1 Corinthians 7
1 Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
Nangmouh ni kai na poe e ca dawk kaawm e naw teh, tongpa teh napui hoi tak hmawng hoehpawiteh ahawi ei,
2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
kamsoumhoehe napui tongpa yonnae sak hoeh nahanelah, tongpa pueng a yu tawn naseh. Napui pueng amae vâ tawn naseh.
3 Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.
Tongpa ni a yu koe yuvâ lah onae kuep sak naseh. A yu ni hai a vâ dawk kuep sak naseh.
4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.
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.
5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
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.
6 But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
Hottelah ka dei navah, nangmouh ni na tarawi hane la doeh ka dei. Kâpoelawk na poe e nahoeh.
7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
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.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
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.
9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
Hatei, namahoima na ka cakuep thai hoehpawiteh, yu lat van awh naseh. Kâcakuep thai hoeh e hlak teh yu la vâ sak e ahawihnawn.
10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband
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.
11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.
Mat pawiteh vâ sak laipalah awm lawiseh. Nahoeh pawiteh apasuek e vâ hoi bout kâmaihawi naseh. Vâ ni hai a yu mat nahanh seh.
12 But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.
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.
13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.
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.
14 For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.
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.
15 But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.
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.
16 For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?
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.
17 Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.
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.
18 If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.
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.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.
Vuensoma e heh alawkpui nahoeh. Cathut e kâpoelawk doeh alawkpuihnawn.
20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.
Cathut ni a kaw e patetlah tami pueng ama a onae hmuen dawk awm awh naseh.
21 If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
Kaw e lah ao nah san lah na awm pawiteh, hot ni lungpuennae tawn sak hanh naseh.
22 For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
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.
23 It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.
Nangmouh teh aphu hoi ran e lah na o awh dawk taminaw koe san lah awm a hanh lawih.
24 My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.
Hmaunawnghanaw, kaw lah kaawm e tami pueng teh, a tawk e thaw hah Cathut hmalah tawk naseh.
25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
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.
26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
Atu e rektapnae kecu dawkvah, vâ na tawn hoehpawiteh ahawi. Tongpa hai atu ao e patetlah awm pawiteh ahawi.
27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
Yuvâ lah na awm awh toung pawiteh, kâkapek awh hanh lawih. Yuvâ lah na awm awh hoeh rah pawiteh, yu tawng awh hanh lawih.
28 If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.
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.
29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
Hmaunawnghanaw, dei ka ngai e teh, a tue abaw tawmlei toung dawkvah, atu hoi teh yu ka tawn ni yu ka tawn hoeh patetlah,
30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
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.
31 And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
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.
32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
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.
33 But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.
Yu ka tawn e tongpa ni teh yu bangtelane lunghawi sak thai han, titeh talaivan hno dawk a kâhruetcuet.
34 And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.
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.
35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.
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.
36 But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.
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.
37 But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.
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.
38 So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
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.
39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.
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.
40 But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
Hote napui ama o lah duem awm pawiteh yawhawinae hoe ao telah ka pouk. Kai koehai Cathut e Muitha ao telah ka pouk.
