1.Petrus 2 | الكتاب المقدس

1 لِذَلِكَ، تَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ كُلِّ أَثَرٍ لِلشَّرِّ وَالْخِدَاعِ وَالرِّيَاءِ وَالْحَسَدِ وَالذَّمِّ.

2 وَكَأَطْفَالٍ مَوْلُودِينَ حَدِيثاً، تَشَوَّقُوا إِلَى اللَّبَنِ الرُّوحِيِّ النَّقِيِّ لِكَيْ تَنْمُوا بِهِ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغُوا النَّجَاةَ،

3 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً قَدْ تَذَوَّقْتُمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ طَيِّبٌ!

حجارة حية وشعب مختار

4 فَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِ الحَجَرَ الحَيَّ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ النَّاسُ، وَاخْتَارَهُ اللهُ، وَهُوَ ثَمِينٌ عِنْدَهُ.

5 إِذَنِ اتَّحِدُوا بِهِ كَحِجَارَةٍ حَيَّةٍ، مَبْنِيِّينَ بَيْتاً رُوحِيًّا، تَكُونُونَ فِيهِ كَهَنَةً مُقَدَّسِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ لِلهِ ذَبَائِحَ رُوحِيَّةً مَقْبُولَةً لَدَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

6 وَكَمَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ: «هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ، مُخْتَاراً وَثَمِيناً. الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، لَا يَخِيبُ!»

7 فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَجَرَ هُوَ ثَمِينٌ فِي نَظَرِكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِهِ. أَمَّا بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ، «فَالْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبَنَّاؤُونَ صَارَ هُوَ الْحَجَرَ الأَسَاسَ رَأْسَ زَاوِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ»،

8 كَمَا أَنَّهُ هُوَ «الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي يَصْطَدِمُونَ بِهِ، وَالصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي يَسْقُطُونَ عَلَيْهَا!» وَهُمْ يَسْقُطُونَ لأَنَّهُمْ يَرْفُضُونَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِالْكَلِمَةِ.

9 فَإِنَّ سُقُوطَهُمْ أَمْرٌ حَتْمِيٌّ! وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُشَكِّلُونَ جمَاعَةَ كَهَنَةٍ مُلُوكِيَّةً، وَسُلالَةً اخْتَارَهَا اللهُ، وَأُمَّةً كَرَّسَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ، وَشَعْباً امْتَلَكَهُ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ تُخْبِرُوا بِفَضَائِلِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ مِنَ الظَّلامِ إِلَى نُورِهِ الْعَجِيبِ!

10 فَإِنَّكُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي لَمْ تَكُونُوا شَعْباً؛ أَمَّا الآنَ، فَأَنْتُمْ «شَعْبُ اللهِ وَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ سَابِقاً لَا تَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِرَحْمَةِ اللهِ، أَمَّا الآنَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِها!»

الحياة التقية في مجتمع وثني

11 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، مَا أَنْتُمْ إِلّا غُرَبَاءُ تَزُورُونَ الأَرْضَ زِيَارَةً عَابِرَةً. لِذَلِكَ أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَبْتَعِدُوا عَنِ الشَّهَوَاتِ الْجَسَدِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُصَارِعُ النَّفْسَ.

12 وَلْيَكُنْ سُلُوكُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ سُلُوكاً حَسَناً. فَمَعَ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَّهِمُونَكُمْ زُوراً بِأَنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ الشَّرَّ، فَحِينَ يُلاحِظُونَ أَعْمَالَكُمُ الصَّالِحَةَ يُمَجِّدُونَ اللهَ يَوْمَ يَفْتَقِدُهُمْ.

13 فَإِكْرَاماً لِلرَّبِّ، اخْضَعُوا لِكُلِّ نِظَامٍ يُدِيرُ شُؤُونَ النَّاسِ: لِلْمَلِكِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِ صَاحِبَ السُّلْطَةِ الْعُلْيَا،

14 وَلِلْحُكَّامِ، بِاعْتِبَارِهِمْ مُمَثِّلِي الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ يُعَاقِبُونَ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَيَمْدَحُونَ الصَّالِحِينَ.

15 فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ إِرَادَةُ اللهِ: أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ دَائِماً، فَتُفْحِمُوا جَهَالَةَ النَّاسِ الأَغْبِيَاءِ!

16 تَصَرَّفُوا كَأَحْرَارٍ حَقّاً، لَا كَالَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ مِنَ الْحُرِّيَّةِ سِتَاراً لارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ بَلْ بِاعْتِبَارِ أَنَّكُمْ عَبِيدٌ لِلهِ.

17 أَكْرِمُوا جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ. أَحِبُّوا الإِخْوَةَ. خَافُوا اللهَ. أَكْرِمُوا الْمَلِكَ.

الاقتداء بالمسيح

18 أَيُّهَا الْخَدَمُ، اخْضَعُوا لِسَادَتِكُمْ بِاحْتِرَامٍ لائِقٍ. لَيْسَ لِلسَّادَةِ الصَّالِحِينَ الْمُتَرَفِّقِينَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِلظَّالِمِينَ الْقُسَاةِ أَيْضاً!

19 فَمَا أَجْمَلَ أَنْ يَتَحَمَّلَ الإِنْسَانُ الأَحْزَانَ حِينَ يَتَأَلَّمُ مَظْلُوماً، بِدَافِعٍ مِنْ ضَمِيرِهِ الْخَاضِعِ لِلهِ!

20 فَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ، أَيُّ مَجْدٍ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتَحَمَّلُونَ قَصَاصَ أَخْطَائِكُمْ؟ لَا فَضْلَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا تَحَمَّلْتُمُ الآلامَ صَابِرِينَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ الصَّوَابَ.

21 لأَنَّ اللهَ دَعَاكُمْ إِلى الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي هَذَا النَّوْعِ مِنَ الآلامِ. فَالْمَسِيحُ، الَّذِي تَأَلَّمَ لأَجْلِكُمْ، هُوَ الْقُدْوَةُ الَّتِي تَقْتَدُونَ بِها. فَسِيرُوا عَلَى آثَارِ خُطْوَاتِهِ:

22 إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ خَطِيئَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَلا كَانَ فِي فَمِهِ مَكْرٌ.

23 وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ أُهِينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَرُدُّ الإِهَانَةَ. وَإِذْ تَحَمَّلَ الآلامَ، لَمْ يَكُنْ يُهَدِّدُ بِالانْتِقَامِ، بَلْ أَسْلَمَ أَمْرَهُ لِلهِ الَّذِي يَحْكُمُ بِالْعَدْلِ.

24 وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ حَمَلَ خَطَايَانَا فِي جَسَدِهِ (عِنْدَمَا مَاتَ مَصْلُوباً) عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ، لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلْخَطَايَا فَنَحْيَا حَيَاةَ الْبِرِّ. وَبِجِرَاحِهِ هُوَ تَمَّ لَكُمُ الشِّفَاءُ،

25 فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ ضَالِّينَ كَخِرَافٍ ضَائِعَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قَدْ رَجَعْتُمُ الآنَ إِلَى رَاعِي نُفُوسِكُمْ وَحَارِسِهَا!

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English Standard Version

A Living Stone and a Holy People

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”*

8 and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution,* whether it be to the emperor* as supreme,

14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants* of God.

17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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