¹In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

¹Huchimahbangin, nou jite aw, noumau pasalte thuthu in om un, huchiin alakua khenkhatin Pathian thu um kei mahle uh na tatdan uh zohin a om ding uhi,

²seeing your pure behavior in fear.

²laudan siam kawma na tatdan siangthou uh en in.

³Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

³Na kivatnauh pawlam kivatna samphekte, dangkaeng khi awhte, puansilha kivatte bang hilou in,

⁴but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

⁴lungtang a mihing thuguk lungsim thu nuailut leh nunnem puansilh setheilou a kivat hizawleh, huaituh Pathian mitmuh in a manpha mahmah hi.

⁵For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

⁵Huchibang in tuma lam a numei siangthou Pathian gingtate leng amau pasalte thuthu a om in a kivan ngei jel ua.

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

⁶Sara in Abraham tuh, toupa chi a athua a om bang in. Thilhoih hih a, khem launa himhim laulou a na om uleh Sara tate nahi ding uhi.

⁷You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

⁷Nou pasal te aw, huchibang mah in, numei zaw bel kitambaih zaw ahihjiakun leh, hehpihna hinna tanpihte ahih jiakun, pahtawi kawm in theihna bang jel in najite uh kiang ah om un, na thumnate uh dal a a om louhna ding in.

⁸Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

⁸Atawppen in, navekun lungsim munkhat in om unla, ki lainat tuah unla, thunuailut in om un.

⁹not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

⁹Khelhna khelhna in thuk kei unla, salhna salhna in thuk sam kei unla, vualzawl zogeih un. Hiaijiakin sap nahi ngal ua, vualjawlna tang ding in.

¹⁰For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

¹⁰Hinna it ut leh nihoihte mu ut in khelhna lak ah a lei venghoih leh, a muk leng zekhemna thu genlou ding innveng hoih hen.

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

¹¹Gilou nungngat san in thilhoih hih hen; kituahna zong in delh zel hen.

¹²For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Psalm 34:12-16

¹²Toupa mit tuh midiktatte tungah a tu a, abil leng a thumna lam uah a doh zel a, ahihhangin Toupa mel tuh thil hihkhialte tungah a nim nak, chih ahi ngala.

¹³Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

¹³Thil hoih lam a phatuam nangaih uleh, na pawi khoih ding uh kua a om dia?

¹⁴But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” Isaiah 8:12

¹⁴Himahleh, diktatna jiaka na thuakta bang na hih uleh, na hampha ding uhi. A kihtakhuaina uh kihta kei un;

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

¹⁵ahihhangin na lungtang uah Kris tuh Toupa in bawl un; noumau a om na lamet pen uh hon dong peuhmah dawng ding in mansa gige in om uh, himahleh thunuai lut tak leh laudan siam tak kawm in:

¹⁶having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

¹⁶sia leh pha theihna siang tak nei un, huchiin nou a hon gensiatna lam uah, Kris a na omdan hoihtak uh gen thanghuaite tuh hih jahlakin a om thei ding uhi.

¹⁷For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

¹⁷Thil gilou hih ziaka thuak sangin Pathian hoihsak lam ahih leh thil hoih hih jiak a thuak tuh a hoihjaw ngala.

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

¹⁸Pathian kiang a hon pi theihna ding in Kris in khehnate jiakin khatvei a thuakta ngala, midiktat-in mi diktatloute sik in a thuak a; sa ah hihsih in a om a, kha ah tuh hih hin in a omta hi;

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

¹⁹huain suangkulh a kha omte kiang a thu ava tangkou pih a,

²⁰who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

²⁰huaimiten nidanglai a Noa damlai a long bawl sungteng a, Pathian thuakzawhna in a ngak lai in thu amang kei ua; huai long ah mi tawmchik, huaituh mi giat tui apan humbit in a om uhi.

²¹This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

²¹Huan, huai etsakna baptisma in, sapum nitna siansakna dan hilou in, Pathian mai a sianlehpha- theihna siansakna dan hizaw in, Jesu Kris thohnawnna ziakin tu in nou hon hukheta hi.Amahtuh van a pai in Pathian taklam ah a om a; angelte, thuneihnate, thil hihtheihnate amah thuthu-a omsak in a omta hi.

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

²²Amahtuh van a pai in Pathian taklam ah a om a; angelte, thuneihnate, thil hihtheihnate amah thuthu-a omsak in a omta hi.