1 Peter 2
1 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.
१इसलिए सब प्रकार का बैर-भाव, छल, कपट, डाह और बदनामी को दूर करके,
2 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].
२नये जन्मे हुए बच्चों के समान निर्मल आत्मिक दूध की लालसा करो, ताकि उसके द्वारा उद्धार पाने के लिये बढ़ते जाओ,
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
३क्योंकि तुम ने प्रभु की भलाई का स्वाद चख लिया है।
4 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.
४उसके पास आकर, जिसे मनुष्यों ने तो निकम्मा ठहराया, परन्तु परमेश्वर के निकट चुना हुआ, और बहुमूल्य जीविता पत्थर है।
5 [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.
५तुम भी आप जीविते पत्थरों के समान आत्मिक घर बनते जाते हो, जिससे याजकों का पवित्र समाज बनकर, ऐसे आत्मिक बलिदान चढ़ाओ, जो यीशु मसीह के द्वारा परमेश्वर को ग्रहणयोग्य हो।
6 [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.
६इस कारण पवित्रशास्त्र में भी लिखा है, “देखो, मैं सिय्योन में कोने के सिरे का चुना हुआ और बहुमूल्य पत्थर धरता हूँ: और जो कोई उस पर विश्वास करेगा, वह किसी रीति से लज्जित नहीं होगा।”
7 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).
७अतः तुम्हारे लिये जो विश्वास करते हो, वह तो बहुमूल्य है, पर जो विश्वास नहीं करते उनके लिये, “जिस पत्थर को राजमिस्त्रियों ने निकम्मा ठहराया था, वही कोने का सिरा हो गया,”
8 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.
८और, “ठेस लगने का पत्थर और ठोकर खाने की चट्टान हो गया है,” क्योंकि वे तो वचन को न मानकर ठोकर खाते हैं और इसी के लिये वे ठहराए भी गए थे।
9 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.
९पर तुम एक चुना हुआ वंश, और राज-पदधारी, याजकों का समाज, और पवित्र लोग, और परमेश्वर की निज प्रजा हो, इसलिए कि जिसने तुम्हें अंधकार में से अपनी अद्भुत ज्योति में बुलाया है, उसके गुण प्रगट करो।
10 [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.
१०तुम पहले तो कुछ भी नहीं थे, पर अब परमेश्वर की प्रजा हो; तुम पर दया नहीं हुई थी पर अब तुम पर दया हुई है।
11 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.
११हे प्रियों मैं तुम से विनती करता हूँ कि तुम अपने आपको परदेशी और यात्री जानकर उन सांसारिक अभिलाषाओं से जो आत्मा से युद्ध करती हैं, बचे रहो।
12 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).
१२अन्यजातियों में तुम्हारा चाल-चलन भला हो; इसलिए कि जिन-जिन बातों में वे तुम्हें कुकर्मी जानकर बदनाम करते हैं, वे तुम्हारे भले कामों को देखकर उन्हीं के कारण कृपादृष्टि के दिन परमेश्वर की महिमा करें।
13 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,
१३प्रभु के लिये मनुष्यों के ठहराए हुए हर एक प्रबन्ध के अधीन रहो, राजा के इसलिए कि वह सब पर प्रधान है,
14 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.
१४और राज्यपालों के, क्योंकि वे कुकर्मियों को दण्ड देने और सुकर्मियों की प्रशंसा के लिये उसके भेजे हुए हैं।
15 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]).
१५क्योंकि परमेश्वर की इच्छा यह है, कि तुम भले काम करने से निर्बुद्धि लोगों की अज्ञानता की बातों को बन्द कर दो।
16 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].
१६अपने आपको स्वतंत्र जानो पर अपनी इस स्वतंत्रता को बुराई के लिये आड़ न बनाओ, परन्तु अपने आपको परमेश्वर के दास समझकर चलो।
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
१७सब का आदर करो, भाइयों से प्रेम रखो, परमेश्वर से डरो, राजा का सम्मान करो।
18 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].
१८हे सेवकों, हर प्रकार के भय के साथ अपने स्वामियों के अधीन रहो, न केवल भलों और नम्रों के, पर कुटिलों के भी।
19 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]}.
१९क्योंकि यदि कोई परमेश्वर का विचार करके अन्याय से दुःख उठाता हुआ क्लेश सहता है, तो यह सुहावना है।
20 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.
२०क्योंकि यदि तुम ने अपराध करके घूँसे खाए और धीरज धरा, तो उसमें क्या बड़ाई की बात है? पर यदि भला काम करके दुःख उठाते हो और धीरज धरते हो, तो यह परमेश्वर को भाता है।
21 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.
२१और तुम इसी के लिये बुलाए भी गए हो क्योंकि मसीह भी तुम्हारे लिये दुःख उठाकर, तुम्हें एक आदर्श दे गया है कि तुम भी उसके पद-चिन्ह पर चलो।
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
२२न तो उसने पाप किया, और न उसके मुँह से छल की कोई बात निकली।
23 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).
२३वह गाली सुनकर गाली नहीं देता था, और दुःख उठाकर किसी को भी धमकी नहीं देता था, पर अपने आपको सच्चे न्यायी के हाथ में सौंपता था।
24 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].
२४वह आप ही हमारे पापों को अपनी देह पर लिए हुए क्रूस पर चढ़ गया, जिससे हम पापों के लिये मर करके धार्मिकता के लिये जीवन बिताएँ। उसी के मार खाने से तुम चंगे हुए।
25 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].
२५क्योंकि तुम पहले भटकी हुई भेड़ों के समान थे, पर अब अपने प्राणों के रखवाले और चरवाहे के पास फिर लौट आ गए हो।
