Imenyereze kwubaha Imana
Paulo agabisha ku bigisha babuza abantu kwubaka ingo no kurya ibifungurwa bimwebimwe, kandi ivyo Data yaremye vyose ari vyiza bikwiye kwakiranwa ishimwe. Timoteyo akwiye kwimenyereza kwubaha Imana, ntihagire uwusuzugura ubusore bwiwe, asome Ivyanditswe mu ruhame, kandi yiyubahirize ubuzima bwiwe n'inyigisho ziwe.
4 1Mpwemu Yera avuga icese ati: mu bihe vya nyuma bamwebamwe bazoheba ukwemera, bakumvira impwemu zihenda n’inyigisho z’amadayimoni, 2biciye mu buryarya bw’ababeshi, ab’imitima yabo yaterwe ikimenyetso nk’aho yashwijwe n’icuma gishushe. 3Babuza kurushinga, bongera bagasaba kwirinda imfungurwa Data wa twese yaremye kugira ngo abemera bazi ukuri bazifungure babanje gukenguruka. 4Kuko ikintu cose Data wa twese yaremye ni ciza; nta na kimwe cokwankwa igihe kifunguwe habanje ugukenguruka, 5kuko gikorwa ngo kibe ceranda biciye ku rijambo rya Data wa twese no mu gusenga.
6Nuwereke abavukanyi ivyo bintu, maze uzoba uri umusavyi mwiza wa Kristo Yesu, agaburirwa amajambo y’ukwemera n’inyigisho nziza wakurikije. 7Ntugire ico upfana n’imigani itubaha Imana kandi y’ubujuju. Ahubwo imenyereze kwubaha Imana. 8Kwimenyereza umubiri bifasha gatoyi, ariko kwiyegurira Imana bifasha mu buryo bwose—bisezerana ubuzima bwa none n’ubuzima buzoza. 9Iryo ni ijambo ryizigirwa, rikwiye kwakirwa rwose. 10Kuko ari co dukorera bikomeye tukihata, kubera twizigiye Data ahoraho, Umukiza w’abantu bose, canecane abemera. 11Tegeka kandi wigishe ivyo bintu.
12Ntihagire uwukugaya kubera ubusore bwawe, ahubwo ube akarorero ku bemera mu mvugo, mu ngendo, mu rukundo, mu kwemera, no mu bweranda. 13Gushika aho nzoshikira, witange mu gusomera abantu Ivyanditswe icese, mu kwamamaza, no mu kwigisha. 14Ntiwirengagize ingabire iri muri wewe, iyo wahawe biciye mu buhanuzi, abakuru b’Ishengero bagushizeko amaboko. 15Imenyereze ivyo bintu kandi ubitangeko umutima wawe wose, kugira ngo bose babone iterambere ryawe. 16Wirinde wewe nyene n’inyigisho yawe cane. Guma muri ivyo, kuko ukigenza uko uzokiza wewe nyene n’abakwumviriza.