1 Petro 3

1 Saizvozvo vakadzi, muzviise pasi pevarume venyu pachenyu; kuti kanawo vamwe vasingateereri kushoko, vawanikwe nemafambiro evakadzi pasina shoko,

Likewise, wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without [the] word by the conversation of the wives,

2 vachiona mafambiro enyu akachena pakutya.

having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;

3 Kushonga kwenyu ngakurege kuva kwekunze kwekuruka vhudzi nekwekupfeka goridhe, kana kupfeka nguvo;

whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

4 asi ngakuve munhu wakavanzika wemoyo, pachinhu chisingaori chemweya munyoro wakanyarara, anokosha zvikuru pamberi paMwari.

but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

5 Nokuti karewo vakazvishongedza saizvozvo vakadzi vatsvene vaivimba naMwari, vachizviisa pasi pevarume vavo pachavo;

For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

6 saSara akateerera Abhurahama akamuidza ishe; vakunda vake vamuri imwi, kana muchiita zvakanaka, uye musingatyiswi nechipi nechipi chinovhundusa.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

7 Saizvozvo varume, garisanai nevakadzi venyu zvinoenderana neruzivo, muchikudza mukadzi sekumudziyo usina simba, sevadyiwo venhaka yenyasha dzeupenyu pamwe navo; kuti minyengetero yenyu irege kudzivirirwa.

[Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving [them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

8 Pakupedzisirawo, ivai nemoyo umwe mese, muchinzwirana tsitsi, mude hama, muve nemoyo munyoro, mune rudo;

Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

9 musingatsivi chakaipa nechakaipa, kana kutuka nekutuka; asi pachinzvimbo chaizvozvo muchiropafadze, muchiziva kuti ndizvo zvamakadanirwa, kuti mugare nhaka yeropafadzo.

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing [others], because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.

10 Nokuti uyo anoda kuda upenyu, nekuona mazuva akanaka, ngaadzore rurimi rwake pane zvakaipa, nemiromo yake kuti irege kutaura kunyengera.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

11 Ngaatsauke pane zvakaipa ndokuita zvakanaka; ngaatsvake rugare arutevere.

And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;

12 Nokuti meso aIshe ari pamusoro pevakarurama, nenzeve dzake pamunyengetero wavo. Asi chiso chaIshe chinopikisa vanoita zvakaipa.

because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that do evil.

13 Zvino ndiani achakukuvadzai, kana muri vatevedzeri vezvakanaka?

And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?

14 Asi kunyange kana imwi muchitambudzika nekuda kwekururama, makaropafadzwa; uye musatya kutyisa kwavo, kana kuvhiringidzwa;

But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

15 asi itai Ishe Mwari mutsvene mumoyo yenyu; mugare makazvigadzirira kupindura umwe neumwe anokubvunzai chikonzero chetariro iri mukati menyu, neunyoro nekutya;

but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear;

16 mune hana yakanaka, kuti pavanokucherai sevaiti vezvakaipa vanyare, ivo vanotuka mafambiro enyu akanaka muna Kristu.

having a good conscience, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.

17 Nokuti zviri nani kutambudzika muchiita zvakanaka, kana chido chaMwari chichida, pane muchiita zvakaipa.

For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;

18 Nokuti Kristuwo wakatambudzika kamwe nekuda kwezvivi, iye wakarurama pachinzvimbo chevasakarurama, kuti atiise kuna Mwari; aurawa zvirokwazvo panyama, asi wakararamiswa neMweya;

for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit,

19 mauri wakaendawo akaparidzira kumweya iri mutirongo,

in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,

20 iyo yaimbova isingateereri, apo moyo murefu waMwari uchimirira, pamazuva aNowa apo areka ichagadzirwa, kukaponeswa mairi vashoma, ndiko kuti mweya misere nemvura.

heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

21 Mufananidzo wayo rubhabhatidzo rwunotiponesawo ikozvino, kwete kubviswa kwetsvina yenyama, asi kukumbira kwehana yakanaka kuna Mwari kubudikidza nekumukazve kwaJesu Kristu,

which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [the] demand as before God of a good conscience, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ,

22 ari kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari aenda kudenga; vatumwa neumambo nemasimba zvaiswa pasi pake.

who is at [the] right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark