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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1Kuv yog Petus uas yog Yexus Khetos tus tubtxib, kuv sau tsab ntawv no xa tuaj rau nej txhua tus uas Vajtswv twb xaiv cia los ua Vajtswv haivneeg uas khiav mus nyob txhua nrho qhov txhia chaw hauv lub xeev Pootus, Kalatias, Kapadaukias, Axias thiab Npithinias. 2Vajtswv tus uas yog peb Leej Txiv, nws twb xaiv nej los ua nws haivneeg thiab nws txib nws tus Ntsujplig los pab nej kom nej ua tau nej lub neej rau Vajtswv tau ntsejmuag. Nws muab Yexus Khetos cov ntshav ntxuav nej lub siab kom nej lub siab dawbhuv, thiab nws xav kom nej mloog Yexus Khetos lus. Thov Vajtswv niaj hnub foom koob hmoov rau nej, thiab pab kom nej tau zoo nyob kaj siab lug mus li.
Txojkev Cia Siab uas Ruaj Khov
3Peb yuav tsum ua Vajtswv tus uas yog peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos Leej Txiv tsaug! Rau qhov nws hlub peb kawg li, nws thiaj tsa Yexus Khetos sawv hauv qhov tuag rov qab los pab peb kom peb muaj txojsia tshiab. Nws ua li no peb txojkev cia siab thiaj ruaj khov 4thiab peb niaj hnub tos saib hnub twg peb yuav tau txoj koob hmoov uas Vajtswv npaj tseg rau Vajtswv haivneeg. Vajtswv twb khaws txoj koob hmoov ntawd cia rau saum ntuj ceebtsheej tos nej lawm. Txoj koob hmoov ntawd tsis txawj lwj, tsis txawj phem thiab tsis txawj qub li. 5Vajtswv twb npaj tej ntawd cia rau nej lawm. Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim, nws yuav tsomkwm nej cov uas cia siab rau nws, thiab thaum txog hnub kawg Vajtswv yuav ua rau sawvdaws pom hais tias nej twb dim nej lub txim lawm. 6Txawm yog nej yeej yuav raug kev txomnyem nyuaj siab ib nyuag ntu los nej yuav tsum zoo siab, rau qhov uas nej yuav dim nej lub txim. 7Qhov uas Vajtswv cia nej raug tej kev txomnyem ntawd twb yog Vajtswv sim saib nej muab siab rau ntseeg npaum li cas. Txawm yog kub los neeg yuav tsum muab hluavtaws sim saib puas tseem kub. Yog li ntawd, Vajtswv yuav tsum muab nej txojkev ntseeg uas tseemceeb dua kub sim saib puas yuav thev taus. Yog nej thev taus, thaum txog hnub uas Yexus Khetos los Vajtswv yuav qhuas nej thiab nej yuav tau ntsejmuag. 8Txawm yog nej tsis pom nws los nej yeej hlub nws, thiab txawm yog nej qhovmuag tsis pom nws los nej yeej ntseeg nws. Yog li ntawd, nej thiaj zoo siab kawg nkaus tsis pom qab yuav piav li, 9rau qhov nej tabtom txais txojkev dim nej lub txim raws li uas nej cia siab rau Vajtswv. 10Cov cev Vajtswv lus twb nrhiav thiab ua tib zoo xyuas zaj uas hais txog txojkev dim txim ntawd tseeb tseeb lawm, lawv yog cov uas qhia ua ntej hais txog txoj koob hmoov uas Vajtswv yuav pub rau nej. 11Lawv niaj hnub ua tib zoo xyuas saib tshuav hov ntev thiaj txog lub sijhawm uas muaj li ntawd. Yexus Khetos tus Ntsujplig uas nyob hauv lawv lub siab qhia rau lawv hais tias thaum txog lub sijhawm ntawd Yexus Khetos yuav raug kev tsimtxom thiab tom qab ntawd Yexus yuav tau koob meej. 12Vajtswv twb qhia rau cov cev Vajtswv lus paub lawm hais tias tej haujlwm uas lawv ua ntawd tsis yog muaj nqis rau lawv xwb, tiamsis muaj nqis rau nej, niaj hnub nimno cov neeg uas qhia Txojmoo Zoo, lawv twb qhia tej zaj tseemceeb ntawd rau nej paub lawm, lawv yog cov uas muaj Vaj Ntsujplig tus Dawbhuv lub hwjchim.
Nqua Hu Kom ua Lub Neej Dawbhuv
13Yog li ntawd, nej yuav tsum tu nej lub siab zoo zoo tos, nej yuav tsum kub siab lug ua nej lub neej kom haum Vajtswv siab thiab cia siab ntsoov hais tias thaum Yexus Khetos rov qab los Vajtswv yuav pub Vajtswv txoj koob hmoov rau nej. 14Yav tas los thaum nej tseem tsis tau paub Vajtswv, nej niaj hnub nyiam ua txhaum, tiamsis nimno nej yuav tsum mloog Vajtswv lus, nej tsis txhob cia tej kev phem kev qias kav nej lub siab. 15Vajtswv tus uas tau hu nej los ua nws haivneeg, nws yog tus uas dawbhuv, yog li ntawd nej yuav tsum ua nej lub neej kom dawbhuv thiab. 16Vajtswv txojlus hais tias, “Nej yuav tsum ua neeg dawbhuv rau qhov kuv yog tus uas dawbhuv.” 17Thaum nej thov Vajtswv, nej hu nws hais tias Txiv, Vajtswv yog tus uas txiav txim rau txhua tus raws li tes haujlwm uas sawvdaws tau ua los lawm, nws tsis xaiv leejtwg ntsejmuag; yog li ntawd nej yuav tsum hwm Vajtswv mus tas nej simneej uas nyob hauv ntiajteb no. 18Rau qhov nej yeej paub lawm hais tias Vajtswv twb txhiv nej dim ntawm txoj qub kevcai uas nej cov yawgkoob qhia rau nej lawm. Yam uas Vajtswv muab txhiv nej yam ntawd tsis poob nqi li tej nyiaj tej kub, 19yam ntawd yog Yexus Khetos cov ntshav uas muaj nqis heev, Yexus Khetos zoo li tus menyuam yaj uas tsis muaj ib qho phem lossis dub doog li. 20Vajtswv twb xub xaiv Yexus Khetos cia thaum tsis tau tsim ntuj tsim teb los lawm, thiab lub sijhawm kawg no Vajtswv thiaj txib Yexus Khetos los pab nej. 21Twb yog vim li ntawd, nej thiaj ntseeg Vajtswv tus uas tsa Yexus Khetos sawv hauv qhov tuag rov qab los thiab pub hwjchim rau nws; yog li ntawd, nimno nej thiaj muab siab rau ntseeg thiab cia siab rau Vajtswv tib leeg xwb. 22Qhov uas nej mloog qhov tseeb ua rau nej muaj lub siab dawbhuv, thiab nej thiaj hlub txhua tus uas ntseeg Vajtswv. Yog li ntawd, nej ib tug yuav tsum hlub ib tug tiag tiag. 23Rau qhov nej twb yug dua tshiab lawm, qhov uas nej tau yug dua tshiab ntawd twb yog vim nej ntseeg Vajtswv txojlus uas muaj txojsia nyob mus ibtxhis. Tus uas yug nej ntawd nws tsis txawj tuag nws muaj txojsia nyob mus ibtxhis. 24Raws li Vajtswv txojlus hais tias, “Tej neeg txhua tus puavleej zoo ib yam li tej nroj tsuag, thiab lawv lub hwjchim zoo ib yam li tej paj nroj xwb. Thaum tej nroj tsuag tuag tej paj nroj yuav zeeg tas, 25tiamsis Vajtswv txojlus yuav nyob mus ibtxhis li.” Txojlus no yog Txojmoo Zoo uas twb muaj neeg muab qhia rau nej paub lawm.