¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

¹Nekk Buṭrus, amceggeɛ n Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, i yeɣṛiben ițɛicin di tmurt n Galasya, n Kafadusya, n Asya, n Bitinya akk-d wid yellan di tmurt n tqenṭert.

²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

²Akken i t-iqsed Baba Ṛebbi, tețwaxtaṛem si tazwara s tezmert n Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen iwakken aț-țḍuɛem Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, a kkun-iṣfu s idammen-is yuzzlen. Ṛṛeḥma ț-țalwit a wen-d tețțunefkent s tugeț.

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

³Ad ițțubarek Ṛebbi, Baba-s n Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ i ɣ-d-ifkan s ṛṛeḥma-ines tudert tajḍiṭ s ḥeggu n Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ si ger lmegtin, s wakka i nesɛa asirem ameqqran,

⁴to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

⁴iwakken a newṛet ayen ur nrekku, ur nețțames, ur nfennu. D annect-agi i kkun-ițṛaǧun deg igenwan kunwi yumnen yis.

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

⁵Sidi Ṛebbi ițḥadar fell-awen s tezmert-is alamma iban-ed leslak nwen di taggara.

⁶Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

⁶D ayagi i kkun-issefṛaḥen ɣas akken tura sseḥzanent-kkun teswiɛin agi deg ilaq a d-tɛeddim seg ujeṛṛeb.

⁷that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

⁷D uguren-agi ara d-isbeggnen lǧehd n liman-nwen i gesɛan azal akteṛ n ddheb ; ɣas akken ddheb-agi ifennu, ilaq-as ad iɛeddi di tmes iwakken ad iṣfu. Akken daɣen ula d liman-nwen ilaq ad ițțujeṛṛeb ; s wakka a wen-yili d sebba n ccan, n ucekkeṛ, akk-d tmanegt asm'ara d-yuɣal Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

⁸whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—

⁸Tḥemmlem-t mbla ma twalam-t, tumnem yis ɣas akken ar tura ur t-teẓrim ara. Daymi lfeṛḥ-nwen d ameqqran armi ur tezmirem ara a t-id-tesfehmem s imeslayen.

⁹receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

⁹Axaṭeṛ lfayda n liman-nwen, d leslak n teṛwiḥin-nwen.

¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

¹⁰ Lenbiya caren-d ɣef wayen yeɛnan leslak i wen-d-ihegga Sidi Ṛebbi. Meyzen, qellben a d-afen lawan d wamek ara d-idṛu wayen i d-ixebbeṛ Ṛṛuḥ n Lmasiḥ yellan deg-sen ; axaṭer d Ṛṛuḥ-agi n Lmasiḥ i d-ixebbṛen ɣef wayen ara inneɛtab Lmasiḥ akk-d tmanegt ara d-yasen deffir leɛtab-agi.

¹¹searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.

¹²Ițțubeggen-asen-d belli mačči i nutni, meɛna i kunwi i d-xebbṛen ayagi. D ayen i wen-d-xebbṛen tura wid ițbecciṛen lexbaṛ n lxiṛ, s tezmert n Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-ițțucegɛen seg igenni. Ula d lmalayekkat bɣant ad walint annect-agi.

¹²To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

¹³Daymi, sǧehdet leɛqel-nwen, ur ɣefflet ara, ɛasset iman-nwen, sɛut asirem iṣeḥḥan di leslak ara wen d-ițțunefken asm' ara d-yuɣal Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

¹³Therefore prepare your minds for action, literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind” be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

¹⁴Ilit am arrac ițțaɣen awal, ur xeddmet ara ayen akk i txeddmem asm' akken werɛad i kkun-tekcim tmusni,

¹⁴as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

¹⁵meɛna ilit teṣfam di tikli-nwen am akken iṣfa Sidi Ṛebbi i wen-d issawlen.

¹⁵but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

¹⁶Imi yura : Ilit teṣfam axaṭer nekk ṣfiɣ.

¹⁶because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.” Leviticus 11:44-45

¹⁷Ma tnedhem ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi am akken d Baba-twen, sbeggnet-ed di tudert-nwen belli tḍuɛem-t s leqdeṛ ameqqran, deg wussan i wen-d iqqimen di ddunit-agi ; nețța ur nxeddem lxilaf ger yemdanen, yețḥasaben yal yiwen s wakken llan lecɣal-is.

¹⁷If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

¹⁸Teẓram belli mačči s idrimen neɣ s ddheb neɣ s lfeṭṭa ur nețdum ara i tețwacafɛem si yir tikli i wen-d-ǧǧan lejdud-nwen,

¹⁸knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

¹⁹meɛna s idammen ɣlayen n Lmasiḥ, i gefkan iman-is d asfel am izimer ur nesɛi lɛib, ur nesɛi ccama.

¹⁹but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

²⁰Ihegga-t-id Sidi Ṛebbi uqbel a d-texleq ddunit, meɛna armi d ussan-agi ineggura i t-id-isbeggen ɣef ddemma-nwen.

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

²¹Imi yis i tesɛam liman ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi i t-id-isseḥyan si ger lmegtin, i s-ifkan tamanegt tameqqrant, iwakken lsas n usirem-nwen akk-d liman-nwen ad ilin di Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

²²Imi tessazdgem ulawen-nwen, teddam di tideț, akken aț-țḥemmlem seg wul atmaten-nwen, myeḥmalet ihi wway gar-awen s wul yeṣfan

²²Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

²³axaṭer tɛawdem-d talalit ɣer tudert tajḍiṭ. Talalit-agi mačči seg wemdan ițmețțaten i d-tekka, meɛna seg wawal n tudert ițdumun n Sidi Ṛebbi.

²³having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

²⁴Akken yella di tira iqedsen : Amdan am leḥcic, + ccan-is meṛṛa am ujeǧǧig n lexla,+ leḥcic ițɣaṛ, ajeǧǧig iɣelli,+

²⁴For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

²⁵ma d awal n Sidi Ṛebbi+ ițdumu i dayem+ . Awal-agi, d awal n lexbaṛ n lxiṛ i wen-d-ițțubecṛen.

²⁵but the Lord’s word endures forever.” Isaiah 40:6-8 This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.