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1 Petera, Apostolin’ i Jesosy Kristy, mamangy ny mpivahiny monina any am-pielezana any Ponto, Galatia, Kapadokia, Asia sy Bitynia, dia olom-boafidy
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,
2 araka ny fahalalana rahateo, izay an’ Andriamanitra Ray, amin’ ny fanamasinan’ ny Fanahy, ho amin’ ny fanarahana sy ny famafazan’ ny ran’ i Jesosy Kristy: hampitomboina ho anareo anie ny fahasoavana sy ny fiadanana.
chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May more and more grace and peace be granted to you.
3 Isaorana anie Andriamanitra, Rain’ i Jesosy Kristy Tompontsika, Izay niteraka antsika indray araka ny haben’ ny famindram-pony ho amin’ ny fanantenana velona tamin’ ny nitsanganan’ i Jesosy Kristy tamin’ ny maty,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 ho amin’ ny lova tsy mety simba, tsy misy loto, tsy mety levona, voatahiry any an-danitra ho anareo,
to an inheritance imperishable, undefiled and unfading, which has been reserved in Heaven for you,
5 izay arovan’ ny herin’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny finoana ho amin’ ny famonjena efa vonona haseho any am-parany.
whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age.
6 Izany no iravoravoanareo, na dia ampalahelovina vetivety ankehitriny amin’ ny fakam-panahy maro samy hafa aza ianareo, raha tsy maintsy hisy izany,
Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.
7 mba ho hita ho fiderana sy voninahitra ary fankalazana ny fizahan-toetra ny finoanareo (izay tsara lavitra noho ny volamena mety ho simba, na dia voazaha toetra tamin’ ny afo aza), dia amin’ ny hisehoan’ i Jesosy Kristy;
The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
8 Izay, na dia tsy mbola hitanareo aza, dia tianareo, ary na dia tsy hitanareo ankehitriny aza, anefa, satria inoanareo, dia iravoravoanareo amin’ ny fifaliana tsy azo tononina sady be voninahitra,
Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,
9 mandray ny anton’ ny finoanareo, dia ny famonjena ny fanahy.
while you are securing as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
10 Ny amin’ izany famonjena izany dia notadiavin’ ny mpaminany sy nokatsahiny fatratra, dia ireo efa naminany ny fahasoavana ho anareo;
There were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which was to come to you.
11 eny, nokatsahiny izay andro na izay toetry ny andro notondroin’ ny Fanahin’ i Kristy ao anatiny, raha nambarany rahateo ny fijalian’ i Kristy sy ny voninahitra manaraka izany.
They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.
12 Ary naseho tamin’ ireo fa tsy ho azy, fa ho anareo no nanompoany ny amin’ izany zavatra izany, izay voalaza aminareo ankehitriny, tamin’ ny tenin’ ireo nitory ny filazantsara taminareo amin’ ny Fanahy Masìna, Izay nirahina avy tany an-danitra; izany zavatra izany dia tian’ ny anjely hodinihina.
To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you, when they foretold the very things which have now been openly declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy Spirit which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News. Angels long to stoop and look into these things.
13 Koa amin’ izany sikino ny sainareo, dia mahonona tena, ka antenao tsara ny fahasoavana izay ho entina ho anareo amin’ ny hisehoan’ i Jesosy Kristy;
Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
14 tahaka ny zanaka manoa, tsy mitondra tena araka ny filanareo fahiny tamin’ ny tsi-fahalalanareo;
And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,
15 fa araka ny fahamasinan’ ilay niantso anareo, dia aoka mba ho masìna koa ianareo amin’ ny fitondran-tena rehetra,
but--in imitation of the holy One who has called you--you also must be holy in all your habits of life.
16 satria voasoratra hoe: “Ho masìna ianareo, satria masìna Aho”.
Because it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy."
17 Ary raha Ilay tsy mizaha tavan’ olona, fa mitsara araka ny asan’ izy rehetra, no antsoinareo hoe Ray, dia mitondrà tena amin’ ny fahatahorana mandritra ny andron’ ny fivahinianareo etỳ;
And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your stay here on earth,
18 fa fantatrareo fa tsy zavatra mety ho simba, tahaka ny volafotsy sy ny volamena, no nanavotana anareo tamin’ ny fitondran-tena adala, izay azonareo tamin’ ny nentin-drazana,
knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,
19 fa ny rà soan’ i Kristy, toy ny ran’ ny zanak’ ondry tsy misy kilema ary tsy misy pentimpentina;
but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.
20 Izay fantatra rahateo, fony tsy mbola ary ny fanorenan’ izao tontolo izao, fa efa naseho tamin’ izao andro farany izao noho ny aminareo
He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,
21 Izay mino an’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny alalany, dia Ilay nanangana Azy tamin’ ny maty ka nanome voninahitra Azy, ― mba hiorenan’ ny finoanareo sy ny fanantenanareo amin’ Andriamanitra.
are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.
22 Satria efa nodiovinareo ny fanahinareo tamin’ ny fanarahana ny fahamarinana ho amin’ ny fitiavan-drahalahy tsy miangatra dia mifankatiava fatratra amin’ ny fo;
Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.
23 fa efa teraka indray ianareo, tsy tamin’ ny voa mety ho lò, fa tamin’ ny tsy mety ho lò, dia ny tenin’ Andriamanitra, izay velona sady maharitra. (aiōn g165)
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life. (aiōn g165)
24 Fa “ny nofo rehetra dia tahaka ny ahitra, Ary izay mety ho voninahiny dia tahaka ny vonin’ ny ahitra. Malazo ny ahitra, ka mihintsana ny voniny;
"All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off;
