1 Corinthians 7
1 And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman,
Atuh nami yuka mawng üng sängki ka pyen khai. Kpami cun am a khyumah pi kdaw khai ni.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Isetiakyaküng hüipawmnak vekia kyase kpami naküt khyu mah lü, nghnumi naküt pi cei mah kawm.
3 to the wife let the husband render the due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Kpami naw pi kpamia bilawh vai bilo lü, nghnumi naw pi a bilawh vai bilo se, ngkhyungla xawi naw mat ja mata hlükaw cun kbe ni se.
4 the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner also, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
Nghnumi naw amäta pumsa am ka na, acunsepi a ceia phäha kyaki ni; acuna mäiha, kpami naw pi amäta pumsa am ka na, a khyua phäha kyaki.
5 Do not defraud one another, except by consent for a time, that you may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that Satan may not tempt you because of your self-indulgence;
Atänga nami ktaiyünak vaia phäha mat jah mat käh ma lü nami ve khawia kba ve ni a. Acukba nami ve ta Khawyama hlawhlepnak üng nami ngxungei thei khai.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,
Hin ka ning jah mtheh hin ngthupeta kba ka ning jah mtheha am kya, nami pawh vaia ka ning jah mtheh ni.
7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each has his own gift of God, one indeed thus and one thus.
Nangmi akcanga keia akba nami ve vai ka tängki. Acunsepi, khyang naküt üng Pamhnama pet am täng, mat ja mat ta yah am täng, mat naw akce ta lü mat naw akce taki.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Tukbäih am ceimahkie ja hmeinuea veia ka pyen hlü ta, keia kba nami ve khawh ta daw bawk khai ni.
9 and if they do not have continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Acunsepi, nami hlüeinak am nami üp thei ta khyungla ua; isetiakyaküng, mlunga khuikha kthaka ta khyumah hin daw säihki ni.
10 and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
Ngkhyungla pängkiea veia ngthu jah pet hin ka mät naw ka jah pet am ni, Bawipa jah peta kyaki: Nghnumi naw a cei käh hawih lü;
11 but, and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to the husband, and do not let a husband send a wife away.
a hawih üng käh ceimah be kawm, am ani üng a cei ng’yäpüi be se, a cei naw pi käh ngtaipüi kawm.
12 And to the rest I speak—not the LORD—if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to dwell with him, do not let him send her away;
Khyang kcee veia kamäta pyen ta (Bawipa pyen am ni), jumeiki mat naw am jumeiki nghnumi a khyunak üng acun naw ve yüm khai xawia a bü üng käh hawih kawm.
13 and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her send him away;
Acunüng, nghnumi naw am jumeiki a ceinak üng, a cei naw a hlawnga a ve vaia ngaih üng käh yawk kawm.
14 for the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Am jumeikia kpami cun a khyua phäha ngcimcaih lü, am jumeikia nghnumi pi a ceia phäha ngcimcaihki ni; acukba am ni vai sü ta nami cae am ngcim khaie sü; acunsepi ngcimki he ni.
15 And if the unbelieving separates himself—let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace has God called us;
Nilüpi, am jumeiki naw Khritjan a püi a ngkya hlüpüi üng ngkyapüi kawm. Acubang üngta Khritjan kpami ja nghnumi cun ami ngaih sima kya khai. Pamhnam naw ngkhawtnak üng nami xüngsei khai a ning jah khü ni.
16 for what, have you known, O wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what, have you known, O husband, whether you will save the wife?
Khritjan nghnumi aw, ihawkba na cei am na küikyan thei vai na ksingki ni? Khritjan kpami aw, ihawkba na khyu am na küikyan thei khai na ksingki ni?
17 If not, as God distributed to each, as the LORD has called each—so let him walk; and thus I direct in all the assemblies:
Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü üng a ning jah peta kba xüngsei u lü ve ua. Acukba sangcime naküt ka jah mtheiki.
18 being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyone called? Do not let him be circumcised;
Khyang mat vun mawihnak kham pängki naw Pamhnama khünak a yah üng vun mawihnak cun käh mkhyüh se, vun am mawi hamki naw Pamhnama khünak a yah üng pi vun käh mawi hlü se.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of the commands of God.
Khyanga vun mawih ja am mawih cun ia am kya, Pamhnama ngthupet naküt ngai ua.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;
Pamhnama khünak nami yah üng nami vea mäiha ve u.
21 a servant—were you called? Do not be anxious; but if also you are able to become free—use [it] rather;
Mpyaa nami kyak ham üng Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü ni. Ia käh ngai ua; lätnak vai akyak üng sumei ua.
22 for he who [is] in the LORD—having been called a servant—is the LORD’s freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
Bawipa khüa mpya cun Bawipa mhläta khyanga kyaki; acukba bäa mpya am niki Khritaw naw a khü üng Khritawa mpya kyaki.
23 you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men;
A phu pe lü Pamhnam naw a ning jah khyäih ni; acunakyase khyanga mpyaa käh thawn be u.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brothers, in this let him remain with God.
Ka püie, Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü üng nami ve khawia kba Pamhnam üng ngphunei ua.
25 And concerning the virgins, I do not have a command of the LORD; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the LORD to be faithful.
Am khyumahkia mawng nami yuk lawnak üng, Bawipa ngthu peta am kya lü; Bawipa a mpyeneinak üng ümnak ngkäiha kyakia kyase, ka ngaih ka pyenki.
26 I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus:
Acunakyase, atuh khuikhanaka phäha, kpami amät a ve khawia kba a ve vai hin daw khaia ngai veng.
27 Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Na khyu veki aw? Acun kba akyak üng käh ksäta. Am na khyumahki aw? Acukba akyak üng na khyu vai käh suia.
28 But, and if you may marry, you did not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such will have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
Acunsepi, na khyumah üng na mkhyekatki am ni, am ceimah hamki nghnumi a ceimah üng pi mkhyekatkia am kya. Acunsepi, ngkhyunglakie naw amhnüp tä se khuikhanak ta bawki he ni, acukba nami ve vai am täng ve.
29 And this I say, brothers, the time from now on is having been shortened—that both those having wives may be as not having;
Ka püie aw, ka pyen hlü cun akcün hin tawikia kyase, khyumahki pi, am khyumahkia kba ve kawm.
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
Kyapkie pi am kyapkiea mäiha ve u se. Jeki pi am jekia mäiha ve kawm. Khawhthem khyäihktuki naw pi ami khyäih am takiea kba ve u se.
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.
Hina khawmdek khawhthem summangeiki pi am summangeikia mäiha ve u se. Isetiakyaküng hina khawmdek cun ivei am law lü xük law khaia kyaki.
32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, how he will please the LORD;
Cäicingnak üng nami lätlang vai hlüei veng. Am khyumahki naw Bawipa khut mcei lü a bi cun Bawipa jekyai hlüsak lü ni.
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.
Khyumahki naw a khyua jenak vai ngaih lü khawmdek lam cäi naki;
34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she will please the husband.
acunakyase lam nghngih üng veki. Am ceimahki ja ngla naw cun pumsa ja Ngmüimkhya üng Bawipa khut bi khaia ngcuapei lü, ceimahkia nghnumi cun a cei a jekyaisak vai ngaih lü khawmdek lam cungaiki.
35 And this I say for your own profit: not that I may cast a noose on you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the LORD, undistractedly,
Ahin ka pyen cun, isetikyaküng, ka ning jah kuei hlüa phäh ni. Ka ning jah mkhyawhnak am ni. Akdaw bilo lü ia sungkhamnak am ve lü Bawipa khut binak üng nami mät nami cuap vaia ka pyen ni.
36 and if anyone thinks [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought to be so, what he wills let him do; he does not sin—let him marry.
Ngkhyungla khai xawia mkhyäp päng te am ngkhyungla khai xawia ti beki xawia mawngma üng: kpami naw akdawa am a vecawhpüi üng a ngaihnak am nängei üngta khyumah kawm. Kakawngki xawia am kya.
37 And he does well who has stood steadfast in the heart—not having necessity—and has authority over his own will, and he has determined this in his heart—to keep his own virgin;
Acunsepi, kpami naw am khyumah khaia a mlung khängsak lü amäta ngainak näng khaia bü lü acuna ngla am a khyunak üng ia am kya. Dawki ni.
38 so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.
Acunakyase, khyumah hin dawki, cunsepi am khyumah hin daw bawki ni.
39 A wife has been bound by law [for] as long [a] time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will—only in the LORD;
Ceimahkia nghnumi cun a ceia xüna k'um üngta a ceia phäha kyaki; acunsepi, a cei a thih käna a ngaiha khyang cei na khaia lätki ni. Acunsepi kpami a cei vai cun Bawipaa hnu kläka kya kawm.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Acunsepi, keia ngaiha ta, am ceimah lü amät a ve üng jekyai bawk khai. Ahin ta ka mäta ngaih ni. Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya ka takia ka ngaiki.
