Aleluya, aleluya.

Umukiza wacu Yezu Kristu yaratsinze urupfu;

yarabonesheje ubuzima n’umuco,

mu kudushikiriza Inkuru nziza.

Aleluya.

Ivyo dusoma mu Nkuru nziza ya Yezu Kristu nk’uko yashikirijwe na Luka (11, 15-26)

Muri irya misi, Yezu yari yirukanye ishetani ngo ive mu muntu w’ikiragi. Mugabo bamwe mu bari aho bagira bati: «Yirukana amashetani kubwa Belizebuli, umwami w’amashetani.» Abandi na bo, kugira ngo bamugeze, bamubwira bati: «Twereke ikimenyetso kivuye mw’ijuru.»

We rero yari azi ico biyumvira, ababwira ati: «Ubwami bwose budashira hamwe buzohona, amazu na yo agwaneko. Ko mugize ngo nirukana amashetani kubwa Belizebuli, none shetani niyaba iriko irirwanya, ubwami bwayo buzorama bute? Ngasangwa nanje nirukana amashetani kubwa Belizebuli, abana banyu bayirukanisha iki? Ni co gituma bazobabera bo nyene abacamanza. Yamara ngasangwa nirukana amashetani ku bubasha bw’Imana, Ubwami bw’Imana bwabashikiriye.

Iyo umugabo akomeye, ari n’umuheto, akararira urugo rwiwe, ivyiwe ntakibikakaza. Ariko haramutse haje uwumurusha inguvu akamutsinda, aca amwaka wa muheto yari yishimiye, kandi ivyo amwambuye agaca abitanga.

Uwo tudashize hamwe aranyaka, uwo twimburira kubiri arasesagura.

Iyo shetani y’ibiterasoni ivuye mu muntu, irayerera mu bunoge, irondera aho yoruhukira, ariko ntihabone. Iraheza rero ikavuga iti: Nza kwisubirira mu nzu yanje navuyemwo. Igarutse, isanga ata nkomakomyi, isukuye kandi isikuye. Ikagenda noneho kuzana ibindi bishetani indwi biyisumwa ububi; vyinjiye bikayigumanamwo, maze bikunyuka, ububi wa muntu bukaruta ubwa mbere.»