¹ Nuko rero, ndakumenyesheje ko hambere ya byose, musenge, musabe n' ingufu, mubwire Imana ibyifuzo byanyu, mumushimire, mubikorere abantu bose. ² K'ubami n'abandi bose bategekaga kugira ngo tubeho mu mahoro n' umutekano, turikubaha Imana twitonze m' ukuri kose. ³ Ibyo biraboneye kandi bishimishaga Imana Umukiza wacu, ⁴ ushakaga ko abantu bose bakizwa kandi bamenye ukuri. ⁵ Kuko hariho Imana imwe kandi n' umuhuza w'abantu n' Imana ni Yesu Kristo wigize Umuntu. ⁶ Yitanze kutubera twese inshungu. Ibyo nibyo byahamijwe igihe ce kigerire. ⁷ Nico nashiriweho kuba umuhubiri n'intumwa, ngambe ukuri, ntari kubesha, nshinzwe guhubiri abapagani mu kwizera no m' ukuri. ⁸ Nuko ndigushaka ko abagabo basenga hose bashize amaboko hejuru badafite umujinya, kandi badafite ibitekerezo bitaboneye. ⁹ Kandi n' abagore nuko, ndashaka ngo bambare imyenda ikwiriye, itamwajije, kandi bitirimbishije no gusuka imitsatsi gusa, cangwa kwambara izahabu cangwa imiringa, cangwa imyenda y' ibeyi rinini. ¹⁰ Ariko birimbishe ibikorwa biboneye, nkuko bikwiriye abagore barigukorera Imana. ¹¹ Umugore yumve amabwiriza ahorire, kandi abe uwicishije bugufi. ¹² Ndo ntanze uruhusa k'umugore kwigisha, cangwa ngo ategeke umugabo, agombye guceceka. ¹³ Kuko Adamu yaremwe hambere, Eva hanyuma ye. ¹⁴ Na Adamu ndo ariwe wahabijwe, ariko n'umugore wahabye ahinduka umunya bicumuro. ¹⁵ Ariko abagore bakakizwe kubera kubyara babeye bataretse kwizera m' urukundo no gutungana.