1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Simoni Petro, mtumwa na mtume wa Yesu Kristo, kwa wale waliopata imani moja na sisi, yenye thamani, katika hali ya Mungu wetu, na Mwokozi Yesu Kristo.
2 grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani iongezwe katika kumjua Mungu na Yesu Bwana wetu.
3 according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Kwa kuwa uweza wake wa Uungu umetukirimia vitu vyote vipasavyo uzima na utauwa, kwa kumjua yeye aliyetuita kwa utukufu wake na wema wake mwenyewe.
4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Tena kwa hayo ametukirimia ahadi kubwa mno, za thamani, ili kwamba kwa hizo mpate kuwa washirika wa tabia ya Uungu, mkiokolewa na uharibifu uliomo duniani kwa sababu ya tamaa.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Naam, na kwa sababu iyo hiyo mkijitahidi sana kwa upande wenu, katika imani yenu tieni na wema, na katika wema wenu maarifa,
6 and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
na katika maarifa yenu kiasi, na katika kiasi chenu saburi, na katika saburi yenu utauwa,
7 and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
na katika utauwa wenu upendano wa ndugu, na katika upendano wa ndugu, upendo.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Maana mambo hayo yakiwa kwenu na kujaa tele, yawafanya ninyi kuwa si wavivu wala si watu wasio na matunda, kwa kumjua Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Maana yeye asiyekuwa na hayo ni kipofu, hawezi kuona vitu vilivyo mbali, amesahau kule kutakaswa dhambi zake za zamani.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Kwa hiyo ndugu, jitahidini zaidi kufanya imara kuitwa kwenu na uteule wenu; maana mkitenda hayo hamtajikwaa kamwe.
11 for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Maana hivi mtaruzukiwa kwa ukarimu kuingia katika ufalme wa milele wa Bwana wetu, Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them , and be established in the present truth.
Kwa hiyo nitakuwa tayari kuwakumbusha hayo siku zote, ijapokuwa mnayajua na kuthibitishwa katika kweli mliyo nayo.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Nami naona ni haki, maadamu nipo mimi katika maskani hii, kuwaamsha kwa kuwakumbusha.
14 knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Nikijua kwamba kule kuwekea mbali maskani yangu kwaja upesi, kama Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo alivyonionyesha.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Walakini nitajitahidi, kwamba kila wakati baada ya kufariki kwangu mpate kuyakumbuka mambo hayo.
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Maana hatukufuata hadithi zilizotungwa kwa werevu, tulipowajulisha ninyi nguvu zake Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na kuja kwake; bali tulikuwa tumeuona wenyewe ukuu wake.
17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Maana alipata kwa Mungu Baba heshima na utukufu, hapo alipoletewa sauti iliyotoka katika utukufu mkuu, Huyu ni Mwanangu, mpendwa wangu, ninayependezwa naye.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Na sauti hiyo sisi tuliisikia ikitoka mbinguni tulipokuwa pamoja naye katika mlima ule mtakatifu.
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Nasi tuna lile neno la unabii lililo imara zaidi, ambalo, mkiliangalia, kama taa ing'aayo mahali penye giza, mwafanya vyema, mpaka kutakapopambazuka, na nyota ya asubuhi kuzuka mioyoni mwenu.
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Mkijua neno hili kwanza, ya kwamba hakuna unabii katika maandiko upatao kufasiriwa kama apendavyo mtu fulani tu.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Maana unabii haukuletwa po pote kwa mapenzi ya mwanadamu; bali wanadamu walinena yaliyotoka kwa Mungu, wakiongozwa na Roho Mtakatifu.
