1 Peter 3
1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbands, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,
Kwa njia hii, ninyi ambao ni wake mnapaswa kujitoa kwa waume zenu wenyewe, ili, hata kama baadhi yao hawajalitii neno, kupitia tabia za wake zao wanaweza kuvutwa pasipo neno,
2 While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.
kwa sababu wao wenyewe watakuwa wameiona tabia yenu njema pamoja na heshima.
3 Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell:
Hii ifanyike siyo kwa mapambo ya nje—kusuka nywele, vito vya dhahabu, au mavazi ya mtindo.
4 But let it bee the hidde man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meeke and quiet spirite, which is before God a thing much set by.
Lakini badala yake ifanyike kwa utu wa ndani wa moyo, na kuzidi katika uzuri wa unyenyekevu na utulivu wa moyo, ambao ni wa thamani mbele za Mungu.
5 For euen after this maner in time past did the holy women, which trusted in God, tire them selues, and were subiect to their husbands.
Kwa kuwa wanawake watakatifu walijipamba wenyewe kwa njia hii. Walikuwa na imani katika Mungu na waliwatii waume zao wenyewe.
6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, whiles yee doe well, not being afraide of any terrour.
Kwa njia hii Sara alimtii Ibrahamu na kumwita yeye “bwana” wake. Ninyi sasa ni watoto wake kama mtafanya yaliyo mazuri na kama hamwogopi mabaya.
7 Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
Kwa njia hiyo hiyo, ninyi wanaume mnapaswa kuishi na wake zenu mkijua kuwa wao ni wenzi wa kike dhaifu, mkiwatambua wao kama wapokeaji wenzenu wa zawadi ya uzima. Fanyeni hivi ili kwamba maombi yenu yasizuiliwe.
8 Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,
Hatimaye, ninyi nyote, muwe na nia moja, wenye huruma, upendo kama ndugu, wanyenyekevu, na wapole.
9 Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.
Msilipe ovu kwa ovu, au tusi kwa tusi. Kinyume chake, mwendelee kubariki, kwa sababu hii mliitwa, ili kwamba muweze kurithi baraka.
10 For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.
“Yeye atakaye kupenda maisha na kuona siku njema lazima auzuie ulimi wake kwa mabaya na midomo yake kusema hila.
11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and follow after it.
Na ageuke na kuacha mabaya na kufanya yaliyo mazuri. Atafute amani na kuifuata.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord is against them that do euil.
Macho ya Bwana humwona mwenye haki na masikio yake husikia maombi yake. Lakini uso wa Bwana uko kinyume cha wale watendao uovu.”
13 And who is it that will harme you, if ye follow that which is good?
Ni nani atakayewadhuru ninyi, ikiwa mwatamani lililo zuri?
14 Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.
Lakini kama mkiteseka kwa haki, mmebarikiwa. Msiogope yale ambayo wao wanayaogopa. Msiwe na wasiwasi.
15 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence,
Badala yake, mmuweke Kristo Bwana katika mioyo yenu kama mtakatifu. Kila mara muwe tayari kumjibu kila mtu anayewauliza ninyi kwa nini mna tumaini katika Mungu. Fanyeni hivi kwa upole na heshima.
16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.
Muwe na dhamiri njema ili kwamba watu wanaotukana maisha yenu mema katika Kristo waweze kuaibika kwa sababu wanaongea kinyume dhidi yenu kama kwamba mlikuwa watenda maovu.
17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.
Ni vizuri zaidi, ikiwa Mungu anatamani, kwamba mwateseka kwa kufanya mema kuliko kwa kufanya mabaya.
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.
Kristo pia aliteseka mara moja kwa ajili ya dhambi. Yeye ambaye ni mwenye haki aliteseka kwa ajili yetu, ambao hatukuwa wenye haki, ili kwamba atulete sisi kwa Mungu. Alikufa katika mwili, lakini alifanywa mzima katika roho.
19 By the which hee also went, and preached vnto the spirits that are in prison.
Katika roho, alikwenda na kuzihubiri roho ambazo sasa ziko kifungoni.
20 Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.
Hazikuwa tiifu wakati uvumilivu wa Mungu ulipokuwa unasubiri wakati wa Nuhu, siku za ujenzi wa safina, na Mungu aliokoa watu wachache—nafsi nane—kutoka katika maji.
21 Whereof the baptisme that nowe is, answering that figure, (which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but a confident demaunding which a good conscience maketh to God) saueth vs also by the resurrection of Iesus Christ,
Hii ni alama ya ubatizo unaowaokoa ninyi sasa, siyo kama kuosha uchafu kutoka mwilini, lakini kama ombi la dhamiri njema kwa Mungu, kupitia ufufuo wa Yesu Kristo.
22 Which is at the right hand of God, gone into heauen, to whom the Angels, and Powers, and might are subiect.
Yeye yuko mkono wa kuume wa Mungu. Alikwenda mbinguni. Malaika, mamlaka, na nguvu lazima vimtii yeye.
