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2 Vyongeye, ni mwebwe Imana yagize bazima naho mwari mwarapfiriye mu makosa yanyu n’ibicumuro vyanyu+, 2 ivyo mwagenderamwo kera mwisunga ibintu*+ vy’iyi si, mwisunga umutware+ w’ububasha bw’ikirere, ya mpwemu+ ubu ikorera mu bana b’ubugambarazi+. 3 Egome, muri bo ni ho twese twahora tugendera kera duhuza n’ivyipfuzo vy’umubiri wacu+, dukora ivyo umubiri+ n’ivyiyumviro bigomba, kandi twari dusanzwe turi abana bo kurakirwa+ nk’abandi bose. 4 Mugabo Imana, imwe igwije imbabazi+, kubera urukundo rwinshi yadukunze+, 5 yaratugize bazima hamwe na Kristu, mu gihe nyene twari twarapfiriye mu makosa+—mukaba mwakirishijwe ubuntu ata wari abukwiriye+— 6 kandi yatuzuriye+ hamwe, itwicarika hamwe mu bibanza vyo mw’ijuru+ mu bumwe na Kristu Yezu, 7 kugira ngo mu bihe bizoza+ haze herekanwe ubutunzi buhebuje+ bw’ubuntu ata wari abukwiriye bwayo mu butoni bwayo itugirira mu bumwe+ na Kristu Yezu.
8 Mu vy’ukuri, ubwo buntu ata wari abukwiriye ni bwo mwakirishijwe biciye mu kwizera+; kandi ivyo ntibiva kuri mwebwe+, ni ingabirano y’Imana+. 9 Oya, ntibiva ku bikorwa+, kugira ngo ntihagire umuntu aronka imvo yo kwirata+. 10 Kuko turi igikorwa cayo+, tukaba twaremwe+ mu bumwe+ na Kristu Yezu kugira dukore ibikorwa vyiza+, ivyo Imana yaduteguriye imbere y’igihe+ ngo tubigenderemwo.
11 Mwibuke rero yuko kera mwari abanyamahanga ku bijanye n’umubiri+; ico gihe mwitwa “ukutagenyerwa” muvyiswe na kimwe bita “ukugenyerwa” gikorwa n’amaboko mu mubiri+— 12 mwibuke yuko ico gihe nyene mutari mufise Kristu+, mukaba mwari mwarigijwe kure+ y’ihanga rya Isirayeli mukaba na ba kavantara ku masezerano y’umuhango+, nta n’icizigiro mwari mufise+, kandi nta Mana mwagira mw’isi+. 13 Mugabo ubu, mu bumwe na Kristu Yezu, mwebwe abari kure cane kera mwarigiye hafi biciye ku maraso+ ya Kristu. 14 Kuko ari we mahoro yacu+, we yafashe ya migwi ibiri+ akayigira umwe+, agasenyura ca gihome+ cari hagati kiyitandukanya+. 15 Biciye ku mubiri wiwe+ yarakuyeho bwa bwankanyi+, rya Tegeko ry’amabwirizwa rigizwe n’ingingo zashinzwe+, kugira ngo vya bisata bibiri+ abirememwo umuntu mushasha umwe+ mu bumwe na we, agarukane amahoro; 16 no kugira ngo asubirize hamwe+ rwose Imana ivyo bisata vyompi mu mubiri umwe+ biciye kuri ca giti co kubabarizwako+, kubera ko yari yishe ubwo bwankanyi+ biciye kuri we nyene. 17 Kandi yaraje amenyesha inkuru nziza y’amahoro+ mwebwe abari kure cane, amenyesha n’amahoro abari hafi+, 18 kubera ko biciye kuri we, twebwe, vya bisata vyompi+, dushobora kwegera+ Data biciye ku mpwemu imwe+.
19 Vy’ukuri rero, ntimukiri ab’ahandi+ na kavamahanga+, ahubwo musangiye ubwenegihugu+ n’aberanda+, mukaba n’abo mu rugo+ rw’Imana, 20 kandi mwubatswe ku mushinge+ w’intumwa+ n’abahanuzi+, Kristu Yezu na we ubwiwe akaba ari we buye ry’umushinge rigumya imfuruka+. 21 Mu bumwe na we inyubakwa yose, mu kuba ifatanirijwe hamwe ikanywana+, irakura ikaba urusengero rweranda ku bwa Yehova+. 22 Mu bumwe na we+, na mwebwe nyene muriko murubakirwa hamwe ngo muhinduke ahantu Imana iba biciye mu mpwemu+.