Kwishyira hamwe mu rukundo
Pawulo asaba ubumwe, hanyuma akabushingira ku kuntu Kristo yamanutse aho kuzamuka, yigize ubusa, afata ishusho y'umugaragu, aba umwumvira kugeza ku rupfu, ndetse urupfu rwo ku musaraba, mbere y'uko Data wa twese amushyira hejuru akamuha izina risumba amazina yose. Yohereza na Timoteyo, na Epafurodito.
2 1Nuko rero niba hari inkunga iva muri Kristo, niba hari ihumure riturutse ku rukundo, niba hari ubusabane bwimbitse muri Mwuka Muziranenge, niba hari impuhwe n'imbabazi, 2nuko muzuze umunezero wanjye: mutekereze kimwe, mukunde kimwe, mube umwe mu mwuka, mube umwe ku mugambi. 3Ntimugakore ikintu na kimwe mushingiye ku kwikunda cyangwa ku kwirarira kw'ubusa, ahubwo mu kwicisha bugufi mujye mubona ko abandi babarusha. 4Umuntu wese muri mwe ntiyita ku nyungu ze gusa, ahubwo yita n'iz'abandi.
5Mugire iki gitekerezo muri mwe, cyo mufite muri Kristo Yezu, 6we wariho afite ishusho ya Data wa twese, ntiyafashe uguhwana na Data wa twese nk'ikintu cyo kwiharira, 7ahubwo yigize ubusa, afata ishusho y'umugaragu, avuka ameze nk'abantu. 8Kandi amaze kugaragara nk'umuntu, yicishije bugufi, aba umwumvira kugeza ku rupfu, ndetse urupfu rwo ku musaraba. 9Ni cyo gituma Data wa twese yamushyize hejuru cyane, akamuha izina risumba amazina yose, 10kugira ngo ku izina rya Yezu amavi yose apfukame, mu ijuru no ku isi no munsi y'isi, 11kandi ururimi rwose rwemere ko Yezu Kristo ari Nyagasani, bibe ikuzo rya Data wa twese.
Abana ba Data, Inyenyeri Zimurika
12Nuko rero bakundwa banjye, nk'uko mwahoze mumvira—atari igihe ndi kumwe namwe gusa, ahubwo cyane cyane ubu ndi kure yanyu—mukomeze gukorera agakiza kanyu mufite ubwoba no guhinda umushyitsi, 13kuko Data wa twese ari we ukora muri mwe, akabaha ubushake no gukora, kugira ngo asohoze umugambi we mwiza.
14Mujye mukora byose mutitotomba kandi mutajya impaka, 15kugira ngo mube indakemwa kandi abaziranenge, abana ba Data wa twese badafite inenge, hagati y'ab'igihe kigoramye kandi gishize isoni—mumurika muri bo nk'inyenyeri mu isi, 16mushikamye ku ijambo ry'ubugingo, kugira ngo ku munsi wa Kristo mbe nagira icyo nirata, ko ntarukiye ubusa kandi ntakoreye ubusa. 17Ariko n'ubwo nasukwa nk'ituro ry'ibyokunywa ku gitambo no ku murimo w'ukwizera kwanyu, ndanezerwa kandi ndishimana namwe mwese. a a v17 Ituro ry'ibyokunywa ryari divayi basukaga ku rutambiro mu gusenga; Pawulo agereranya ubugingo bwe busukwa ku kwizera kwabo. 18Namwe kandi munezerwe kandi mwishimane nanjye.
Timoteyo na Epafurodito
19Niringiye muri Nyagasani Yezu ko nzaboherereza Timoteyo vuba, kugira ngo nanjye ngire inkunga, nimenya uko mumeze. 20Nta wundi mfite umeze nka we, uzita ku mimerere yanyu by'ukuri. 21Kuko bose bashaka inyungu zabo bwite, ntibashaka iza Yezu Kristo. 22Muzi ukuntu Timoteyo yagaragaje agaciro ke—nk'umwana ari kumwe na se, yankoreye mu murimo w'Ubutumwa bwiza. 23Nuko rero niringiye kumwohereza nkimara kumenya uko ibyanjye bizagenda, 24kandi nizeye muri Nyagasani ko nanjye ubwanjye nzaza vuba.
25Nabonye ko ari ngombwa kubasubiza Epafurodito, umuvandimwe wanjye, uturikumwe mu murimo, n'umusirikare mugenzi wanjye, akaba intumwa yanyu n'umukozi w'ibyo nkeneye. 26Yabakumbuye mwese, kandi yababazwa n'uko mwumvise ko yari arwaye. 27Koko rero yari arwaye, agera n'aho apfa. Ariko Data wa twese aramugirira impuhwe, atari we gusa ahubwo nanjye, ambuza kugira agahinda ku kandi gahinda. 28Ni yo mpamvu nshishikaye cyane kumwohereza, kugira ngo nimwongera kumubona munezerwe, nanjye agahinda kanjye kagabanuke. 29Mumwakirire muri Nyagasani n'umunezero wose, kandi mujye mwubaha abantu bameze nka we, 30kuko yegereye urupfu ku bw'umurimo wa Kristo, yiteguye gutanga ubugingo bwe kugira ngo yuzuze ubufasha mwananiwe kumpa.