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.

१म्हणून तुम्ही सर्व दुष्टपणा, सर्व कपट, ढोंग, हेवा व सर्व दुर्भाषणे दूर ठेवून,

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].

२परमेश्वर कृपाळू आहे, असा तुम्ही अनुभव घेतला आहे तर तुम्ही त्याद्वारे तारणासाठी तुमची वाढ व्हावी म्हणून नूतन जन्मलेल्या बालकांसारखे आध्यात्मिक निऱ्या दुधाची इच्छा धरा.

3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.

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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.

४मनुष्यांनी नाकारलेल्या पण देवाने निवडलेल्या मोलवान अशा जिवंत दगडाकडे तुम्ही येत असता,

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.

५तुम्हीही जिवंत दगडांप्रमाणे, आत्मिक भवन असे, रचले जात आहात देवाला आवडणारे आध्यात्मिक यज्ञ, येशू ख्रिस्ताद्वारे, अर्पण करण्यासाठी एक पवित्र याजकगण असे उभारले जात आहात.

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.

६म्हणून शास्त्रलेखातही असे आहे की, “पाहा, मी एक निवडलेला व मोलवान असलेला, कोनशिला सियोनात ठेवतो आणि जो त्याच्यावर विश्वास ठेवतो तो फजीत होणार नाही.”

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).

७म्हणून विश्वास ठेवणार्‍या तुम्हास तो मोलवान आहे; पण, जे विश्वास ठेवत नाहीत त्यांना ‘बांधणार्‍यांनी जो दगड नाकारला तोच कोपर्‍याचा मुख्य कोनशिला झाला आहे.’

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.

८असा देखील शास्त्रलेख आहे, “अडखळण्याचा दगड व अडथळ्याचा खडक झाला आहे.” ते वचन मानीत नसल्यामुळे अडखळतात आणि त्यासाठीच ते नेमलेले होते.

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.

९पण तुम्ही एक निवडलेला वंश, एक राजकीय याजकगण, एक पवित्र राष्ट्र, देवाचे स्वतःचे लोक असे आहा; ह्यासाठी की, तुम्हास ज्याने अंधारातून आपल्या अद्भूत प्रकाशात बोलावले त्याचे गुण तुम्ही प्रसिद्ध करावेत.

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.

१०ते तुम्ही पूर्वी लोक नव्हता पण आता देवाचे लोक आहात; तुमच्यावर दया केली नव्हती पण आता दया केली गेली आहे.

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.

११माझ्या प्रियांनो, तुम्ही उपरी व प्रवासी असल्यामुळे मी तुम्हास विनंती करतो की, आत्म्याबरोबर लढाई करणार्‍या दैहिक वासनांपासून दूर रहा.

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).

१२परराष्ट्रीयात आपले आचरण चांगले ठेवा, म्हणजे तुम्हास दुराचरणी मानून, ते जरी तुमच्याविषयी वाईट बोलतात, तरी तुमची जी चांगली कामे त्यांना दिसतील, त्यावरून त्याच्या भेटीच्या दिवशी त्यांनी देवाचे गौरव करावे.

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,

१३प्रत्येक प्रकारच्या मानवी व्यवस्थेला, प्रभूकरता, आज्ञाधारक रहा. राजा श्रेष्ठ म्हणून त्याच्या अधीन राहा.

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.

१४जे अधिकारी असतील त्यांना आज्ञांकित रहा; कारण वाईट करणार्‍यांना शिक्षा करण्यास व चांगले करणार्‍यांची प्रशंसा करण्यास ते पाठवलेले आहेत.

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]).

१५कारण देवाची इच्छा आहे की, तुम्ही चांगले करीत राहून निर्बुद्ध मनुष्यांच्या अज्ञानाला गप्प करावे.

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].

१६तुम्ही स्वतंत्र आहात, परंतु वाईट प्रवृतीवर पांघरूण घालण्यास स्वातंत्र्याचा उपयोग न करता, देवाचे दास म्हणून जगावे

17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.

१७सर्वांना मान द्या; बंधुवर्गावर प्रीती करा; देवाचे भय धरा; राजाला मान द्या.

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].

१८घरच्या नोकरांनो, तुम्ही पूर्ण आदराने आपल्या स्वामीच्या आज्ञेत रहा. जे चांगले आणि सहनशील असतील त्यांनाच नव्हे, पण कठोर असतील त्यांनादेखील आज्ञेत रहा

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]}.

१९कारण, जर कोणी देवाविषयी विवेक बाळगून, अन्याय सोसून, दुःख सहन करीत असेल, तर ते स्तुत्य आहे;

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.

२०पण तुम्ही पाप करता तेव्हा तुम्हास ठोसे दिले गेले आणि तुम्ही ते सहन केलेत तर त्यामध्ये काय मोठेपणा आहे? पण चांगले करून सोसावे लागते तेव्हा तुम्ही ते सहन केले, तर ते देवाला आवडणारे आहे.

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.

२१कारण ह्यासाठीच तुम्हास पाचारण करण्यात आले आहे; कारण ख्रिस्तानेही तुमच्यासाठी दुःख सोसले आहे; आणि तुम्ही त्याच्या पावलांवरून मागोमाग जावे म्हणून त्याने तुमच्यासाठी कित्ता ठेवला आहे.

22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.

२२त्याने पाप केले नाही व त्याच्या मुखात काही कपट आढळले नाही.

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).

२३त्याची हेटाळणी होत असता त्याने फिरून हेटाळले नाही, आणि सोशीत असता त्याने धमकावले नाही; पण देव जो नीतीने न्याय करतो त्याच्या हातात त्याने स्वतःस सोपवले.

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].

२४त्याने स्वतः तुमची आमची पापे स्वदेही वाहून वधस्तंभावर नेली, ह्यासाठी की, आपण पापाला मरून नीतिमत्त्वाला जिवंत रहावे; त्यास बसलेल्या माराने तुम्ही निरोगी झाला आहात.

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].

२५कारण तुम्ही मेंढरांसारखे बहकत होता; पण जो तुमच्या जीवांचा मेंढपाळ व रक्षक आहे, त्याच्याकडे आता परत आला आहात.