1 Pedro 1

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,*1:1 "Christ" means "Anointed One". to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 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 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 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials, 7 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 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 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 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 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 Therefore prepare your minds for action.*1:13 literally, "gird up the waist of your mind" or "put on the belt of the waist of your mind" Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior, 16 because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."✝1:16 Leviticus 11:44-45

17 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 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 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake, 21 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 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 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. 24 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;

25 but the Lord’s word endures forever."✝1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8

This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

He Mihi

1 Nā Pita, he āpōtoro nā Īhu Karaiti,

Ki te hunga whiriwhiri e noho manene ana i Ponoto, i Karatia, i Kaporokia, i Āhia, i Pitinia. 2 He hunga kua oti te whiriwhiri, te pērā anō me tā te Atua Matua i mātau ai i mua, i runga i te whakatapunga a te Wairua, kia ngohengohe, kia tāuhiuhia ki ngā toto o Īhu Karaiti.

Kia whakanuia ki a koutou te aroha noa, me te rangimārie.

Te Tūmanako Ora

3 Kia whakapaingia te Atua, te Matua o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, nāna nei, nā tāna mahi tohu e nui nei, tātou i whānau hou ai ki te tūmanako ora, i a Īhu Karaiti ka ara ake nei i te hunga mate, 4 ki te kāinga kāhore ōna pirau, kāhore ōna poke, e kore anō hoki e memeha, e puritia mai nei i te rangi mō koutou. 5 Mō te hunga e tiakina nei e te kaha o te Atua i runga i te whakapono, kia taea rā anō te whakaoranga kua rite noa ake nei, ā, ka whakakitea mai ā te wā whakamutunga.

6 Nui atu tō koutou koa ki tēnei, ahakoa pōuri mō te wā iti nei, ki te ai he pōuri, i ngā whakamātautauranga maha. 7 Nā, ko te whakamātautauranga o tō koutou whakapono, nui atu tōna pai i tō te kōura e memeha nei, āe rā, i te mea kua oti te whakamātautau ki te kāpura, ā, ka kitea tōna tukunga iho, he whakamoemiti, he hōnore, he korōria, ā te whakakitenga mai o Īhu Karaiti. 8 Kāhore nei ia e kitea e koutou, heoi, arohaina ana e koutou; ahakoa kāhore koutou e kite ināianei, heoi, i a koutou ka whakapono nei ki a ia, nui atu te koa, he koa korōria, e kore e taea te kōrero; 9 i te mea, ka whiwhi ki te tukunga iho o tō koutou whakapono, ki te whakaoranga o ō koutou wairua.

10 Ko taua whakaora, he mea āta rapu he mea whakataki iho nā ngā poropiti i poropititia ai te aroha noa, arā tēnei i a koutou nei. 11 I a rātou i rapu ai ko tēhea wā, he wā pēhea hoki, tā te Wairua o te Karaiti i roto i a rātou i whakapuaki ai, i a ia e whakaatu ana i mua i ngā mamae o te Karaiti, i te korōria anō hoki ō muri iho. 12 I whakakitea mai nei anō ki a rātou, ehara i te mea mō rātou ake, engari mō tātou, ngā mea i minitatia rā e rātou, kua kōrerotia nei hoki ki a koutou ināianei e te hunga i kauwhautia ai te rongopai ki a koutou, he meatanga nā te Wairua Tapu i tonoa mai nei i te rangi. Hiahia tonu ngā anahera ki te mātakitaki ki aua mea.

He Karanga ki te Oranga Tapu

13 Heoi, whītikiria ngā hope o ō koutou hinengaro, kia mataara, tūmanako atu, ā taea noatia te mutunga, ki te aroha noa e kawea mai ki a koutou ā te whakakitenga mai o Īhu Karaiti. 14 Kia rite ki ngā tamariki ngohengohe; kei rite te āhua ki ngā hiahia taikaha ō mua i a koutou e kūware ana. 15 Engari kia rite ki te kaikaranga i a koutou, he tapu hoki ia; kia tapu anō hoki tā koutou whakahaere katoa; 16 kua tuhituhia nā hoki, "Kia tapu koutou; he tapu hoki ahau."

17 Nā, ki te karanga koutou ki te Matua, ko ia nei hei whakawā mō te mahi a tēnei, a tēnei, kāhore anō hoki āna whakapai kanohi, e noho i runga i te mataku i a koutou e noho manene nei. 18 Kia mahara ehara ngā mea pirau, te hiriwa, te kōura, i te utu mō koutou, i puta mai ai i ā koutou ritenga tekateka i whakarērea mai e ō koutou mātua; 19 engari he toto utu nui me te mea nō te reme kohakore, poke kore, arā nō te Karaiti. 20 I whakaritea nei i mua o te orokohanganga o te ao, ā, kua whakakitea mai nei i te mutunga o ngā wā, he whakaaro hoki ki a koutou, 21 kua meinga nei e ia kia whakapono ki te Atua, nāna nei ia i whakaara ake i te mate, ā, hoatu ana ki a ia he korōria; kia whai whakapono ai koutou, kia whai tūmanakotanga atu ai ki te Atua.

22 Kua horoia nei e koutou ō koutou wairua, i a koutou kua meinga nei e te Wairua kia ngohengohe ki te pono, e kore iho ai he tinihanga o te aroha ki ngā tēina, nā, kia nui te aroha o tētahi ki tētahi, he aroha-ā-ngākau. 23 He mea whānau hou hoki koutou, ehara i te mea nō te purapura pirau, engari nō te mea piraukore, nā te kupu a te Atua, e ora nei, e ū tonu nei, ake ake.

24 "Rite tonu hoki ki te tarutaru ngā kikokiko katoa;

ko te korōria katoa anō hoki o te tangata, ānō he puāwai tarutaru.

E maroke te tarutaru, e ngahoro tōna puāwai;

25 ko te kupu ia a te Ariki, mau tonu ake ake."

Ko te kupu anō tēnei o te rongopai e kauwhautia atu nei ki a koutou.