1 Peter 2
1 Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
Odbacite dakle svaku pakost i svaku prijevaru i licemjerje i zavist i sva opadanja,
2 Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
I budite željni razumnoga i pravoga mlijeka, kao novoroðena djeca, da o njemu uzrastete za spasenije;
3 if you have had any experience of the goodness of the Lord.
Jer okusiste da je blag Gospod.
4 Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.
Kad doðete k njemu, kao kamenu živu, koji je, istina, od ljudi odbaèen, ali od Boga izabran i pribran:
5 And be yourselves also like living stones that are being built up into a spiritual house, to become a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
I vi kao živo kamenje zidajte se u kuæu duhovnu i sveštenstvo sveto, da se prinose prinosi duhovni, koji su Bogu povoljni, kroz Isusa Hrista.
6 For it is contained in Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a Cornerstone, chosen, and held in honour, and he whose faith rests on Him shall never have reason to feel ashamed."
Jer u pismu stoji napisano: evo meæem u Sionu kamen krajeugalan izbrani i skupocjeni; i ko njega vjeruje neæe se postidjeti.
7 To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone,"
Vama dakle koji vjerujete èast je; a onima koji se protive kamen koji odbaciše zidari on posta glava od ugla, i kamen spoticanja i stijena sablazni:
8 and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed.
Na koji se i spotièu koji se protive rijeèi, na što su i odreðeni.
9 But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
A vi ste izbrani rod, carsko sveštenstvo, sveti narod, narod dobitka, da objavite dobrodjetelji onoga koji vas dozva iz tame k èudnome vidjelu svome;
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not found mercy, but now you have.
Koji nekad ne bijaste narod, a sad ste narod Božij; koji ne bijaste pomilovani, a sad ste pomilovani.
11 Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.
Ljubazni! molim vas, kao došljake i goste, da se èuvate od tjelesnijeh želja, koje vojuju na dušu.
12 Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.
A vladajte se dobro meðu neznabošcima, da bi za ono za što vas opadaju kao zloèince, vidjevši vaša dobra djela, hvalili Boga u dan pohoðenja.
13 Submit, for the Lord's sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,
Budite dakle pokorni svakoj vlasti èovjeèijoj, Gospoda radi: ako caru, kao gospodaru;
14 or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.
Ako li knezovima, kao njegovijem poslanicima za osvetu zloèincima, a za hvalu dobrotvorima.
15 For it is God's will that by doing what is right you should thus silence the ignorant talk of foolish persons.
Jer je tako volja Božija da dobrijem djelima zadržavate neznanje bezumnijeh ljudi.
16 Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
Kao slobodni, a ne kao da biste imali slobodu za pokrivaè pakosti, nego kao sluge Božije.
17 Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the Emperor.
Poštujte svakoga: braæu ljubite, Boga se bojte, cara poštujte.
18 Household servants, be submissive to your masters, and show them the utmost respect--not only if they are kind and thoughtful, but also if they are unreasonable.
Sluge! budite pokorni sa svakijem strahom gospodarima ne samo dobrima i krotkima nego i zlima.
19 For it is an acceptable thing with God, if, from a sense of duty to Him, a man patiently submits to wrong, when treated unjustly.
Jer je ovo ugodno pred Bogom ako Boga radi podnese ko žalosti, stradajuæi na pravdi.
20 If you do wrong and receive a blow for it, what credit is there in your bearing it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you bear it patiently, this is an acceptable thing with God.
Jer kakva je hvala ako za krivicu muke trpite? Nego ako dobro èineæi muke trpite, ovo je ugodno pred Bogom.
21 And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.
Jer ste na to i pozvani, jer i Hristos postrada za nas, i nama ostavi ugled da idemo njegovijem tragom;
22 He never sinned, and no deceitful language was ever heard from His mouth.
Koji grijeha ne uèini, niti se naðe prijevara u ustima njegovijem;
23 When He was reviled, He did not answer with reviling; when He suffered He uttered no threats, but left His wrongs in the hands of the righteous Judge.
Koji ne psova kad ga psovaše; ne prijeti kad strada; nego se oslanjaše na onoga koji pravo sudi;
24 The burden of our sins He Himself carried in His own body to the Cross and bore it there, so that we, having died so far as our sins are concerned, may live righteous lives. By His wounds yours have been healed.
Koji grijehe naše sam iznese na tijelu svojemu na drvo, da za grijehe umremo, i za pravdu živimo; kojega se ranom iscijeliste.
25 For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.
Jer bijaste kao izgubljene ovce, koje nemaju pastira; no sad se obratiste k pastiru i vladici duša svojijeh.
