¹The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

¹እንግዲህ እኔ፥ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሽማግሌ የክርስቶስም መከራ ምስክር ደግሞም ሊገለጥ ካለው ክብር ተካፋይ የሆንሁ፥ በመካከላቸው ያሉትን ሽማግሌዎች እመክራቸዋለሁ፤

²Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

²በእናንተ ዘንድ ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን መንጋ ጠብቁ፤ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ በውድ እንጂ በግድ ሳይሆን፥ በበጎ ፈቃድ እንጂ መጥፎውን ረብ በመመኘት ሳይሆን ጐብኙት፤

³Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

³ለመንጋው ምሳሌ ሁኑ እንጂ ማኅበሮቻችሁን በኃይል አትግዙ፤

⁴And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

⁴የእረኞችም አለቃ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ የማያልፈውን የክብርን አክሊል ትቀበላላችሁ።

⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

⁵እንዲሁም፥ ጐበዞች ሆይ፥ ለሽማግሌዎች ተገዙ፤ ሁላችሁም እርስ በርሳችሁ እየተዋረዳችሁ ትሕትናን እንደ ልብስ ታጠቁ፥ እግዚአብሔር ትዕቢተኞችን ይቃወማልና፥ ለትሑታን ግን ጸጋን ይሰጣል።

⁶Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

⁶እንግዲህ በጊዜው ከፍ እንዲያደርጋችሁ ከኃይለኛው ከእግዚአብሔር እጅ በታች ራሳችሁን አዋርዱ፤

⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

⁷እርሱ ስለ እናንተ ያስባልና የሚያስጨንቃችሁን ሁሉ በእርሱ ላይ ጣሉት።

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

⁸በመጠን ኑሩ ንቁም፥ ባላጋራችሁ ዲያብሎስ የሚውጠውን ፈልጎ እንደሚያገሣ አንበሳ ይዞራልና፤

⁹Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

⁹በዓለም ያሉት ወንድሞቻችሁ ያን መከራ በሙሉ እንዲቀበሉ እያወቃችሁ በእምነት ጸንታችሁ ተቃወሙት።

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

¹⁰በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ወደ ዘላለም ክብሩ የጠራችሁ የጸጋ ሁሉ አምላክ ለጥቂት ጊዜ መከራን ከተቀበላችሁ በኋላ ራሱ ፍጹማን ያደርጋችኋል ያጸናችሁምል ያበረታችሁማል።

¹¹To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

¹¹ለእርሱ ክብርና ኃይል እስከዘላለም ድረስ ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹²By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

¹²እየመከርኋችሁና የምትቆሙባት ጸጋ እውነትኛ የእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ እንድትሆን እየመሰከርሁላችሁ፥ የታመነ ወንድም እንደ ሆነ በቈጠርሁት በስልዋኖስ እጅ በአጭሩ ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

¹³The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

¹³ከእናንተ ጋር ተመርጣ በባቢሎን ያለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ልጄም ማርቆስ ሰላምታ ያቀርቡላችኋል።

¹⁴Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

¹⁴በፍቅር አሳሳም እርስ በርሳችሁ ሰላምታ ተሰጣጡ። በክርስቶስ ላላችሁ ለሁላችሁ ሰላም ይሁን። አሜን።