1 Peter 2
1 Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
Ka meme don wawu, iche, iwri, ingu, meme-tre.
2 as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
Na mri bi tsitsa (kpran mri), wa imma sisan ndindima, nakii bi gbron ni zren nkoh Irji,
3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
to-iki bi lla'to ndi Irji bi.
4 To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
Ye niwu ahi tita wa'ndi ba kamba niwu, u ahikii mba Irji chuw nda banwu nji mgbamgba meh.
5 yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
U biyi ngame bi he naa tita wa ani vrih wa ba meu ni itre Irji, dohn dun ba nji'tre Irji ndindime ni Yesu Kristi.
6 Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.
Llan tre: “Tomba, mi ka-siiyo nitu zayon tita u mummle'a, wa Irji chuw nji mgbaameh. Indi wa a kpa nyimme ni wu'a ana kpa-ishan na.”
7 To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,
Biyi biwa bi kpa nyime ni wu, daraja'a a umbi mba. U, “titawa bi mmeh ba kamba niwu'a, kima nihe itu tita'a” -
8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.
“tita wa ni yo kubu za.” Ba kubu za nda kunyre ni tre Irji, wa nakii Irji tiu.
9 But ye [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;
Bi mri Bachi Irji, Wawu chu yi, indi wa bi sohn ni'koh Irji, biyi mba bi hla wawuh ikpe wa Irji wa a chu yi rji ni bhu yie ni mi kpanllu ma.
10 who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
Ni kogohn Irji ana toh yi na, u zizan bihe indi Irji. Ni-gohn bina he ni jinkai na, u zizan bi he niwu.
11 Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Mri ya, mi yo yi ndi bre yi dun yi ka memme'dri chuwo, wa-mba na zou na.
12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
Bi ka vu-tu mbi ndi zrehn bi, u, to-ba wa-nkoh u tre memme ni tu-mbi, ba-na feu na, nda kuma to ndi bi ti bi nda gbire-san Bachi ni vi u ye Ma.
13 Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
Wo-tre bi ninkon mbi nitu inde Irji. Wo ba ichu mbi,
14 or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
ni bi ninkon ni gonati, babayi ba gbi-tohn bi ti memme nda gbire-san bi ti ndindi.
15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
Irji soun naki, ndi nitu ti ndindi, bi ka nyu indi bi tre mkprah.
16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Na indi biwa ba sohn u tu-mba, na dun-wa mba yo yi ti memme na, bi ka ki na bi ti-ndu ni-koh Irji.
17 Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
Toh kpa-mbi ni-nfutu. Nji kpa-mbi bi. Klu sisri Irji. Toh ichu mbi ni-nfutu.
18 Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
Mri koh, no ba tti'koh mbi ninkon. ti-ndu mbi bi ni tti'koh mbi bi ndindi, ni bi memme ba.
19 For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
Indi wa ana dun iya ni illo-kpa vuwu yoga na nitu a toh Irji ani kpa iyra.
20 For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
Ahi-nge a bi ma toh wu ti memme ma ndi kpa memme'a? U ahi ikpe wa'abi ni bubu Irji, to-wu ti ndindime u ba haun ni memme.
21 For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
A naki mba Irji yo yi, u Yesu ngame a ti-ya nitu mbi. A ti ki nda tsro yi-nkoh wa bi hu.
22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
Ana ti-kpe na, u nda na ti-che ko-mkpu ri na.
23 who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
Ba mmreu, u ana tre-kpe na. Ba nu-ya, u ana wa tsutsu na, A ka-ttu Ma noh dun ba vuu, u ana ti kpe na.
24 who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.
Yesu ni kima a ban lla tre mbu ni-kpa ma hi ni grahn nkunkroh, dun ki na la sohn nitu lla-tre na, naki ki sohn ni-nkoh wa'abi. Nitu inkpah ma ki fe sikpa.
25 For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
U wawu mbi, bi si zren na ntma wa ba kado, u zizan bi kumaye nitu-nkohn u krju ntma'a uwa a hu ni suron mbi'a.
