OrthJBC - I Peter - 4

4:1  Therefore, als (since) Moshiach underwent bodily sivlot (sufferings [4:13]), also you arm yourselves with the same way of thinking as Moshiach, because the one having suffered in the basar (flesh) has finished with chet (sin)

4:2  so as no longer to live the remaining time of Olam Hazeh in the basar, in the ta'avot bnei Adam (lusts of men), but in the ratzon Hashem (will of G-d).

4:3  For you have already spent sufficient time (time already gone by) in Olam Hazeh participating in the ta'avot of the Goyim, walking in darchei zimah (the ways of licentiousness), ta'avot, shichrut (drunkenness), orgiastic drinking mesibot (parties), and unlawful avodas elilim (idolatry).

4:4  The Goyim think it strange [4:12] that you are not running with them into the same mabbul (flood) of dissipation, and so they blaspheme and commit Chillul Hashem.

4:5  But they will give an account to the One being ready to take his seat as the Shofet (Judge) of the chayyim (the living ones) and the mesim (the dead ones).

4:6  For, indeed, this is the reason that the Besuras HaGeulah was preached to the mesim (dead ones), that, though judged in the basar as men [Heb.12:23; Joh 5:25; I Thes.4:13-18], they might have Chayyim in the ruach as Hashem. THE KETZ HAYAMIM HAS DRAWN NEAR

4:7  The Ketz (End) of all things now has drawn near. Let your thinking be one of zililut da'as (sober-mindedness), therefore, and be kovesh es yitzro (self-controlled), for the sake of your tefillos [prayers].

4:8  Above all else, have fervent ahavah (agap‚) among yourselves, because ahavah (agap‚) KOL PESHA'IM T'CHASSEH ("all wrongs covers"--MISHLE 10:12).

4:9  Practice hachnosas orchim (hospitality) with one another without kevetching,

4:10  each one according as he received a mattanah (gift), as k'lei kodesh ministering to one another, mefakkechim tovim (good stewards, supervisors) of the varied Chen v'Chesed Hashem.

4:11  If anyone speaks, let it be as though it were the oracles of Hashem; if anyone ministers, let it be as by the chozek (strength) which Hashem supplies, that in all things Hashem may be glorified through Moshiach Yehoshua. Lo haKavod v'haOz l'Olemei olamim. Omein (To whom be the glory and the power into the ages of the ages. Omein.)

4:12  Chaverim, do not be surprised at the massah (trial) of aish (fire) among you coming as a test for you, as though some strange thing were happening to you.

4:13  But in so far as you share in the sivlot (sufferings) of Moshiach, in the Chevlei haMoshiach, be glad that also in the Apocalypse of his Kavod, you may have simcha and sason.

4:14  If you are reproached for the shem haMoshiach, ashrei (happy, blessed) are you, because the Ruach haKodesh of Kavod and the RUACH Hashem [YESHAYAH 11:2] rests upon you.

4:15  Let not any of you suffer as a rotzeiach (murderer) or a ganav (thief) or an oseh ra'ah (an evil doer) or as one who is mitarev (meddlesome).

4:16  But if any one of you suffers as a ma'amin in Moshiach (believer in Messiah), let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify Hashem by this name.

4:17  Because the time has come to begin the Mishpat from the Beis Hashem; and if the Mishpat begins from us, what will be the toitzaa (outcome) of the ones without mishma'at (obedience) to the Besuras HaGeulah of Hashem?

4:18  And if the Tzaddik is saved with difficulty, where will the man without chassidus [in Moshiach] and the Am ha'Aretz choteh (sinner) appear [MISHLE 11:31]?

4:19  Therefore, indeed, the ones undergoing sivlot according to the ratzon Hashem, let them commit their nefashot to a trustworthy Yotzer (Creator) while they continue to do ma'asim tovim.