1 Corinthians 7
1 Now about what you wrote to me: “It's good not to marry.”
Amadi raangmaat halan tiit ah langla amah. Miwah ih jaalah lakap thang ih tongla ah ese.
2 However, because of the temptation to sexual immorality, it is better that each man have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
Enoothong roomjup roomtong tenthun thih ah rapne ih jaatla erah thoidoh, miwah suh heh sanuh eje ang theng, nyia minuh suh heh sawah eje ang theng.
3 The husband should meet his wife's sexual needs, and the wife her husband's.
Miwah rah ih hesanuh ih tiimjih jamha, erah ekot etheng adoleh minuh ih uh hesawah ih tiimjih jamha erah ekot etheng, eno wasiit ih wasiit tiim laakiila, emamah eh chosokmui theng.
4 The wife's body doesn't just belong to her, but her husband; and similarly the husband's body doesn't just belong to him but his wife.
Hesanuh ah heh sakpuh raangtaan ih changte tah angka, hesawah raangtaan ih, erah likhiik hesawah ah heh sakpuh raangtaan ih tah angka, hesanuh raangtaan.
5 So don't deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a while— for example because you want to spend time in prayer. Afterwards be together again so that Satan won't tempt you to sin because of your lack of self-control.
Rangsoom saapoot kap suh miijun ih roongwaan choi lah angka bah eroom ih tong ah nak haammui ansih. Sen ih lajen naan thoidoh Soitaan ih erah lam adoh phoh phate han.
6 I'm telling you this not as a command, but as a concession.
Arah ngah ih ehaam tah eh rumra, nga tenthun ah ba baat rumhala.
7 However, I wish that everyone was like me, but each person has their own gift from God—one has this gift, one has another.
Amiidi bah sen loong ah nga likhiik ih tongdoh ese ang thengta; enoothong Rangte ih ranglakkot ah warep suh koha, wahoh wahoh suh jihoh jihoh ranglakkot ah koha.
8 To those who are not yet married, or who are widowed, I would say it is better if they remain like me.
Amadi, maangnookte nyia jootiinuh loong asuh liihang sen loong ah nga likhiik sen luulu tong anbah ese ang ah.
9 But if they lack self-control, then they should get married—for it is better to marry than burn with desire.
Enoothong lajen naan kanbah enook ba nookmui an. Sen tenthun nah nah weeluula likhiik ih ramka anbah nookmui laan ela ah ese ang ah.
10 These are my instructions to those who are married—in fact not from me but the Lord: The wife should not leave her husband
Hasongchoi mina loong asuh Teesu tiit baattheng eje nga tiit tah angka: Hesanuh ih hesawah ah lah thiinhaat theng,
11 (or if she does, she should not re-marry, or she should return to her husband); and the husband should not leave his wife.
enoothong heh emah mok re abah heh luulu songtong theng erah lah angka bah hesawah damdoh we punwaan etheng; eno hesawah ih lahaat theng.
12 Now, to the rest of you, (and this is me speaking, not the Lord), I would say, “If a Christian man has a non-Christian wife and she is willing to stay with him, he should not leave her.
Wahoh loong raangtaan ih jenglang (Nga teewah jenglang, Teesu jeng tah angka): Kristaan mih ih lahanpiite kap abah adoleh heh damdoh songtong thung ang abah, minuh ah lahaat theng.
13 And if a Christian woman has a non-Christian husband, and he is willing to stay with her, she should not leave her husband.”
Adoleh Kristaan nah lahanpiite suh nook abah nyia heh damdoh songtong thung ang abah, miwah ah lahaat theng.
14 For a husband who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian wife, and for a wife who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian husband. Otherwise it would mean your children were impure, but now they are holy.
Tiimnge liidi lahanpiite hesawah ah hesanuh damdi roongroop thoidi Rangte ih ekap eha, adoleh lahanpiite hesanuh ah hesawah damdi roongroop thoidi Rangte ih ekap eha. Emah lamok angta bah, nengsuh nengsah ah rangnak mih ang thengta; enoothong emah lah angthang ih, neng loong ah Rangte ih ekap ejih ih hoonla.
15 However, if the non-Christian spouse leaves, let them leave. In such cases the Christian man or woman is not slavishly bound, for God has called us to live in peace.
Enoothong, hera heba ah lahanpiite ang ano kristaan ah thiinhaat thung ang abah, heh ih toomjat ah. Erah likhiik ang abah, hera heba kristaan mina ah miwah angkoja oh minuh angkoja oh, heh tiim uh jen re ih ah. Rangte ih sen loong ah semroongroong ih songtong suh poon tahan.
16 Wives, who knows? You may save your husband! Husbands, who knows? You may save your wife!
Kristaan sanuh ih, mamah jen li uh, an sawah ah an ih tajen puipang ko ngeh ah? Adoleh, Kristaan sawah ih, mamah jen li uh, an sanuh ah an ih tajen puipang ko ngeh ah?
17 Apart from such cases, each of you should remain in the situation that the Lord has placed you, and continue to live the life to which God has called you. That's my instruction to all the churches.
Rangte ih poon tahan adoh sen mamah angtan, nyia Teesu lakkot jun doh sen loong ah emah songtong theng. Chaas rookwet ni arah banlam ah nyootsoot rumhala.
18 Were you circumcised when you were converted? Don't become uncircumcised. Were you uncircumcised when you were converted? Don't become circumcised.
O miwah khoopkhan choi ah eno Rangte ih poonha ah ekap eha, khoopkhanta rah matsiit suh lasamthun theng; o miwah khoopkhan muh ah eno Rangte ih poonha ah ekap eha, heh ih hekhoop ah lakhan theng.
19 Circumcision doesn't mean anything, and uncircumcision doesn't mean anything. Keeping the commandments of God is what really matters.
Tiimnge liidi miwah khoopkhan muh angkoja oh khanchoi angkoja oh erah tiim tah angka; Rangte jengdang aba kap theng.
20 Everyone should remain in the position they were in when they were called.
Rangte ih poon tahan adoh ethang etan ah likhiik ih ang an.
21 If you were a slave when you were called, don't worry—though if you have an opportunity to become free, take it.
Rangte ih poon tahan adoh dah tam angtan? Emah ang an bah uh ese mabah uh ethih nakchoh an; enoothong sen loong ah maama pongwan angsuh saapoot cholan bah, emah ang an.
22 If you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free, working for the Lord. In the same way if you were called when you were free, you are now Christ's slave!
Tiimnge liidi Teesu ih dah poonha ah Teesu mina maama pongwan toom ang ah ngeh ih poonha; erah likhiikkhiik maama pongwan ih tongla mina Jisu ih poonha ah langla heh dah.
23 A price has been paid for you, so don't become a slave to anyone.
Rangte ih hethaang ih reh tahan; erah raangtaan ih sen loong ah mih dah lakah ang theng.
24 Brothers and sisters, remain in the position you were in when you were called, living with God.
Nga joonte loong, sen loong ah Rangte ih poon tahan adoh angtan ah likhiik ih saarookwet Heh damdoh tong an.
25 Now about “people who are not married,” I don't have a specific instruction from the Lord, so let me give you my opinion as someone who by the Lord's mercy is considered trustworthy.
Amadi, maang kapmuite tiit raang han ah langla: Teesu jengdang tabaat rumra, enoothong nga thung ni Teesu minchan jun ih thunhang aba baat rumhala.
26 Because of the present difficult situation we are in I think it is best to just stay as you are.
Amah dowa chamnaang ah thun kaadi bah, miwah ih minuh lakap thang ih hetongtong eh abah ese heh ang ah.
27 Are you already married? Don't try to get divorced. Are you unmarried? Don't look to get married.
Sen sanuh eje tam ah? Eje ang abah heh phanhaat suh nak samthun an. Sen ih jaalah maangkap tam anglan? Emah ang abah an minuh nakjam an.
28 If you do get married, you haven't sinned. If an unmarried woman gets married, she hasn't sinned. But you will have many troubles in this current world and I would want to spare you these.
Enoothong sen ih sen sanuh ah ekap eh tanbah, sen rangdajih tare kan; adoleh minuh hasong maangkah ah jaaro suh nook abah, heh rangdajih tareeka. Enoothong chosong choi loong ah saarookwet chamnaang rumla ah likhiik seng loong ah naktoom chamnaang an ngeh ih liirum hala.
29 I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married,
Nga phono loong ngah ih liihang ah amah; amadi saapoot ah ehan takah tongla, adoleh miwah hasong kaatchoi loong ah hasong maangkah likhiik ih songtong theng;
30 and those who weep as if they did not weep, and those that celebrated as if they had not celebrated, and those that bought as if they did not own,
o ehu ela, erah lathungthika likhiik ih ang theng; o engit ela, erah tenroon lah angka ah likhiik ih ang theng; o ih dongriik eha, erah reta ah lajeeka ah likhiik ih ang theng;
31 and those who are engaged with the world as if it is not fulfilling—for the present world order is passing away.
hui akhaak o jiinni jeela, erah raang ih lamokaka ah likhiik ih ang theng. Tiimnge liidi, amadi arah mongrep ah, ehan takah tongka ang ah.
32 I would prefer you to be free from such worries. A man who is not married pays attention to what is important to the Lord, and how he can please the Lord.
Sen loong ah naktoom sootsaam an ngeh ih li rumhala. Hasong maangkah mina ah Teesu ah eroon toom e ah li ano Teesu mootkaat ah mokah roh ela.
33 But a man who is married pays attention to what is important in this world, and how he can please his wife.
Enoothong hasong kaatchoi loong abah, heh sanuh ah tenroon thuksuh hansi mootkaat ni phaangdat roh ela;
34 As a result his loyalties are divided. Similarly an unmarried woman or girl pays attention to what is important to the Lord, so she may live a life dedicated both in body and spirit. But a married woman pays attention to what is important in this world, and how she can please her husband.
adoleh erah mina ah haanghophop ni phaangdat la. Hasong maangkaka minuh nyia jaalah saachamcham Teesu mootkaat ah samthun roh eha, tiimnge liidi heh heteenuh sakpuh nyia moong achaang ah esa ih thiinha; enoothong hasong kaatchoi minuh abah heh sawah roonthuk suh hansi mootkaat ah samthun roh eha.
35 I'm telling you this for your benefit. I'm not trying to put a noose around your neck, but to show you the right thing to do so you can serve the Lord without being distracted.
Arah jenglang ah sen loong raang ih jenglang. Sen loong asuh ngah ih ehaam tah eh rumra. Erah nang ebah, marah pun ah nyia esa ah erah mootkaat suh baat rumhala, Teesu mootkaat nah jihoh laphaang thun thang ih senten senmong ah koh anno toom mokah an eh ah.
36 But if a man thinks he's behaving improperly with the woman he's engaged to, and if he thinks he will give in to his strong sexual desire, and if he thinks he ought to get married, he is not sinning by getting married.
Marah jaaro jaalah kakhat choi ih hasong takah keetih ngeh ih roongwaan nyu ah: Eno miwah rah ih jaalah ah damdi mok re bo elang ngeh ih samthun ano chosong esuh liinyu abah nengnyi thungthung ih toom chosong nyu ah. Erah rangdah jih tah angka.
37 But if a man stays true to his principles, and there is no obligation to marry, and has the power to keep his feelings under control and stay engaged to her, he does well not to marry.
Enoothong miwah rah ih, hasong takah kang ngeh ih jen li abah, jaalah ah lakapka bah eseethoon ang ah.
38 So the man who marries the woman he's engaged to does well, while the one who does not get married does better.
Erah raangtaan, miwah o ih minuh kap ha, ese eh reela, enoothong o lanookmui ka, erabah eseethoon reela.
39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whoever she wants in the Lord.
Hasong kaatchoi minuh ah hesawah mikthingthing doh hepongwanwan tami reeraangka; enoothong hesawah ah ti abah, heh thung haanla Kristaan mina damdoh jen chosong eh ah.
40 But in my opinion she would be happier if she didn't re-marry—and I think I too have the Spirit of God when I say this.
Enoothong helaklak ih tong abah tenroon laan tong ah. Arah bah nga tenthun ah ba baat hang, eno Rangte Chiiala nga damdi eje ngeh ih samthun hang.
