Petero I 2
1 NO ia mea, e haalele oukou i ka opuinoino a pau, a me ka wahahee a pau, a me ka hookamani, a me ka paonioni, a me ka olelo ino a pau;
Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all backbiting,
2 E like me na keiki hanau hou, pela oukou e iini ai i ka wain aiai o ka olelo, i mea e ulu nui ai oukou:
like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow until you attain salvation –
3 Ina paha, ua hoao oukou he maikai ka Haku.
since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’
4 Ua hele mai oukou io na la, ka pohaku ola, ua haaleleia no nae ia e kanaka, aka, ua waeia mai e ke Akua, he maikai io.
Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;
5 O oukou no hoi, e like me na pohaku ola, ua hoonohonohoia oukou i hale uhane, a i poe kahuna hemolele hoi, i kaumaha aku ai oukou i na mohai uhane, i ka mea oluolu i ke Akua ma o Iesu Kristo la.
and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual house, to be a consecrated priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Nolaila i i mai ai ka palapala hemolele, Aia hoi, ua hoonoho wau ma Ziona, i pohaku kumu no ke kihi, i waeia, a he mea waiwai io: a o ka mea manaoio aku ia ia, aole ia e hoohilahilaia.
For there is a passage of scripture that runs – ‘See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious cornerstone; and those who believe in him will have no cause for shame.’
7 He maikai io ia ia oukou i ka poe manaoio; aka, i ka poe hoolohe ole, o ka pohaku i haaleleia e ka poe hana hale, oia ka i hooliloia i pohaku kamn no ke kihi,
It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is ‘a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,’
8 He pohaku e okupe ai, a he pohaku hoohihia hoi, i ka poe i okupe i ka olelo, ka poe hoolohe ole; e like me ke koho mua ana.
and ‘a stumbling-block, and a rock which will prove a hindrance.’ They stumble because they do not accept the message. This was the fate destined for them.
9 Aka, o oukou, he hanaunai waeia, he poe kahuna alii, he aupuni kanaka hemolele, he poe kanaka nona ponoi; i hoike aku ai oukou i ka maikai o ka mea nana oukou i hea mai, mai loko mai o ka pouli a i ka malamalama kupanaha ona.
But you are ‘a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God’s own people,’ entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 Aole oukou he aupuni mamua, aka, i keia manawa, he aupuni oukou no ke Akua; ia manawa, aole oukou i alohaia, i keia manawa ua alohaia mai no.
Once you were ‘not a people,’ but now you are ‘God’s people’; once you ‘had not found mercy,’ but now you ‘have found mercy.’
11 E na pokii e, ke nonoi aku nei au ia oukou, me he poe malihini la, a me he poe lewa la, e hoomamao aku oukou i na kuko o ke kino, i na mea ku e i ko ka uhane.
Dear friends, I beg you, as pilgrims and strangers on earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war on the soul.
12 A e noho pono hoi oukou, iwaena o ko na aina e; i hoonani aku ai lakou i ke Akua, ke hiki mai ka la o ka ike ana mai, no ko lakou ike ana i ka oukou hana maikai, ma ka mea a lakou e ohumu nei ia oukou, me he poe hana hewa la.
Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evildoers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God ‘at the time when he will visit them.’
13 Nolaila, e hoolohe pono oukou i ka na luna kanaka a pau no ka Haku: ina ma ka ke alii nui e like ia me he Moi la;
Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,
14 Ina ma ka na kiaaina, e like ia me na mea i hoounaia e ia no ka hoopai una i ka poe hana hewa, a no ka hoomaikai ana aku i ka poe hana maikai.
and to governors as sent by him to punish evildoers and to commend those who do right.
15 No ka mea, pela ko ke Akua makemake, ma ka hana maikai ana, e pilipu ai ia oukou ka naaupo o ka poe ike ole.
For God’s will is this – that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
16 Me he poe kauwa ole la, aole nae e hoolilo ana i ko oukou hookauwa ole ia i mea e uhi ai i ka hewa, aka, e like me na kauwa a ke Akua.
Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.
17 E hoomaikai aku i na mea a pau: e aloha i na hoahanau: e makau i ke Akua: e hoomaikai i ke alii.
Show honor to everyone, love the Lord’s followers, ‘revere God, honor the emperor.’
18 E na, kauwa, e noho pono oukou malalo o ko oukou mau haku, me ka makau nui aku; aole i na haku maikai wale no, a me ka oluolu, aka, i ka poe oolea no hoi kekahi.
Those of you who are domestic servants should always be submissive and respectful to their masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are arbitrary.
19 No ka mea, eia ka i ku i ka pono, ina no ka manao i ke Akua, e hoomanawanui ai kekahi i ke kaumaha no ka hooluhi hewa ia.
For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a person who is suffering unjustly bears their troubles patiently.
20 Auhea hoi ka mahaloia mai, ke hoomanawanui oukou i ke kuiia mai no ko oukou mau hewa iho? Aka, ina e hoinoia mai oukou, no ka oukou hana maikai ana, a hoomanawanui oukou, oia ka pono i ke Akua.
What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God.
21 No keia mea, i heaia mai oukou: no ka mea, ua hoinoia o Kristo no kakon, a ua waiho oia no oukou i kumu hana, i hahai aku ai oukou ma kona mau kapuwai;
For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered – on your behalf – and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 Ka mea i hana hewa ole, aole hoi i ikeia ka apaapa ma kona waha.
He ‘never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.’
23 Aia kuamuamuia mai oia, aole ia i kuamuamu hou aku; a i kona hoehaia, aole ia i olelo hooweliweli aku; aka, haawi aku oia ia ia iho i ka mea nana e hoopai mai ma ka pololei.
He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.
24 Nana iho no i hali i ko kakon hewa ma kona kino iho maluna o ka laau, i make ai kakou i ka hewa, e ola ai i ka pono; ua hoolaia hoi oukou e kona mau palapu.
And he ‘himself carried our sins’ in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. ‘His bruising was your healing.’
25 No ka mea, ua like oukou me na hipa e hele hewa ana; aka, ua hoihoiia mai nei oukou i ke Kahuhipa, a me ka Lunakiai o ko oukou mau uhane.
Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
