1 Peter 1

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

1 我是耶稣基督的使徒彼得，写信给寄居在本都、加拉太、加帕多迦、亚细亚、庇推尼各地的上帝选民。

2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

2 你们按照父上帝预先定好的旨意蒙了拣选，借着圣灵得以圣洁，好顺服耶稣基督，并靠祂的血得到洁净。 愿上帝多多赐给你们恩典和平安！

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

3 愿颂赞归于我们主耶稣基督的父上帝！祂怀着极大的怜悯，透过耶稣基督从死里复活，使我们获得重生，有活泼的盼望，

4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

4 可以承受那不会朽坏、不会腐烂、不会衰残、为你们存留在天上的产业。

5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

5 你们这些因信而蒙上帝用大能保守的人，必能得到那已经预备好、在末世要显明的救恩。

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

6 为此，即使现今你们必须暂时在百般试炼中忍受痛苦，也要满怀喜乐。

7 so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

7 这样，你们的信心经过考验后，比那经过火炼仍会坏掉的金子更加宝贵，使你们可以在耶稣基督显现时得到称赞、荣耀和尊贵。

8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

8 你们虽然没有见过祂，却爱祂；虽然现在看不见祂，却信祂，并且有无法形容、充满荣耀的喜乐。

9 now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

9 因为你们得到了信心带来的果效，就是你们的灵魂得救。

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

10 有关这救恩，那些预言恩典要临到你们的众先知早已详细寻求和查考了。

11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

11 基督的灵曾在他们心中指示他们，预言基督要受苦，然后得荣耀。他们便详细查考这些事在何时、何境况下发生。

12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

12 他们得到启示，知道他们传讲这些事不是为了自己，而是为了你们。现在，那些靠着从天上差来的圣灵向你们传福音的人，已经将这些事传给你们了。连天使也渴望把这些事看个明白。

13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 所以，要预备好你们的心，谨慎自律，专心盼望耶稣基督显现时要带给你们的恩典。

14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

14 你们既是顺服的儿女，就不要再像从前无知的时候那样放纵私欲。

15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

15 那呼召你们的是圣洁的，你们的一切行为也要圣洁。

16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

16 因为圣经上说：“你们要圣洁，因为我是圣洁的。”

17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.

17 既然你们称呼那位按各人的行为公正无私地审判人的上帝为父，就应该存着敬畏的心过你们在世上寄居的日子。

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

18 要知道，你们从传统的、没有意义的生活中被救赎出来，不是靠金银等会朽坏的东西，

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

19 而是靠无瑕无疵的代罪羔羊基督的宝血。

20 He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

20 基督是上帝在创世以前预先拣选的，却在这末世为你们显现。

21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

21 你们借着基督信了使祂从死里复活、赐祂荣耀的上帝，所以，你们的信心和盼望都在于上帝。

22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

22 你们既因顺服真理，洁净了自己的心，能够真诚地爱弟兄姊妹，就当以清洁的心彼此切实相爱。

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

23 你们获得重生，不是借着会腐烂的种子，而是借着不会腐烂的种子——上帝活泼永存的道。

24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

24 因为 “芸芸众生尽如草， 荣华纷缛草上花； 草必枯干花必残，

25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

25 唯有主道永长存。” 这道就是传给你们的福音。