1 Piè 4
Haitian Creole Version
4 ¶ Se poutèt sa, menm jan Kris la te soufri nan kò li, nou menm tou se pou nou pare pou n' soufri menm jan an tou. Paske, lè yon moun soufri nan kò li, li pa gen anyen pou l' wè ak peche ankò.
2 Se pou li viv ti rès tan li gen pou l' viv sou tè a dapre egzijans volonte Bondye, pa dapre egzijans lachè.
3 Paske, nan tan lontan, nou te gen kont tan nou pou n' te fè tou sa moun ki pa konnen Bondye yo ap fè. Lè sa a, nou t'ap viv nan libètinaj, nan lanvi, nan bwè tafya, nan debòch, nan banbòch, nan sèvi zidòl, bagay lalwa defann nou fè.
4 ¶ Koulye a, moun sa yo twouve sa dwòl dèske nou pa fè bann ak yo ankò nan tout eksè sa yo. Se poutèt sa, y'ap pale nou mal.
5 Men, yo gen pou yo rann kont bay Bondye ki deja pare pou jije ni moun ki vivan yo ni moun ki mouri yo.
6 Se pou sa menm yo te anonse bon nouvèl la bay moun ki mouri yo. Konsa, si lè yo te sou latè yo te tonbe anba jijman Bondye tankou tout moun, koulye a yo ka viv nan pouvwa Lespri Bondye a, jan Bondye vle l' la.
7 ¶ Tout bagay prèt pou fini. Se pou nou kenbe tèt nou anplas, veye kò nou pou n' ka lapriyè.
8 Anvan tout bagay, se pou nou yonn renmen lòt anpil. Paske, lè nou renmen, sa fè Bondye padonnen anpil peche.
9 Se pou nou yonn resevwa lòt lakay nou san plenyen.
10 Chak moun dwe pran kado Bondye ba yo a pou yo rann lòt yo sèvis. Konsa, tankou bon jeran, n'a pran kado Bondye yo, ki divès kalite, n'a fè yo travay.
11 Si yon moun ap pale, se pou l' pale tankou si se te pawòl Bondye li t'ap di. Si yon moun ap rann sèvis, se pou li fè l' ak fòs Bondye ba li. Konsa, nan tout bagay lwanj lan va pou Bondye, gremesi Jezikri. Se pou Jezikri tout lwanj ak tout pouvwa pou tout tan. Amèn.
12 ¶ Frè m' yo, nou pa bezwen sezi devan gwo eprèv sa yo k'ap tonbe sou nou tankou yon gwo dife. Nou pa bezwen konprann sa se yon bagay estwòdenè k'ap rive nou la a.
13 Okontrè, fè kè n' kontan. Paske, menm jan nou patisipe nan soufrans Kris yo, konsa tou n'a kontan nèt ale lè gwo pouvwa Kris la va parèt.
14 Si yo joure nou paske n'ap swiv Kris la, konsidere sa tankou yon benediksyon. Paske, Lespri ki gen gwo pouvwa a, Lespri Bondye a nan nou.
15 Mwen swete pou pesonn nan nou pa gen pou li soufri paske li te touye moun, osinon paske li te fè sa ki mal, osinon paske li te foure bouch li nan zafè ki pa gade li.
16 Men, si yon moun ap soufri paske se kretyen li ye, li pa bezwen wont pou sa. Okontrè, se pou li fè lwanj Bondye dèske li pote non Kris la.
17 Paske, dat la rive pou jijman Bondye a konmanse. L'ap konmanse ak moun ki nan kay Bondye a anvan. Si li konmanse ak nou, nou pa bezwen mande sak pral rive moun sa yo ki pa koute bon nouvèl Bondye a.
18 Tankou sa ekri nan Liv la: Si moun k'ap viv dwat devan Bondye yo pa fasil pou sove, nou pa bezwen mande sa k'ap rive moun ki pa kwè nan Bondye yo, moun k'ap viv nan peche yo.
19 Se poutèt sa, moun k'ap soufri paske se sa Bondye vle pou yo a, se pou yo pa sispann fè sa ki byen, se pou yo renmèt nanm yo nan men Bondye ki kreye yo, epi ki p'ap lage yo.
1 Peter 4
New Living Translation
Living for God
4 So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.[a] 2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. 3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you. 5 But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead. 6 That is why the Good News was preached to those who are now dead[b]—so although they were destined to die like all people,[c] they now live forever with God in the Spirit.[d]
7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers. 8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 11 Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. 13 Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God[e] rests upon you.[f] 15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. 16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name! 17 For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News? 18 And also,
“If the righteous are barely saved,
what will happen to godless sinners?”[g]
19 So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
Footnotes
- 4:1 Or For the one [or One] who has suffered physically has finished with sin.
- 4:6a Greek preached even to the dead.
- 4:6b Or so although people had judged them worthy of death.
- 4:6c Or in spirit.
- 4:14a Or for the glory of God, which is his Spirit.
- 4:14b Some manuscripts add On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
- 4:18 Prov 11:31 (Greek version).
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