¹ Nuko rero, ndaguhugura ko mbere ya byose, musenge, musabe ni ngufu, mubwire Imana ibyifuzo byanyu, mumushimire, mubikorere abantu bose. ² Kubami n'abandi bose bategeka, kugirango tubeho mu mahoro n' umutekano, twubaha Imana twitonda m' ukuri kose. ³ Ibyo ni byiza kandi bishimisha Imana Umukiza wacu, ⁴ ushaka ko abantu bose bakizwa kandi bamenye ukuri. ⁵ Kuko hariho Imana imwe kandi n' umuhuza w'abantu n' Imana ni Yesu Kristo Muntu. ⁶ Yaritanze kutubera twese inshungu. Ibyo nibyo byahamijwe igihe ce kigeze. ⁷ Nico nashiriweho kuba umuhubiri n'intumwa, ngambye ukuri, ntaho ndikubesha, nshinzwe guhubira abapagani mu kwizera no mu kuri. ⁸ Nuko ndashaka ko abagabo basenga hose bashize amaboko hejuru badafite umujinya, kandi badafite ibitekerezo bitaboneye. ⁹ Kandi n' abagore nuko, ndashaka ngo bambare imyenda ikwiriye, idateye isoni, kandi bitirimbisha mu byo gusuka imisatsi gusa, cangwa kwambara izahabu cangwa imiringa, cangwa imyenda y' igiciro kirenze. ¹⁰ Ariko birimbishe ibikorwa biboneye, nkuko bikwiriye abagore barigukorera Imana. ¹¹ Umugore yumve amabwiriza ahoze, kandi abe uwicishije bugufi. ¹² Ntabwo ntanze uruhusa ko umugore yigisha, cangwa ngo ategeke umugabo, agomba guceceka. ¹³ Kuko Adamu yaremwe mbere, Eva nyuma ye. ¹⁴ Na Adamu ntaho ariwe wayobojwe ariko n'umugore wayobejwe ahinduka umunya bicumuro. ¹⁵ Ariko abagore bazakizwa kubera kubyara niba bakomeje kwizera m urukundo no kwera.