1 Yudasi, mutugwa wa Yesu Kristo, amwavo wa Yakobo, ibaruula yange yiyi i duke ku va langwa ava yanzangwa mu Nyasaye Dada, ava lindirangwa Yesu Kristo:
Uyu si ya li mbadzi, mwana wa Maria, amwavo wa Yakobo na Yose na Yuda na Simoni? Kandi vabotso veve si va li hano halala na kwinye? Ku, va mu vihirirwa.
Si mwa tovola inze, navutswa inze nda tovola mwinye, ni mmu vika mu tsie kwama makuyu, kandi makuyu genyu ga duke kumenya: kandi vyosi vya mu saala Dada ku lieta lyange a mu he.
Lwa va mala kwingira mu, va nina mu inyumba yigulu, ya va menya mu, Petro, na Yohana, na Yakobo, na Andreya, na Filipu, na Tomasi, na Bartlomeyo, na Matayo, na Yakobo wa Alfayo, na Simoni Zelote, na Yuda wa Yakobo.
Kigira ava veye ndi si va tumekira Kristo Mwami wetu, navutswa va tumekira inda yavo, kandi va gada myoyo gya yava ava ta li nobudamano ku livola lyavo lidoto.
Navutswa kalunu, ni mu mali kukolwa ndi avaboholole kutwula ku bwoni kugwa avatugwa va Nyasaye, mu veye namakuyu kuduka ku butakatifu, nekiheri ki veye livamwoyo lyemihiga nemihiga.
ibaruwa yetu yiyi i dukire livugana lya Nyasaye li veye mu Korintho, yava ava takaswa mu Kristo Yesu, ava langwa va ve avatakatifu, halala na yavo vosi ava veye mu tsimbega tsyosi avanira ku lieta lyo Mwami wetu Yesu Kristo, Mwami wavo kandi wetu.
Kandi ku mwinye avalala va li kuli yava, navutswa mwogidzeywi, kandi mwa takaseywi, navutswa mwa volwa kuva avalungi ku lieta lyo Mwami Yesu Kristo, noku Roho wa Nyasaye wetu.
wa honnya kwinye na a ku langa nelilanga litakatifu, si ga li kuli miyinzi gyetu navutswa kuli ubulaliri bwibwe nelivererera lilye lya kwa hebwa mu Kristo Yesu imbiri wetsinyinga tsya kale,
kuli litanga kumanya lya Nyasaye Dada, mu litakasa lya Roho, ku lihulira noku Iyuhirwa masahi ga Yesu Kristo: Tsimbabasi tsi ve ku mwinye, nemirembe gyi medeke.
Navutswa mwinye mu veye likula li tovoleywi ubusalisi bwobwami, ihiri intakatifu, avandu va veye ava Nyasaye mwene mu duke kulang'aminya ubulahi bwibwe, uyu wa mu langa mu twule mu kisundi mu duke mu bulavu bwibwe obweligenya:
Kandi Nyasaye wetsimbabasi tsyosi wa langa mwinye mu duke kunyola ubukumi bwibwe bwemihiga nemihiga mu Kristo, lwa mu mali kusaliridzwa inyinga inkekeke, mwene a la mu kola avadukanu, nokumusingeridza, nokumuvika tsingulu.
Simoni Petro, mutugwa nomutumwa wa Yesu Kristo, ibaruua yange i duke ku ava nyoye lisuuvira lilala lyere lyobulahi halala nekwinye, mu bulungi bwa Nyasaye wetu, Muhonnyi wetu Yesu Kristo: