1 Peter 3

1 You women [believers], just like [slaves should submit themselves to their masters], submit yourselves to your husbands. Do that in order that if any of them do not believe the message [about Christ], they may become believers without [it being necessary for] you to say anything to them [about their relationship to God].

Bi puoba yin ya miindi mani yi yula yi ciaba nintuali ke bi siiga bi tianba yaaba n kaa tuo U Tienu maama, yi yumiinli po n teni ban tuo ki daani baa ke yii maadi ba.

2 [They will believe in Christ] when they see that you respect them and that your way of life is pure.

Ama kelima bi laa bi puoba n pia yaa yumiinli bi nintuali.

3 Do not be [trying to make] yourselves beautiful by decorating the outside [of your bodies], such as (by the way you comb your hair/by your hair [style]) or by wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes.

Yi hamu n da hua yin piani yaa yupiahami ka, bi yin pia yaa wula tiadi ka, bi yin candi ki hanbidi yi gbannandi maama ka.

4 Instead, make your (inner beings/hearts) [beautiful] with qualities/attitudes that will not fade away. Specifically, have a humble and quiet/calm attitude, which is something that God considers to be very valuable.

Ama yi hamu n yaa ye yi niinni lani n tie yaa yantiali ndingi ki go pia mi yanduanma hali boncianla, kelima laa bonla tie bonmoanla U Tienu nintuali.

5 (The devout women/The women who habitually worshipped God) who lived long ago and who trusted in God made themselves beautiful [by having attitudes] like that, and by being submissive to their husbands.

Kelima yaa puoba n den kpa ye U Tienu nintuali den tie yene ki miini bi yula bi ciaba nintuali.

6 Sarah, for example, obeyed [her husband] Abraham and called him ‘my master’. You will be [as though you are] [MET] her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid [of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers].

Nani sala n den tie maama ki miini o yuli Abalahama nintuali hali ki yi o, n diedo, yi mo tie sala bisiaba yin ya tiedi yaala n hani ki da tuo jawaandi ba kuli n yagi yi yama.

7 You men [who are believers], just like your wives should respect you, you should conduct your lives in an appropriate way with them. Treat them respectfully, realizing that they are [usually] weaker than you are, and realizing that (they share with you/both of you have) the gift [that God has kindly given to you, which is eternal] life. Do this so that nothing will hinder you from praying (OR, hinder [God] ([from answering/from doing what you ask for]) when you pray).

Bi podanba yin yaa ye mani leni yi puoba leni mi yanfuoma ki yaa faami ke bi yantiana tadi ki cie. Yin yaa pia bi po li faadili, kelima bi moko taa leni yi ki baa li hanbili leni li miali U Tienu nintuali. Lan ya tie yeni ke li ba kuli n da cua ki pigini yi jaandi.

8 To end [this part of my letter], [I say to] all of you, agree with each other [in what you think]. Be sympathetic [toward each other]. Love [each other as] members of the same family [should]. Act compassionately [toward each other]. Be humble.

Yin yaa taa mani yantianyenli leni yanjagiyenli yin go yaa pia mi buamoanma yinba leni yi yaba siiga leni mi nihingbadima leni li yumiinli.

9 [When people do] evil things to you or insult you, do not (retaliate/repay them by) doing evil things to them or insulting them. Instead, [ask God to] bless them, because that is what you have been chosen [by God] {what [God] called you} to do, in order that you may receive a blessing [from him].

Yin da guani o ba kuli obiadima, ki da sugi ki guani oba. Ama yin gaali kelima U Tienu den yini yi lanyaapo yo, ke yi mo n baa okani li seli.

10 [Consider what the Psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives], As for those who want (to enjoy life/to live happily) and experience good [things happening to them every] day, they must not say [MTY] something that is evil or say [MTY] something that deceives others.

Kelima li diani: Yua n bua li miali leni ya dana n mani,

11 They must continually turn away from [doing] anything that is evil, and must do things that are good [instead]. They must deeply desire to enable [people to act] peacefully toward each other; they must zealously [urge people to act in a] peaceful way,

wan foagidi leni mi biadima, ki kubi oñoabu ki cedi iboandi maama. wan foagidi leni mi biadima ki ya tiedi yaala nhani ki lingi mi yanduanma ki yaa huama.

12 because the Lord sees [MTY] what righteous people do [and he appreciates/likes what they do]. He listens to righteous people when they pray, [and he answers them]. But he is [MTY] opposed to those who do evil things.

Kelima o Diedo nuni diidi bi niteginkaaba otuba mo cengi bi jaandi. Ama o Diedo fii ki se yaaba n tiedi mi biadima po.

13 If you (are eager/try very hard) to do good things, [most people] will not harm you. [RHQ]

Yi ya pia li yankuali ki tiendi yaala n hani ŋme baa waani yi fala?

14 But even if you suffer because of [doing] what is right, [God] will bless you. [Do as Isaiah wrote]: “Do not be afraid of people who (threaten you/say things to cause you to be afraid of what they might do to you), and do not worry about [DOU] what they [might do to you].”

Yi ya tiendi yaala n hani baa bi ya waani fala, yi pia li pamanli, yin da tuo jawaandi n cuo yi, yin da yagi yi yama mo.

15 Instead, acknowledge that Christ is the one who is in complete control [of your lives]. Always be ready to answer everyone who demands that you tell them about what you confidently expect [God to do for you].

Yin ya jigindi mani Kilisiti o Diedo yi pala nni, yin go ya buogi mani yogunu kuli bi ya buali yi yin pia yaa suginma yin fidi ki waani li daano yi suginma mayuli, ama leni mi dingima leni li fangili.

16 But answer them humbly and respectfully, and make sure that you (do/have done) nothing wrong, in order that those who say evil things about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because of your relationship with Christ.

Yin ya pia yaa pali siedi n hani, baa bi ya kuli yi ke yi tiendi yaala n bia bi niba n la yi tagihamu Kilisiti nni ki bandi ke bi pua yi po faama.

17 [It may be that God wants you] to suffer. But it is better to do good things, [even if you suffer for doing them], than to do evil things and suffer [for doing that].

Kelima li ya tie U Tienu yanbuama ke a tiendi yaala n hani ki laa fala, li hani ki cie han la fala kelima a tiendi yaala n bia po.

18 [I say that] because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that (he might bring us to/we might begin an intimate relationship with) God. [During the time that he had] an ordinary body, he was killed {people killed him}, but [God’s] Spirit caused him to become alive again.

Kilisiti moko den laa fala yenma ti yaapo tinba ti tuobiadi danba ke li dagidi hali ya yogunu kuli po, wani o niteginkoa den kpe yaaba n ki tiegi po ke wan gobidi ki cuani yi U Tienu nintuali. O den kpe ti gbannandi po ama mi Fuoma paalu po, o den fii bi tinkpiba siiga.

19 The Spirit also helped him as he went to proclaim [God’s victory to the evil] spirits whom God had imprisoned [in the heavens] (OR, to the spirits of those who [had died, and who] were in the place where the spirits of dead people are).

Lane o den ban wani o laabaalihamo yaa naani n ye li kadidieli nni.

20 Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, [those evil spirits] disobeyed God when he waited patiently [PRS] [to see if people would turn from their evil behavior]. Only a few people were saved {[God] saved only a few people} [in that boat]. Specifically, [God] brought only eight persons safely through the waters [of the flood], [while all the others drowned in it].

Ban yaaba n den fiini mi yiema U Tienu n den juuni bi po yaa yogunu Nowe yogunu yeni, niba waamu bebe n den faaba, lani n tie niba nii bebe n den faaba leni mi ñima.

21 That water, [by means of which eight people were saved when God punished the other people] [MET], represents [the water in which we are] baptized [to show that God has] saved us [from being punished]. The water in which we are baptized does not remove dirt from our bodies. Instead, [it shows that] we are requesting [God to assure us] that he has removed our guilt [for having sinned]. And because Jesus Christ became alive again after he died, [we know that God accepted his sacrifice for us and because of that he was able to remove our guilt].

Mi ñima yeni den tuodi ki doagi mi batisima nannanli, laa tie ke mi batisima baa huudi ki ñani o nilo gbannandi joagindi ka, ama mi doagidi o nilo yanjagimoanli U Tienu sanhoadima po, lani n teni ke yi moko faaba kelima Jesu fiima bi tinkpiba siiga yaapo.

22 Christ has gone into heaven and is ruling [MTY] in the place of highest honor (next to God/at God’s side), after [God] caused all the evil and powerful spirit beings [DOU] to be made subject to him.

Jesu ye tanpoli U Tienu jienu, malekinba leni li bali danba leni yi paciami danba kuli miini bi yula wani Jesu nintuali.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark