1 Peter 3
1 In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any do not obey the word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
Acuna kba ni, nghnumie aw, nami ceiea mtheh ngja ua. Nami ceie naw Pamhnama ngthu am ami jum üng, i nami pyen vai käh hlükia dawkyakia nami ngneisak naw jumei law khaiea jah pyang khai.
2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.
Isenitiüng, nami ngneisak hin ihlawka ngcingcaih lü leisawng phyaki ti cun ksing khaie.
3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
Nami lusam phan lü ngui xüi jah awi hnak ja suisak kdaw nami suijih am akhawkpung ning jah ngtongtaisak khai cen käh sumei ua.
4 but 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.
Acuna nghnün üng, nami mlung k’uma käh hngalang theikia ngtongtainaka kyaki hniphnawinak ja mlung kdip üng ngtongtai ua. Pamhnama hmuha ngtongtainak akdaw säih ta acun ni.
5 For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
Ahlana Pamhnam üng ami äpeinak ta lü Pamhnam jumeikia nghnumie naw, ami ceia mtheh ngjaknak üng amimät ngtongtaisak khawikie.
6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
Sarah naw pi acukba ve lü: Abrahama mtheh ngja lü, ka bawi aw ti lü khüki. Nangmi hin akdawa ve lü kyükyawknak am a ve üng ta, Saraha canghnuea nami kyaki.
7 You husbands, in like manner, 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.
Acuna kba ni, nangmi kpamie pi nami nghnumie cun pumsa ktha ngcekie ti ksing lü sitih am jah vepüi ua. Nami ktaiyü üng i naw käh a ning jah kyawh vaia, Pamhnama jah pet angsäia xünnak nang am atänga yah hnga khaia kyase, jah leisawng ua.
8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,
Akpäihnaka, mlung mat ngaihnak mat üng ve ua. Ngbengnaa kba nami püi mhläkphya na ua. Nami püi mpyeneinak ja mlung mhnemnak am ve ua.
9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; because to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
Akse, akse am; yünsenak pi yünsenak am käh thungei be ua. Dawkyanak am thung be ua. Isenitiüng, dawkyanak cun a ning jah khüa kcün üng a ning jah pet vaia Pamhnama bekhüta kyaki.
10 For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Cangcim naw “Jenaka xünsak hlüei lü kcün kdawe jah hmuha yüki naw, akse pyennak ja hlei pyennak jah hawih yah khai.
11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
Akse pawhnak üngkhyüh nghlat lü akdaw pawh se; dimdeihnak sui lü acun läk hü se.
12 For 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."
Bawipa naw khyang ngsungpyune jah teng lü ami ktaiyünak pi jah ngai ve; cunüngpi, akse pawhkie ta jah nghei ta ve.
13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become zealous of that which is good?
Akcang pawh vaia na ngtäng üng u naw ning mhlembawi khai ni.
14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not fear what they fear, nor be troubled."
Cunüngpi, akcang na pawha phäh na khuikha vai üngpi, nami josenki. U pi käh kyüh ua, käh cäicing ua.
15 But sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with humility and fear:
Nami mlung k’uma Khritaw leisawng lü Bawipa mäih leisawng ua. Nangmi naw nami taka äpeinaka mawng ning jah kthähki a ve üng, nami jah mtheh ngkyai be thei vaia, aläa ngsüngcei ua.
16 having a good conscience; so that when they speak evil against you, they may be put to shame who slander your good manner of life in Christ.
Hniphnawinak ja leisawngnak am bi ua. Khritawa hnukläka nami thawna phäh akdaw nami pawh üng, ning jah kse na lü ning jah yaihyüneikie naw ami pyen am ngkeeinaka thawn khaia, nami cungaihnak ngcingcaihsak ua.
17 For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
Akdaw pawh lü nami khuikha cun Pamhnama hlüei ani üngta, akse pawh lü nami khuikha kthaka ta daw bawk ve.
18 Because 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;
Pamhnama veia a ning jah ceh hlüpüia phäh khyangkaea nghnün üng khyang kdaw Khritaw cun mkhyenakea phäh thiki. Ahun a thih cun angläta phäha kyaki. Pumsa lama thihnak khamki, cunüngpi ngmüimkhya lam üng xünsak be pängki.
19 in which he also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Acuna ngmüimkhya pumsa am cit lü thawng üng ami jah khyum ngmüimkhyaea veia ngthu pyenki.
20 who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the box-shaped ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved by means of water.
Acuna ngmüimkhyae ta, Nawe naw mlawng a saka kcün üng mlung msaü lü jah k’äihei kyaw sepi Pamhnama mtheh am ngjakia ngmüimkhyae ni. Nawea mlawng am khyang khyet mlikpitui üngka naw jah küikyana kyaki.
21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body, but an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Acuna tui cun atuh ning jah küikyanki baptican tia msingnak ni. Acun cun nami pumsa lelawiki mthihnak am ni lü, akdaw ksingnak üngkhyüh Pamhnama veia khyütam pawhnaka kyaki. Acun naw Jesuh Khritaw cun thihnak üngkhyüh a thawhnak be naw ning jah küikyanki.
22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
Jesuh cun khankhawa kai be pängki. Khankhawngsäe naküt ja khankhaw johite ja khyaihbahnake cun jah up lü Pamhnama khet da ngawki.
