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

¹Likewise, 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,

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

²having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;

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

³whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

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

⁴but 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.

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

⁵For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

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

⁶as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

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

⁷[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.

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

⁸Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

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

⁹not 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.

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

¹⁰For 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.

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

¹¹And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;

¹³በጎንም ለማድረግ ብትቀኑ የሚያስጨንቃችሁ ማን ነው?

¹²because [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.

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

¹³And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?

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

¹⁴But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

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

¹⁵but 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;

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

¹⁶having 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.

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

¹⁷For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;

¹⁹በእርሱም ደግሞ ሄዶ በወኅኒ ለነበሩ ነፍሳት ሰበከላቸው፤

¹⁸for 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,

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

¹⁹in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,

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

²⁰heretofore 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:

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

²¹which 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,

²²who is at [the] right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.