¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,

¹Odloživši torej vso hudobnost in vso zvijačnost in licemerstvo in zavist in vse obrekovanje,

²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

²hrepenite kakor novorojena deteta po nepokvarjenem mleku iz besede Božje, da po njem rastete v zveličanje,

³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

³če ste res okusili, da je Gospod dobrotljiv.

⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

⁴K njemu pristopajoč, kamenu živemu, ki so ga sicer zavrgli ljudje, pri Bogu pa je izvoljen in dragocen,

⁵Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

⁵se sezidavate tudi vi kot živi kameni v hišo duhovno, sveto duhovništvo, da darujete duhovne daritve, prijetne Bogu po Jezusu Kristusu.

⁶Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

⁶Kajti pisano je v pismu: „Glej, polagam na Sionu vogelni kamen, izvoljen, dragocen, in kdor veruje vanj, ne bo osramočen“.

⁷Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

⁷Vam torej, ki verujete, je čast; nevernim pa je „ta kamen, ki so ga zavrgli zidarji, postal za glavo voglu“

⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

⁸in „kamen spotike in skala pohujšanja“; kateri se, ker so nepokorni besedi, spotikajo, za kar so bili tudi postavljeni.

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

⁹Vi pa ste rod izvoljeni, kraljevsko duhovništvo, svet narod, ljudstvo Bogu za last, da oznanjate kreposti njega, ki vas je poklical iz teme v čudovito svetlobo svojo;

¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹⁰ki nekdaj niste bili ljudstvo, sedaj pa ste ljudstvo Božje, nekdaj ne deležni milosti, sedaj pa pomiloščeni.

¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹¹Ljubljeni, opominjam vas kot tujce in popotnike, da se zdržujete mesenih poželenj, ki se vojskujejo zoper dušo;

¹²Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹²vedenje vaše med pogani bodi lepo, da bodo v tem, v čemer vas obrekujejo kakor hudodelnike, slavili zaradi vaših dobrih del, ki jih vidijo, Boga v dan obiskovanja.

¹³Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

¹³Pokorite se vsaki naredbi človeški zavoljo Gospoda: bodisi kralju kakor najvišjemu,

¹⁴Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

¹⁴bodisi poglavarjem kakor od njega poslanim v kaznovanje hudodelnikov in v pohvalo teh, ki delajo dobro.

¹⁵For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁵Kajti taka je volja Božja, da z dobrimi deli zavežite jezik nevednosti nespametnih ljudi;

¹⁶As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

¹⁶kakor svobodni, a ne za pokrivalo hudobnosti imajoč svobodo, temveč kakor hlapci Božji.

¹⁷Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

¹⁷Vse spoštujte, bratovščino ljubite, Boga se bojte, kralja častite!

¹⁸Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

¹⁸Hlapci, bodite pokorni v vsem strahu gospodarjem, ne samo dobrim in krotkim, ampak tudi osornim.

¹⁹For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

¹⁹Kajti to je milost, ako kdo iz vestnosti do Boga prenaša težave, po krivem trpeč.

²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

²⁰Kakšna namreč hvala, če boste grešeč in zato tepeni trpeli? Ampak če ste, dobo delajoč in pri tem trpeč, stanovitni, to je prijetno pri Bogu.

²¹For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

²¹Kajti za to ste bili poklicani, ker je tudi Kristus trpel za vas in vam zapustil zgled, da hodite po sledovih njegovih:

²²Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

²²on ni storil greha, tudi zvijača se ni našla v ustih njegovih;

²³Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

²³on psovan ni psoval, trpeč ni pretil, temuč vse je prepuščal tistemu, ki sodi pravično;

²⁴Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

²⁴on je grehe naše sam na telesu svojem nesel na les, da bi grehom odmrli in živeli pravičnosti; ž njegovimi ranami ste bili ozdravljeni.Bili ste namreč kakor ovce tavajoče, ali povrnili ste se zdaj k Pastirju in Škofu duš svojih.

²⁵For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

²⁵Bili ste namreč kakor ovce tavajoče, ali povrnili ste se zdaj k Pastirju in Škofu duš svojih.