1 Peter 3
1 Likewise, 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,
Ni nkoh yi, biyi wa bi mba, ka tu mbi nu ba lon-mbi. Ti naki ko mbru lilon ba ba ka wo tre Irji, bi nji ba ye tu nkoh Irji, ko bina bla tre'a na, iti mbi ni nji ba ye.
2 having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;
U ba toh iti-mbi u njanji niwa bi toh ba ni nfutu.
3 whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
Du mba na ta sru kpi nda biya ni kora megen na: chan tu, Jewels u gold, ko kpi bi ndindi.
4 but 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.
Ani bi to bi wa ibi u mi suron wa-a ni kri gbah me u vutu ndi son mgbamgbi, wa abi ni shishi Irji.
5 For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
Imba bi toh Irji ba ka tu mba nayi. Ba yo suron mba ni Irji nda ka tu mba nu ba llo-mba.
6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.
Naki Saratu a ta yo loma ndi irji ma. Zizan biyi me bi mmri ma to bi ti kpe wa-a bi u toh bina klu ssri iya na.
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.
Ni nkoh yi ngame, biyi lilon sohn ni ba mba mbi ndi to ndi bana sen kpa na umbi na. Bika nji ba bi ndi ya ba ni nfutu, wawu mbi Irji mba nu yi vri. Ti naki don du bre mbi duna kri-nkoh na.
8 Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
I klekle ma, bi ka son na mri vayi ndi zo kpambi, ndi na ti suron memme ni kpambi na, ndi ka tu mbi grji.
9 not 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.
Na han memme ni memme na ko mre ni mre na. Bita ti lulu ni kpambi, iyo wa Bachi a yo yi kabi a mba, na ki bi kpa lulu.
10 For 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.
Indi wa-a ni son ri mgbumgblu nda toh vi bi ndindi dun don tre memme rji ni Lbe mba nhyu ma.
11 And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;
Dun ka memme chuwo nda ti ndindi. Dun wa nda vu nkoh u si.
12 because [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.
Shishi Irji ni ya bima, u ton ma ni wo bre mri ma. U shishin Irji ana son bi ti memme na.
13 And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?
Ahi nha ni wa ti yi memme toh bi wa ti ndindi?
14 But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;
U toh bi shaya nitu ti ndindi, bi kpa lulu. Na klu kpe wa ba klu na. Na yo sisri na
15 but 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;
Bika ka Bachi Kristi yo ni suron mbi wa ana lla tre na. U bika si kpa ni ko nha wa a me yi du nge bi yo suron nitu Irji. Ti naki nimi nu tu mbi ndi ka tu mbi grji.
16 having 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.
He ni suron ndindi ma wa ko ba ndi ba mreu, ibi sohn meh ni nu ba shan dun ba si tre memme nitu me na wu memme ndji.
17 For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
Abi toh Bachi tre du shaya ni ti ndindi zan wa uti memme.
18 for 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,
Yesu me ati ya ni tu lla tre mbu. Wawu wa ana he ni lla tre na nda ti ya ni tawu, kita bi lla tre, dun du nji ta ye ni Irji. Ba wu kpa ma, u Irji a kma nu vri nimi Ruhu.
19 in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,
Ni mi Ruhu a hi ka hla tre Irji ni ba ruhohi wa ba tro ba zi'a.
20 heretofore 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:
Ba sein tu nda kamba ni tre Bachi ni wa asi gben ni ntoh u Nowa, ni ntoh wa asi mie jrigi'a, u Irji a kpa ba chuwo, ndji fime - suron tandra - nitu mma-a.
21 which 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,
Iwayi a nuna kama batisma u-mbu'a ana kama ngla rji u kpa na, u ahi wa suron ndindi bre Bachi ni lunde u Yesu rji ni beh.
22 who is at [the] right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.
Kristi he ni woh kori u Irji. A hi ni shulu. Ba Maleku, Ba chu ni bi ninkon wawu mba ba ka-tu mba grji yo ni wu.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
