1 Petro 4
1 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa Kristo aliteseka katika mwili, jivikeni silaha za nia ile ile. Yeye aliyeteseka katika mwili ameondokana na dhambi.
Therefore of Christ having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves also with the same mentality, because he who has suffered in flesh has ceased from sin,
2 Mtu huyu haendelei tena kuishi katika tamaa za mwili, bali kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, kwa maisha yake yaliyosalia.
in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.
3 Kwa kuwa muda uliopita umetosha kutenda mambo ambayo wamataifa wanataka kufanya- ufisadi, nia mbaya, ulevi, ulafi, sherehe za kipagani na ibada za sanamu zenye machukizo.
For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.
4 Wanafikiri ni ajabu mnapojiepusha kutenda mambo hayo pamoja nao, hivyo wananena maovu juu yenu.
During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander.
5 Watatoa hesabu kwake aliye tayari kuhukumu walio hai na wafu.
Men who will give back an accounting to him who fares readily to judge the living and the dead.
6 Kwa kusudi hili injili ilihubiriwa kwao waliokwisha kufa, kwamba ijapokuwa walikwisha hukumiwa katika miili yao kama wanadamu, ili waweze kuishi kulingana na Mungu katika roho.
For good news was preached even to the dead for this, so that they might indeed be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.
7 Mwisho wa mambo yote unakuja. Kwa hiyo, mwe na ufahamu ulio sahihi, na iweni na nia njema kwa ajili ya maombi yenu.
But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.
8 Kabla ya mambo yote, eweni na bidii katika upendo kwa kila mmoja, kwa kuwa upendo hautafuti kufunua dhambi za wengine.
And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,
9 Onyesheni ukarimu kwa kila mmoja bila kunung'unika.
stranger-loving toward each other without complaints.
10 Kama ambavyo kila mmoja wenu alivyopokea karama, itumieni katika kuhudumiana, kama wasimamizi wema wa karama nyingi zilizotolewa bure na Mungu.
As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 Kama mtu akiongea, na iwe kama mausia ya Mungu, na kama mtu akihudumu, na iwe kama uwezo aliopewa na Mungu, ili kwamba kwa kila jambo Mungu apate kutukuzwa kupitia Yesu Kristo. Utukufu na uweza vina Yeye milele na milele. Amina. (aiōn g165)
If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly. (aiōn g165)
12 Wapendwa, msihesabu jaribu ambalo huja kuwajaribu kama kitu kigeni, ingawa kuna kitu kigeni kilichokuwa kinatukia kwenu.
Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.
13 Lakini kwa kadri mnavyozidi kupata uzoefu wa mateso ya Kristo, furahini, ili kwamba mfurahi pia na kushangilia katika ufunuo wa utukufu wake.
But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.
14 Iwapo mmetukanwa kwa ajili ya jina la Kristo, mmebarikiwa, kwa sababu ya Roho wa utukufu na Roho wa Mungu anakaa juu yenu.
Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.
15 Lakini asiwepo yeyote mwenye kuteswa kama muuaji, mwizi, mtenda maovu, au ajishughulishaye na mambo ya wengine.
For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody.
16 Lakini ikiwa mtu anateswa kama Mkristo, asione aibu, bali amtukuze Mungu katika jina hilo.
But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.
17 Kwa kuwa wakati umefika kwa hukumu kuanzia katika nyumba ya Mungu. Na kama inaanzia kwetu, itakuwaje kwa wale wasioitii injili ya Mungu?
Because the time to begin judgment is from the house of God, and if first from us, what is the end of those who disobey the good news of God?
18 Na kama “mwenye haki anaokolewa kupitia magumu, itakuwaje kwa mtu asiyehaki na mwenye dhambi?”
And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the irreverent and sinful man appear?
19 Kwa hiyo wote wanaoteseka kutokana na mapenzi ya Mungu wakabidhi nafsi zao kwa Muumba mwaminifu ili hali wakitenda mema.
Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.
