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,
Aa ty amo raha sinoki’ areoo. Hàmake tsy hipaok’ ampela ty lahilahy.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Fe ty amo hakarapiloañeo, soa re te songa hanañe ty vali’e ty lahilahy, naho sindre hanañe ty vali’e ty rakemba.
3 to the wife let the husband render the due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Le hañeneke ty lili’e amy vali’ey ty lahilahy, manahake izay ka ty rakemba amy tañanjomba’ey.
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.
Tsy manandily amy sandri’ey ty rakemba, fa i vali’ey; naho tsy manandily amy sandri’ey ty lahilahy, fa i rakemba’ey.
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;
Ko mifampifoneñe naho tsy ty amo andro ilahara’ areo ho fitalahoañeo, añe izay le miolora tsy mone hazizi’ i mpañìnjey t’ie tsy maha-lie-batañe.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,
Fiheveañe o rehako zao, fa tsy lily.
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.
Nikitrako te sindre nanahake ahiko ondatio. F’ie songa manañe ty falalàñe natolon’ Añahare aze; etia ty aman-tsata izao le eroa ty aman-tsata izay.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Aa le hoe iraho amo tsy amam-balio naho amo vantotseo; Soa ho a iareo ty himoneñe hambañe amako.
9 and if they do not have continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Fa naho tsy mahalie-batañe, le apoho hañenga valy. Hamake t’ie hanambaly ta te hiforehetse.
10 and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
Le hoe ty atoroko o manam-balio, toe tsy izaho fa i Talè, asoao tsy hisitake ami’ty vali’e ty rakemba.
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.
(F’ie misitake, soa re te hidoñe tsy hanambaly, ke hifampirekets’ amy vali’ey indraike.) Vaho tsy hañary ty vali’e ty lahilahy.
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;
Manao ty hoe amo ila’eo iraho, fa tsy i Talè: Naho eo ty rahalahy amam-baly tsi-mpiato, fe no’e ty mipiteke amy lahilahiy, le tsy haria’e.
13 and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her send him away;
Naho amam-baly tsi-mpiato ty rakemba, ie mbe te hirekets’ ama’e, le ehe tsy hampisitahe’e.
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.
Amy te hampiavahe’ i rakembay i vali’e tsi-mpiatoy, vaho hampiavahe’ i lahilahiy i vali’e tsi-mpiatoy; naho tsy izay tsy ho nalio o ana’ areoo, f’ie amy zao, miavake.
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;
Aa naho te hifampiria’ ty tsi-miato, le apoho homb’eo, fa tsy mpirohy i rahalahiy ndra i rahavavey; fe mikanjy antika hifampilongo t’i Andrianañahare.
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?
Fa aia ty hahafohina’o, ry rakembao, ke ho rombahe’o ty vali’o? Le aia ty hahafohina’o, ry lahilahio, he ho rombahe’o ty tañanjomba’o?
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:
fe soa re te songa mañavelo amy tinendre’ i Talè azey, amy sindre nikanjian’ Añahare azey, izay ty fanoroako amo Fivory iabio.
18 being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyone called? Do not let him be circumcised;
Nikanjieñe t’ie sinavatse hao? aa le tsy ho faohe’e i fisavara’ey; nikanjieñe t’ie tsy nisavatse hao? soa re te tsy ho savareñe.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of the commands of God.
Ts’inoñe o savatseo; ts’inoñe ka ty tsy fisavarañe; fa ty fañambenañe o lilin’ Añahareo.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;
Aa le songa mijohañe amy nikanjiañe azey t’indaty.
21 a servant—were you called? Do not be anxious; but if also you are able to become free—use [it] rather;
Niondevo hao t’ie kinanjy? Ko ahoa’o; fe naho mete’o ty mihaha, le mihahà.
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:
Le ty nikanjieñe amy Talè ao t’ie ni-ondevo ro haha amy Talè; le ty nikanjieñe t’ie midada ka, ro fetrek’ oro i Norizañey.
23 you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men;
Vinily sarotse nahareo, aa le ko miondevo ama’ ondaty.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brothers, in this let him remain with God.
O ry longo, sambe mimoneña aman’ Añahare amy nikanjiañe azey.
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.
Aa ty amo somondrarao, tsy amako ty lili’ i Talè; f’ie manolo-kevetse amy te niferenaiña’ i Talè ho matoe.
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:
Aa le ataoko te mahasoa, ty amo faloviloviañe henaneo, te mijohañe amy azey avao t’indaty.
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.
Ihe mirekets’ aman-drakemba? ko mipay ho votsotse. Ihe mihaha an-drakemba, ko mangala-baly.
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.
F’ie mañenga valy, tsy hakeo, lehe engaeñe ty somondrara, tsy aman-tahiñe, fe ho volevolèn-draha ami’ty haveloñe toy, ie ho nikalañako.
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;
Fe zao ty volako, ry longo: Tomotse o androo, aa ie henane zao, soa re te hanao hoe tsy manam-baly o amam-balio,
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
naho hoe tsy miharovetse o mirovetseo, naho hoe tsy mirebeke o mirebekeo, naho hoe tsy mahazo o mivilio,
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.
vaho hoe tsy mijorobo ami’ty haveloñe toy o mitoloñe ama’eo, fa mihelañe ty vinta’ ty voatse toy.
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;
Kitrako te tsy ni-tsimboetse nahareo. Midare o raha’ i Talèo ty tsy manam-baly, hampiehake i Talè.
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.
F’ie midare o raha’ ty tane toio i manambaliy, ty hampinembanebañ’ i vali’ey.
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.
Miambake ka ty rakemba naho ty somondrara; dare’ i tsy amam-baliy i Talè, ie te hiavake an-tsandry naho an-troke. Fe tsiborehetohe’ o raha’ ty tane toio i amam-baliy, ty hahafale i vali’ey.
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,
Ty hahasoa anahareo ty nanoako zao, tsy t’ie hanao bozizy, fa ty hañonjonako ze mañeva, tsy hañembetse ty fiatraha’ areo i Talè.
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.
Fa naho eo ty mitsakore te tsy mañeva i anak’ ampela’ey i fanoe’ey, ie fa miha-àñoñe, naho atao’e te toko’e henefañe, le ee te hanoe’e i satri’ey, ie tsy aman-kakeo, apoho hengaeñe.
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;
Fe i migahiñe añ’ arofo’ey, ie tsy embetse, midada amo azeo, naho fa nanampa-kevetse añ’arofo ao te ho tana’e i somondrara’ey, le manao soa.
38 so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.
Aa le manao soa i mampañenga i somondrara’ey, fa lombolombon-kasoa ty tsy mampañenga.
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;
Fehè’ o lilio ty rakemba ie mbe veloñe ty vali’e; fe naho vilasy i vali’ey le votsotse re hanambaly ze tea’e amy Talè ao.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Ho soa tata t‘ie nitoboke amy zao avao, hoe ty ereñereko, ie ataoko te amako ka i Arofon’ Añaharey.
