1 Peter 3
1 In like manner also let wives be subject to their husbands: that if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives.
Acuna kba ni, nghnumie aw, nami ceiea mtheh ngja ua. Nami ceie naw Pamhnama ngthu am ami jum üng, i nami pyen vai käh hlükia dawkyakia nami ngneisak naw jumei law khaiea jah pyang khai.
2 Considering your chaste conversation with fear.
Isenitiüng, nami ngneisak hin ihlawka ngcingcaih lü leisawng phyaki ti cun ksing khaie.
3 Whose adorning let it not be the outward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or the putting on of apparel:
Nami lusam phan lü ngui xüi jah awi hnak ja suisak kdaw nami suijih am akhawkpung ning jah ngtongtaisak khai cen käh sumei ua.
4 But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God.
Acuna nghnün üng, nami mlung k’uma käh hngalang theikia ngtongtainaka kyaki hniphnawinak ja mlung kdip üng ngtongtai ua. Pamhnama hmuha ngtongtainak akdaw säih ta acun ni.
5 For after this manner heretofore the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
Ahlana Pamhnam üng ami äpeinak ta lü Pamhnam jumeikia nghnumie naw, ami ceia mtheh ngjaknak üng amimät ngtongtaisak khawikie.
6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well, and not fearing any disturbance.
Sarah naw pi acukba ve lü: Abrahama mtheh ngja lü, ka bawi aw ti lü khüki. Nangmi hin akdawa ve lü kyükyawknak am a ve üng ta, Saraha canghnuea nami kyaki.
7 Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.
Acuna kba ni, nangmi kpamie pi nami nghnumie cun pumsa ktha ngcekie ti ksing lü sitih am jah vepüi ua. Nami ktaiyü üng i naw käh a ning jah kyawh vaia, Pamhnama jah pet angsäia xünnak nang am atänga yah hnga khaia kyase, jah leisawng ua.
8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:
Akpäihnaka, mlung mat ngaihnak mat üng ve ua. Ngbengnaa kba nami püi mhläkphya na ua. Nami püi mpyeneinak ja mlung mhnemnak am ve ua.
9 Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
Akse, akse am; yünsenak pi yünsenak am käh thungei be ua. Dawkyanak am thung be ua. Isenitiüng, dawkyanak cun a ning jah khüa kcün üng a ning jah pet vaia Pamhnama bekhüta kyaki.
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.
Cangcim naw “Jenaka xünsak hlüei lü kcün kdawe jah hmuha yüki naw, akse pyennak ja hlei pyennak jah hawih yah khai.
11 Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek after peace and pursue it:
Akse pawhnak üngkhyüh nghlat lü akdaw pawh se; dimdeihnak sui lü acun läk hü se.
12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers: but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things.
Bawipa naw khyang ngsungpyune jah teng lü ami ktaiyünak pi jah ngai ve; cunüngpi, akse pawhkie ta jah nghei ta ve.
13 And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?
Akcang pawh vaia na ngtäng üng u naw ning mhlembawi khai ni.
14 But if also you suffer any thing for justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, and be not troubled.
Cunüngpi, akcang na pawha phäh na khuikha vai üngpi, nami josenki. U pi käh kyüh ua, käh cäicing ua.
15 But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.
Nami mlung k’uma Khritaw leisawng lü Bawipa mäih leisawng ua. Nangmi naw nami taka äpeinaka mawng ning jah kthähki a ve üng, nami jah mtheh ngkyai be thei vaia, aläa ngsüngcei ua.
16 But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Hniphnawinak ja leisawngnak am bi ua. Khritawa hnukläka nami thawna phäh akdaw nami pawh üng, ning jah kse na lü ning jah yaihyüneikie naw ami pyen am ngkeeinaka thawn khaia, nami cungaihnak ngcingcaihsak ua.
17 For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer, than doing ill.
Akdaw pawh lü nami khuikha cun Pamhnama hlüei ani üngta, akse pawh lü nami khuikha kthaka ta daw bawk ve.
18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,
Pamhnama veia a ning jah ceh hlüpüia phäh khyangkaea nghnün üng khyang kdaw Khritaw cun mkhyenakea phäh thiki. Ahun a thih cun angläta phäha kyaki. Pumsa lama thihnak khamki, cunüngpi ngmüimkhya lam üng xünsak be pängki.
19 In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:
Acuna ngmüimkhya pumsa am cit lü thawng üng ami jah khyum ngmüimkhyaea veia ngthu pyenki.
20 Which had been some time incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days of Noe, when the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
Acuna ngmüimkhyae ta, Nawe naw mlawng a saka kcün üng mlung msaü lü jah k’äihei kyaw sepi Pamhnama mtheh am ngjakia ngmüimkhyae ni. Nawea mlawng am khyang khyet mlikpitui üngka naw jah küikyana kyaki.
21 Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Acuna tui cun atuh ning jah küikyanki baptican tia msingnak ni. Acun cun nami pumsa lelawiki mthihnak am ni lü, akdaw ksingnak üngkhyüh Pamhnama veia khyütam pawhnaka kyaki. Acun naw Jesuh Khritaw cun thihnak üngkhyüh a thawhnak be naw ning jah küikyanki.
22 Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death, that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him.
Jesuh cun khankhawa kai be pängki. Khankhawngsäe naküt ja khankhaw johite ja khyaihbahnake cun jah up lü Pamhnama khet da ngawki.
