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¹Therefore, ⚓laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, ²⚓as newborn babes, desire the pure ⚓milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, ³if indeed you have ⚓tasted that the Lord is gracious.

The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

⁴Coming to Him as to a living stone, ⚓rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, ⁵you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
⚓“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
⁷Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
⚓“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
⁸and
⚓“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
⚓They stumble, being disobedient to the word, ⚓to which they also were appointed.
⁹But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of ⚓darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰⚓who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Living Before the World

¹¹Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts ⚓which war against the soul, ¹²⚓having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, ⚓they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Submission to Government

¹³⚓Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, ¹⁴or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. ¹⁵For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— ¹⁶⚓as free, yet not ⚓using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. ¹⁷Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear ⚓God. Honor the king.

Submission to Masters

¹⁸⚓Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. ¹⁹For this is⚓commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰For ⚓what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. ²¹For ⚓to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, ⚓leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
²²“Who ⚓committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
²³⚓who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but ⚓committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; ²⁴⚓who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, ⚓that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—⚓by whose stripes you were healed. ²⁵For ⚓you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned ⚓to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Tamáu Tamoong

¹Ngkíq, cóq anhia cachian táh nheq ranáq sâuq. Chỗi táq ntỡng lauq; chỗi cakéq; chỗi sa‑on cumíq; cớp chỗi voŏq sâuq yớu. ²Cóq anhia ham parnai Yiang Sursĩ samoât carnễn mbỡiq canỡt ham dỡq tóh. Chơ anhia bữn dáng sa‑ữi ễn tễ ngê Yiang Sursĩ, cớp anhia bữn tamoong mantái, ³yuaq anhia khoiq chim chơ tễ ŏ́c sarũiq táq tễ Ncháu hái.
⁴Cóq anhia toâq pỡ Ncháu. Án la samoât tamáu tamoong cũai khoiq táh, ma tamáu ki Yiang Sursĩ khoiq rưoh cớp án pasếq lứq. ⁵Cóq anhia toâq yỗn cỡt samoât tamáu tamoong tê, chơ chiau yỗn Yiang Sursĩ ĩt tâc anhia dŏq táq tanang dống sang Yiang Sursĩ. Ngkíq anhia cỡt samoât cũai tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ tâng dống ki. Anhia chiau sang crơng yỗn Yiang Sursĩ tễ mứt pahỡm anhia, cỗ nhơ tễ Yê-su Crĩt. ⁶Tâng tâm saráq Yiang Sursĩ tễ mbŏ́q khoiq pai neq:
“Cứq rưoh muoi cốc tamáu pasếq lứq,
chơ dŏq tâng soq dống cứq táq tâng vil Si-ôn.
Aléq ca sa‑âm tamáu ki,
án tỡ nai pứt ŏ́c ngcuang.”⚓
⁷Anhia ca khoiq sa‑âm, lứq anhia pasếq tamáu ki, ma máh cũai tỡ bữn sa‑âm, Yiang Sursĩ pai tễ mbŏ́q neq:
“Cốc tamáu cũai táq dống khoiq táh,
lứq samoât noau hữm tamáu ki o hỡn tễ máh tamáu canŏ́h.
Chơ alới ĩt cớp chĩp bân soq dống.”⚓
⁸Cớp parnai Yiang Sursĩ pai neq tê:
“Tamáu nâi cũai cudốh,
chơ alới chanchũai.
Alới cudốh, chơ alới dớm.”⚓
Cũai tũl tamáu ki la cỗ alới tỡ bữn sa‑âm parnai Yiang Sursĩ. Yiang Sursĩ khoiq anoat yỗn alới táq ngkíq.
⁹Ma anhia la cũai Yiang Sursĩ khoiq rưoh. Anhia cỡt cũai tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ, án la Puo. Anhia la cũai miar khong Yiang Sursĩ. Yiang Sursĩ arô anhia yỗn cỡt cũai atỡng máh ranáq salễh án khoiq táq. Án arô anhia yỗn loŏh tễ ntốq canám, cớp yỗn anhia ỡt tâng ntốq poang ang‑ữr ca án khoiq thrũan dŏq.⚓ ¹⁰Tễ nhũang anhia tỡ bữn cỡt tỗp ntrớu, ma sanua anhia la tỗp Yiang Sursĩ. Tễ nhũang Yiang Sursĩ tỡ bữn sâng sarũiq anhia, ma sanua án sarũiq táq anhia.

Cỡt Sũl Yiang Sursĩ

¹¹Sễm ai ơi! Anhia la samoât cũai tamoi, samoât cũai ỡt dỡ tâng cốc cutễq nâi. Máh ramứh sac sâiq hái dốq yoc, chỗi yỗn ramứh ki clũom mứt pahỡm anhia. ¹²Cóq anhia táq pỡq o ỡt parnơi cớp cũai tỡ yũah sa‑âm. Khân ngkíq, toâq noau yoc ễ tũn apớt anhia táq ranáq tỡ o, nheq alới hữm ranáq anhia táq la o. Chơ tangái Ncháu toâq loah pỡ cutễq nâi, dếh alới ki hỡ bữn khễn Yiang Sursĩ.
¹³Cóq anhia trĩh máh cũai sốt tâng dỡi nâi, yuaq Yiang Sursĩ ễq anhia trĩh alới, dếh puo sốt lứq, ¹⁴dếh ayững atĩ puo ớn toâq manrap máh cũai lôih cớp khễn cũai o. ¹⁵Yiang Sursĩ yoc anhia táq ngkíq dŏq cupât chíq bỗq cũai sacũl. Alới tỡ têq pai noâng anhia, khân anhia táq níc ranáq o. ¹⁶Anhia la tỡ cỡn cũai sũl, ma anhia chỗi ưo tễ ŏ́c ki dŏq táq ranáq lôih. Cóq anhia cỡt samoât sũl yỗn Yiang Sursĩ. ¹⁷Cóq anhia yám noap nheq tữh cũai, cớp ayooq máh cũai sa‑âm. Cóq anhia cucốh sang Yiang Sursĩ cớp yám noap puo.

Yê-su Crĩt Chĩuq Túh Coat

¹⁸Máh anhia ca táq ranáq yỗn cũai canŏ́h, cóq anhia trĩh cớp yám noap cũai ncháu anhia, tỡ cỡn ống ncháu ca laviei cớp táq o chóq anhia, ma dếh cũai tachoât hỡ. ¹⁹Lứq Yiang Sursĩ yỗn ŏ́c bốn pỡ cũai ca chĩuq noau táq alới cỗ tian alới ễ puai rangứh Yiang Sursĩ. ²⁰Khân anhia chĩuq tanhĩr noau táq anhia cỗ tian anhia táq lôih, ŏ́c ki Yiang Sursĩ tỡ bữn khễn anhia. Ma khân anhia chĩuq tanhĩr noau táq anhia ma anhia tỡ bữn táq lôih ntrớu, ŏ́c ki bữn kia yáng moat Yiang Sursĩ. ²¹Yiang Sursĩ khoiq arô anhia yỗn chĩuq tanhĩr máh ramứh túh coat. Máh ki tê Crĩt chĩuq yỗn anhia; chơ án cỡt ngôl dŏq paryỗng hái táq puai án tê. ²²Án tỡ bữn táq lôih ntrớu, cớp án tỡ nai pai muoi ŏ́c lauq ntrớu.⚓ ²³Toâq noau ayê ra‑ac, án tỡ bữn ta‑ỡi loah. Toâq noau táq án, án tỡ bữn canứh ntrớu alới. Ma noâm án chiau pỡ Yiang Sursĩ, án ca rasữq pĩeiq lứq chóq nheq tữh cũai. ²⁴Crĩt chĩuq dững tâng tỗ án toâp máh lôih hái táq, bo án cuchĩt tâng aluang sangcáng. Án táq ngkíq, dŏq têq hái cuchĩt tễ ngê tiaq, la ngê ễ táq lôih, chơ hái bữn tamoong loah tâng ngê tamái, la ngê ca ễ táq ống ranáq tanoang o. Cỗ nhơ tễ tỗ chác án chĩuq bớc chũl, anhia khoiq cỡt bán loah. ²⁵Tễ nhũang, anhia cỡt samoât charán cữu clŏ́c rana, ma sanua anhia khoiq píh loah pỡ án ca kĩaq rabán raviei anhia.