1 Pita 3

1 Ni nkoh yi, biyi wa bi mba, ka tu mbi nu ba lon-mbi. Ti naki ko mbru lilon ba ba ka wo tre Irji, bi nji ba ye tu nkoh Irji, ko bina bla tre'a na, iti mbi ni nji ba ye.

In the same way you wives must be submissive to your own husbands; so that if some of them will not believe the message, they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives,

2 U ba toh iti-mbi u njanji niwa bi toh ba ni nfutu.

when they see how pure and reverent you are.

3 Du mba na ta sru kpi nda biya ni kora megen na: chan tu, Jewels u gold, ko kpi bi ndindi.

Your adornment ought not to be the outward adornment of plaited hair and golden jewels and the wearing of beautiful dresses;

4 Ani bi to bi wa ibi u mi suron wa-a ni kri gbah me u vutu ndi son mgbamgbi, wa abi ni shishi Irji.

but rather that hidden personality of the heart, the imperishable ornament of a quiet and gentle spirit, which in the sight of God is indeed precious.

5 Imba bi toh Irji ba ka tu mba nayi. Ba yo suron mba ni Irji nda ka tu mba nu ba llo-mba.

For in this way in the olden time the holy women also, who put their trust in God, used to adorn themselves. They were ever in submission to their own husbands;

6 Naki Saratu a ta yo loma ndi irji ma. Zizan biyi me bi mmri ma to bi ti kpe wa-a bi u toh bina klu ssri iya na.

thus, for example, Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are daughters of Sarah, if you do what is right, and permit nothing to make you afraid.

7 Ni nkoh yi ngame, biyi lilon sohn ni ba mba mbi ndi to ndi bana sen kpa na umbi na. Bika nji ba bi ndi ya ba ni nfutu, wawu mbi Irji mba nu yi vri. Ti naki don du bre mbi duna kri-nkoh na.

In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

8 I klekle ma, bi ka son na mri vayi ndi zo kpambi, ndi na ti suron memme ni kpambi na, ndi ka tu mbi grji.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

9 Na han memme ni memme na ko mre ni mre na. Bita ti lulu ni kpambi, iyo wa Bachi a yo yi kabi a mba, na ki bi kpa lulu.

not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called - to inherit a blessing.

10 Indi wa-a ni son ri mgbumgblu nda toh vi bi ndindi dun don tre memme rji ni Lbe mba nhyu ma.

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

11 Dun ka memme chuwo nda ti ndindi. Dun wa nda vu nkoh u si.

Let him turn from evil and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

12 Shishi Irji ni ya bima, u ton ma ni wo bre mri ma. U shishin Irji ana son bi ti memme na.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry; But the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers.

13 Ahi nha ni wa ti yi memme toh bi wa ti ndindi?

Yet who will harm you if you become zealous for the good?

14 U toh bi shaya nitu ti ndindi, bi kpa lulu. Na klu kpe wa ba klu na. Na yo sisri na

But even if you should suffer in behalf of righteousness, you are happy. Do not be afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.

15 Bika ka Bachi Kristi yo ni suron mbi wa ana lla tre na. U bika si kpa ni ko nha wa a me yi du nge bi yo suron nitu Irji. Ti naki nimi nu tu mbi ndi ka tu mbi grji.

But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

16 He ni suron ndindi ma wa ko ba ndi ba mreu, ibi sohn meh ni nu ba shan dun ba si tre memme nitu me na wu memme ndji.

See that you have a clear conscience, so that, although they speak of you as evil-doers, these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed.

17 Abi toh Bachi tre du shaya ni ti ndindi zan wa uti memme.

For it is better that you suffer for doing right, if such be God’s will, than for doing wrong;

18 Yesu me ati ya ni tu lla tre mbu. Wawu wa ana he ni lla tre na nda ti ya ni tawu, kita bi lla tre, dun du nji ta ye ni Irji. Ba wu kpa ma, u Irji a kma nu vri nimi Ruhu.

because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.

19 Ni mi Ruhu a hi ka hla tre Irji ni ba ruhohi wa ba tro ba zi'a.

(It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison,

20 Ba sein tu nda kamba ni tre Bachi ni wa asi gben ni ntoh u Nowa, ni ntoh wa asi mie jrigi'a, u Irji a kpa ba chuwo, ndji fime - suron tandra - nitu mma-a.

who in old times had been disobedient, when God’s longsuffering was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was building, in which a few persons - eight in number - were saved by water.)

21 Iwayi a nuna kama batisma u-mbu'a ana kama ngla rji u kpa na, u ahi wa suron ndindi bre Bachi ni lunde u Yesu rji ni beh.

Baptism, the counterpart of that, now saves you (not the washing off of the filth of the flesh, but the prayer for a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

22 Kristi he ni woh kori u Irji. A hi ni shulu. Ba Maleku, Ba chu ni bi ninkon wawu mba ba ka-tu mba grji yo ni wu.

He is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark