¹እንግዲህ እኔ፥ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሽማግሌ የክርስቶስም መከራ ምስክር ደግሞም ሊገለጥ ካለው ክብር ተካፋይ የሆንሁ፥ በመካከላቸው ያሉትን ሽማግሌዎች እመክራቸዋለሁ፤

¹I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

²በእናንተ ዘንድ ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን መንጋ ጠብቁ፤ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ በውድ እንጂ በግድ ሳይሆን፥ በበጎ ፈቃድ እንጂ መጥፎውን ረብ በመመኘት ሳይሆን ጐብኙት፤

²Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

³ለመንጋው ምሳሌ ሁኑ እንጂ ማኅበሮቻችሁን በኃይል አትግዙ፤

³neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

⁴የእረኞችም አለቃ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ የማያልፈውን የክብርን አክሊል ትቀበላላችሁ።

⁴When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

⁵እንዲሁም፥ ጐበዞች ሆይ፥ ለሽማግሌዎች ተገዙ፤ ሁላችሁም እርስ በርሳችሁ እየተዋረዳችሁ ትሕትናን እንደ ልብስ ታጠቁ፥ እግዚአብሔር ትዕቢተኞችን ይቃወማልና፥ ለትሑታን ግን ጸጋን ይሰጣል።

⁵Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34

⁶እንግዲህ በጊዜው ከፍ እንዲያደርጋችሁ ከኃይለኛው ከእግዚአብሔር እጅ በታች ራሳችሁን አዋርዱ፤

⁶Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

⁷እርሱ ስለ እናንተ ያስባልና የሚያስጨንቃችሁን ሁሉ በእርሱ ላይ ጣሉት።

⁷casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

⁸በመጠን ኑሩ ንቁም፥ ባላጋራችሁ ዲያብሎስ የሚውጠውን ፈልጎ እንደሚያገሣ አንበሳ ይዞራልና፤

⁸Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁹በዓለም ያሉት ወንድሞቻችሁ ያን መከራ በሙሉ እንዲቀበሉ እያወቃችሁ በእምነት ጸንታችሁ ተቃወሙት።

⁹Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

¹⁰በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ወደ ዘላለም ክብሩ የጠራችሁ የጸጋ ሁሉ አምላክ ለጥቂት ጊዜ መከራን ከተቀበላችሁ በኋላ ራሱ ፍጹማን ያደርጋችኋል ያጸናችሁምል ያበረታችሁማል።

¹⁰But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

¹¹ለእርሱ ክብርና ኃይል እስከዘላለም ድረስ ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹¹To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

¹²እየመከርኋችሁና የምትቆሙባት ጸጋ እውነትኛ የእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ እንድትሆን እየመሰከርሁላችሁ፥ የታመነ ወንድም እንደ ሆነ በቈጠርሁት በስልዋኖስ እጅ በአጭሩ ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

¹²Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

¹³ከእናንተ ጋር ተመርጣ በባቢሎን ያለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ልጄም ማርቆስ ሰላምታ ያቀርቡላችኋል።

¹³She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son.

¹⁴በፍቅር አሳሳም እርስ በርሳችሁ ሰላምታ ተሰጣጡ። በክርስቶስ ላላችሁ ለሁላችሁ ሰላም ይሁን። አሜን።

¹⁴Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.