¹Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

¹እንዲሁም፥ እናንተ ሚስቶች ሆይ፥ ከባሎቻችሁ አንዳንዱ ለትምህርት የማይታዘዙ ቢኖሩ፥ በፍርሃት ያለውን ንጹሑን ኑሮአችሁን እየተመለከቱ ያለ ትምህርት በሚስቶቻቸው ኑሮ እንዲገኙ ተገዙላቸው።

²While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

³ለእናንተም ጠጕርን በመሸረብና ወርቅን በማንጠልጠል ወይም ልብስን በመጎናጸፍ በውጭ የሆነ ሽልማት አይሁንላችሁ፥

³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

⁴ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ የዋህና ዝግተኛ መንፈስ ያለውን የማይጠፋውን ልብስ ለብሶ የተሰወረ የልብ ሰው ይሁንላችሁ።

⁴But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

⁵እንዲህ በቀድሞ ዘመን በእግዚአብሔር ተስፋ ያደረጉት ቅዱሳት ሴቶች ደግሞ ለባሎቻቸው ሲገዙ ተሸልመው ነበርና፤

⁵For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

⁶እንዲሁም ሣራ ለአብርሃም። ጌታ ብላ እየጠራችው ታዘዘችለት፤ እናንተም ከሚያስደነግጥ ነገር አንዳች እንኳ ሳትፈሩ መልካም ብታደርጉ ልጆችዋ ናችሁ።

⁶Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

⁷እንዲሁም፥ እናንተ ባሎች ሆይ፥ ደካማ ፍጥረት ስለ ሆኑ ከሚስቶቻችሁ ጋር በማስተዋል አብራችሁ ኑሩ፤ ጸሎታችሁ እንዳይከለከል አብረው ደግሞ የሕይወትን ጸጋ እንደሚወርሱ አድርጋችሁ አክብሩአቸው።

⁷Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

⁸በመጨረሻው ሁላችሁ በአንድ ልብ ሁኑ፥ የሌላው መከራ ለእናንተ እንደሚሆን አድርጉ፥ እንደወንድሞች ተዋደዱ፥ ርኅሩኆችና ትሑታን ሁኑ፤

⁸Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

⁹ክፉን በክፉ ፈንታ ወይም ስድብን በስድብ ፈንታ አትመልሱ በዚህ ፈንታ ባርኩ እንጂ፥ በረከትን ልትወርሱ ለዚህ ተጠርታችኋልና።

⁹Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

¹⁰ሕይወትን ሊወድ መልካሞችንም ቀኖች ሊያይ የሚፈልግ ሰው፥ መላሱን ከክፉ ከንፈሮቹንም ተንኰልን ከመናገር ይከልክል፤

¹⁰For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

¹¹ከክፉ ፈቀቅ ይበል፥ መልካምንም ያድርግ፥ ሰላምን ይሻ ይከተለውም፤

¹¹Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

¹²የጌታ ዓይኖች ወደ ጻድቃን ናቸውና፥ ጆሮዎቹም ለጸሎታቸው ተከፍተዋል፥ የጌታ ፊት ግን ክፉ ነገርን በሚያደርጉ ላይ ነው።

¹²For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

¹³በጎንም ለማድረግ ብትቀኑ የሚያስጨንቃችሁ ማን ነው?

¹³And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

¹⁴ነገር ግን ስለ ጽድቅ እንኳ መከራን ብትቀበሉ ብፁዓን ናችሁ። ማስፈራራታቸውንም አትፍሩ አትናወጡም፥

¹⁴But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

¹⁵ዳሩ ግን ጌታን እርሱም ክርስቶስ በልባችሁ ቀድሱት። በእናንተ ስላለ ተስፋ ምክንያትን ለሚጠይቁዋችሁ ሁሉ መልስ ለመስጠት ዘወትር የተዘጋጃችሁ ሁኑ፥ ነገር ግን በየዋህነትና በፍርሃት ይሁን።

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

¹⁶በክርስቶስ ያለውን መልካሙን ኑሮአችሁን የሚሳደቡ ሰዎች ክፉን እንደምታደርጉ በሚያሙበት ነገር እንዲያፍሩ በጎ ሕሊና ይኑራችሁ።

¹⁶Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

¹⁷የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ እንዲህ ቢሆን፥ ክፉ ስለ ማድረግ ሳይሆን በጎ ስለ ማድረግ መከራን ብትቀበሉ ይሻላችኋልና።

¹⁷For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

¹⁸ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ወደ እግዚአብሔር እንዲያቀርበን እርሱ ጻድቅ ሆኖ ስለ ዓመፀኞች አንድ ጊዜ በኃጢአት ምክንያት ሞቶአልና፤ በሥጋ ሞተ በመንፈስ ግን ሕያው ሆነ፥

¹⁸For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

¹⁹በእርሱም ደግሞ ሄዶ በወኅኒ ለነበሩ ነፍሳት ሰበከላቸው፤

¹⁹By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

²⁰ጥቂቶች ማለት ስምንት ነፍስ በውኃ የዳኑበት መርከብ ሲዘጋጅ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ትዕግሥት በኖኅ ዘመን በቈየ ጊዜ ቀድሞ አልታዘዙም።

²⁰Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

²¹ይህም ውኃ ደግሞ ማለት ጥምቅት ምሳሌው ሆኖ አሁን ያድነናል፥ የሰውነትን እድፍ ማስወገድ አይደለም፥ ለእግዚአብሔር የበጎ ሕሊና ልመና ነው እንጂ፥ ይህም በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ትንሣኤ ነው፤

²¹The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

²²እርሱም መላእክትና ሥልጣናት ኃይላትም ከተገዙለት በኋላ ወደ ሰማይ ሄዶ በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ አለ።

²²Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.