Petere I 2
1 Ke gone tlogelang maikutlo a lona a kilo. Se itirengjaaka e ka re lo siame! Latlhang go tlontlololana le mafufa le ditshebo.
Wherefore laying away all malice, and all guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and all detractions,
2 Fa lo ikutlwetse bomolemo jwa Modimo le tshiamo ya One, lelelang gore lo okelediwe, jaaka losea lo lelela mashi. Jang lefoko la Modimo le baleng, akanyang kaga lone mme lo gole ka nonofo mo Moreneng lo bo lo bolokwe.
As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation:
If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
4 Tlang mo go Keresete, yo e leng ene motheo wa Lefika le le tshedileng le Modimo o agang mo go lone le fa batho ba mo ganne o botlhokwa thata mo Modimong o o mo tlhophileng mo godimo ga botlhe.
Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and made honourable by God:
5 Mme jaanong lo fetogile maje a kago aa tshelang go dirisiwa ke Modimo mo go ageng ntlo ya One. Se sengwe se segolo, lo baperesiti ba One ba ba boitshepo; jalo tlang kwa go One. (Lona ba lo amogelesegang mo go One ka ntlha ya ga Jesu Keresete), mme lo abele Modimo dilo tse di O itumedisang.
Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Jaaka Dikwalo di gatelela di re, “Bonang ke romela Keresete go nna mokgethegi yo o tlhophilweng ka kelotlhoko, Lentswe la botlhokwa la kgokgotsho la phuthego ya me, ebile ga ke kitla ke tlhabisa bape ditlhong ba ba mo ikanyang.”
Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him, shall not be confounded.
7 Ee, o botlhokwa thata mo go lona ba lo dumelang; le mo go ba ba mo ganang, ee, “Lone lentswe la kgokotsho, le le gannweng ke baagi ke lone le e leng lentswe la kgokgotsho, le le tlotlwang thata ebile e le bontlha bongwe jwa kago.”
To you therefore that believe, he is honour: but to them that believe not, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:
8 Gape Dikwalo tsa re, “Ke lentswe le bangwe ba tlaa kgotswang mo go lone, ebile ke le le tlaa ba digang.”
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of scandal, to them who stumble at the word, neither do believe, whereunto also they are set.
9 Mme ga lo a nna jalo, gonne lo tlhophilwe ke Modimo ka bo One, lo baperesiti ba Kgosi, lo boitshepo ebile lo a galalela, lo ba Modimo tota, tse tsotlhe e le gore lo tle lo supegetse ba bangwe ka fa Modimo o lo biditseng ka teng go lo ntsha mo lefifing go tsena mo leseding la one le le ntle.
But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Lo kile lwa bo lo se ba sepe; mme jaanong lo ba Modimo. Lo kile lwa bo lo itse go le gonnye ka tshiamo ya Modimo; mme jaanong matshelo a lona a fetotswe ke gone.
Who in time past were not a people: but are now the people of God. Who had not obtained mercy; but now have obtained mercy.
11 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo baeti fela mono. E re ka legae la lona tota le le kwa legodimong ke lo kopa gore lo ikgaphe mo ditlhapelong tse di bosula tsa lefatshe leno; ga se tsa lona, gonne di tlhabana le mewa ya lona.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,
12 Nnang kelotlhoko ka fa lo itshwarang ka teng mo go bangwe ka lona ba ba sa bolokwang; gonne le fa ba lo belaela ba bua kaga lona ba tlaa fetsa ba baka Modimo ka ntlha ya ditiro tsa lona tse di molemo fa Keresete a bowa.
Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works, which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Ka ntlha ya Morena, utlwang molao mongwe le mongwe wa puso ya lona: molao wa kgosi jaaka e le tlhogo ya morafe,
Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God’s sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;
14 le ya bagolwane ba kgosi, gonne o ba rometse go otlhaya ba ba dirang molato, le go tlotla ba ba dirang tshiamo.
Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:
15 Ke go rata ga Modimo gore matshelo a lona a a siameng a didimatse dieleele tse di nyatsang Efangele ba sena kitso ya gore e ka ba direla eng, ba ise ba ke ba lemoge nonofo ya yone.
For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 Lo golotswe mo molaong, mme mo ga go reye gore lo gololesegile go dira molato. Tshelang jaaka ba ba golotsweng go dira go rata ga Modimo fela ka nako tsotlhe.
As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
17 Tlotlang mongwe le mongwe. Ratang Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe. Boifang Modimo lo tlotle puso.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Batlhanka, lo tshwanetse go tlotla beng ba lona lo bo lo dire sengwe le sengwe se ba reng lo se dire, e seng fela fa ba siame ebile ba le bonolo, mme le fa ba le ditlhogo-di-thata ebile ba le setlhogo.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 Bakang Morena fa lo otlhaelwa go dira tshiamo!
For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
20 Le fa go ntse jalo, ga lo newe tlotlo epe ka go nna pelotelele fa lo iteelwa melato ya lona; mme fa lo dira tshiamo lo bo lo e bogela, ebile lo le pelotelele mo dititeong, Modimo o itumela segolo bogolo.
For what glory is it, if committing sin, and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently; this is thankworthy before God.
21 Dipogo tse ke bontlha bongwe jwa tiro e Modimo o e lo neetseng. Keresete yo o lo bogetseng, ke sekao sa lona. Latelang dikgato tsa gagwe:
For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.
22 ga a ise a ke a leofe, ga a ise a ke a bue maaka,
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.
23 ga a ise a ke a busolose fa a tlhapadiwa; erile fa a boga ga a ise a ke a leke go ipusolosetsa; o ne a tlogela tsheko ya gagwe mo mabogong a Modimo o o atlholang ka tshiamo ka nako tsotlhe
Who, when he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not: but delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly.
24 O tshotse morwalo wa maleo a rona ka mmele wa gagwe fa a a swa mo mokgorong, gore re tle re fetse le sebe mme re tshele botshelo jo bo siameng go tloga gompieno. Gonne dintho tsa gagwe di fodisitse tsa rona!
Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.
25 Jaaka dinku lo ne lo dule mo Modimong, mme jaanong lo boetse mo modiseng wa lona, motlhokomedi wa mewa ya lona yo o lo babalelang mo ditlhaselong tsotlhe.
For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
