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.

Så läggen då bort all ondska och allt svek så ock skrymteri och avund och allt förtal.

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].

Och då I nu ären nyfödda barn, så längten efter att få den andliga oförfalskade mjölken, på det att I genom den mån växa upp till frälsning,

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

om I annars haven »smakat att Herren är god».

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.

Och kommen till honom, den levande stenen, som väl av människor är förkastad, men inför Gud är »utvald och dyrbar»;

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.

och låten eder själva såsom levande stenar uppbyggas till ett andligt hus, så att I bliven ett »heligt prästerskap», som skall frambära andliga offer, vilka genom Jesus Kristus äro välbehagliga för Gud.

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.

Det heter nämligen på ett ställe i skriften: »Se, jag lägger i Sion en utvald, dyrbar hörnsten, och den som tror på den skall icke komma på skam.»

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).

För eder, I som tron, är stenen alltså dyrbar, men för sådana som icke tro »har den sten som byggningsmännen förkastade blivit en hörnsten»,

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.

som är »en stötesten och en klippa till fall». Eftersom de icke hörsamma ordet, stöta de sig; så var det ock bestämt om dem.

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.

I åter ären »ett utvalt släkte, ett konungsligt prästerskap, ett heligt folk, ett egendomsfolk», för att I skolen förkunna hans härliga gärningar, hans som har kallat eder från mörkret till sitt underbara ljus.

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.

I som förut »icke voren ett folk», men nu ären »ett Guds folk», I som »icke haden fått någon barmhärtighet», men nu »haven fått barmhärtighet».

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.

Mina älskade, jag förmanar eder såsom »gäster och främlingar» att taga eder till vara för de köttsliga begärelserna, vilka föra krig mot själen.

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).

Och fören en god vandel bland hedningarna, på det att dessa, om de i någon sak förtala eder såsom illgärningsmän, nu i stället, när de skåda edra goda gärningar, må för dessas skull prisa Gud på den dag då han söker dem.

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,

Varen underdåniga all mänsklig ordning för Herrens skull, vare sig det är konungen, såsom den överste härskaren,

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.

eller det är landshövdingarna, som ju äro sända av honom för att straffa dem som göra vad ont är och för att prisa dem som göra vad gott är.

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]).

Ty så är Guds vilja, att I med goda gärningar skolen stoppa munnen till på oförståndiga och fåkunniga människor.

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].

I ären ju fria, dock icke som om I haden friheten för att därmed överskyla ondskan, utan såsom Guds tjänare.

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

Bevisen var man ära, älsken bröderna, »frukten Gud, ären konungen».

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].

I tjänare, underordnen eder edra herrar med all fruktan, icke allenast de goda och milda, utan också de obilliga.

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]}.

Ty det är välbehagligt för Gud, om någon, med honom för ögonen, tåligt uthärdar sina vedervärdigheter, när han får lida oförskylt.

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.

Ty vad berömligt är däri att I bevisen tålamod, när I för edra synders skull fån uppbära hugg och slag? Men om I bevisen tålamod, när I fån lida för goda gärningars skull, då är detta välbehaglig för Gud.

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.

Ty därtill ären I kallade, då ju Kristus själv led för eder och efterlämnade åt eder en förebild, på det att I skullen följa honom och vandra i hans fotspår.

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

»Han hade ingen synd gjort, och intet svek fanns i hans mun.

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).

När han blev smädad, smädade han icke igen, och när han led, hotade han icke, utan överlämnade sin sak åt honom som dömer rättvist.

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].

Och »våra synder bar han» i sin kropp upp på korsets trä, för att vi skulle dö bort ifrån synderna och leva för rättfärdigheten; och »genom hans sår haven I blivit helade».

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].

Ty I »gingen vilse såsom får», men nu haven I vänt om till edra själars herde och vårdare.