1 Simeon Petrus, 'n dienskneg en apostel van Jesus Christus, aan die wat net so 'n kosbare geloof as ons verkry het deur die geregtigheid van onse God en Saligmaker, Jesus Christus:
2 Mag genade en vrede vir julle vermeerder word deur die kennis van God en Jesus, onse Here!
3 Immers, sy goddelike krag het ons alles geskenk wat tot die lewe en godsvrug dien, deur die kennis van Hom wat ons geroep het deur sy heerlikheid en deug,
4 waardeur Hy ons die grootste en kosbare beloftes geskenk het, sodat julle daardeur deelgenote kan word van die goddelike natuur, nadat julle die verdorwenheid ontvlug het wat deur begeerlikheid in die wêreld is.
5 En juis daarom ook moet julle met aanwending van alle ywer by julle geloof voeg die deug, en by die deug die kennis,
6 en by die kennis die selfbeheersing, en by die selfbeheersing die lydsaamheid, en by die lydsaamheid die godsvrug,
7 en by die godsvrug die broederliefde, en by die broederliefde die naasteliefde.
8 Want as hierdie dinge by julle aanwesig is en toeneem, dan laat dit julle nie ledig of onvrugbaar tot die kennis van onse Here Jesus Christus nie;
9 want hy by wie hierdie dinge nie aanwesig is nie, is blind en kortsigtig, en het die reiniging van sy vorige sondes vergeet.
10 Daarom, broeders, moet julle jul des te meer beywer om julle roeping en verkiesing vas te maak; want as julle dit doen, sal julle nooit struikel nie.
11 Want so sal ryklik aan julle verleen word die ingang in die ewige koninkryk van onse Here en Saligmaker, Jesus Christus.
12 Daarom sal ek nie nalaat om julle altyd hieraan te herinner nie, alhoewel julle dit weet en vasstaan in die waarheid wat by julle is.
13 En ek beskou dit as reg, so lank as ek in hierdie tentwoning is, om julle deur herinnering op te wek,
14 omdat ek weet dat die aflegging van my tentwoning ophande is, soos onse Here Jesus Christus dit ook aan my bekend gemaak het.
15 En ek sal my beywer, dat julle ook gedurig n my heengaan hierdie dinge in gedagtenis kan hou.
16 Want ons het nie kunstig verdigte fabels nagevolg toe ons julle die krag en koms van onse Here Jesus Christus bekend gemaak het nie, maar ons was aanskouers van sy majesteit;
17 want Hy het van God die Vader eer en heerlikheid ontvang toe hierdie stem uit die luisterryke heerlikheid tot Hom gekom het: Dit is my geliefde Seun in wie Ek 'n welbehae het.
18 En hierdie stem het ons uit die hemel hoor kom toe ons saam met Hom op die heilige berg was.
19 En ons het die profetiese woord wat baie vas is, waarop julle tog moet ag gee soos op 'n lamp wat in 'n donker plek skyn, totdat die dag aanbreek en die môre ster opgaan in julle harte;
20 terwyl julle veral d¡t moet weet, dat geen profesie van die Skrif 'n saak van eie uitlegging is nie;
21 want geen profesie is ooit deur die wil van 'n mens voortgebring nie, maar, deur die Heilige Gees gedrywe, het die heilige mense van God gespreek.
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.