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።

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

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።

²elect according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father, by sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto [the] obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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።

³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ from among [the] dead,

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

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

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

⁵who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time.

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

⁶Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

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

⁷that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:

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

⁸whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom [though] not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with [the] glory,

¹⁴እንደሚታዘዙ ልጆች ባለማወቃችሁ አስቀድሞ የኖራችሁበትን ምኞት አትከተሉ።

⁹receiving the end of your faith, [the] salvation of [your] souls.

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

¹⁰Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

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

¹¹searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which [was] in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which [belonged] to Christ, and the glories after these.

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

¹²To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by [the] Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.

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

¹³Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, [be] sober [and] hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace [which will be] brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ;

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

¹⁴as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;

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

¹⁵but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all [your] conversation;

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

¹⁶because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.

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

¹⁷And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

¹⁸knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,

¹⁹but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [the blood] of Christ,

²⁰foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

²¹who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among [the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.

²²Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

²³being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

²⁴Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;

²⁵but the word of [the] Lord abides for eternity. But this is the word which in the glad tidings [is] preached to you.