1 Petru ISAHLUKO 1 1 UPetru, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu, kubo abezizwe abahlakazekele ePontu, naseGalathiya, naseKaphadosiya, nase-Asiya, naseBithiniya, 2 abakhethiweyo ngokokwazi ngaphambili kukaNkulunkulu uBaba ngokungcweliswa kukaMoya, ekulaleleni nasekufafazweni kwegazi likaJesu Kristu: Makwandiswe kini umusa nokuthula. 3 Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, obuye wasizala kabusha ngokwesihawu sakhe esikhulu ukuba sibe nethemba eliphilayo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo. 4 elifeni elingenakonakala nelingangcolile nelingabuniyo eligcinelwe nina ezulwini. 5 elilondolozwe ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokholo kube yinsindiso elungiselwe ukwambulwa ngesikhathi sokugcina. 6 enithokoza ngakho kakhulu, nakuba manje, uma kudingekile, nidabukile ngenxa yezilingo eziningi manje; 7 ukuze ukuvivinywa kokholo lwenu, okuligugu kakhulu kunegolide elibhubhayo, nakuba livivinywa ngomlilo, kufunyanwe kube yindumiso nodumo nenkazimulo ekubonakaleni kukaJesu Kristu; 8 eningambonanga niyamthanda; enikholwa kuye, nakuba ningamboni manje, nithokoza ngentokozo engakhulumekiyo negcwele inkazimulo; 9 namukela isiphetho sokukholwa kwenu, ukusindiswa kwemiphefumulo yenu. 10 abaprofethi abayifunisisa, bayihlolisisa ngensindiso, abaprofetha ngomusa owawuzakuza kini; 11 behlolisisa ukuthi yisiphi, loba esinjani isikhathi uMoya kaKristu owayekubo, efakaza ngaphambili ngenhlupheko zikaKristu lenkazimulo eyayiza kulandela. 12 okwambulelwa kubo ukuthi babengazikhonzi bona, kodwa bakhonza thina ngalezo zinto esezishunyayelwa kini ngabanishumayeza ivangeli ngoMoya oNgcwele othunywe ezulwini; okuyizinto izingilosi ezifisa ukuzibona. 13 Ngakho-ke bophani izinkalo zengqondo yenu, nizithibe, nithembele kuze kube sekupheleni umusa ozolethwa kini ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu; 14 njengabantwana abalalelayo, lingabuki njengezinkanuko zakuqala ekungazini kwenu; 15 Kodwa njengalokhu onibizile engcwele, nani yibani ngcwele kukho konke ukuziphatha; 16 Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Yibani ngcwele; ngoba mina ngingcwele. 17 Futhi uma nibiza uBaba owahlulela wonke umuntu ngokomsebenzi womuntu engakhethi buso, sebenzisani isikhathi sokuhlala kwenu lapha ngokwesaba; 18 Njengoba nazi ukuthi anihlengwanga ngezinto ezinokonakala, isiliva negolide, enkambweni yenu eyize enayamukeliswa oyihlo; 19 kodwa ngegazi likaKristu eliligugu, njengelewundlu elingelasici lengelasici. 20 owamiselwa ngaphambili ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe, kodwa wabonakaliswa kini kulezizikhathi zokugcina;
21 enikholwa ngaye kuNkulunkulu owamvusa kwabafileyo, wamnika inkazimulo; ukuze ukholo lwenu nethemba libe kuNkulunkulu. 22 Njengoba senihlambulule imiphefumulo yenu ngokulalela iqiniso ngoMoya kuze kube sothandweni olungazenzisi lwabazalwane, qinisekani ukuthi nithandane ngenhliziyo ehlanzekileyo; 23 nizelwe ngokusha, kungengambewu ephelayo, kodwa ngengenakonakala, ngezwi likaNkulunkulu eliphilayo nelimi phakade. 24 Ngoba yonke inyama injengotshani, futhi yonke inkazimulo yomuntu injengembali yotshani. Utshani buyabuna, nembali yabo iyavuthuluka; 25 Kodwa ilizwi leNkosi limi kuze kube nininini. Leli yizwi elashunyayelwa kini ngevangeli. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Ngakho lahlani ububi bonke, nayo yonke inkohliso, nokuzenzisa, nomhawu, nakho konke ukuhleba; 2 Njengezingane ezisanda kuzalwa langazelelani ubisi lwezwi olungenakonakala, ukuze nikhule ngalo; 3 uma kunjalo seninambithile ukuthi iNkosi inomusa. 4 okuza kuye kungathi etsheni eliphilayo, elaliwa ngempela ngabantu, kodwa elikhethiweyo nguNkulunkulu, eliyigugu; 5 Nani njengamatshe aphilayo nakhiwe nibe yindlu yomoya, ubupristi obungcwele, ukuze ninikele imihlatshelo yomoya eyamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu. 6 Ngakho-ke kukhona embhalweni ukuthi: “Bheka, ngibeka eSiyoni itshe legumbi elikhethiweyo, eliyigugu; 7 Ngakho kini enikholwayo uligugu, kepha kwabangakholwayo itshe abalinqabayo abakhi yilo laba yinhloko yegumbi; 8 netshe lokukhubekisa, nedwala lokuwisa, kwabakhubekayo ngezwi ngokungalilaleli, okumiselwe lokho futhi. 9 Kepha nina niluhlanga olukhethiweyo, ubupristi obobukhosi, isizwe esingcwele, abantu bakhe; ukuze nishumayele ubukhosi balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo; 10 enanikade ningesiso isizwe, kepha manje ningabantu bakaNkulunkulu, enaningahawukelwanga, kepha manje nihawukelwe. 11 Bathandekayo, ngiyanincenga njengabafokazi nezihambi ukuba nidede ezinkanukweni zenyama ezilwa nomphefumulo; 12 nibe nenkambo enhle phakathi kwabezizwe, ukuze kuthi lapho benihleba ngathi ningabenzi bokubi, bakhazimulise uNkulunkulu ngosuku lokuhanjelwa ngemisebenzi yenu emihle abayoyibona. 13 Zithobeni kuzo zonke izimiso zabantu ngenxa yeNkosi: kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusenkosini, njengophakeme; 14 noma kubabusi njengabathunywe nguye ukuze bajezise abenzi bokubi, batuse abenza okuhle. 15 Ngokuba injalo intando kaNkulunkulu, ukuthi ngokwenza okuhle nithulise ukungazi kwabantu abayiziwula; 16 njengabakhululekileyo, njalo lingasebenzisi inkululeko yenu njengesigubuzelo sobubi, kodwa njengezinceku zikaNkulunkulu.