1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Kadhalika ninyi wake, watiini waume zenu; kusudi, ikiwa wako wasioliamini Neno, wavutwe kwa mwenendo wa wake zao, pasipo lile Neno;
2 while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
wakiutazama mwenendo wenu safi, na wa hofu.
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Kujipamba kwenu, kusiwe kujipamba kwa nje, yaani, kusuka nywele; na kujitia dhahabu, na kuvalia mavazi;
4 but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
bali kuwe utu wa moyoni usioonekana, katika mapambo yasiyoharibika; yaani, roho ya upole na utulivu, iliyo ya thamani kuu mbele za Mungu.
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Maana hivyo ndivyo walivyojipamba wanawake watakatifu wa zamani, waliomtumaini Mungu, na kuwatii waume zao.
6 even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Kama vile Sara alivyomtii Ibrahimu, akamwita Bwana; nanyi ni watoto wake, mfanyapo mema, wala hamkutishwa kwa hofu yo yote.
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Kadhalika ninyi waume, kaeni na wake zenu kwa akili; na kumpa mke heshima, kama chombo kisicho na nguvu; na kama warithi pamoja wa neema ya uzima, kusudi kuomba kwenu kusizuiliwe.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Neno la mwisho ni hili; mwe na nia moja, wenye kuhurumiana, wenye kupendana kama ndugu, wasikitikivu, wanyenyekevu;
9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
watu wasiolipa baya kwa baya, au laumu kwa laumu; bali wenye kubariki; kwa sababu hayo ndiyo mliyoitiwa ili mrithi baraka.
10 For
He that will love life,
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips that they speak no guile:
Kwa maana, Atakaye kupenda maisha, Na kuona siku njema, Auzuie ulimi wake usinene mabaya, Na midomo yake isiseme hila.
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good;
Let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Na aache mabaya, atende mema; Atafute amani, aifuate sana.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their prayers:
But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Kwa kuwa macho ya Bwana huwaelekea wenye haki, Na masikio yake husikiliza maombi yao; Bali uso wa Bwana ni juu ya watenda mabaya.
13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Naye ni nani atakayewadhuru, mkiwa wenye juhudi katika mema?
14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
Lakini mjapoteswa kwa sababu ya haki mna heri. Msiogope kutisha kwao, wala msifadhaike; bali mtakaseni Kristo Bwana mioyoni mwenu.
15 but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Mwe tayari siku zote kumjibu kila mtu awaulizaye habari za tumaini lililo ndani yenu; lakini kwa upole na kwa hofu.
16 having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Nanyi mwe na dhamiri njema, ili katika neno lile mnalosingiziwa, watahayarishwe wale wautukanao mwenendo wenu mwema katika Kristo.
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Maana ni afadhali kuteswa kwa kutenda mema, ikiwa ndiyo mapenzi ya Mungu, kuliko kwa kutenda mabaya.
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Kwa maana Kristo naye aliteswa mara moja kwa ajili ya dhambi, mwenye haki kwa ajili yao wasio haki, ili atulete kwa Mungu; mwili wake akauawa, bali roho yake akahuishwa,
19 by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
ambayo kwa hiyo aliwaendea roho waliokaa kifungoni, akawahubiri;
20 which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
watu wasiotii hapo zamani, uvumilivu wa Mungu ulipokuwa ukingoja, siku za Nuhu, safina ilipokuwa ikitengenezwa; ambamo ndani yake wachache, yaani, watu wanane, waliokoka kwa maji.
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Mfano wa mambo hayo ni ubatizo, unaowaokoa ninyi pia siku hizi; (siyo kuwekea mbali uchafu wa mwili, bali jibu la dhamiri safi mbele za Mungu), kwa kufufuka kwake Yesu Kristo.
22 who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Naye yupo mkono wa kuume wa Mungu, amekwenda zake mbinguni, malaika na enzi na nguvu zikiisha kutiishwa chini yake.
