¹Petro, muapositori waJesu Kristu, kuvapfuuri vakasanangurwa vakapararira paPonto, Garatia, Kapadhokia, Asia, neBhitinia,

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

²nekuziva zviri mberi kwaMwari Baba kubudikidza nekuita vatsvene kweMweya, kusvika pakuteerera nekusasa kweropa raJesu Kristu: Nyasha kwamuri nerugare ngazviwanzwe.

²according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

³Wakaropafadzwa Mwari naBaba vaIshe wedu, Jesu Kristu, iye zvichienderana nekuwanda kwetsitsi dzake wakatiberekazve patariro mhenyu inovuya nekumuka kwaJesu Kristu kuvakafa,

³Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

⁴panhaka isingaori neisina kusvibiswa, uye isingabvuruvari yakachengeterwa imwi kumatenga,

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

⁵imwi munochengetwa nesimba raMwari kubudikidza nerutendo kuruponeso rwakagadzirirwa kuratidzwa panguva yekupedzisira.

⁵who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,

⁶Iyo yamunofara mairi zvikuru, kunyange zvino kwechinguvana, kana zvichifanira, muri pakushungurudzwa nemiidzo yakasiyana siyana,

⁶in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

⁷kuti kuidzwa kwerutendo rwenyu kunokosha zvikuru kupfuura kwendarama inoparara, kunyange ichiidzwa nemoto, kuwanikwe mukurumbidzwa, nekukudzwa, nekubwinya pakuonekwa kwaJesu Kristu;

⁷that the proof of your faith — much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved — may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

⁸iye musina kumuona munomuda; maari kunyange zvino musingamuoni asi muchitenda, munofara nemufaro usingatauriki uzere nerumbidzo,

⁸whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

⁹muchigamuchira chivavarirwa cherutendo rwenyu, ruponeso rwemweya yenyu.

⁹receiving the end of your faith — salvation of souls;

¹⁰Ndirwo ruponeso vaporofita rwavakabvunzisisa nekunzvera ivo vakaporofita zvenyasha dzinouya kwamuri;

¹⁰concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,

¹¹vachinzvera kuti inguva ipi kana yakadini Mweya waKristu wakange uri mavari yawakaratidza, paakagara apupura matambudziko aKristu, nekubwinya shure kweizvozvi.

¹¹searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

¹²Kwavari kwakaratidzwa kuti kwete kwavari asi kwatiri vakashumira zvinhu izvi zvinorondedzerwa ikozvino kwamuri naivo vakaparidza evhangeri kwamuri neMweya Mutsvene wakatumwa pasi kubva kudenga, zvinhu izvo vatumwa zvavanoshuva kudongorera.

¹²to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

¹³Naizvozvo masunga zviuno zvendangarairo dzenyu, svinurai, mutaririre nemoyo wose kunyasha dzinouyiswa kwamuri pakuratidzwa kwaKristu pakuratidzwa kwaJesu Kristu;

¹³Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹⁴sevana vanoteerera, musingazvifananidzi mafambiro enyu nekuchiva kwakare pakusaziva kwenyu,

¹⁴as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

¹⁵asi saiye wakakudanai ari mutsvene, nemwiwo ivai vatsvene pamafambiro ose;

¹⁵but according as He who did call you [is] holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

¹⁶Nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Ivai vatsvene, nekuti ini ndiri mutsvene.

¹⁶because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;`

¹⁷Zvino kana muchimuidza Baba, iye pasina rusarura, unotonga umwe neumwe maererano nebasa rake, rasai nguva yeutorwa hwenyu mukutya;

¹⁷and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

¹⁸muchiziva kuti hamuna kudzikinurwa nezvinoora, sirivheri kana ndarama, pamafambiro enyu asina maturo, wamakagamuchira kumadzibaba enyu;

¹⁸having known that, not with corruptible things — silver or gold — were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

¹⁹asi neropa rinokosha raKristu, seregwayana risina charinopomerwa, uye risina gwapa;

¹⁹but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted — Christ`s —

²⁰iye zvorokwazvo wakagara agadzwa nyika isati yavambwa, asi wakaratidzwa pakupedzisira kwenguva nekuda kwenyu,

²⁰foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

²¹iye wamunotenda naye muna Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa, akamupa rukudzo; kuti rutendo rwenyu netariro zvive muna Mwari.

²¹who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

²²Zvamakachenesa mweya yenyu mukuteerera chokwadi kubudikidza nemweya nemukuda hama nekusanyengera, dananai zvikuru nemoyo wose;

²²Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

²³makaberekwa kutsva kwete zvichibva pambeu inoora, asi zvichibva kune isingaori, neshoko raMwari rinorarama nekugara nekusingaperi.

²³being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God — living and remaining — to the age;

²⁴Nekuti nyama yose yakaita seuswa, neukuru hwose hwemunhu seruva reuswa. Uswa hwunosvava, neruva rahwo rinodonha;

²⁴because all flesh [is] as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

²⁵Asi shoko raIshe rinogara nekusingaperi. Ndireri shoko rakaparidzirwa kwamuri neevhangeri.

²⁵and the saying of the Lord doth remain — to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.