'ivyo riri koko—ijambo ryiwe, rikora muri mwebwe mwizera. 14Bene Data, mwarigishe amashengero ya Data wa twese ari muri Kristo Yesu i Yudaya, kuko mwababajwe n'ivy'uko nyene n'abo mu gihugu canyu nk'uko bo bababajwe n'Abayuda, 15bo bishe Umwami Yesu n'abahanuzi, baraduheba, barahuza Data wa twese, kandi barwanya umuntu wese, 16babuza kubwira abanyamahanga kugira ngo bakizwe, baguma buzuza ingero y'ivyaha vyabo. Noneho uburake bwabashikiye amaheruka.
Kwipfuza kubabona bushasha
17Bene Data, twebwe twashwanyaguwe namwe mu kanya gato—ku mubiri, atari ku mutima—twarushirije kwipfuza kubona mu maso hanyu, dufise icipfuzo kinini. 18Twaripfuza kubagendera—jewe Paulo, kenshi na kenshi—ariko Shetani yaraduhagaritse. 19Kuko icizigiro cacu, umunezero wacu, canke igitsibo c'ukwirata imbere y'Umwami wacu Yesu mu kugaruka kwiwe ni iki? Mbega si mwebwe? 20Egome, mwebwe muri ubwiza bwacu n'umunezero wacu.