1 Pedro 4

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. 4 They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. 5 They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. 8 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

12 Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 13 But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters. 16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God? 18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"✝4:18 Proverbs 11:31 19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

Ngā Oranga kua Whakahoungia

1 Nā, kua mamae nei o te Karaiti kikokiko mō tātou, e mau koutou ki ngā mea whawhai, arā ki taua whakaaro pū rā anō; ko te tangata hoki, kua mamae te kikokiko kua mutu te hara; 2 mō te wā e toe nei o te noho ki te kikokiko kia kaua i runga i ngā hiahia o te tangata, engari i tā te Atua i pai ai. 3 Kāti hoki mā tātou ko te wāhi o tō tātou ora kua pahemo nei, hei mahinga mā tātou i tā ngā tauiwi i pai ai, i a tātou i haere i runga i te hiahia taikaha, i ngā minamina, i te haurangi wāina, i te kakai, i te inu, i te karakia whakarihariha ki ngā whakapakoko. 4 He mea hou tēnei ki a rātou, arā tō koutou kāhore e rere tahi, e tōrere ki taua kino; ā, kōrero kino iho mō koutou. 5 Me kōrero anō rātou i ā rātou mahi ki a ia, e noho rite nei ki te whakawā i te hunga ora, i te hunga mate. 6 Mō konei rā i kauwhautia ai anō te rongopai ki te hunga kua mate, kia whakahēngia rātou, arā te kikokiko i runga i tā te tāngata, kia ora ia rātou, arā te wairua i runga i tā te Atua.

He Tuari Pai o ngā Pūmanawa i hōmai a te Atua

7 Kua tata ia te whakamutunga o ngā mea katoa; nā, kia whai whakaaro koutou, kia mataara, kia īnoi. 8 I te tuatahi o ngā mea katoa arohaina pūtia koutou e koutou anō; he tini hoki ngā hara ka hīpokina e te aroha. 9 Whakamanuhiritia tētahi e tētahi; kaua e amuamu. 10 Ko te mea kua riro noa i tētahi, i tētahi, meatia atu anō e koutou mā tētahi, mā tētahi, kia rite ki tā ngā tuari pai o ngā hōmaitanga maha a te Atua. 11 Ki te kōrero tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tā ngā kupu a te Atua. Ki te minita tētahi, kia rite tāna ki tō te kaha e hōmai ana e te Atua; kia whai korōria ai te Atua i ngā mea katoa i roto i a Īhu Karaiti; kei a ia te korōria me te mana ake ake. Āmine.

Ngā Mamae, nō te mea he Karaitiana ia

12 E ōku hoa aroha, kaua e kīia he hanga hou te tahunga i roto i a koutou hei whakamātautau i a koutou; ānō he mea hou tēnei kua pā ki a koutou. 13 Engari, ka uru nei koutou ki ngā mamae o te Karaiti, kia hari koutou; he mea hoki e hari ai koutou, whakamanamana rawa, ā te whakakitenga mai o tōna korōria. 14 Ki te tāwaia koutou mō te ingoa o te Karaiti, ka hari koutou; nō te mea e tau ana te Wairua o te korōria, me te Wairua o te Atua ki runga ki a koutou. 15 Kaua ia tētahi o koutou e whakamamaetia mō te mahi patu tangata, mō te tāhae, mō te mahi i te kino, mō te pokanoa ki a ērā meatanga. 16 Ki te whakamamaetia ia tētahi mō te kī he Karaitiana ia, kaua ia e whakamā; engari he mea tēnei e whakakorōria ai ia i te Atua.

17 Ko te wā hoki tēnei e tīmata ai te whakawā ki te whare o te Atua; ki te mea hoki kei a tātou te tuatahi, he pēhea rā te whakamutunga ki te hunga e kore e tahuri ki te rongopai o te Atua? 18 Ā,

"Ki te mea ka ora noa te tangata tika, kei hea he putanga

mō te tangata karakiakore, mō te tangata hara?"

19 Nā, ko te hunga anō kua pai nei te Atua kia whakamamaetia rātou, me tuku e rātou ō rātou wairua ki a ia, arā ki te Kaihanga pono, me te mahi anō ia i te pai.