1 Peter 2
1 Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not (be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have), and do not (envy/be jealous of) others. Do not ever slander anyone.
Zo legt dan af alle kwaadheid, en alle bedrog, en geveinsdheid, en nijdigheid, en alle achterklappingen;
2 Just like newborn babies [long for their mothers’] pure milk [MET], you should long for [God’s] spiritual [truth], so that by learning it you may become [spiritually] mature. [You need to] do this until the day when God [will] free you completely [from all the evil in this world].
En, als nieuwgeborene kinderkens, zijt zeer begerig naar de redelijke onvervalste melk, opdat gij door dezelve moogt opwassen;
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
Indien gij anders gesmaakt hebt, dat de Heere goedertieren is.
4 You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is [like an important] stone [MET] [put in the foundation of a building], [but he is] alive, [not lifeless like a stone]. He was rejected by [many] people {[Many] people rejected him}, but God chose him and [considers him] to be very precious.
Tot Welken komende, als tot een levenden Steen, van de mensen wel verworpen, maar bij God uitverkoren en dierbaar;
5 [And like men] build houses with stones [MET], [God] is causing you to be joined together into a group in which [God’s] Spirit [lives], in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, [do things] that are pleasing to God.
Zo wordt gij ook zelven, als levende stenen, gebouwd tot een geestelijk huis, tot een heilig priesterdom, om geestelijke offeranden op te offeren, die Gode aangenaam zijn door Jezus Christus.
6 [What Isaiah wrote] in the Scriptures [shows us that this is true]. [He wrote these words that God said]: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem [MTY] [one who is like] [MET] an extremely valuable [DOU] (stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building), and those who believe in him will never be disappointed.
Daarom is ook vervat in de Schrift: Ziet, Ik leg in Sion een uitersten Hoeksteen, Die uitverkoren en dierbaar is; en: Die in Hem gelooft, zal niet beschaamd worden.
7 Therefore, [God will] honor you who believe in [Jesus]. But those who [refuse to] believe in him [are like the builders] that this Scripture [talks about]: The stone that the builders rejected has become (the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building).
U dan, die gelooft, is Hij dierbaar; maar den ongehoorzamen wordt gezegd: De Steen, Dien de bouwlieden verworpen hebben, Deze is geworden tot een hoofd des hoeks, en een steen des aanstoots, en een rots der ergernis;
8 And [it is also written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures: [He will be like] a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. [Just as people are injured when] they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message [about Jesus are injured spiritually], and that is what [God] determined would happen to them.
Dengenen namelijk, die zich aan het Woord stoten, ongehoorzaam zijnde, waartoe zij ook gezet zijn.
9 But you are people whom God has chosen [to belong to him]. You are [a group that represents God like] priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are (a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil). You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of [God. He has] called you from [your former ways], [when you were ignorant of his truth], into the marvelous [understanding that he gives us] [MET]. [That is, he has called you] out of [spiritual] darkness into [spiritual] light.
Maar gij zijt een uitverkoren geslacht, een koninklijk priesterdom, een heilig volk, een verkregen volk; opdat gij zoudt verkondigen de deugden Desgenen, Die u uit de duisternis geroepen heeft tot Zijn wonderbaar licht;
10 [What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you] Formerly, you were not a people [who had a relationship with God], But now you are God’s people. At one time [God] had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you.
Gij, die eertijds geen volk waart, maar nu Gods volk zijt; die eertijds niet ontfermd waart, maar nu ontfermd zijt geworden.
11 You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners [MET, DOU] [whose real home is in heaven]. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires (fight against/always oppose) your souls.
Geliefden, ik vermaan u als inwoners en vreemdelingen, dat gij u onthoudt van de vleselijke begeerlijkheden, welke krijg voeren tegen de ziel;
12 Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. [If you do that], although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes [to judge people], they will (give honor to him/say that what he does is right).
En houdt uw wandel eerlijk onder de heidenen; opdat in hetgeen zij kwalijk van u spreken, als van kwaaddoeners, zij uit de goede werken, die zij in u zien, God verheerlijken mogen in den dag der bezoeking.
13 For the sake of the Lord [Jesus], submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority,
Zijt dan alle menselijke ordening onderdanig, om des Heeren wil; hetzij den koning, als de opperste macht hebbende;
14 and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right.
Hetzij den stadhouderen, als die van hem gezonden worden, tot straf wel der kwaaddoeners, maar tot prijs dergenen, die goed doen.
15 What God wants is that by your doing [only] what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know [God] to be unable to say things ([to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished]).
Want alzo is het de wil van God, dat gij, weldoende, den mond stopt aan de onwetendheid der dwaze mensen;
16 Conduct your lives as though you were free [from having to obey authorities], but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God [should].
Als vrijen, en niet de vrijheid hebbende als een deksel der boosheid, maar als dienstknechten van God.
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
Eert een iegelijk; hebt de broederschap lief; vreest God; eert den koning.
18 You slaves [who are believers], submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who [act in a] good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who [act in a] harsh way [towards you].
Gij huisknechten, zijt met alle vreze onderdanig den heren, niet alleen den goeden en bescheidenen, maar ook den harden.
19 You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer [because of being treated unjustly by their masters] {[their masters have treated them unjustly]}.
Want dat is genade, indien iemand om het geweten voor God zwarigheid verdraagt, lijdende ten onrechte.
20 God will certainly not [RHQ] be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will (commend/be pleased with) you.
Want wat lof is het, indien gij verdraagt, als gij zondigt, en daarover geslagen wordt? Maar indien gij verdraagt, als gij weldoet, en daarover lijdt, dat is genade bij God.
21 One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would [suffer]. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would (imitate what/do like) he did.
Want hiertoe zijt gij geroepen, dewijl ook Christus voor ons geleden heeft, ons een voorbeeld nalatende, opdat gij Zijn voetstappen zoudt navolgen;
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
Die geen zonde gedaan heeft, en er is geen bedrog in Zijn mond gevonden;
23 When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten (to get revenge/to cause them to suffer). Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he (was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong) (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly).
Die, als Hij gescholden werd, niet wederschold, en als Hij leed, niet dreigde; maar gaf het over aan Dien, Die rechtvaardiglijk oordeelt;
24 He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your [souls have been saved] [MET] [from being sinful, as people’s bodies] are healed [from being sick].
Die Zelf onze zonden in Zijn lichaam gedragen heeft op het hout; opdat wij, der zonden afgestorven zijnde, der gerechtigheid leven zouden; door Wiens striemen gij genezen zijt.
25 Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to [Jesus], who cares for your souls [as] a shepherd [cares for his sheep] [MET].
Want gij waart als dwalende schapen; maar gij zijt nu bekeerd tot den Herder en Opziener uwer zielen.
