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.
Luloza mambu moso ma ngianza ayi luvunu; mayuya, kikhenene ayi tubidila badieno ku ndambu.
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].
Banga bana batsombi, bika lumona phuila yi miliki mikambu sobokoso ayi mi kipheve, muingi lubaka buyundukila mu diambu di miliki beni mu diambu tambula phulusu,
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
bu lubimba ti Pfumu widi wu mboti.
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.
Bika lufikama vadi niandi, niandi ditadi di moyo diloza batu, vayi disobolo kuidi Nzambi ayi didi di mfunu kuidi Nzambi.
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.
Diawu beno mamveno luidi matadi ma moyo, bika lutungu mu diambu di vanga nzo yi kipheve ayi mu diambu lukubika dikabu di banganga Nzambi zivedila. Banganga Nzambi bakubuku mu diambu di tambikanga makaba ma kipheve momo mammonisa Nzambi khini mu nzila yi Yesu Klisto.
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.
Bila tala mambu masonama mu masonuku: Minu thudidi ditadi di mfunu, di fuma ki nzo ditadi disobolo ayi di thalu; woso wukudiwilukila kalendi fua tsoni ko.
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).
Nyinga, mfunu wuwombo didi kuidi beno lueti wilukila vayi kuidibobo kaba wilukilanga ko: Ditadi diodi mintungi miloza dikitukidi ditadi di mfunu, ditadi di fuma ki nzo.
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.
Batu balembo bumina thutu va ditadi beni ayi dilembo buisi batu. Bila bamanga wilukila mambu ma Nzambi diawu balembo buminina thutu. Bumina thutu ayi bua mawu mambu bakubukulu.
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.
Vayi beno luidi nkuna wu batu basobolo, dikabu di banganga Nzambi, dikanda dinlongo; batu bobo Nzambi kavuidi mu diambu lusamuna mavangamutu wowo wulutela bu luba mu tombi muingi luiza ku kiezila kiandi kimboti.
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.
Bila mu thama beno lusia ba batu bandi ko vayi buabu luyikidi batu ba Nzambi; mu thama lusia ba ku tsi nlemvo ko vayi buabu ku tsi nlemvo lueka.
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.
Bakundi bama ba luzolo, luidi banzenza ayi minkibi va nza yayi; diawu ndikululeba mu tina zinzinunu zi nsuni, zinnuanisanga muela.
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).
Bika khaduluꞌeno va khatitsika Bapakanu yiba yimboti mu diambu divovo balembo kulutubidila banga ti luidi batu bambimbi, bamona mavangameno mamboti ayi bela kembisa Nzambi mu thangu kela kuiza.
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,
Mu diambu di luzolo mu Pfumu, bika luba bulemvo kuidi babo beti yala: kuidi ntinu, pfumu yitheti mu luvalu.
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.
Kuidi baguvelenele, bobo ntinu keti tuma mu diambu di vanangathumbudulu kuidi minyadi, batu bobo bamvanganga mbimbi ayi mu diambu di niemisanga bobo bamvanganga mamboti.
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]).
Bila tala buididi luzolo lu Nzambi: bika luvanga mamboti muingimiunu mi batu bakambulu diela mizibama.
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].
Bika luba batu badi mu kiphuanza vayi kiphuanza beni kibikaba banga yunga mu diambu di fuka mambimbi; vayi bika luba bangabisadi bi Nzambi.
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
Lukinzikanga batu boso. Luzola bakhomba zieno mu minu; “lukinzikanga Nzambi ayi luzitisanga ntinu.”
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].
A beno bisadi, bika luba bulemvo kuidi bapfumu zieno mu lukinzu loso, bika sia kaka kuidi bapfumu badi mboti ayi balembama vayi ayi kuidi bapfumu bambimbi.
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]}.
Bila didi diambu di mfunu, enati mutu wulembo vibidila ziphasi bu betikummonisa ziphasi mu kambu bila mu diambu di Nzambi.
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.
Bila nkembo mbi luela tambula enati luvibididi bu balubetidi mu mambimbi ma luvengi e? Vayi enati lummona ziphasi bu luvengi mamboti ayi luvibididi; buna diodi didi diambu di mfunu va meso ma Nzambi.
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.
Mu bila kioki beno lutedolo mbila bila Klisto wumona ziphasimu diambu dieno. Niandi wulubikila kifuani muingi lulandakana zithambi ziandi.
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
Kasia vola masumu ko, kasia tuba luvunu ko.
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).
Bu kafingu, niandi kasia vutula mu finga ko; bu kamonoso ziphasi, niandi kasia temina ko vayi wutumbu kiyekula kuidi zuzi di busonga.
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].
Niandi wunata masumu meto mu nituꞌandi va dikulusi, muingi ka diambu ko tufuidi mu masumu, tuzinga luzingu lusonga. Bila mu ziphuta ziandi lubelukila.
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].
Bila luba banga mameme mazimbala vayi buabu luvutukidi kuidi mvungi ayi nsungi wu miela mieno.
