1 Peter 3
1 In like manner, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behaviour of their 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 beholding your chaste behaviour [coupled] with fear.
Isenitiüng, nami ngneisak hin ihlawka ngcingcaih lü leisawng phyaki ti cun ksing khaie.
3 Whose [adorning] let it not be the outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on 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 [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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 aforetime the holy women also, who hoped 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 Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
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, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end 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 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
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, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should 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 would 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 And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
Akse pawhnak üngkhyüh nghlat lü akdaw pawh se; dimdeihnak sui lü acun läk hü se.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
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 will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
Akcang pawh vaia na ngtäng üng u naw ning mhlembawi khai ni.
14 But and if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed [are ye]: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
Cunüngpi, akcang na pawha phäh na khuikha vai üngpi, nami josenki. U pi käh kyüh ua, käh cäicing ua.
15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
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 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life 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, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
Akdaw pawh lü nami khuikha cun Pamhnama hlüei ani üngta, akse pawh lü nami khuikha kthaka ta daw bawk ve.
18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened 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 he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
Acuna ngmüimkhya pumsa am cit lü thawng üng ami jah khyum ngmüimkhyaea veia ngthu pyenki.
20 which aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through 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 which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through 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, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jesuh cun khankhawa kai be pängki. Khankhawngsäe naküt ja khankhaw johite ja khyaihbahnake cun jah up lü Pamhnama khet da ngawki.
