1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
Praise to God for a Living Hope
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
Be Holy
13Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”⚓ 17Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. 22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.⚓23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25but the word of the Lord endures forever.”⚓ And this is the word that was preached to you.
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1Petus uas yog Yexus Khetos tus tubtxib hais mus rau cov uas khiav mus nyob ua lwm haiv neeg rau txhua qhov hauv lub xeev Phauthia, lub xeev Kalatia, lub xeev Khapadaukia, lub xeev Axia thiab lub xeev Npithinia, yog cov uas Vajtswv xaiv cia lawd, 2raws li leej Txiv Vajtswv tau teem cia ua ntej lawd, thiab Vaj Ntsuj Plig tau muab cais ua tus dawb huv kom mloog Yexus Khetos lus thiab raug Yexus cov ntshav nchos rau. Thov Vajtswv txojkev hlub thiab txojkev siab tus tsav ntxiv rau nej ntau zuj zus.
Kev vam uas ruaj khov
3Qhuas Vajtswv uas yog peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos leej Txiv. Vim Vajtswv txojkev khuvleej uas loj kawg, nws thiaj pub peb yug dua tshiab koom txojkev vam uas ciaj sia nyob mus ib txhis, vim qhov uas Yexus Khetos ciaj sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los, 4thiab koom tej qub txeeg qub teg uas tsis txawj lwj, tsis muaj qhov phem qhov qias thiab tsis txawj ploj uas twb khaws cia rau saum ntuj rau nej lawm. 5Vim nej ntseeg, Vajtswv lub hwjchim twb tsom kwm nej kom tau txojkev dim uas npaj txhij yuav tshwm los rau hnub kawg. 6Nej xyiv fab kawg rau tej no, txawm yog nimno nej raug ntau yam kev sim siab ib nyuag ntu kuj xij. 7Tej kev sim siab ntawd sim nej txojkev ntseeg saib puas muaj tseeb. (Nej txojkev ntseeg muaj nqes dua kub uas txawj ploj tag los tseem raug hluavtaws sim.) Peb thiaj yuav raug qhuas thiab tau meej mom thiab koob meej rau thaum Yexus Khetos rov los. 8Nws yog tus uas nej tsis tau pom dua los nej tseem hlub nws. Txawm yog nimno nej tsis pom nws los nej tseem ntseeg thiab muaj kev zoo siab xyiv fab heev kawg uas piav tsis txawj tag, 9vim nej txais yam uas nej txojkev ntseeg vam ntsoov, yog qhov uas nej tus ntsuj plig tau txojkev dim. 10Cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus uas hais txog Vajtswv txojkev hlub uas yuav tshwm los rau nej twb nrhiav thiab xawb txhua zog txojkev dim no. 11Lawv tshawb nrhiav tus neeg thiab lub sijhawm⚓ uas Khetos tus ntsuj plig uas nyob hauv lawv qhia rau lawv, rau thaum nws hais ua ntej txog qhov uas Khetos yuav raug kev tsim txom thiab hais txog lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab uas yuav tshwm los tom qab ntawd. 12Vajtswv qhia lawv paub hais tias lawv tsis yog tu lawv tus kheej tiamsis tu nej rau tej uas lawv hais no, yog tej uas nimno cov uas tshaj tawm txoj xov zoo twb tshaj tawm rau nej ntawm Vaj Ntsuj Plig dawb huv uas raug txib saum ntuj los lawm, yog tej uas cov tubtxib saum ntuj xav pom.
Ua lub neej dawb huv
13Vim li no nej lub siab cia li npaj kom txhij, paub tswj nej tus kheej thiab cia li vam tag nrho rau txojkev hlub uas yuav pub rau nej rau thaum Yexus Khetos rov los. 14Ib yam li tus menyuam uas mloog lus, tsis txhob xyaum raws li nej tej kev ntshaw uas nej muaj thaum ub uas nej tsis paub qabhau dabtsi li. 15Tiamsis tus uas hu nej dawb huv li cas, nej yuav tsum ua neeg dawb huv rau txhua yam uas nej ua ib yam li ntawd, 16rau qhov muaj lus sau cia hais tias, “Nej yuav tsum ua neeg dawb huv, vim kuv yog tus dawb huv.”⚓ 17Vim nej thov hu leej Txiv uas txiav txim rau txhua tus raws li lawv tau ua los lawd tsis saib leejtwg ntsej muag, nej cia li ua nej lub neej ntshai rwg rau thaum nej ua qhua nyob hauv ntiajteb no. 18Nej kuj paub tias nej raug txhiv dim hauv lub neej uas tsis muaj qabhau uas nej saws ntawm nej tej poj koob yawm txwv los. Yam uas txhiv nej los ntawd tsis yog yam uas txawj puam tsuaj yam li nyiaj thiab kub, 19tiamsis yog Khetos cov ntshav muaj nqes, ib yam li tus menyuam yaj uas tsis muaj chaw thuam thiab tsis muaj ib qho phem cov ntshav. 20Twb muab Yexus npaj tseg cia thaum tsis tau tsim ntuj tsim teb lawm, tiamsis nws tshwm los rau tiam kawg no pab nej. 21Vim muaj Yexus nej thiaj tso siab rau Vajtswv uas tsa Yexus ciaj sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los thiab pub hwjchim ci ntsa iab rau nws, nej thiaj muaj kev ntseeg thiab kev vam rau hauv Vajtswv. 22Vim nej ua raws li txojkev tseeb thiaj ntxuav tau nej lub siab kom dawb huv lawm, nej thiaj muaj lub siab txawj sib hlub tuaj nruab siab tiag tiag, nej cia li siv zog sib hlub ntawm lub siab dawb paug. 23Nej twb yug dua tshiab lawm, tsis yog lub noob uas txawj lwj tag tiamsis yog lub noob uas tsis txawj lwj, vim Vajtswv txojlus uas muaj txojsia thiab nyob mus li. 24Rau qhov, “Ib tsoom neeg zoo yam li tej nroj tsuag, thiab lawv lub meej mom tsuas zoo li tej paj nroj. Tej nroj tsuag tuag tshav qhuav, tej paj kuj zeeg, 25tiamsis tus Tswv tej lus yuav nyob ruaj mus ib txhis.”⚓ Tej lus no yog txoj xov zoo uas twb piav tag rau nej lawm.