1 Pedro 2

1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. 5 You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is contained in Scripture,

"Behold,*2:6 "Behold", from "הִנֵּה" or "ἰδοὺ", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious.

He who believes in him will not be disappointed."✝2:6 Isaiah 28:16

7 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient,

"The stone which the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone,"✝2:7 Psalms 118:22

8 and,

"a stumbling stone and a rock of offense."✝2:8 Isaiah 8:14

For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme, 14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. 15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 16 Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. 20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God. 21 For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you*2:21 TR reads "us" instead of "you" an example, that you should follow his steps, 22 who didn’t sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."✝2:22 Isaiah 53:9 23 When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.*2:24 or, stripes 25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer*2:25 "Overseer" is from the Greek ἐπίσκοπον, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent. of your souls.

He Kōhatu Ora, he Iwi Tapu

1 Nā, whakarērea atu ngā mauāhara katoa, ngā hīanga katoa, ngā tinihanga, ngā hae, me ngā kupu ngautuarā katoa. 2 Kia rite ki ngā tamariki whānau hou, hiahiatia atu te waiū kore tinihanga o te kupu, ko te mea hoki ia e tupu ai koutou ki te ora tonu; 3 ki te mea kua whakamātautau koutou he tikanga ngāwari tā te Ariki.

4 Ko tō koutou haerenga mai ki a ia ki te kōhatu ora, i whakakāhoretia nei e ngā tāngata, he mea whiriwhiri ia nā te Atua, he mea utu nui; 5 ka hangā hoki koutou, ānō he kōhatu ora hei whare, arā hei mea wairua, hei tohungatanga tapu, hei tāpae atu i ngā patunga tapu, arā i ngā mea wairua, he mea e manakohia ana e te Atua i runga i a Īhu Karaiti. 6 Mō reira, tērā wāhi o te karaipiture:

"Nā, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona

te tino kāmaka o te kokonga,

he mea whiriwhiri, he mea utu nui,

ā, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia

e kore e tukua kia whakamā."

7 Ki a koutou e whakapono nā he mea utu nui ia; ki te hunga whakapono kore ia,

"Ko te kāmaka i kapea e ngā kaihanga,

kua meinga tēnei hei upoko mō te kokonga.

8 Hei kāmaka tūtukitanga waewae ia,

hei toka whakahinga."

Ki te hunga e tūtuki ana ki te kupu, ki te hunga whakapono kore; i whakaritea mai hoki rātou hei pēnei.

9 Ko koutou ia he iwi whiriwhiri, he tohungatanga kīngi, he iwi tapu, he iwi kua riro pū mai mā te Atua; hei whakapuaki i ngā pai o te kaikaranga i a koutou i roto i te pōuri ki tōna mārama whakamīharo. 10 I mua ehara i te iwi, ināianei ia he iwi nā te Atua: kīhai nei i tohungia i mua, ināianei ia ka tohungia.

He Pononga nā te Atua

11 E ōku hoa aroha, ko tāku whakahau atu tēnei, he hunga noho noa, he manene hoki koutou, kia mawehe i ngā hiahia kikokiko e whawhai nei ki te wairua. 12 Kia pai tā koutou whakahaere i roto i ngā tauiwi, mō tā rātou whakapae ki a koutou, he kaimahi koutou i te kino, nā, kia whakakorōria rātou i te Atua ā te rā o te tirohanga mai, ina kite i ā koutou mahi pai.

13 Kia ngohengohe koutou ki ngā tikanga katoa a te tangata, he whakaaro ki te Ariki; ahakoa ki te kīngi, ki te mea nui rawa; 14 ki ngā kāwana rānei, ki te hunga i tonoa mai e ia hei whiu i ngā kaimahi i te kino, hei whakamoemiti ia mō te hunga e mahi ana i te pai. 15 Ko tā te Atua hoki tēnei i pai ai, kia ai ā koutou mahi pai hei puru mō ngā māngai kūware o ngā tāngata whakaarokore. 16 He hunga ehara nei i te herehere, otiia e kore e waiho tō koutou herekoretanga hei hīpoki mō te mauāhara, engari kia rite ki ngā pononga a te Atua. 17 Whakahōnoretia ngā tāngata katoa. Arohaina ngā tēina, ngā tuākana. E wehi ki te Atua. Whakahōnoretia te kīngi.

Te Tauira o te Mamaetanga o Īhu Karaiti

18 E ngā pononga, kia ngohengohe ki ō koutou rangatira, kia nui te wehi; he teka ki te hunga pai, ki te hunga ngāwari anake, ki te hunga whanokē anō hoki. 19 He mea whai whakapainga hoki tēnei, ki te mea nā te mahara ki te Atua ka whakamanawanui ai tētahi ki ngā mea whakapōuri, i a ia e whakamamaetia hētia ana. 20 He aha hoki te korōria, ki te mea ka whakamanawanui, i te mea kua hara koutou, ā, ka motokia? Tēnā ka whakamanawanui, i te mea ka mahi pai, ā, ka whakamamaetia, he mea whai whakapainga tēnei ki te Atua. 21 Nō te mea i karangatia koutou ki tēnei, i whakamamaetia hoki a te Karaiti mō koutou, waiho iho ana e ia he tauira mō koutou, kia aru ai koutou i ōna tapuwae.

22 "Kīhai nei ia i mea i te hara,

kāhore anō hoki i kitea te tinihanga i tōna māngai."

23 Ka taunutia, kīhai ia i taunu atu; ka whakamamaetia, kīhai ia i whakatuma; engari, i tuku i a ia ki te kaiwhakawā tika. 24 Nāna ake i waha ō tātou hara, nā tōna tinana ake, i runga i te rākau, kia whakatūpāpaku ai tātou ki te hara, kia ora ai ki te tika. Nā ōna kārawarawa, i ora ai ō koutou mate. 25 I rite hoki koutou ki te hipi kua kotiti kē; heoi, kua hoki tēnei koutou ki te Hēpara, ki te Pīhopa, o ō koutou wairua.