1st Kafa (1 Peter) — 1
Greetings from Kafa
1 This letter is from Kafa, a Shaliach of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach. I am writing to the chosen people of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
2 ABBA 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH knew you and chose you long ago, and the RUACH of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has made you Qadash. As a result, you have obeyed 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH and have been cleansed by the blood of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach. May 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH give you more and more favor and Shalum.
The Hope of Eternal Life
3 All Yadah to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, the ABBA of our MASTER 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach. It is by the great mercy of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH that we have been born again, because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH raised 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,
4 And we have a priceless inheritance, an inheritance that is kept in Shamaym for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
5 And through your Amunah, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is protecting you by HIS power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.
7 These trials will show that your Amunah is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold, though your Amunah is far more precious than mere gold. So when your Amunah remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much Yadah and Kabad and Honor on the day when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach is revealed to the whole world.
8 You love 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA now, you trust Him; and you rejoice with a great inexpressible joy.
9 The reward for trusting Ha'Mashyach will be the salvation of your souls.
10 This salvation was something even the Nabyms wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this marvelous salvation prepared for you.
11 They wondered what time or situation the Ruach of Ha'Mashyach within them was talking about when he told them in advance about the suffering of Ha'Mashyach and His great Kabad afterward.
12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Basurah (Good News) has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the RUACH Ha'Qadash sent from Shamaym. It is all so wonderful that even the Malakym are eagerly watching these things happen.
A Call to Qadash Living
13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self control. Put all your hope in the awesome salvation that will come to you when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach is revealed to the world.
14 So you must live as the obedient children of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. Do not slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You did not know any better then.
15 But now you must be Qadash in everything you do, just as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH who chose you is Qadash.
16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be Qadash because I AM Qadash.”
17 And remember that our ABBA in Shamaym to whom you pray has no favorites. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH during your time here as “temporary residents.”
18 For you know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
19 It was the precious blood of Ha'Mashyach, the sinless, spotless Lamb of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
20 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH chose Ha'Mashyach as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days Ha'Mashyach has been revealed for your sake.
21 Through Ha'Mashyach you have come to trust in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. And you have placed your Amunah and hope in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH because HE raised Ha'Mashyach from the dead and gave Him great Kabad.
22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the Truth, so now you must show sincere Ahaba (love) to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.
23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
24 As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.
25 But the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH remains forever.” And that Dabar is the Basurah (Good News) that was preached to you.