Petri I 3
1 Similiter et mulieres subditæ sint viris suis: ut et si qui non credunt verbo, per mulierem conversationem sine verbo lucrifiant,
In the same way, wives, submit to your own husbands, so that, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won without a word by the way you live
2 considerantes in timore castam conversationem vestram.
when they observe your pure and reverent conduct.
3 Quarum non sit extrinsecus capillatura, aut circumdatio auri, aut indumenti vestimentorum cultus:
Do not adorn yourselves outwardly with elaborately braided hair, gold jewelry, or fancy clothes.
4 sed qui absconditus est cordis homo, in incorruptibilitate quieti, et modesti spiritus, qui est in conspectu Dei locuples.
Rather, let your adornment be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight.
5 Sic enim aliquando et sanctæ mulieres, sperantes in Deo, ornabant se, subiectæ propriis viris.
For this is how the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves in the past, by submitting to their own husbands,
6 Sicut Sara obediebat Abrahæ, dominum eum vocans: cuius estis filiæ benefacientes, et non pertimentes ullam perturbationem.
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You have become her children if you do good and do not give way to fear.
7 Viri similiter cohabitantes secundum scientiam, quasi infirmiori vasculo muliebri impartientes honorem, tamquam et coheredibus gratiæ vitæ: ut non impediantur orationes vestræ.
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker partner, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
8 In fine autem omnes unanimes, compatientes, fraternitatis amatores, misericordes, modesti, humiles:
Finally, you must all be of one mind, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, and kind.
9 non reddentes malum pro malo, nec maledictum pro maledicto, sed econtrario benedicentes: quia in hoc vocati estis, ut benedictionem hereditate possideatis.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.
10 Qui enim vult vitam diligere, et dies videre bonos, coerceat linguam suam a malo, et labia eius ne loquantur dolum.
For, “Whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 Declinet a malo, et faciat bonum: inquirat pacem, et sequatur eam:
he must turn aside from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
12 Quia oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius in preces eorum: Vultus autem Domini super facientes mala.
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 Et quis est qui vobis noceat, si boni æmulatores fueritis?
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of what is good?
14 Sed et si quid patimini propter iustitiam, beati. Timorem autem eorum ne timueritis, et non conturbemini.
But even if you do suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear people's threats or be troubled,
15 Dominum autem Christum sanctificate in cordibus vestris, parati semper ad satisfactionem omni poscenti vos rationem de ea, quæ in vobis est, spe.
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for an explanation of the hope you have within you, with gentleness and respect,
16 Sed cum modestia, et timore, conscientiam habentes bonam: ut in eo, quod detrahunt vobis, confundantur, qui calumniantur vestram bonam in Christo conversationem.
keeping a clear conscience, so that, when those who revile your good conduct in Christ speak against you as evildoers, they may be put to shame.
17 Melius est enim benefacientes (si voluntas Dei velit) pati, quam malefacientes.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is God's will, than to suffer for doing evil.
18 Quia et Christus semel pro peccatis nostris mortuus est, iustus pro iniustis, ut nos offerret Deo, mortificatus quidem carne, vivificatus autem Spiritu.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,
19 In quo et his, qui in carcere erant, spiritibus veniens prædicavit:
in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
20 qui increduli fuerant aliquando, quando expectabant Dei patientiam in diebus Noe, cum fabricaretur arca: in qua pauci, id est octo animæ salvæ factæ sunt per aquam.
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water.
21 Quod et vos nunc similis formæ salvos fecit baptisma: non carnis depositio sordium, sed conscientiæ bonæ interrogatio in Deum per resurrectionem Iesu Christi,
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves us—not by removing dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 qui est in dextera Dei, deglutiens mortem ut vitæ æternæ heredes efficeremur: profectus in cælum subiectis sibi Angelis, et potestatibus, et virtutibus.
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
