Eyoku-1 kaPetros
3:1 Ngokunjalo, nina bafazi, wathobeleni awenu amadoda; ukuba, ukuba ikhona
bengaliva ilizwi, bathi, lingekho ilizwi, bazuzwe lilizwi
incoko yabafazi;
3:2 beyibona ihambo yenu enyulu, enoloyiko.
3:3 Ukuhomba kwenu makungabi kokwangaphandle, kokulukwa kweenwele;
nokunxitywa kwegolide, nokwambathwa kweengubo;
3:4 makube kokomntu ofihlakeleyo wentliziyo, kwinto engekhoyo
nokonakala, isivatho somoya ozolileyo, ozolileyo, osekuyo
emehlweni kaThixo oxabiso likhulu.
3:5 Kuba kwakusenjalo, babesenjenjalo abafazi abangcwele ababekholosile
kuThixo, bezihombisile, bewathobele awabo amadoda;
3:6 njengokuba uSara wamlulamelayo uAbraham, embiza ngokuthi yinkosi; enizintombi zenu nina;
ukuba nisenza okulungileyo, ningoyiki nokuqhiphuka umbilini.
3:7 Ngokunjalo, nina madoda, hlalani nabo ngokokwazi, nipha
imbeko kumfazi, njengesona sitya siethe-ethe, njengeendlalifa
kunye lobabalo lobomi; ukuze imithandazo yenu ingathinteleki.
3:8 Elokugqiba, cingani nto-nye nonke, velanani, nithandane
Njengabazalwana, yibani nobubele, yibani nembeko;
3:9 ningabuyekezi ububi ngobubi, nokutshabhisa ngokutshabhisa;
intsikelelo; nisazi nje ukuba nabizelwa oko, ukuze nidle ilifa
intsikelelo.
3:10 Kuba lowo uthanda ubomi, nokubona imihla elungileyo, makanqande eyakhe
ulwimi lwakhe ebubini, nomlomo wakhe ongathethi nkohliso;
3:11 Makaphambuke ebubini, enze okulungileyo; makafune uxolo, aluphuthume.
3:12 Ngokuba amehlo eNkosi aphezu kwamalungisa, neendlebe zayo zivulekile
kodwa ubuso beNkosi buchasa abenzayo
ububi.
3:13 Kananjalo ngubani na yena owonona, ukuba nithe naxelisa oko kukhoyo?
kulungile?
3:14 Nokuba nithe neva ubunzima ngenxa yobulungisa, ninoyolo;
noyika ngokothusa kwabo, ningabi nakukhathazeka;
3:15 INkosi ke uThixo yingcwaliseni ezintliziyweni zenu, nihlale ke nikulungele ukupha
ziphenduleni wonke umntu onibuzayo isizathu sethemba elingaphakathi kwenu
ngobulali noloyiko.
3:16 ninesazela esilungileyo; ukuze banithethe kakubi, ngokungathi kunjalo
Mabadane abo banigxekayo ngobulungisa benu
intetho kuKristu.
3:17 Ukuba ke kukuthanda kukaThixo ukuba nive ubunzima, okona kunilungeleyo kukuba nive ubunzima
ukwenza, kunokuba wenze okubi.
3:18 Kuba noKristu wabuva kwakanye ubunzima ngenxa yezono, ilungisa lisiva ubunzima ngenxa yabangemalungisa;
ukuze asisondeze kuye uThixo, ebulewe enyameni, kodwa
udliswe ubomi ngoMoya;
3:19 awathi ngayo wahamba, washumayela koomoya abasentolongweni;
3:20 ababefudula bengeva, ekunyamezeleni kade umsindo kukaThixo
walinda ngemihla kaNowa, kwakusalungiswa umkhombe, ababembalwa kuwo;
oko kukuthi, imiphefumlo esibhozo yasindiswa ngamanzi.
3:21 Kwangaloo nto ke olu lusisindisayo kwanobhaptizo ngoku (alungoYesu Kristu).
ususa ubunqambi benyama, kodwa yimpendulo yelungileyo
nesazela kuThixo, ngokuvuka kukaYesu Kristu;
3:22 osekunene kukaThixo, eye emazulwini; iingelosi kunye
zithotyelwe phantsi kwakhe amagunya namandla.