1 Peter 2

1 Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not (be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have), and do not (envy/be jealous of) others. Do not ever slander anyone.

Henu, mubhekai palubhafu bhuovu bhuoha, bhusiobhi, bhunafiki, bhuifu ni kashfa.

2 Just like newborn babies [long for their mothers’] pure milk [MET], you should long for [God’s] spiritual [truth], so that by learning it you may become [spiritually] mature. [You need to] do this until the day when God [will] free you completely [from all the evil in this world].

Kama bhana bhadebe, mnyonyuaghe maziwa manofu gha kiroho, ili kuj'ha mubhwesiaghe kuk'hola mugati mwu bhokovu,

3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.

Kama mmbonjili kuj'ha Bwana ndo mwema.

4 You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is [like an important] stone [MET] [put in the foundation of a building], [but he is] alive, [not lifeless like a stone]. He was rejected by [many] people {[Many] people rejected him}, but God chose him and [considers him] to be very precious.

Muhidai kwa muene j'haaj'hele liganga hai lyalitema ambalyo libelekelibhu ni bhanu, lakini e'lu lisalibhu ni k'yara ni lya thamani kwa muene.

5 [And like men] build houses with stones [MET], [God] is causing you to be joined together into a group in which [God’s] Spirit [lives], in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, [do things] that are pleasing to God.

Muenga pia ndo kama maganga ghaghaj'hele hai ghaghijengibhwa panani kuj'ha nyumba j'ha kiroho, ili kuj'ha bhukuhani ambabho bhwih'omesya dhabihu sya kiroho syasiyetek'helibhwa kwa k'yara kup'hetela Yesu Kristu.

6 [What Isaiah wrote] in the Scriptures [shows us that this is true]. [He wrote these words that God said]: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem [MTY] [one who is like] [MET] an extremely valuable [DOU] (stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building), and those who believe in him will never be disappointed.

Lyandiku lijobha naha, Mlangai nibhekhili mu sayuni liganga lya palubhafu, kuu na lyalisalibhu ni lya thamani. J'hej'hioha j'haikiera kwa muene ibetadumu kubhona soni”.

7 Therefore, [God will] honor you who believe in [Jesus]. But those who [refuse to] believe in him [are like the builders] that this Scripture [talks about]: The stone that the builders rejected has become (the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building).

Henu litengo lyinu kwa muenga j'ha mwikiera. Lakini, “liganga lyalilelibhu ni bhajenzi, E'le lij'hele liganga lik'holo lya palubhafu”-

8 And [it is also written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures: [He will be like] a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. [Just as people are injured when] they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message [about Jesus are injured spiritually], and that is what [God] determined would happen to them.

ni, “liganga lya kwikungufula ni mwamba bhwa kwikungufula”. Bhene bhikwikungufula, bhabhakalibela lilobhi, kwa lela ambalyo pia bhasalibhu,

9 But you are people whom God has chosen [to belong to him]. You are [a group that represents God like] priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are (a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil). You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of [God. He has] called you from [your former ways], [when you were ignorant of his truth], into the marvelous [understanding that he gives us] [MET]. [That is, he has called you] out of [spiritual] darkness into [spiritual] light.

Lakini muenga ndo lukholo lwalusalibhu, bhukuhani bhwa kifalme, taifa takatifu, bhanu bha miliki j'ha k'yara, ili kwamba mubhwesiagha kutangasya matendo gha ajabu nu j'hola j'ha abhakatili mu ngisi kuhida kwa muenga mu nuru j'hiake j'ha ajabu.

10 [What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you] Formerly, you were not a people [who had a relationship with God], But now you are God’s people. At one time [God] had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you.

Muenga kwanza mwaj'helepi bhanu, lakini henu mwenga ndo bhanu bha k'yara. Muenga mwaj'hembelili lepi rehema, Lakini henu mj'hambelili rehema.

11 You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners [MET, DOU] [whose real home is in heaven]. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires (fight against/always oppose) your souls.

Bhapendwa, nibhakhutili kama bhahesya ni bhazururaji kwij'hima kuh'oma mu tamaa sibhibhi sya sambi ambasyo sikhomana vita ni roho syinu.

12 Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. [If you do that], although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes [to judge people], they will (give honor to him/say that what he does is right).

Mwilondeka kuj'ha ni tabia j'hinofu kati j'ha mataifa, ili kuj'ha kama bhibeta kujobha kama mmbombili maovu, bhibeta kusilola mbombo syinu sinofu ni kunsifu k'yara mu ligono lya kuhida kwa muene.

13 For the sake of the Lord [Jesus], submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority,

Mukieragha kila mamlaka gha mwanadamu kwa ndabha j'ha Bwana, ikaj'hiaghe mfalme kama m'mbaha,

14 and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right.

ikaj'hiaghe bhatawala bhabhatumibhu kubhaadhibu bhabhomba mabhibhi ni kubhasifu bhala bhabhibhomba manofu.

15 What God wants is that by your doing [only] what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know [God] to be unable to say things ([to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished]).

Kwa kuj'ha ndo mapenzi gha k'yara, kuj'ha kwa kubhomba manofu mwigudamisya malongesi gha kipuuzi gha bhanu bhapumbafu.

16 Conduct your lives as though you were free [from having to obey authorities], but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God [should].

Kama bhanu huru, msiutumili bhuhuru bhwinu kama kifuniku kwa maovu bali muj'hiaghe kama bhatumishi bha k'yara.

17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.

Mubhaheshimu muaghe bhanu bhoha. Mubhaganai bhalongobhinu. Muntilayi k'yara. Munheshimuaghe mfalme.

18 You slaves [who are believers], submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who [act in a] good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who [act in a] harsh way [towards you].

Bhatumwa mutiayi bha bwana bhinu, kwa lutengo luoha, siyo tu bwana bhabhaj'hele bhanofu ni bhapole, lakini pia ni bhaovu.

19 You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer [because of being treated unjustly by their masters] {[their masters have treated them unjustly]}.

Kwa kuj'ha ni sifa kama j'hia ghbeta kuvumilila maumivu bhwakati ghwiteseka pasipo haki kwa ndabha j'ha dhamiri j'hiake kwa K'yara.

20 God will certainly not [RHQ] be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will (commend/be pleased with) you.

Ndo faida gani j'ha ij'hele kama mwidumu kubhomba sambi kisha muj'hendelalaghe kutobhibhwa? Lakini kama mmbombili manofu na ndipo mwilolombosibhwa kwa kuhukumibhwa, Ej'he ndo sifa j'hinofu kwa K'yara.

21 One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would [suffer]. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would (imitate what/do like) he did.

Kwa e'le mwakutibhu, kwa ndabha Kristu pia atesibhu kwa ndabha j'hinu kukonga gha ak'hatili.

22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.

Muene abhombi lepi dhambi bhwala bhwabhonekana lepi bhudanganyifu bhobhuoha bhola kwa muene.

23 When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten (to get revenge/to cause them to suffer). Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he (was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong) (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly).

Wakati muene ilighibhwa, aghomwisilepi malighu, bhoatesibhu, abhatisisye lepi bali akih'omisi muene kwa j'haihukumu kwa haki.

24 He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your [souls have been saved] [MET] [from being sinful, as people’s bodies] are healed [from being sick].

Muene ap'henelili dhambi syitu mu m'bele bhwake mu lib'ehe, ili tusibhwi ni ni sehemu kabhele mu dhambi, ni kuj'ha tutamaghe kwa ndabha j'ha haki. Kwa kutobhibhwa kwa muene muenga muponili.

25 Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to [Jesus], who cares for your souls [as] a shepherd [cares for his sheep] [MET].

Mwebhoha mwa mutangeghe kama n'gosi j'heaj'haghili, lakini henu muk'herebhwiki kwa mchungaji na mlinzi ghwa roho syinu.