1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Lino kumakani ngimwakandilembela, “Nchibotu kuti mwaalumi atagumi mwanakazi.”
2 But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Pele akaambo kamasunko anchito zyiingi zyamamambe, umwi awumwi mwaalumi weelede kuba a mwnwkazi wakwe, alkwe mwanakazi abe a mwaalumi wakwe.
3 Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.
Mwaalumi weelede kuzuzikizya mulimu wakwe akuba alulalano a mwanakazi wakwe, mbubonya oobo alakwe mwanakazi kumulimu wakwe.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Teensi mwanakazi uli abwaami kumubili wakwe, pele mulumi. Alimwi mwaalumi tajisi bwaami aatala amubili wakwe, pele mwanakazi nguujisi.
5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.
Mutakatazyanyi umwi awumwi, pele amuzuminane kuchita oobo zimwi zyiindi. Muchite oobo kuti mubike myoyo kukukomba. Eelyo mubole muswanane lubo, kuti Satani atamusunki nkaambo kakukachilwa kwanu kulijata.
6 But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
Pele ndaamba makani aya miyeyo yangu pe pe mbuli mulayizyo.
7 For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.
Ndili kuyeya kuti woonse abe mbuli ndime. Pele umwi awumwi uli achipo chakwe kuzwa kuli Leza. Umwi uli awoyu musyobo wachipo, awumwi uulya musyobo.
8 But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
Kuli batakwetwe akuli bamukabafu ndamba kuti nchintu chibotu kuti bukkale kabatakwetwe mbuli ndime.
9 But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.
Pele kuti kabatakonzyi kulijata, baleelede kukwata na kukwatwa. Nkaambo nchintu chibotu kuti bakwate na kukwatwa kwiinda kufwa amunyamunya.
10 But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.
Lino kuli bakwete, ndamupa mulawu ooyu, - teensi ndime, pele nguMwaami: “Mwanakazi teeled kulekana amulumi wakwe.”
11 And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.
Pele waanzana amulumi wakwe, uleelede kukkala katakwetwe kana kubwedelana a mulumi wakwe.
12 For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Pele kuli boonse ndati - Ime, pe pe Mwaami - kuti mukwesu uli a mwanakazi utali muzumini, kuti kakkutisikene kukkala anguwe, teelede kumuleka pe.
13 And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband.
Kuti mwanakazi uli a mwaalumi utali utazumini, kuti kakkutisikene kukkala anguwe, teelede kumuleka pe.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise your children should be unclean; but now they are holy.
Nkaambo mwaalumi utazumini ulasalazigwa nkambo ka mwanakazi wakwe, alakwe mwanakazi utazumini ulasalazigwa nkambo kamunyina. Abalo bana benu nibatasalali, pele lino balasalala.
15 But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.
Pele kuti utazumini wayanda kweenda, muleke ayinke. Muchiimo chiliboobo, mukwesu na muchizi taangidwe pe kuchikonke chabo. Leza watwiita kuti tukkale muluumuno.
16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Mbobuti mbokonzya kuziba, yomwanakazi, amwi uyoofutula mwaalumi wako? Na mbobuti mbokonzya kuziba, yomwaalumi, amwi uyoofutula mwanakazi wako?
17 But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.
Nekubaboobo, mbuli kuti Mwaami wakapa umwi awumwi chibela chakwe, umwi awumwi mbuli Leza mbakamwiita. Ooyu ngumulayizyo wangu kumbungano zyoonse.
18 Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
Sa kufumbwa muntu wakali mupalulwe nakitwa kukuzumina? Teeled kusoleka kuboneka katapalwidwe. Sa kufumbwa muntu wakatapalwidwe nakitwa kukusyoma? Ooyo atapalulwi.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.
Teensi kuti kupalulwa na kutapalulwa nkukujisi makani. Chijisi makani nkuswilila milawu yaLeza.
20 Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.
Umwi awumwi akkale mbuli mbayitwa aLeza kukuzumina.
21 Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Wakali muzike na Leza naakakwiita? Utalikatazyi anzizyo. Pele kuti kokonzya kwaangunuka kulaba mbubo.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.
Ooyo wakiitwa aMwaami kalimuzike ngumwaangunuke waMwaami. Mbubonya oobo, alakwe wakali mwaangunuke nakitwa kukuzumina ngomuzike waKkilisito.
23 You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.
Mwawulwa amuulo, mutachibi bazike babantu.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
Bakwesu, kufumbwa chiimo nchuwakabede nwakayitwa, umwi awumwi akkale aLeza.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
Lino kumakani abanakalindu, nsikwe mulawu uuzwa kuMwaami. Pele ndamupa miyeeyo yangu mbuliumwi, muluse lwaMwaami, akuba uusyomeka.
26 I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
Nkaambo kaako, ndayeya kuti nkaambo kamapenzi aaboola, nchintu chibotu kumwaalumi kuti akkale mbwabede.
27 Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Sa ulangidwe kumwanakazi. Utazyanduuli kulekana. Kuti kwaangunukide kumwanakazi, utayanduuli mwanakazi.
28 But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.
Pele kuti wakwata, tobisizye pe. Pele aabo bachita balaja mapenzi miingi anyama, pesi ndayanda kumuvuna kuli zeezi.
29 This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;
Lino ncheechi nchingamba, bakwesu: Chiindi nchifwifwi. Kuzwa sunu kuya kunembo, aabo bakwete banakazi babe mbuli batakwete.
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
Abaabo balili babe mbuli batalili, abaabo basekelela babe mbuli batasekeleli, abaabo bawula babe mbuli batavubide chintu.
31 And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Abaabo babelesya zintu zyaansi batapangiki myoyo yabo kukubelesya nzizyo. Nkaambo nyika chiimo nchilimulinchicho iya kumamanino.
32 But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.
Ndayanda kuti mwaangunuke mumakatazyo. Mwaalumi utakwete ulalikatazizya zintu zyaMwaami, kuti abotezye Mwaami.
33 But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.
Pele mwaalumi ukwete ulalikatazizya zintu zyaansi, kuti abotezye mukakwe -
34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
ulaanzene. Musimbi utakwetwe ulalikatazizya kuzintu zyaMwaami kuti asalale nikuba kumubili nikuba kumuuya. Pele mwanakazi uukwetwe ulalikankayizizya zintu zyaansi, kuti abotezye mulumi wakwe.
35 And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.
Aaya ndawamba kuti mugwasigwe, nsiyandi kubika kakole kulindinywe. Ndaamba aaya kuti kube zyeelede zibotu, mukalitakate kuMwaami kaatakwe lunyonyoko.
36 But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will; he sinneth not, if she marry.
Kuti mpali uyeeya kuti tachitili munakalindu wakwe kabotu - kali munsi aaminyaka yakukwatwa - weelede kuchita mbayanda. Talimukubisya pe. Beelede kukwatana.
37 For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will; and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.
Pele mwaalumi uyima akujatisya mukati kamoyo wakwe, kuti katamanikide pele ulakonzya kweendelezya kuyanda kwakwe, alimwi kuti wayeya kuchita eezi mumoyo, akkale mbwabede, ulachita kabotu.
38 Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.
Elyo ooyo ukwata nakalindu ulachita kabotu, pele ooyo ulisalila kutakwata ulachita kabotu chakwiinda.
39 A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Mwanakazi ulaangidwe kumulumi wakwe nachipona. Pele mulumi wakwe aafwa, waangunuka kukwatwa kufumbwa ngwayanda, pele kali muMwaami.
40 But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.
Pele mukuyeya kwangu nchibotu loko kuti ukkale mbuli mbabede. Alimwi ndayeya kuti ndili aMuuya waLeza.
