1 Ukorintiyawa 7
1 Nene ubellen nimon ulenge na iwa nyertu udak kiti nig: abu duku na caun na nnit, na awa nno nin nwani me ba.
Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
2 Vat nani barra idumuzunu nadu nzina, ko uyeme unit yita nin nwani litime, ko uyeme uwani yita nin nles litimee.
but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
3 Ame ules ba ni uwani me ule imon na ikifo anighe uwani tutun udu kiti nles me.
Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
4 Na uwani dinin likara kitine kidowo me ba, ulesse re, nanere ulese dinin likara kitene kidowo me ba, ame uwane re.
but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
5 Na iwa nazuzu atimine ni linonin kiti kirumba mine se nin yinnu mine nin kubi ko na anun nfere, bara inann nå atimine kiti nliran, ikuru, ida munun tutuun, bara shetan wa dumun muna nin salin nkifu natimine.
Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.
6 Meng bellu munu ule imone uyinuari na ita munu kuwa ri ba.
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
7 Usu nighere nworo kogha wa nafo na meng di bara kogha dinin ume udadiuwe kiti Kutellẹ. Umon uleli, umon ulele.
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
8 Kiti nale na isa su ilugma ba, nin nawani allenge na ales mine na kuzu, meng belle ucaun kitimine iso sa ilugma nafo meng.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Andi na iwasa nani isu llugma nin nworo ijuju zu ninlip.
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 Nene udu kiti na nan nilugma, meng na munu uduka-na miari ba ame Cikilar: “Na uwani nwa molu ilugma nin nles ma na.”
But to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 Bara asa molo nin nlese, na aso sa ilugma, andi na nani ba, kpilla kiti nlese, “Na ules nwa ko uwani me ba.”
(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.
12 Nin nani kagisine nbelle (miari na Ciikilari ari ba) nworo asa nkan gwana dinin nwani una nsalin nyinnu sa uyenu amini din lanzu nmang lisosine ninghe, na awa koghe ba.
To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
13 Nanere asa uwani dinin nles una nsali nyinnu, sa uyenu amini din lanzu nmang lisosin ninghe, yenje awa molu ilugma.
And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Bara ules una nsalin nyinnu abaa se useru bara uwane unan yinnu sa uyenu nanere wang uwani bara ules me unan yinnu, an na nanii ba nono mine wadi anan dinon kidegen iba seru nani.
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.
15 Asa unan durtu Kutellẹ sosin ligowe nin nan salin dortu Kutellẹ, nworo na iba so ligowe ba, na iwutun, nan nya imus nilele gwana kilime sa kishono alkawali ntereghe ba, Kutellẹ na yyicila nari tiso top.
But if the unbelieving partner be determined to leave, separation let it be. In such cases the believing husband or wife is not under bondage. But it is into peace that God has called us.
16 Bara iziyari fe ba yinnu, uwani, sa fere ba utucun nles fe? ulles uyir, sa fere ba utucun nwanife?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Cas na kogha su lisosin lo na Cikilari na kosu nani mun, ulenge na Kutellẹ na yicila nnani mun, ulelere uduka nighe nanya natie nlira vat.
Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one - and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him- -in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
18 I wa yicila umon nin kalu kucuru nanya iyinnu sa uyena? Na awa kala kullap kucure ba kubi ko na iwa yicila umon sa udiru nkalu kucuru nan nya yinnu sa uyena? Iwa awa kala ghe kucure ba.
So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Na ukallu sa usalin kallu kucuru unere imomon ba, ule imon na idi suwe inere udortu nduka Kutellẹ.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
20 Na ko gha so nan nya nyicilu me na Kutellẹ wa yicila ghe ada yinin.
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Uwa di kucina kubi ko na Kutellẹ wa yicila fia? Na uwa dama kitene ba, bara unan uso töp su nanni.
Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
22 Bara ulle na Cikilari na yicilaghe nafo kucin, Cikilari na bunku ghe, nanere ulle na ina bunku ghe kubi na iwa yicilaghe ayinin a uyinu ame kucin Kristi.
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
23 Iwa seru munu nin tamani, na iwa lawa acin nannit ba.
You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
24 Nuwana nilime nan nishono, ko iyaghari na nan nya ko lome iwa di nanye, iwa yicila nari tiyinin na ti so nani.
Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
25 Nene kiti na allenge na isa su ilugma ba, na ndinin nduka unuzu nCikilari ba, Meng nna ukpilizu nigh nafo umon ulle na, Cikilari na Lanza nkunekune nigh, amini na yinin nin mie.
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Bara nani, Meng di nkpizilu bara uniu nbun ucaun unit so inda na adi.
I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.
27 Uterin kiti nwani bara islin nilugma? Na uwa piziru ubunke, kiti ni nin ba. Yenje una bunku ilugma inani sosin sa ilugma? Na uwa piziru uwani ba.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Uwa usu ulugma, na usu kulapi ba, asa uwani nsali nilugma, nsu ilugma, na ata kulapi ba, vat alle na isu ilugma iba yitu nin fizu nayi gbardang. Ndinin su nkosu munu nanghinu.
Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldy affairs, and I wish to spare you.
29 Bara nanii meng belle, nwana nilime nan nishomo, (Kubi Karin ba. Uyiru nene udu nbun alle na idinin nawani na iso nafo na idumun ba.
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 Allenge na idi kuculu ba.) Anan liburi libo, na isu nafo na idi nin liburi libo ba, allenge na isere ko iyang, so nafo na anan nimon nacara ba.
let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Allenghe na idi lanzu mang nye, na iso nafo nna allenge na idi lanzu nmang ba, bara ucin nye ba dak ligan.
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
32 Meng dinin su ishutu nan nya nsali noku kibinai, gankilime una nsali nilugma, din cizu kibinai me kiti nCikilari a póghe ayi.
So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord’s business, how he may please the Lord;
33 Unit anan nilugma din cisu nibinai kiti nimon nnyi aba tiyiziya apo awani mi kibinai.
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
34 Ame nkoso, nanere tutun unit unan sali nilugma, sa kuburu ita nibinai nimon nCikilari, inda na iba so lau nan nya nidowo nan nruhu, ame uwani nilugma din ti kibinai nimon nnyi, ules lanza nmang me.
Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
35 Nna bellin munu ilele bara atiminere, a na ntimunu libarda ba, bara imon icine, inan nna atimine kiti Ncikilari sa ukosu kibinai.
It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.
36 Asa umon din kpilizu na adi su gegeme kiti nle na ibasu ilugma ba, a ame kubure nyenju akus me din nkatuzu, bara ntok nayi me dinin likara na isu ilugma, na kulapi ari ba.
If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place.
37 Awa yiru kibinai me na abasu ilugma ba, na ubellen doli duku ba, aasa akifo ntok litime abasu gegeme, an di na asu ilugma ghe ba.
On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.
38 Ulenge na asu lugma nin kubura me asu gegeme, ame ulle na afere na aba su Uugma ba, nani katin.
So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.
39 Uwani terin kiti nles me vat nayiri lisosin mine, asa ulese nku, ibunku ghe, asu imon ilugma, ulle na kibinai me inyinna isu ilugma, vat nin nani nanya nCikilari cas.
A wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.
40 Nanya nnag ushara aba se liburi libo, awa so nafo na lisosin me adi, Meng din kpilizu ndinin Ruhu ulau Kutellẹ.
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
