1 Peters 2
1 Legg difor av all vondskap og alt svik og hyklarskap og ovund og all baktale,
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.
2 og lengta liksom nyfødde born etter den åndelege, ufalska mjølk, so de kann veksa ved henne til frelsa,
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].
3 so framt de då hev smaka at Herren er god!
[Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
4 Kom til honom, den livande steinen, som vel vart vanda av menneskje, men er utvald og dyrverdig for Gud!
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.
5 og vert de sjølve, som livande steinar, uppbygde til eit åndelegt hus, eit heilagt presteskap, til å bera fram åndelege offer til hugnad for Gud ved Jesus Kristus.
[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.
6 For det heiter i skrifti: «Sjå, eg legg i Sion ein hyrnestein, som er utvald og dyrverdig, og den som trur på honom, skal slett ikkje verta til skammar.»
[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.
7 Dykk då som trur, høyrer æra til; men for dei vantruande hev den steinen som bygningsmennerne vanda, vorte til hyrnestein og snåvestein og støyteberg,
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).
8 dei som støyter seg med di dei ikkje trur ordet, som dei og var etla til.
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.
9 Men de er ei utvald ætt, eit kongelegt presteskap, eit heilagt folk, eit folk til eigedom, so de skal forkynna hans dygder som kalla dykk ut or myrker til sitt underfulle ljos,
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.
10 de som fyrr ikkje var eit folk, men no er Guds folk, de som ikkje hadde funne miskunn, men no hev fenge miskunn.
[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.
11 Kjære, eg legg dykk på hjarta som framande og utledningar, at de skal halda dykk ifrå dei kjøtlege lyster, som strider imot sjæli,
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.
12 og lata dykkar ferd millom heidningarne vera god, so dei, medan dei baktalar dykk som illgjerdsmenner, må sjå dykkar gode gjerningar og for deira skuld prisa Gud på tilsynsdagen!
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).
13 Ver difor all menneskjeleg skipnad undergjevne for Herrens skuld, anten det er kongen som den høgste,
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,
14 eller landshovdingar som utsendingar frå honom til refsing for deim som gjer vondt, men til ros for deim som gjer godt!
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.
15 For soleis er det Guds vilje, at de med å gjera det gode skal målbinda vankunna hjå uvituge menneskje,
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]).
16 so som frie, og ikkje slike som hev fridomen til vondskaps skyle, men som Guds tenarar.
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].
17 Æra alle, elska broderlaget, ottast Gud, æra kongen!
Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
18 De tenarar, ver dykkar herrar undergjevne i all age, ikkje berre dei gode og milde, men og dei rangvise!
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].
19 For det finn nåde, um nokon av samvit for Gud toler harmingar som han lid uretteleg.
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]}.
20 For kva er det for ei ros, um de tek det med tolmod når de syndar og fær refsing for det? Men um de tek det med tolmod når de gjer godt og endå lyt lida, det finn nåde hjå Gud.
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.
21 For til det vart de kalla, av di Kristus og leid for dykk og let etter for dykk eit fyredøme, so de skal fylgja hans fotfar.
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.
22 Han gjorde ikkje synd, og det fanst ikkje heller svik i hans munn;
[Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
23 han skjelte ikkje att når han vart utskjelt, ikkje truga ham når han leid, men gav det yver til honom som dømer rettferdigt;
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).
24 han bar synderne våre på likamen sin upp på treet, so me skal døy av frå synderne våre og liva for rettferdi, då de er lækte ved hans sår.
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].
25 For de var villfarande som sauer, men hev no vendt um til hyrdingen og tilsynsmannen for sjælerne dykkar.
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].
