¹Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

¹Basi, acheni uovu wote; uongo, unafiki, wivu na maneno ya kashfa visiweko tena.

²as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

²Kama vile watoto wachanga wanavyotamani maziwa, nanyi pia mnapaswa kuwa na hamu ya maziwa halisi ya kiroho, ili kwa nguvu yake mpate kukua na kukombolewa.

³if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

³Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Mmegundua kwamba Bwana ni mwema."

⁴coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

⁴Basi, mwendeeni Bwana! Yeye ndiye jiwe hai lililokataliwa na watu; lakini mbele ya Mungu ni jiwe teule, na la thamani kubwa.

⁵You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁵Mwendeeni yeye kama mawe hai mkajengeke na kuwa nyumba ya kiroho, ambamo mtatumikia kama makuhani watakatifu, kutolea dhabihu za kiroho zenye kumpendeza Mungu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo.

⁶Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.” Isaiah 28:16

⁶Maana Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Tazama! Naweka huko sioni jiwe kuu la msingi, jiwe la thamani kubwa nililoliteua. Mtu atakayemwamini yeye aliye hilo jiwe, hataaibishwa."

⁷For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,” Psalm 118:22

⁷Kwenu ninyi mnaoamini, jiwe hilo ni la thamani kubwa; lakini kwa wale wasioamini, "Jiwe walilokataa waashi, sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi."

⁸and, “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” Isaiah 8:14 For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

⁸Tena Maandiko yasema: "Jiwe hilo ni jiwe la kujikwaa, mwamba wa kuwaangusha watu." Watu hujikwaa kwa sababu hawauamini ule ujumbe; na ndivyo walivyopangiwa tangu mwanzo.

⁹But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

⁹Lakini ninyi ni ukoo mteule, makuhani wa Mfalme, taifa takatifu; watu wake Mungu mwenyewe, mlioteuliwa kutangaza matendo makuu ya Mungu aliyewaiteni kutoka gizani akawaingizeni katika mwanga wake mkuu.

¹⁰who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹⁰Wakati mmoja ninyi hamkuwa watu wa Mungu, lakini sasa ninyi ni watu wake; wakati mmoja hamkupewa huruma ya Mungu, lakini sasa mmeipokea.

¹¹Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹¹Wapenzi wangu, nawasihi ninyi kama wageni na wakimbizi hapa duniani! Achaneni na tamaa za mwili ambazo hupingana na roho.

¹²having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹²Mwenendo wenu kati ya watu wasiomjua Mungu unapaswa kuwa mwema kabisa, ili hata watakapowasingizieni kwamba mnatenda mabaya, waweze kutambua matendo yenu mema na hivyo wamtukuze Mungu Siku ya kuja kwake.

¹³Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

¹³Basi, jiwekeni chini ya mamlaka yote ya kibinadamu, kwa ajili ya Bwana: utii kwa mfalme aliye mtawala mkuu,

¹⁴or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

¹⁴utii kwa wakuu wa mikoa ambao wameteuliwa naye kuwaadhibu wahalifu na kuwasifu watendao mema.

¹⁵For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁵Maana Mungu anataka mweze kuyakomesha maneno ya kijinga ya watu wasio na akili kwa matendo mema mnayofanya.

¹⁶as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

¹⁶Ishini kama watu huru; lakini msiutumie uhuru wenu kuuficha ubaya, bali ishini kama watumishi wa Mungu.

¹⁷Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

¹⁷Waheshimuni watu wote, wapendeni ndugu zenu waumini, mcheni Mungu, mheshimuni mfalme.

¹⁸Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

¹⁸Enyi watumishi wa nyumbani, watiini wakuu wenu kwa heshima yote, wawe wema na wapole au wenye kuchukiza.

¹⁹For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

¹⁹Maana kama mnavumilia maumivu ya mateso msiyostahili kwa sababu mwajua kwamba Mungu anataka hivyo, basi Mungu atawafadhili.

²⁰For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

²⁰Maana, mtapata tuzo gani mkivumilia mapigo mnayostahili kwa sababu ya makosa yenu? Lakini kama mnavumilia mateso hata ingawa mmetenda mema, Mungu atawapeni baraka kwa ajili hiyo.

²¹For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you TR reads “us” instead of “you” an example, that you should follow his steps,

²¹Hayo ndiyo mliyoitiwa; maana Kristo mwenyewe aliteseka kwa ajili yenu, akawaachieni mfano, ili muufuate mwenendo wake.

²²who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” Isaiah 53:9

²²Yeye hakutenda dhambi, wala neno la udanganyifu halikusikika mdomoni mwake.

²³Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

²³Alipotukanwa yeye hakujibu kwa tukano; alipoteseka yeye hakutoa vitisho, bali aliyaweka matumaini yake kwa Mungu, hakimu mwenye haki.

²⁴who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

²⁴Yeye mwenyewe alizibeba dhambi zetu katika mwili wake juu ya msalaba, tupate kufa kuhusu dhambi, na kuishi kwa ajili ya uadilifu. Kwa majeraha yake, ninyi mmeponywa.

²⁵For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer “Overseer” is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent. of your souls.

²⁵Ninyi mlikuwa kama kondoo waliokuwa wamepotea; lakini sasa mmemrudia Mchungaji na Mlinzi wa roho zenu.