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.
Одбаците дакле сваку пакост и сваку превару и лицемерје и завист и сва опадања,
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].
И будите жељни разумног и правог млека, као новорођена деца, да о њему узрастете за спасење;
3 [Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
Јер окусисте да је благ Господ.
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.
А кад дођете к Њему, као камену живом, који је, истина, од људи одбачен, али од Бога изабран и прибран:
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.
И ви као живо камење зидајте се у кућу духовну и свештенство свето, да се приносе приноси духовни, који су Богу повољни, кроз Исуса Христа.
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.
Јер у писму стоји написано: Ево мећем у Сиону камен крајеугалан избрани, и скупоцени; и ко Њега верује неће се постидети.
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).
Вама, дакле, који верујете част је; а онима који се противе камен који одбацише зидари он поста глава од угла, и камен спотицања и стена саблазни:
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.
На који се и спотичу који се противе речи, на шта су и одређени.
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.
А ви сте избрани род, царско свештенство, свети народ, народ добитка, да објавите добродетељи Оног који вас дозва из таме к чудном виделу свом;
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.
Који некад не бејасте народ, а сад сте народ Божји; који не бејасте помиловани, а сад сте помиловани.
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.
Љубазни! Молим вас, као дошљаке и госте, да се чувате од телесних жеља, које војују на душу.
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).
А владајте се добро међу незнабошцима, да би за оно за шта вас опадају као злочинце, видевши ваша добра дела, хвалили Бога у дан похођења.
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,
Будите дакле покорни свакој власти човечијој, Господа ради: ако цару, као господару;
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.
Ако ли кнезовима, као његовим посланицима за освету злочинцима, а за хвалу добротворима.
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]).
Јер је тако воља Божија да добрим делима задржавате незнање безумних људи.
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].
Као слободни, а не као да бисте имали слободу за покривач пакости, него као слуге Божије.
17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
Поштујте сваког: браћу љубите, Бога се бојте, цара поштујте.
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].
Слуге! Будите покорни са сваким страхом господарима не само добрима и кроткима него и злима.
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]}.
Јер је ово угодно пред Богом ако Бога ради поднесе ко жалости, страдајући на правди.
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.
Јер каква је хвала ако за кривицу муке трпите? Него ако добро чинећи муке трпите, ово је угодно пред Богом.
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.
Јер сте на то и позвани, јер и Христос пострада за нас, и нама остави углед да идемо Његовим трагом:
22 [Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
Који греха не учини, нити се нађе превара у устима Његовим;
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).
Који не псова кад Га псоваше; не прети кад страда; него се ослањаше на Оног који право суди;
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].
Који грехе наше сам изнесе на телу свом на дрво, да за грехе умремо, и за правду живимо; ког се раном исцелисте.
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].
Јер бејасте као изгубљене овце, које немају пастира; но сад се обратисте к пастиру и владици душа својих.
