Petero yandikira abatatanye
Inkomezi ku bakristo babazwa ku bw'ukwizera kwabo, ribibutsa ibyiringiro bizima byabo n'uko ari ubwoko bwatoranyijwe bwa Data wa twese.
1 1Petero, Intumwa ya Yezu Kristo, abandikiye abatoranyijwe batatanye, ari abagenzi bari muri Ponto na Galatiya na Kapadokiya na Aziya na Bituniya. 2Mwatoranyijwe nk'uko Data wa twese yari yarabiteganyije, mukezwa na Mwuka Muziranenge, kugira ngo mwumvire Yezu Kristo kandi muminjagirweho amaraso ye: ubuntu n'amahoro bibagwirire.
Kuvukira mu byiringiro bizima
3Hahirwa Data wa twese, ari na we Se wa Nyagasani wacu Yezu Kristo: ku bw'impuhwe ze nyinshi yaduhaye kuvuka bushya tukinjira mu byiringiro bizima binyuze ku kuzuka kwa Yezu Kristo mu bapfuye, 4no kwinjira mu murage utazashira na rimwe, utazanyagwa cyangwa ngo urabirane, ubikiwe mu ijuru, 5murinzwe binyuze mu kwizera ku bw'ububasha bwa Data wa twese, kugira ngo mubone agakiza kiteguye guhishurwa mu gihe cya nyuma. 6Muri ibyo murishima cyane, nubwo ubu mu kanya gato mushobora kuba mwarababajwe n'ibigeragezo bitari bimwe. 7Ibyo byabaye kugira ngo kwizera kwanyu, kumaze kugeragezwa no kuboneka ko ari uk'ukuri, kurusha agaciro izahabu yacishijwe mu muriro ariko igashira, kuzane ishimwe n'ikuzo n'icyubahiro mu gihe Yezu Kristo azagaragara. 8Nubwo mutigeze mumubona, mumukunda; nubwo mutamubona ubu, muramwiringira, mwishima n'ibyishimo bitavugwa kandi byuje ikuzo, 9kuko muri kwakira icyo kwizera kwanyu kugamije, ari ko gakiza k'ubugingo bwanyu.
10Abahanuzi bavuze iby'ubuntu bwagenewe mwebwe barashakashaka basesengura witonze iby'ako gakiza, 11bashaka kumenya igihe n'uko byari kumera, Mwuka wa Kristo wari muri bo yerekana, ubwo yahanuraga imibabaro ya Kristo n'ubwiza buzayikurikira. 12Bahishuriwe ko batari bakoreye bo ubwabo ahubwo ko bakoreye mwebwe, ubwo bavugaga ibyo bintu none bibabwirwa n'abababwirije Ubutumwa bwiza binyuze kuri Mwuka Muziranenge woherejwe uturutse mu ijuru. Ndetse na bamarayika bifuza cyane kubyitegereza.
Guhamagarirwa kuba abera
13Nuko rero, mufite ubwenge bwiteguye gukora kandi mwiyubashye rwose, mwiringire mudatezuka ku buntu buzabagezwaho igihe Yezu Kristo azahishurwa. 14Nk'abana bumvira, ntimukemere ko mugengwa n'irari mwakurikizaga kera mukiri mu bujiji. 15Ahubwo nk'uko uwabahamagaye ari uwera, namwe mube abera mu byo mukora byose;
16kuko handitswe ngo: “Mube abera, kuko ndi uwera.”
17Kuko mwambaza Data uca imanza buri muntu uko yabikoze adatonesha, iki gihe mumara muri ubu bugenzi bwanyu mukigize muri ubwubahe n'ubwoba. 18Muzi ko atari ifeza cyangwa izahabu, ibintu bishira, byabakijije imibereho y'ubusa mwahawe na ba sogokuruza banyu, 19ahubwo mwakijijwe n'amaraso ya Kristo y'agaciro, ari nk'ay'umwana w'intama udafite inenge cyangwa ikizinga. 20Yatoranyijwe isi itarashyirwaho urufatiro, maze agaragara muri iyi minsi ya nyuma ku bwanyu. 21Binyuze kuri we mwizera Data wa twese, we wamuzuye mu bapfuye akamuha ikuzo, ku buryo kwizera kwanyu n'ibyiringiro byanyu biri muri Data wa twese.
22Kubera ko mwejeje ubugingo bwanyu mukumvira ukuri kugira ngo mukunde abavandimwe mutaryarya, nimukundane cyane muri umutima uboneye. 23Kuko mwavutse ubwa kabiri, mutavutse mu mbuto ishira ahubwo mu itashira, binyuze mu Ijambo rizima kandi rihoraho rya Data wa twese. 24Kuko, “Abantu bose ni nk'ibyatsi, n'ikuzo ryabo ryose ni nk'indabyo zo mu gasozi; ibyatsi biruma n'indabyo zigwa, 25ariko Ijambo rya Data wa twese rihoraho iteka.” Kandi iri ni ryo Jambo mwabwirijwe.