1 Piè 2
1 Se poutèt sa, derasinen tout mechanste ki te nan lavi nou. Sispann bay manti, sispann fè ipokrizi, sispann fè jalouzi ak tripotaj.
Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all backbiting,
2 Tankou timoun ki fenk fèt, se pou nou kriye dèyè bon lèt san dekoupe ki soti nan Bondye, pou nou kapab grandi, pou nou kapab fin delivre nèt.
like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow until you attain salvation –
3 Paske, nou deja goute Mèt la, nou wè jan li bon.
since “you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.”
4 Pwoche vin jwenn Seyè a, li menm ki wòch vivan an. Moun te voye li jete paske pou yo li te san valè. Men, li gen anpil valè pou Bondye ki te chwazi li.
Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;
5 Nou menm tou, tankou wòch vivan, kite Bondye sèvi ak nou pou bati kay li a ak pouvwa Sentespri, pou nou ka sèvi l' tankou prèt k'ap viv pou li. Konsa, gremesi Jezikri, n'a ofri bay Bondye ofrann ki soti nan kè nou, ofrann ki pou fè l' plezi.
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 Se poutèt sa nou jwenn sa ekri nan Liv la: Men li, mwen mete yon wòch nan mitan peyi Siyon, yon wòch kwen mwen menm mwen chwazi epi ki gen anpil valè. Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap janm soti wont.
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 Pou nou menm ki mete konfyans nou nan wòch la, wòch la gen anpil valè. Men, pou moun ki pa mete konfyans yo nan li, sa ki ekri nan Liv la pral rive vre: Wòch moun ki t'ap bati yo te voye jete a, se li menm ki tounen wòch ki kenbe kay la.
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 Se yon wòch k'ap fè moun bite, yon gwo wòch k'ap fè yo tonbe. Yo bite, paske yo pa koute pawòl la. Enben, se sa ki te sere pou yo.
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 Men nou menm, nou se yon ras Bondye chwazi, yon bann prèt k'ap sèvi Wa a, yon nasyon k'ap viv apa pou Bondye, yon pèp li achte. Li fè tou sa pou n' te ka fè tout moun konnen bèl bagay Bondye te fè yo, Bondye ki rele nou soti nan fènwa a pou nou antre nan bèl limyè li a.
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 Anvan sa, nou pa t' menm yon nasyon. Men koulye a, nou se pèp Bondye a. Anvan sa, Bondye pa t' gen pitye pou nou. Koulye a, li gen pitye pou nou.
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 Zanmi m' yo, men sa m'ap mande nou. M'ap pale ak nou koulye a tankou ak moun ki etranje, ki depasaj sou latè: Se pou nou kenbe tèt ak tout egzijans lachè a k'ap goumen kont nanm nou.
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 Se pou nou gen yon bon kondit nan mitan moun sa yo ki pa konn Bondye. Konsa, lè y'ap pale nou mal, lè y'ap di se yon bann malfektè nou ye, y'a gen pou yo rekonèt tout byen n'ap fè a, y'a fè lwanj Bondye lè la vin jije yo.
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 Soumèt devan tout otorite lèzòm etabli. Fè sa pou Bondye. Soumèt devan wa a, paske se li ki pi gwo chèf.
Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,
14 Soumèt devan majistra yo, paske wa a voye yo pou peni tout moun k'ap fè mal, pou fè lwanj tout moun k'ap fè byen.
and to governors as sent by him to punish evildoers and to commend those who do right.
15 Paske, Bondye vle pou n' fè sa ki byen, pou n' ka fèmen bouch moun sa yo ki pa konn anyen, ki san konprann.
For God’s will is this – that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
16 Se pou nou viv tankou moun ki gen tout libète yo. Men, nou pa dwe pran libète sa a sèvi yon kouvèti pou nou fè sa ki mal. Se pou nou viv tankou moun k'ap sèvi Bondye.
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 Se pou nou bay chak moun respè li merite. renmen tout frè nou yo, gen krentif pou Bondye, respekte wa a.
Show honour to everyone, love the Lord’s followers, “revere God, honour the emperor.”
18 Nou menm domestik yo, nou fèt pou soumèt devan mèt nou yo avèk tout respè yo merite. Pa sèlman devan mèt ki bon yo, mèt ki gen bon kè yo, men devan mèt ki gen karaktè difisil yo tou.
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 Bondye va beni nou, si, lè y'ap fè nou soufri pou sa nou pa fè, nou sipòte lafliksyon an paske nou konnen se sa Bondye vle.
For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a person who is suffering unjustly bears their troubles patiently.
20 Ki lwanj ki gen nan sa si nou sipòte lè y'ap maltrete nou pou sa nou fè ki mal? Men, si lè nou fè byen, nou sipòte tou sa y'ap fè nou soufri poutèt byen nou fè a, sa se yon bèl bagay devan Bondye.
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 Se pou sa menm Bondye te rele nou, paske Kris la te soufri pou nou. Li kite yon egzanp pou nou swiv pye pou pye.
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 Li pa t' janm fè ankenn peche. Ankenn manti pa t' janm soti nan bouch li.
He “never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.”
23 Lè yo t'ap joure l', li pa t' reponn. Lè yo t'ap maltrete l', li pa t' mennase pesonn. Men, li renmèt kòz li nan men Bondye k'ap jije tout bagay san patipri.
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 Kris la te pote peche nou yo nan kò li sou bwa a, pou nou te kapab mouri annegad peche, pou nou te ka viv dwat devan Bondye. Li te kite yo maltrete l' pou l' te ka geri nou.
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 Nou te tankou mouton ki te pèdi bann yo. Men, koulye a, nou tounen vin jwenn Kris la ki gadò nou, k'ap veye sou nanm nou.
Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
