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.
Yango wana, bobwaka lolenge nyonso ya mabe, ya lokuta, ya mayele mabe, ya zuwa mpe ya kotonga bato.
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].
Lokola bana oyo babotami sika, bolingaka makasi komela miliki ya peto ya Liloba mpo ete bokola na nzela na yango mpo na kozwa lobiko,
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
awa bosili kososola ete Nkolo azali malamu.
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.
Bopusana pene ya Ye oyo azali Libanga ya bomoi, Libanga oyo bato babwakaki, kasi Nzambe aponaki yango mpo ete ezali motuya mingi na miso na Ye.
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.
Bino mpe, lokola mabanga ya bomoi, botika ete Nzambe asalela bino mpo na kotonga Tempelo ya Molimo. Kati na Tempelo yango, lokola Banganga-Nzambe ya bule, apesi bino mokumba ya kobonzelaka Ye, na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, bambeka ya molimo, bambeka oyo Nzambe andimaka.
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.
Pamba te Makomi eloba: « Tala, napona libanga moko ya motuya oyo nazali kotia kati na Siona lokola libanga ya songe ya ndako; moto nyonso oyo akotiela yango motema akotikala koyokisama soni te. »
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).
Boye lokumu ezali mpo na bino oyo bondimaka; kasi mpo na bato oyo bandimaka te, « libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga oyo esimbi ndako, libanga ya songe ya ndako,
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.
mpe libanga oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku, libanga monene oyo ekweyisaka bato. » Bakweyaka mpo ete batosaka te Liloba na Nzambe; mpe ebongisama nde bongo mpo na bango.
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.
Kasi bino bozali libota oyo eponama, Banganga-Nzambe ya Mokonzi, ekolo ya bule mpe basikolami ya Nzambe mpo na kosakola misala minene ya Ye oyo abenga bino mpo ete bolongwa na molili mpe bokota kati na pole na Ye ya kokamwa.
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.
Na kala, bozalaki bato ya Nzambe te; kasi sik’oyo, bokomi bato na Ye penza. Na kala, Nzambe azalaki koyokela bino mawa te; kasi sik’oyo, akomi penza koyokela bino mawa.
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.
Balingami na ngai, boyeba malamu ete bozali kati na mokili oyo lokola bapaya mpe baleki nzela; yango wana nazali kosenga na bino ete boboyaka baposa mabe ya nzoto, pamba te ebundisaka molimo na bino.
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).
Bozalaka na bizaleli ya malamu kati na Bapagano mpo ete, ata soki bazali kotonga bino ete bozali kosala mabe, bandima ata misala malamu na bino mpe bapesa Nzambe nkembo na mokolo oyo akomimonisa.
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,
Mpo na lokumu ya Nkolo, botosaka bato nyonso oyo batiami kati na bino lokola bakonzi: mokonzi ya mboka,
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.
bayangeli mpe basambisi oyo bapesameli mosala ya kopesa etumbu epai ya bato oyo basalaka mabe, mpe kondima bato oyo basalaka bolamu.
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]).
Pamba te, Nzambe alingi boye: bosalaka bolamu mpo na kokanga minoko ya bato oyo bazangi boyebi mpe bososoli;
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].
botambolaka lokola bansomi, kasi bosalelaka bonsomi na bino te lokola vwale mpo na kozipa mabe na bino, pamba te bozali bawumbu ya Nzambe.
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
Bomemiaka bato nyonso, bolingaka bandeko na bino kati na kondima, botosaka Nzambe, mpe bopesaka mokonzi lokumu.
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].
Bawumbu, botosaka bankolo na bino na bobangi nyonso: botosaka kaka te ba-oyo bazali malamu mpe boboto, kasi mpe ba-oyo bazali matata.
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]}.
Pamba te ezali penza ngolu mpo na moto komona pasi kaka pamba mpo atosaka Nzambe.
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.
Kasi lokumu nini ezali ya komona pasi ya etumbu mpo na mabe oyo osali? Nzokande, na miso ya Nzambe, komona pasi mpo na bolamu oyo osali ezali penza ngolu.
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.
Nzambe abengaki bino na komona pasi yango, pamba te Klisto mpe amonaki pasi mpo na bino; boye atikelaki bino ndakisa mpo ete bolanda banzela na Ye.
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
Yesu atikalaki kosala lisumu ata moko te, mpe monoko na Ye etikalaki koloba lokuta te.
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).
Tango bazalaki kofinga Ye, azalaki kozongisa na mafinga te. Tango bazalaki komonisa Ye pasi, azalaki kokanela bato te, kasi azalaki kaka komitika na maboko ya Nzambe, Mosambisi ya sembo.
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].
Kati na nzoto na Ye, amemaki masumu na biso kuna na ekulusu mpo ete tokoka kokufa na oyo etali masumu mpe tokoka kozala na bomoi mpo na bosembo. Ezali na nzela ya bapota na Ye nde bobikisamaki na bokono.
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].
Pamba te bozalaki lokola bameme oyo ezali koyengayenga, kasi sik’oyo bozongi epai ya Mobateli bibwele oyo akengelaka bomoi na bino.
