1 Pedro 5

1 Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly; 3 not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock. 4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."✝5:5 Proverbs 3:34 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. 13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you. So does Mark, my son. 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.

Peace be to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Te Kāhui a te Atua

1 He whakahau tēnei nāku ki ngā kaumātua i roto i a koutou, he hoa kaumātua hoki ahau, he kaiwhakaatu mō ngā mamae o te Karaiti, kua whiwhi tahi nei hoki ki te korōria e whakakitea mai i muri. 2 Whāngainga te kāhui a te Atua i roto i a koutou; kaua e ngākaukore ina tirotiro, engari kia hihiko; kaua, mō te taonga hē, engari i runga i te ngākau nui. 3 Kaua anō hoki e whakatupu rangatira ki tā te Atua wāhi, engari hei tauira koutou ki te kāhui. 4 Ā, kia puta mai te Tino Hēpara, ka whiwhi koutou ki te karauna korōria e kore e pirau.

5 Me koutou anō hoki, e ngā taitamariki, kia ngohengohe ki ngā kaumātua. Kia ngohengohe anō hoki, koutou katoa, tētahi ki tētahi, ko te ngākau pāpaku anō hei whītiki mō koutou; nō te mea hoki,

"E pakeke ana te Atua ki te hunga whakapehapeha,

ka hoatu ia e ia he aroha noa ki te hunga pāpaku."

6 Nā, whakapāpaku iho koutou i raro i te ringaringa kaha o te Atua, kia whakateiteitia ake ai koutou e ia i te, wā e pai ai. 7 Makā atu ō koutou mānukanuka katoa ki runga ki a ia; e whakaaro ana hoki ia ki a koutou.

8 Kia mataara, kia matapopore; kei te hāereere hoki tō koutou hoa whawhai, te rēwera, ānō he raiona e ngengere ana, e rapu ana i te tangata hei horomanga māna. 9 Kia ū ki te whakapono, ka tū atu ai ki a ia; me te mahara anō ka rite aua mamae nei anō i ō koutou tēina i te ao.

10 Nā, mā te Atua o ngā mahi aroha noa katoa, i karangatia ai koutou ki tōna korōria mutungakore i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, ka oti koutou te whakamamae i tēnei wā iti nei, māna koutou e mea kia tino rite, māna e whakaū, māna e whakakaha, māna e whakapūmau. 11 Waiho atu i a ia te korōria me te kaha ake ake. Āmine.

Poroporoaki

12 Kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ētahi kupu torutoru, hei maunga atu mā Hirawanu; he teina pono ia nō koutou ki tōku whakaaro. He whakahau atu tēnei, he whakaatu nāku, ko te tino aroha noa tēnei o te Atua e tū nei koutou.

13 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou te hāhi i Papurōna, i whiriwhiria ngātahitia nei koutou; me tāku tamaiti anō hoki me Māka. 14 Oha atu tētahi ki tētahi, hei te kihi aroha anō.

Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou katoa i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.