Amabaruwa ya Pawulo Intumwa kuri Seneka, hamwe na Seneka yandikiwe Pawulo UMUTWE WA 1 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ndakeka yuko, Pawulo, wamenyeshejwe icyo kiganiro cyabaye ejo hagati yanjye na Lucilius wanjye, kijyanye n'uburyarya hamwe nandi masomo; kuko hari bamwe mu bigishwa bawe bari kumwe natwe; 2 Kuberako twasezeye mu busitani bwa Sallustiya, aho banyuzemo, kandi bakaba baranyuze mu bundi buryo, kubwo kutwemera kwacu bifatanya natwe. 3 Ndashaka ko wemera, ko twifuriza cyane ikiganiro cyawe: 4 Twishimiye cyane igitabo cyawe cy'inzandiko nyinshi, wandikiye imigi imwe n'imwe n'imigi minini y'intara, kandi kirimo amabwiriza meza yo kwitwara neza: 5 Amarangamutima nkaya, nkeka ko utari umwanditsi, ahubwo ni igikoresho cyo gutanga, nubwo rimwe na rimwe umwanditsi nigikoresho. 6 Erega burya nubusumbane bwizo nyigisho, nubwiza bwabo, ndakeka ko imyaka yumuntu ari mike bihagije kugirango yigishwe kandi itunganye mubumenyi bwabo. Nkwifurije imibereho myiza, muvandimwe. Muraho. UMUTWE WA 2 Pawulo muri Seneka Ndabaramukije. 1 Nakiriye ibaruwa yawe ejo nishimye: nshobora guhita nandika igisubizo, iyaba umusore yari murugo, uwo nashakaga kuboherereza: 2 Kuko uzi igihe, nande, mubihe, kandi uwo ngomba kubagezaho ibintu byose mboherereje. 3 Ndashaka rero ko utazanyishyuza uburangare, ndamutse ntegereje umuntu ubikwiye. 4 Nibwira ko nishimiye cyane kubona urubanza rw'umuntu ufite agaciro, ku buryo wishimiye Amabaruwa yanjye: 5 Erega ntiwakagombye gufatwa nk'umucungamutungo, umuhanga mu bya filozofiya, cyangwa ngo ube umutware w'igikomangoma gikomeye, n'umutware wa buri kintu, niba utari inyangamugayo. Nkwifurije iterambere rirambye. UMUTWE WA 3 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ndangije imibumbe imwe, ndayigabanyamo ibice byayo. 2 Niyemeje kubasomera Cæsari, kandi niba hari amahirwe abaye, nawe uzaba uhari, nibasomwa; 3 Ariko niba ibyo bidashoboka, nzagushiraho kandi nkumenyeshe umunsi, ubwo tuzasomera hamwe imikorere. 4 Nari niyemeje, niba mbishoboye mfite umutekano, mbere na mbere kugira icyo ubitekerezaho, mbere yuko mbimenyesha Cæsari, kugira ngo mumenye neza ko mbakunda. Muraho, Pawulo nkunda cyane. UMUTWE WA 4 Pawulo muri Seneka Ndabaramukije. 1 Igihe cyose nsomye amabaruwa yawe, ndatekereza ko uzanye nanjye; eka kandi rwose nta kindi ntekereza, usibye ko uhorana natwe. 2 Mugihe utangiye kuza, tuzahita tubonana. Mbifurije mwese gutera imbere.
UMUTWE WA 5 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Duhangayikishijwe cyane no kuba utari kure cyane muri twe. 2 Niki, cyangwa ni ibihe bintu, bikubuza kuza kwawe? 3 Niba utinya uburakari bwa Cæsari, kubera ko waretse idini ryahozeho, ukaba warahinduye abayoboke b'idini ry'abandi, ufite ibyo kwinginga, ko ibikorwa byawe bitaturutse ku guhuzagurika, ahubwo byaciriwe urubanza. Muraho. UMUTWE WA 6 Pawulo muri Seneka na Lucilius Ndabaramukije. 1 Kubijyanye nibintu wanyandikiye ntabwo bikwiye ko mvuga ikintu cyose nanditse ukoresheje ikaramu na wino: kimwe gisiga ibimenyetso, ikindi kigatangaza ibintu. 2 Cyane cyane ko nzi ko hari hafi yawe, kimwe nanjye, bazumva ibisobanuro byanjye. 3 Icyubahiro kigomba guhabwa abagabo bose, kandi cyane cyane, kuko bashobora gufata umwanya wo gutongana. 4 Niba kandi tugaragaje uburakari, tuzatsinda mu ngingo zose, niba aribyo, bashoboye kubona no kwiyemerera ko bari mu makosa. Muraho. UMUTWE WA 7 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ndavuga ko nishimiye cyane gusoma amabaruwa yawe yandikiye Abagalatiya, Abakorinto, n'abaturage ba Akaya. 2 Kuberako Umwuka Wera yabashizemo nawe watanze ayo marangamutima ari hejuru cyane, meza cyane, akwiye kubahwa, kandi birenze ibyo wihimbiye. 3 Nifuzaga rero, ko mugihe wandika ibintu bidasanzwe, ntihashobora kubaho ubushake bwo kuvuga bujyanye nicyubahiro cyabo. 4 Kandi ngomba gutunga umuvandimwe wanjye, kugira ngo ntahita nguhisha ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose, kandi nkaba umuhemu ku mutimanama wanjye, kugira ngo umwami yishimiye cyane amarangamutima y'Urwandiko rwawe; 5 Kuko yumvise itangiriro ryabo basoma, aratangaza ati: Ko yatunguwe no kubona ibyo bitekerezo ku muntu, utarize amashuri asanzwe. 6 Ndamusubiza nti: Ko rimwe na rimwe imana yakoreshaga inzirakarengane zivuga inzirakarengane kugira ngo zivuge, kandi nkamuha urugero rwibi mu muturage mubi, witwa Vatienus, igihe yari mu gihugu cya Reate, hagaragaye abagabo babiri; kuri we, witwa Castor na Pollux, akira ihishurwa ryimana. Muraho. UMUTWE WA 8 Pawulo muri Seneka Ndabaramukije. 1 Nubwo nzi ko umwami w'abami ashimwa kandi akunda idini ryacu, ariko mpa uruhushya rwo kukugira inama yo kwirinda imibabaro iyo ari yo yose, utugirira neza. 2 Ndatekereza ko rwose wagerageje kugerageza akaga gakomeye, mugihe wabwiraga umwami ibyo binyuranyije cyane n’idini rye, nuburyo bwo gusenga; kubona ari umusenga imana z'amahanga. 3 Sinzi ibyo wari ufite cyane cyane, igihe wabimubwiraga; ariko ndakeka ko wabikoze kubera kunyubaha cyane. 4 Ariko ndashaka ko ejo hazaza mutabikora; kuko wari ukeneye kwitonda, kugira ngo utanyereka urukundo unkunda, ntukarakaze shobuja: 5 Uburakari bwe ntacyo buzatugirira, aramutse akomeje abanyamahanga; eka mbere no kutarakara bizadukorera ikintu na kimwe: 6 Kandi nimba umugabekazi akoze imico ye, ntazarakara; ariko aramutse akoze nkumugore, azahangana. Muraho.
UMUTWE WA 9 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Nzi ko ibaruwa yanjye, aho nakumenyereye, ko nasomye Umwami Amabaruwa yawe, ntabwo agira ingaruka cyane nkimiterere yibintu bikubiyemo, 2 Ninde ubikora cyane ukuraho ibitekerezo byabantu mumico yabo nimigenzo yabo, kuburyo nahoraga ntungurwa, kandi nabyemeje byimazeyo n'impaka nyinshi kuva kera. Reka rero dutangire bundi bushya; kandi niba hari ikintu cyambere cyakozwe muburyo butemewe, urababarira. 4 Mboherereje igitabo de copia verborum. Muraho, Pawulo nkunda cyane. UMUTWE WA 10 Pawulo muri Seneka Ndabaramukije. 1 Igihe cyose nkwandikiye, ngashyira izina ryanjye imbere yawe, nkora ikintu cyombi kitemeranyaho; kandi binyuranye n'idini ryacu: 2 Kuko nkwiye, nk'uko nakunze kubitangaza, mpinduka abantu bose, kandi nkita ku mico yawe, amategeko y'Abaroma yubashye abasenateri bose; ni ukuvuga, gushyira izina ryanjye rya nyuma mu rwandiko rw’Urwandiko, kugira ngo ntagire igihe kirekire ntuje kandi natewe isoni ntegekwa gukora ibyo nahoraga nshaka gukora. Muraho, shobuja wubahwa cyane. Itariki ya gatanu ya kalendari yo muri Nyakanga, muri konseye ya kane ya Nero, na Messala. UMUTWE WA 11 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ibyishimo kuriwe, Pawulo nkunda cyane. 2 Niba umuntu ukomeye cyane, kandi inzira zose zikwemerwa nkawe, ntube umugenzi gusa, ahubwo ube inshuti magara kuri njye, mbega ukuntu bizaba byishimishije muri Seneka! 3 Wowe rero, wamamaye cyane, kandi kugeza ubu ushyizwe hejuru kuruta byose, ndetse ukomeye, ntutekereze ko udakwiriye kwitwa izina rya mbere mu rwandiko; 4 Kugira ngo ntakeka ko udashaka cyane kungerageza, ngo umbuze; kuko uzi ko uri umwenegihugu w'Abaroma. 5 Kandi nifuzaga kuba muri ibyo bihe cyangwa kuri sitasiyo urimo, kandi ko wari umeze nkanjye. Muraho, Pawulo nkunda cyane. Itariki ya x ya kalendari yo muri Mata, muri konseye ya Aprianus na Capito. UMUTWE WA 12 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ibyishimo kuriwe, Pawulo nkunda cyane. Ntutekereza ko mpangayitse cyane kandi mbabajwe nuko umwere wawe ugomba kukuzanira imibabaro? 2 Kandi ko abantu bose bakeka ko mwebwe abakristu b'abagizi ba nabi, bagatekereza ibyago byose bibera mumujyi, byatewe nawe? 3 Ariko reka twihanganire ibirego dufite uburakari, twiyambaze kuba umwere mu rukiko hejuru, arirwo rwonyine amahirwe yacu azadufasha gukemura, kugeza igihe ibyago byacu bizarangirira mu byishimo bidasubirwaho. 4 Imyaka yashize yabyaye abanyagitugu Alexandre mwene Filipo, na Diyoniziyo; iyacu nayo yabyaye Caius Cæsar; ibyifuzo byabo byari amategeko yabo yonyine. 5 Kubijyanye no gutwika kenshi umujyi wa Roma, impamvu iragaragara; kandi niba umuntu mubihe byanjye ashobora kwemererwa kuvuga, kandi umuntu ashobora gutangaza ibyo bintu byijimye nta kaga, buri wese agomba kubona ikibazo cyose. 6 Abakristu n'Abayahudi rwose bahanwa kubera icyaha cyo gutwika umujyi; ariko uwo mubi mubi, wishimira ubwicanyi
nubwicanyi, akanahisha abaturage be ibinyoma, yashyizweho, cyangwa abikwa kugeza igihe gikwiye. 7 Kandi nkuko ubuzima bwa buri muntu wintangarugero butambirwa aho kuba uwo muntu umwe wanditse ibibi, niko uyu azatambirwa benshi, kandi azegurirwa gutwikwa numuriro aho kuba bose. 8 Amazu ijana na mirongo itatu na abiri, hamwe na kare enye zose cyangwa ibirwa byatwitswe muminsi itandatu: karindwi irangiza gutwika. Mbifurije mwese umunezero. 9 Itariki ya gatanu ya kalendari yo muri Mata, muri konseye ya Frigius na Bassus. UMUTWE WA 13 Annæus Seneka kuri Paul Ndabaramukije. 1 Ibyishimo kuriwe, Pawulo nkunda cyane. 2 Wanditse imibumbe myinshi muburyo bw'ikigereranyo kandi bw'amayobera, bityo rero ibintu nkibi bikomeye nubucuruzi byakorewe kuri wewe, ntibisaba kudahagarikwa namagambo ayo ari yo yose atera imbere, ariko ufite ubwiza bukwiye. 3 Ndibuka ko ukunze kuvuga, ko benshi muguhindura imiterere nkiyi bakomeretsa abayoboke babo, kandi bagatakaza imbaraga zibibazo bakemura. 4 Ariko muri ibi ndashaka ko unyitaho, ni ukuvuga ko wubaha ikilatini nyacyo, ugahitamo amagambo gusa, kugirango ubashe gucunga neza ikizere cyiza cyagaragaye muri wowe. 5 Muraho. Itariki ya vth yizina rya Nyakanga, Leo na Savinus ba konseye. UMUTWE WA 14 Pawulo muri Seneka Ndabaramukije. 1 Gutekereza kwawe gusabwa hamwe nubuvumbuzi, Ubumana bwatanze ariko kuri bake. 2 Nzi neza ko mbiba imbuto zikomeye mu butaka burumbuka, nta kintu na kimwe gishobora kwangirika, ahubwo ni ijambo rirambye ry'Imana, riziyongera kandi ryere imbuto ubuziraherezo. 3 Ibyo wagezeho kubwubwenge bwawe, bizahoraho bitangirika ubuziraherezo. 4 Emera ko ugomba kwirinda imiziririzo y'Abayahudi n'Abanyamahanga. 5 Ibintu ufite mu rugero runaka byageze, ubigiranye ubushishozi umwami, umuryango we, n'incuti zizerwa; 6 Kandi nubwo amarangamutima yawe asa nkaho atavuguruzanya, kandi ntayasobanukirwe nabo, kubona benshi muribo batazirikana disikuru zawe, nyamara Ijambo ryImana rimaze kubinjizamo, amaherezo rizaba abantu bashya, bifuza Imana. 7 Gusezera Seneka, udukunda cyane kuri twe. Itariki ya Calends yo muri Kanama, muri konseye ya Leo na Savinus.