Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 1:1 ¶ PETROS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, to the chosen-ones and sojourners who are scattered in Pontos and in Galatia, and in Kapadukia, and in Asia, and in Bithunia:

 1:1 PETER, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, to the elect and sojourners, who are dispersed in Pontus and in Galatia, and in Cappadocia, and in Asia, and in Bithynia,

 1:2 them who are elected by the foreknowledge of Aloha the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be unto obedience, and unto the sprinkling of the blood of Jeshu Meshiha: grace and peace be multiplied with you.

 1:2 to them who have been chosen, by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the Messiah: May grace and peace abound towards you.

 1:3 Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation,

 1:3 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,

 1:4 and to the inheritance which is not corruptible, and not defiled, and not to be consumed, which is prepared for you in heaven,

 1:4 and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;

 1:5 while you are kept by the power of Aloha and through faith, unto the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last times;

 1:5 while ye are kept, by the power of God and by faith, for the life that is prepared and will be revealed in the last times;

 1:6 wherein you will rejoice for ever, though in this little time you are afflicted by manifold temptations which pass over you;

 1:6 wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you;

 1:7 that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha;

 1:7 so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, unto glory and honor and praise, at the manifestation of Jesus the Messiah:

 1:8 whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:

 1:8 whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

 1:9 that you may receive the recompence of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

 1:9 that ye may receive the recompense of your faith, the life of your souls;

 1:10 That salvation which the prophets investigated when they prophesied concerning the grace which was to be given unto you,

 1:10 that life [namely], about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.

 1:11 and searched into, what time the Spirit of the Meshiha who dwelt in them showed and testified of the future sufferings of the Meshiha, and his glory which (should be) after them.

 1:11 And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory.

 1:12 And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look.

 1:12 And it was revealed to them, [in regard to] all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.

 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds, and be fully wakeful, and hope for the joy that cometh to you at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha;

 1:13 Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

 1:14 as obedient children, and not partaking again of the former desires which you desired when ignorant.

 1:14 as obedient children: and be ye not conversant again with those former lusts, with which ye lusted when without knowledge.

 1:15 But be holy in all your conversations, as he is holy who calleth you;

 1:15 But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you.

 1:16 because it is written, Be ye holy, as I also am holy.

 1:16 Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.

 1:17 And if you call him Father before whom there is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every man according to his works, with fear conduct you in this time of your sojourn;

 1:17 And if so be ye call on the Father, with whom is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojournment with fear;

 1:18 while you know that not with silver which wasteth away, nor with gold, you have been redeemed from your vain works which you received from your fathers,

 1:18 since ye know, that neither with perishable silver, nor with gold, ye were redeemed from your vain doings, which ye had by tradition from your fathers;

 1:19 but with the precious blood of the Lamb spotless and unblemished, who is the Meshiha;

 1:19 but with the precious blood of that Lamb in which is no spot nor blemish, namely, the Messiah:

 1:20 who was afore-separated for this from before the foundations of the world, and hath been manifested in these last times for you,

 1:20 who was predestined to this, before the foundation of the world; and was manifested at the termination of the times, for your sakes;

 1:21 who by him believe in Aloha, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and your hope may be in Aloha.

 1:21 who, by means of him, have believed in God, who raised him from the dead and conferred glory on him; that your faith and hope might be in God,

 1:22 Let your souls be sanctified in obedience to the truth, and be filled with the charity which respecteth not persons, that with a pure heart and perfect you may love one another,

 1:22 while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

 1:23 as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever.

 1:23 like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

 1:24 Because all flesh is grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower drieth up,

 1:24 Because all flesh is as grass, and all its beauty like the flower of the field. The grass drieth up, and the flower withereth away;

 1:25 but the word of our God abideth for ever; and this is that word which is preached unto you.

 1:25 but the word of our God abideth for ever: and this is the word that is announced to you.