1 Peter 1 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

1 Peter 1:1-25

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Praise to God for a Living Hope

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Be Holy

13Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2

17Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart 23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For,

“All people are like grass,

and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;

the grass withers and the flowers fall,

25but the word of the Lord endures forever.”1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

New Amharic Standard Version

1 ጴጥሮስ 1:1-25

1የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ ጴጥሮስ፤

በጳንጦስ፣ በገላትያ፣ በቀጰዶቅያ፣ በእስያና በቢታንያ ተበትነው በመጻተኝነት ለሚኖሩ ለእግዚአብሔር ምርጦች፤ 2እግዚአብሔር አብ አስቀድሞ ካወቃቸው፣ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ለመታዘዝ በደሙ ለተረጩትና በመንፈስ አማካይነት ለተቀደሱት፤

ጸጋና ሰላም ይብዛላችሁ።

ሕያው ስለ ሆነው ተስፋ ለእግዚአብሔር የቀረበ ምስጋና

3የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አባትና አምላክ ይባረክ፤ እርሱ ከታላቅ ምሕረቱ የተነሣ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከሞት መነሣት ምክንያት ለሕያው ተስፋ በሚሆን አዲስ ልደት፣ 4እንዲሁም በሰማይ ለማይጠፋ፣ ለማይበላሽና ለማይለወጥ ርስት እንደ ገና ወለደን። 5እናንተም በመጨረሻው ዘመን ሊገለጥ የተዘጋጀው ድነት እስኪመጣ ድረስ በእምነት አማካይነት በእግዚአብሔር ኀይል ተጠብቃችኋል። 6አሁን በብዙ ዐይነት ፈተና ውስጥ ሆናችሁ ለጥቂት ጊዜ መከራን ብትቀበሉም እንኳ በዚህ እጅግ ደስ ይላችኋል። 7እነዚህ ነገሮች በእናንተ ላይ የደረሱት፣ በእሳት ተፈትኖ ቢጠራም፣ ጠፊ ከሆነው ወርቅ ይልቅ እጅግ የከበረው እምነታችሁ፣ እውነተኛ መሆኑ እንዲረጋገጥና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ ምስጋናን፣ ክብርንና ውዳሴን እንዲያስገኝላችሁ ነው። 8እርሱንም ሳታዩት ትወድዱታላችሁ፤ አሁን ባታዩትም በእርሱ ታምናላችሁ፤ መግለጽ በማይቻልና ክብር በሞላበት ሐሤት ደስ ብሏችኋል፤ 9የእምነታችሁን ፍጻሜ፣ እርሱም የነፍሳችሁን ድነት እየተቀበላችሁ ነውና።

10ለእናንተ ስለሚሰጠው ጸጋ ትንቢት የተናገሩት ነቢያት ስለዚህ ድነት ተግተው በጥንቃቄ ይመረምሩ ነበር፤ 11በእነርሱ ውስጥ የነበረው የክርስቶስ መንፈስ ስለ ክርስቶስ መከራ እንዲሁም ከመከራው በኋላ ስለሚሆነው ክብር አስቀድሞ በመናገር ያመለከታቸው ጊዜ መቼና እንዴት እንደሚፈጸም ይመረምሩ ነበር። 12አሁን ከሰማይ በተላከ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወንጌልን ያበሠሩላችሁ ሰዎች የነገሯችሁን ነገር ባወሩላችሁ ጊዜ፣ እናንተን እንጂ ራሳቸውን እንዳላገለገሉ ተገለጠላቸው። መላእክትም እንኳ ሳይቀሩ እነዚህን ነገሮች ይመኛሉ።

በቅድስና መኖር

13ስለዚህ ልባችሁን አዘጋጁ፤ ራሳችሁንም ግዙ፤ ተስፋችሁን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲገለጥ ለእናንተ በሚሰጠው ጸጋ ላይ ሙሉ በሙሉ አድርጉ። 14ታዛዦች ልጆች እንደ መሆናችሁ መጠን ቀድሞ ባለማወቅ ትኖሩበት የነበረውን ክፉ ምኞት አትከተሉ። 15ነገር ግን የጠራችሁ እርሱ ቅዱስ እንደ ሆነ እናንተም በኑሯችሁ ሁሉ ቅዱሳን ሁኑ፤ 16ምክንያቱም “እኔ ቅዱስ ነኝና እናንተም ቅዱሳን ሁኑ” ተብሎ ተጽፏል።

17ለሰው ሳያደላ በእያንዳንዱ ላይ እንደየሥራው የሚፈርደውን አባት ብላችሁ የምትጠሩት ከሆነ፣ በዚህ ምድር በእንግድነት ስትኖሩ በፍርሀት ኑሩ። 18ከቀድሞ አባቶቻችሁ ከወረሳችሁት ከንቱ ከሆነ ሕይወት የተዋጃችሁት በሚጠፋ ነገር፣ በብር ወይም በወርቅ እንዳልሆነ ታውቃላችሁ፤ 19ነገር ግን እናንተ የተዋጃችሁት ነውርና እንከን እንደሌለበት በግ ደም፣ በክርስቶስ ክቡር ደም ነው። 20እርሱ አስቀድሞ የታወቀው ዓለም ከመፈጠሩ በፊት ሲሆን፣ አሁን ግን በመጨረሻው ዘመን ስለ እናንተ ተገለጠ። 21በእርሱም አማካይነት፣ ከሞት ባስነሣውና ክብርን በሰጠው በእግዚአብሔር ታምናላችሁ፤ ስለዚህ እምነታችሁና ተስፋችሁ በእግዚአብሔር ላይ ነው።

22እንግዲህ ለእውነት በመታዘዝ ነፍሳችሁን ስላነጻችሁ፣ ለወንድሞቻችሁ ቅን ፍቅር ይኑራችሁ፤ እርስ በርሳችሁም አጥብቃችሁ ከልብ1፥22 አንዳንድ የጥንት ቅጆች ከንጹሕ ልብ ይላሉ። ተዋደዱ። 23ዳግመኛ የተወለዳችሁት ከሚጠፋ ዘር ሳይሆን፣ ሕያው በሆነና ጸንቶ በሚኖር በእግዚአብሔር ቃል አማካይነት ከማይጠፋ ዘር ነው። 24ምክንያቱም መጽሐፍ እንደሚል፣

“ሥጋ ለባሽ ሁሉ እንደ ሣር ነው፤

ክብሩም ሁሉ እንደ ሜዳ አበባ ነው።

ሣሩ ይጠወልጋል፤ አበባውም ይረግፋል፤

25የጌታ ቃል ግን ለዘላለም ጸንቶ ይኖራል።”

የተሰበከላችሁም የምሥራች ቃል ይህ ነው።