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.