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].
Piela, mvuala wu Yesu Klisto, mfidisidi nkanda kuidi bobo Nzambi kasobula ayi banzingila mu zitsi banzenza, batembakana mu bizunga bi Ponti, Ngalatiya, Kapadosi, Azi ayi 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.
Nzambi Tata wulusobula tona thama boso bubela lukanu luandi lolo kakubika ayi beno lukitulu batu banlongo mu lusadusu lu Pheve andi mu diambu di tumukina Yesu Klisto ayi vedoso mu menga mandi. Bika nlemvo ayi ndembama biba yeno mu buwombo.
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].
Bika Nzambi kakemboso, niandi Dise di Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto wutuvana luzingu lumona mu kiadi kiandi bu kafulukisa Yesu Klisto mu bafua, mu kutuvana diana diodi di moyo.
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.
Bila wutukubikila kiuka kioki kilendi fua ko; kilendi biva ko; kilendi vembudila ko, kioki kilundulu ku diyilu mu diambu dieno.
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].
Beno lunkebolongo mu lulendo lu Nzambi mu nzila yi minu mu diambu di phulusu yoyi yikubimini mu monokoso mu thangu yi tsuka.
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]
Diawu diodi dilembo kulumonisa khini, ka diambu ko buabu lufueti monoso diaka kiadi, mu ndambu thangu mu diambu di zithotolo zi phila mu phila
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.
muingi minu kieno bu kimeni toto bumboti kikituka diambu di luzitu, di nkembo ayi di nzitusu mu lumbu kiela kuiza Yesu Klisto, bila minu kienokilutidi luvalu ayi nolo yoyo yeti biva ayi yoyi beti tota ku mbazu.
8 You love [Jesus], although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much [DOU]
Yesu, mutu wowo kalumueni ko vayi lueti kunzola. Ka diambu ko beno lumueni ko vayi lueti kunwilukila ayi diawu luididi mu khini yi nkemboayi yika yilendi sudukusu ko.
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].
Bila lutambulanga tsundu yi minu kieno: phulusu yi miela mieno.
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.
Mimbikudi, miomi mibikula nlemvo wowo balukubikila miyuvula ayi mifiongunina tsundu yi phulusu beni.
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.
Mizola zaba thangu mbi voti buevi buela vangimina mambu momo matuba Pheve yi Klisto, Pheve yoyi yiba mu bawu; yisamuna tona thama ziphasi ziela mona Klisto ayi nkembo wowo wela landakana.
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].
Baba monisa ti mambu beni momo baba kamba, masia ba mu diambudiawu ko vayi mu diambu dieno. Buabu balukamba mambu beni kuidi batubobo balusamunina Nsamu Wumboti mu nzila yi lulendo lu Pheve Yinlongo, yoyo yiba ku Diyilu. Ayi zimbasi zimmonanga phuila mu mona mambu beni.
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].
Diawu, bika luba bakubama mu diela dieno mu diambu di sala ayi lubika ba phulu dia ayi nua; lutula diana dieno mu nlemvo wowo luelatambula mu lumbu Yesu Klisto kela monika.
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].
Banga bana badi bulemvo, lubika landakana zinzinunu ziozi ziba yenomu thama bu luba batu bakambulu diela.
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,
Vayi bu didi ti mutu wowo wulutela widi wunlongo, buna bika beno mamveno luba banlongo mu khadulu eno;
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).”
bila masonama ti: Bika luba banlongo bila minu veka ndidi wunlongo!
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].
Enati mu lusambulu lueno, lueti tedila Tata mutu wowo wetisambila batu boso buididi mavanga mawu mu kambu ntalu zizi mu batu; buna bika bu lukidi va nza, luzingila mu lukinzu va ntualꞌandi.
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.
Beno luzebi ti lukulu mu nzingulu eno yi buvungisi yoyi bakulu beno balulongisa. Khudulu eno yisia vangimina mu bima bimbolanga ko, mu palata ko voti mu nolo ko
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].
vayi mu menga ma thalu, ma Klisto widi banga muana dimemi wukambulu kieta ayi wukambulu kadi ditona.
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.
Niandi wusobolo nza yivangama ntoto wuvangama ayi wumonika mu diambu dieno mu zithangu ziazi zi tsuka.
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].
Mu nzilꞌandi lueka wilukila Nzambi yoyi yimfulukisa mu bafuaayi yimvana nkembo mu diambu di minu kieno ayi diana dieno bibanga kaka mu Nzambi.
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.
Lumana vedoso bu lutumukina mambu ma kiedika mu diambu di luzola mu bukiedika bakhomba zieno. Diawu luzolasananga beno na beno mu ntimawu vedila
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)
beno lubutuka mbutuka yimona, bika sia ti mu lulendo lu nkuna weti fuanga vayi mu lulendo lu nkuna wowo ka wufuanga ko; mu mambu ma moyo ma Nzambi, momo madi mu zithangu zioso. (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,
Bila disonama ti: Woso mutu widi banga kiti ki nsitu Nkembo woso wu batu widi banga teka ki zitsola Kiti kieti yuma ayi teka kiandi kieti bua.
