Mugende mu bwenge, Musenge mudahwema
Pawulo asaba ko basenga kugira ngo Data wa twese akingure urugi rw'ubutumwa, nubwo ari mu minyururu, ashishikariza imvugo yuje ubuntu ivanze n'umunyu ku bari hanze, hanyuma akarondora incuti ze imwe imwe — Tikiko, Onesimo, Epafura ubarwanira cyane mu masengesho, Luka, na Mariko.
4 1Ba shebuja, muhe abagaragu banyu ibibakwiriye kandi bikwiye—namwe mufite Shebuja mu ijuru.
2Mwihatire gusenga, mube maso muri byo mushimira. 3Musabire natwe, kugira ngo Data wa twese adukingurire urugi rwo gutangaza ubutumwa, kugira ngo tumenyeshe ibanga rya Kristo, ari na ryo mbohewe iminyururu, 4kugira ngo ndisobanure neza, nk'uko nkwiriye kuvuga.
5Mugende mu bwenge ku bari hanze, mukoresha neza buri gihe cyiza. 6Imvugo yanyu ibe yuje ubuntu buri gihe, ivanze n'umunyu, muzi uko mwasubiza buri wese. a a v6 Ikozwemo umunyu: amagambo atekereje kandi ashimishije — amagambo akwiriye kumvwa.
Abakozi bagenzi bakundwa
7Tikiko, umuvandimwe wacu dukunda, umugaragu wizerwa, akaba na mugenzi wacu mu bugaragu bwa Nyagasani, azabamenyesha byose bimvugaho. 8Namwoherereje kubera iyi mpamvu: kugira ngo mumenye uko tumeze, kandi akomeze imitima yanyu, 9hamwe na Onesimo, umuvandimwe wizerwa kandi dukunda, umwe muri mwe. Bazabamenyesha ibiba hano byose.
10Arisitariko uri kumwe nanjye muri gereza arabasuhuza, na Mariko, mwene se wabo na Barinaba—mwahawe amabwiriza kuri we: nimwakire naza iwanyu, 11na Yezu witwa Yusito—ni bo Bayahudi bonyine mu bafatanya nanjye umurimo w'ubwami bwa Data wa twese; abo ni bo bampoje.
12Epafura umwe muri mwe, umugaragu wa Kristo Yezu, arabasuhuza, ahora abarwanira mu masengesho, kugira ngo muhagarare mukomeye kandi mwizeye rwose muri byose Data wa twese ashaka. 13Ndahamya ko yabakoreye umurimo ukomeye, namwe n'abari i Lawodikiya n'i Hiyerapoli. 14Luka umuganga dukunda arabasuhuza, na Dema.
15Musuhuze abavandimwe bari i Lawodikiya, na Nimufa n'itorero riri mu rugo rwe. 16Uru rwandiko nimumara kurusomera muri mwe, mureke rusomerwe no mu itorero ry'i Lawodikiya, namwe musome n'urwavuye i Lawodikiya. 17Kandi mubwire Arikipo muti: “Witondere kurangiza neza umurimo wahawe muri Nyagasani.”
18Jyewe Pawulo, nandika iyi ndamutso n'ukuboko kwanjye bwite. Mwibuke iminyururu yanjye. Ubuntu bubane namwe.