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.
Lino muvuleke uvuhosi vwoni, uvusyangi, uvukedusi, ikivini namaligho.
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].
Ndavule avana avafyele, munogheluaghe utusiva utwa mwojo, kuuti mukulaghe n'kate muvupoki,
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
ndavule mukagwile kuuti uMutwa nofu.
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.
Mwisaghe kwa mwene juno ghwe livue ilyumi linolikanilue name vaanhu, neke ilio lisalulua nu Nguluve kange kwamwene lya ndalama nyanga.
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.
Najumue mulindavule amavue amumu ghanoghijengua kuva nyumba ja Mhepo u Mwimike, kuuti muuve vatekesi vimike vano vitavula ilitekelo mungufu isa Mhepo Mwimike lino likwitikisivua nu Nguluve uvwimila Yesu kilisite.
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.
Amalembe amimike ghiti ndiki, “Lolagha, mulikaja ilya Sayuni nivikile ilivue ilivaha ilya pa nguto, kange ilisalulua lya ndalama nyinga. Umunhu ghweni juno ikumwitika uvwimila umwene nangavone sooni.”
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).
Mu uluo uvwoghopua uvwinu kulyumue mwevano mukumwitika. Neke Lelo, “ilivue lino likakanilue navajengi, ili lyelivue ilikome ilya pa nguto”-
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.
kange, “livue lya kukuvala kange linalavue lyakughisia avanhu. “Avene vikuvala, vano navikulyitika ilisio, uluo lweluno unguluve akatavike vwimila avene.
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.
Looli umwe mulikisina kisalulua, umwe muli vatekesi va Kiowa, vanhu va vuhasi vwa Nguluve jujuo, kuuti mupulisyaghe imbombo sajuno avakemelile kuhuma mung'isi nakukuvingisia mulumuli lwake ulwa kudegha.
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.
Umwe ulutasi namulyale vanhu va Nguluve, loolilooli lino mulivanhu vaake. Umwe namulyupile ulusungu, looli lino mwupile ulusungu.
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.
Vanyalukolo vango, ulwakuva mulivahesia kange mulivakila Sila, nivakemelile muvuleke uvunoghelua uvwa m'bili ulwakuva vunangania amoojo ghinu.
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).
Muvisaghe na maghendele amanono pakate pa vapanji, kuuti, navevikuvadesela kuuti muvomba inyivi, pano vikughagha amaghendele ghinu amanono vamughiniaghe uNguluve ikighono kino ilikwisa kuhigha avanhu vooni.
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,
Ulwakuva mulimwa Mutwa mukundaghe uvutavulilua uvwa iisi jave Ntwa ghwa iisi umwene ghwe 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.
nambe vaave vanyagila vano vikwomolua kukuvakopa avahosi nakukuvaghinia vano vivomba inofu.
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]).
Ulwakuva vughane vwa Nguluve, kuuti pano muvomba inofu musimia injovele sa kijasu savano van'kaguile umwene.
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].
Ndavule avanhu avavuke, neke namungavombaghe uvuhosi mukiteghe kya vwavuke, looli muvesaghe ndavule avavombi va Nguluve. Muvoghopaghe avanhu vooni.
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
Muvaghanaghe avajinu. Mumwoghopaghe u Nguluve. Mumwoghopaghe untwa.
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].
Mwevavoombi, muvisaghe vakuundi kuvavaha vinhu nakuvoghopa fiijo, nakwekuuti avavaha avanofu navakoola vene, looli kange vevahosi.
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]}.
Ulwakuva uNguluve ihovoka pono umunhu ghweni juno ikuguda muvuvafi pano ipulika musino na anaghile mulwaku m'bingilila umwene.
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.
Kuuli luvumbulilo luuki ndave mufivombagha uvuhosi kange mufitovuagha? Looli ndave muvombile inofu neke mupumukaghe ulwa kuhighua, mukumuhovosia uNguluve.
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.
Mulyakemelilue mu uluo, ulwakuva ukilisite jujuo alyapumuike uvwimilaumwe, akavalekela ikihwanikisio kuuti muvingililaghe amaghendele ghaake.
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
Umwene nalya vombile inyivi, nambekujova ilisio limoonga ilya vusyangi.
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).
Unsiki umwene ye ilighua, naalyagomwisie amaligho, yeipumusivua, naalyoghwifie looli alyamulekile sooni u Nguluve junojuno ihigha muvwakyang'ani.
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].
Umwene jujuo alyapindile inyivi siitu mumbili ghwake mulwakufua muki kovekano, kuutikuuti tuleke kulongosevua nuvuhosi, looli tulongosevuaghe nu vugholofu. Vwimila kulemasivua kwa mwene muponile.
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].
Mweni mwevano mulyale mululudika hwene ng'holo sino jino jisovile, looli lino mungomokile un'dimi nu muloleleli ghwa moojo ghinu.
