¹In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

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

²having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

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

³whose adorning — let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

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

⁴but — the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

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

⁵for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

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

⁶as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,` of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

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

⁷The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with [them], according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel — to the wife — imparting honour, as also 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፤

⁸And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

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

⁹not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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

¹⁰for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips — not to speak guile;

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

¹¹let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

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

¹²because the eyes of the Lord [are] upon the righteous, and His ears — to their supplication, and the face of the Lord [is] upon those doing evil;`

¹³በጎንም ለማድረግ ብትቀኑ የሚያስጨንቃችሁ ማን ነው?

¹³and who [is] he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

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

¹⁴but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy [are ye]! and of their fear be not afraid, nor 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።

¹⁵and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And [be] ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning 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 in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

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

¹⁷for [it is] better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

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

¹⁸because also Christ once for sin did suffer — righteous for unrighteous — that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

¹⁹በእርሱም ደግሞ ሄዶ በወኅኒ ለነበሩ ነፍሳት ሰበከላቸው፤

¹⁹in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

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

²⁰who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah — an ark being preparing — in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through 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፤

²¹also to which an antitype doth now save us — baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

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

²²who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven — messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.