< 1 Peter 2 >
1 Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
Nítorí náà, ẹ fi àrankàn gbogbo sílẹ̀ ni apá kan, àti ẹ̀tàn gbogbo, àti àgàbàgebè, àti ìlara, àti sísọ ọ̀rọ̀ búburú gbogbo.
2 Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
Bí ọmọ ọwọ́ tuntun, kí ẹ máa fẹ́ wàrà ti Ẹ̀mí, èyí tí kò lẹ́tàn, kí ẹ̀yin lè máa tipasẹ̀ rẹ̀ dàgbà sí ìgbàlà,
3 if you have had any experience of the goodness of the Lord.
nísinsin yìí tí ẹ̀yin ti tọ́ ọ wò pé rere ni Olúwa.
4 Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.
Ẹni tí ẹ̀yin ń tọ̀ bọ̀, sí bi òkúta ààyè náà, èyí ti a ti ọwọ́ ènìyàn kọ̀ sílẹ̀ nítòótọ́, ṣùgbọ́n lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, àṣàyàn òkúta iyebíye.
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.
Ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú, bí òkúta ààyè, ni a kọ́ ní ilé ẹ̀mí, àlùfáà mímọ́, láti máa rú ẹbọ ẹ̀mí, tí i ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run nípa Jesu Kristi.
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."
Nítorí nínú Ìwé Mímọ́, ó wí pe: “Kíyèsi i, mo fi pàtàkì òkúta igun ilé àṣàyàn, iyebíye, lélẹ̀ ni Sioni: ẹni tí ó bá sì gbà á gbọ́ ojú kì yóò tì í.”
7 To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone,"
Báyìí fún ẹ̀yin ti ẹ gbà á gbọ́, ó ṣe iyebíye; ṣùgbọ́n fún àwọn tí kò gbà á gbọ́, “Òkúta tí àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé kọ̀sílẹ̀, òun ni ó di pàtàkì igun ilé,”
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.
àti pẹ̀lú, “Òkúta ìdìgbòlù, àti àpáta ìkọ̀sẹ̀.” Nítorí wọ́n kọsẹ̀ nípa ṣíṣe àìgbọ́ràn sí ọ̀rọ̀ náà, sínú èyí tí a gbé yàn wọ́n sí pẹ̀lú.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ni ìran tí a yàn olú àlùfáà, Orílẹ̀-èdè mímọ́, ènìyàn ọ̀tọ̀ ki ẹ̀yin lè fi ọláńlá ẹni tí ó pè yín jáde kúrò nínú òkùnkùn sínú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìyanu rẹ̀ hàn.
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.
Ẹ̀yin tí kì í ṣe ènìyàn nígbà kan rí, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin ti di ènìyàn Ọlọ́run, ẹ̀yin tí kò rí àánú gbà rí, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, ẹ ti rí àánú gbà.
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.
Olùfẹ́ ọ̀wọ́n, mo bẹ̀ yín, bí àjèjì àti àtìpó, láti fàsẹ́yìn kúrò nínú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ara, tí ń ba ọkàn jagun.
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.
Kí ìwà yín láàrín àwọn aláìkọlà dára; pé, bí wọ́n ti ń sọ̀rọ̀ yín bí olùṣe búburú, nípa iṣẹ́ rere yín tí wọn ó máa kíyèsi, kí wọ́n lè máa yin Ọlọ́run lógo lọ́jọ́ ti òun ba bẹ̀ wá wò.
13 Submit, for the Lord's sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,
Ẹ máa tẹríba fún gbogbo ìlànà ènìyàn nítorí ti Olúwa, ìbá à ṣe fún ọba tàbí fún olórí.
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.
Tàbí fún àwọn baálẹ̀, fún àwọn tí a rán láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ láti gbẹ̀san lára àwọn tí ń ṣe búburú, àti fún ìyìn àwọn tí ń ṣe rere.
15 For it is God's will that by doing what is right you should thus silence the ignorant talk of foolish persons.
Ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run sá ni èyí pé, ní rere í ṣe, kí ẹ lè dẹ́kun ọ̀rọ̀ àìmọ̀kan òmùgọ̀ ènìyàn.
16 Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
Ẹ máa gbé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni òmìnira, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ ma ṣe lo òmìnira yín láti bo ibi mọ́lẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n kí ẹ gbé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìránṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run.
17 Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the Emperor.
Ẹ bọ̀wọ̀ fún gbogbo ènìyàn, ẹ fẹ́ àwọn ará, ẹ bẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run, ẹ bọ̀wọ̀ fún ọba.
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.
Ẹ̀yin ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀, ẹ máa tẹríba fún àwọn ọ̀gá yín pẹ̀lú ìbẹ̀rù gbogbo, kì í ṣe fún àwọn ẹni rere àti oníwà tútù nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n fún àwọn òǹrorò pẹ̀lú.
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.
Nítorí pé èyí ní ìgbóríyìn fún, bí ènìyàn bá fi ara da ìrora, ìjìyà lọ́nà àìtọ́, nítorí ọkàn rere sí Ọlọ́run.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ògo kín ni ó jẹ́, nígbà tí ẹ ba ṣẹ̀ tí a sì lù yín, bí ẹ bá fi sùúrù gbà á? Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ẹ̀yin bá ń ṣe rere tí ẹ sì ń jìyà, bí ẹ bá fi sùúrù gbà á, ẹ̀yín ní ọpẹ́ lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
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.
Sí èyí ni a pè yín: nítorí Kristi pẹ̀lú jìyà fún un yin, ó fi àpẹẹrẹ sílẹ̀ fún un yín, kí ẹ̀yin lè máa tọ ipasẹ̀ rẹ̀:
22 He never sinned, and no deceitful language was ever heard from His mouth.
“Òun kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀ kankan, bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni, a kò rí ẹ̀tàn kan lẹ́nu rẹ̀.”
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.
Ẹni, nígbà tí a kẹ́gàn rẹ̀, tí kò sì padà kẹ́gàn; nígbà tí ó jìyà tí kò sì halẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n ó fi ọ̀ràn rẹ̀ lé ẹni ti ń ṣe ìdájọ́ òdodo lọ́wọ́.
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.
Ẹni tí òun tìkára rẹ̀ fi ara rẹ̀ ru ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa lórí igi àgbélébùú, pé kí àwa lè di òkú sí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ki a sì di ààyè sí òdodo, nípa ìjìyà ẹni tí ó mú yín láradá.
25 For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.
Nítorí tí ẹ̀yin ń ṣáko lọ bí àgùntàn, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ẹ̀yin ti padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ olùṣọ́-àgùntàn àti bíṣọ́ọ̀bù ọkàn yín.