1 Corinth 7

1 Tu in ka kung ah nong laithak na uh taw kisai in: pa khat in numei a thu thak ngawl tu sia pha hi.

Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,

2 Ahihang paktatna pial tu in pasal khatsim in zi nei hen a, tabang in numei khatsim in zong pasal nei tahen.

but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.

3 Pasal in a zi tung ah phatna a vawt tu bang in vawt tahen: tabangma in a zi in zong a pasal tung ah vawt tahen.

Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,

4 Zi in ama pumpi tung ah thuneina nei ngawl hi, ahihang a pasal in nei hi: tabangma in pasal in zong ama pumpi tung ah thuneina nei ngawl hi, ahihang a zi in nei hi.

but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.

5 Antang le thungen tu in na nupa uh in na lungkim uh hun simngawl, khat le khat cilesa deina ki nial heak vun; na kisuup zawk ngawl uh hu in Satan in hong ze-et thei ngawl natu in omkhawm kik vun.

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 Ahihang hisia in thupiak hi ngawl a, hi thei ci thu kong sonna hi zaw hi.

But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

7 Banghangziam cile mi theampo keima bang in a om tu ka dei hi. Ahihang khatsim in Pathian letsong tatuam a ki phu tek i nei hi.

I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.

8 Tua ahikom zi le pasal nei ngawl lai te le meingong te, keima bang in om nginge hi le, pha hi, ka ci hi.

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

9 Ahihang amate a kisuup zo bale, zi le pasal nei tahen: banghangziam cile cilesa deina mei bang in a kuang liang sang in phazaw hi.

If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

10 Taciang zi le pasal nei te tung ah keima hi ngawl in, Topa thupiakna sia, a zi in a pasal taisan heak hen:

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 Ahihang a taisan ahile, pasal nei ngawl in om nginge tahen, a hibale a pasal taw kilemna vawt tahen: taciang a pasal in zong a zi khul heak tahen.

(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 Ahihang Topa i ci hi ngawl in, keima i kong ci a hihi: suapui pa khat in thu um ngawl khat tenpui a, a zi sia ama taw om tu a lungkim ahile khul heak hen.

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 Taciang numei khat in thu um ngawl khat taw kiteang a, a pasal sia ama taw om tu a lungkim ahile taisan heak hen.

And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.

14 Banghangziam cile thu um ngawl a tenpui sia a zi tungtawn in thiansua sa hi zo hi, taciang thu um ngawl khat i zi zong a pasal tungtawn in thianthosak sa hi zo hi: tua ahikom a thiangtho ngawl na tate uh zong tu in thiangtho zo hi.

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 Ahihang thu um ngawl te in a taisan nuam le, taisan tahen. Suapui pa, a hi bale, suapui nu khat sia hibang thu te i hencipna nuai ah om ngawl hi: ahihang Pathian in a kilemtak in om tu in hong sam hi.

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 Banghangziam cile, nang nupi awng, na pasal sia na ngup tu le na ngup zawk ngawl tu he ni ziam? a hi bale, nang pasal awng, na zi sia na ngup tu le na ngup zawk ngawl tu he ni ziam?

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 Ahihang Pathian in mi khatsim tung ah a piaksa bangma in le Topa i a sapna bangma in, om tahen. Tua ahikom pawlpi sung theampo ah keima in thu kong pia hi.

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 Mi khatpo sia vunteap tan na taw ki samtuam ziam? vunteap tan khat i dinmun taisan heak hen. Mi khatpo sia vunteap tan ngawl na taw ki sam tuam ziam? vunteap tan heak tahen.

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 Vunteap tan sia bangma phattuamna om ngawl hi, taciang vunteap tan ngawl zong bangma hi tuan ngawl hi, ahihang Pathian thupiak te zui leang phattuamna om hi.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.

20 Mi khatsim sia sapna a nga laitak a dinmun bangma in om nginge tahen.

Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.

21 Nangma sia sal dinmun in sapna na hi ziam? tua atu in thinngim heak in: ahihang hong suaktasak le, tua thu zang zaw in.

Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.

22 Banghangziam cile sal a hi laitak Topa sung ah a kisam pa sia Topa i a suakta mi a hihi: tasia bangma in a suatak laitak Topa sung ah a kisam pa sia Christ i sal a hihi.

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 Note man taw a ki leisa na hi uh kom in; mihing te i sal suak heak tavun.

You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.

24 Suapui te awng, mi khatsim in ama a ki samna dinmun ah, Pathian taw om suak tahen.

Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.

25 Tu in ngaknu thiangtho te thu taw kisai in Topa i thupiak ka nei bua hi: ahihang Topa i hesuakna a sang khat i dinmun ah a thuman tu in, keima thukhenna kong pia hi.

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 Tua ahikom tu hun thinngimna hang in, pate sia ama om ngei bang in om le pha hi, ci ka ngaisun hi.

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 Zi tung ah a ki hen na hi ziam? sut tu in ngaisun heak in. Zi tung pan in a ki sut na hi ziam? zi zong heak in.

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 Ahihang zi na nei le, na maw bua hi; taciang ngaknu thiangtho in pasal a nei le, maw ngawl hi. Ahi ta zong tabang te in cilesa sung ah nawngkai na nei tu hi: ahihang tabang haksatna thuak tu kong oai bua hi.

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 Ahihang, suapui te awng, hi thu kong son hi, a hun tomno bek tang lai ahikom, zi a nei te sia a nei ngawl bang in om tahen;

Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

30 A kap te sia a kap ngawl bang in le a lungdam te sia a lungdam ngawl bang in; taciang van lei te sia, bangma nei ngawl bang in om tahen;

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 Taciang leitung na a zang te in a pheangzat ngawl bang in om tahen: banghangziam cile hi leitung paizia sia a babo hi zo hi.

and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

32 Ahihang note thinngim ngawl in na om tu uh ka dei hi. Zi a nei ngawl pa in bangbang in Topa lungkimsak tu khi ziam, ci in Topa nate thinbot hi:

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 Ahihang zi a nei pa in, bangbang in a zi lungkimsak thei tu, ci in leitung nate thinbot hi.

but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.

34 Zi le ngaknu thiangtho kikal ah zong ki lamdanna om hi. Pasal a nei ngawl numei khat in a pumpi le a thaa a thiantho thei natu in, Topa nate thinbot hi: ahihang pasal a nei nupi khat in, bangbang in a pasal lungkimsak thei tu, ci in leitung nate thinbot hi.

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 Taciang hi thu sia note i phattuamna tu in kong son a hihi; note i tung ah ngen hongpaai hi ngawl khi hi, ahihang a etlawmtak in na nungta uh a, Topa nasep bangma nawngkai ngawl in na sep thei natu uh a hihi.

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 Ahihang pasal khatpo in a dei ngaknu thiangtho kung ah a omdan hoi ngawl ci in a ngaisun le, taciang pasal nei kul hi, ci le pasal nei hun val zo hi a cile, a deina bang in vawt tahen, ama sia maw ngawl hi: ki teang ta uh hen.

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 Ahihang thin takkha nei, hamtangpi in a ngaisun ngawl, ama deina a ki uk zo le tangval thiangtho ahina keamcing tu in khensatna a nei le a pha seam a hihi.

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 Tua ahikom zi nei pa in napha vawt hi; ahihang zi nei ngawl pa in naphazaw vawt hi.

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 A pasal nuntaksung theampo thukham in a zi len hi; ahihang a pasal a thi le a dei pasal nei tu in suatakna nei hi; tua thu sia Topa sung bekma hi.

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 Ahihang keima thukhen na sung ah pasal nei ngawl in a om suak le lungdam huai zaw hi: taciang keima in Pathian Thaa ka nei hi, ci zong ka ngaisun hi.

But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.