1 Jo-Korintho 7
1 To koro kuom weche mane upenja e barupu, anyalo wacho ni ber mondo ngʼato kik okendi.
Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch 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.
Nevertheless, to avoid immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Dichwo nyaka chop dwach chiege kaka joma okendore, kendo dhako bende nyaka tim kamano ni chwore.
Let the husband render to the wife her due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.
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.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your lack of self-control.
6 Awachonu kamano koa e pacha awuon, to ok kaka chik dwaro.
But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.
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.
For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after 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.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
9 To ka ok ginyal ritore giwegi, to onego gikendi, kata okendgi nikech kend ber moloyo ka gombo wangʼo ngʼato ka mach.
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 To ne joma osekendo gi joma osekendi achiwonegi chik (chutho ok an, to Ruoth) kama: Dhako kik were gi chwore.
And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from 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.
But if she shall depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband 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.
But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 Bende ka dhako nigi dichwo ma ok oyie, to dichwono oyie dak kode kaka chiege, to kik oweye.
And the woman who hath an husband that believeth not, and if he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave 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 sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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 departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
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 knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy 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.
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all 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.
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not become 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, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Omiyo ngʼato ka ngʼato mondo obed mana kaka ne en kane Nyasaye oluonge.
Let every man remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21 Dibed ni ne in misumba kane Nyasaye oluongi? Kik mano chandi, makmana kapo ni inyalo yudo yor bedo thuolo, to tim kamano moloyo.
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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 he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
23 Nongʼiewu gi nengo matek, omiyo kik ubed wasumbini mag ji.
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Jowetena, ngʼato ka ngʼato nigi tingʼ e nyim Nyasaye mondo osik mana kaka Nyasaye noluongeno.
Brethren, let every man, in the state in which he is called, continue in it with 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.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
26 Nikech chandruok mantie sani, aparo ni ber mondo usik kaka uchal.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
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.
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not 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.
But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 Jowetena, gima awachonu en ni sa odongʼ matin. Chakre sani koro joma nigi mon onego odag ka gima giongego;
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though 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,
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 joma konyore gi gige piny bende kik yie chunygi gedi e gigo, nikech piny ma waneno sani-ni biro kadho.
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth 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,
But I would have you without care. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 to ngʼama osekendo, to pache omoko e weche pinyni, kaka onyalo timo gik mamiyo chiege mor.
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
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.
There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, 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.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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.
But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin, if she hath passed the flower of her age, and need so requireth, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
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.
Nevertheless he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 Kuom mano, ngʼat monyuomo nyako mangilino otimo maber, to ngʼat ma ok onywome otimo maber moloyo.
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth 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.
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only 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 if she so remain, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
