1 Pedro 2
1 Busa isalikway ang tanang pagkadaotan, tanang paglimbong, pagpakaaron-ingnon, kasina, ug ang tanang pagpangdaot.
Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not (be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have), and do not (envy/be jealous of) others. Do not ever slander anyone.
2 Sama sa mga bata nga bag-ong natawo, naninguha sa lunsay nga espirituhanong gatas, aron nga pinaagi niini kamo motubo diha sa kaluwasan,
Just like newborn babies [long for their mothers’] pure milk [MET], you should long for [God’s] spiritual [truth], so that by learning it you may become [spiritually] mature. [You need to] do this until the day when God [will] free you completely [from all the evil in this world].
3 kung nakatilaw kamo nga ang Ginoo maayo.
[Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
4 Duol kaniya nga mao ang buhing bato nga gisalikway sa mga tawo, apan kana gipili sa Dios ingon nga bililhon alang kaniya.
You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is [like an important] stone [MET] [put in the foundation of a building], [but he is] alive, [not lifeless like a stone]. He was rejected by [many] people {[Many] people rejected him}, but God chose him and [considers him] to be very precious.
5 Kamo usab sama sa buhing mga bato nga gitukod aron mahimong usa ka espirituhanong balay, aron mamahimong balaan nga pagkapari nga naghalad sa espirituhanong mga paghalad nga makapahimuot sa Dios pinaagi kang Jesu-Cristo.
[And like men] build houses with stones [MET], [God] is causing you to be joined together into a group in which [God’s] Spirit [lives], in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, [do things] that are pleasing to God.
6 Ang Kasulatan nag-ingon niini, “Tan-awa, nagbutang ako sa Zion ug usa ka mahinungdanong bato, pinili ug bililhon. Si bisan kinsa nga motuo kaniya dili gayod maulawan.”
[What Isaiah wrote] in the Scriptures [shows us that this is true]. [He wrote these words that God said]: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem [MTY] [one who is like] [MET] an extremely valuable [DOU] (stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building), and those who believe in him will never be disappointed.
7 Ang dungog unya alang kanimo nga mituo. Apan, “ang gisalikway nga bato sa mga magtutukod, kini mahimong ulo sa patukoronan”—
Therefore, [God will] honor you who believe in [Jesus]. But those who [refuse to] believe in him [are like the builders] that this Scripture [talks about]: The stone that the builders rejected has become (the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building).
8 ug, “ang bato nga makapandol ug ang bato nga makapadagma.”Sila mangapandol, nga nagasupak sa pulong, nga mao usab ang ilang padulngan.
And [it is also written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures: [He will be like] a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. [Just as people are injured when] they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message [about Jesus are injured spiritually], and that is what [God] determined would happen to them.
9 Apan mga pinili kamo nga katawhan, ang harianong pagkapari, balaan nga nasod, ang katawhan nga gipanag-iya sa Dios, aron nga mapahibalo ninyo ang kahibulangang mga buhat sa nagtawag kaninyo gikan sa kangitngit ngadto sa iyang kahibulongang kahayag.
But you are people whom God has chosen [to belong to him]. You are [a group that represents God like] priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are (a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil). You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of [God. He has] called you from [your former ways], [when you were ignorant of his truth], into the marvelous [understanding that he gives us] [MET]. [That is, he has called you] out of [spiritual] darkness into [spiritual] light.
10 Kaniadto dili kamo katawhan, apan karon kamo katawhan na sa Dios. Wala kamo nakadawat ug kaluoy, apan karon nadawat na ninyo ang kaluoy.
[What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you] Formerly, you were not a people [who had a relationship with God], But now you are God’s people. At one time [God] had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you.
11 Mga hinigugma, gitawag ko kamo ingon nga mga langyaw ug mga dumuduong aron molikay gikan sa unodnong mga tinguha, diin naghimog panag-away batok sa inyong kalag.
You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners [MET, DOU] [whose real home is in heaven]. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires (fight against/always oppose) your souls.
12 Kinahanglan nga aduna kamoy maayong pamatasan taliwala sa mga Gentil, aron nga, kung mosulti sila nga nagbuhat kamo sa daotang mga butang, makita nila ang maayo ninyong binuhatan ug magdayeg sa Dios sa adlaw sa iyang pagbalik.
Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. [If you do that], although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes [to judge people], they will (give honor to him/say that what he does is right).
13 Tumana ang matag tawhanong katungod alang sa Ginoo. Tumana ang mga hari ingon nga labaw,
For the sake of the Lord [Jesus], submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority,
14 ug ang mga gobernador usab, nga gipadala aron mosilot sa nagbuhat ug daotan ug magdayeg niadtong nagbuhat ug maayo.
and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right.
15 Kay kini mao ang kabubut-on sa Dios, nga sa pagbuhat ug maayo mapahilom ninyo ang walay pulos nga istorya sa mga buangbuang nga mga tawo.
What God wants is that by your doing [only] what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know [God] to be unable to say things ([to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished]).
16 Ingon nga mga tawong gawasnon, ayaw gamita ang inyong kagawasan ingon nga tabon alang sa pagkadaotan, apan pagpakasama sa mga alagad sa Dios.
Conduct your lives as though you were free [from having to obey authorities], but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God [should].
17 Tahora ang tanang mga tawo. Higugmaa ang kaigsoonan. Kahadloki ang Dios. Tahora ang hari.
Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
18 Mga sulugoon, pagpasakop kamo sa inyong mga agalon uban ang bug-os nga pagtahod. Pagpasakop kamo dili lamang sa maayo ug sa malumo nga mga agalon, apan ngadto usab sa mga daotan.
You slaves [who are believers], submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who [act in a] good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who [act in a] harsh way [towards you].
19 Kay kini dalaygon si bisan kinsa nga molahutay sa kasakit samtang nag-antos sa dili makataronganon tungod sa iyang kahibalo sa Dios.
You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer [because of being treated unjustly by their masters] {[their masters have treated them unjustly]}.
20 Kay unsay dungog niana kung kamo nakasala ug unya molahutay samtang gisilotan? Apan kung nagbuhat kamo ug maayo unya kamo nag-antos samtang gisilotan, kini kahimut-an sa Dios.
God will certainly not [RHQ] be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will (commend/be pleased with) you.
21 Kay tungod niini kamo gitawag, tungod kay si Cristo usab nag-antos alang kaninyo. Nagbilin siya ug panag-ingnan alang kaninyo aron sundon ang iyang mga dalan.
One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would [suffer]. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would (imitate what/do like) he did.
22 Wala siya nakahimo ug sala, ni limbong nga makita diha sa iyang baba.
[Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
23 Sa dihang siya giinsulto, wala siya mibalos sa pag-insulto. Sa dihang nag-antos siya, wala siya mibalos, apan gitugyan niya ang iyang kaugalingon ngadto sa matarong nga maghuhukom.
When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten (to get revenge/to cause them to suffer). Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he (was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong) (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly).
24 Siya mismo ang nagpas-an sa atong mga sala sa iyang lawas ngadto sa kahoy, aron nga wala na gayod kitay kabahin diha sa sala, ug aron nga magkinabuhi kita alang sa pagkamatarong. Pinaagi sa iyang mga labod kamo nangaayo.
He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your [souls have been saved] [MET] [from being sinful, as people’s bodies] are healed [from being sick].
25 Kamong tanan naglatagaw sama sa nasalaag nga mga karnero, apan karon nahiuli na kamo ngadto sa magbalantay ug tigpanalipod sa inyong mga kalag.
Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to [Jesus], who cares for your souls [as] a shepherd [cares for his sheep] [MET].
