1 PBS Peanya jafefe elojatete, omohe, jamepu pa ana mepuka, hufe pa lomo. BSB BSB: Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2 PBS Pa nomepeko anara kohapa uawea make petaha-a, no tu pulele pa noleka, u-ehue pa jeheve ewewe, BSB BSB: Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 PBS anara e-bamua Tata heveke ea. BSB BSB: now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 PBS Pa elolo Ke, wu batutui, kei teba keriti, ke teke pa tabeja tete Tata hoke. BSB BSB: As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
5 PBS Pa era noelolete anara wu-tupa terepa pa-tu tewejuju, te tebapa tu, te janoleka elole-etete Oke kei Tata kepule. BSB BSB: 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.
6 PBS Kei putukotu Ropu Ole: "Bamua, wu-u Nifupako nikei Sion, wu tololo pa etekotu pa ba Ke-kememi, berokaka katu." BSB BSB: 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.”
7 PBS Kianara te-e, eba kehi, ke etkole, pa teba kejikai: "Teba pa-janore-ete wui tekeriti, kelela wu tololo, para kelela wu tejitafiete pa wu tehebaete." BSB BSB: 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,”
8 PBS Teheba wu-ia, kei Tata pinake telate paka; pa noiara te-tetupikotu. BSB BSB: and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
9 PBS Pa ea bapa kekipa, eba jano loele keba tete, bapa tu, bapa Keke-wo, u-jano tafa Ke-lei huhu ele-e, kei emo lupako keloko ekere fefe Keke-i eteko. BSB BSB: 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.
11 PBS Johane pipate nile, e-piti-nile, u-ana eba mololakule pa lolo elo, noemonaporere hupala fefe pe-enaetu nopara e-e. BSB BSB: Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
12 PBS Ele-ele tebapa Yahudi kai houi elehuhufai ewetakoko, u-anara etenaji jafefe elee, jano heve ele-ei tefufu pa Tata pitenini po keto te-Ke-fefele. BSB BSB: 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.
13 PBS Epapa, kei Tata, te ma teba pupulakotu, kei te keba tete navetete ke- wekotu, BSB BSB: Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
14 PBS na te teba tafa tejejei teniko tete teba jafefete-etei ma-tetete pa teba jahefe te-etei tabeja tetete. BSB BSB: or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
15 PBS Pa kewe Tata hupalake, keijano heve eleu teba topo laute epopo. BSB BSB: For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 PBS Ele-e anara teba jaurafaweka pa kei anara teba jafawekai telatepaka ko jafefe tete tutatete, pa ele-e anara Tata bapuke. BSB BSB: Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
17 PBS Tebapai tabeja elele, juhame pipate mepepe, Tata mefukoko, keba tete tabeja mepepe. OKE JAFEFE KELOI KEI ANARA JARI KENALUI! BSB BSB: Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
18 PBS He e, ebapoha, keba tete meme bamua mepapa pa mefukoko, jahefefaka pa hupalalela, pa te teba hukukufa featurai. BSB BSB: 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.
19 PBS Pa kei pipate, anara kebau taha-apa te Tata hupalake jafefe kelokukukako keloku. BSB BSB: For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
20 PBS Pa mepiteni, anara janole mepekapa meteketupajapa jafefe tete-e? Pa anara jaheve ele-e pa jafefe eloe kei Tata pipateke. BSB BSB: 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.
21 PBS Pa noiako e-kelo, kei Oke kera jafefe keloko te-e pa jarikenaluko te-e, u-elala loma Keke. BSB BSB: For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
23 PBS Pu Ke-maki tefue, Ke-temaki kefuka; pu jafefe Ke-loi, teba Ke-leka, pa kelole-ete Ke, keba ma bamua Ke-lelele. BSB BSB: 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.
24 PBS Ke-wo nole nene keloku no-Keketo rari, u-ne, nolepa newu, bamuapa nete nenete. Piu Keke-ko ne-nohae. BSB BSB: 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.”
25 PBS Kei lopafu ehae anara jako, pa uawe emopulo keba e-kelokakakale pa letu e-e kekawalelele. BSB BSB: For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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