1 Pedro 2
1 Por lo que desechando toda malicia, y todo engaño, y fingimientos, y envidias, y toda habla mala,
Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not (be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have), and do not (envy/be jealous of) others. Do not ever slander anyone.
2 Como niños recién nacidos, deseád ardientemente la leche no adulterada de la palabra, para que por ella crezcáis:
Just like newborn babies [long for their mothers’] pure milk [MET], you should long for [God’s] spiritual [truth], so that by learning it you may become [spiritually] mature. [You need to] do this until the day when God [will] free you completely [from all the evil in this world].
3 Si empero habéis gustado que el Señor es benigno.
[Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
4 Al cual allegándoos, como a la piedra viva, reprobada cierto de los hombres, empero elegida de Dios, y preciosa,
You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is [like an important] stone [MET] [put in the foundation of a building], [but he is] alive, [not lifeless like a stone]. He was rejected by [many] people {[Many] people rejected him}, but God chose him and [considers him] to be very precious.
5 Vosotros también, como piedras vivas, sed edificados para ser una casa espiritual, un sacerdocio santo, para ofrecer sacrificios espirituales, agradables a Dios por medio de Jesu Cristo.
[And like men] build houses with stones [MET], [God] is causing you to be joined together into a group in which [God’s] Spirit [lives], in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, [do things] that are pleasing to God.
6 Por lo cual también contiene la Escritura: He aquí, yo pongo en Sión la principal piedra del ángulo, escogida, preciosa; y el que creyere en él no será confundido.
[What Isaiah wrote] in the Scriptures [shows us that this is true]. [He wrote these words that God said]: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem [MTY] [one who is like] [MET] an extremely valuable [DOU] (stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building), and those who believe in him will never be disappointed.
7 Para vosotros pues que creeis él es precioso; mas para los desobedientes, la piedra que los edificadores reprobaron, esta fue hecha la cabeza del ángulo,
Therefore, [God will] honor you who believe in [Jesus]. But those who [refuse to] believe in him [are like the builders] that this Scripture [talks about]: The stone that the builders rejected has become (the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building).
8 Y piedra de tropiezo, y roca de escándalo, a aquellos que tropiezan en la palabra, siendo desobedientes; a lo que también fueron destinados.
And [it is also written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures: [He will be like] a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. [Just as people are injured when] they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message [about Jesus are injured spiritually], and that is what [God] determined would happen to them.
9 Mas vosotros sois el linaje elegido, el real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo ganado, para que anuncieis las virtudes de aquel que os ha llamado de las tinieblas a su luz admirable:
But you are people whom God has chosen [to belong to him]. You are [a group that represents God like] priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are (a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil). You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of [God. He has] called you from [your former ways], [when you were ignorant of his truth], into the marvelous [understanding that he gives us] [MET]. [That is, he has called you] out of [spiritual] darkness into [spiritual] light.
10 Vosotros, que en el tiempo pasado eráis no pueblo, mas ahora sois pueblo de Dios, que en el tiempo pasado no habíais alcanzado misericordia, mas ahora habéis ya alcanzado misericordia.
[What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you] Formerly, you were not a people [who had a relationship with God], But now you are God’s people. At one time [God] had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you.
11 Amados, yo os ruego, como a extranjeros y caminantes, os abstengáis de los deseos carnales, que batallan contra el alma,
You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners [MET, DOU] [whose real home is in heaven]. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires (fight against/always oppose) your souls.
12 Y tengáis vuestra conversación honesta entre los Gentiles; para que en lo que ellos murmuran de vosotros como de malhechores, glorifiquen a Dios en el día de la visitación, estimándoos por las buenas obras.
Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. [If you do that], although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes [to judge people], they will (give honor to him/say that what he does is right).
13 Sed pues sujetos a toda ordenación humana por causa del Señor: ahora sea a rey, como a superior:
For the sake of the Lord [Jesus], submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority,
14 Ahora a los gobernadores, como enviados por él, para venganza de los malhechores, y para loor de los que hacen bien.
and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right.
15 Porque esta es la voluntad de Dios, que haciendo bien, embozaléis la ignorancia de los hombres vanos:
What God wants is that by your doing [only] what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know [God] to be unable to say things ([to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished]).
16 Como estando en libertad, y no como teniendo la libertad por cobertura de malicia, sino como siervos de Dios.
Conduct your lives as though you were free [from having to obey authorities], but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God [should].
17 Honrád a todos. Amád la fraternidad. Teméd a Dios. Honrád al rey.
Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
18 Vosotros, siervos, sed sujetos con todo temor a vuestros señores; no solamente a los buenos y humanos, mas aun también a los rigurosos.
You slaves [who are believers], submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who [act in a] good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who [act in a] harsh way [towards you].
19 Porque esto es agradable, si alguno a causa de la conciencia, que tiene delante de Dios, sufre molestias, padeciendo injustamente.
You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer [because of being treated unjustly by their masters] {[their masters have treated them unjustly]}.
20 Porque ¿qué gloria es, si pecando vosotros sois abofeteados, y lo sufrís? empero si haciendo bien, sois afligidos, y lo sufrís, esto es cierto agradable delante de Dios.
God will certainly not [RHQ] be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will (commend/be pleased with) you.
21 Porque para esto fuisteis llamados, pues que también Cristo padeció por nosotros, dejándonos un modelo, para que vosotros sigáis sus pisadas.
One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would [suffer]. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would (imitate what/do like) he did.
22 El cual no hizo pecado, ni fue hallado engaño en su boca:
[Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
23 El cual maldiciéndole, no tornaba a maldecir; y cuando padecía, no amenazaba; sino que remitía su causa al que juzga justamente.
When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten (to get revenge/to cause them to suffer). Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he (was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong) (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly).
24 El mismo que llevó nuestros pecados en su cuerpo sobre el madero, para que nosotros siendo muertos a los pecados, viviésemos a la justicia. Por las heridas del cual habéis sido sanados.
He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your [souls have been saved] [MET] [from being sinful, as people’s bodies] are healed [from being sick].
25 Porque vosotros eráis como ovejas descarriadas; mas ahora sois ya convertidos al Pastor, y Obispo de vuestras almas.
Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to [Jesus], who cares for your souls [as] a shepherd [cares for his sheep] [MET].
