1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
Mimi Petro, mtume wa Yesu Kristo nawaandikia ninyi wateule wa Mungu Baba, ambao mmetawanyika na mnaishi kama wakimbizi huko Ponto, Galatia, Kapadokia, Asia na Bithunia.
2 This is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace be to you, and may your peace increase.
Mungu Baba aliwateua ninyi kufuatana na kusudi lake, na mmefanywa watakatifu na Roho, mpate kumtii Yesu Kristo na kusafishwa kwa damu yake. Nawatakieni neema na amani tele.
3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Asifiwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo! Kwa huruma yake kuu alitufanya tuzaliwe upya kwa kumfufua Yesu kutoka wafu. Ametujalia tumaini lenye uzima,
4 This is for an inheritance that will not perish, will not become stained, and will not fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you.
na hivyo tunatazamia kupata baraka zile ambazo Mungu aliwawekea watu wake. Mungu amewawekeeni baraka hizo mbinguni ambako haziwezi kuoza au kuharibika au kufifia.
5 You are protected by God's power through faith, for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last times.
Hizo zitakuwa zenu ninyi ambao kwa imani mnalindwa salama kwa nguvu ya Mungu kwa ajili ya wokovu ambao uko tayari kufunuliwa mwishoni mwa nyakati.
6 You are very glad about this, even though it is now necessary for you to feel sadness in many different troubles.
Furahini kuhusu jambo hilo, ijapokuwa sasa, kwa kitambo kidogo, itawabidi kuhuzunika kwa sababu ya majaribio mbalimbali mnayoteseka.
7 This is for the proving of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire. This happens so that your faith will be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
Shabaha yake ni kuthibitisha imani yenu. Hata dhahabu yenyewe ambayo huharibika, hujaribiwa kwa moto; hali kadhalika na imani yenu ambayo ni ya thamani zaidi kuliko dhahabu, ni lazima ijaribiwe ipate kuwa thabiti. Hapo mtapokea sifa na utukufu na heshima Siku ile Yesu Kristo atakapofunuliwa.
8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
Ninyi mnampenda ingawaje hamjamwona, na mnamwamini ingawa hamumwoni sasa. Hivyo, mnafurahi kwa furaha tukufu isiyoelezeka,
9 You are now receiving for yourselves the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
kwa sababu mnapokea wokovu wa roho zenu ambao ni lengo la imani yenu.
10 The prophets searched and inquired carefully about this salvation, about the grace that would be yours.
Manabii walipeleleza kwa makini na kufanya uchunguzi juu ya wokovu huo, wakabashiri juu ya neema hiyo ambayo ninyi mngepewa.
11 They searched to know about whom and when the Spirit of Christ in them was speaking to them. This was happening as he was telling them in advance about the sufferings of Christ and the glorious things after that.
Walijaribu kujua nyakati na mazingira ya tukio hilo, yaani wakati alioudokezea Roho wa Kristo aliyekuwa ndani yao, akibashiri juu ya mateso yatakayompata Kristo na utukufu utakaofuata.
12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.
Mungu aliwafunulia kwamba wakati walipokuwa wanasema juu ya hayo mambo ambayo ninyi mmekwisha sikia sasa kutoka kwa wale wajumbe waliowatangazieni Habari Njema kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu aliyetumwa kutoka mbinguni, hiyo kazi yao haikuwa kwa faida yao wenyewe, bali kwa ajili yenu. Hayo ndiyo mambo ambayo hata malaika wangependa kuyafahamu.
13 So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Kwa hiyo, basi, muwe tayari kabisa kwa nia, na kukesha. Wekeni tumaini lenu lote katika baraka ile mtakayopewa wakati Yesu Kristo atakapoonekana!
14 As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the desires that you followed when you were ignorant.
Kama watoto wa Mungu wenye utii, msikubali kamwe kufuata tena tamaa mbaya mlizokuwa nazo wakati mlipokuwa wajinga.
15 But as the one who called you is holy, you, too, be holy in your whole behavior.
Bali mnapaswa kuwa watakatifu katika mwenendo wenu wote, kama vile yule aliyewaiteni ni mtakatifu.
16 For it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Maandiko yasema: “Muwe watakatifu, kwa kuwa mimi ni mtakatifu.”
17 So if you call “Father” the one who judges impartially and according to each person's work, go through the time of your journey in reverence.
Mnapomtaja Mungu ninyi humwita Baba. Basi, jueni kwamba yeye humhukumu kila mmoja kadiri ya matendo yake, bila ubaguzi. Hivyo tumieni wakati wenu uliowabakia hapa ugenini katika kumcha Mungu.
18 You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers.
Maana mnajua kwamba ninyi mlikombolewa katika mwenendo wenu usiofaa ambao mliupokea kutoka kwa wazee wenu, si kwa vitu vyenye kuharibika: kwa fedha na dhahabu;
19 Instead, you have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a lamb without blemish or spot.
bali mlikombolewa kwa damu tukufu ya Kristo, ambaye alikuwa kama mwana kondoo asiye na dosari wala doa.
20 Christ was chosen before the foundation of the world, but now he has been revealed to you in these last times.
Yeye alikuwa ameteuliwa na Mungu kabla ya ulimwengu kuumbwa, akafunuliwa siku hizi za mwisho kwa ajili yenu.
21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.
Kwa njia yake, ninyi mnamwamini Mungu aliyemfufua kutoka wafu na kumpa utukufu; na hivyo imani na matumaini yenu yako kwa Mungu.
22 You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart.
Maadamu sasa, kwa kuutii ukweli, ninyi mmezitakasa roho zenu na kuwapenda wenzenu bila unafiki, basi, pendaneni kwa moyo wote.
23 You have been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed, through the living and remaining word of God. (aiōn g165)
Maana kwa njia ya neno hai la Mungu, ninyi mmezaliwa upya, si kama watoto wa baba awezaye kufa, bali baba asiyekufa milele. (aiōn g165)
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the wild flower of the grass. The grass dries up, and the flower falls off,
Kama Maandiko yasemavyo: “Kila binadamu ni kama nyasi, na utukufu wake wote ni kama maua ya porini. Nyasi hunyauka na maua huanguka.
