1 Peter 3

1 You women [believers], just like [slaves should submit themselves to their masters], submit yourselves to your husbands. Do that in order that if any of them do not believe the message [about Christ], they may become believers without [it being necessary for] you to say anything to them [about their relationship to God].

Mweyi zira, inwe muli vafumahali muli tule kunsi yiva mwihyenwanu. Mupange ichi iri kuli, nanga vamwi vakwame kava zuwisisi kuli zwi, cho kuya che mikwa ya vanakazi vavo, mikwa i wola kuva koma nikusena linzwi.

2 [They will believe in Christ] when they see that you respect them and that your way of life is pure.

Chiva vavoni mikwa yenu i zwirire havusu che kute.

3 Do not be [trying to make] yourselves beautiful by decorating the outside [of your bodies], such as (by the way you comb your hair/by your hair [style]) or by wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes.

Musiye i kupangiwe insiñi cho mukwa uvoneka kuvena hanze: insuki zi hosetwe, maseka e gaunda, kamba zizwato zo mujoko.

4 Instead, make your (inner beings/hearts) [beautiful] with qualities/attitudes that will not fade away. Specifically, have a humble and quiet/calm attitude, which is something that God considers to be very valuable.

Kono, musiye zipangiwe cho muntu o mukati we nkulo, mi vulontu vusa mani bwina hande ni kuntontola muluhuho, nili chilotu havusu bwe Ireza.

5 (The devout women/The women who habitually worshipped God) who lived long ago and who trusted in God made themselves beautiful [by having attitudes] like that, and by being submissive to their husbands.

Chavanakazi va jolola vavali susuwezi mowu mukwa. Vena i sepo mwe Ireza mi vavali tulite kwi konde liva muhyabwavo.

6 Sarah, for example, obeyed [her husband] Abraham and called him ‘my master’. You will be [as though you are] [MET] her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid [of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers].

Mweyi zira Sara avali kuzuwa Aburahama ni kumusupa simwine wakwe. Inwe hanu muvana vakwe haiva ni mupanga zina hande ni kusa tiya i nkozi.

7 You men [who are believers], just like your wives should respect you, you should conduct your lives in an appropriate way with them. Treat them respectfully, realizing that they are [usually] weaker than you are, and realizing that (they share with you/both of you have) the gift [that God has kindly given to you, which is eternal] life. Do this so that nothing will hinder you from praying (OR, hinder [God] ([from answering/from doing what you ask for]) when you pray).

Cho mukwa u swana, inwe vashetu muswanera kuhala ni vafumahali venu cho kuya che kutwisiso, sina che chiviko chi fokola, mwanakazi. Muswanera kuvaha i kute sina vamwi vayoli ve mpo zo vuhalo. Mupange ichi iri kuli itapero zenu kanji zikaninwi.

8 To end [this part of my letter], [I say to] all of you, agree with each other [in what you think]. Be sympathetic [toward each other]. Love [each other as] members of the same family [should]. Act compassionately [toward each other]. Be humble.

Cha ma manimani, mwense, muswane mumi hupulo, chishemo, kulisaka sina mizwale, inkulo zina hande ni kuli kokoveza.

9 [When people do] evil things to you or insult you, do not (retaliate/repay them by) doing evil things to them or insulting them. Instead, [ask God to] bless them, because that is what you have been chosen [by God] {what [God] called you} to do, in order that you may receive a blessing [from him].

Kanji muvozekezi vuvi cho vuvi kapa itapa che tapa. Cho kusa yenderera, muzwire havusu ku fuyola, vakeñi chezi muva supwa, iri kuti muyole imbuyoti.

10 [Consider what the Psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives], As for those who want (to enjoy life/to live happily) and experience good [things happening to them every] day, they must not say [MTY] something that is evil or say [MTY] something that deceives others.

“I ye yosaka vuhalo ni kuvona mazuva malotu u siyisa lulimi lwakwe ku vuvi ni milomo yakwe kuku wamba mapa.

11 They must continually turn away from [doing] anything that is evil, and must do things that are good [instead]. They must deeply desire to enable [people to act] peacefully toward each other; they must zealously [urge people to act in a] peaceful way,

Mumu siye a sanduke kuzintu zivi ni kupanga zilotu. Mumusiye a sake inkozo ni kuzwira muili.

12 because the Lord sees [MTY] what righteous people do [and he appreciates/likes what they do]. He listens to righteous people when they pray, [and he answers them]. But he is [MTY] opposed to those who do evil things.

Menso a Simwine avona va shiyamite, mi matwi akwe a zuwa ziva kumbira. Kono chifateho cha Simwine chi vengere avo va panga vuvi.”

13 If you (are eager/try very hard) to do good things, [most people] will not harm you. [RHQ]

Jeni uzo yasa mi horofaze haiva ni mulakamina zina zilotu?

14 But even if you suffer because of [doing] what is right, [God] will bless you. [Do as Isaiah wrote]: “Do not be afraid of people who (threaten you/say things to cause you to be afraid of what they might do to you), and do not worry about [DOU] what they [might do to you].”

Kono haiva ni munyanda che vaka lyo kuluka, mufuya ulitwe. Kanji mutiyi ziva tiya. Kanji mu firikani.

15 Instead, acknowledge that Christ is the one who is in complete control [of your lives]. Always be ready to answer everyone who demands that you tell them about what you confidently expect [God to do for you].

Kono, muvikire ha mbali Simwine Keresite mwi nkulo zenu sina yo jolola. Honse mulitukiseze kwi tava vonse vami vuza chinzi hamwina i sepo mwa Ireza. Mupange ichi cha mañenke ni kute.

16 But answer them humbly and respectfully, and make sure that you (do/have done) nothing wrong, in order that those who say evil things about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because of your relationship with Christ.

Muve ni muhupulo mulotu iri kuli vantu va tukola vuhalo bwenu vulotu mwa Keresite vawole kuswava kakuli va wamba cho kumilwisa uvu mane muva pangi vo vuvi.

17 [It may be that God wants you] to suffer. But it is better to do good things, [even if you suffer for doing them], than to do evil things and suffer [for doing that].

Kwina hande, haiva Ireza ulakamina, kuti munyanda cho kupanga vulotu kuhita kupanga vuvi.

18 [I say that] because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that (he might bring us to/we might begin an intimate relationship with) God. [During the time that he had] an ordinary body, he was killed {people killed him}, but [God’s] Spirit caused him to become alive again.

Keresite naye ava nyandi hamwina che zivi. Iye yo lukite ava nyandiri iswe, vasina vavali kulukite, iri kuli awole ku tuleta kwe Ireza. Ava vikiwa kwifu mwi nyama, kono ava pangiwa yo hala cho Luhuho.

19 The Spirit also helped him as he went to proclaim [God’s victory to the evil] spirits whom God had imprisoned [in the heavens] (OR, to the spirits of those who [had died, and who] were in the place where the spirits of dead people are).

Cho Luhuho, ava yendi ni kukakutaza kwi huho yina hanu mwi torongo.

20 Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, [those evil spirits] disobeyed God when he waited patiently [PRS] [to see if people would turn from their evil behavior]. Only a few people were saved {[God] saved only a few people} [in that boat]. Specifically, [God] brought only eight persons safely through the waters [of the flood], [while all the others drowned in it].

Vavali kusa zuwa aho kulindira kwe Ireza kuvali kulindire muma zuva a Nuwe, muma zuva o kuzaka i aleka, mi Ireza a va hazi vantu vache vulyo- ihuho ye yanza ni to tatwe- cha menzi.

21 That water, [by means of which eight people were saved when God punished the other people] [MET], represents [the water in which we are] baptized [to show that God has] saved us [from being punished]. The water in which we are baptized does not remove dirt from our bodies. Instead, [it shows that] we are requesting [God to assure us] that he has removed our guilt [for having sinned]. And because Jesus Christ became alive again after he died, [we know that God accepted his sacrifice for us and because of that he was able to remove our guilt].

Ili nji swayo lye nkorovezo iyo imihaza hanu- isiñi uvu ku shanjiwa kwe ikwe lye miviri, kono sina kovekisa kwe nkulo indontu kwe Ireza- chokuya kuvuka kwa Jesu Keresite kuvafu.

22 Christ has gone into heaven and is ruling [MTY] in the place of highest honor (next to God/at God’s side), after [God] caused all the evil and powerful spirit beings [DOU] to be made subject to him.

Keresite wina kwi yanza lye chilyo lye Ireza. Ava yendi kwi wulu. Mañiroyi, mivuso, ne ziho ziswanera kulivika kunsi yakwe.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark