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1 Rumal riꞌ chitzaqa bꞌa kanoq ronojel etzelal, ri taqchiꞌnik pa mak, kawachaj, tiꞌtatem xuqujeꞌ ronojel uwach bꞌanoj tzij.

So then, laying aside all malignity—even all deceit and play-actings and envies, yes all malicious speaking—

2 Chirayij ri utzij ri Dios jetaq ri kubꞌan jun laj akꞌal kurayij ri leche rech jeriꞌ kixkiꞌyik pa ri ikolotajem.

crave the pure spiritual ‘milk’, like newborn babies do, so that by it you may grow into salvation,

3 Jeriꞌ chibꞌana rumal cher iwetaꞌm chik chi ri Ajawxel sibꞌalaj utz.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is benevolent.

4 Ri Cristo are kꞌaslik abꞌaj chaꞌtal rumal ri Dios ri xetzelax kumal ri winaq. Chixqebꞌ rukꞌ Areꞌ.

Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected indeed by men but chosen by God, precious—

5 Ri ix kꞌut jer ix kꞌo kꞌaslik taq abꞌaj ri kakoj chuyakik ri Templo rech chikajil. Jeriꞌ rech kixux chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios rech kitzuj sipanik che ri Dios pa Jesucristo rukꞌ ri utobꞌanik ri Uxlabꞌixel.

you also, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 Ri tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij: Chiwilampeꞌ, kinya pa Sión jun abꞌaj ri nuchaꞌom xuqujeꞌ paqal rajil, xapachin ri kakubꞌiꞌ ukꞌuꞌx chirij man kel ta ukꞌixibꞌal.

That is why the Scripture contains: “Attention, I am laying in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, precious, and the one who rests his trust upon Him will absolutely not be humiliated.”

7 Chiꞌwech ix ri ix kojonelabꞌ waꞌ, we abꞌaj riꞌ sibꞌalaj kꞌo uqꞌij, chike ri man e kojonelabꞌ taj, are waꞌ ri abꞌaj ri xketzelaj uwach pune jeriꞌ xux na ri abꞌaj ri qas kꞌo kutayij.

So then, this recompense is for you who believe, but to those who disobey, “the stone that the builders rejected is just the one that became the chief cornerstone,”

8 Xuqujeꞌ: Jun abꞌaj topibꞌal aqanaj, ri kuꞌtzaq e kꞌi. Ri winaq ketzaqik are man kakinimaj taj ri utz laj tzij ri kabꞌix chike.

also “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; being disobedient to the Word, they stumble, to which, indeed, they were appointed.

9 Ri ix kꞌut ixchaꞌtalik taq ijaꞌl, ix chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios, ix jun tinimit ri ixchaꞌtalik, ix utinimit ri Dios, ix tzijol taq rech ri jeꞌl laj taq uchak ri Dios ri xixresaj loq pa ri qꞌequꞌmal, xixukꞌam loq pa ri mayijabꞌal laj tunal.

But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a private-property people, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

10 Ri ix nabꞌe kanoq man ix utinimit taj ri Dios, kamik kꞌut ix utinimit chik. Ojer man ikꞌamawaꞌm taj ri utoqꞌobꞌ ri Dios kamik kꞌut ikꞌamawaꞌm chik.

who formerly were not a people but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

11 Loqꞌalaj taq wachalal, qas kinta chiꞌwe rukꞌ ronojel na kꞌuꞌx, je ta ne ri ix kꞌo waꞌkatel cho ri uwachulew, chitasa iwibꞌ che ri mak ri kachꞌoꞌjinik rukꞌ ri ikꞌaslemal.

Dear ones, I urge you to abstain from the lusts of the flesh, that war against the soul,

12 Qas utz chixnoꞌjinoq chikiwach ri man e kojonelabꞌ taj, rech man kakibꞌij taj chi itzel kixnoꞌjinik xane are kakil ri utz taq inoꞌjibꞌal rech jeriꞌ kakiya na uqꞌij ri Dios pa ri qꞌij rech kolotajem.

keeping your way of life among the nations praiseworthy (you being foreigners and sojourners), so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, in spite of the praiseworthy deeds they have observed, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Chiꞌnimaj konojel ri e qꞌatal taq tzij rech uwachulew pune are ri qas nim kabꞌan rech,

Therefore subordinate yourselves to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to a king, as being in authority,

14 xuqujeꞌ chiꞌnimaj ri e kitaqoꞌn, rumal cher ri nim qꞌatal tzij are kaqꞌatow tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri kakibꞌan etzelal xuqujeꞌ kuya kiqꞌij ri kakibꞌan utzilal.

or to governors, as being sent by him, both for punishment of evildoers and for praise of good-doers.

15 Ri urayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri Dios are chi kabꞌan ri utzilal rech kaqꞌatex ri etzelal ri kakibꞌan ri itzel taq winaq ri maj ketaꞌmabꞌal.

Because such is the will of God, to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good:

16 We are kibꞌan ri sukꞌal qas kixkꞌojiꞌ na riꞌ pa ri kiritajem, man are ta kibꞌan ri etzelal xane are chibꞌana ri utzilal rech jeriꞌ kikꞌutu chi ix patanil rech ri Dios.

as free (not using the freedom as a cover for evil), yet as slaves of God.

17 Nim chiꞌwila konojel ri winaq, chiꞌloqꞌaj ri alaxik, chimochꞌo iwibꞌ choch ri Dios xuqujeꞌ chinimaj ri nim qꞌatal tzij.

Respect everyone; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

18 Ajchakibꞌ, chimochꞌo iwibꞌ xuqujeꞌ chiꞌnimaj ri ajchoqꞌe chak man xwi taj kiꞌnimaj ri utz kakibꞌan chiꞌwe, xane chiꞌnimaj pune itzel kenoꞌjin chiꞌwe.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unscrupulous.

19 Jeriꞌ rumal cher sibꞌalaj nim kil jun rumal ri Dios pune utz kanoꞌjinik kabꞌan kꞌax che.

For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God someone endures grief, suffering unjustly.

20 ¿Jas kꞌu che nimaꞌq kinaꞌo rukꞌ ri kꞌax kibꞌano? Kabꞌan kꞌax chiꞌwe rumal ri kꞌax ri kibꞌano, we kabꞌan kꞌax chiꞌwe rumal ri utzilal ri kibꞌano, ri Dios kuya na iqꞌij.

For what credit is it if upon sinning and being beaten you endure patiently? But if upon doing good and suffering you endure patiently, this is commendable before God.

21 Are waꞌ ita xixusikꞌij apanoq ri Dios, riꞌ ri Jesucristo xuriq kꞌax, xuqujeꞌ xukꞌut kanoq chiꞌwach jas jeꞌ rajawaxik kixnoꞌjinik.

Now you have been called to this, really, because Christ also suffered in our behalf, leaving you an example that you should follow in His footsteps:

22 Ri Cristo maj jun nitzꞌ laj mak xubꞌano, xuqujeꞌ man xubꞌij ta wi jun kꞌax laj tzij.

who did not commit sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth;

23 Are xbꞌix kꞌax taq tzij che, man xutzalij ta uwach, are xuriq kꞌax, man xuqꞌat taj tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri winaq, xane xujach ribꞌ choch ri sukꞌ laj qꞌatal tzij.

who being reviled did not revile in return, suffering did not threaten but committed it to Him who judges righteously;

24 Ri Cristo xukꞌam bꞌik pa ri utyoꞌjal ri qamak choch ri ripbꞌal, jeriꞌ rech kujkamik man kaqabꞌan ta chik ri mak, xane rech kujkꞌasiꞌk chubꞌanik ri sukꞌal. Xa rumal ri usokotajik ri Cristo xixutzir ix.

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, so that we, having died to those sins, might live for the righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

25 Nabꞌe kanoq, je ri ix kꞌo ri sachinaq chij, kamik kꞌut xixtzalij loq rukꞌ ri ajyuqꞌ ri kakwinik kuchajij ri ikꞌaslemal.

Yes, you were like straying sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.