١ بطرس 2

١ 1 فَٱطْرَحُوا كُلَّ خُبْثٍ وَكُلَّ مَكْرٍ وَٱلرِّيَاءَ وَٱلْحَسَدَ وَكُلَّ مَذَمَّةٍ،

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all backbiting,

٢ 2 وَكَأَطْفَالٍ مَوْلُودِينَ ٱلْآنَ، ٱشْتَهُوا ٱللَّبَنَ ٱلْعَقْلِيَّ ٱلْعَدِيمَ ٱلْغِشِّ لِكَيْ تَنْمُوا بِهِ،

like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow until you attain salvation –

٣ 3 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ ذُقْتُمْ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ صَالِحٌ.

since “you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.”

٤ 4 ٱلَّذِي إِذْ تَأْتُونَ إِلَيْهِ، حَجَرًا حَيًّا مَرْفُوضًا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَلَكِنْ مُخْتَارٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ كَرِيمٌ،

Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;

٥ 5 كُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا مَبْنِيِّينَ -كَحِجَارَةٍ حَيَّةٍ- بَيْتًا رُوحِيًّا، كَهَنُوتًا مُقَدَّسًا، لِتَقْدِيمِ ذَبَائِحَ رُوحِيَّةٍ مَقْبُولَةٍ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

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.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ يُتَضَمَّنُ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْكِتَابِ: «هَأَنَذَا أَضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ مُخْتَارًا كَرِيمًا، وَٱلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَنْ يُخْزَى».

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.”

٧ 7 فَلَكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْكَرَامَةُ، وَأَمَّا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُطِيعُونَ، «فَٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلَّذِي رَفَضَهُ ٱلْبَنَّاؤُونَ، هُوَ قَدْ صَارَ رَأْسَ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ»

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,”

٨ 8 وَ«حَجَرَ صَدْمَةٍ وَصَخْرَةَ عَثْرَةٍ». ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْثُرُونَ غَيْرَ طَائِعِينَ لِلْكَلِمَةِ، ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي جُعِلُوا لَهُ.

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.

٩ 9 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَجِنْسٌ مُخْتَارٌ، وَكَهَنُوتٌ مُلُوكِيٌّ، أُمَّةٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، شَعْبُ ٱقْتِنَاءٍ، لِكَيْ تُخْبِرُوا بِفَضَائِلِ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ إِلَى نُورِهِ ٱلْعَجِيبِ.

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.

١٠ 10 ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلًا لَمْ تَكُونُوا شَعْبًا، وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَأَنْتُمْ شَعْبُ ٱللهِ. ٱلَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَرْحُومِينَ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَمَرْحُومُونَ.

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.”

١١ 11 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ كَغُرَبَاءَ وَنُزَلَاءَ، أَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ ٱلْجَسَدِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي تُحَارِبُ ٱلنَّفْسَ،

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.

١٢ 12 وَأَنْ تَكُونَ سِيرَتُكُمْ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ حَسَنَةً، لِكَيْ يَكُونُوا، فِي مَا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفَاعِلِي شَرٍّ، يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلِٱفْتِقَادِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَعْمَالِكُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلَّتِي يُلَاحِظُونَهَا.

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.”

١٣ 13 فَٱخْضَعُوا لِكُلِّ تَرْتِيبٍ بَشَرِيٍّ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. إِنْ كَانَ لِلْمَلِكِ فَكَمَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَ ٱلْكُلِّ،

Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,

١٤ 14 أَوْ لِلْوُلَاةِ فَكَمُرْسَلِينَ مِنْهُ لِلِٱنْتِقَامِ مِنْ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِلْمَدْحِ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْخَيْرِ.

and to governors as sent by him to punish evildoers and to commend those who do right.

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّ هَكَذَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ ٱللهِ: أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا ٱلْخَيْرَ فَتُسَكِّتُوا جَهَالَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلْأَغْبِيَاءِ.

For God’s will is this – that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.

١٦ 16 كَأَحْرَارٍ، وَلَيْسَ كَٱلَّذِينَ ٱلْحُرِّيَّةُ عِنْدَهُمْ سُتْرَةٌ لِلشَّرِّ، بَلْ كَعَبِيدِ ٱللهِ.

Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.

١٧ 17 أَكْرِمُوا ٱلْجَمِيعَ. أَحِبُّوا ٱلْإِخْوَةَ. خَافُوا ٱللهَ. أَكْرِمُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ.

Show honour to everyone, love the Lord’s followers, “revere God, honour the emperor.”

١٨ 18 أَيُّهَا ٱلْخُدَّامُ، كُونُوا خَاضِعِينَ بِكُلِّ هَيْبَةٍ لِلسَّادَةِ، لَيْسَ لِلصَّالِحِينَ ٱلْمُتَرَفِّقِينَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِلْعُنَفَاءِ أَيْضًا.

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.

١٩ 19 لِأَنَّ هَذَا فَضْلٌ، إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ ضَمِيرٍ نَحْوَ ٱللهِ، يَحْتَمِلُ أَحْزَانًا مُتَأَلِّمًا بِٱلظُّلْمِ.

For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a person who is suffering unjustly bears their troubles patiently.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ أَيُّ مَجْدٍ هُوَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُلْطَمُونَ مُخْطِئِينَ فَتَصْبِرُونَ؟ بَلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَأَلَّمُونَ عَامِلِينَ ٱلْخَيْرَ فَتَصْبِرُونَ، فَهَذَا فَضْلٌ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ،

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.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّكُمْ لِهَذَا دُعِيتُمْ. فَإِنَّ ٱلْمَسِيحَ أَيْضًا تَأَلَّمَ لِأَجْلِنَا، تَارِكًا لَنَا مِثَالًا لِكَيْ تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِهِ.

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.

٢٢ 22 «ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَفْعَلْ خَطِيَّةً، وَلَا وُجِدَ فِي فَمِهِ مَكْرٌ»،

He “never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.”

٢٣ 23 ٱلَّذِي إِذْ شُتِمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَشْتِمُ عِوَضًا، وَإِذْ تَأَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُهَدِّدُ بَلْ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ لِمَنْ يَقْضِي بِعَدْلٍ.

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.

٢٤ 24 ٱلَّذِي حَمَلَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ خَطَايَانَا فِي جَسَدِهِ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ، لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ عَنِ ٱلْخَطَايَا فَنَحْيَا لِلْبِرِّ. ٱلَّذِي بِجَلْدَتِهِ شُفِيتُمْ.

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.”

٢٥ 25 لِأَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ كَخِرَافٍ ضَالَّةٍ، لَكِنَّكُمْ رَجَعْتُمُ ٱلْآنَ إِلَى رَاعِي نُفُوسِكُمْ وَأُسْقُفِهَا.

Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.