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

¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in 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 the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto 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 [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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

⁴unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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

⁵who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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

⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief 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, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at 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; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

⁹muchigamuchira chivavarirwa cherutendo rwenyu, ruponeso rwemweya yenyu.

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

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

¹⁰Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that [should come] unto you:

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

¹¹searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

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 unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into.

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

¹³Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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

¹⁴as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:

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

¹⁵but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

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

¹⁶because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

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

¹⁷And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

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

¹⁸knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

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

¹⁹but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

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

²⁰who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

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

²¹who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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

²²Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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

²³having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

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

²⁴For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

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

²⁵But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.