¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

¹የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ ጴጥሮስ፥ እግዚአብሔር አብ አስቀድሞ እንዳወቃቸው በመንፈስም እንደሚቀደሱ፥ ይታዘዙና በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ደም ይረጩ ዘንድ ለተመረጡት በጳንጦስና በገላትያ በቀጰዶቅያም በእስያም በቢታንያም ለተበተኑ መጻተኞች፤ ጸጋና ሰላም ይብዛላችሁ።

²according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

³ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከሙታን በመነሣቱ ለሕያው ተስፋና ለማይጠፋ፥ እድፈትም ለሌለበት፥ ለማያልፍም ርስት እንደ ምሕረቱ ብዛት ሁለተኛ የወለደን የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ፤ ይህም ርስት በመጨረሻው ዘመን ይገለጥ ዘንድ ለተዘጋጀ መዳን በእምነት በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ለተጠበቃችሁ ለእናንተ በሰማይ ቀርቶላችኋል።

³Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

⁶በዚህም እጅግ ደስ ይላችኋል፥ ነገር ግን በእሳት ምንም ቢፈተን ከሚጠፋው ወርቅ ይልቅ አብልጦ የሚከብር የተፈተነ እምነታችሁ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲገለጥ፥ ለምስጋናና ለክብር ለውዳሴም ይገኝ ዘንድ አሁን ለጥቂት ጊዜ ቢያስፈልግ በልዩ ልዩ ፈተና አዝናችኋል።

⁴to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

⁸እርሱንም ሳታዩት ትወዱታላችሁ፤ አሁንም ምንም ባታዩት በእርሱ አምናችሁ፥ የእምነታችሁን ፍፃሜ እርሱም የነፍሳችሁን መዳን እየተቀበላችሁ፥ በማይነገርና ክብር በሞላበት ሐሤት ደስ ይላችኋል።

⁵who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,

¹⁰ለእናንተም ስለሚሰጠው ጸጋ ትንቢት የተናገሩት ነቢያት ስለዚህ መዳን ተግተው እየፈለጉ መረመሩት፤

⁶in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

¹¹በእነርሱም የነበረ የክርስቶስ መንፈስ፥ ስለ ክርስቶስ መከራ ከእርሱም በኋላ ስለሚመጣው ክብር አስቀድሞ እየመሰከረ፥ በምን ወይም እንዴት ባለ ዘመን እንዳመለከተ ይመረምሩ ነበር።

⁷that the proof of your faith — much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved — may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹²ለእነርሱም ከሰማይ በተላከ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ወንጌልን የሰበኩላችሁ ሰዎች አሁን ባወሩላችሁ ነገር እናንተን እንጂ ራሳቸውን እንዳላገለገሉ ተገለጠላቸው፤ ይህንም ነገር መላእክቱ ሊመለከቱ ይመኛሉ።

⁸whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

¹³ስለዚህ የልቡናችሁን ወገብ ታጥቃችሁና በመጠን ኖራችሁ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲገለጥ የምታገኙትን ጸጋ ፈጽማችሁ ተስፋ አድርጉ።

⁹receiving the end of your faith — salvation of souls;

¹⁴እንደሚታዘዙ ልጆች ባለማወቃችሁ አስቀድሞ የኖራችሁበትን ምኞት አትከተሉ።

¹⁰concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,

¹⁵ዳሩ ግን። እኔ ቅዱስ ነኝና ቅዱሳን ሁኑ ተብሎ ስለ ተጻፈ የጠራችሁ ቅዱስ እንደ ሆነ እናንተ ደግሞ በኑሮአችሁ ሁሉ ቅዱሳን ሁኑ።

¹¹searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

¹⁷ለሰው ፊትም ሳያደላ በእያንዳንዱ ላይ እንደ ሥራው የሚፈርደውን አባት ብላችሁ ብትጠሩ በእንግድነታችሁ ዘመን በፍርሃት ኑሩ።

¹²to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

¹⁸ከአባቶቻችሁ ከወረሳችሁት ከከንቱ ኑሮአችሁ በሚያልፍ ነገር በብር ወይም በወርቅ ሳይሆን፥ ነውርና እድፍ እንደ ሌለው እንደ በግ ደም በክቡር የክርስቶስ ደም እንደ ተዋጃችሁ ታውቃላችሁ።

¹³Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

²⁰ዓለም ሳይፈጠር እንኳ አስቀድሞ ታወቀ፥ ነገር ግን እምነታችሁና ተስፋችሁ በእግዚአብሔር ይሆን ዘንድ፥ ከሙታን ባስነሣው ክብርንም በሰጠው በእግዚአብሔር በእርሱ ስለምታምኑ ስለ እናንተ በዘመኑ መጨረሻ ተገለጠ።

¹⁴as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

²²ለእውነት እየታዘዛችሁ ግብዝነት ለሌለበት ለወንድማማች መዋደደ ነፍሳችሁን አንጽታችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ ከልባችሁ አጥብቃችሁ ተዋደዱ።

¹⁵but according as He who did call you [is] holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

²³ዳግመኛ የተወለዳችሁት ከሚጠፋ ዘር አይደለም፥ በሕያውና ለዘላለም በሚኖር በእግዚአብሔር ቃል ከማይጠፋ ዘር ነው እንጂ።

¹⁶because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;`

²⁴ሥጋ ሁሉ እንደ ሣር ክብሩም ሁሉ እንደ ሣር አበባ ነውና፤ ሣሩ ይጠወልጋል አበባውም ይረግፋል፤

¹⁷and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

²⁵የጌታ ቃል ግን ለዘላለም ይኖራል። በወንጌልም የተሰበከላችሁ ቃል ይህ ነው።

¹⁸having known that, not with corruptible things — silver or gold — were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

¹⁹but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted — Christ`s —

²⁰foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

²¹who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

²²Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

²³being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God — living and remaining — to the age;

²⁴because all flesh [is] as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

²⁵and the saying of the Lord doth remain — to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.