Ku Ntore ziri i Filipo
Urwandiko rw'ibyishimo rwanditswe muri gereza, rushishikariza itorero kwishimira Nyagasani iteka no kugira ibitekerezo bya Kristo.
1 1Jyewe Pawulo na Timoteyo, abagaragu ba Kristo Yezu, turabandikiye mwebwe intore zose ziri muri Kristo Yezu i Filipo, hamwe n'abagenzuzi n'abadiyakoni: 2Data wa twese nibagirire ubuntu abahe n'amahoro, hamwe na Nyagasani Yezu Kristo.
Gushimira Abafatanyabikorwa mu Butumwa bwiza
3Ndashimira Data wanjye buri gihe nimukumbuye, 4mba mbasabira mwese iteka n'ibyishimo muri buri isengesho, 5kubera uko mwafatanyije natwe mu Butumwa bwiza kuva ku munsi wa mbere kugeza n'ubu. 6Nizeye iki kintu rwose: uwatangiye umurimo mwiza muri mwe azawuzuza kugeza ku munsi wa Kristo Yezu. 7Ni byo kuba mbatekerezaho mutya, kuko mbabitse mu mutima wanjye, mwese mukaba musangiye nanjye ubuntu, mu minyururu yanjye no mu kuburanira no kwemeza Ubutumwa bwiza. 8Koko Data wa twese ni we mpamya uko mbakumbura mwese n'urukundo rukomeye rwa Kristo Yezu.
9Iri ni ryo sengesho ryanjye: ngo urukundo rwanyu rurushaho kwiyongera, hamwe no kumenya no gushishoza kose, 10kugira ngo mushobore gutora ibiruta ibindi, mugume muri abaziranenge n'indakemwa kugeza ku munsi wa Kristo. 11mwuzuye imbuto y'ubutungane binyujijwe kuri Yezu Kristo, kugira ngo Data wa twese ahabwe ikuzo n'ibisingizo.
Iminyururu Iteza Imbere Ubutumwa bwiza
12Bavandimwe, nshaka ko mumenya ko ibyambayeho rwose byatumye Ubutumwa bwiza butera imbere, 13ku buryo iminyururu yanjye kubera Kristo yamenyekanye mu ngabo z'ibwami zose n'abandi bose. 14Benshi mu bavandimwe, bashizweho umutima muri Nyagasani n'iminyururu yanjye, ubu barushaho kugira ubutwari bwo kuvuga ijambo batagira ubwoba. 15Ni ukuri bamwe bamamaza Kristo babitewe n'ishyari n'amarushanwa, ariko abandi babitewe n'umutima mwiza. 16Aba bakora babitewe n'urukundo, bazi ko nshinzwe kuburanira Ubutumwa bwiza. 17Naho abandi bamamaza Kristo babitewe n'irari ryo kwishyira hejuru, atari ku mutima utaryarya, batekereza kunteza imvururu mu minyururu yanjye.
18None se bite? Icyo gusa ni uko mu buryo bwose, yaba mu rwiyerurutso cyangwa mu kuri, Kristo amamazwa, kandi ibyo birannezeza. Yego, nzakomeza kunezerwa. 19Kuko nzi ko ibi bizatuma ndokoka, binyujijwe mu masengesho yanyu no mu mfashanyo ya Mwuka wa Yezu Kristo. 20Ibyo nifuza n'ibyo niringiye n'ubwuzu ni uko ntazakorwa n'isoni na rimwe, ahubwo n'ubutwari bwuzuye, ubu nk'uko byahoze, Kristo azasingizwa mu mubiri wanjye, yaba mu bugingo cyangwa mu rupfu.
21Kuko kuri jye, kubaho ari Kristo, no gupfa ari inyungu. 22Niba ngomba gukomeza kubaho mu mubiri, ibyo bizampesha umurimo wera imbuto. Nyamara sinzi icyo natoranya. 23Ndahanganishijwe n'ibyo bibiri: nifuza kugenda nkaba kumwe na Kristo, kuko ari byo biruta byose, 24ariko kuguma mu mubiri ni cyo cya ngombwa kurushaho ku bwanyu. 25Mbyemeje ntyo, nzi ko nzaguma kandi nkaba kumwe namwe mwese, kugira ngo mutere imbere munezerwe mu kwemera, 26ku buryo ukwirarira kwanyu muri Kristo Yezu kuzasendera kubera jye, nongeye kuza aho muri.
Guhagarara Mukwiriye Ubutumwa bwiza
27Icyo mukwiye ni ukubaho uko bikwiriye Ubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo, kugira ngo naza nkabareba cyangwa ndi kure, numve ko muhagaze mushikamye muri mwuka umwe, muharanira hamwe n'umutima umwe kwemera k'Ubutumwa bwiza, 28kandi ntimutinye na busa ababarwanya, ibyo bibabera icyemezo cy'uko bazarimbuka, ariko mwebwe mukabona agakiza, kandi ibyo bikaba biva kuri Data wa twese. 29Kuko mwaheshejwe ubuntu, ku bwa Kristo, atari ukwemera Kristo gusa ahubwo no kumubabarira, 30munyuramo mu rugamba rumwe mwabonye ntwaramo, ubu mukaba mwumva ko nkirurimo.