1 Petro 1
1 Mimi Petro, mtume wa Yesu Kristo nawaandikia ninyi wateule wa Mungu Baba, ambao mmetawanyika na mnaishi kama wakimbizi huko Ponto, Galatia, Kapadokia, Asia na Bithunia.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Mungu Baba aliwateua ninyi kufuatana na kusudi lake, na mmefanywa watakatifu na Roho, mpate kumtii Yesu Kristo na kusafishwa kwa damu yake. Nawatakieni neema na amani tele.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Asifiwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo! Kwa huruma yake kuu alitufanya tuzaliwe upya kwa kumfufua Yesu kutoka wafu. Ametujalia tumaini lenye uzima,
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 na hivyo tunatazamia kupata baraka zile ambazo Mungu aliwawekea watu wake. Mungu amewawekeeni baraka hizo mbinguni ambako haziwezi kuoza au kuharibika au kufifia.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Hizo zitakuwa zenu ninyi ambao kwa imani mnalindwa salama kwa nguvu ya Mungu kwa ajili ya wokovu ambao uko tayari kufunuliwa mwishoni mwa nyakati.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Furahini kuhusu jambo hilo, ijapokuwa sasa, kwa kitambo kidogo, itawabidi kuhuzunika kwa sababu ya majaribio mbalimbali mnayoteseka.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 Shabaha yake ni kuthibitisha imani yenu. Hata dhahabu yenyewe ambayo huharibika, hujaribiwa kwa moto; hali kadhalika na imani yenu ambayo ni ya thamani zaidi kuliko dhahabu, ni lazima ijaribiwe ipate kuwa thabiti. Hapo mtapokea sifa na utukufu na heshima Siku ile Yesu Kristo atakapofunuliwa.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Ninyi mnampenda ingawaje hamjamwona, na mnamwamini ingawa hamumwoni sasa. Hivyo, mnafurahi kwa furaha tukufu isiyoelezeka,
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 kwa sababu mnapokea wokovu wa roho zenu ambao ni lengo la imani yenu.
Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.
10 Manabii walipeleleza kwa makini na kufanya uchunguzi juu ya wokovu huo, wakabashiri juu ya neema hiyo ambayo ninyi mngepewa.
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:
11 Walijaribu kujua nyakati na mazingira ya tukio hilo, yaani wakati alioudokezea Roho wa Kristo aliyekuwa ndani yao, akibashiri juu ya mateso yatakayompata Kristo na utukufu utakaofuata.
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12 Mungu aliwafunulia kwamba wakati walipokuwa wanasema juu ya hayo mambo ambayo ninyi mmekwisha sikia sasa kutoka kwa wale wajumbe waliowatangazieni Habari Njema kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu aliyetumwa kutoka mbinguni, hiyo kazi yao haikuwa kwa faida yao wenyewe, bali kwa ajili yenu. Hayo ndiyo mambo ambayo hata malaika wangependa kuyafahamu.
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13 Kwa hiyo, basi, muwe tayari kabisa kwa nia, na kukesha. Wekeni tumaini lenu lote katika baraka ile mtakayopewa wakati Yesu Kristo atakapoonekana!
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 Kama watoto wa Mungu wenye utii, msikubali kamwe kufuata tena tamaa mbaya mlizokuwa nazo wakati mlipokuwa wajinga.
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 Bali mnapaswa kuwa watakatifu katika mwenendo wenu wote, kama vile yule aliyewaiteni ni mtakatifu.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Maandiko yasema: “Muwe watakatifu, kwa kuwa mimi ni mtakatifu.”
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 Mnapomtaja Mungu ninyi humwita Baba. Basi, jueni kwamba yeye humhukumu kila mmoja kadiri ya matendo yake, bila ubaguzi. Hivyo tumieni wakati wenu uliowabakia hapa ugenini katika kumcha Mungu.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
18 Maana mnajua kwamba ninyi mlikombolewa katika mwenendo wenu usiofaa ambao mliupokea kutoka kwa wazee wenu, si kwa vitu vyenye kuharibika: kwa fedha na dhahabu;
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
19 bali mlikombolewa kwa damu tukufu ya Kristo, ambaye alikuwa kama mwana kondoo asiye na dosari wala doa.
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Yeye alikuwa ameteuliwa na Mungu kabla ya ulimwengu kuumbwa, akafunuliwa siku hizi za mwisho kwa ajili yenu.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Kwa njia yake, ninyi mnamwamini Mungu aliyemfufua kutoka wafu na kumpa utukufu; na hivyo imani na matumaini yenu yako kwa Mungu.
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Maadamu sasa, kwa kuutii ukweli, ninyi mmezitakasa roho zenu na kuwapenda wenzenu bila unafiki, basi, pendaneni kwa moyo wote.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Maana kwa njia ya neno hai la Mungu, ninyi mmezaliwa upya, si kama watoto wa baba awezaye kufa, bali baba asiyekufa milele. (aiōn g165)
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
24 Kama Maandiko yasemavyo: “Kila binadamu ni kama nyasi, na utukufu wake wote ni kama maua ya porini. Nyasi hunyauka na maua huanguka.
For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
