Timoteyo wa kabiri
1 Jewe Pawulo, intumwa ya Kristu Yezu biciye kw’igomba ry’Imana, hisunzwe umuhango w’ubuzima buboneka biciye kuri Kristu Yezu+, 2 ndakwandikiye wewe Timoteyo, umwana wanje nkunda cane+.
Ubuntu buhebuje*, imbabazi n’amahoro biva ku Mana ari yo Data no kuri Kristu Yezu Umukama wacu bibane nawe.
3 Ndashimira Imana nkorera igikorwa ceranda nk’uko ba sogokuruza banje bayikoreye, mfise ijwi ryo mu mutima ridahumanye. Nguma ndakwibuka igihe ntakamba ijoro n’umurango. 4 Nibutse amosozi yawe, nca nkumbura kukubona kugira ngo nuzure umunezero. 5 Kuko nibuka ukwizera kwawe kutagira ubwiyorobetsi+. Nyogokuru wawe Loyisi na nyoko wawe Enise ni bo babanje kugira ukwo kwizera, mugabo ndazi ntakeka ko nawe ugufise.
6 Ni co gituma ndakwibukije ngo utume ingabirano y’Imana iri muri wewe iguma yaka nk’umuriro, imwe waronka igihe nakurambikako ibiganza+. 7 Imana ntiyaduhaye impwemu y’ubwoba+, ahubwo yaduhaye impwemu ituma tugira ububasha+, urukundo n’ubwenge buroranye. 8 Ntuterwe isoni rero n’intahe yerekeye Umukama wacu+, canke ngo uterwe isoni nanje mpfunzwe ku bwiwe, ahubwo niwemere kwihanganira imibabaro+ ku bw’inkuru nziza wishimikije ububasha bw’Imana+. 9 Yaradukijije yongera iduhamagaza umuhamagaro mweranda+. Ntiyabigize kubera ibikorwa vyacu, ahubwo yabigize kubera umugambi wayo n’ubuntu bwayo buhebuje+. Twagiriwe ubwo buntu biciye kuri Kristu Yezu imbere y’ibihe vya kera cane, 10 ariko ubu bwaribonekeje neza biciye ku kwerekanwa kw’Umukiza wacu Kristu Yezu+, yakuyeho urupfu+ akongera akaduhishurira biciye ku nkuru nziza+ ingene tworonka ubuzima+ n’umubiri utabora+. 11 Kubera iyo nkuru nziza, naragenywe ngo mbe umuvugabutumwa nongere mbe intumwa n’umwigisha+.
12 Ni co gituma kandi nshikirwa n’iyi mibabaro+, ariko ntibintera isoni+. Ndazi uwo nizeye, kandi ndazi ntakeka yuko ashoboye kurinda ico namubikije gushika kuri wa musi+. 13 Amajambo ngirakamaro*+ wanyumvanye ugume uyafata nk’icitegererezo urabirako*, ufise ukwizera n’urukundo biva ku kwunga ubumwe na Kristu Yezu. 14 Rinda iyo mbitso nziza biciye ku mpwemu nyeranda iba muri twebwe+.
15 Nk’uko ubizi, abantu bose bo mu ntara ya Aziya+ barampevye, harimwo na Figelo na Herumojene. 16 Umukama agirire imbabazi abo mu rugo rwa Onesiforo+ kuko yanduhuye kenshi, kandi ntiyatewe isoni no kuba ndi mu munyororo. 17 Ahubwo igihe yari i Roma yarandondeye hasi hejuru, arantora. 18 Umukama azotume agirirwa imbabazi imbere ya Yehova* kuri wa musi. Kandi urazi neza ibikorwa vyose yakoze i Efeso.