¹Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

¹Maadamu Kristo aliteseka kimwili, nanyi pia mnapaswa kujiimarisha kwa nia hiyo yake; maana mtu akisha teseka kimwili hahusiki tena na dhambi.

²no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

²Tangu sasa, basi, maisha yaliowabakia kuishi hapa duniani yanapaswa kuongozwa na matakwa ya Mungu, si na tamaa za kibinadamu.

³for sufficient to us [is] the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

³Wakati uliopita mlikuwa na muda mrefu wa kufanya mambo wanayofanya watu wasiomjua Mungu. Mliishi maisha ya anasa, ubinafsi, ulevi, ugomvi, kunywa mno na ya ibada haramu za sanamu.

⁴in which they think it strange — your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

⁴Sasa, watu hao wasiomjua Mungu wanashangaa wanapoona kwamba hamwandamani nao tena katika hali ya kuishi vibaya, na hivyo wanawatukaneni.

⁵who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,

⁵Lakini watapaswa kutoa hoja juu ya jambo hilo mbele yake Mungu aliye tayari kuwahukumu wazima na wafu!

⁶for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.

⁶Kwa sababu hiyo, hao waliokufa ambao walikuwa wamehukumiwa katika maisha yao ya kimwili kama anavyohukumiwa kila mmoja, walihubiriwa Habari Njema kusudi katika maisha yao ya kiroho waishi kama aishivyo Mungu.

⁷And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

⁷Mwisho wa vitu vyote umekaribia. Kwa hiyo mnapaswa kuwa na utaratibu na nidhamu, ili mweze kusali.

⁸and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

⁸Zaidi ya yote pendaneni kwa moyo wote, maana upendo hufunika dhambi nyingi.

⁹hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

⁹Muwe na ukarimu ninyi kwa ninyi bila kunung'unika.

¹⁰each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

¹⁰Kila mmoja anapaswa kutumia kipaji alichojaliwa na Mungu kwa faida ya wengine, kama vile uwakili mwema wa zawadi mbalimbali za Mungu.

¹¹if any one doth speak — `as oracles of God;` if any one doth minister — `as of the ability which God doth supply;` that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power — to the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹¹Anayesema kitu, maneno yake na yawe kama maneno ya Mungu; anayetumika anapaswa kutumikia kwa nguvu anayojaliwa na Mungu, ili katika mambo yote, Mungu atukuzwe kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo, ambaye utukufu na nguvu ni vyake milele na milele! Amina.

¹²Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

¹²Wapenzi wangu, msishangae kuhusu majaribio makali mnayopata kana kwamba mnapatwa na kitu kisicho cha kawaida.

¹³but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice — exulting;

¹³Ila furahini kwamba mnashiriki mateso ya Kristo ili mweze kuwa na furaha tele wakati utukufu wake utakapofunuliwa.

¹⁴if ye be reproached in the name of Christ — happy [are ye], because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

¹⁴Heri yenu ikiwa mnatukanwa kwa sababu ya jina la Kristo; jambo hilo lamaanisha kwamba Roho mtukufu, yaani Roho wa Mungu, anakaa juu yetu.

¹⁵for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men`s matters;

¹⁵Asiwepo mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu ambaye anapaswa kuteseka kwa sababu ni muuaji, mwizi, mhalifu au mwovu.

¹⁶and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

¹⁶Lakini kama mtu akiteseka kwa sababu ni Mkristo, basi asione aibu, bali amtukuze Mungu, kwa sababu mtu huyo anaitwa kwa jina la Kristo.

¹⁷because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

¹⁷Wakati wa hukumu umefika, na hukumu hiyo inaanza na watu wake Mungu mwenyewe. Ikiwa hukumu hiyo inaanzia kwetu sisi, basi mwisho wake utakuwa namna gani kwa wale wasioamini Habari Njema ya Mungu?

¹⁸And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner — where shall he appear?

¹⁸Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Ni vigumu kwa watu waadilifu kuokolewa; itakuwaje basi kwa wasiomcha Mungu na wenye dhambi?"

¹⁹so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

¹⁹Kwa hiyo, wale wanaoteseka kufuatana na matakwa ya Mungu, wanapaswa, kwa matendo yao mema, kujiweka chini ya Muumba wao ambaye ni wa kuaminika kabisa.