1 Petelo 1
1 Ngai Petelo, ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya baponami ya Nzambe oyo bazali kati na bamboka ya bapaya mpe bapalangani na bituka ya Ponti, ya Galatia, ya Kapadose, ya Azia mpe ya Bitini.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Kolanda mabongisi na Ye, Nzambe Tata apona bino wuta kala, abulisa bino na nzela ya Molimo na Ye mpo ete botosa Yesu-Klisto mpe bokoma peto na nzela ya makila na Ye, oyo asopaki. Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino na bofuluki!
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
3 Tika ete Nzambe, Tata ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, apambolama! Pamba te, kati na mawa monene na Ye, asalaki ete tobotama mbotama ya sika, na nzela ya lisekwa ya Yesu-Klisto kati na bakufi, mpo na kopesa biso elikya ya solo
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 ete tokozwa libula oyo abombela biso kati na Likolo, libula oyo ebebaka te, ezwaka bosoto te, mpe ebungisaka kitoko na yango te. Ezali mpe kaka libula yango nde Nzambe abombela bino
to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
5 ba-oyo Nzambe abatelaka na nguya na Ye, na nzela ya kondima, mpo na lobiko oyo ekomonisama na tango ya suka.
who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Bosepelaka na lobiko yango, atako bosengeli sik’oyo kotungisama mpo na mwa tango moke na nzela ya komekama ya lolenge nyonso.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,
7 Komekama yango eyei mpo na kotalisa bosolo ya kondima na bino mpe kosala ete bokoka kozwa masanzoli, nkembo mpe lokumu tango Yesu-Klisto akomonana. Boni, moto epetolaka wolo te? Nzokande kondima na bino ezali na motuya koleka wolo oyo ebebaka.
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
8 Bolingaka Yesu-Klisto atako bomona Ye te. Atako bozali mpe kaka komona Ye te sik’oyo, bozali kondimela Ye mpe botondi na esengo ya nkembo oyo moto akoki kolimbola te,
whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,
9 pamba te bozali kozwa lifuti ya kondima na bino: lobiko ya bomoi na bino.
receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10 Mpo na lobiko yango, basakoli oyo baloba na tina na ngolu oyo Nzambe abongisa mpo na bino balukaki penza, na molende, koyeba mabombami na yango.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
11 Basalaki nyonso mpo na koluka koyeba tango nini mpe ndenge nini makambo oyo Molimo ya Klisto alobaki ekosalema. Molimo ya Klisto azalaki kati na bango, wana azalaki komiyebisela bango ete Klisto asengelaki komona pasi liboso ete azwa nkembo oyo ezalaki kozela Ye.
searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them.
12 Nzambe atalisaki bango ete sango oyo bango bazwaki mokumba ya kotatola ezalaki mpo na bango te, kasi ezalaki nde mpo na bino. Mpe sik’oyo, bozali koyoka sango yango na minoko ya bato oyo bateyaki bino Sango Malamu na nguya ya Molimo Mosantu oyo Nzambe atindaki wuta na Likolo; mpe bango moko ba-anjelu bazalaka na posa ya koyeba yango.
To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
13 Yango wana, boselingwa mpo na kosalela Nzambe lokola basali oyo balati bilamba ya mosala mpo na kosala; bomibatela malamu mpe botia elikya na bino mobimba kati na ngolu oyo bokozwa tango Yesu-Klisto akomonana.
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
14 Lokola bana ya botosi, botambola lisusu te kolanda baposa mabe oyo bozalaki na yango tango bozangaki boyebi.
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
15 Kasi lokola Ye oyo abengaki bino azali Bule, bino mpe bozala bule kati na etamboli na bino nyonso,
but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,
16 pamba te ekomama: « Bozala bule, pamba te nazali Bule. »
because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 Lokola mpe bobelelaka Tata oyo aponaka bilongi te tango asambisaka bato nyonso kolanda misala na bango, botambola kati na kobanga Nzambe, wana bozali awa na mokili lokola bapaya.
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
18 Boyebi malamu ete ezali te na nzela ya biloko oyo ebebaka lokola wolo to palata nde Nzambe akangolaki bino na bizaleli ezanga tina, oyo bozwaki epai ya bakoko na bino,
knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
19 kasi ezali nde na nzela ya makila ya talo ya Klisto lokola mpate oyo ezangi mbeba mpe litono.
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
20 Nzambe abongisaki Ye mpo na yango wuta kala, liboso ete akela mokili, mpe Klisto amonani na mikolo oyo ya suka likolo na bino.
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
21 Ezali na nzela na Ye nde bino bondimelaka Nzambe oyo asekwisaki Ye kati na bakufi mpe apesaki Ye nkembo, mpo ete kondima mpe elikya na bino ezala kati na Nzambe.
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Lokola bosili komipetola na nzela ya kotosa bosolo mpo na kolingana na bolingo ya solo, bolinganaka makasi bino na bino, na motema ya peto.
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
23 Pamba te bobotamaki mbotama ya sika na nzela ya Liloba na Nzambe, oyo ezali nkona oyo epesaka bomoi mpe ewumelaka seko na seko; kasi na nzela te ya nkona ya bato oyo bakufaka. (aiōn g165)
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. (aiōn g165)
24 Pamba te ekomama: « Bato nyonso bazalaka lokola matiti, mpe nkembo na bango nyonso ezalaka lokola bafololo ya bilanga. Matiti ekawukaka mpe fololo na yango ekweyaka,
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
