Agaciro Nyako Kaboneka muri Kristo
Pawulo avuga ibimuranga, umuryango akomokamo, amahugurwa ye n'uko yari indakemwa mu mategeko, hanyuma akita ibyo byose imyanda ugereranyije no kumenya Kristo n'ubutungane buva kwa Data wa twese. Yitondera kuvuga ko atari yagera ku ntego: yibagirwa ibiri inyuma, akihatira kujya imbere. Ubwenegihugu bwe buri ahandi.
3 1Nuko rero bavandimwe, nimunezerere Nyagasani. Kwandika ibintu bimwe ubwa kabiri ntabwo bingora, kandi birabarinda.
2Mwirinde imbwa, mwirinde abakozi babi, mwirinde abatemagura umubiri. a a v2 Pawulo akinisha abahatira imihango yo gukeba, akabita 'abatemagura' — ni uguhindura ijambo 'gukeba' abigambiriye. 3Twebwe ni twe bakebwe nyakuri—duramya tubifashijwemo na Mwuka wa Data wa twese, twirata muri Kristo Yezu, nta cyo twiringira mu mubiri, 4nubwo nanjye nari nshobora kwiringira umubiri. Niba hari undi utekereza ko afite icyo yiringira mu mubiri, jyewe mfite byinshi kuruta: 5Nakebwe ku munsi wa munani; nkomoka kuri Isiraheli kuvuka, nvuye mu muryango wa Benyamini; Umuheburayi ukomoka ku Baheburayi; Umufarizayi ukurikiza amategeko. 6Mu ishyaka, natotezaga Itorero; mu butungane bwo gukurikiza amategeko, nari indakemwa.
7Ariko ibyo nari nkungutse byose, ubu mbifata nk'igihombo kubera Kristo. 8Yego, mfata byose nk'igihombo kubera agaciro katagira urugero ko kumenya Kristo Yezu Nyagasani wanjye. Ku bwe nahombye byose, kandi mbifata nk'imyanda, kugira ngo ngire Kristo, 9kandi ngaragare ndi muri we, ntabwo mfite ubutungane bwanjye buturutse ku mategeko, ahubwo buturuka ku kwizera Kristo—ubutungane buva kwa Data wa twese bushingiye ku kwizera, 10kugira ngo mumenye, na mbaraga z'izuka rye, nkagira uruhare mu mibabaro ye, nkamera nka we mu rupfu rwe, 11ngize uburyo bumwe nkabona kugera ku izuka ryo kuva mu bapfuye.
12Ntabwo mvuga ko namaze kubibona, cyangwa ko namaze kuba indakemwa, ahubwo ndihatira gufata icyo Kristo Yezu yamfatiye. 13Bavandimwe, sinibwira ko narabifashe. Ariko ikintu kimwe: ndibagirwa ibiri inyuma, nkihatira kugera ku biri imbere, 14ndihatira kugera ku ntego kugira ngo mbone igihembo cyo guhamagarirwa mu ijuru na Data wa twese muri Kristo Yezu. 15Twese abakuze mu kwizera nimuze dutekereze dutyo; niba hari icyo mutekereza ukundi, Data wa twese azabibahishurira na byo. 16Icyakora nimuze dukomere ku byo twamaze kubona.
17Bavandimwe, nimunyigane mwese, kandi mwitegereze abagenda bakurikije urugero mufite muri twe. 18Benshi baba abanzi b'umusaraba wa Kristo—nabibabwiye kenshi, none ndababwira ndarira amarira. 19Iherezo ryabo ni ukurimbuka, imana yabo ni inda, ikuzo ryabo ni isoni zabo, imitima yabo yose iri ku by'isi. 20Ariko ubwenegihugu bwacu buri mu ijuru; aho ni ho dutegereje twifuza Umukiza, Nyagasani Yezu Kristo, 21uzahindura umubiri wacu uciye bugufi ukawuhuza n'umubiri we uhebuje, abikoresheje imbaraga zishobora kugandeza byose munsi ye.