Living Stones, Pipol wey God Choose
E call believers living stones wey dem build into one house around the stone wey the builders reject — priesthood, people wey belong to we Papa, wey before no be people at all. Then hard advice for people wey dey live as strangers: live well so that bad talk no go work, submit, and endure suffering wey no fair as Christ do.
2 1So, comot all bad mind and all deceit and pretend-pretend and jealousy and all bad-mouth wey person dey talk. 2Like small pikin wey dem just born, make una crave pure milk of di word, so that una go grow reach salvation, 3now wey una don taste say di Lord good. a a v3 Peter take di psalm im words "taste and see say di Lord good" and put am for Jesus — di One wey di readers don come meet and find say E good. 4As una dey come to am, di living stone wey pipol reject but wey our Papa choose, wey precious well-well to our Papa. 5Una too, dem dey build una, like living stones, make una be spiritual house and holy priesthood, wey dey offer spiritual sacrifice wey our Papa dey accept through Jesus Christ.
6Scripture talk say: "See, I put for Zion one cornerstone wey I choose, wey precious; anybody wey believe for am no go ever shame."
7So dis honor na for una wey believe. But for dem wey no believe, di stone wey di builders reject don turn to di cornerstone,
8and stone wey go make dem stumble, rock wey go trip dem. Dem dey trip because dem no dey obey di word—na exactly wetin dem set dem for.
9But una na pipol wey our Papa choose, royal priesthood, holy nation, pipol wey belong to our Papa, make una fit announce di praises of di One wey call una comot from darkness enter im wonderful light. 10Before-before una no bin be pipol, but now una don be our Papa im pipol; before una never receive mercy, but now una don receive mercy. b b v10 Peter dey draw from Hosea: dem wey bin be "no be pipol" before, now our Papa don claim dem as im own — di outsider wey dem don bring come house and show mercy.
11My beloved friends, I dey beg una—una wey be strangers and pipol wey dey live for foreign land—make una run comot from fleshly desires wey dey war against una soul. 12Make una live good life for inside di nations, so that when dem bad-mouth una as pipol wey dey do wrong, dem go see una good works and go glorify our Papa for di day wey E go visit us.
13Submit to every human authority for di Lord im sake—whether na di emperor, as di one wey dey on top, 14or na di governors, wey di emperor send to punish pipol wey dey do wrong and to praise dem wey dey do good. 15Because na dis be our Papa im will: say as una dey do good, una go shut di ignorant mouth of foolish pipol. 16Make una live as free pipol—no dey use una freedom take cover evil—but as servants of our Papa. 17Respect everybody, love di family of believers, fear our Papa, honor di emperor.
18Una servants, submit to una masters with full respect—no be only di good and gentle ones, but also di harsh ones. 19Because e good if person endure di pain of suffering wey no just, as e dey mind our Papa. 20Wetin credit dey inside if una endure beating for wrong wey una do? But if una endure suffering for good wey una do—dis one good before our Papa.
21Na for dis una dey called, because Christ too suffer for una, and E leave example for una to follow im steps. 22"E no commit any sin, and dem no find any deceit for im mouth." 23When dem dey pour insults on am, E no pay dem back; when E suffer, E no threaten anybody, but E hand imself over to di One wey dey judge with correct way. 24E imself carry our sins for im own body on di tree, so that we fit die to sin and live for di correct-and-holy way; na by im wounds una don receive healing. c c v24 'Di tree' mean di cross — Peter dey echo di Old Testament picture of carrying curse by hanging on wood (Deuteronomy 21:23). 25Because una bin dey stray like sheep, but now una don return come to di Shepherd and Guardian of una souls.
