1 Pita 4

1 Ya mere, ebe ọ bụ na Kraịst hụrụ ahụhụ nʼanụ ahụ, unu onwe unu kwesiri inwe ụdị obi ahụ o nwere. Nʼihi na onye tara ahụhụ nʼanụ ahụ akwụsịla ime mmehie.

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

2 Nʼihi nke a, onye dị otu ahụ anaghị ebi ndụ fọdụrụ ya nʼụwa nʼihi agụụ ọjọọ nke ọchịchọ mmadụ, kama ọ na-ebi ya nʼihi imezu ọchịchọ Chineke.

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

3 Nʼoge gara aga unu tufuru ọtụtụ oge ime ihe ndị ahụ na-atọ ndị mba ọzọ ụtọ. Ndụ unu jupụtara nʼagụụ ịkwa iko, na agụụ ime ihe ọjọọ, na ịṅụbiga mmanya oke, na ịkpọ oriri, na ikpere arụsị niile, bụ ihe jọgburu onwe ya na njọ.

for sufficient to us [is] the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

4 Ma ndụ unu na-ebi ugbu a na-eju ha anya ebe ọ bụ na unu anaghị esokwa ha ebi ndụ ọjọọ ndị ahụ ọzọ, nʼihi nke a ha na-ekwutọkwa unu.

in which they think it strange — your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

5 Ma ha ga-eji ọnụ ha kwupụta ihe ha mere nʼihu onye ahụ ga-ekpe ndị dị ndụ na ndị nwụrụ anwụ ikpe.

who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,

6 Ọ bụ nke a mere e ji kwusaa oziọma ọ bụladị nye ndị ahụ nwụrụ anwụ bụ ndị e kperela ikpe mgbe ha dị ndụ, dịka e si ekpe mmadụ niile ikpe, ka ha site na nke a bie ndụ dị ka Chineke si chọọ site na mmụọ ahụ.

for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.

7 Ọgwụgwụ ihe niile adịla nso. Bụrụnụ ndị nwere akọnuche zuruoke, ndị anya doro, ka unu nwee ike na-ekpekwa ekpere.

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

8 Nke kachasị nke, na-ahụrịtanụ onwe unu nʼanya nke ukwuu nʼihi na ịhụnanya na-ekpuchi ọtụtụ mmehie.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

9 Jirinụ obiọma na-elerịta ibe unu ọbịa na-enweghị ntamu ọbụla.

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

10 Onye ọbụla nʼime unu dịka ndị ozi natara onyinye amara nke Chineke, jirinụ onyinye ọbụla unu natara na-ejeritara onwe unu ozi.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

11 Onye na-ekwu okwu ya kwuo ya dị ka ọ bụ nnọọ okwu Chineke ka ọ na-ekwu. Onye na-eje ozi ya jee ya site nʼike ahụ Chineke na-enye. Nʼime ihe niile ka otuto dịrị Chineke site na Jisọs Kraịst. Ọ bụ ya ka otuto niile na ike niile dịrị ruo mgbe niile ebighị ebi. Amen. (aiōn g165)

if any one doth speak — 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister — 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power — to the ages of the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

12 Ụmụnna m, ka ọ hapụ iju unu anya mgbe ọnwụnwa dị iche iche na-abịara unu nʼihi na ihe dị otu a abụghị ihe ọhụrụ nʼebe unu nọ.

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

13 Kama ṅụrịanụ ọṅụ nʼihi na unu so Kraịst na-eketa oke nʼahụhụ ya, ka e sikwa otu a mee ka obi unu jupụta nʼọṅụ, unu ga-etikwa mkpu ọṅụ mgbe a ga-eme ka ebube ya pụta ìhè.

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice — exulting;

14 Ọ bụrụ na a na-ekwutọ unu nʼihi aha Kraịst, unu bụ ndị a gọziri agọzi. Nke a na-ezipụta na mmụọ nke ebube ahụ bụ mmụọ Chineke na-ebi nʼime unu.

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ — happy [are ye], because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

15 Ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu ghara ịta ahụhụ nʼihi na o gburu mmadụ maọbụ dị ka onye ohi, maọbụ dị ka onye na-eme ihe ọjọọ, maọbụ dị ka onye na-anara mmadụ ihe nʼaka ike.

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

16 Ma ihere ekwesighị ime unu mgbe unu na-ata ahụhụ dị ka ndị Kraịst. Kama nyenụ Chineke otuto na unu bụ ndị a na-akpọ aha ahụ.

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

17 Nʼihi na oge eruola, mgbe a ga-amalite ikpe nʼezinaụlọ Chineke. Ọ bụrụ na a ga-ebu ụzọ kpee anyị ikpe, gịnị ga-abụkwanụ ọnọdụ ndị ahụ na-ekwenyeghị nʼoziọma Chineke?

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

18 Ma, “Ọ bụrụkwa na ọ dị ike ịzọpụta onye ezi omume, oleekwanụ olileanya dịrị onye na-amaghị Chineke na onye mmehie?”

And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner — where shall he appear?

19 Ya mere, ndị na-ata ahụhụ dị ka nzube Chineke si dị, nyefeenụ onwe unu nʼaka onye okike, onye kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, ma nọgidenụ na-eme ezi ihe.

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.