1 Peter 2
1 Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all backbiting,
Kwa njo mubike pabwega ubovu winu woti na konga, unafiki, bwigu na kashifa.
2 like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow until you attain salvation –
Kati bana alele mupale mabele supiga pamwoyo ili kwamba muwesekula nkati ya wokovu.
3 since “you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.”
Kwa njo mubweni Bwana na mwema.
4 Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;
Mwise kwa bile ywembe liwe likoti lyalitama ambalo litikani lwa na bandu, lakini litisaulikwa na Nn”ungu nanilya thamani kwake.
5 and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual house, to be a consecrated priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Na mwenga kati maliwe gagabile makoti gaga senge lwa kunani panga nyumba ya mwoyo ili panga ukuwani mtakatifu ambao ubuya sambi ya mwoyo, yai yekitilwa na Nn”ungu pitya Yesu Kristo.
6 For there is a passage of scripture that runs – “See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious cornerstone; and those who believe in him will have no cause for shame.”
Lyandiko libaya nyanya, mm”lole nibii Sayuni liwe lya pabwega, likulo lya lisaulikwe na lya thamani. Ywoywoti ywamwobilya ywembe abona oni.
7 It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is “a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,”
Kwa njo ishima yinu mwenga mwamuamini lakini liwe lyabalikani Babasenga leno lipangite liwe likulu lya pabwega.
8 and “a stumbling-block, and a rock which will prove a hindrance.” They stumble because they do not accept the message. This was the fate destined for them.
Na “liwelyo kubala na mwamba wokubali” Bembe kubala, Babalikana neno kwa lilu lyalibile kai Batesauli kwa Bembe.
9 But you are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God’s own people,” entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Kwa njo mwenga ni lukolo lwalu saulikwe na mpendo wa Kifalme, taifa, takatifu bandu ba miliki ya Nn”ungu ili pange muwese tangaza matendo ga ajabu ga yulu ywankemite buka mulubindu isa kwene mweya wa ajabu.
10 Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people”; once you “had not found mercy,” but now you “have found mercy.”
Mwenga mwabile li mwa Bandu ba Nn”ungu li mwenga mupakile rehema.
11 Dear friends, I beg you, as pilgrims and strangers on earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war on the soul.
Mwolongo nitekunkema kati mwageni mwaz bakwijima buka mwo jiga tamaa mbaya ya sambi, ambayo yendakubwana na ngodo ya mwoyo winu.
12 Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evildoers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God “at the time when he will visit them.”
Mupalikwa mube na tabia safi buka mataifa ili kae mwana babalongela kita mupangite ikowe njapu, Buluwa bulanga kasi yinu sapi na kunumba Nn”ungu katika masoba go isa kwake.
13 Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,
Muyikiti kila kilebe sa mundu kwa ajili ya Bwana abile kati mfalme nkulu,
14 and to governors as sent by him to punish evildoers and to commend those who do right.
ikapanga atawala babatumilwe kwa nkubwa baba panga ma chapu na kwapulaikya balu baba panga sapi.
15 For God’s will is this – that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
Kwa njo mapenzi ya Nn”ungu, kwa panga sapi mwankanikiaya longela makowo ga kilalo kwa mandu achochi.
16 Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.
Mwana bandu bubile hunu, kwane matumihuru winu kati kiwikilyo cha ubou, basi mube kati mwabanda ba Nn”ungu.
17 Show honour to everyone, love the Lord’s followers, “revere God, honour the emperor.”
Mwaeshimu bandu boti, mwapende alongo, munjogope Nn”ungu, mumwesimu mfalme
18 Those of you who are domestic servants should always be submissive and respectful to their masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are arbitrary.
Mwabanda mwayogofe mabwana binu kwa heshima yoti, siyo tu bwana yu sapi, mpole, lakini kai nanabile asapu.
19 For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a person who is suffering unjustly bears their troubles patiently.
Kwa njo sifa kati yoyoti ywa vumilia lumya waka wateseka bila kilebe kwa sababu ya kumpala Nn”ungu.
20 What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God.
Kwina kilibe gani mwana mwenda dumu pamupanga sambi buka po mwendelipata azabu? Kwa njo mwana mupangile sapi naywa pata tabu kwo hukumiwa, yino ni sifa sapi kwa Nn”ungu.
21 For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered – on your behalf – and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
Kwa lino mwatikemelwa kwa Kristo ywa tesike kwa ajili yitu, anekile mfano kwa ajili yinu kingama njayo yake.
22 He “never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.”
Ywembe apangiteli sambi wala abone kineli konga munkano wake.
23 He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.
Wakati ywembe patukanilwe, akilibukieli tukana, hatishikeli ila atikwipaye mwene kwake ywembe ywa ukumu kwa haki.
24 And he “himself carried our sins” in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. “His bruising was your healing.”
Ywembe mwene atiputwa sambi yitu payiga yake munkongo, ili kwamba kwane tube na pandu kai katika sambi na tutame kwa ajili ya haki. Kwo kumbulwa kwake twenga tuponi.
25 Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
Mwaboti mwamwabile kamuangaika kati ngondolo ywaobite, lakini sayino abuite kwa mchungaji na mlinzi wa mweyo winu.
