1 Petro 5
1 Ninawasihi wazee waliomo miongoni mwenu, mimi, niliye mzee mwenzao na shahidi wa mateso ya Kristo, na ambaye vile vile ni mshirika katika utukufu utakaodhihirika.
Elders who [are] among you, I exhort, who [am] a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,
2 Kwa hiyo, ninawatia moyo ninyi wazee, lichungeni kundi la Mungu lililo miongoni mwenu. Liangalieni, sio kwa sababu mnapaswa, lakini kwa sababu mnatamani hivyo, kulingana na Mungu. Liaangalieni, sio kwa kupenda pesa za aibu, lakini kwa kupenda.
feed the flock of God that [is] among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
3 Msijifanye mabwana juu ya watu waliyochini ya uangalizi wenu, lakini iweni mfano katika kundi.
neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
4 Pale Mchungaji Mkuu atakapodhihirishwa, mtaipokea taji ya utukufu isiyopoteza uthamani wake.
and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
5 Vilevile, nanyi vijana wadogo, nyenyekeni kwa wakubwa wenu. Ninyi nyote, uvaeni unyenyekevu na kuhudumiana ninyi kwa ninyi, kwani Mungu huwapinga wenye kiburi, lakini huwapa neema wanyenyekevu.
In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;
6 Kwa hiyo nyenyekeni chini ya mkono wa Mungu uliyo hodari ili kwamba awainue kwa wakati wake.
be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,
7 Mwekeeni fadhaa zenu juu yake, kwa sababu anawajali.
all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
8 Iweni na busara, iweni waangalifu. Yule adui yenu, ibilisi, kama simba aungurumaye ananyatia, akisaka mtu wa kumrarua.
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
9 Simameni kinyume chake. Kuweni na nguvu katika imani yenu. Mkijua kwamba ndugu zenu walioko ulimwenguni wanapitia mateso kama hayo.
whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.
10 Baada ya kuteseka kwa muda kitambo, Mungu wa neema yote, aliyewaita katika utukufu wa milele ndani ya Kristo, atawakamilisha, atawaimarisha na kuwatia nguvu. (aiōnios g166)
And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle [you]; (aiōnios g166)
to Him [is] the glory, and the power — to the ages and the ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
12 Namthamini Silwano kama ndugu mwaminifu, na nimewaandikia ninyi kwa ufupi kupitia kwake. Ninawatia moyo na ninashuhudia kwamba nilichokiandika ni neema ya kweli ya Mungu. Simameni ndani yake.
Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few [words] I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.
13 Waamini waliloko Babeli, waliochaguliwa pamoja nanyi, wanawasalimu, na Marko mwanangu, anawasalimu.
Salute you doth the [assembly] in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.
14 Salimianeni kila mmoja kwa busu la upendo. Na amani iwe kwenu mliondani ya Kristo.
Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who [are] in Christ Jesus! Amen.
