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

¹Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through [the] righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

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

²Grace and peace be multiplied to you in [the] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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

³As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue,

⁵ስለዚህም ምክንያት ትጋትን ሁሉ እያሳያችሁ በእምነታችሁ በጎነትን ጨምሩ፥

⁴through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of [the] divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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

⁵But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

⁷እግዚአብሔርንም በመምሰል የወንድማማችን መዋደድ፥ በወንድማማችም መዋደድ ፍቅርን ጨምሩ።

⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

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

⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

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

⁸for these things existing and abounding in you make [you] to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

⁹for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.

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

¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;

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

¹¹for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you.

¹³ሁልጊዜም በዚህ ማደሪያ ሳለሁ በማሳሰቤ ላነቃችሁ የሚገባኝ ይመስለኛል።

¹²Wherefore I will be careful to put you always in mind of these things, although knowing [them] and established in the present truth.

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

¹³But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance,

¹⁵ከመውጣቴም በኋላ እነዚህን ነገሮች እንድታስቡ በየጊዜው ትችሉ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁴knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily [to take place], as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;

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

¹⁵but I will use diligence, that after my departure ye should have also, at any time, [in your power] to call to mind these things.

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

¹⁶For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty.

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

¹⁷For he received from God [the] Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom *I* have found my delight;

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።

¹⁸and this voice *we* heard uttered from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.

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

¹⁹And we have the prophetic word [made] surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until [the] day dawn and [the] morning star arise in your hearts;

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

²⁰knowing this first, that [the scope of] no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,

²¹for prophecy was not ever uttered by [the] will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of [the] Holy Spirit.