¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,

¹እንግዲህ ክፋትን ሁሉ ተንኰልንም ሁሉ ግብዝነትንም ቅንዓትንም ሐሜትንም ሁሉ አስወግዳችሁ፥

²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

²ጌታ ቸር መሆኑን ቀምሳችሁ እንደ ሆነ፥ ለመዳን በእርሱ እንድታድጉ አሁን እንደ ተወለዱ ሕፃናት ተንኰል የሌለበትን የቃልን ወተት ተመኙ።

³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

⁴በሰውም ወደ ተጣለ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን ወደ ተመረጠና ክቡር ወደ ሆነው ወደ ሕያው ድንጋይ ወደ እርሱ እየቀረባችሁ፥

⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

⁵እናንተ ደግሞ እንደ ሕያዋን ድንጋዮች ሆናችሁ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ለእግዚአብሔር ደስ የሚያሰኝ መንፈሳዊ መሥዋዕትን ታቀርቡ ዘንድ ቅዱሳን ካህናት እንድትሆኑ መንፈሳዊ ቤት ለመሆን ተሠሩ።

⁵Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

⁶በመጽሐፍ። እነሆ፥ የተመረጠና የከበረን የማዕዘን ራስ ድንጋይ በጽዮን አኖራለሁ በእርሱም የሚያምን አያፍርም ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና።

⁶Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

⁷እንግዲህ ክብሩ ለእናንተ ለምታምኑት ነው፤ ለማያምኑ ግን አናጢዎች የጣሉት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ የዕንቅፋትም ድንጋይ የማሰናከያም ዓለት ሆነ፤

⁷Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

⁸የማያምኑ ስለ ሆኑ በቃሉ ይሰናከሉበታልና፤ ለዚህ ደግሞ የተመደቡ ናቸው።

⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

⁹እናንተ ግን ከጨለማ ወደሚደነቅ ብርሃኑ የጠራችሁን የእርሱን በጎነት እንድትናገሩ የተመረጠ ትውልድ፥ የንጉሥ ካህናት፥ ቅዱስ ሕዝብ፥ ለርስቱ የተለየ ወገን ናችሁ፤

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

¹⁰እናንተ ቀድሞ ወገን አልነበራችሁም አሁን ግን የእግዚአብሔር ወገን ናችሁ፤ እናንተ ምሕረት ያገኛችሁ አልነበራችሁም አሁን ግን ምሕረትን አግኝታችኋል።

¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹¹ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ነፍስን ከሚዋጋ ሥጋዊ ምኞት ትርቁ ዘንድ እንግዶችና መጻተኞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹²ስለሚመለከቱት ስለ መልካም ሥራችሁ፥ ክፉ እንደምታደርጉ በዚያ እናንተን በሚያሙበት ነገር፥ በሚጎበኝበት ቀን እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩት ዘንድ በአሕዛብ መካከል ኑሮአችሁ መልካም ይሁን።

¹²Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹³ስለ ጌታ ብላችሁ ለሰው ሥርዓት ሁሉ ተገዙ፤ ለንጉሥም ቢሆን፥ ከሁሉ በላይ ነውና፤

¹³Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

¹⁴ለመኳንንትም ቢሆን፥ ክፉ የሚያደርጉትን ለመቅጣት በጎም የሚያደርጉትን ለማመስገን ከእርሱ ተልከዋልና ተገዙ።

¹⁴Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

¹⁵በጎ እያደረጋችሁ፥ የማያውቁትን ሞኞች ዝም ታሰኙ ዘንድ እንዲህ የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ነውና፤

¹⁵For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁶አርነት ወጥታችሁ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ባሪያዎች ሁኑ እንጂ ያ አርነት ለክፋት መሸፈኛ እንዲሆን አታድርጉ።

¹⁶As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

¹⁷ሁሉን አክብሩ፥ ወንድሞችን ውደዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ፍሩ፥ ንጉሥን አክብሩ።

¹⁷Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

¹⁸ሎሌዎች ሆይ፥ ለበጎዎችና ለገሮች ጌቶቻችሁ ብቻ ሳይሆን ለጠማሞች ደግሞ በፍርሃት ሁሉ ተገዙ።

¹⁸Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

¹⁹በግፍ መከራን የሚቀበል ሰው እግዚአብሔርን እያሰበ ኃዘንን ቢታገሥ ምስጋና ይገባዋልና።

¹⁹For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

²⁰ኃጢአት አድርጋችሁ ስትጎሰሙ ብትታገሡ፥ ምን ክብር አለበት? ነገር ግን መልካም አድርጋችሁ መከራን ስትቀበሉ ብትታገሡ፥ ይህ ነገር በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ምስጋና ይገባዋል።

²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

²¹የተጠራችሁለት ለዚህ ነውና፤ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ፍለጋውን እንድትከተሉ ምሳሌ ትቶላችሁ ስለ እናንተ መከራን ተቀብሎአልና።

²¹For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

²²እርሱም ኃጢአት አላደረገም፥ ተንኰልም በአፉ አልተገኘበትም፤

²²Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

²³ሲሰድቡት መልሶ አልተሳደበም መከራንም ሲቀበል አልዛተም፥ ነገር ግን በጽድቅ ለሚፈርደው ራሱን አሳልፎ ሰጠ፤

²³Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

²⁴ለኃጢአት ሞተን ለጽድቅ እንድንኖር፥ እርሱ ራሱ በሥጋው ኃጢአታችንን በእንጨት ላይ ተሸከመ፤*ፍ1*

²⁴Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

²⁵በመገረፉ ቁስል ተፈወሳችሁ። እንደ በጎች ትቅበዘበዙ ነበርና፥ አሁን ግን ወደ ነፍሳችሁ እረኛና ጠባቂ ተመልሳችኋል።

²⁵For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.