1 Abatesalonika
4 Ubwa nyuma, bene wacu, turabasaba kandi tukabahimiriza biciye ku Mukama Yezu, nk’uko twababwirije ku vy’ukuntu mukwiye kugenda+ no guhimbara Imana, nk’uko mbere muriko muragenda, yuko mwoguma murushiriza rwose kubigira+. 2 Kuko muzi amategeko+ twabahaye biciye ku Mukama Yezu.
3 Kuko ico Imana igomba ari iki: ni uko mwezwa+, mukirinda ubusambanyi+, 4 umwe wese muri mwebwe akamenya kuganza umubiri*+ wiwe bwite mu kwezwa+ no mw’iteka, 5 atari mu nambu y’umubiri y’intahomwa+ nk’iyo ayo mahanga+ atazi Imana afise+; 6 kugira ngo ntihagire n’umwe ashika aho agirira nabi mwene wabo kandi akarenga ku burenganzira bwiwe muri ivyo+, kuko Yehova ari we atanga igihano ku bw’ivyo bintu vyose+, nk’uko twabibabwiye imbere y’igihe tukanabishingira intahe inogangije kuri mwebwe+. 7 Kuko Imana itaduhamagariye kwirengagiza ubuhumane, ahubwo yaduhamagariye kwezwa+. 8 Nuko rero, uwubikengera+ ntaba akengereye umuntu, ahubwo aba akengereye Imana+, yo ishira impwemu nyeranda+ yayo muri mwebwe.
9 Ariko ku bijanye n’urukundo rwa kivukanyi+, ntimukeneye ko tubandikira, kuko mwebwe ubwanyu mwigishijwe n’Imana+ gukundana+; 10 kandi nkako, muriko murabigirira bene wacu bose b’i Makedoniya hose. Mugabo turabahimiriza, bene wacu, mubandanye kurushiriza rwose kubigira, 11 no kwishingira intumbero yo kubaho mutekanye+ no kuraba ivyanyu bwite+ no gukoresha amaboko yanyu+, nk’uko twabibategetse; 12 kugira ngo mugende mu buryo bubereye+ ku bantu bo hanze+, ata co mukena+.
13 Vyongeye, bene wacu, ntidushaka ko mutamenya ivyerekeye abasinzira+ mu rupfu; kugira ngo ntimugire agahinda nk’uko abandi bakagira, bamwe badafise icizigiro+. 14 Kuko nimba twizera yuko Yezu yapfuye akongera akazuka+, n’abasinziriye mu rupfu muri Yezu na bo nyene Imana izobazanana na we+. 15 Kuko ibi ari vyo tubabwira biciye kw’ijambo rya Yehova+, yuko twebwe abazima bazoba bakiriho gushika mu gihe c’ukuhaba kw’Umukama+ tutazotanga mu buryo na bumwe abasinziriye mu rupfu; 16 kuko Umukama ubwiwe azomanuka avuye mw’ijuru+ n’akamo k’ugutegeka, n’ijwi ry’umumarayika mukuru+ be n’urumbete rw’Imana+, maze abapfiriye muri Kristu bazobanza kuzuka+. 17 Mu nyuma twebwe abazima tuzoba tukiriho, hamwe na bo+, tuzojanwa+ mu bicu+ gusanganira+ Umukama mu kirere; gutyo tuzokwama turi kumwe n’Umukama+. 18 Nimugume rero muhozanya muri ayo majambo.