2 Abakorinto 8 - Ebibulia 2001

Obufura bw'obukirisito

¹ Barumuna bange, nitugonza kubamanyisa ekisha kya Ruhanga ekyo enteko za Masedonia zatungirwe.

² Bakalengwa omu biyengo bingi ebyo barabiremu; kyonkai bakashemelerwa muno, baba bafura ebishobeize, bajuna banu, n'orwo kaziro bali banaku muno.

³ Mbagambire amazima, bakagira ebintu bingi okwo babaire nibashobora, nangu n'okushagaho. Bakeyendera bonene

⁴ batutagiliza na bonene kujuna abantu ba Ruhanga omuli Buyahudi.

⁵ Bakagira kushaaga ebyo twabaire nitushuubira: Bakehayo, bakabanza bayehayo: Ahali Mukama, bashuba bayehayo ahali ichwe nk'okwo Ruhanga yabaire nayenda.

⁶ Aha rw'ekyo tukatagiliza Tito k'amaliliza omuli inywe omulimo ogu gw'engonzi nk'okwo yakagubandize.

⁷ Muli batungi omuli byona ebyo mwinabyo: Omu kwesiga, omu bigambo, omu bumanyi, omu bwegumisiliza obwa buli ngeli, n'omu ngonzi ezo mulikutugonza. Kityo mube nikwo mugira n'obufura omu mulimo ogu gw'engonzi.

⁸ Omu kugamba ntyo tindikubaragira. Ningonza kuboleka ekihika eky'abandi bainakyo omu kujuna banu, mbone kumanya engonzi zanyu zina mazimaki.

⁹ Nimumanya Omukama waitu Yesu Kirisito eky'ekisha kyamukolize: Wenene akaba ali mutungi, kyonkai yayehindura munaku kubarokora, mubone kuba batungi aha rwa wenene kwehindura munaku.

¹⁰ Okwo bili, inye nimbategekera nti: Nikigasha kushaaga kamwakugobesheleza eikora elyo mwamara omwaka gwona mubandize. Ninywe mwabaire ba mbere kuralira ekigambo ekyo mara mukakikora.

¹¹ Mbwenu aho ekigambo ekyo mukimare. Mutemu ekihika kukimara nk'okwo mwakakiraliire: Ebyo mwinabyo mubigire mwaha.

¹² Kamuraba nimwenda kubigira, Ruhanga arasiima egabo zanyu ezo, nabona ebyo mwinabyo mara nimushobora kubigira, ebyo mutainabyo ebyo tabiliho.

¹³ Inywe mutaba n'inywe musikilirwa, abandi kuba nirwo banguhirwa; chei, turabe omu bwiganwa n'amazima.

¹⁴ Ebyo muraba mwinabyo mutalikubyetaga bijune abetaage, nabo orwo baraba baina ebyo batalikwetaga, bajune inywe orwo muraba muli betaage, kityo habeho obwiganwa.

¹⁵ Nk'okwo kyahandikirwe kiti, “Ayashombokize bingi tiyashagwire, n'ayashombokize bike tiyalebeleirwe.”

Tito na batahibe

¹⁶ Omukama nakasinge alikutamu Tito ekihika kyonene kyonene eky'okubajuna.

¹⁷ Ti kugir'oti akesiga kushai aha rw'okuba tukamushaba, nawe akashangwa nayenda muno kujuna abantu, yagoba aha kuramura omu bweyendezibwe kwija okwo.

¹⁸ Twamutweka na murumuna waitu omoi alikumanyika omu nteeko zona aha rw'eiranga ly'okuranga evangeli.

¹⁹ Mara t'ekyo kyonkai: Enteko zikamuronda kuta nagenda na ichwe tukakora hamoi omulimo gurungi ogu ogwo tuliho.

²⁰ Nitwelinda batatulisa mpiya ezi ezo batukwasize.

²¹ Nitugonza kukolera Omukama n'abantu.

²² Hamoi na barumuna baitu abo, twatweka murumuna waitu ondijo; ogwo tubandize twamulebelera muno, twabona okwo aina ekihika ky'okujuna banu, nangu kandi mbwenu ashaagireho aha rw'okuba inywe nabesiga muno.

²³ Tito ogwo ni mutahi wange; omu kubakolera n'inyema nawe. Kyonkai barumuna baitu aba, abo balikwija nabo, batwekirwe enteko, mara bonene abo kitinwa kya Kirisito.

²⁴ Kityo mubakolere kurungi omu nteeko, ebyo tubebugaho babibone.