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;

¹Enako žene, pokorne bodite svojim možem, da jih, če kateri niso poslušni besedi, pridobite s svojim vedenjem brez besede,

²seeing your pure behavior in fear.

²ko vidijo bogaboječe in čisto življenje vaše.

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;

³Lepotičje vaše ne bodi vnanje, spletanje las in obešanje zlatnine ali oblačenje kril,

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.

⁴ampak skriti človek srca, v neminljivem krasu krotkega in mirnega duha, ki je dragocen pred Bogom.

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

⁵Tako namreč so se nekdaj dičile tudi svete žene, ki so upale v Boga, podložne svojim možem;

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.

⁶kakor je bila Sara poslušna Abrahamu, imenujoč ga gospoda; njene hčerke ste postale ve, če delate dobro in se ne bojite nobenega strahu.

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.

⁷Možje takisto, živite z ženami svojimi po spoznanju, kakor s slabšo posodo, in jim dajajte čast, ker so tudi sodednice milosti življenja, da nimajo zaprek molitve vaše.

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

⁸Slednjič pa, vsi bodite enega mišljenja, sočutni, bratoljubni, milosrčni, ponižni;

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.

⁹ne vračajte hudega za hudo ali psovanja za psovanje, ampak rajši blagoslavljajte, kajti za to ste poklicani, da podedujete blagoslov.

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

¹⁰Zakaj „kdor hoče življenje ljubiti in videti dobre dni, brzda naj jezik pred hudim in ustne svoje, da ne govoré zvijače;

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

¹¹ogiblje se naj hudega in dela dobro; išče naj mirú in hodi za njim“.

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

¹²Ker „oči Gospodove so obrnjene v pravične in ušesa njegova k njih molitvam, obličje Gospodovo pa zoper nje, ki delajo hudo“.

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

¹³In kdo je, da bi vam kaj hudega storil, ako bodete vneti za dobro?

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

¹⁴Ali ko bi tudi trpeli za pravičnost, blagor vam. Ne bojte pa se jih in se ne plašite,

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:

¹⁵Kristusa pa kot Gospoda posvečujte v srcih svojih. Pripravljeni bodite vsekdar na odgovor vsakemu, ki vas vpraša za vzroke upanja, ki je v vas, toda s krotkostjo in strahom.

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.

¹⁶In dobro vest imejte, da se v tem, za kar vas obrekujejo, osramote tisti, ki grdijo vaše lepo vedenje v Kristusu.

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

¹⁷Bolje namreč, da trpite, če hoče volja Božja, pri dobrih delih nego pri hudih.

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;

¹⁸Ker tudi Kristus je enkrat trpel za grehe, pravični za krivične, da nas pripelje Bogu, usmrčen v mesu, oživljen pa v duhu;

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

¹⁹v katerem je tudi šel in oznanjal duhovom v ječi,

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.

²⁰ki so bili nekdaj neposlušni, ko je potrpežljivost Božja čakala v dneh Noetovih, ko se je napravljala barka, ki se je v njej malo, to je osem duš na varno rešilo po vodi;

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,

²¹temu podoben tudi vas zdaj rešuje krst, ne umitje mesene nesnage, ampak zaupljivo sklicevanje dobre vesti na Boga po vstajenju Jezusa Kristusa,ki je po svojem vnebohodu na desnici Božji, in podrejeni so mu angeli in oblasti in moči.

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

²²ki je po svojem vnebohodu na desnici Božji, in podrejeni so mu angeli in oblasti in moči.