1 Peter 4
1 Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,
既然基督身体受苦，你们必须用和他同样的态度，自己做好准备——因为那些肉体上受苦之人已经远离了罪。
2 and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
你不会凭着人的欲望度过余生，而是去做上帝想让你做的事。
3 Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.
过去你已经用足够的时间追随世俗：不道德、性放纵、醉酒狂欢、聚会、酗酒和令人反感的偶像崇拜。
4 And, because you do not run to the same extremes of profligacy as others, they are astonished, and malign you.
你如果不加入他们野蛮而过分的生活方式，他们就会感到很奇怪，就会诅咒你。但以后，他们必须向那准备审判生者和死者的人，解释他们都做了什么。
5 But they will have to answer for their conduct to him who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.
这就是为什么要把福音传给那些已经死去之人——
6 For that was why the Good News was told to the dead also — that, after they have been judged in the body, as men are judged, they might live in the spirit, as God lives.
这样虽然他们作为有罪之人受到正确的审判，但对上帝而言，他们可以活在灵中。
7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
一切即将结束！因此当你祈祷时，要清楚地思考并保持警觉。
8 Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for ‘Love throws a veil over countless sins.’
最重要的是，你们应该深深地爱着彼此，因为爱可以包容人们所做的许多错误之事。
9 Never grudge hospitality to one another.
彼此热情对待，不要抱怨。
10 Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.
无论你获得了什么礼物，都要与你们中的其他人分享，因为你明智地用各种不同的方式展示上帝的恩典。
11 When any one speaks, let him speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When any one is endeavouring to serve others, let him do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honour ed through Jesus Christ — to whom be ascribed all honour and might for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
任何说话之人都应该这样做，就好像上帝正在通过他们说话一样。。任何想帮助他人之人，都应该通过上帝赐予的力量帮助他人，这样就可以让上帝在每一件事上，都可以通过耶稣基督得到荣耀。愿荣耀和力量永永远远属于他。阿门。 (aiōn g165)
12 Dear friends, do not be astonished at the fiery trials that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
我的朋友们，不要对你正经历的“火的考验”感到惊慌，好像这考验乃意料之外。
13 No, the more you share the sufferings of the Christ, the more may you rejoice, that, when the time comes for the manifestation of his Glory, you may rejoice and exult.
要快乐地分担基督的苦难，因为当他出现在其荣耀之中，你就会极其幸福！
14 If you are reviled for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine Glory and the Spirit of God are resting upon you.
如果你因基督的名而受到咒诅，你就是被祝福的，因为上帝的荣耀之灵就在你身上。
15 I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians.
如果你受苦，不应该是作为杀人犯、小偷、罪犯或说出流言蜚语而受苦，
16 But, if a man suffers as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed of it; let him bring honour to God even though he bears that name.
而是应该是因为你是基督徒，所以你就不必感到羞耻。相反，要赞美神，因为你被这个名字所呼唤！
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the House of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God’s Good News?
因为当审判到来之际，就是先从上帝的家开始。如果从我们这里开始，拒绝上帝福音之人会有怎样的结局？
18 If ‘a good man is saved only with difficulty, what will become of the godless and the sinful?’
“如果那些良善正直之人很难得救，反对上帝的罪人又会怎样？”
19 Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.
上帝是值得信赖的造物者，根据上帝的意愿受苦之人，应该确保自己做善事。
