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1 पोन्टस, गलातिया, कापाडोकिया, एसिया र बिथिनियाभरि छरिएर रहेका परदेशीहरूलाई येशू ख्रीष्टका प्रेरित पत्रुसबाट ।
To the People of God who are living abroad, dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,
2 येशू ख्रीष्टप्रतिको आज्ञाकारिता र उहाँको रगतको छिट्काइको निम्ति परमेश्वर पिताको पूर्वज्ञानअनुसार पवित्र आत्माको शुद्धिकरणद्वारा चुनिएकाहरू । तिमीहरूमा अनुग्रह होस् र तिमीहरूको शान्तिको वृद्धि होस् ।
and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure.
3 परमेश्वर र हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टका पिता धन्यको हुनुभएको होस् । उहाँको महान् दयामा मृतकहरूबाट येशू ख्रीष्टको पुनरुत्थानद्वारा ईश्वरीय उत्तराधिकारको निश्चयतको लागि हामीलाई नयाँ जन्म दिनुभयो ।
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 किनकि कहिल्यै नष्ट नहुने ईश्वरीय उत्तराधिकारमा कहिल्यै दाग लाग्दैन र यो कहिल्यै बिलाएर पनि जाँदैन । यो तिमीहरूका निम्ति स्वर्गमा संरक्षित छ ।
given us the new Life of undying hope, that promises an inheritance, imperishable, stainless, unfading, which has been reserved for you in Heaven —
5 अन्तिम समयमा प्रकट हुने उद्धारको निम्ति तिमीहरू विश्वासद्वारा परमेश्वरको शक्तिले सुरक्षित राखिएका छौ ।
for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a Salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.
6 अहिले तिमीहरूले विभिन्न किसिमका धेरै कष्टको अनुभव गर्न जरुरी भए तापनि तिमीहरू यसमा रमाउँछौ ।
At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;
7 तिमीहरूको विश्वास जाँचियोस् भनेर यो भएको हो, जुन विश्वास आगोमा नष्ट भएर जाने सुनभन्दा धेरै बहुमूल्य छ । येशू ख्रीष्ट प्रकट हुनुहुँदा तिमीहरूको विश्वास स्थापित भएर यसले प्रशंसा, महिमा र आदर उत्पन्न गरोस् भनेर यसो भएको हो ।
that the genuineness of your faith — a thing far more precious than gold, which is perishable, yet has to be tested by fire — may win praise and glory and honour at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.
8 तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई देखेका छैनौ, तर तिमीहरू उहाँलाई प्रेम गर्छौ । तिमीहरू अहिले उहाँलाई देख्दैनौ, तर तिमीहरू उहाँमा विश्वास गर्छौ र व्यक्त गर्न नसकिने महिमाले भरिपूर्ण आनन्दमा तिमीहरू धेरै खुसी छौ ।
Though you have never seen him, yet you love him; though you do not even now see him, yet you believe in him, and exalt with a triumphant happiness too great for words,
9 अहिले तिमीहरूले आफ्नै निम्ति तिमीहरूको विश्वासको प्रतिफल पाइरहेका छौ, जुनचाहिँ तिमीहरूका प्राणको मुक्ति हो ।
as you receive the reward of your faith in the Salvation of your souls!
10 अगमवक्ताहरूले तिमीहरूका निम्ति हुन आउने अनुग्रहको विषयमा यही मुक्तिको विषयमा ध्यानसित खोजतलास गरेका थिए ।
It was this Salvation that the Prophets, who spoke long ago of the blessing intended for you, sought, and strove to comprehend;
11 तिनीहरूले कस्तो प्रकारको मुक्ति आउँदै छ भनी खोजी गरे । तिनीहरूमा हुनुभएका ख्रीष्टका आत्माले कुन समयको विषयमा बोलिरहनुभएको छ भन्ने कुराको पनि तिनीहरूले खोजी गरे । यो कार्य त्यति बेला भइरहेको थियो जति बेला उहाँले अगाडिबाट नै तिनीहरूलाई येशू ख्रीष्टका कष्टहरू र त्यसपछि आउने महिमाको बारेमा बताउँदै हुनुहुन्थ्यो ।
as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that would befall Christ, and the glories that would follow.
12 यो अगमवक्तालाई प्रकट गरिएको थियो जुन तिनीहरूले यी कुराहरूको सेवा गरिरहेका थिए, तिनीहरू आफ्नै लागि होइन तर तिमीहरूका लागि । यी कुरा स्वर्गबाट पठाइनुभएका पवित्र आत्माबाट तिमीहरूलाई प्रचार भएको सुसमाचार ल्याउनेहरूद्वारा तिमीहरूलाई सुनाइएको छ । यी कुराहरू प्रकट होऊन् भनेर स्वर्गदूतहरू पनि इच्छा गर्छन् ।
And it was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were acting as Ministers of the truths which have now been told to you, by those who, with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven, have brought you the Good News — truths into which even angels long to look.
13 त्यसकारण, तिमीहरूका मनलाई बाँध । आफ्नो सोचाइमा संयमी होओ । येशू ख्रीष्ट तिमीहरूकहाँ प्रकट हुनुहुँदा तिमीहरूकहाँ ल्याइने अनुग्रहमा पूर्ण आशा राख ।
Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.
14 आज्ञाकारी छोराछोरीहरू भएकाले तिमीहरूसँग अन्जान हुँदा तिमीहरूले पछ्याएका इच्छाहरूमा नचल ।
Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,
15 तर तिमीहरूलाई बोलाउनुहुने जस्तो पवित्र हुनुहुन्छ, तिमीहरू पनि आ-आफ्ना जीवनका सबै व्यवहारमा पवित्र होओ ।
but in your whole life show yourselves to be holy, after the pattern of the Holy One from whom you received your Call.
16 किनकि यस्तो लेखिएको छ, “तिमीहरू पवित्र होओ किनकि म पवित्र छु ।”
For Scripture says — ‘You shall be holy, because I am holy.’
17 जसले प्रत्येक व्यक्तिलाई उसको कामअनुसार भेदभाव नगरी न्याय गर्नुहुनेलाई तिमीहरू “पिता” भन्छौ भने, आफ्नो यात्राको समय आदरमा बिताओ ।
And since you call upon him as ‘Father,’ who judges every one impartially by what he has done, let reverence be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay upon earth.
18 तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ, कि तिमीहरूले तिमीहरूका सांसारिक पिताहरूबाट सिकेका मूर्ख बानीहरूबाट नष्ट भएर जाने चाँदी वा सुनबाट छुटकारा पाएका होइनौ ।
For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,
19 तर तिमीहरूले येशू ख्रीष्टको आदरयोग्य रगतद्वारा छुटकारा पाएका छौ, जो दोषरहित र दागरहित थुमा हुनुहुन्छ ।
but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ.
20 येशू संसारको जग बसालिनुभन्दा पहिले नै छानिनुभएको थियो, तर यी अन्तिम समयहरूमा उहाँ तिमीहरूका निम्ति प्रकट हुनुभएको छ ।
Destined for this before the beginning of the world, he has been revealed in these last days for your sakes,
21 तिमीहरू उहाँद्वारा परमेश्वरमा विश्वास गर्छौ, जसलाई तिमीहरूका विश्वास र आशा परमेश्वरमा रहून् भनेर परमेश्वरले मृतकहरूबाट पुनर्जीवित पार्नुभयो र उहाँलाई महिमा दिनुभयो ।
who, through him, are faithful to God who raised him from the dead and gave him honour, so that your faith and hope are now in God.
22 सत्यताको आज्ञाकारिताद्वारा निष्कपट भातृ-प्रेमको निम्ति तिमीहरूले आफ्नो प्राण शुद्ध बनायौ । त्यसैले, आफ्नो हृदयबाट एक-अर्कालाई प्रेम गर ।
Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;
23 तिमीहरू नयाँ गरी जन्मेका छौ, त्यो नाशवान् वीर्यबाट होइन, तर जीवित र रहिरहने परमेश्वरको वचनको अविनाशी वीर्यबाट । (aiōn g165)
since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God. (aiōn g165)
24 किनकि “सबै देह घाँसजस्तै हुन् र तिनका सबै महिमा घाँसका फुलजस्तै हुन् । घाँस सुक्छ र फुल ओइलाउँछ ।”
For — ‘All earthly life is but as grass, and all its splendour as the flower of grass. The grass fades, its flower falls,
