1 Corinthians 7
1 NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
aparañca yuṣmābhi rmāṁ prati yat patramalēkhi tasyōttaramētat, yōṣitō'sparśanaṁ manujasya varaṁ;
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
kintu vyabhicārabhayād ēkaikasya puṁsaḥ svakīyabhāryyā bhavatu tadvad ēkaikasyā yōṣitō 'pi svakīyabharttā bhavatu|
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
bhāryyāyai bhartrā yadyad vitaraṇīyaṁ tad vitīryyatāṁ tadvad bhartrē'pi bhāryyayā vitaraṇīyaṁ vitīryyatāṁ|
4 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.
bhāryyāyāḥ svadēhē svatvaṁ nāsti bhartturēva, tadvad bhartturapi svadēhē svatvaṁ nāsti bhāryyāyā ēva|
5 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 tempt you not for your incontinency.
upōṣaṇaprārthanayōḥ sēvanārtham ēkamantraṇānāṁ yuṣmākaṁ kiyatkālaṁ yāvad yā pr̥thaksthiti rbhavati tadanyō vicchēdō yuṣmanmadhyē na bhavatu, tataḥ param indriyāṇām adhairyyāt śayatān yad yuṣmān parīkṣāṁ na nayēt tadarthaṁ punarēkatra milata|
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
ētad ādēśatō nahi kintvanujñāta ēva mayā kathyatē,
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
yatō mamāvasthēva sarvvamānavānāmavasthā bhavatviti mama vāñchā kintvīśvarād ēkēnaikō varō'nyēna cānyō vara itthamēkaikēna svakīyavarō labdhaḥ|
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
aparam akr̥tavivāhān vidhavāśca prati mamaitannivēdanaṁ mamēva tēṣāmavasthiti rbhadrā;
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
kiñca yadi tairindriyāṇi niyantuṁ na śakyantē tarhi vivāhaḥ kriyatāṁ yataḥ kāmadahanād vyūḍhatvaṁ bhadraṁ|
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
yē ca kr̥tavivāhāstē mayā nahi prabhunaivaitad ājñāpyantē|
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
bhāryyā bharttr̥taḥ pr̥thak na bhavatu| yadi vā pr̥thagbhūtā syāt tarhi nirvivāhā tiṣṭhatu svīyapatinā vā sandadhātu bharttāpi bhāryyāṁ na tyajatu|
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
itarān janān prati prabhu rna bravīti kintvahaṁ bravīmi; kasyacid bhrāturyōṣid aviśvāsinī satyapi yadi tēna sahavāsē tuṣyati tarhi sā tēna na tyajyatāṁ|
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
tadvat kasyāścid yōṣitaḥ patiraviśvāsī sannapi yadi tayā sahavāsē tuṣyati tarhi sa tayā na tyajyatāṁ|
14 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.
yatō'viśvāsī bharttā bhāryyayā pavitrībhūtaḥ, tadvadaviśvāsinī bhāryyā bhartrā pavitrībhūtā; nōcēd yuṣmākamapatyānyaśucīnyabhaviṣyan kintvadhunā tāni pavitrāṇi santi|
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
aviśvāsī janō yadi vā pr̥thag bhavati tarhi pr̥thag bhavatu; ētēna bhrātā bhaginī vā na nibadhyatē tathāpi vayamīśvarēṇa śāntayē samāhūtāḥ|
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
hē nāri tava bharttuḥ paritrāṇaṁ tvattō bhaviṣyati na vēti tvayā kiṁ jñāyatē? hē nara tava jāyāyāḥ paritrāṇaṁ tvattē bhaviṣyati na vēti tvayā kiṁ jñāyatē?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
ēkaikō janaḥ paramēśvarāllabdhaṁ yad bhajatē yasyāñcāvasthāyām īśvarēṇāhvāyi tadanusārēṇaivācaratu tadahaṁ sarvvasamājasthān ādiśāmi|
18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
chinnatvag bhr̥tvā ya āhūtaḥ sa prakr̥ṣṭatvak na bhavatu, tadvad achinnatvag bhūtvā ya āhūtaḥ sa chinnatvak na bhavatu|
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
tvakchēdaḥ sārō nahi tadvadatvakchēdō'pi sārō nahi kintvīśvarasyājñānāṁ pālanamēva|
20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
yō janō yasyāmavasthāyāmāhvāyi sa tasyāmēvāvatiṣṭhatāṁ|
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
dāsaḥ san tvaṁ kimāhūtō'si? tanmā cintaya, tathāca yadi svatantrō bhavituṁ śaknuyāstarhi tadēva vr̥ṇu|
22 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.
yataḥ prabhunāhūtō yō dāsaḥ sa prabhō rmōcitajanaḥ| tadvad tēnāhūtaḥ svatantrō janō'pi khrīṣṭasya dāsa ēva|
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
yūyaṁ mūlyēna krītā atō hētō rmānavānāṁ dāsā mā bhavata|
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
hē bhrātarō yasyāmavasthāyāṁ yasyāhvānamabhavat tayā sa īśvarasya sākṣāt tiṣṭhatu|
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
aparam akr̥tavivāhān janān prati prabhōḥ kō'pyādēśō mayā na labdhaḥ kintu prabhōranukampayā viśvāsyō bhūtō'haṁ yad bhadraṁ manyē tad vadāmi|
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
varttamānāt klēśasamayāt manuṣyasyānūḍhatvaṁ bhadramiti mayā budhyatē|
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
tvaṁ kiṁ yōṣiti nibaddhō'si tarhi mōcanaṁ prāptuṁ mā yatasva| kiṁ vā yōṣitō muktō'si? tarhi jāyāṁ mā gavēṣaya|
28 But and 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.
vivāhaṁ kurvvatā tvayā kimapi nāpārādhyatē tadvad vyūhyamānayā yuvatyāpi kimapi nāparādhyatē tathāca tādr̥śau dvau janau śārīrikaṁ klēśaṁ lapsyētē kintu yuṣmān prati mama karuṇā vidyatē|
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
hē bhrātarō'hamidaṁ bravīmi, itaḥ paraṁ samayō'tīva saṁkṣiptaḥ,
30 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;
ataḥ kr̥tadārairakr̥tadārairiva rudadbhiścārudadbhiriva sānandaiśca nirānandairiva krētr̥bhiścābhāgibhirivācaritavyaṁ
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
yē ca saṁsārē caranti tai rnāticaritavyaṁ yata ihalēkasya kautukō vicalati|
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
kintu yūyaṁ yanniścintā bhavētēti mama vāñchā| akr̥tavivāhō janō yathā prabhuṁ paritōṣayēt tathā prabhuṁ cintayati,
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
kintu kr̥tavivāhō janō yathā bhāryyāṁ paritōṣayēt tathā saṁsāraṁ cintayati|
34 There is 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.
tadvad ūḍhayōṣitō 'nūḍhā viśiṣyatē| yānūḍhā sā yathā kāyamanasōḥ pavitrā bhavēt tathā prabhuṁ cintayati yā cōḍhā sā yathā bharttāraṁ paritōṣayēt tathā saṁsāraṁ cintayati|
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
ahaṁ yad yuṣmān mr̥gabandhinyā parikṣipēyaṁ tadarthaṁ nahi kintu yūyaṁ yadaninditā bhūtvā prabhōḥ sēvanē'bādham āsaktā bhavēta tadarthamētāni sarvvāṇi yuṣmākaṁ hitāya mayā kathyantē|
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
kasyacit kanyāyāṁ yauvanaprāptāyāṁ yadi sa tasyā anūḍhatvaṁ nindanīyaṁ vivāhaśca sādhayitavya iti manyatē tarhi yathābhilāṣaṁ karōtu, ētēna kimapi nāparātsyati vivāhaḥ kriyatāṁ|
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast 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.
kintu duḥkhēnākliṣṭaḥ kaścit pitā yadi sthiramanōgataḥ svamanō'bhilāṣasādhanē samarthaśca syāt mama kanyā mayā rakṣitavyēti manasi niścinōti ca tarhi sa bhadraṁ karmma karōti|
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
atō yō vivāhaṁ karōti sa bhadraṁ karmma karōti yaśca vivāhaṁ na karōti sa bhadrataraṁ karmma karōti|
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
yāvatkālaṁ pati rjīvati tāvad bhāryyā vyavasthayā nibaddhā tiṣṭhati kintu patyau mahānidrāṁ gatē sā muktībhūya yamabhilaṣati tēna saha tasyā vivāhō bhavituṁ śaknōti, kintvētat kēvalaṁ prabhubhaktānāṁ madhyē|
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
tathāca sā yadi niṣpatikā tiṣṭhati tarhi tasyāḥ kṣēmaṁ bhaviṣyatīti mama bhāvaḥ| aparam īśvarasyātmā mamāpyanta rvidyata iti mayā budhyatē|
