1 Corinthians 7

1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Afei, nea ɛfa nsɛm a mokyerɛw de brɛɛ me no ho ni: Eye sɛ ɔbarima nware.

2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Nanso esiane aguamammɔ nti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima biara nya ɔno ankasa ne yere, na ɔbea biara nso nya ɔno ankasa ne kunu.

3 Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima yɛ nʼasɛde sɛ okunu na ɔbea nso yɛ nʼasɛde sɛ ɔyere na wɔn mu biara boa ne yɔnko.

4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

Ɔyere nipadua no nyɛ ɔno nko ara dea, na ɛyɛ okunu no nso de bi. Saa ara na okunu no nso nipadua no nyɛ ɔno nko ara dea, na mmom ɛyɛ ɔyere no nso de bi.

5 Do not deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to prayer, and may be together again, that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Mommfa mo ho nkame mo ho mo ho. Gye sɛ mo nyinaa pene so bere tiaa bi a morebɔ mpae; na sɛ muwie mpaebɔ no a munhyia mu na ɔbonsam ansɔ mo anhwɛ, efisɛ, muntumi nni mo ho so.

6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Menka saa asɛm yi sɛ ɔhyɛ so, na mmom mereka no sɛ mama mo ho kwan.

7 Yet I wish that all people were like me. However each one has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

Ɛkaa me nko a na anka mo nyinaa te sɛ me. Nanso obiara wɔ ɔdom akyɛde sononko bi a Onyankopɔn de ama no. Oyi wɔ nʼakyɛde na ɔfoforo nso wɔ nʼakyɛde.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

Afei asɛm a mereka akyerɛ asigyafo ne akunafo ne sɛ: Eye sɛ mo nko ara mobɛtena ase sɛnea mete hɔ yi.

9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

Na sɛ morentumi nhyɛ mo ho so nso a monkɔwareware. Eye sɛ mobɛware sen sɛ mobɛhyɛ mo ho ahometew.

10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

Mo awarefo nso, mewɔ ɔhyɛ nsɛm bi a emfi me na efi Awurade nkyɛn se: Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbea gyaa ne kunu.

11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

Sɛ ɛba saa a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware bio; anaasɛ nso wɔka ɔne ne kunu bo mu. Saa ara na ɛnsɛ sɛ okunu nso gyaa ne yere.

12 But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

Mo a moaka no meka kyerɛ mo, efi mʼankasa na emfi Awurade, sɛ Okristoni barima wɔ yere a ɔnyɛ Okristoni na ɔbea no pene so sɛ ɔne no bɛtena ase a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no gyaa no.

13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

Saa ara nso na sɛ Okristoni bea wɔ okunu a ɔnyɛ Okristoni na ɔbarima no pene so sɛ ɔne no bɛtena a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbea no gyaa no.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Esiane bɔ a ɔbarima a ɔnyɛ Okristoni de ne ho abɔ ɔbea no nti, Onyankopɔn begye no na ɔbea a ɔnyɛ Okristoni no nso, esiane bɔ a ɔde ne ho abɔ ɔbarima no nti, Onyankopɔn bɛtew ne ho. Sɛ anyɛ saa a, wɔn mma bɛyɛ sɛ abosonsomfo mma nanso sɛnea ɛte yi de, wɔbɛyɛ kronkron.

15 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called you to peace.

Na sɛ nso wɔn mu nea ɔnyɛ Okristoni no pɛ sɛ ɔtew ne ho fi Okristoni no ho a, momma no kwan. Sɛ ɛba saa a, Okristoni no, sɛ ɛyɛ okunu anaa ɔyere no, de ne ho. Onyankopɔn afrɛ mo sɛ montena ase asomdwoe mu.

16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Ɔyere a woyɛ Okristoni, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woahu sɛ worentumi nnye wo kunu nkwa? Na okunu a woyɛ Okristoni nso, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woahu sɛ worentumi nnye wo yere nkwa?

17 Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the churches.

Mo mu biara ntena ase wɔ tebea a Awurade de ama no no, sɛnea na ɔte a Onyankopɔn frɛɛ no no mu. Eyi ne mmara a mekyerɛ wɔ asafo biara mu.

18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

Sɛ twetiatwani bi ate Onyankopɔn frɛ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔpepa twetia no ho nsɛnkyerɛnne biara. Sɛ ɔbarima nso a ontwaa twetia bi ate Onyankopɔn frɛ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ otwa twetia.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Efisɛ sɛ obi atwa twetia na ɔfoforo nso ntwaa twetia no nka hwee. Nea ɛho hia ne sɛ wubedi Onyankopɔn mmara so.

20 Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.

Sɛnea obiara te a Onyankopɔn frɛɛ no no, ɔntena mu saa ara.

21 Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

Onyankopɔn frɛɛ wo no na woyɛ akoa ana? Mma ɛno nhaw wo na sɛ wowɔ ɔkwan bi a wubetumi afa so ade wo ho a, fa so.

22 For he who was called in the Lord being a slave is the Lord's free person. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's slave.

Efisɛ akoa a Awurade afrɛ no no yɛ Awurade nipa a ɔde ne ho. Saa ara nso na obi a ɔde ne ho a Kristo afrɛ no no yɛ Kristo akoa.

23 You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.

Onyankopɔn tɔɔ mo aboɔden, ɛno nti monnyɛ nkoa mma nnipa.

24 Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ mo mu biara tena ase wɔ Onyankopɔn mu sɛnea na mote ansa na wɔrefrɛ mo no.

25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

Nea ɛfa asigyafo ho nso no ni: Minnyaa ɔhyɛ nsɛm biara mfii Awurade nkyɛn, nanso meka mʼadwene te sɛ obi a Onyankopɔn mmɔborɔhunu nti wɔagye me ato mu.

26 I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a person to remain as he is.

Wudwen mprempren ɔhaw yi ho a, misusuw sɛ eye sɛ onipa tena ase sɛnea ɔte biara.

27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Wowɔ ɔyere? Sɛ wowɔ ɔyere a, nyɛ wʼadwene sɛ woregyaa no. Wonwaree ana? Sɛ wonwaree a nhwehwɛ ɔyere.

28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

Nanso sɛ woware a wonyɛɛ bɔne ɛ. Sɛ ɔbabun ware a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne ɛ. Nanso esiane ɔhaw a saa aware no de ba nti, na anka mepɛ sɛ mobɛkwati saa ɔhaw no.

29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, those who have wives should be as though they had none;

Nea mekyerɛ ne sɛ, anuanom, bere a aka no sua. Efi saa bere yi ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima a wɔawareware tena ase sɛnea wɔnwaree da;

30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

wɔn a wosu yɛ sɛnea wɔn werɛ nhowee; wɔn a wɔserew yɛ sɛnea wonni anigye; wɔn a wɔtɔ yɛ sɛnea nea wɔtɔe no nyɛ wɔn de;

31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.

wɔn a wɔde wiase abɔ wɔn bo yɛ sɛnea wonhuu bi da. Na sɛnea wiase yi te mprempren yi renyɛ saa nkyɛ.

32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Mempɛ sɛ biribiara haw mo. Ɔbarima a ɔnwaree no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde ne ho ma Awurade adwumayɛ; efisɛ ɔbɔ mmɔden sɛ Awurade ani bɛsɔ no;

33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

nanso ɔbarima warefo de ne ho to wiase nneɛma so, efisɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɔ ne yere ani,

34 and is divided. And the woman that is unmarried, or a virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the one that is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

enti wɔtwe no afanu no nyinaa. Ɔbea a ɔnwaree anaa ɔbabun de ne ho ma Awurade adwuma wɔ ɔhonam ne honhom fam; nanso ɔbea a waware no de ne ho to wiase nneɛma so, efisɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɔ ne kunu ani.

35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

Mereka saa asɛm yi, efisɛ mepɛ sɛ meboa mo. Merenhyehyɛ mmara bi mma mo. Na mmom mepɛ sɛ moyɛ nea eye na ɛteɛ na mode mo ho nyinaa ma Awurade adwuma.

36 But if anyone thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.

Sɛ ɛhaw ɔbarima bi a ɔne ɔbea ahyehyɛ aware sɛ ontumi nyɛ nʼasɛde, na sɛ ɔbarima no ntumi nhyɛ nʼakɔnnɔ so nti ɔpɛ sɛ ɔware a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware sɛnea ɔhwehwɛ no. Bɔne biara nni eyi ho.

37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

Nanso eye mmom sɛ ɔbɛhyɛ ne ho so na wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔrenware.

38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.

Eye sɛ ɔbarima ware de, nanso sɛ anka wanware koraa a na eye.

39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

Sɛ ɔbea warefo kunu te ase a, ɔnne ne ho; na sɛ ne kunu no wu de a, ɔwɔ ho kwan sɛ ɔware ɔfoforo a ɔpɛ; nanso ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ Kristo aware.

40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.

Na sɛ otumi tena ase sɛnea ɔte no nso a, ne ho bɛtɔ no yiye. Mʼadwene ni, na migye di sɛ me nso mewɔ Onyame Honhom.