Eyoku-1 kaPetros 2:1 Kungoko ke, nibubekile nxamnye bonke ububi, nalo lonke inkohliso, nohanahaniso, nokuhanahanisa umona, nazo zonke izinyeliso; 2:2 Njengeentsana ezisandul’ ukuzalwa, langazelelani ubisi olungagungqiyo lwelizwi, ukuze nikhule ngaloo ndlela: 2:3 ukuba okunene nikuvile, ukuba iNkosi inobubele. 2:4 ekufikeni kwakhe ngokungathi lilitye eliphilileyo, akwalilwa okunene ngabantu; onyuliweyo nguThixo, onqabileyo, 2:5 nani, njengamatye aphilileyo, yakhekani nibe yindlu eyiyeyomoya, eyingcwele ububingeleli bokunyusa imibingelelo eyiyeyomoya, eyamkeleka kakuhle kuye uThixo ngoYesu UKrestu. 2:6 Kungoko ikhoyo nokubakho esibhalweni indawo ethi, Yabona, ndilele eZiyon ilitye lembombo, elinyuliweyo, elinqabileyo; ungabi nazintloni. 2:7 Kuni ngoko bakholwayo, uxabisekile; Abangevayo, ilitye abalicekisayo abakhi, lelona lenziwa intloko yekona, 2:8 Ilitye lesikhubekiso, iliwa lesikhubekiso, kwabo banjalo baya kukhubeka, bengaliva ilizwi; onyuliweyo. 2:9 Ke nina nisisizukulwana esinyuliweyo, isibingeleli esibukumkani, uhlanga olungcwele, a abantu abaqhelekileyo; ukuze nivakalise isidima salowo unako wanibiza ukuba niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okungummangaliso; 2:10 enanifudula ningebantu, ke ngoku ningabantu bakaThixo; enaningenzelwanga nceba, ke ngoku nenzelwe inceba. 2:11 Zintanda, ndiyanivuselela njengabaphambukeli nabasemzini, ukuba nikhumke. iinkanuko zenyama, zona ziwuphumele umkhosi umphefumlo; 2:12 Ihambo yenu mayibe ntle phakathi kweentlanga; bathetha okubi ngani, ngathi ningabenzi bokubi, bathi ngemisebenzi yenu emihle abaya kuthi ngayo iyabona, izukisa uThixo ngomhla wokuvelelwa. 2:13 Wuthobeleni ngoko wonke ummiso ongowomntu, ngenxa yayo iNkosi; makube kukumkani, njengowongamileyo; 2:14 nokuba ngabalawuli, njengabo bathunywe nguye ukuba abe nogwebo; kubenzi bobubi, ibe luzuko lwabenzi bokulungileyo. 2:15 Kuba kukuthanda kukaThixo, ukuba nithi, ngokwenza okulungileyo, nithi cwaka ukungazi kwabantu abaziziyatha. 2:16 nithi ningabakhululekileyo nje, ningabi ngabayenza inkululeko ibe sisigqubuthelo sobubi; abakhonzi bakaThixo. 2:17 Bekani bonke abantu. Thandani abazalwana. Yoyika uThixo. Beka ukumkani. 2:18 Nina bakhonzi, bathobeleni ninako konke ukoyika abanikho; hayi kwabalungileyo kuphela kwaye uthantamisa, kodwa kwanabo bagwenxa. 2:19 Kuba oku kuyabuleleka, ukuba umntu unyamezela, ngenxa yokumazi uThixo intlungu, ukubandezeleka ngokungafanelekanga. 2:20 Kuba kuya kuba ludumo luni na, ukuba nithe nantlithwa nisona? yithathe ngomonde? kodwa ukuba nithi nenze okulungileyo, nive ubunzima, niyakwamkela Ngomonde ke oko kwamkelekile kuThixo. 2:21 Kuba nabizelwa oko; ngokuba noKristu weva ubunzima ngenxa yethu; esishiya nomzekelo, ukuze nilandele emkhondweni wakhe. 2:22 ongenzanga sono, ekungafunyanwanga nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe; 2:23 owathi, etshabhiswa, akaphindi atshabhise; wathi esiva ubunzima, yena akazange asongele; ke ubeyekele kulowo ugwebayo ngobulungisa; 2:24 lowo wazithwala izono zethu ngomzimba wakhe emthini, ukuze thina sibe nifile nje kwizono, niphilela ubulungisa; baphiliswa. 2:25 Kuba beninjengezimvu zilahlekile; kodwa ngoku babuyele kuni Malusi noMphathi wemiphefumlo yenu.