¹Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

¹እንግዲህ ክፋትን ሁሉ ተንኰልንም ሁሉ ግብዝነትንም ቅንዓትንም ሐሜትንም ሁሉ አስወግዳችሁ፥

²as new-born babes the word`s pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

²ጌታ ቸር መሆኑን ቀምሳችሁ እንደ ሆነ፥ ለመዳን በእርሱ እንድታድጉ አሁን እንደ ተወለዱ ሕፃናት ተንኰል የሌለበትን የቃልን ወተት ተመኙ።

³if so be ye did taste that the Lord [is] gracious,

⁴በሰውም ወደ ተጣለ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን ወደ ተመረጠና ክቡር ወደ ሆነው ወደ ሕያው ድንጋይ ወደ እርሱ እየቀረባችሁ፥

⁴to whom coming — a living stone — by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

⁵እናንተ ደግሞ እንደ ሕያዋን ድንጋዮች ሆናችሁ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ለእግዚአብሔር ደስ የሚያሰኝ መንፈሳዊ መሥዋዕትን ታቀርቡ ዘንድ ቅዱሳን ካህናት እንድትሆኑ መንፈሳዊ ቤት ለመሆን ተሠሩ።

⁵and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁶በመጽሐፍ። እነሆ፥ የተመረጠና የከበረን የማዕዘን ራስ ድንጋይ በጽዮን አኖራለሁ በእርሱም የሚያምን አያፍርም ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና።

⁶Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;`

⁷እንግዲህ ክብሩ ለእናንተ ለምታምኑት ነው፤ ለማያምኑ ግን አናጢዎች የጣሉት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ የዕንቅፋትም ድንጋይ የማሰናከያም ዓለት ሆነ፤

⁷to you, then, who are believing [is] the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

⁸የማያምኑ ስለ ሆኑ በቃሉ ይሰናከሉበታልና፤ ለዚህ ደግሞ የተመደቡ ናቸው።

⁸and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence — who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, — to which also they were set;

⁹እናንተ ግን ከጨለማ ወደሚደነቅ ብርሃኑ የጠራችሁን የእርሱን በጎነት እንድትናገሩ የተመረጠ ትውልድ፥ የንጉሥ ካህናት፥ ቅዱስ ሕዝብ፥ ለርስቱ የተለየ ወገን ናችሁ፤

⁹and ye [are] a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

¹⁰እናንተ ቀድሞ ወገን አልነበራችሁም አሁን ግን የእግዚአብሔር ወገን ናችሁ፤ እናንተ ምሕረት ያገኛችሁ አልነበራችሁም አሁን ግን ምሕረትን አግኝታችኋል።

¹⁰who [were] once not a people, and [are] now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

¹¹ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ነፍስን ከሚዋጋ ሥጋዊ ምኞት ትርቁ ዘንድ እንግዶችና መጻተኞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

¹¹Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

¹²ስለሚመለከቱት ስለ መልካም ሥራችሁ፥ ክፉ እንደምታደርጉ በዚያ እናንተን በሚያሙበት ነገር፥ በሚጎበኝበት ቀን እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩት ዘንድ በአሕዛብ መካከል ኑሮአችሁ መልካም ይሁን።

¹²having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

¹³ስለ ጌታ ብላችሁ ለሰው ሥርዓት ሁሉ ተገዙ፤ ለንጉሥም ቢሆን፥ ከሁሉ በላይ ነውና፤

¹³Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

¹⁴ለመኳንንትም ቢሆን፥ ክፉ የሚያደርጉትን ለመቅጣት በጎም የሚያደርጉትን ለማመስገን ከእርሱ ተልከዋልና ተገዙ።

¹⁴whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

¹⁵በጎ እያደረጋችሁ፥ የማያውቁትን ሞኞች ዝም ታሰኙ ዘንድ እንዲህ የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ነውና፤

¹⁵because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

¹⁶አርነት ወጥታችሁ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ባሪያዎች ሁኑ እንጂ ያ አርነት ለክፋት መሸፈኛ እንዲሆን አታድርጉ።

¹⁶as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

¹⁷ሁሉን አክብሩ፥ ወንድሞችን ውደዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ፍሩ፥ ንጉሥን አክብሩ።

¹⁷to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

¹⁸ሎሌዎች ሆይ፥ ለበጎዎችና ለገሮች ጌቶቻችሁ ብቻ ሳይሆን ለጠማሞች ደግሞ በፍርሃት ሁሉ ተገዙ።

¹⁸The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

¹⁹በግፍ መከራን የሚቀበል ሰው እግዚአብሔርን እያሰበ ኃዘንን ቢታገሥ ምስጋና ይገባዋልና።

¹⁹for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

²⁰ኃጢአት አድርጋችሁ ስትጎሰሙ ብትታገሡ፥ ምን ክብር አለበት? ነገር ግን መልካም አድርጋችሁ መከራን ስትቀበሉ ብትታገሡ፥ ይህ ነገር በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ምስጋና ይገባዋል።

²⁰for what renown [is it], if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure [it]? but if, doing good and suffering [for it], ye do endure, this [is] gracious with God,

²¹የተጠራችሁለት ለዚህ ነውና፤ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ፍለጋውን እንድትከተሉ ምሳሌ ትቶላችሁ ስለ እናንተ መከራን ተቀብሎአልና።

²¹for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

²²እርሱም ኃጢአት አላደረገም፥ ተንኰልም በአፉ አልተገኘበትም፤

²²who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

²³ሲሰድቡት መልሶ አልተሳደበም መከራንም ሲቀበል አልዛተም፥ ነገር ግን በጽድቅ ለሚፈርደው ራሱን አሳልፎ ሰጠ፤

²³who being reviled — was not reviling again, suffering — was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

²⁴ለኃጢአት ሞተን ለጽድቅ እንድንኖር፥ እርሱ ራሱ በሥጋው ኃጢአታችንን በእንጨት ላይ ተሸከመ፤*ፍ1*

²⁴who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

²⁵በመገረፉ ቁስል ተፈወሳችሁ። እንደ በጎች ትቅበዘበዙ ነበርና፥ አሁን ግን ወደ ነፍሳችሁ እረኛና ጠባቂ ተመልሳችኋል።

²⁵for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.