¹Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

¹የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያና ሐዋርያ የሆነ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ፥ በአምላካችንና በመድኃኒታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጽድቅ ካገኘነው ጋር የተካከለ የክብር እምነትን ላገኙ፤

²Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!

²የመለኮቱ ኃይል፥ በገዛ ክብሩና በበጎነቱ የጠራንን በማወቅ፥ ለሕይወትና እግዚአብሔርን ለመምሰል የሚሆነውን ነገር ሁሉ ስለ ሰጠን፥ በእግዚአብሔርና በጌታችን በኢየሱስ እውቀት ጸጋና ሰላም ይብዛላችሁ።

³As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

⁴ስለ ክፉ ምኞት በዓለም ካለው ጥፋት አምልጣችሁ ከመለኮት ባሕርይ ተካፋዮች በተስፋ ቃል እንድትሆኑ፥ በእነዚያ ክብርና በጎነት የተከበረና እጅግ ታላቅ የሆነ ተስፋን ሰጠን።

⁴through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

⁵ስለዚህም ምክንያት ትጋትን ሁሉ እያሳያችሁ በእምነታችሁ በጎነትን ጨምሩ፥

⁵And this same also — all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

⁶በበጎነትም እውቀትን፥ በእውቀትም ራስን መግዛት፥ ራስንም በመግዛት መጽናትን፥ በመጽናትም እግዚአብሔርን መምሰል፥

⁶and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

⁷እግዚአብሔርንም በመምሰል የወንድማማችን መዋደድ፥ በወንድማማችም መዋደድ ፍቅርን ጨምሩ።

⁷and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

⁸እነዚህ ነገሮች ለእናንተ ሆነው ቢበዙ፥ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እውቀት ሥራ ፈቶችና ፍሬ ቢሶች እንዳትሆኑ ያደርጉአችኋልና፤

⁸for these things being to you and abounding, do make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁹እነዚህ ነገሮች የሌሉት ዕውር ነውና፥ በቅርብም ያለውን ብቻ ያያል፥ የቀደመውንም ኃጢአቱን መንጻት ረስቶአል።

⁹for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;

¹⁰ስለዚህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ መጠራታችሁንና መመረጣችሁን ታጸኑ ዘንድ ከፊት ይልቅ ትጉ፤ እነዚህን ብታደርጉ ከቶ አትሰናከሉምና።

¹⁰wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

¹¹እንዲሁ ወደ ዘላለሙ ወደ ጌታችንና መድኃኒታችን ወደ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መንግሥት መግባት በሙላት ይሰጣችኋልና።

¹¹for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹²ስለዚህ እነዚህን ነገሮች ምንም ብታውቁ በእናንተም ዘንድ ባለ እውነት ምንም ብትጸኑ፥ ስለ እነዚህ ዘወትር እንዳሳስባችሁ ቸል አልልም።

¹²Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

¹³ሁልጊዜም በዚህ ማደሪያ ሳለሁ በማሳሰቤ ላነቃችሁ የሚገባኝ ይመስለኛል።

¹³and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding [you],

¹⁴ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንዳመለከተኝ ከዚህ ማደሪያዬ መለየቴ ፈጥኖ እንዲሆን አውቃለሁና።

¹⁴having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,

¹⁵ከመውጣቴም በኋላ እነዚህን ነገሮች እንድታስቡ በየጊዜው ትችሉ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁵and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.

¹⁶የእርሱን ግርማ አይተን እንጂ በብልሃት የተፈጠረውን ተረት ሳንከተል የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ኃይልና መምጣት አስታወቅናችሁ።

¹⁶For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty —

¹⁷ከገናናው ክብር። በእርሱ ደስ የሚለኝ የምወደው ልጄ ይህ ነው የሚል ያ ድምፅ በመጣለት ጊዜ ከእግዚአብሔር አብ ክብርንና ምስጋናን ተቀብሎአልና፤

¹⁷for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: `This is My Son — the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;`

¹⁸እኛም በቅዱሱ ተራራ ከእርሱ ጋር ሳለን ይህን ድምፅ ከሰማይ ሲወርድ ሰማን።

¹⁸and this voice we — we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.

¹⁹ከእርሱም ይልቅ እጅግ የጸና የትንቢት ቃል አለን፤ ምድርም እስኪጠባ ድረስ የንጋትም ኮከብ በልባችሁ እስኪወጣ ድረስ፥ ሰው በጨለማ ስፍራ የሚበራን መብራት እንደሚጠነቀቅ ይህን ቃል እየጠነቀቃችሁ መልካም ታደርጋላችሁ።

¹⁹And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise — in your hearts;

²⁰ይህን በመጀመሪያ እወቁ፤ በመጽሐፍ ያለውን ትንቢት ሁሉ ማንም ለገዛ ራሱ ሊተረጉም አልተፈቀደም፤

²⁰this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

²¹ትንቢት ከቶ በሰው ፈቃድ አልመጣምና፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ተልከው ቅዱሳን ሰዎች በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተነድተው ተናገሩ።

²¹for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.