1 Peter 1
1 I, Peter, who [have been appointed by] Jesus Christ {one whom Jesus Christ [has appointed]} to be an apostle, [am writing this letter] to you believers whom God has chosen to belong to him. [You are living] in [the Roman provinces of] Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. [Just like the Jews who lived in Israel long ago were] scattered [to other countries far from their homes] [MET], you now live [far from] heaven, which is [your true home].
Ngai Petelo, ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya baponami ya Nzambe oyo bazali kati na bamboka ya bapaya mpe bapalangani na bituka ya Ponti, ya Galatia, ya Kapadose, ya Azia mpe ya Bitini.
2 God our Father previously chose you, and his Spirit has set you apart in order that you would obey Jesus Christ. He did that in order that [just like Moses] sprinkled [the Israelites with blood when God established the old covenant] [MET], [Jesus would establish his new covenant with you] with the blood [that flowed from his body when he died]. May God act very kindly to you, and may he give you much [inner] peace.
Kolanda mabongisi na Ye, Nzambe Tata apona bino wuta kala, abulisa bino na nzela ya Molimo na Ye mpo ete botosa Yesu-Klisto mpe bokoma peto na nzela ya makila na Ye, oyo asopaki. Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino na bofuluki!
3 Praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because he has been very merciful to [us, he has given us new life] [MET]. Because he has caused Jesus Christ to become alive again after he died, he has enabled us to live very confidently; that is, to fully expect to receive the things [that God/he has promised to give us].
Tika ete Nzambe, Tata ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, apambolama! Pamba te, kati na mawa monene na Ye, asalaki ete tobotama mbotama ya sika, na nzela ya lisekwa ya Yesu-Klisto kati na bakufi, mpo na kopesa biso elikya ya solo
4 He has enabled us to expect to receive an absolutely imperishable/indestructible [TRI] inheritance that has been {that [God] has} preserved in heaven for us.
ete tokozwa libula oyo abombela biso kati na Likolo, libula oyo ebebaka te, ezwaka bosoto te, mpe ebungisaka kitoko na yango te. Ezali mpe kaka libula yango nde Nzambe abombela bino
5 God, by his mighty power, is guarding you as you trust in Jesus. [He is keeping you safe so] that he may, at the end of the time in which we now live (OR, when Jesus returns), completely deliver you [from Satan’s power].
ba-oyo Nzambe abatelaka na nguya na Ye, na nzela ya kondima, mpo na lobiko oyo ekomonisama na tango ya suka.
6 You rejoice because of what will happen then, but now you are grieving for a short time while [God is allowing] you to be tested {[various things to] test you [MET]}, [as precious metals are tested] {[someone tests precious metals]} [to see if they are pure]. [These trials that you are experiencing are necessary]
Bosepelaka na lobiko yango, atako bosengeli sik’oyo kotungisama mpo na mwa tango moke na nzela ya komekama ya lolenge nyonso.
7 to prove that you really do trust in Jesus. His proving that will be more valuable than gold, [which does not last forever even] though it is purified [by being put] {someone tries to make it pure by [putting it]} [in a hot] fire. As a result of your passing the test [and proving that you really do trust in Jesus], God will honor you very highly [TRI] when Jesus Christ comes again.
Komekama yango eyei mpo na kotalisa bosolo ya kondima na bino mpe kosala ete bokoka kozwa masanzoli, nkembo mpe lokumu tango Yesu-Klisto akomonana. Boni, moto epetolaka wolo te? Nzokande kondima na bino ezali na motuya koleka wolo oyo ebebaka.
8 You love [Jesus], although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much [DOU]
Bolingaka Yesu-Klisto atako bomona Ye te. Atako bozali mpe kaka komona Ye te sik’oyo, bozali kondimela Ye mpe botondi na esengo ya nkembo oyo moto akoki kolimbola te,
9 because you are experiencing the result of your believing in him; that is, [God] is saving you [SYN] [from the guilt of your sins].
pamba te bozali kozwa lifuti ya kondima na bino: lobiko ya bomoi na bino.
10 As for those who [long ago] spoke messages that God had revealed to them about how God would act kindly toward you in ways which you did not deserve, they (investigated very carefully/tried very hard to learn) [DOU] about how God would save you.
Mpo na lobiko yango, basakoli oyo baloba na tina na ngolu oyo Nzambe abongisa mpo na bino balukaki penza, na molende, koyeba mabombami na yango.
11 They wanted to know whom the Spirit of Christ that was in them was referring to, and what time he was talking about, when he told beforehand that the Messiah would suffer [and die], and that glorious/wonderful things would happen [to him and to us] afterwards.
Basalaki nyonso mpo na koluka koyeba tango nini mpe ndenge nini makambo oyo Molimo ya Klisto alobaki ekosalema. Molimo ya Klisto azalaki kati na bango, wana azalaki komiyebisela bango ete Klisto asengelaki komona pasi liboso ete azwa nkembo oyo ezalaki kozela Ye.
12 It was revealed to {[God] told} them that it was not for their own sake that he was revealing these things to them, but that it was for your sake. It was these things that were proclaimed to you by those who told you the message [about Christ {that those who told you the message about Christ proclaimed to you]}. They proclaimed these things to you because the Holy Spirit whom [God] sent from heaven [enabled them to do that]. And even angels would like to know more about these [truths about how God saves us].
Nzambe atalisaki bango ete sango oyo bango bazwaki mokumba ya kotatola ezalaki mpo na bango te, kasi ezalaki nde mpo na bino. Mpe sik’oyo, bozali koyoka sango yango na minoko ya bato oyo bateyaki bino Sango Malamu na nguya ya Molimo Mosantu oyo Nzambe atindaki wuta na Likolo; mpe bango moko ba-anjelu bazalaka na posa ya koyeba yango.
13 Therefore, [prepare your minds] [MET] [as people] fasten their belts around their waists [to prepare to work]. [What I mean is that] you should (discipline your minds/control what you think about), and by doing that conduct your lives fully and confidently expecting to receive the good things that [God will] kindly [do for you] when Jesus Christ returns [from heaven].
Yango wana, boselingwa mpo na kosalela Nzambe lokola basali oyo balati bilamba ya mosala mpo na kosala; bomibatela malamu mpe botia elikya na bino mobimba kati na ngolu oyo bokozwa tango Yesu-Klisto akomonana.
14 [And because you should obey your heavenly Father] [SIM], as children [ought to] obey their fathers [here on earth], do not do the evil things that you used to desire to do when you did not know [God’s truth].
Lokola bana ya botosi, botambola lisusu te kolanda baposa mabe oyo bozalaki na yango tango bozangaki boyebi.
15 Instead, just like God, the one who chose you [to belong to him], is (holy/separate from evil), you also must be (holy/separate from evil) in everything that you do,
Kasi lokola Ye oyo abengaki bino azali Bule, bino mpe bozala bule kati na etamboli na bino nyonso,
16 because it is {[someone/Moses] has} written [in the Scriptures that God said], “You must be (holy/separate from evil) because I am (holy/separate from evil).”
pamba te ekomama: « Bozala bule, pamba te nazali Bule. »
17 God is the one who (impartially/without favoritism) judges what each person does. Since you call him ‘Father’, live (reverently/with great respect for him) during the time that you are living here on earth. [While you are living here, you are] like exiles/foreigners [MET] [because you are away from heaven, which is your true home].
Lokola mpe bobelelaka Tata oyo aponaka bilongi te tango asambisaka bato nyonso kolanda misala na bango, botambola kati na kobanga Nzambe, wana bozali awa na mokili lokola bapaya.
18 [Live reverently] because you know that it was not with things that will not last forever, things like gold and silver, that [God] bought you to free you from your useless life-style that you learned from your ancestors.
Boyebi malamu ete ezali te na nzela ya biloko oyo ebebaka lokola wolo to palata nde Nzambe akangolaki bino na bizaleli ezanga tina, oyo bozwaki epai ya bakoko na bino,
19 Instead, [it was] with the precious blood of Christ [that flowed from his body when he died that God bought you. Christ’s death was a perfect sacrifice for us] [MET], [like] the lambs that [the Jewish priests sacrificed were] perfect, without any blemishes/defects/flaws or spots [DOU].
kasi ezali nde na nzela ya makila ya talo ya Klisto lokola mpate oyo ezangi mbeba mpe litono.
20 Christ was chosen [by God] {[God] chose Christ} before the world was created {[he] created the world}. But it was not until now, when the time [in which we are living will soon] end, that he was revealed for your sake.
Nzambe abongisaki Ye mpo na yango wuta kala, liboso ete akela mokili, mpe Klisto amonani na mikolo oyo ya suka likolo na bino.
21 Because of what Christ has done, you are trusting in God, who caused Christ to become alive again after he died, and greatly honored him. As a result, God is the one in whom you are trusting and confidently expecting [that he will do great things for you].
Ezali na nzela na Ye nde bino bondimelaka Nzambe oyo asekwisaki Ye kati na bakufi mpe apesaki Ye nkembo, mpo ete kondima mpe elikya na bino ezala kati na Nzambe.
22 Because you have been made pure by obeying the truth, with the result that you sincerely love your fellow believers, continue to love each other earnestly and sincerely/wholeheartedly.
Lokola bosili komipetola na nzela ya kotosa bosolo mpo na kolingana na bolingo ya solo, bolinganaka makasi bino na bino, na motema ya peto.
23 [I ask you to do this, because you now have] a new life [MET]. It was not [by means of] something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was [by means of] something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God. (aiōn g165)
Pamba te bobotamaki mbotama ya sika na nzela ya Liloba na Nzambe, oyo ezali nkona oyo epesaka bomoi mpe ewumelaka seko na seko; kasi na nzela te ya nkona ya bato oyo bakufaka. (aiōn g165)
24 [We know that this is true] because, [as the prophet Isaiah wrote], All people [will die] [SIM], like grass [dies]. And all the greatness/honor that people have [will not last forever], like the flowers [SIM] [that grow up] in the grass [do not last long]. The grass withers and the flowers die,
Pamba te ekomama: « Bato nyonso bazalaka lokola matiti, mpe nkembo na bango nyonso ezalaka lokola bafololo ya bilanga. Matiti ekawukaka mpe fololo na yango ekweyaka,
