1 Ubiturus 2
1 Barki anime kinini iriba ibit nan iriba ibur, ni ero, nan tize tizenzen.
Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,
2 Kasi vana, uneze, unu nyo uso, iwuzi u inko iriba ama hene mu goma Asere mage sa ma kadure, barki ahira uri ikan i uzi uhana ubura unice.
like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation —
3 Inka ya dunkino Ugomo Asere me unu imumu iriri ahira Asere.
since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’
4 Aye ahira ati po ni vai nigre sa anu wa ga nini, barki ani me azauka nini imumu iririahira Asere.
Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;
5 Shi kasi apoo ivai abara shi akura ariri, barki icukuno lau ahira a hana ka tuma, barki inyizi uwito ace Asere imumu kaba ahira Asere ta hira Yeso vana Asere.
and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual House, to be a consecrated Priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Baki uni itike wa guna, “Mi be ma nata nipo num anibura, nuzawa, ni riri anyimo sihiyona. Vat desa ma nya kadura ahira ameme made se mu ē ba.”
For there is a passage of Scripture that runs — ‘See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious corner-stone; And he who believes in him shall have no cause for shame.’
7 Imumu iriri ahira ashe ani, shi sa ya nya kadure. Barki andesa wa gawe unya iriba, “Nipoosa ana so wa nyari manini ni neni a inki ane bura nu denge.”
It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is ‘a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,’
8 Anime, “Nipoo ni wuza ipillizo nan nu pillizo.” Wa pilliko ni barki sa wa gawe utarsa utize tumeme, a gunawa iri anime.”
and ‘a stumbling-block, and a rock which shall prove a hindrance.’ They stumble because they do not accept the Message. This was the fate destined for them.
9 Barki anime azauka usuro iwaye memani, u ora ace wana dandang ukatuma ka Asere, ugomo anu alau, anu kaba Asere barki iboo imumu wuza ige sa atita shi anyimo a reu, uhana amasaa. Mati timumu tiriri.
But you are ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God’s own People,’ entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.
10 Shi ya zi anu ba, ana meshi anu Asere wani, da makem usuraba, ana me ya kem ubura.
Once you were ‘not a people,’ but now you are ‘God’s People’; once you ‘had not found mercy,’ but now you ‘have found mercy.’
11 Anu henu um izinu igizo ushi, sumani timumun tini pum.
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
12 Cukuno anu wuza imumu riri anyimo anabu, barki uganiya sa wa gane uira ushi kasi anu wuza imum izenzen, wadi hiri timumu tiriri tishi me kasi uhana uwui u aye Ugomo Asere.
Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God ‘at the time when he shall visit them.’
13 Uza ni imumu iriri nan kodi ti tigomo ta anabu barki Ugomo Asere.
Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,
14 Nani shi anu akatuma kame kani barki iyomko anu wuza ukatuma ka riri.
and to governors as the men sent by him to punish evil-doers and to commend those who do right.
15 A geno me u ira Asere ani, ahira akatuma ka huma ka shi me, kara ni rere nanu uzatu urasa.
For God’s will is this — that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
16 Kasi ande sa akabawe kati. I wuzi katuma unu bura ushi me kasi ugudu uwuza ukatuma ka zenzen, barki anime cukuno ni kas arere Asere.
Act as free men, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.
17 Nonzo ni anu vat, sumani 'anu henu, ikunna biyau ba Asere. inonzo ugomo.
Show honour to every one, Love the Brotherhood, ‘revere God, honour the emperor.’
18 Shi arere, nonzo aka co akura ashime anyimo u vat ni nonzo. Azo anu imumu iriri nan anu tuzo ace ba, barki ani nan anu imumu iburu.
Those of you who are domestic servants should always be submissive and respectful to their masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are arbitrary.
19 Barki anime imumu iri nunzo nini barki inka ubezi iriba uhan ahira Asere inka uye ma tira iriba ina sa uyomo.
For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a man who is suffering unjustly bears his troubles patiently.
20 Barki ani me nyani ni ya kem inka ya wuza imumu imadi. Ni azunu yomo ishi ya tira iriba unu yomo me? Barki ani me inka ya wuza katuma ka riri ya sa ni rere ahira ini ya wuza iriba ihuu, agino me imumu ikaba ini ahira Asere
What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God.
21 Barki ane ani atita shi, baeki Asere asi nirere barki shi, ma ceki shi imumu iwuza ati buna tumeme.
For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered — on your behalf — and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 Da ma wuna imumu imadini ba, da amu kunna urangaarani ame ba.
He ‘never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.’
23 Adi zogi me mada garza tizogo me ba. Ma si uyomo, sarki ubina ni, ma witi nice nume me ahira anu inko utiza ti ka dure.
He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.
24 Me ini cenume me maziki madini maru ma hani asesere utiti, barki kati akem duru anyimo amadini, barki ani me tiwuzi ticumkum ti kadure, ahira tanu tume tini ya huma ni.
And he ‘himself carried our sins’ in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. ‘His bruising was your healing.’
25 Vat ushi sa ya hunne shi izinu kese kasi itam sa ya hunne me, ana me ya ze ahira unu utar san shi nan unu ahira ibe shi me.
Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
