1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
1የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያና ሐዋርያ የሆነ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ፥ በአምላካችንና በመድኃኒታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጽድቅ ካገኘነው ጋር የተካከለ የክብር እምነትን ላገኙ፤
2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2የመለኮቱ ኃይል፥ በገዛ ክብሩና በበጎነቱ የጠራንን በማወቅ፥ ለሕይወትና እግዚአብሔርን ለመምሰል የሚሆነውን ነገር ሁሉ ስለ ሰጠን፥ በእግዚአብሔርና በጌታችን በኢየሱስ እውቀት ጸጋና ሰላም ይብዛላችሁ።
3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4ስለ ክፉ ምኞት በዓለም ካለው ጥፋት አምልጣችሁ ከመለኮት ባሕርይ ተካፋዮች በተስፋ ቃል እንድትሆኑ፥ በእነዚያ ክብርና በጎነት የተከበረና እጅግ ታላቅ የሆነ ተስፋን ሰጠን።
4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5ስለዚህም ምክንያት ትጋትን ሁሉ እያሳያችሁ በእምነታችሁ በጎነትን ጨምሩ፥
5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6በበጎነትም እውቀትን፥ በእውቀትም ራስን መግዛት፥ ራስንም በመግዛት መጽናትን፥ በመጽናትም እግዚአብሔርን መምሰል፥
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7እግዚአብሔርንም በመምሰል የወንድማማችን መዋደድ፥ በወንድማማችም መዋደድ ፍቅርን ጨምሩ።
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8እነዚህ ነገሮች ለእናንተ ሆነው ቢበዙ፥ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እውቀት ሥራ ፈቶችና ፍሬ ቢሶች እንዳትሆኑ ያደርጉአችኋልና፤
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9እነዚህ ነገሮች የሌሉት ዕውር ነውና፥ በቅርብም ያለውን ብቻ ያያል፥ የቀደመውንም ኃጢአቱን መንጻት ረስቶአል።
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10ስለዚህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ መጠራታችሁንና መመረጣችሁን ታጸኑ ዘንድ ከፊት ይልቅ ትጉ፤ እነዚህን ብታደርጉ ከቶ አትሰናከሉምና።
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11እንዲሁ ወደ ዘላለሙ ወደ ጌታችንና መድኃኒታችን ወደ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መንግሥት መግባት በሙላት ይሰጣችኋልና።
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12ስለዚህ እነዚህን ነገሮች ምንም ብታውቁ በእናንተም ዘንድ ባለ እውነት ምንም ብትጸኑ፥ ስለ እነዚህ ዘወትር እንዳሳስባችሁ ቸል አልልም።
12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
13ሁልጊዜም በዚህ ማደሪያ ሳለሁ በማሳሰቤ ላነቃችሁ የሚገባኝ ይመስለኛል።
13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንዳመለከተኝ ከዚህ ማደሪያዬ መለየቴ ፈጥኖ እንዲሆን አውቃለሁና።
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15ከመውጣቴም በኋላ እነዚህን ነገሮች እንድታስቡ በየጊዜው ትችሉ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።
15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16የእርሱን ግርማ አይተን እንጂ በብልሃት የተፈጠረውን ተረት ሳንከተል የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ኃይልና መምጣት አስታወቅናችሁ።
16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17ከገናናው ክብር። በእርሱ ደስ የሚለኝ የምወደው ልጄ ይህ ነው የሚል ያ ድምፅ በመጣለት ጊዜ ከእግዚአብሔር አብ ክብርንና ምስጋናን ተቀብሎአልና፤
17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18እኛም በቅዱሱ ተራራ ከእርሱ ጋር ሳለን ይህን ድምፅ ከሰማይ ሲወርድ ሰማን።
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
19ከእርሱም ይልቅ እጅግ የጸና የትንቢት ቃል አለን፤ ምድርም እስኪጠባ ድረስ የንጋትም ኮከብ በልባችሁ እስኪወጣ ድረስ፥ ሰው በጨለማ ስፍራ የሚበራን መብራት እንደሚጠነቀቅ ይህን ቃል እየጠነቀቃችሁ መልካም ታደርጋላችሁ።
19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20ይህን በመጀመሪያ እወቁ፤ በመጽሐፍ ያለውን ትንቢት ሁሉ ማንም ለገዛ ራሱ ሊተረጉም አልተፈቀደም፤
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21ትንቢት ከቶ በሰው ፈቃድ አልመጣምና፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ተልከው ቅዱሳን ሰዎች በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተነድተው ተናገሩ።
21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.