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,
Lino kumakani ngimwakandilembela, “Nchibotu kuti mwaalumi atagumi mwanakazi.”
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Pele akaambo kamasunko anchito zyiingi zyamamambe, umwi awumwi mwaalumi weelede kuba a mwnwkazi wakwe, alkwe mwanakazi abe a mwaalumi wakwe.
3 to the wife let the husband render the due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Mwaalumi weelede kuzuzikizya mulimu wakwe akuba alulalano a mwanakazi wakwe, mbubonya oobo alakwe mwanakazi kumulimu wakwe.
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.
Teensi mwanakazi uli abwaami kumubili wakwe, pele mulumi. Alimwi mwaalumi tajisi bwaami aatala amubili wakwe, pele mwanakazi nguujisi.
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;
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 and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,
Pele ndaamba makani aya miyeyo yangu pe pe mbuli mulayizyo.
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.
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 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Kuli batakwetwe akuli bamukabafu ndamba kuti nchintu chibotu kuti bukkale kabatakwetwe mbuli ndime.
9 and if they do not have continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Pele kuti kabatakonzyi kulijata, baleelede kukwata na kukwatwa. Nkaambo nchintu chibotu kuti bakwate na kukwatwa kwiinda kufwa amunyamunya.
10 and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
Lino kuli bakwete, ndamupa mulawu ooyu, - teensi ndime, pele nguMwaami: “Mwanakazi teeled kulekana amulumi wakwe.”
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.
Pele waanzana amulumi wakwe, uleelede kukkala katakwetwe kana kubwedelana a mulumi wakwe.
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;
Pele kuli boonse ndati - Ime, pe pe Mwaami - kuti mukwesu uli a mwanakazi utali muzumini, kuti kakkutisikene kukkala anguwe, teelede kumuleka pe.
13 and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her send him away;
Kuti mwanakazi uli a mwaalumi utali utazumini, kuti kakkutisikene kukkala anguwe, teelede kumuleka pe.
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.
Nkaambo mwaalumi utazumini ulasalazigwa nkambo ka mwanakazi wakwe, alakwe mwanakazi utazumini ulasalazigwa nkambo kamunyina. Abalo bana benu nibatasalali, pele lino balasalala.
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;
Pele kuti utazumini wayanda kweenda, muleke ayinke. Muchiimo chiliboobo, mukwesu na muchizi taangidwe pe kuchikonke chabo. Leza watwiita kuti tukkale muluumuno.
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?
Mbobuti mbokonzya kuziba, yomwanakazi, amwi uyoofutula mwaalumi wako? Na mbobuti mbokonzya kuziba, yomwaalumi, amwi uyoofutula mwanakazi wako?
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:
Nekubaboobo, mbuli kuti Mwaami wakapa umwi awumwi chibela chakwe, umwi awumwi mbuli Leza mbakamwiita. Ooyu ngumulayizyo wangu kumbungano zyoonse.
18 being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyone called? Do not let him be circumcised;
Sa kufumbwa muntu wakali mupalulwe nakitwa kukuzumina? Teeled kusoleka kuboneka katapalwidwe. Sa kufumbwa muntu wakatapalwidwe nakitwa kukusyoma? Ooyo atapalulwi.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of the commands of God.
Teensi kuti kupalulwa na kutapalulwa nkukujisi makani. Chijisi makani nkuswilila milawu yaLeza.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;
Umwi awumwi akkale mbuli mbayitwa aLeza kukuzumina.
21 a servant—were you called? Do not be anxious; but if also you are able to become free—use [it] rather;
Wakali muzike na Leza naakakwiita? Utalikatazyi anzizyo. Pele kuti kokonzya kwaangunuka kulaba mbubo.
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:
Ooyo wakiitwa aMwaami kalimuzike ngumwaangunuke waMwaami. Mbubonya oobo, alakwe wakali mwaangunuke nakitwa kukuzumina ngomuzike waKkilisito.
23 you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men;
Mwawulwa amuulo, mutachibi bazike babantu.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brothers, in this let him remain with God.
Bakwesu, kufumbwa chiimo nchuwakabede nwakayitwa, umwi awumwi akkale aLeza.
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.
Lino kumakani abanakalindu, nsikwe mulawu uuzwa kuMwaami. Pele ndamupa miyeeyo yangu mbuliumwi, muluse lwaMwaami, akuba uusyomeka.
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:
Nkaambo kaako, ndayeya kuti nkaambo kamapenzi aaboola, nchintu chibotu kumwaalumi kuti akkale mbwabede.
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.
Sa ulangidwe kumwanakazi. Utazyanduuli kulekana. Kuti kwaangunukide kumwanakazi, utayanduuli mwanakazi.
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.
Pele kuti wakwata, tobisizye pe. Pele aabo bachita balaja mapenzi miingi anyama, pesi ndayanda kumuvuna kuli zeezi.
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;
Lino ncheechi nchingamba, bakwesu: Chiindi nchifwifwi. Kuzwa sunu kuya kunembo, aabo bakwete banakazi babe mbuli batakwete.
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
Abaabo balili babe mbuli batalili, abaabo basekelela babe mbuli batasekeleli, abaabo bawula babe mbuli batavubide chintu.
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.
Abaabo babelesya zintu zyaansi batapangiki myoyo yabo kukubelesya nzizyo. Nkaambo nyika chiimo nchilimulinchicho iya kumamanino.
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;
Ndayanda kuti mwaangunuke mumakatazyo. Mwaalumi utakwete ulalikatazizya zintu zyaMwaami, kuti abotezye Mwaami.
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.
Pele mwaalumi ukwete ulalikatazizya zintu zyaansi, kuti abotezye mukakwe -
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.
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 say for your own profit: not that I may cast a noose on you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the LORD, undistractedly,
Aaya ndawamba kuti mugwasigwe, nsiyandi kubika kakole kulindinywe. Ndaamba aaya kuti kube zyeelede zibotu, mukalitakate kuMwaami kaatakwe lunyonyoko.
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.
Kuti mpali uyeeya kuti tachitili munakalindu wakwe kabotu - kali munsi aaminyaka yakukwatwa - weelede kuchita mbayanda. Talimukubisya pe. Beelede kukwatana.
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;
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 so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.
Elyo ooyo ukwata nakalindu ulachita kabotu, pele ooyo ulisalila kutakwata ulachita kabotu chakwiinda.
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;
Mwanakazi ulaangidwe kumulumi wakwe nachipona. Pele mulumi wakwe aafwa, waangunuka kukwatwa kufumbwa ngwayanda, pele kali muMwaami.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Pele mukuyeya kwangu nchibotu loko kuti ukkale mbuli mbabede. Alimwi ndayeya kuti ndili aMuuya waLeza.
