¹Saizvozvo imwi vakadzi, ivai pasi pevarume venyu; kuti kana varipo vamwe vasingateereri shoko, vawanikwe nemafambiro evakadzi pasina shoko,

¹In like manner, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your won husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

²kana vachiona mafambiro enyu akachena pakutya.

²beholding your chaste behavior [coupled] with fear.

³Kushonga kwenyu ngakurege kuva kwekunze, kwekuruka vhudzi nekwekushonga ndarama, kana kupfeka nguvo ;

³Whose [adorning] let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

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

⁴but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

⁵Nekuti saizvozvo panguva dzakare vakadzi vatsvenewo vaivimba naMwari vakazvishongedza vakazviisa pasi pevarume vavo,

⁵For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

⁶saSara akateerera Abhurahamu achimuidza ishe; vakunda vake vamuri imwi kana muchingoita zvakanaka chete, uye musingatyiswi nechipi nechipi chinovhundusa.

⁶as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

⁷Saizvozvo imwi varume, garisanai neruzivo, muchikudza mukadzi semudziyo usina simba, uye savadyi venhaka yenyasha dzeupenyu pamwe nemwi; kuti minyengetero yenyu irege kudziviridzwa.

⁷Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

⁸Pakupedzisira, muve nemoyo umwe mose, muchinzwirana tsitsi, mudanane sehama, muve nemoyo munyoro, mune rudo;

⁸Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

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

⁹not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

¹⁰Nekuti uyo unoda upenyu, nokuona mazuva akanaka, ngaadzore rurimi rwake pane zvakaipa, nemiromo yake kuti irege kutaura zvinonyengera.

¹⁰For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

¹¹Ngaanzvenge zvakaipa, aite zvakanaka; ngaatsvake rugare arutevedze.

¹¹And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

¹²Nekuti meso aIshe ari pamusoro pevakarurama, nenzeve dzake paminyengetero yavo. Asi chiso chaIshe chinopikisa vanoita zvakaipa.

¹²For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

¹³Zvino ndiani uchakuitirai zvakaipa, kana muri vatevedzeri vezvakanaka?

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

¹⁴Asi kana muchitambudzikawo nekuda kwekururama, makaropafadzwa; uye musatya kutyisa kwavo, kana kumanikidzika.

¹⁴But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye:] and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

¹⁵Asi kudzai Ishe Mwari mumoyo yenyu; mugare makazvigadzira kupindura umwe neumwe unokubvunzai chikonzero chetariro iri mukati menyu neunyoro nekutya;

¹⁵but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

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

¹⁶having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

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

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

¹⁸Nekuti Kristuwo wakatambudzika kamwe nekuda kwezvivi, iye wakarurama nekuda kwavasakarurama, kuti atiise kuna Mwari; aurawa zvirokwazvo panyama, asi wakararamiswa nemweya;

¹⁸Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

¹⁹mauri wakaendawo akaparidzira kumweya iri mutirongo,

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

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

²⁰that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

²¹Mufananidzo wayo ndirwo rubhabhatidzo rwunotiponesawo zvino, kwete kubviswa kwesvina yenyama, asi kutsvaka hana yakanaka kuna Mwari nekumukazve kwaJesu Kristu;

²¹which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

²²wakaenda kudenga, uye uri kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari; vatumwa nevatungamiriri nemasimba zvakaiswa pasi pake.

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