1 Petro 3
1 Kadhalika enyi wake, watiini waume zenu, ili kama kunao wasioamini lile neno, wapate kuvutwa na mwenendo wa wake zao pasipo neno,
In the same way you wives must be submissive to your own husbands; so that if some of them will not believe the message, they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives,
2 kwa kuuona utakatifu na uchaji wa Mungu katika maisha yenu.
when they see how pure and reverent you are.
3 Kujipamba kwenu kusiwe kwa nje tu, kama vile kusuka nywele, kuvalia vitu vilivyofanyizwa kwa dhahabu na kwa mavazi.
Your adornment ought not to be the outward adornment of plaited hair and golden jewels and the wearing of beautiful dresses;
4 Badala yake, kujipamba kwenu kuwe katika utu wenu wa moyoni, yaani uzuri usioharibika wa roho ya upole na utulivu, ambayo ni ya thamani sana machoni pa Mungu.
but rather that hidden personality of the heart, the imperishable ornament of a quiet and gentle spirit, which in the sight of God is indeed precious.
5 Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo walivyokuwa wakijipamba wanawake watakatifu wa zamani, waliomtumaini Mungu. Wao walikuwa ni watiifu kwa waume zao,
For in this way in the olden time the holy women also, who put their trust in God, used to adorn themselves. They were ever in submission to their own husbands;
6 kama Sara alivyomtii mumewe Abrahamu, hata akamwita bwana. Ninyi ni watoto wa Sara kama mkitenda yaliyo mema, bila kuogopa jambo lolote.
thus, for example, Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are daughters of Sarah, if you do what is right, and permit nothing to make you afraid.
7 Vivyo hivyo ninyi waume, kaeni na wake zenu kwa akili, nanyi wapeni heshima mkitambua ya kuwa wao ni wenzi walio dhaifu, na kama warithi pamoja nanyi wa kipawa cha neema cha uzima, ili kusiwepo na chochote cha kuzuia maombi yenu.
In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered.
8 Hatimaye, ninyi nyote kuweni na nia moja, wenye kuhurumiana, mkipendana kama ndugu, na mwe wasikitivu na wanyenyekevu.
Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;
9 Msilipe ovu kwa ovu, au jeuri kwa jeuri, bali barikini, kwa maana hili ndilo mliloitiwa ili mpate kurithi baraka.
not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called - to inherit a blessing.
10 Kwa maana, “Yeyote apendaye uzima na kuona siku njema, basi auzuie ulimi wake usinene mabaya, na midomo yake isiseme hila.
He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;
11 Mtu huyo lazima aache uovu, akatende mema; lazima aitafute amani na kuifuatilia sana.
Let him turn from evil and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
12 Kwa maana macho ya Bwana huwaelekea wenye haki, na masikio yake yako makini kusikiliza maombi yao. Bali uso wa Bwana uko kinyume na watendao maovu.”
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry; But the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers.
13 Basi, ni nani atakayewadhuru mkiwa wenye juhudi katika kutenda mema?
Yet who will harm you if you become zealous for the good?
14 Lakini mmebarikiwa hata kama ikiwalazimu kuteseka kwa ajili ya haki. “Msiogope vitisho vyao, wala msiwe na wasiwasi.”
But even if you should suffer in behalf of righteousness, you are happy. Do not be afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.
15 Bali mtakaseni Kristo kuwa Bwana mioyoni mwenu. Siku zote mwe tayari kumjibu mtu yeyote atakayewauliza kuhusu sababu ya tumaini lililomo ndani yenu. Lakini fanyeni hivyo kwa upole na kwa heshima,
But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.
16 mkizitunza dhamiri zenu ziwe safi, ili wale wasemao mabaya dhidi ya mwenendo wenu mzuri katika Kristo waaibike kwa ajili ya masingizio yao.
See that you have a clear conscience, so that, although they speak of you as evil-doers, these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed.
17 Kwa maana ni afadhali kupata mateso kwa ajili ya kutenda mema, kama kuteseka huko ndiyo mapenzi ya Mungu, kuliko kuteseka kwa kutenda maovu.
For it is better that you suffer for doing right, if such be God’s will, than for doing wrong;
18 Kwa kuwa Kristo naye aliteswa mara moja tu kwa ajili ya dhambi, mwenye haki kwa ajili ya wasio haki, ili awalete ninyi kwa Mungu. Mwili wake ukauawa, lakini akafanywa hai katika Roho.
because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.
19 Baada ya kufanywa hai, alikwenda na kuzihubiria roho zilizokuwa kifungoni:
(It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison,
20 roho hizo ambazo zamani hazikutii, wakati ule uvumilivu wa Mungu ulipokuwa ukingoja katika siku za Noa, wakati wa kujenga safina, ambamo watu wachache tu, yaani watu wanane, waliokolewa ili wasiangamie kwa gharika.
who in old times had been disobedient, when God’s longsuffering was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was building, in which a few persons - eight in number - were saved by water.)
21 Nayo maji hayo ni kielelezo cha ubatizo ambao sasa unawaokoa ninyi pia: si kwa kuondoa uchafu kwenye mwili, bali kama ahadi ya dhamiri safi kwa Mungu, kwa njia ya ufufuo wa Yesu Kristo.
Baptism, the counterpart of that, now saves you (not the washing off of the filth of the flesh, but the prayer for a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
22 Yeye ameingia mbinguni na amekaa mkono wa kuume wa Mungu; nao malaika, mamlaka na nguvu zote wametiishwa chini yake.
He is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
