¹Pange siis maha kogu kurjus ja kogu kavalus ja silmakirjatsemine, kadetsemine ja mis tahes keelepeks!

¹Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

²Nagu äsjasündinud lapsed igatsege vaimulikku selget piima, et te selle varal kasvaksite pääste poole,

²as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

³kui te olete tunda saanud, et Issand on helde.

³if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.

⁴Tulles tema, elava kivi juurde, kes küll inimeste poolt on tunnistatud kõlbmatuks, ent Jumala silmis on valitud ja hinnaline,

⁴To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,

⁵laske ka endid ehitada elavate kividena vaimulikuks kojaks. Saage pühaks preesterkonnaks, kes toob vaimulikke ohvreid, mis on Jumalale meelepärased Jeesuse Kristuse kaudu.

⁵yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

⁶Seepärast seisabki Pühakirjas: 'Ennäe, ma panen Siionisse kivi, valitud, hinnalise nurgakivi, ja see, kes usub temasse, ei jää iial häbisse.'

⁶Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

⁷Teile siis, kes te usute, on see au, uskmatuile aga 'kivi, mille ehitajad tunnistasid kõlbmatuks, ning just see on saanud nurgakiviks',

⁷To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,

⁸ning 'komistuskiviks' ja 'pahanduskaljuks'. Uskmatud komistavad, sest nad on sõnale allumatud ja selleks nad ongi määratud.

⁸and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.

⁹Teie aga olete 'valitud sugu, kuninglik preesterkond, püha rahvas, omandrahvas, et te kuulutaksite tema kiidetavust', kes teid on kutsunud pimedusest oma imelisse valgusse -

⁹But *ye* [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

¹⁰teid, kes te muiste polnud rahvas, nüüd aga olete Jumala rahvas, teie, kelle peale polnud halastatud, nüüd aga on.

¹⁰who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

¹¹Armsad, ma manitsen teid kui majalisi ja võõraid siin ilmas - hoiduge lihalikest himudest, mis sõdivad hinge vastu!

¹¹Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹²Käituge hästi paganate keskel, et kuigi nad teist räägivad paha kui kurjategijaist, siiski, pannes tähele teie häid tegusid, annaksid nad Jumalale au aruandmise päeval.

¹²having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.

¹³Alistuge Issanda pärast kogu inimlikule korrale, olgu kuningale kui kõige ülemale,

¹³Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,

¹⁴olgu maavalitsejale kui tema poolt saadetule kurjategijaid karistama, aga heategijaid kiitma.

¹⁴or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.

¹⁵Selline on ju Jumala tahtmine, et te head tehes paneksite vaikima rumalate inimeste arutuse.

¹⁵Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

¹⁶Elage otsekui vabad, ent ärge kasutage oma vabadust kurjuse katteks, vaid olge nagu Jumala sulased!

¹⁶as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.

¹⁷Austage kõiki, armastage vendi, kartke Jumalat ja austage kuningat!

¹⁷Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.

¹⁸Orjad, alistuge täie aukartusega peremeestele, mitte üksnes headele ja leebetele, vaid ka tujukatele.

¹⁸Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

¹⁹Sest see on arm, kui keegi südametunnistuse pärast Jumala ees talub viletsust, kannatades süütult.

¹⁹For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

²⁰Sest mis kuulsus see on, kui teid süü pärast pekstakse ja teie seda peate taluma? Aga kui te head tehes ja kannatades talute peksu, siis on see arm Jumalalt.

²⁰For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.

²¹Selleks te olete kutsutud, sest ka Kristus kannatas teie eest, jättes teile eeskuju, et te käiksite tema jälgedes.

²¹For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

²²'Tema ei teinud pattu ega leitud pettust tema suust';

²²who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

²³ta ei sõimanud vastu, kui teda sõimati; ta kannatas ega ähvardanud, vaid jättis kõik selle hoolde, kes mõistab kohut õiglaselt;

²³who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;

²⁴ta kandis ise meie patud oma ihus üles ristipuule, et meie, olles surnud pattudele, elaksime õigusele; tema vermete varal te olete saanud terveks.

²⁴who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.

²⁵Teie olite ju 'nagu lambad ekslemas', kuid nüüd te olete pöördunud oma hingede Karjase ja Ülevaataja poole.

²⁵For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.