Niwubahe umuryango ukikuje
Ishengero rikwiye gufatwa nk'umuryango wa Data, abagabo bakuze nk'abavyeyi n'abagore bakiri bato nka bashiki bacu. Hanyuma amategeko y'ingirakamaro: abapfakazi ishengero rifasha n'abakwiye kwubaka izindi ngo, icubahiro n'ugukingirwa ku bakuru, ugukankamirwa mu ruhame ku bagumya gucumura, n'umuvinyu ku nda ya Timoteyo.
5 1Ntukavune umusaza mu kumukankamira, ahubwo numwinginge nk’umuvyeyi, n’abasore nk’abavukanyi, 2abakecuru nk’abavyeyi, n’abigeme nk’abavukana, mu butagatifu bwose.
3Niwubahe abapfakazi ari abapfakazi vy’ukuri. 4Ariko umupfakazi nimba afise abana canke abuzukuru, bakwiye kubanza kwiga kwereka umwete mu rugo rwabo bwite, bisubirize abavyeyi babo—ivyo ni vyo bihimbara Data wa twese. 5Umupfakazi nya mupfakazi, uwusigaye wenyene, ashira ivyizigiro vyiwe kuri Data wa twese, abandanya ijoro n’umurango mu gusaba no mu masengesho. 6Ariko umupfakazi abeshaho mu kwinezereza ni uwupfuye naho akiriho. 7Niwatange n’iyi migabo, kugira ngo babe abadashobora kunegurwa. 8Nimba hari uwutitaho ababe—na cane cane abo mu rugo rwiwe—aba yihakanye ukwizera, akaba mubi kuruta umuntu atizera.
9Ntukandike umupfakazi atari uwamaze nibura imyaka mirongo itandatu kandi yaba yaramye intahemuka ku mugabo umwe, 10ashingirwa intahe ku bikorwa vyiza: nimba yarareze abana, yarakiriye abashitsi, yarakarabije amaguru y’abera, yarafashije abari mu marushwa, kandi yarakurikiranye igikorwa ciza cose.
11Ariko wange kwandika abapfakazi bakiri bato; igihe ivyipfuzo vyabo bibakuye kuri Kristo, baba bashaka kwubaka, 12ni co gituma biyagiza urubanza kubera ko bataye isezerano ryabo rya mbere. a a v12 “Isezerano ryabo rya mbere” risobanura isezerano baragize ryo gukorera Kristo n’ekleziya igihe bandikwa ku rutonde rw’abapfakazi. 13Vyongeye biga kuba abanebwe, bazungaguruka mu nzu n’inzu—ntibabe abanebwe gusa, ariko babe n’abambeba n’abivanga mu bitabareba, bavuga ivyo bataranze kuvuga. 14Ni co gituma nipfuza ko abapfakazi bakiri bato bokwubaka, bavyara abana, bakayobora amazu, kandi ntibahe umwanya umwansi wo kudutuka. 15Kuko bamwe bamaze guhebuka bagakurikira Shetani. 16Nimba hari umugore yizera afise abapfakazi mu ncuti ziwe, akwiye kubafasha, ntaremereze ekleziya, kugira ngo ishobore gufasha abapfakazi vy’ukuri.
17Abakuru bayobora neza bakwiye icubahiro kigwije, na cane cane abariko barihatira mu kwamamaza no mu kwigisha. 18Kuko Ivyanditswe bivuga biti: “Ntukiboshe akanwa ka ya nka iriko irahura ingano,” kandi “Umukozi akwiye impembo yiwe.”
19Ntukemere ikirego gishinja umukuru atari ku ntahe y’ivyabona babiri canke batatu. 20Nayo abo bagumya gucumura, ubacocore imbere y’abantu bose, kugira ngo abandi batinye.
21Ndakwihanikiriza imbere ya Data wa twese, na Kristo Yesu, n’abamarayika batoranijwe: kwitwararika iyi migabo utabogamye, utagira ico ukora kubera uburyarya. 22Ntugire uwo urambikako ibiganza wihuta, kandi ntugire uruhara mu bicumuro vy’abandi—niwigume uri umweranda.
23Ntukananywe amazi gusa—nunywe agato k’umuvinyu kubera inda yawe n’indwara zawe zisubirasubira.
24Ivyaha vya bamwe birabonekera, bikaja imbere mu rubanza; ivy’abandi navyo bibakurikira. 25Mu buryo nk’ubwo, ibikorwa vyiza birabonekera, kandi n’ivyo bitabonekera ntibishobora kuguma vyinyegeje.