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

¹Peter, apostol Jezusa Kristusa, izvoljenim tujcem, razkropljenim po Pontu, Galaciji, Kapadociji, Aziji in Bitiniji,

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.

²izvoljenim po previdnosti Boga Očeta, v posvečenju Duha, k pokorščini in pokropljenju s krvjo Jezusa Kristusa: Milost vam in mir naj se pomnoži!

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,

³Hvaljen bodi Bog in Oče Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, ki nas je po obilem usmiljenju svojem prerodil v živo upanje po vstajenju Jezusa Kristusa iz mrtvih,

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

⁴v prejem dediščine neminljive in neoskrunjene in nevenljive, shranjene v nebesih za vas,

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

⁵ki vas moč Božja čuva in po veri ohrani za zveličanje, pripravljeno, da se razodene v poslednjem času.

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

⁶V katerem se radujete, čeprav ste ravnokar nekaj časa (ako je treba) v žalosti po mnogoterih izkušnjavah,

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:

⁷da se preizkušnja vere vaše, vrednejša nego preizkušnja minljivega, a v ognju izkušenega zlata, izkaže vam v hvalo in čast in slavo pri razodetju Jezusa Kristusa;

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:

⁸ki ga ljubite, dasi ga niste videli, ki ga sedaj ne gledate, a vendar vanj verujete in se v njem radujete z veseljem neizrečnim in polnim slave,

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

⁹prejemajoč konec vere svoje, zveličanje duš.

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

¹⁰O katerem zveličanju so preiskavali in ga izsledovali proroki, ki so prorokovali o milosti vam namenjeni,

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.

¹¹preiskujoč, za kateri in za kakšen čas je oznanjal Duh Kristusov, ki je bil v njih in je najprej pričal za trpljenja Kristusova in veliko jim sledečo slavo.

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.

¹²Njim se je razodelo, da tistega niso podajali sebi, ampak vam, kar se vam je sedaj oznanilo po njih, ki so vam propovedovali evangelij v svetem Duhu, poslanem iz nebes; v kar angeli žele gledati.

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;

¹³Zato opašite ledja razuma svojega, bodite trezni in stavite svoje upanje popolnoma na milost, ki se vam prinaša v razodetju Jezusa Kristusa;

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

¹⁴kakor otroci pokorščine se ne ravnajte po prejšnjih željah v času nevednosti svoje,

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

¹⁵marveč po Svetem, ki vas je poklical, bodite tudi vi sveti v vsem svojem vedenju,

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

¹⁶kajti pisano je: „Sveti bodite, ker sem jaz svet“.

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:

¹⁷In če Očeta kličete njega, ki sodi brez licegledja slehernega po njegovem delu, živite v strahu ves čas tujčevanja svojega,

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;

¹⁸vedoč, da niste odkupljeni z minljivimi rečmi, s srebrom ali zlatom, iz praznega življenja svojega, podedovanega od očetov,

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

¹⁹ampak z drago krvjo kakor jagnjeta brez hibe in brez madeža, Kristusa;

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

²⁰ki je bil naprej spoznan pred ustanovitvijo sveta, razodel se je pa ob koncu časov zaradi vas,

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.

²¹ki po njem verujete v Boga, ki ga je obudil iz mrtvih in mu dal slavo, tako da je vera vaša tudi upanje v Boga.

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:

²²Ker ste očistili duše svoje v pokorščini resnice za nehlinjeno bratoljubje, ljubite se iz čistega srca med seboj iskreno,

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

²³ker ste prerojeni ne iz minljivega semena, ampak neminljivega, po besedi Božji, ki živi in večno ostane.

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:

²⁴Kajti „vse meso je kakor trava in vsa slava njegova kakor trave cvet; posuši se trava in cvet ji odpade,beseda Gospodova pa ostane vekomaj“. To pa je beseda blagovestja, ki se vam je oznanila.

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

²⁵beseda Gospodova pa ostane vekomaj“. To pa je beseda blagovestja, ki se vam je oznanila.