1 Corinthians 7
1 NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch 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 whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her own husband.
kamsoumhoehe napui tongpa yonnae sak hoeh nahanelah, tongpa pueng a yu tawn naseh. Napui pueng amae vâ tawn naseh.
3 Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife 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 hath not power over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not power over his own 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 Defraud not one another, except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more leisure for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.
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 in this I speak my opinion only, not authoritatively.
Hottelah ka dei navah, nangmouh ni na tarawi hane la doeh ka dei. Kâpoelawk na poe e nahoeh.
7 For I would that all men were even as myself: but every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and another of 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 I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide 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 the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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 not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not separated from the 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 and even if she should be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away 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 others I speak, not the Lord, If any brother hath a wife unbelieving, yet she chuseth to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
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 the wife which hath a husband not a believer, and he chuses to dwell with her, let her not put him away.
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 that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your children were unclean, 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 unbelieving person depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in these cases, but God hath called us unto peace.
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 knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save thy husband? and how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save thy 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 Nevertheless as God has bestowed the gift on every man as the Lord hath called every man, so let him walk, and so I give command in 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 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not affect uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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 uncircumcision is nothing, but the observance of the commandments of God.
Vuensoma e heh alawkpui nahoeh. Cathut e kâpoelawk doeh alawkpuihnawn.
20 Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.
Cathut ni a kaw e patetlah tami pueng ama a onae hmuen dawk awm awh naseh.
21 Art thou called being a slave? let it give thee no concern; but if thou canst also obtain thy freedom, rather make use of it.
Kaw e lah ao nah san lah na awm pawiteh, hot ni lungpuennae tawn sak hanh naseh.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord’s freed man: in like manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the servant of Christ.
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 Have you been redeemed with a price? become not the slaves of men.
Nangmouh teh aphu hoi ran e lah na o awh dawk taminaw koe san lah awm a hanh lawih.
24 Let every one, brethren, in the vocation wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Hmaunawnghanaw, kaw lah kaawm e tami pueng teh, a tawk e thaw hah Cathut hmalah tawk naseh.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
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 I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.
Atu e rektapnae kecu dawkvah, vâ na tawn hoehpawiteh ahawi. Tongpa hai atu ao e patetlah awm pawiteh ahawi.
27 Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not 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 But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare 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 Now this I say, brethren, that the time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, should be as though they had 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 they who weep as though they wept not; and they who rejoice as though they rejoiced not; and they that purchase as though they possessed not;
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 they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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 I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please 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 he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.
Yu ka tawn e tongpa ni teh yu bangtelane lunghawi sak thai han, titeh talaivan hno dawk a kâhruetcuet.
34 A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please 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 own advantage, and not that I should lay a snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait on the Lord without distraction.
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 a person supposes it would be unseemly for a virgin of his if she should pass the flower of her age in celibacy, and that duty directs it should be so, let him do as he is inclined, he doth not sin: let such marry.
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 he that is stedfast in his heart, not having any necessity, but retaineth power over his own inclination, and hath determined this in his heart that he will preserve his own virgin state, doeth well.
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 Wherefore though he who giveth in marriage doeth well, yet he who avoids a matrimonial connection, doeth 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 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is free to be married to whomsoever she will, but only in the Lord.
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 she is more blessed if she abide as she is, in my opinion: and I think 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.
