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

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,

²kana vachiona mafambiro enyu akachena pakutya.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

⁵For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject 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 have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

¹¹Ngaanzvenge zvakaipa, aite zvakanaka; ngaatsvake rugare arutevedze.

¹¹And let him avoid 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.

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.

¹³Zvino ndiani uchakuitirai zvakaipa, kana muri vatevedzeri vezvakanaka?

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

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

¹⁴But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of 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 [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;

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

¹⁹mauri wakaendawo akaparidzira kumweya iri mutirongo,

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

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

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:

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

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,

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

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