1 Pitrosi
1 UPitrosi, umpostoli kaJesu Krestu, ezakhamuzini zesikhatjhana ezirhatjhekele ePontusi, eGalatiya, eKaphadosiya, e-Asiya neBhithiniya, kilabo abakhethwe 2 ngokwazi kwakaZimu uBaba kusesengaphambili, nangokucwengiswa ngommoya, ngomnqopho wokulalela nokufafazwa ngeengazi zakaJesu Krestu:
Kwangathi umusa omkhulu nokuthula kungandiswa kini.
3 Akadunyiswe uZimu onguBaba weKosethu uJesu Krestu, ngombana ngesirhawu sakhe esikhulu usinikele ukubelethwa kabutjha ethembeni eliphilako ngokuvuswa kwakaJesu Krestu kwabafileko, 4 elifeni elingonakaliko, elihlwengileko nelingatjhwabiko. Libekelwe nina ezulwini, 5 nina enivikelwa ngamandla kaZimu ngokukholwa ngebanga lesindiso elungele ukwambulwa esikhathini sokuphela. 6 Ngebanga lalokhu nithaba khulu, nanyana nje kutlhogeka nibe lisizi kwesikhatjhana ngeenlingo ezihlukahlukeneko, 7 ukuze ukukholwa kwenu okulingiweko, kwezinga elikhulu kunegolide elitjhabalalako naphezu kobana lilingwe* ngomlilo, kunenze nidunyiswe, niphazinyuliswe begodu nihlonitjhwe ekwambulweni kwakaJesu Krestu. 8 Nanyana ningakhenge nimbone, niyamthanda. Nanyana ningamboni nje, niyakholwa kuye begodu nithaba khulu ngethabo elingahlathululekiko neliphazimulako, 9 njengombana namukela umphumela wokukholwa kwenu, okukusindiswa kwenu.
10 Malungana nesindiso le, abaphorofidi abaphorofida ngomusa omkhulu olungiselelwe nina baphenyisisa ngekuthalo begodu bahlolisisa ngokuzimisela. 11 Baragela phambili baphenyisisa ukuthi ummoya ongaphakathi kwabo uthi kuzokwenzekani begodu ngasiphi isikhathi malungana noKrestu njengombana unikela ubufakazi kusesengaphambili ngokutlhaga kwakaKrestu nephazimulo azoyifumana ngemva kwalokho. 12 Bembulelwa ukuthi abazisebenzeli bona, kodwana basebenzela nina, malungana nalokho esele nitjelwe khona ngilabo abamemezela iindaba ezimnandi kini ngommoya ocwengileko owathunyelwa uvela ezulwini. Iingilozi zifisa khulu ukuzwisisa izintwezi.
13 Qiniselani iingqondo zenu umsebenzi; niqaquluke ngokupheleleko; bekani ithemba lenu emuseni omkhulu ozokulethwa kini ekwambulweni kwakaJesu Krestu. 14 Njengabantwana abalalelako, lisani ukubunjwa ziinkanuko ebeninazo ngesikhathi ninganalwazi, 15 kodwana njengoCwengileko owanibizako, cwengekani kikho koke ukuziphatha kwenu, 16 ngombana kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Kufuze nicwengeke, ngombana nami ngicwengile.”
17 Nangabe nibiza uBaba owahlulela ngokungakhethi ngokuya ngokomsebenzi womunye nomunye, ziphatheni ngokusaba phakathi nesikhathi sokuba kwenu zizakhamuzi zesikhatjhana. 18 Ngombana niyazi ukuthi endlelenenu yokuphila elilize enayifumana kibokhokho benu,* akhenge nitjhatjhululwe* ngezinto ezonakalako njengesiliva namkha igolide. 19 Kodwana bekungeengazi eziligugu, njengezemvana enganabala nemsulwa, ekungezakaKrestu. 20 Kuliqiniso, waziwa kusesengaphambili lingakathomi iphasi, kodwana wabonakaliswa ekupheleni kweenkhathi ngebanga lenu. 21 Ngaye niyakholwa kuZimu, owamvusa kwabafileko begodu wamnikela iphazimulo, ukuze ukukholwa nethemba lenu kube kuZimu.
22 Nje-ke njengombana senizicwengisile ngokulalela kwenu iqiniso nafumana ithando elinganabuzenzisi ngomunye nomunye, thandanani khulu ngokusuka ehliziyweni. 23 Ngombana ninikelwe ukubelethwa kabutjha, ingasi ngembewu eyonakalako, kodwana ngembewu engonakaliko,* ngelizwi lakaZimu ophilako nohlala ngokungapheliko. 24 Ngombana “boke abantu banjengotjani, nephazimulo yabo yoke injengethuthumbo lemmangweni; utjani buyatjhwaba, nethuthumbo liyathintheka, 25 kodwana ilizwi lakaJehova lihlala bekube phakade.” Begodu ‘ilizweli’ liziindaba ezimnandi ezamenyezelwa kini.