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

¹Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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

²as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

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

³if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

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

⁴coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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

⁵You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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

⁶Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.” Isaiah 28:16

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

⁷For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,” Psalm 118:22

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

⁸and, “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” Isaiah 8:14 For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

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

⁹But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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

¹⁰who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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

¹¹Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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

¹²having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

¹³Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

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

¹⁴or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

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

¹⁵For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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

¹⁶as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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

¹⁷Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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

¹⁸Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

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

¹⁹For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

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

²⁰For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

²²እርሱም ኃጢአት አላደረገም፥ ተንኰልም በአፉ አልተገኘበትም፤

²¹For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you TR reads “us” instead of “you” an example, that you should follow his steps,

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

²²who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” Isaiah 53:9

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

²³Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

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

²⁴who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

²⁵For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer “Overseer” is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent. of your souls.