¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

¹የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ ጴጥሮስ፥ እግዚአብሔር አብ አስቀድሞ እንዳወቃቸው በመንፈስም እንደሚቀደሱ፥ ይታዘዙና በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ደም ይረጩ ዘንድ ለተመረጡት በጳንጦስና በገላትያ በቀጰዶቅያም በእስያም በቢታንያም ለተበተኑ መጻተኞች፤ ጸጋና ሰላም ይብዛላችሁ።

²Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

³ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከሙታን በመነሣቱ ለሕያው ተስፋና ለማይጠፋ፥ እድፈትም ለሌለበት፥ ለማያልፍም ርስት እንደ ምሕረቱ ብዛት ሁለተኛ የወለደን የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ፤ ይህም ርስት በመጨረሻው ዘመን ይገለጥ ዘንድ ለተዘጋጀ መዳን በእምነት በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ለተጠበቃችሁ ለእናንተ በሰማይ ቀርቶላችኋል።

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

⁶በዚህም እጅግ ደስ ይላችኋል፥ ነገር ግን በእሳት ምንም ቢፈተን ከሚጠፋው ወርቅ ይልቅ አብልጦ የሚከብር የተፈተነ እምነታችሁ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲገለጥ፥ ለምስጋናና ለክብር ለውዳሴም ይገኝ ዘንድ አሁን ለጥቂት ጊዜ ቢያስፈልግ በልዩ ልዩ ፈተና አዝናችኋል።

⁴To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

⁸እርሱንም ሳታዩት ትወዱታላችሁ፤ አሁንም ምንም ባታዩት በእርሱ አምናችሁ፥ የእምነታችሁን ፍፃሜ እርሱም የነፍሳችሁን መዳን እየተቀበላችሁ፥ በማይነገርና ክብር በሞላበት ሐሤት ደስ ይላችኋል።

⁵Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

¹⁰ለእናንተም ስለሚሰጠው ጸጋ ትንቢት የተናገሩት ነቢያት ስለዚህ መዳን ተግተው እየፈለጉ መረመሩት፤

⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

¹¹በእነርሱም የነበረ የክርስቶስ መንፈስ፥ ስለ ክርስቶስ መከራ ከእርሱም በኋላ ስለሚመጣው ክብር አስቀድሞ እየመሰከረ፥ በምን ወይም እንዴት ባለ ዘመን እንዳመለከተ ይመረምሩ ነበር።

⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

¹²ለእነርሱም ከሰማይ በተላከ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ወንጌልን የሰበኩላችሁ ሰዎች አሁን ባወሩላችሁ ነገር እናንተን እንጂ ራሳቸውን እንዳላገለገሉ ተገለጠላቸው፤ ይህንም ነገር መላእክቱ ሊመለከቱ ይመኛሉ።

⁸Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

¹³ስለዚህ የልቡናችሁን ወገብ ታጥቃችሁና በመጠን ኖራችሁ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲገለጥ የምታገኙትን ጸጋ ፈጽማችሁ ተስፋ አድርጉ።

⁹Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

¹⁴እንደሚታዘዙ ልጆች ባለማወቃችሁ አስቀድሞ የኖራችሁበትን ምኞት አትከተሉ።

¹⁰Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

¹⁵ዳሩ ግን። እኔ ቅዱስ ነኝና ቅዱሳን ሁኑ ተብሎ ስለ ተጻፈ የጠራችሁ ቅዱስ እንደ ሆነ እናንተ ደግሞ በኑሮአችሁ ሁሉ ቅዱሳን ሁኑ።

¹¹Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

¹⁷ለሰው ፊትም ሳያደላ በእያንዳንዱ ላይ እንደ ሥራው የሚፈርደውን አባት ብላችሁ ብትጠሩ በእንግድነታችሁ ዘመን በፍርሃት ኑሩ።

¹²Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

¹⁸ከአባቶቻችሁ ከወረሳችሁት ከከንቱ ኑሮአችሁ በሚያልፍ ነገር በብር ወይም በወርቅ ሳይሆን፥ ነውርና እድፍ እንደ ሌለው እንደ በግ ደም በክቡር የክርስቶስ ደም እንደ ተዋጃችሁ ታውቃላችሁ።

¹³Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

²⁰ዓለም ሳይፈጠር እንኳ አስቀድሞ ታወቀ፥ ነገር ግን እምነታችሁና ተስፋችሁ በእግዚአብሔር ይሆን ዘንድ፥ ከሙታን ባስነሣው ክብርንም በሰጠው በእግዚአብሔር በእርሱ ስለምታምኑ ስለ እናንተ በዘመኑ መጨረሻ ተገለጠ።

¹⁴As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

²²ለእውነት እየታዘዛችሁ ግብዝነት ለሌለበት ለወንድማማች መዋደደ ነፍሳችሁን አንጽታችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ ከልባችሁ አጥብቃችሁ ተዋደዱ።

¹⁵But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

²³ዳግመኛ የተወለዳችሁት ከሚጠፋ ዘር አይደለም፥ በሕያውና ለዘላለም በሚኖር በእግዚአብሔር ቃል ከማይጠፋ ዘር ነው እንጂ።

¹⁶Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

²⁴ሥጋ ሁሉ እንደ ሣር ክብሩም ሁሉ እንደ ሣር አበባ ነውና፤ ሣሩ ይጠወልጋል አበባውም ይረግፋል፤

¹⁷And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

²⁵የጌታ ቃል ግን ለዘላለም ይኖራል። በወንጌልም የተሰበከላችሁ ቃል ይህ ነው።

¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

¹⁹But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

²⁰Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

²¹Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

²²Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

²³Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

²⁴For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

²⁵But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.