1 Peter 2

1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

1 لِذَلِكَ، تَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ كُلِّ أَثَرٍ لِلشَّرِّ وَالْخِدَاعِ وَالرِّيَاءِ وَالْحَسَدِ وَالذَّمِّ.

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

2 وَكَأَطْفَالٍ مَوْلُودِينَ حَدِيثاً، تَشَوَّقُوا إِلَى اللَّبَنِ الرُّوحِيِّ النَّقِيِّ لِكَيْ تَنْمُوا بِهِ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغُوا النَّجَاةَ،

3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

3 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً قَدْ تَذَوَّقْتُمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ طَيِّبٌ!

4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

4 فَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِ الحَجَرَ الحَيَّ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ النَّاسُ، وَاخْتَارَهُ اللهُ، وَهُوَ ثَمِينٌ عِنْدَهُ.

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

5 إِذَنِ اتَّحِدُوا بِهِ كَحِجَارَةٍ حَيَّةٍ، مَبْنِيِّينَ بَيْتاً رُوحِيًّا، تَكُونُونَ فِيهِ كَهَنَةً مُقَدَّسِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ لِلهِ ذَبَائِحَ رُوحِيَّةً مَقْبُولَةً لَدَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

6 وَكَمَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ: «هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ، مُخْتَاراً وَثَمِيناً. الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، لَا يَخِيبُ!»

7 To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

7 فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَجَرَ هُوَ ثَمِينٌ فِي نَظَرِكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِهِ. أَمَّا بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ، «فَالْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبَنَّاؤُونَ صَارَ هُوَ الْحَجَرَ الأَسَاسَ رَأْسَ زَاوِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ»،

8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

8 كَمَا أَنَّهُ هُوَ «الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي يَصْطَدِمُونَ بِهِ، وَالصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي يَسْقُطُونَ عَلَيْهَا!» وَهُمْ يَسْقُطُونَ لأَنَّهُمْ يَرْفُضُونَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِالْكَلِمَةِ.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

9 فَإِنَّ سُقُوطَهُمْ أَمْرٌ حَتْمِيٌّ! وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُشَكِّلُونَ جمَاعَةَ كَهَنَةٍ مُلُوكِيَّةً، وَسُلالَةً اخْتَارَهَا اللهُ، وَأُمَّةً كَرَّسَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ، وَشَعْباً امْتَلَكَهُ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ تُخْبِرُوا بِفَضَائِلِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ مِنَ الظَّلامِ إِلَى نُورِهِ الْعَجِيبِ!

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

10 فَإِنَّكُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي لَمْ تَكُونُوا شَعْباً؛ أَمَّا الآنَ، فَأَنْتُمْ «شَعْبُ اللهِ وَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ سَابِقاً لَا تَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِرَحْمَةِ اللهِ، أَمَّا الآنَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِها!»

11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

11 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، مَا أَنْتُمْ إِلّا غُرَبَاءُ تَزُورُونَ الأَرْضَ زِيَارَةً عَابِرَةً. لِذَلِكَ أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَبْتَعِدُوا عَنِ الشَّهَوَاتِ الْجَسَدِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُصَارِعُ النَّفْسَ.

12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

12 وَلْيَكُنْ سُلُوكُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ سُلُوكاً حَسَناً. فَمَعَ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَّهِمُونَكُمْ زُوراً بِأَنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ الشَّرَّ، فَحِينَ يُلاحِظُونَ أَعْمَالَكُمُ الصَّالِحَةَ يُمَجِّدُونَ اللهَ يَوْمَ يَفْتَقِدُهُمْ.

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

13 فَإِكْرَاماً لِلرَّبِّ، اخْضَعُوا لِكُلِّ نِظَامٍ يُدِيرُ شُؤُونَ النَّاسِ: لِلْمَلِكِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِ صَاحِبَ السُّلْطَةِ الْعُلْيَا،

14 or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

14 وَلِلْحُكَّامِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِمْ مُمَثِّلِي الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ يُعَاقِبُونَ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَيَمْدَحُونَ الصَّالِحِينَ.

15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

15 فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ إِرَادَةُ اللهِ: أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ دَائِماً، فَتُفْحِمُوا جَهَالَةَ النَّاسِ الأَغْبِيَاءِ!

16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

16 تَصَرَّفُوا كَأَحْرَارٍ حَقّاً، لَا كَالَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ مِنَ الْحُرِّيَّةِ سِتَاراً لارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ بَلْ بِاعْتِبَارِ أَنَّكُمْ عَبِيدٌ لِلهِ.

17 Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

17 أَكْرِمُوا جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ. أَحِبُّوا الإِخْوَةَ. خَافُوا اللهَ. أَكْرِمُوا الْمَلِكَ.

18 Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

18 أَيُّهَا الْخَدَمُ، اخْضَعُوا لِسَادَتِكُمْ بِاحْتِرَامٍ لائِقٍ. لَيْسَ لِلسَّادَةِ الصَّالِحِينَ الْمُتَرَفِّقِينَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِلظَّالِمِينَ الْقُسَاةِ أَيْضاً!

19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

19 فَمَا أَجْمَلَ أَنْ يَتَحَمَّلَ الإِنْسَانُ الأَحْزَانَ حِينَ يَتَأَلَّمُ مَظْلُوماً، بِدَافِعٍ مِنْ ضَمِيرِهِ الْخَاضِعِ لِلهِ!

20 How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

20 فَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ، أَيُّ مَجْدٍ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتَحَمَّلُونَ قَصَاصَ أَخْطَائِكُمْ؟ لَا فَضْلَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا تَحَمَّلْتُمُ الآلامَ صَابِرِينَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ الصَّوَابَ.

21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

21 لأَنَّ اللهَ دَعَاكُمْ إِلى الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي هَذَا النَّوْعِ مِنَ الآلامِ. فَالْمَسِيحُ، الَّذِي تَأَلَّمَ لأَجْلِكُمْ، هُوَ الْقُدْوَةُ الَّتِي تَقْتَدُونَ بِها. فَسِيرُوا عَلَى آثَارِ خُطْوَاتِهِ:

22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

22 إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ خَطِيئَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَلا كَانَ فِي فَمِهِ مَكْرٌ.

23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

23 وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ أُهِينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَرُدُّ الإِهَانَةَ. وَإِذْ تَحَمَّلَ الآلامَ، لَمْ يَكُنْ يُهَدِّدُ بِالانْتِقَامِ، بَلْ أَسْلَمَ أَمْرَهُ لِلهِ الَّذِي يَحْكُمُ بِالْعَدْلِ.

24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

24 وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ حَمَلَ خَطَايَانَا فِي جَسَدِهِ (عِنْدَمَا مَاتَ مَصْلُوباً) عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ، لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلْخَطَايَا فَنَحْيَا حَيَاةَ الْبِرِّ. وَبِجِرَاحِهِ هُوَ تَمَّ لَكُمُ الشِّفَاءُ،

25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

25 فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ ضَالِّينَ كَخِرَافٍ ضَائِعَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قَدْ رَجَعْتُمُ الآنَ إِلَى رَاعِي نُفُوسِكُمْ وَحَارِسِهَا!