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

¹ Man Piyeer, ndawul Yeesu Kirist, maa leen di bind, yéen doxandéem yi tasaaroo ci diiwaani Pont, Galasi, Kapados, Asi ak Bitini. Yàlla Baay bi tànn na leen,

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.

² ci li mu leen xam bu jiitu, te sédde leen boppam ci jëfu Xel mu Sell mi, ngir ngeen déggal ko, te seen xol laab ndax deretu Yeesu Kirist. Na leen Yàlla dollil yiw ak jàmm.

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,

³ Cant ñeel na Yàlla, Baayu sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist! Moo nu judduwaatal ci yërmandeem ju bare, ba may nu yaakaar ju sax ndax ndekkitel Yeesu Kirist.

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

⁴ Sédd na leen cér bu dul yàqu, du gàkk te du seey mukk, dencal leen ko ci asamaan,

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

⁵ yéen ñi muy aar ci dooleem, sukkandikoo ci ngëm, di leen nége mucc, gi mu nar a feeñal bés bu mujj ba.

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

⁶ Yéena ngi bég bu baax ci biir yaakaar jooju, doonte sax, su waree am, yéena ngi dékku tiis ab diir, ci seen jànkoonte ak nattu yu wuute.

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:

⁷ Xam ne nattu yooyu dinañu sellal seen ngëm, ni safara di setale wurus, fekk wurus luy wéy la, te ngëm a ko gën fuuf. Noonu seen ngëm dina yelloo cant, ndam ak màgg, bés bu Yeesu Kirist feeñee.

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:

⁸ Musuleen koo gis waaye bëgg ngeen ko, gisuleen ko waaye gëm ngeen ko te am mbég mu xel dajul, mu fees dell ak ndam,

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

⁹ di jot muj gi ngëm séentu, maanaam muccu xol.

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

¹⁰ Naka mucc googu nag, yonent yi xamle yiw, wi ngeen naroon a joti, seet nañu ko te gëstu ko.

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.

¹¹ Bi Xelum Kirist, mi nekkoon ci ñoom, seedee lu jiitu coonoy Kirist ak ndam la cay topp, jéem nañoo takk, kañ ak nan lay ame.

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.

¹² Waaye Yàlla xamal na leen ne, moomuñu woon kàddu googu ñu wax, waaye yéena ko moom. Te mooy kàddu gi ngeen dégg ci gémmiñu ñi leen doon jottali xebaar bu baax bi, ci dooley Xel mu Sell, mi Yàlla yónnee asamaan; malaaka yi sax bëgg nañoo gëstu yëf yii.

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;

¹³ Kon fagaruleen ci seeni xalaat te maandu, di wékk seen yaakaar jépp ci yiw, wi leen Yàlla di jagleel bés bu Yeesu Kirist di feeñ.

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

¹⁴ Gannaaw gaayi Yàlla yu koy déggal ngeen, buleen toppati bëgg-bëgg, yi ngeen toppoon, bi ngeen xamagul Yàlla.

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

¹⁵ Waaye na seen dund gépp sell, ni Yàlla mi leen woo selle.

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

¹⁶ Ndaxte Mbind mi nee na: «Sell-leen, ndaxte ku sell laa.»

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:

¹⁷ Gannaaw nag Yàlla, mi ngeen di wooye Baay, mooy àtte jëfi ñépp te du gënale kenn, saxleen ci ragal ko diirub seen ngan ci àddina.

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;

¹⁸ Xam ngeen ne, Yàlla jot na leen ci seen dund gu tekkiwul dara, gi maam ya nekkoon; te jotuleen ak yu deme ni xaalis mbaa wurus yuy wéy,

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

¹⁹ waaye ci deretu Kirist ju tedd ji, mel ni mbote mu sikkul te wàññikuwul.

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

²⁰ Yàlla xamoon na ko, ba àddina sosoogul, waaye léegi ci mujug jamono feeñal na ko ndax yéen

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.

²¹ ñi jaar ci moom, gëm Yàlla. Te Yàlla dekkal na ko, sol ko ndam, ngir ngeen wékk seen ngëm ak seen yaakaar ci Yàlla.

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:

²² Kon nag gannaaw déggal ngeen dëgg gi, ba sellal seeni xol te am mbëggeel gu dëggu, bëgganteleen mbëggeel gu tar ak seen xol bépp.

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

²³ Ndaxte du ci jiwu wuy yàqu ngeen judduwaate, waaye ci jiwu wu sax, maanaam kàddug Yàlla giy dund tey sax.

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:

²⁴ Ndaxte:«Nit ñax la,ndamam di tóor-tóor kese;ñax day wow, tóor-tóor ruus,waaye kàddug Boroom bi day sax ba fàww.»

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

²⁵ Te kàddu googu mooy xebaar bu baax, bi ñu leen doon yégal.