1 Korinthians 7
1 Ni tu tre wa bi nha din. “Abi ndi du ndi duna hei ni wah na”.
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,
2 Ni tuter kpa wa ani du ndi lha ter wu ti fasikanci wu bar ma, wabi ndi du son ni wah ma, u wah me ka son ni lhon ma.
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 Du lilon coka alkawali u bayi bula kpa u wama wawu wah me ka no lho ma kpe wa hul ho ni bukata ni kpa ma a.
to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 Ana wah hei ni iko kpa mana a lho ma he ni ike kpawaha naki ilho me ana he ni iko wu ka kpama nyu wah na kpa ma me a wu wahma
the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
5 Na kpaye ni zukpani kakpahibi na, bita hei ni yarda kpambi u ton wa agamshe yia. Bitei na mba ndi du tunbi hi riri ni bre Rji. Ni lha gyi tumbi ye ni kubu Rji ni mla son hi, toki du meme briyi na kpayi ti meme na don bi na son ni gbegble na.
Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
6 Me bla ter bayi ni yiwu ba don me no yi doka ko me ka gbi yi suron ba.
and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
7 Ana bi du konha du he na mu yi. Konha he nikpe wa Rji no a. iri hei ni kpe mu, u wamu he ni kperi kan.
for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
8 Imba bi wa ba na gra na baba mba bi koh abi du ba na gra na wu mu'a.
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
9 Ama idan ba na iya vu tumba na ba ka gra. A fi duba gra ni du ba ri lu.
and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
10 Nibiyi wa bi son gra mi noyi mer ana me n, a wawu Rji ter tawu, iwah du na kama ni lon ma na.
and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
11 (U wa u gra nita kalon ma don, wu kason hama ni gra gari, ko ka kmaye da mla son mba tie mba lon ma), wu wawu lulon me kana kpeyem da ka wah ma don na.
but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
12 Me tre niyiwu burbi, lme ana Rji na idan vayi ma don na. Me tre niyiwu burbi, lme ana Rji na idan vayi ma a he ni wah wa ana kpa Rji, n nda kpeyemni son ma niwu, wa kana kama ni son nawu na.
And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
13 U wah wa ba gra da son ba lon ma u lilon ana kpaji na wu spom mba abi, wawu wah kana ka lon ma don na.
and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
14 NI lulin wa ana to tre Rji na a ke babbe ni wah ma, u wah wa ana kpa Rji na a kebabbe ni lon ma, naki imba naki ba mir mba ba na hei ni suron wu kpanma na. Wu anihi Jaji wu son babi kpah wu son deidei ma.
for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
15 Wu wawu wa a son wu bima wu whu Irji a ter wa wawu ni nyu, waka nyu me hgei. Ni iriter biyi, vayi ni vayi virwa ana lau ni ninina, alkawarin ba na. Barchi a you ta wa kison nikpa mbu na mir vayi ni son wu sesor.
And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace hath God called us;
16 Wu to kowuyi wah wu kpah lon me cuwo? wu lulon ko wume wukpah wah me cuwo?
for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
17 Ahei naki Irji no konha kpe wa ani tei konha du zar ni kon wa Rji no duwa ki tei niwu wayi yi a ter mu wa me ter ni biwa ba wu ter mu.
if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
18 Bavonju nindi rhi wa kpayeme ni yoh Rji? Duna ya da ni kpayeme ni ter vonju ni wa wu kpe na. Wuna vonju rhi ni kpayeme ni bangkiya me? na du vonju me ba du kpe wu wurwa ni sor me na.
being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
19 Ko wu vonju ko wuna vonju na ana kpe wu meme ma na. ikpe wa a bi wu teitei khili ni kpayeme ni irji ni ter magbagban.
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
20 Ni wu indi wa wu kpayeme ni yoh Rji wu ka zre gyegyer ni kpaye me ni yoh me.
Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
21 Wuna gra niwa Rji yoh? Naban tume no yiri sorkina, wu wuhei ni sor wu tei kpe wu bi ma wu katei.
a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
22 Indi wa iyoh ma ana yoh u Rji yoh wa wuyi ni son na vir Rji ba seser. Naki ni knoki indi wa na son na ver wa Rji yoh du kpayeme ni son na ver Rji.
for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
23 Ba leyi ni le wu barma, wanaki wu ka na son na wu gra ndi na
with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
24 Ni son bi mini vayi, ni kowane son bi ni yoh wa ba yoh yi, konha du son ni de Rji.
each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
25 Niter wu son ndi wa ana to wah ni wa ana to lulon na, mena to dauka wa Rji ni Rji na. Wume me gniyi mer muye na Rji a hei ni vusor waki kpaye me niwu.
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
26 Wume meto naki me rhime iri meme kpe wa aniye ni koshishi, wa anibi wa indi du hei na ha
I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
27 Ba loh zi ni kpah wah me? Naka wah me cuwo na. Wuta son ba wah, na yoh suron me niter wah gana.
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 Wuta hei ni gra wuna hei ni la tre na, u wa ana to lulon na waye gra ana hei ni later na. Wu biwa ba hei niyra kpa wu yo suronsor nomer wa son ba na zoba na, me son me du yina ba mer bi hei ni ko kina.
But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
29 Naki mir vayi me nla yi wu, in ton ki fi me, ziza'a ni hi koshishi biwa ba hei ni mba ba son na hiwa bana hei ni gra na.
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
30 Biyi biwa biyi na du yi hi nwu ni shishi na u biwa ba si gri baka na tsro na ba si gir na u biwa bale nda hei niwu bakana tsor ndi ba hei ni kpe na.
and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
31 Biyi bwa biya ni gbugbluyi a wubi bikaya binaya ni tziri ni wu di to tsirmawa wuna Nison gbugblu u ton yi a seye ni kle ma ziza'a.
and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
32 Me noyi tre wa aniza yi ko nha duson da kakpale na son wu sisir na uwa a na hei nigra na imer ma a hei ni kpe s Rji ni nondi wani giri niwu.
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
33 U wa a hei ni gra mer ma a'her ni kpi wu gbugbulu wani son wah ma du son wu nda girni gbugbulu.
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
34 Aga kpama iwa anai hei ni gar na, ko wa ana to lulon na mer ma a hei ni kpi wa Rji bani no wa ani son ni mer da mla kpama ter ni de Ruhu. Wu woh wu gar isor ma ahei ni kpi bi gbugbulu wa anu lohma sisor megye.
The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
35 Me oha wayi ni du soi bi du son bi da mla yi tei mena wa me matsa niyiwu na me lah kpe wa a hei naki wa kiwu Rji, ana wa soi mbu niga kankana.
And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
36 I wuri wu tato wuna tei kpa wubi ni kirwa wa son hema nito luloh na ni mla tei na wa zar ni sei wu gra wa naki yi, wa ka tei kpa ani son tei ana lha ter na u ba ka gra kpamba.
and if any one doth think [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.
37 Ani ta hei toki wa vusor da kli gbagba wuba matsi wa niya da mla kpa ma tei da ba mer ni suron ma naki dazi tuma hama ni suron wu wamba wa ni tei kpe wu bima i wa a gra wa ana to luloh na a tei kpe wu bima
And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;
38 Iwu wa wu batume de wuna gra na iwu me wu tei kpe wubima zan konha
so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
39 Iwah wu gra a hei ni son nide lohma du wa hei ni sisren. Ida gyu ba u iwah nita to ana iya da son hama ni gra na ani ni du gra ni kno wu hwu Rji.
A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will — only in the Lord;
40 Niya mu ani son si nda gri idan a son naki son nigar. me ya i meme me hei ni Ruhun Rji.
and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
