1 Peter 1
1 I, Peter, who [have been appointed by] Jesus Christ {one whom Jesus Christ [has appointed]} to be an apostle, [am writing this letter] to you believers whom God has chosen to belong to him. [You are living] in [the Roman provinces of] Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. [Just like the Jews who lived in Israel long ago were] scattered [to other countries far from their homes] [MET], you now live [far from] heaven, which is [your true home].
Hiche lekhathot hi Yeshua Christa solchah Peter a kon ahi. Keiman Pathen lhendoh mite gamchom mi dinmun a, Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia chule Bithynia gamkai hoa cheng ho henga kajih ahi.
2 God our Father previously chose you, and his Spirit has set you apart in order that you would obey Jesus Christ. He did that in order that [just like Moses] sprinkled [the Israelites with blood when God established the old covenant] [MET], [Jesus would establish his new covenant with you] with the blood [that flowed from his body when he died]. May God act very kindly to you, and may he give you much [inner] peace.
Pa Pathen in nanahet uva chule masang peh a nalhendoh uva, chule a Lhagaovin nasuhtheng u ahitai. Hichea kona chu nanghon asei na ngaiyuva chule Yeshua Christa thisan a nasop thengu ahitai. Pathen in lungsetna le cham-lungmon napeh be be jengtau hen.
3 Praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because he has been very merciful to [us, he has given us new life] [MET]. Because he has caused Jesus Christ to become alive again after he died, he has enabled us to live very confidently; that is, to fully expect to receive the things [that God/he has promised to give us].
I-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa Pa Pathen ah vahchoina jouse umjing tahen. Ama milungsetna let jeh'a eiho pengthah a ihiu hi Pathen in Yeshua Christa chu athilah a kona akai thou jal jeh ahi.
4 He has enabled us to expect to receive an absolutely imperishable/indestructible [TRI] inheritance that has been {that [God] has} preserved in heaven for us.
Chule eihon gou simjou lou loding ineiyui-gouchan ding chu vana nangho dinga kikoiya ahi.
5 God, by his mighty power, is guarding you as you trust in Jesus. [He is keeping you safe so] that he may, at the end of the time in which we now live (OR, when Jesus returns), completely deliver you [from Satan’s power].
Chule natahsan jaluva chu, Pathen in athahat'a hiche huhhingna hi nakisan kahseuva na honbit uva, mi jousen amutheina dinguva ni nununga hung kilang ding ahi.
6 You rejoice because of what will happen then, but now you are grieving for a short time while [God is allowing] you to be tested {[various things to] test you [MET]}, [as precious metals are tested] {[someone tests precious metals]} [to see if they are pure]. [These trials that you are experiencing are necessary]
Hijehchun kipah tahbeh un. Nanghon phat chomkhat a dinga patepna hahsa tampi nathoh dingu ahivangin, kipana kidangtah namasanguvah aume.
7 to prove that you really do trust in Jesus. His proving that will be more valuable than gold, [which does not last forever even] though it is purified [by being put] {someone tries to make it pure by [putting it]} [in a hot] fire. As a result of your passing the test [and proving that you really do trust in Jesus], God will honor you very highly [TRI] when Jesus Christ comes again.
Hiche patepna ho hin natahsanu chu akicheh monge ti avetsah ding ahi. Meiyin apatep banga natahsan u chu patep'a uma ahin chule sana maimai sanga natahsan nau mantamjo ahivanga, sana kilhantheng banga natahsan u chu kipatep'ah ahi. Hijeh a chu natahsan u chun patepna tintang ato jouva hattah a aum den a ahileh, Yeshua Christa chu vannoi pumpia akiphondoh teng chuleh nangho dinga vahchoina le loupina chule jabolna tamtah ahin lhutding ahitai.
8 You love [Jesus], although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much [DOU]
Ama namu khah louvang uvin nangailu uve. Tuhin Ama namu loulai vanguvin, Ama natahsan tauve; chule nangho kipana loupitah phondoh theihoi hilou chun nakipah tauve.
9 because you are experiencing the result of your believing in him; that is, [God] is saving you [SYN] [from the guilt of your sins].
Ama natahsan jeh uva ahung sohdoh chu na lhagaovu huhhing channa ahung hitai.
10 As for those who [long ago] spoke messages that God had revealed to them about how God would act kindly toward you in ways which you did not deserve, they (investigated very carefully/tried very hard to learn) [DOU] about how God would save you.
Hiche huhhingna thudol, lungset man'a huhhingna nangho dinga kigong chu ahi, themgao hon gaova anasei laiyuva ahetchet nom'u chu.
11 They wanted to know whom the Spirit of Christ that was in them was referring to, and what time he was talking about, when he told beforehand that the Messiah would suffer [and die], and that glorious/wonderful things would happen [to him and to us] afterwards.
Amahon itih phat a ahilouleh itih a asunguva um Christa Lhagao chun Christa gimthohna le khonunga Aloupina kidangtah thudol chu akihou piuva, anaseipeh masah u ham ti chu adatmo uvin ahi.
12 It was revealed to {[God] told} them that it was not for their own sake that he was revealing these things to them, but that it was for your sake. It was these things that were proclaimed to you by those who told you the message [about Christ {that those who told you the message about Christ proclaimed to you]}. They proclaimed these things to you because the Holy Spirit whom [God] sent from heaven [enabled them to do that]. And even angels would like to know more about these [truths about how God saves us].
Amaho chu athupohhou amahoa dinga hilouvin, nanghoa ding joh ahi ti seipeh anahiuve. Chule hiche Kipana Thuphahi nangho koma Vana kona Lhagao Theng thahatna'a seiphonga pang ho chun ahin phondoh u ahitai. Hiche hi akidanna kit chu vantil tenjong lung gutten a hicheho hi avetvet'u ahi.
13 Therefore, [prepare your minds] [MET] [as people] fasten their belts around their waists [to prepare to work]. [What I mean is that] you should (discipline your minds/control what you think about), and by doing that conduct your lives fully and confidently expecting to receive the good things that [God will] kindly [do for you] when Jesus Christ returns [from heaven].
Hijeh chun, phatechan gelun chule kitim themun. Yeshua chu vannoiya ahung kilah tengleh nachunguva lungsetna huhhingna hung lhung ding chu galdot un.
14 [And because you should obey your heavenly Father] [SIM], as children [ought to] obey their fathers [here on earth], do not do the evil things that you used to desire to do when you did not know [God’s truth].
Hiti chun, Pathen thua nungte bangin hinkho mangun. Nalung ngaichat u suhbulhitna dingin masang nahin khouva chun kinungtol kit hih un. Chupet a chu aphajo ding nahet loulaiyu ahi.
15 Instead, just like God, the one who chose you [to belong to him], is (holy/separate from evil), you also must be (holy/separate from evil) in everything that you do,
Hinlah tun, Pathen nadei lhenpau athen tobanga chu nangho jong imalam jousea nathen dingu ahi.
16 because it is {[someone/Moses] has} written [in the Scriptures that God said], “You must be (holy/separate from evil) because I am (holy/separate from evil).”
Ajeh chu Pathen Thubun, “Keima kathen jeh hin nangho jong thengun,” ati.
17 God is the one who (impartially/without favoritism) judges what each person does. Since you call him ‘Father’, live (reverently/with great respect for him) during the time that you are living here on earth. [While you are living here, you are] like exiles/foreigners [MET] [because you are away from heaven, which is your true home].
Chule geldoh uvin, natao nau Vana Pa chun koima lungset tum aneipoi. Aman natoh dung juiyuva nachung thu'u atan ding ahilouleh kipaman napeh dingu ahi. Hitia hi gamsunga kholjin nahi nauva hi Ama jana neiya nagin lhungkei dingu ahi.
18 [Live reverently] because you know that it was not with things that will not last forever, things like gold and silver, that [God] bought you to free you from your useless life-style that you learned from your ancestors.
Ajeh chu nanghon nahe tauve, Pathen in napu napa teuva kona kiloson hinkho panna beiya kona hi lhatdohna man apeh ahitai. Chule hiche lhatna man apeh chu sana ahilouleh dangka thila ahipoi.
19 Instead, [it was] with the precious blood of Christ [that flowed from his body when he died that God bought you. Christ’s death was a perfect sacrifice for us] [MET], [like] the lambs that [the Jewish priests sacrificed were] perfect, without any blemishes/defects/flaws or spots [DOU].
Chonset bei, nolnabei Pathen kelngoinou, Christa thisan manlutah a chu kilhat nahiuve.
20 Christ was chosen [by God] {[God] chose Christ} before the world was created {[he] created the world}. But it was not until now, when the time [in which we are living will soon] end, that he was revealed for your sake.
Pathen in ama chu vannoi kiphudoh masangpeh a nalhat diuva alhendoh chu, hiche ninununga hi Ama hung kiphongdoh a ahitai.
21 Because of what Christ has done, you are trusting in God, who caused Christ to become alive again after he died, and greatly honored him. As a result, God is the one in whom you are trusting and confidently expecting [that he will do great things for you].
Christa jal'a Pathen nahin tahsanu ahitai. Chule nanghon Pathena natahsan u le nakinep nau chu nangap det'u ahitai, ajeh chu Aman Christa chu thinaa konin akaithouvin chule loupina lentah chu napetauve.
22 Because you have been made pure by obeying the truth, with the result that you sincerely love your fellow believers, continue to love each other earnestly and sincerely/wholeheartedly.
Nangho thutah thua nanun phat uva nachonset nauva kona thenga nahi tauve, hijeh a chu tua hi nangho sopi hina a nangho ngailutna dihtah chu nakineito diu ahitai. Nalung gil pum piuvin khat le khat kingailu touvin.
23 [I ask you to do this, because you now have] a new life [MET]. It was not [by means of] something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was [by means of] something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God. (aiōn g165)
Ajeh chu nangho penthahna hi abeiloi ding tuhinkhoa ahipoi. Hinna thah naneiyu hi aitih a umjing ding ahi, ajeh chu hichu Pathen Thuhing jing tonsot'a um jinga kon ahi. (aiōn g165)
24 [We know that this is true] because, [as the prophet Isaiah wrote], All people [will die] [SIM], like grass [dies]. And all the greatness/honor that people have [will not last forever], like the flowers [SIM] [that grow up] in the grass [do not last long]. The grass withers and the flowers die,
Pathen Thubun asei dung juiyin, “Mihemte hi hampa tobangbep ahi, ahoinau jong loujaova pahcha pah tobangbep ahi. Hampa agopjin chule apah chu amolloiji.
