1 Petru
3:1 Ngokunjalo, bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu; ukuthi, uma ikhona
bengalilaleli izwi, bazuzwe ngaphandle kwezwi
ingxoxo yamakhosikazi;
3:2 Lapho bebona inkambo yenu emsulwa kanye nokwesaba.
3:3 Ukuhloba kwenu makungabi yilokho kwangaphandle, ukwaluka izinwele;
nokwembatha igolide, noma okokugqoka izingubo;
3:4 Kodwa makube umuntu ocashile wenhliziyo, kulokho okungekho
okonakalayo, umhlobiso womoya omnene nonokuthula okungaphakathi
emehlweni kaNkulunkulu wenani elikhulu.
3:5 Ngoba ngale ndlela ezikhathini zasendulo nabesifazane abangcwele, ababethembele
kuNkulunkulu, bazihlobise, bethobela amadoda abo;
3:6 Njengalokho uSara wamlalela u-Abrahama, embiza ngokuthi inkosi;
inqobo nje uma nenza kahle, ningesabi nokumangala.
3:7 Ngokufanayo, nina madoda, hlalani nabo ngokolwazi, ukupha
udumo kumfazi njengesitsha esibuthakathaka kakhudlwana, nanjengezindlalifa
kanye lomusa wokuphila; ukuze imikhuleko yenu ithiye.
3:8 Okokugcina, yibani nonke nhliziyonye, nihawukelane, nithandane
njengabazalwane, hawukelani, libe mnene;
3:9 Ningaphindiseli okubi ngokubi, noma ukuthuka ngokuthuka, kodwa ngokuphambene
isibusiso; nazi ukuthi nabizelwa lokho, ukuze nidle ifa
isibusiso.
3:10 Ngoba lowo othanda ukuphila, futhi abone izinsuku ezinhle, makabambe eyakhe
ulimi ebubini, nezindebe zakhe ukuthi zingakhulumi inkohliso;
3:11 Makagweme okubi, enze okuhle; makafune ukuthula, akulandele.
3:12 Ngoba amehlo eNkosi phezu olungileyo, futhi izindlebe zakhe zivulekile
emikhulekweni yabo, kepha ubuso beNkosi bumelene nabakwenzayo
okubi.
3:13 Futhi ngubani oyonilimaza, uma nilandela lokho okukhona
kuhle?
3:14 Kepha uma nihlupheka ngenxa yokulunga, nibusisiwe;
nesabe ukwesabeka kwabo, ningakhathazeki;
3:15 Kodwa ngcwelisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu, futhi nilungele njalo ukunikeza
phendulani wonke umuntu olibuza isizathu sethemba elikini
ngobumnene nangokwesaba;
3:16 Ukuba nonembeza omuhle; ukuthi, lanxa benikhuluma kubi, ngokungathi
benzi bokubi, bangaba namahloni abamangalela okuhle kwenu ngamanga
ingxoxo kuKristu.
3:17 Ngoba kungcono, uma intando kaNkulunkulu, nihlupheke kube kuhle
ukwenza, kunokwenza okubi.
3:18 Ngokuba noKristu wahlupheka kwaba kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungile.
ukuze asiyise kuNkulunkulu, ebulawa enyameni, kodwa
aphiliswe nguMoya;
3:19 Ngayo futhi wahamba washumayela imimoya ejele;
3:20 ababekade bengalaleli, lapho kanye ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu
walinda emihleni kaNowa, kusakhiwa umkhumbi, ababembalwa kuwo.
okungukuthi, imiphefumulo eyisishiyagalombili yasindiswa ngamanzi.
3:21 Umfanekiso ofana nawo umbhapathizo osusisindisa ngawo manje (hhayi ama
ukususa ukungcola kwenyama, kodwa impendulo enhle
unembeza kuNkulunkulu) ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu.
3:22 Owenyukela ezulwini, futhi ongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu; izingelosi kanye
kuthotshiswe phansi kwakhe amagunya namandla.