1 Siimon Peetrus, Jeesuse Kristuse sulane ja apostel, neile, kes on saanud niisama kalli usu kui meiegi meie Jumala ja Õnnistegija Jeesuse Kristuse õiguses.
2 Armu ja rahu lisatagu teile rohkesti Jumala ja Jeesuse, meie Issanda tunnetuses!
3 Nõnda nagu Tema jumalik vägi meile on annetanud kõik, mida vajatakse eluks ja jumalakartuseks, Tema tunnetuse kaudu, Kes meid on kutsunud Oma au ja vooruslikkusega,
4 millega on meile kingitud kallid ja suurimad tõotused, et te nende läbi saaksite osa jumalikust loomust, kui te olete põgenenud ära hukkumisest, mis on maailmas himude tõttu;
5 siis kandke sellesama pärast kõikepidi hoolt ja osutage oma usus vooruslikkust ja vooruslikkuses tunnetust,
6 tunnetuses taltumust, taltumuses kannatlikkust, kannatlikkuses jumalakartust,
7 jumalakartuses vennaarmastust ja vennaarmastuses armastust kõikide vastu.
8 Sest kui teil seda kõike on ja veel lisatakse, siis ei lase see teid olla viitsimatud ja viljatud meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse tunnetamises.
9 Aga kellel see kõik puudub, on pime, lühinägelik, ja on unustanud puhastuse endistest pattudest.
10 Sellepärast, vennad, püüdke seda enam teha kindlaks oma kutsumine ja valik; sest kui te seda teete, siis te ei komista iialgi.
11 Sest nõnda avaneb teile rohkel mõõdul sissepääs meie Issanda ja Õnnistegija Jeesuse Kristuse igavesse Kuningriiki.
12 Sellepärast ma tahan alati teile seda meelde tuletada, ehk te küll seda teate ja olete kindlasti rajatud tõele, mis teil on käes.
13 Ma pean õigeks, niikaua kui ma selles ihulikus telgis olen, teid meeldetuletuse kaudu virgutada,
14 sest et ma tean, et ma varsti maha panen oma telgi, nagu ka meie Issand Jeesus Kristus mulle on avaldanud.
15 Ent ma tahan ka hoolt kanda, et teil pärast minu lahkumist alati oleks võimalik seda meelde tuletada.
16 Sest me ei ole Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse väge ja tulemist teile teatavaks tehes mitte järginud kavalasti sepitsetud tühje jutte, vaid me oleme ise oma silmaga näinud Tema suurt aulisust.
17 Sest Tema sai Jumalalt Isalt au ja austust kõige kõrgemalt ault, kui Temale kostis niisugune hääl: „See on Minu armas Poeg, Kellest Mul on hea meel!"
18 Ja selle hääle me kuulsime taevast tulevat, olles ühes Temaga pühal mäel.
19 Ja meil on veel kindlam prohvetlik sõna, ja te teete hästi, et te seda tähele panete kui küünalt, mis paistab pimedas paigas, kuni päev jõuab kätte ning koidutäht tõuseb teie südameis.
20 Ja see olgu teile kõigepealt teada, et ükski prohvetikuulutus Kirjas ei ole omavolilise seletuse jaoks.
21 Sest inimese tahtel ei ole iialgi ühtki prohveti kuulutust esile toodud, vaid Pühast Vaimust kantuina on inimesed rääkinud, saades seda Jumala käest.
1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
20 Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.
21 For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.