2 Peter 1
1 To those to whom, through the justice of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, there has been granted faith equally privileged with our own, from Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ.
Simoni Petro, mtumishi na mtume wa Yesu Kristo: Kwa wale ambao kwa njia ya haki ya Mungu na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo mmepokea imani iliyo na thamani kama yetu:
2 May blessing and peace be yours in ever increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord.
Neema na amani iwe kwenu kwa wingi katika kumjua Mungu na Yesu Bwana wetu.
3 For his divine power has given us everything that is needful for a life of piety, as we advance in the knowledge of him who called us by a glorious manifestation of his goodness.
Uweza wake wa uungu umetupatia mambo yote tunayohitaji kwa ajili ya uzima na uchaji wa Mungu, kwa kumjua yeye aliyetuita kwa utukufu wake na wema wake mwenyewe.
4 For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.
Kwa sababu hiyo, ametukirimia ahadi zake kuu na za thamani kupitia mambo haya, ili kupitia hayo mpate kuwa washiriki wa asili ya uungu, na kuokoka kutoka upotovu ulioko duniani unaosababishwa na tamaa mbaya.
5 Yes, and for this reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,
Kwa sababu hii hasa, jitahidini sana katika imani yenu kuongeza wema; na katika wema, maarifa;
6 knowledge by self-control, self-control by endurance, endurance by piety,
katika maarifa, kiasi; katika kiasi, saburi; katika saburi, utauwa;
7 piety by mutual affection, and mutual affection by love.
katika utauwa, upendano wa ndugu; na katika upendano wa ndugu, upendo.
8 For, when these virtues are yours, in increasing measure, they prevent your being indifferent to, or destitute of, a fuller knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Kwa maana haya yakiwa ndani yenu kwa wingi na kuzidi kuongezeka, yanawasaidia msikose bidii wala kutozaa matunda katika kumjua Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
9 Surely the person who has not these virtues is shortsighted even to blindness, and has chosen to forget that they have been purified from their sins of the past!
Lakini mtu yeyote asipokuwa na mambo haya haoni mbali, na ni kipofu, naye amesahau kule kutakaswa kutoka dhambi zake za zamani.
10 Therefore, friends, do your best to put God’s call and selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.
Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, fanyeni bidii zaidi kuuthibitisha wito wenu na uteule wenu. Kwa maana mkifanya hivyo, hamtajikwaa kamwe,
11 For in this way you will be given a triumphant admission into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
na mtajaliwa kwa ukarimu mwingi kuingia katika ufalme wa milele wa Bwana na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo. (aiōnios g166)
12 I will, therefore, always be ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it and are firmly established in the truth that you now hold.
Hivyo nitawakumbusha mambo haya siku zote, hata ingawa mnayajua na mmethibitishwa katika kweli mliyo nayo.
13 But I think it my duty, as long as I live in this ‘tent,’ to rouse you by awakening memories of the past;
Naona ni vyema kuwakumbusha mambo haya wakati wote niwapo katika hema hili ambalo ni mwili wangu,
14 for I know that the time for this ‘tent’ of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.
kwa sababu najua ya kwamba hivi karibuni nitaliweka kando, kama vile Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo alivyoliweka wazi kwangu.
15 So I will do my best to enable you, at any time after my departure, to call these truths to mind.
Nami nitafanya kila juhudi kuona kwamba baada ya kuondoka kwangu mtaweza kuyakumbuka mambo haya siku zote.
16 For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.
Tulipowafahamisha juu ya uweza na kuja kwa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, hatukufuata hadithi zilizotungwa kwa werevu, bali tulishuhudia kwa macho yetu ukuu wake.
17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when from the glory of the Divine Majesty there were borne to his ears words such as these – ‘This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy.’
Alipewa heshima na utukufu kutoka kwa Mungu Baba, sauti ilipomjia katika Utukufu Mkuu, ikisema, “Huyu ni Mwanangu mpendwa. Ninapendezwa naye sana.”
18 These were the words that we heard, borne to our ears from heaven, when we were with him on that sacred mountain.
Sisi wenyewe tuliisikia sauti hii ambayo ilitoka mbinguni, wakati tulipokuwa pamoja naye kwenye ule mlima mtakatifu.
19 And still stronger is the assurance that we have in the teaching of the prophets; to which you will do well to pay attention (as if it were a lamp shining in a gloomy place), until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Nasi tunalo pia neno la hakika zaidi la unabii, ambalo mtafanya vyema mkiliangalia kwa bidii, kama vile nuru inavyongʼaa gizani, hadi kupambazuka na nyota ya asubuhi izuke mioyoni mwenu.
20 But first be assured of this: There is no prophetic teaching found in scripture that can be interpreted by a person’s unaided reason;
Zaidi ya yote, yawapasa mjue kwamba hakuna unabii katika Maandiko uliofasiriwa kama alivyopenda nabii mwenyewe.
21 for no prophetic teaching ever came in the old days at the mere wish of people, but people, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke direct from God.
Kwa maana unabii haukuja kamwe kwa mapenzi ya mwanadamu, bali watu walinena yaliyotoka kwa Mungu wakiongozwa na Roho Mtakatifu.
