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:
1 Ay, Siman Bitros, ay ya Yesu Almasihu bannya nd'a diya no. Ay go ga tiro wo hantum borey se kaŋ du cimbeeri* darzakoy kaŋ ga saba nda iri wano, iri Irikoyo kaŋ ga ti Faabakwa Yesu Almasihu adilitara ra.
2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Gomni nda laakal kanay ma tonton araŋ gaa, Irikoy d'iri Rabbo Yesu bayra ra.
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:
3 A Irikoytara dabaro n'iri no hay kulu kaŋ iri ga laami nd'a _Almasihu ra|_ fundi _tajo|_ se da Irikoy fonda ganayaŋo se, a bayra do, nga kaŋ n'iri ce nga darza nda nga booriyaŋo do.
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.
4 I do no a n'iri no nga alkawli bambatey kaŋ gonda darza hal i do araŋ ma ciya marganteyaŋ Irikoytara alhaalo ra, za kaŋ araŋ koma halaciyaŋo gaa kaŋ go ndunnya ra ibaay laaley sabbay se.
5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
5 Woodin bumbo se mo no, araŋ do haray, kal araŋ ma kookari ka tonton araŋ cimbeero gaa booriyaŋ, booriyaŋo gaa mo, bayray,
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
6 bayra gaa mo, boŋ hiniyaŋ, boŋ hiniyaŋo gaa mo, suuru, suuro gaa mo Irikoy fonda ganayaŋ.
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
7 Irikoy fonda ganayaŋo gaa mo, araŋ ma nya-izey baakasinay tonton, nya-izey baakasina gaa mo, wa baakasinay tonton.
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.
8 Zama nda hayey din go araŋ se, nga no i goono ga baa ka tonton mo, i g'araŋ gaay hal araŋ ma si jaŋ nafa wala albarka Rabbi Yesu Almasihu bayra ra.
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
9 Zama boro kaŋ sinda hayey din ya danaw no, a goono ga di haŋ kaŋ ga maan nga moy gaa hinne. A dinya nga doŋ zunubey hanandiyaŋo gaa.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
10 Woodin sabbay se, nya-izey, araŋ ma anniya haw ka tonton k'araŋ ceeyaŋo d'araŋ suubanyaŋo tabbatandi. Zama nd'araŋ ga hayey din te, araŋ si kati abada.
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
11 Yaadin mo no Irikoy g'araŋ no beeray furoyaŋ iri Rabbo kaŋ ga ti iri Faabakwa Yesu Almasihu koytara kaŋ ga duumi ra.
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.
12 Woodin sabbay se no ay ga laakal daŋ waati kulu k'araŋ fongandi nda hayey din, baa kaŋ araŋ g'i bay, araŋ tabbat mo cimo kaŋ go araŋ se ra.
13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
13 Ay di mo kaŋ a ga hima ay se, gayyaŋ kulu kaŋ ay te kuuru-fuwo wo ra, ay m'araŋ fongandi hal araŋ laakaley ma ye hayey din gaa.
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
14 Zama ay ga bay kaŋ ay ga tara k'ay kuuru-fuwo wo naŋ, danga mate kaŋ cine iri Rabbi Yesu Almasihu n'ay fahamandi nd'a.
15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
15 Oho, ay ga te anniya hal ay dirawo banda araŋ ma du ka fongu nda hayey din alwaati kulu.
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.
16 Zama manti nda carmaykomey jandey ganayaŋ no iri n'araŋ bayrandi nd'iri Rabbi Yesu Almasihu dabaro d'a kaayaŋo, amma iri ya seedayaŋ no kaŋ yaŋ di Yesu beera mo-da-mo.
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.
17 Zama a du beeray da darza Baaba Irikoy do, waato kaŋ jinda kaŋ fun beera kaŋ ga bisa ikulu do kaa a do ka ne: «Boro woone ga ti ay Izo kaŋ ay ga ba, kaŋ ay goono ga maa a kaani gumo.»
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
18 Iri bumbey mo, iri maa jinda din kaŋ fun beena ra, waato kaŋ iri go Yesu banda tondi hanna boŋ.
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:
19 Iri gonda annabitaray sanno mo kaŋ ga tabbat ka bisa _haŋ kaŋ iri di|_. A ga boori araŋ se araŋ ma laakal ye a gaa, zama a go danga fitilla kaŋ goono ga kaari kuba ra, hala mo ma bo, mo boyaŋ handariya mo ma tun araŋ biney ra.
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
20 Sintina day araŋ ma woone bay: annabitaray kulu kaŋ go Irikoy Tira Hanna ra sinda fasaryaŋ Adam-ize fahamay boŋ.
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.
21 Zama annabitara din mana kaa boro miila boŋ baa ce fo, amma borey salaŋ da haŋ kaŋ fun Irikoy do, zama Biya Hanno no goono g'i tuti.