1 Kawrin 7
1 Nangmouh ni kai na poe e ca dawk kaawm e naw teh, tongpa teh napui hoi tak hmawng hoehpawiteh ahawi ei,
Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;
2 kamsoumhoehe napui tongpa yonnae sak hoeh nahanelah, tongpa pueng a yu tawn naseh. Napui pueng amae vâ tawn naseh.
But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:
3 Tongpa ni a yu koe yuvâ lah onae kuep sak naseh. A yu ni hai a vâ dawk kuep sak naseh.
Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband, —
4 Yu ni amae tak dawk kâtawnnae tawn hoeh, vâ ni doeh a tawn. Hot patetvanlah, vâ ni amae tak dawk kâtawnnae tawn hoeh, yu ni doeh a tawn.
The wife, over her own body, hath not authority, but the husband, and, in like manner, the husband also, over his own body, hath not authority, but the wife.
5 Ratoum nahan atueng dawngdeng kahawicalah hno thai nahanelah, buet touh hoi buet touh hnâbonae awm laipalah, alouklouk lah awm awh hanh. Hottelah na awm awh pawiteh, Setan ni na tacuek awh hoeh nahanlah cungtalah reirei bout awm awh.
Be not depriving one another—unless perhaps by consent for a season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and, again, may be together, —lest Satan be tempting you by reason of your want of self-control.
6 Hottelah ka dei navah, nangmouh ni na tarawi hane la doeh ka dei. Kâpoelawk na poe e nahoeh.
This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;
7 Tongpa pueng kai patetlah o sak hane ka ngai. Hatei tami pueng ni Cathut koe e poehno teh rip coe awh. Buet touh ni alouke a tawn, alouke buet touh ni hai alouke a tawn van.
Besides, I desire all men to be, even as myself, —but, each one, hath his, personal, gift from God, one, after this manner, and, another, after that.
8 A yu ka lat hoeh e tongpanaw hoi, a vâ ka sak hoeh e lahmai napuinaw koe, kai ni ka dei e teh, kai patetlah na awm awh pawiteh ahawi.
But I say, to the unmarried, and to the widows, good, were it for them, that they should abide, even as I;
9 Hatei, namahoima na ka cakuep thai hoehpawiteh, yu lat van awh naseh. Kâcakuep thai hoeh e hlak teh yu la vâ sak e ahawihnawn.
But, if they have not self-control, let them marry, for, better, is it, to marry than to burn.
10 Yuvâ lah kaawm naw koe, kai ni laipalah, Bawipa koehoi e kâ poe, kai ni na poe awh e teh, yu ni a vâ mat hanh naseh.
To the married, however, I give charge—not, I, but the Lord, —that, a wife, from her husband, do not depart, —
11 Mat pawiteh vâ sak laipalah awm lawiseh. Nahoeh pawiteh apasuek e vâ hoi bout kâmaihawi naseh. Vâ ni hai a yu mat nahanh seh.
But, if she should even depart, let her remain unmarried, or, to her husband, be reconciled; and let not, a husband, leave, his wife.
12 Alouke taminaw hanelah Bawipa ni a dei e nahoeh, kai ni ka dei e teh, hmaunawngha buet touh ni ka yuem hoeh e napui a yu navah, hote napui ni a vâ hoi pou o hane ngai pawiteh, a yu a ma hanelah awmhoeh.
But, unto the rest, say, I—not the Lord, —if, any brother, hath, a wife that believeth not, and, she, is well pleased to dwell with him, let him not leave her;
13 Hot patetvanlah, napui buet touh ni ka yuem hoeh e a vâ navah, hote tongpa ni a yu hoi pou o hane ngai pawiteh, napui ni mat hanh naseh.
And, a woman who hath a husband that believeth not, and, he, is well pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband; —
14 Ka yuem hoeh e tongpa teh a yu hanelah a thoung. Ka yuem hoeh e napui hai, yuemnae ka tawn e a vâ hanelah a thoung. Telah nahoeh pawiteh, a canaw thoung mahoeh. Atuteh a thoung awh.
For the husband that believeth not is hallowed in the wife, and the wife that believeth not is hallowed in the brother: else were, your children, impure, but, now, are they, pure.
15 Hatei ka yuem hoeh e ni, kamphei hanlah ngai pawiteh, cettakhai lawiseh. Hot patet e dawk teh ka yuem e tongpa hai, ka yuem e napui hai kateknae awmhoeh.
But, if, the unbelieving, departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister hath not come into bondage, in such cases, but, in peace, hath God called us.
16 Napui nang na vâ na rungngang han, rungngang mahoeh tie bangtelamaw na panue thai han. Tongpa nang na yu rungngang hane hoi rungngang hoeh hane bangtelamaw na panue thai han.
For how knowest thou, O woman, whether, thy husband, thou shalt save? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether, thy wife, thou shalt save?
17 Cathut ni a kaw teh Bawipa ni thaw a poe e dawkvah tami pueng ni a hring na thungvah awm awh naseh. Het heh kawhmounnaw pueng koe ka poe e lawk doeh.
If not—as the Lord hath distributed—unto each one, as God hath called, each one, so, let him be walking; —and, so, in all the assemblies, I ordain.
18 Kaw lah kaawm e tongpa, vuensom ka a tangcoung e teh, vuensom ka a hoeh e tami patetlah awm hanh naseh. Kaw lah ao nah vuensom ka a hoeh e tami teh, vuensoma sak awh hanh lawih.
After being circumcised, was any called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision, hath any been called? let him not be circumcised:
19 Vuensoma e heh alawkpui nahoeh. Cathut e kâpoelawk doeh alawkpuihnawn.
The circumcision, is, nothing, and, the uncircumcision, is, nothing, —but keeping the commandments of God.
20 Cathut ni a kaw e patetlah tami pueng ama a onae hmuen dawk awm awh naseh.
Each one, in the calling wherein he was called, in the same, let him abide:
21 Kaw e lah ao nah san lah na awm pawiteh, hot ni lungpuennae tawn sak hanh naseh.
A bond-servant, wast thou called? let it not cause thee concern; but, if thou canst even become, free, rather use it.
22 Hateiteh, Bawipa ni a kaw navah san lah kaawm e teh Bawipa dawk kahlout e tami lah ao. Hot patetlah a kaw nah kahlout e teh, Khrih e san lah ao.
For, he who in the Lord was called, being a bond-servant, is, a freed-man of the Lord: in like manner, he that was called being, a freeman, is Christ’s bond-servant: —
23 Nangmouh teh aphu hoi ran e lah na o awh dawk taminaw koe san lah awm a hanh lawih.
With a price, have ye been bought, —do not become bond-servants of men:
24 Hmaunawnghanaw, kaw lah kaawm e tami pueng teh, a tawk e thaw hah Cathut hmalah tawk naseh.
Each one, wherein he was called, brethren, in the same, let him abide with God.
25 Tanglakacuem hoi kâkuen e dawk, Bawipa kâpoelawk na poe e ka coe hoeh eiteh, Bawipa e lungmanae ka coe teh, yuemkamcu e lah ka o dawkvah, kai ni hettelah lawk na poe awh.
But, concerning them who are virgin, injunction of the Lord, have I none; yet, a judgment, do I give, as one who hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be, faithful:
26 Atu e rektapnae kecu dawkvah, vâ na tawn hoehpawiteh ahawi. Tongpa hai atu ao e patetlah awm pawiteh ahawi.
I consider this, then, to be, good, in the circumstances, by reason of the existing distress, —that it is, good for a man, so, to be:
27 Yuvâ lah na awm awh toung pawiteh, kâkapek awh hanh lawih. Yuvâ lah na awm awh hoeh rah pawiteh, yu tawng awh hanh lawih.
Hast thou become bound to a wife? do not seek to be loosed; hast thou become loosed from a wife? do not seek a wife.
28 Hatei yu na lat toung pawiteh, het heh yonnae nahoeh. Tangla ni vâ sak pawiteh, yonnae nahoeh. Hatei ahnimanaw teh talai runae a kâhmo awh han. Kai ni teh hote runae dawk hoi hlout sak hanlah na ngaikhai a dawk doeh.
If, however, thou shouldst even marry, thou hast not sinned; and, if one who is virgin should marry, that one hath not sinned; —but, tribulation of the flesh, shall, such, have: —howbeit, I, spare you.
29 Hmaunawnghanaw, dei ka ngai e teh, a tue abaw tawmlei toung dawkvah, atu hoi teh yu ka tawn ni yu ka tawn hoeh patetlah,
But, this, I say—the opportunity is, contracted for what remaineth—in order that, they who have wives, may be, as though they had none,
30 Ka khuikap e ni khuikap hoeh e patetlah a kokanawm ni a kokanawm hoeh e patetlah, hnopai ka ran e ni bangcahai ka tawn hoeh e patetlah ao awh han.
And, they who weep, as though they wept not, and, they who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not, and, they who buy, as though they possessed not,
31 Talaivan hnopai ka hnonaw ni hai ka hno hoeh e patetlah awm naseh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, talai hoi a thung e hnopai pueng teh be kahmat han.
And, they who use the world, as though they used it not to the full, —for the fashion of this world passeth away;
32 Kai ni nangmouh lungpuen hane na ngaikhai a hoeh. Yu ka tawn hoeh e tongpanaw ni teh Bawipa lunghawi nahanlah Bawipa dawk doeh a lungpuen awh.
And I desire you to be, without anxiety: —the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 Yu ka tawn e tongpa ni teh yu bangtelane lunghawi sak thai han, titeh talaivan hno dawk a kâhruetcuet.
But, he that hath married, is anxious for the things of the world, how may please his wife—
34 Hot patetlah doeh, vâ ka tawn hoeh e napui hoi tanglakacuem teh, tak hoi muitha thoungsak thai nahanlah Cathut e thaw dawk a kâhruetcuet awh. Hatei, vâ ka tawn e napui teh a vâ lunghawi nahanelah talaivan hno hah ouk a pouk.
And he is divided; and, the unmarried woman, or the virgin, is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy [both] in her body and in her spirit; but, she that hath married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 Hettelah ka dei ngainae teh, nangmouh ahawi nahane lah doeh ka dei. Nangmouh khak na cakâ hane ka ngai dawk nahoeh. Kahawi e hno sak awh nateh lungthin katang hoi Bawipa koe na kâpoe thai awh nahane lah doeh.
This, however, with a view to your own profit, am I saying, —not that, a snare, upon you, I may cast, but with a view to what is comely, and devoted unto the Lord, without distraction.
36 Tangla teh vâ sak laipalah, vâ sak tue lawn pawiteh hawihoeh telah tangla katawnkung ni pouk pawiteh, vâ sak hanelah hai kâvoe pawiteh, vâ sak naseh. Yon nahoeh.
If however anyone considereth it behaving unseemly towards his virginity, if he should be beyond the bloom of life, —and, thus, it ought to come about, what he chooseth, let him do, —he sinneth not: let them marry:
37 Hatei, a lungthung lawk tâtuengnae a tawn hnukkhu, a counghoeh dawk vâ sak laipalah, a kâcakuep thai dawk vâ sak laipalah awm thai pawiteh ahawi.
But, he that standeth in his heart, steadfast, having no necessity, but hath authority concerning his own will, and, this, hath determined in his own heart, —to preserve his own virginity, well shall he do.
38 Hatdawkvah, hote tangla hah vâ ka sak sak e tami teh hnokahawi a sak. Vâ ka sak sak hoeh e tami hai hnokahawi hoe a sak.
So that, he that giveth in marriage his own virginity, doeth, well; and, he that giveth it not, shall do, better.
39 Yu teh a vâ a hring nathung vâsaknae phung ni a katek. Hatei, a vâ dout pawiteh a ngai e tongpa koe vâ sak hanelah Bawipa dawk kâ ao.
A wife, is bound for as long a time as her husband is living; but, if the husband have fallen asleep, she is, free, to be married unto whom she pleaseth, —only, in the Lord;
40 Hote napui ama o lah duem awm pawiteh yawhawinae hoe ao telah ka pouk. Kai koehai Cathut e Muitha ao telah ka pouk.
But, happier, is she, if, so, she remain, —in my judgment; for I think, I also, have the Spirit of God.
