1 Jo-Korintho 7
1 To koro kuom weche mane upenja e barupu, anyalo wacho ni ber mondo ngʼato kik okendi.
Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
2 To nikech weche mag terruok ngʼeny, ngʼato ka ngʼato nyaka bed gi chiege owuon kendo dhako ka dhako obed gi chwore owuon.
but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
3 Dichwo nyaka chop dwach chiege kaka joma okendore, kendo dhako bende nyaka tim kamano ni chwore.
Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
4 Nikech dhako mokendi onge gi teko kuom ringre owuon, to en mar chwore. Kamano bende, dichwo mokendo onge gi teko kuom ringre owuon, to en mar chiege bende.
but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
5 Kik utuonru makmana ka uwinjoru e kindu uwegi mar timo mano kuom kinde machwok mondo uchiwru ni lamo. To bangʼ chiwruok ni lamo, to uchak uriwru kendo mondo kik Satan temu, nikech ok unyal ritoru.
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 Awachonu kamano koa e pacha awuon, to ok kaka chik dwaro.
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
7 Dobedo maberna moloyo ka ji duto obedo kaka an, to kata kamano, ngʼato ka ngʼato nigi michne ma Nyasaye omiye, ngʼat moro nigi michni, to ngʼat machielo bende nigi mich machielo.
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
8 To joma pok okendi gi joma pok okendo, kod mon ma chwogi otho, to awachonegi kama: En gima ber moloyo ka gisiko ma ok gikendo kata okendgi, mana kaka an.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 To ka ok ginyal ritore giwegi, to onego gikendi, kata okendgi nikech kend ber moloyo ka gombo wangʼo ngʼato ka mach.
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 To ne joma osekendo gi joma osekendi achiwonegi chik (chutho ok an, to Ruoth) kama: Dhako kik were gi chwore.
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 To kapo ni otimo kamano, to ochune ni nyaka osik maonge dichwo, to ka ok kamano to odog ir chwore, kendo dichwo bende kik riemb chiege.
(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 To kuom ji mamoko modongʼ (chutho ok Ruoth, to an ema awachonegi) kama: Ka owadwa moro ma ja-Kristo nigi dhako ma ok oyie, kendo dhakono oyie dak kode, to kik oriembe.
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 Bende ka dhako nigi dichwo ma ok oyie, to dichwono oyie dak kode kaka chiege, to kik oweye.
And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Nikech dichwo mapok oyie inyalo pwodho nikech chiege, to dhako mapok oyie bende inyalo pwodho nikech chwore moyie. Ka ok kamano, to nyithindu dibed mogak, to koro sani to ginenore ni giler.
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 To ka ngʼat ma ok oyie ojok noa, to weye aweya odhi. Dichwo moyie kata dhako moyie ok otwe e weche ma kamago, nikech Nyasaye oseluongowa mondo wadag gi kwe.
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 Ingʼeyo nadi, in dhako, kata inyalo miyo chwori yudo warruok? Koso, ingʼeyo nade, in dichwo, ni chiegi nyalo yudo warruok nikech in?
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 Kata kamano, ngʼato ka ngʼato onego odag ngimano mane Ruoth oluonge kendo owuoth wuodhno mane Nyasaye oluongee. Ma e chik ma aseketo ne kanisa.
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 Dibed ni ngʼato noluongi koseter nyangu? Kik ogomb ni ne ok otere nyangu. Dibed ni ngʼato noluongi kapok oter nyangu? Ngʼat ma kamano kik ter nyangu.
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 Bedo ni ngʼato oter nyangu kata ok oter nyangu ok en gimoro. Gima duongʼ en rito Chike Nyasaye.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
20 Omiyo ngʼato ka ngʼato mondo obed mana kaka ne en kane Nyasaye oluonge.
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Dibed ni ne in misumba kane Nyasaye oluongi? Kik mano chandi, makmana kapo ni inyalo yudo yor bedo thuolo, to tim kamano moloyo.
Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
22 Nikech ngʼat mane Ruoth oluongo ka misumba koro bedo ngʼat man thuolo kuom Ruoth, to bende ngʼat mane ni thuolo kane Ruoth oluongo doko misumba Kristo.
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 Nongʼiewu gi nengo matek, omiyo kik ubed wasumbini mag ji.
You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
24 Jowetena, ngʼato ka ngʼato nigi tingʼ e nyim Nyasaye mondo osik mana kaka Nyasaye noluongeno.
Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
25 Kuom wach nyiri ma ok okendi to awacho kama: Aonge gi chik moa kuom Ruoth, to achiwo pacha kaka ngʼat ma wechene inyalo geno kuom ngʼwono mar Ruoth.
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 Nikech chandruok mantie sani, aparo ni ber mondo usik kaka uchal.
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 Dibed ni ngʼato osekendi? Ka kamano, to kik idwar mondo iweri gi chwori. Dibed ni pok ikendo? Kichal kamano, to kik imany nyako mondo ikendi.
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 To ka ikendo, to ok itimo richo; kata ka nyako okendi bende ok otimo richo. To joma okendo gi mokendi biro neno chandruok mathoth e ngimani, to adwaro ni akonyu mondo kik une chandruokni.
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 Jowetena, gima awachonu en ni sa odongʼ matin. Chakre sani koro joma nigi mon onego odag ka gima giongego;
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 joma ywak onego bedi ka joma ok ywagi; joma mor onego odag ka joma ok nigi mor; joma ngʼiewo gimoro onego odag ka gima gik ma gingʼiewogo ok mag-gi,
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 joma konyore gi gige piny bende kik yie chunygi gedi e gigo, nikech piny ma waneno sani-ni biro kadho.
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
32 Adwaro ni mondo ubed maonge gi kit parruok moro amora. Dichwo ma ok okendo, weche Ruoth ema omako, kaka onyalo siko kotimo gik mamoro Ruoth,
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 to ngʼama osekendo, to pache omoko e weche pinyni, kaka onyalo timo gik mamiyo chiege mor.
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
34 Kendo dwarone bende opogore nyadiriyo. Dhako ma ok okendi, kata nyako ngili, paro kuom weche Ruoth. Thorogi maduongʼ en mondo gibed maler e ringregi gi chunygi. To dhako mokendi, to pache ni kuom gige piny, kaka onyalo miyo chwore mor.
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 Awacho wechegi mondo uyud konyruok kuomgi, to ok mondo aketnu chik manyaka uluw. Adwaro ni udagi e yo maber, ka chiwruoku ni Ruoth ok opogore.
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 Ka ngʼato paro ni ok otim maber ne osiepne ma nyako mangili modwaro nyuomo, kendo ka nyakono hike koro medore, to dichwono oneno ni onego okende, to ber mondo okend nyakono. Oonge gi ketho kotimo kamano kendo onego gikendre.
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 To dichwo mosengʼado wach e pache owuon, kendo manyalo chiko dwache maonge ngʼama ochune, koseneno e chunye ni ok odwar nyuomo nyakono, en bende otimo maber.
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 Kuom mano, ngʼat monyuomo nyako mangilino otimo maber, to ngʼat ma ok onywome otimo maber moloyo.
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 Chik otweyo dhako gi chwore ndalo duto ma chwore ngima. To ka chwore otho, to en thuolo mondo onywome gi dichwo moro amora mohero, makmana ni nyaka nyuome gi ngʼat kuom Ruoth.
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 An to pacha neno ni dhako ma chwore otho nyalo neno maber moloyo ka ok ochak onywome, kendo awacho mano ka aparo ni an-gi Roho mar Nyasaye.
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
