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1 斯の如く、妻たる者も亦己が夫に服すべし、是夫が、假令御言を信ぜざるも、妻の行状によりて無言の裏に、
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the word, by their wives’ conduct without the word, they may be won over;
2 汝等の畏敬に在る操の行状を鑑みて儲けられん為なり。
being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour with timidity.
3 其飾は表面の縮らし髪、金の飾環、身に着けたる衣服に在らずして、
Whose adorning let it not be that exterior one of braided locks, and golden trimmings, and dresses put on with nicety;
4 心の中に隠れたる人、即ち貞淑、謹慎なる精神の變らざるに在るべし、是こそは神の御前に價高きものなれ。
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable.
5 蓋古代の聖女等も神を希望し奉りて、己が夫に服しつつ斯の如く身を飾りたりしが、
For so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;
6 其如くサラは[其夫]アブラハムを主と呼びて之に從ひ居たり。汝等は彼が女として善を為し、何の變動をも懼れざるなり。
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are, if ye do well, and are not affrighted with any terror.
7 夫たる者よ、同じく知識に從ひて同居し、婦を我よりも弱き器として、而も相共に生命の恩寵を嗣ぐ者として、之を尊重し、汝等の祈を妨げられざる様にせよ。
Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.
8 第二項 信徒一般に對する教訓。 終に[言はん]、汝等皆心を同じうして相勞り、兄弟を愛し、慈悲謙遜にして、
Finally, be all like-minded, sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly hearted,
9 惡を以て惡に報いず、罵を以て罵に報いず、却て祝福せよ。是世嗣として祝福を得ん為之に召されたる汝等なればなり。
not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, contrariwise, wishing men every blessing; knowing that hereunto ye have been called, that ye should inherit the divine benediction.
10 蓋生命を愛して佳日を見んと欲する人は、其舌をして惡を避けしめ、其唇偽を語らず、
“For he that would love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.
11 惡に遠ざかりて善を為し、平和を求めて之を追ふべきなり。
Let him depart from every wicked thing, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.”
12 是主の御目は義人等の上を顧み、御耳は彼等の祈に傾き、御顔は惡を為す人々に怒り給へばなり。
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who practise wicked things.
13 抑汝等若善に熱心ならば、誰か汝等に害を為すべき。
And who will do you harm if ye be imitators of him that is good?
14 又假令義の為に苦しめらるるも福なり、人々の威を懼れず、心を騒がさず、
But if ye should even suffer for righteousness, blessed are ye: be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled,
15 心の中に主キリストを聖なるものとせよ。常に汝等に在る所の希望の所以に就きて、問ふ人毎に満足を與ふる準備あれよ、
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with meekness and fear:
16 但善き良心を有して柔和と畏敬とを以て答弁せよ。是キリストに於る汝等の善き振舞を讒言する人々の、其譏る所に就きて自ら耻ぢん為なり。
keeping a good conscience; that whereas they malign you, as evil doers, they may be confounded who take pleasure in ridiculing your good conduct in Christ.
17 蓋神の思召ならば善を為して苦しむは惡を為して苦しむに優れり。
For it is better (if it be God’s will) to suffer as well doers than as evil doers.
18 即ちキリストも一度我等の罪の為に、即ち義人として不義者の為に死し給ひしが、是我等を神に献げ給はん為にして、肉にては殺され給ひしかど、霊にては活かされ給ひ、
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:
19 其霊は獄に在りし霊に至りて救を宣傳へ給へり。
by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned;
20 是等の者は、昔ノエの時代に神の忍耐の待ちをりしに、方舟の造らるる間服せざりし者なりしが、此方舟に於て水より救はれし者僅に八人なりき。
who in time of old were disobedient, when the long suffering of God in the days of Noe waited, while the ark was preparing, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were preserved through the water.
21 之に前表せられたる洗禮こそ今汝等をも救へるなれ。是肉身の穢を去る故に非ずして、イエズス、キリストの御復活によりて善き良心が神に為し奉る約束の故なり。
The antitype to which baptism now saveth us (not the mere removal of filth from the flesh, but the engagement of a good conscience to God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 彼は（我等に永遠の生命を得しめん為に、死を亡ぼして）天に往き給ひ神の御右に在して天使、権勢、能力は之に服せしめられたるなり。
who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.
