1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

11 My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

13 Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

14 And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

15 Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

1 Na, whakarerea atu nga mauahara katoa, nga hianga katoa, nga tinihanga, nga hae, me nga kupu ngautuara katoa,

2 Kia rite ki nga tamariki whanau hou, hiahiatia atu te waiu kore tinihanga o te kupu, ko te mea hoki ia e tupu ai koutou ki te ora tonu:

3 Ki te mea kua whakamatautau koutou he tikanga ngawari ta te Ariki.

4 Ko to koutou haerenga mai ki a ia ki te kohatu ora, i whakakahoretia nei e nga tangata, he mea whiriwhiri ia na te Atua, he mea utu nui;

5 Ka hanga hoki koutou, ano he kohatu ora hei whare, ara hei mea wairua, hei tohungatanga tapu, hei tapae atu i nga patunga tapu, ara i nga mea wairua, he mea e manakohia ana e te Atua i runga i a Ihu Karaiti.

6 Mo reira tera wahi o te karaipiture, Na, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona te tino kamaka o te kokonga, he mea whiriwhiri, he mea utu nui, a, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia e kore e tukua kia whakama.

7 Ki a koutou e whakapono na he mea utu nui ia: ki te hunga whakaponokore ia, ko te kamaka i kapea e nga kaihanga, kua meinga tenei hei upoko mo te kokonga,

8 Hei kamaka tutukitanga waewae ia, hei toka whakahinga; ki te hunga e tutuki ana ki te kupu, ki te hunga whakaponokore: i whakaritea mai hoki ratou hei penei.

9 Ko koutou ia he iwi whiriwhiri, he tohungatanga kingi, he iwi tapu, he iwi kua riro pu mai ma te Atua; hei whakapuaki i nga pai o te kaikaranga i a koutou i roto i te pouri ki tona marama whakamiharo:

10 I mua ehara i te iwi, inaianei ia he iwi na te Atua: kihai nei i tohungia i mua, inaianei ia ka tohungia.

11 E oku hoa aroha, ko taku whakahau atu tenei, he hunga noho noa, he manene hoki koutou, kia mawehe i nga hiahia kikokiko e whawhai nei ki te wairua;

12 Kia pai ta koutou whakahaere i roto i nga tauiwi, mo ta ratou whakapae ki a koutou, he kaimahi koutou i te kino, na kia whakakororia ratou i te Atua a te ra o te tirohanga mai, ina kite i a koutou mahi pai.

13 Kia ngohengohe koutou ki nga tikanga katoa a te tangata, he whakaaro ki te Ariki: ahakoa ki te kingi, ki te mea nui rawa;

14 Ki nga kawana ranei, ki te hunga i tonoa mai e ia hei whiu i nga kaimahi i te kino, hei whakamoemiti ia mo te hunga e mahi ana i te pai.

15 Ko ta te Atua hoki tenei i pai ai, kia ai a koutou mahi pai hei puru mo nga mangai kuware o nga tangata whakaarokore:

16 He hunga ehara nei i te herehere, otiia e kore e waiho to koutou herekoretanga hei hipoki mo te mauahara, engari kia rite ki nga pononga a te Atua.

17 Whakahonoretia nga tangata katoa. Arohaina nga teina, nga tuakana. E wehi ki te Atua. Whakahonoretia te kingi.

18 E nga pononga, kia ngohengohe ki o koutou rangatira, kia nui te wehi; he teka ki te hunga pai, ki te hunga ngawari anake, ki te hunga whanoke ano hoki.

19 He mea whai whakapainga hoki tenei, ki te mea na te mahara ki te Atua ka whakamanawanui ai tetahi ki nga mea whakapouri, i a ia e whakamamaetia hetia ana.

20 He aha hoki te kororia, ki te mea ka whakamanawanui, i te mea kua hara koutou a ka motokia? tena ka whakamanawanui, i te mea ka mahi pai a ka whakamamaetia, he mea whai whakapainga tenei ki te Atua.

21 No te mea i karangatia koutou ki tenei: i whakamamaetia hoki a te Karaiti mo koutou, waiho iho ana e ia he tauria mo koutou, kia aru ai koutou i ona tapuwae:

22 Kihai nei ia i mea i te hara, kahore ano hoki i kitea te tinihanga i tona mangai:

23 Ka taunutia, kihai ia i taunu atu; ka whakamamaetia, kihai ia i whakatuma; engari i tuku i a ia ki te kaiwhakawa tika:

24 Nana ake i waha o tatou hara, na tona tinana ake, i runga i te rakau, kia whakatupapaku ai tatou ki te hara, kia ora ai ki te tika: na ona karawarawa i ora ai o koutou mate.

25 I rite hoki koutou ki te hipi kua kotiti ke; heoi kua hoki tenei koutou ki te Hepara, ki te Pihopa, o o koutou wairua.