Wife An Husband Make Dem Honor Each Other
The instruction to wives and husbands stand on respect for each oda and the quiet spirit wey dey precious to we Papa, with warning say to look down on each oda dey block prayer. Then for the whole household: bless instead of paying back, dey ready to explain your hope with gentleness, and remember say Christ suffer for people wey no righteous.
3 1Di same way, una wife, submit to una own husband, so dat even if some no gree obey di word, dem go win dem without word, just from di way dem wife dey take live, 2as dem see how una dey live pure-pure with respect for God. 3No make una beauty na di outside kind—hair wey una plait, gold jewelry, fine cloth. 4But make e be di hidden person wey dey inside di heart, di beauty wey no dey die, di beauty of gentle an quiet spirit, wey precious well-well for our Papa eye. 5Because na so di holy women of before-before wey put dem hope for our Papa take make demself fine, dem dey submit to dem own husband, 6just as Sarah obey Abraham, she dey call am oga. An una don become her pikin dem, if una dey do good an una no dey fear any wahala wey fit shake una.
7Una husband, di same way, live with una wife with understanding, dey honor am as di weaker vessel an as person wey go share di grace of life together with you, so dat notin go block una prayer.
A Family Wey Dey Bless
8For di last-last, all of una, make una get one mind, dey feel for each other, dey love one another as family, make una heart soft, an make una dey humble. 9No pay back evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead make una bless—na for dis una take receive call, so dat una fit inherit blessing. 10Because, “Anybody wey wan love life an wan see good days, make e keep im tongue from evil an im lips from talking lie. 11Make e turn im back from evil an do good; make e look for peace an run after am. 12Because di eyes of our Oga dey on di people wey dey do di correct-and-holy way, an im ears open to dem prayer, but di face of our Oga dey against di people wey dey do evil.”
13Now who go fit harm una if una dey hungry to do wetin good?
14But if una suffer because of di correct-and-holy way, una blessed. No fear dem fear, no make una shake. 15Set Christ apart as Oga for una heart. Make una dey ready any time to answer anybody wey ask una di reason for di hope wey una get, but with gentleness an respect. 16Keep una conscience clean, so dat when dem dey talk bad about una, di people wey dey insult di good way wey una dey take live for Christ go shame. 17E beta make una suffer for doing good, if na our Papa wan am so, pass make una suffer for doing evil. 18Because Christ too suffer one time for sins, di correct-and-holy one for di people wey no correct, so dat e fit bring us come our Papa—dem kill am for flesh, but dem make am alive for spirit, a a v18 Christ no suffer to leave us far-far, but to carry us reach house well-well come our Papa — na dis be where di gospel dey go. 19an for dat spirit e go proclaim to di spirits wey dey for prison, b b v19 People dey argue about who be 'di spirits wey dey for prison'; most likely na spiritual beings wey fall from di time of Noah. 20wey no gree obey long time ago, wen our Papa wait with patience for Noah days as dem dey build di ark, wey na inside am small people—eight people—pass through di water safe. 21Dis baptism wey match am now dey save una too—no be say e dey wash body dirt comot, but e dey beg our Papa for a good conscience—through Jesus Christ resurrection, 22wey enter heaven an dey for our Papa right hand, with angels, authorities, an powers wey dey under am.
