1 Petelo 2
1 Yango wana, bobwaka lolenge nyonso ya mabe, ya lokuta, ya mayele mabe, ya zuwa mpe ya kotonga bato.
Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
2 Lokola bana oyo babotami sika, bolingaka makasi komela miliki ya peto ya Liloba mpo ete bokola na nzela na yango mpo na kozwa lobiko,
Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,
3 awa bosili kososola ete Nkolo azali malamu.
if it is true that you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
4 Bopusana pene ya Ye oyo azali Libanga ya bomoi, Libanga oyo bato babwakaki, kasi Nzambe aponaki yango mpo ete ezali motuya mingi na miso na Ye.
And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God,
5 Bino mpe, lokola mabanga ya bomoi, botika ete Nzambe asalela bino mpo na kotonga Tempelo ya Molimo. Kati na Tempelo yango, lokola Banganga-Nzambe ya bule, apesi bino mokumba ya kobonzelaka Ye, na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, bambeka ya molimo, bambeka oyo Nzambe andimaka.
be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Pamba te Makomi eloba: « Tala, napona libanga moko ya motuya oyo nazali kotia kati na Siona lokola libanga ya songe ya ndako; moto nyonso oyo akotiela yango motema akotikala koyokisama soni te. »
Because of this, Scripture asserts: “Behold, I am setting in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious. And whoever will have believed in him will not be confounded.”
7 Boye lokumu ezali mpo na bino oyo bondimaka; kasi mpo na bato oyo bandimaka te, « libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga oyo esimbi ndako, libanga ya songe ya ndako,
Therefore, to you who believe, he is honor. But to those who do not believe, the stone which the builders have rejected, the same has been made into the head of the corner,
8 mpe libanga oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku, libanga monene oyo ekweyisaka bato. » Bakweyaka mpo ete batosaka te Liloba na Nzambe; mpe ebongisama nde bongo mpo na bango.
and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.
9 Kasi bino bozali libota oyo eponama, Banganga-Nzambe ya Mokonzi, ekolo ya bule mpe basikolami ya Nzambe mpo na kosakola misala minene ya Ye oyo abenga bino mpo ete bolongwa na molili mpe bokota kati na pole na Ye ya kokamwa.
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Na kala, bozalaki bato ya Nzambe te; kasi sik’oyo, bokomi bato na Ye penza. Na kala, Nzambe azalaki koyokela bino mawa te; kasi sik’oyo, akomi penza koyokela bino mawa.
Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy.
11 Balingami na ngai, boyeba malamu ete bozali kati na mokili oyo lokola bapaya mpe baleki nzela; yango wana nazali kosenga na bino ete boboyaka baposa mabe ya nzoto, pamba te ebundisaka molimo na bino.
Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.
12 Bozalaka na bizaleli ya malamu kati na Bapagano mpo ete, ata soki bazali kotonga bino ete bozali kosala mabe, bandima ata misala malamu na bino mpe bapesa Nzambe nkembo na mokolo oyo akomimonisa.
Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.
13 Mpo na lokumu ya Nkolo, botosaka bato nyonso oyo batiami kati na bino lokola bakonzi: mokonzi ya mboka,
Therefore, be subject to every human creature because of God, whether it is to the king as preeminent,
14 bayangeli mpe basambisi oyo bapesameli mosala ya kopesa etumbu epai ya bato oyo basalaka mabe, mpe kondima bato oyo basalaka bolamu.
or to leaders as having been sent from him for vindication over evildoers, it is truly for the praise of what is good.
15 Pamba te, Nzambe alingi boye: bosalaka bolamu mpo na kokanga minoko ya bato oyo bazangi boyebi mpe bososoli;
For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men,
16 botambolaka lokola bansomi, kasi bosalelaka bonsomi na bino te lokola vwale mpo na kozipa mabe na bino, pamba te bozali bawumbu ya Nzambe.
in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.
17 Bomemiaka bato nyonso, bolingaka bandeko na bino kati na kondima, botosaka Nzambe, mpe bopesaka mokonzi lokumu.
Honor everyone. Love brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18 Bawumbu, botosaka bankolo na bino na bobangi nyonso: botosaka kaka te ba-oyo bazali malamu mpe boboto, kasi mpe ba-oyo bazali matata.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.
19 Pamba te ezali penza ngolu mpo na moto komona pasi kaka pamba mpo atosaka Nzambe.
For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice.
20 Kasi lokumu nini ezali ya komona pasi ya etumbu mpo na mabe oyo osali? Nzokande, na miso ya Nzambe, komona pasi mpo na bolamu oyo osali ezali penza ngolu.
For what glory is there, if you sin and then suffer a beating? But if you do well and suffer patiently, this is grace with God.
21 Nzambe abengaki bino na komona pasi yango, pamba te Klisto mpe amonaki pasi mpo na bino; boye atikelaki bino ndakisa mpo ete bolanda banzela na Ye.
For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.
22 Yesu atikalaki kosala lisumu ata moko te, mpe monoko na Ye etikalaki koloba lokuta te.
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
23 Tango bazalaki kofinga Ye, azalaki kozongisa na mafinga te. Tango bazalaki komonisa Ye pasi, azalaki kokanela bato te, kasi azalaki kaka komitika na maboko ya Nzambe, Mosambisi ya sembo.
And when evil was spoken against him, he did not speak evil. When he suffered, he did not threaten. Then he handed himself over to him who judged him unjustly.
24 Kati na nzoto na Ye, amemaki masumu na biso kuna na ekulusu mpo ete tokoka kokufa na oyo etali masumu mpe tokoka kozala na bomoi mpo na bosembo. Ezali na nzela ya bapota na Ye nde bobikisamaki na bokono.
He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.
25 Pamba te bozalaki lokola bameme oyo ezali koyengayenga, kasi sik’oyo bozongi epai ya Mobateli bibwele oyo akengelaka bomoi na bino.
For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls.
