¹ Ndigusaba ko abakozi b'ingero zose bubahe ababakoreshaga kugira ngo izina ry'Imana n'inyigisho twahewe zere gupoteya busha. ² N'abafite abatware beza bere kubanyanyagaraho, bitwajije ko ari bene wabo, ahubwo bakore neza ari abizerwa n'abakunzi, babifurizaga ibyiza. Wigishe ibyo bintu kandi ubategeke kubikurikiza. ³ Umuntu abeye yigishije inyigisho zidakwiriye kandi za tofauti n' amagambo gaboneye gaturutse ku Mwami wacu Yesu Kristo, nigo migisho gerekeje kwubaho Imana. ⁴ Uwo muntu yujwiyemo ubwirasi, n'ubuswa, arweye indwara z'ibibazo bidasobanutse, n'amagambo garimo impaka kandi byose bibyaraga kwifuza, amahane, guteranya, no gukekerana, ⁵ impaka z'abantu zidafite akamaro z'abantu b'ubwenge bwatannye, batagira ukuri kandi abatekerezaga ko ubwirasi bwabo bukababyarire ifaida. ⁶ Icokora kubaha Imana no kunyurwa n'ibyo bifite akamaro, ⁷ bibyaraga ubukire bwinshi; kuko ntaco twazinye muri yino si, nta nico tukakuremo. ⁸ Niba rero twifitiye utwokurya n'utwenda, tubishimire Imana. ⁹ Ariko abashaka gukira bwangu, bagwaga mu bigeragezo, mu mitego no mubishuko kangari by'ubupfu, bikabazambaguze, hanyuma bakarimire m' ubusha no gushira pe. ¹⁰ Kuko gukunda amahera cane ari isoko y'ibibazo byose; kandi bamwe bayobejwe n'umubi, bagwiye mu kwizera kwabo kandi bagwa mu mibabaro akangari. ¹¹ Ariko weho muntu w'Imana uhunge ibyo bintu ukurikirane ububonere, kwizera, urukundo, kwihangana no kworoha. ¹² Urwane indwano iboneye yo kwizera, komeza ubuzima buhoraaho bwo wahamagariwe ari nabwo watangiye ubuhamya bwiza imbere y' abantu akangari. ¹³ Nkuragije Imana itangaga ubuzima ku bintu byose, nkuragije na Yesu Kristo watanze ubuhamya buboneye hambere ya Pontio Pilato ¹⁴ ngo wubahe amategeko gose, were kugawa kugeza igihe Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu ikayije. ¹⁵ Imana iziyerekana igihe gikwiriye, Imana Nyiri Migisha wonyiwe, ni we wonyine ufite ubutegetsi, Umwami w'abami, Umutware w' abatware. ¹⁶ Wonyine ni we ufite kudapfa, utuye mu mwangaza mwinshi, nta muntu wingize cangwa ugomba kumureba. Icubahiro n'ingufu z'ibihe byose bibe ibye wonyine. Amina ¹⁷ Ubwire abakire ba kino gihe bareke kwirata, bere gushira ibyiringiro m' ubukire bwabo budafite akamaro. Ahubwo babishire ku Mana Iduhaga ibintu byose kugira ngo tunezererwe. ¹⁸ Ubabwire bakore ibiboneye, bagire ubukire mu gukora neza, bakunde gutanga, kandi babe abo gusangira n' abandi m' urukundo. ¹⁹ Bityo bashakire mu gihe kizaza imari ifite umusingi gukomeye kugira ngo babone ubuzima by' ukuri. ²⁰ Timoteo, cunga neza ibyo nakubikije. Wirinde amagambo gatagira akamaro kandi g'ubupfu kandi gabeshewe kwitwa ubumenyi. ²¹ Wirinde impaka z' abantu bakoraga bamerire kureka kwizera. Ubuntu bw' Imana bubane nawe.