1 Peter 2

1 Hiti chun umchan phalou ho, mi lheplhahna jouse, phatlhem, mithang thipna, chule ngainom umlou thusei jouse pailhauvin.

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 Naosen sohthah ho bangin, lhagao bongnoi thengsel chu ngaichauvin chutileh lhagao huhhingna a chu na kikhanlhit thei dingu ahi.

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 Tun nanghon Pakai phatna chu natekhah u ahitai.

[Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.

4 Nangho Christa, Pathen Hou-in hingjing inning songpi, henga chu hunga nahi tauve. Ama chu miho pampai ahin, ahinlah Pathen in jana lentah chang dinga alhendoh joh ahitai.

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 Chule nangho, song hingho Pathen in lhagao hou-in a dinga asahdoh chu nahiuve. Akalval ipi um'em, nangho Ama dia thempu thengho nahi tauve. Yeshua Christa Palai hina a Pathen lunglhaina theiya lhagaova kilhaina-thilto chu bol'ah nahi tauve.

[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 Pathen Thubun asei dung juiyin, “Keiman Jerusalema inning songpi kakoiyin, jabolna lentah dinga kilheng dohsa ahi, chule koi hileh Ama tahsan chan chu lungsetna changlouva umloubeh ding ahi,” ati.

[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 Tahbeh in, nangho Ama tahsan hon Pathen in apeh jabolna chu nahetpeh un. Hinlah Ama pampai ho din “insahon adeimouva apampaiyu song chu tun inning sonpin apangtai.”

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 Chule “Ama miho kipalsah chu ahin, chule amaho lhuhna songpi chu ahitai.” Amaho akipalnau ajeh chu amaho Pathen Thun anung pouve, chule amaho dinga kigong achandiu chu akimu tauve.

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 Ahin nangho hitobang chu nahi lou u ahi, ajeh chu nangho lhen tum mite nahiuve. Nangho leng-thempu ho, namtheng, Pathen nei chu nahi tauve. Hijeh a chu, nanghon midang ho Pathen phatna chu navetsah theiju ahitai, ajeh chu Aman muthim lah a kona avah loupi kidangtah a chu napuilut u ahitai.

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 “Masanga chu amite hina photchenna neilou nahiu ahin, tua hi nangho Pathen mite nahiu ahitai. Masanga chu khotona anachanglou nahiu ahin, tua hi Pathen khotona chu changa nahi tauve.”

[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 Deitahte, “chomkhat a dinga khosa chule gamchom mi” nahiu toh kilhon'a kagihsal nahiuve, nangho nalhagaovu douva pang vannoi lung ngaichat hoa konin kikang seuvin.

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 Naheng nakom atahsanlou to cheng khom nahiu chu heuvin lang, chingtheiyun. Chujouleh amahon thildihlou bol a themmo nachan ujongleh ja theiya naum nau chu mudoh uvintin, chule Aman vannoi thu atan teng Pathen chu jana apeh dingu ahi.

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 Pakai jal'in, mihem thuneina jouse jabol un, Lengpa chu gamneipa ahinaa jading ahi,

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 ahilouleh thunei aman alhendoh hijongleh jana pen. Ajeh chu lengpa chun thildihlou bolho gimbol dinga chule thilpha bolho jabolna pedinga amaho chu ngansena apeh ahi.

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 Ja umtah'a hinkho naman diu chu Pathen lunglam ahi, hichun alamlouva ngolhoitah a themmo nahin chanhou chu asuhthip ding ahi.

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 Ajeh chu nangho chamlhat nahiu ahi, hinlah nangho Pathen sohte nahiuve, hiti ahijeh chun nachamlhatnau chu thilse bolnan neihih un.

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 Amitakip jabolun, chule Christian nasopi chu ngailun. Pathen gingin, chule lengpa chu jabol in.

Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.

18 Chule nangho sohho naputeu thuneina chu jana neitoh thon sanguvin. Amahon bol'un tia nahilu chu bolun-amaho chu mihepithem le lunggel toh them ahiseh-u hilouvin, mi engse ahiu jongleh bolun.

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 Ajeh chu Pathen lunglhaina chu nanghon adih ahi ti nahet'u chu naboluva chule alamlouva nakibol nauva jong thohhattah a napan dingu ahi.

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 Ahinai, thilse boljeh a nathoh hatnau chun ima chanding nanei pouve. Hinlah thilphabol jeh a gimbolna nathoh uva thohhattah a napanuva ahileh, Pathen nachunguva lunglhaiyah ahi.

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 Ajeh chu Pathen in Christan nangho dinga gimbol hesoh athoh banga chu gimthohna ding hijongleh thilpha boldinga nakouvu ahi. Ama navettoh uva najui dingu chule akhonung najui dingu ahiye.

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 Ama achonse khapoi, koima cha jong alhemlha khapoi.

[Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.

23 Ama ajumsou jong chun alethuhpoi, agimhesoh thoh pet in jong akithuhpoi. Aman achungchang thu adihtah a thutan jing Pathen khut a angam lhan ahi.

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 Amatah in atahsa chunga ichonsetna hou thingpel chunga chun apoi, hichu eiho chonsetna lama ithiuva chule chonphatna lama ihin theina dingu ahi. Ama kijepna mahahoa chu nanghon damna namu u ahi.

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 Nangho masanga chu avah manga nana hiu ahin, hinlah tun na Chingpau, na lhagaovu Kaihoipa henga chu hung kilekit'ah nahi tauve.

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].