1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Lino ndakumbulunga makani ngomwalanjipusha mukalata yenu. Ee, caina mutuloba kubula kweba.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Nomba pacebo cakufula kwabupombo, anu mutuloba uliyense abe ne mukashendi enka, nendi mutukashi abe nemulume wakendi enka.
3 Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Mutuloba akwanilishe ncito njabela mutuloba mung'anda, nendi mutukashi akwanilishe ncito njabela mutukashi mung'anda.
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.
Mukashi liya ngofu pamubili wakendi sobwe, nsombi mulume eukute ngofu. Nendi mulume liya ngofu pamubili wakendi sobwe, nsombi mukashendi eukute ngofu.
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.
Kamutakanishanga mibili yenu mung'anda. Ee ngacibeco namunyumfwana kwinseco kwa kacindi kang'ana, kwambeti mushe mano kukupaila. Panyuma pakendi ingamupitilisha kuyabilana mibili kwambeti Satana katamwelekeshani pacebo cakutekata myoyo kwenu.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Ncendambanga nikumusuminishowa, nteko kumutinga panshingo sobwe.
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.
Ninganyanda kwambeti bantu bonse nshinga nibalyeti njame, nomba Lesa walapa muntu uliyense cipo cakendi, naumbi cipo camushobo uyu, kayi naumbi cipo camushobo usa.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Lino kuli babula kweba ne bamukalubingi, ndambanga ndeti bapitilishe kwikala bonka mbuli ame ncondekalanga.
9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
Nomba nankabela kucikonsha kulukanisha lunkumbwa lwabo, anu kabebani pakwinga caina kweba kupita kupenga nelunkumbwa.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Kuli bantu bebana, mulawo ngondamupanga wabula kuba wakame nsombi ulafumunga ku Mwami nuwu, mukashi kataleka mulume.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
Na umuleka mulume, kekalani mushike mpani ngaubweshana nemulume. Neye mulume kataleka mukashendi.
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.
Kuli nabambi nteye Mwami lambanga nsombi njame. Muklistu weba mukashi wakunsa, nomba namukashi usumina kupitilisha kwikala nemulume, mulume katamuleka mukashendi.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Cimocimo mukashi muklistu webwa kumulume wakunsa, nomba uyo mulume usumina kupitilisha kwikala ne mukashendi, mukashi katamuleka mulume.
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.
Pakwinga mulume wakunsa ukute kuba waswepa kuli Lesa cebo ca mukashendi Muklistu. Nendi mukashi wakunsa ukute kuba waswepa cebo camulume Muklistu. Necalabula kubeco, nshinga bana benu nebabula kuba baswepa, nomba lino mbuli ncocibele, bana benu bakute kuba baswepa.
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.
Nomba nawakunsa layanda kuleka muklistu, amuleke. Palico muklistu mutuloba nambi mutukashi wasunguluka. Lesa walamukuwa kwambeti mwikale ne buyumi bwa lumuno.
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?
Obe mukashi muklistu ucinshi econi kwambeti nukamupulushe mulume? Nenjobe mulume muklistu ucinshi econi kwambeti nukamupulushe mukashobe?
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.
Nikukabeco lekani uliyense ekale mubwikalo mbwalapewa ne Mwami Yesu, mbuli ncomwalikuba Lesa mpwalamukuwa. Iyi emilawo njonkute kwiyisha mumibungano yonse.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
Namuntu lakwiwa ne Lesa kaliwapalulwa kendi, katasoleka kubeti nkapalulwa. Nicimocimo namuntu nkali kuba wapalulwa pacindi Lesa mpwalamukuwa katapalulwa sobwe.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Nambi muntu wapalulwa nambi wabula kupalulwa paliya cilipo sobwe. Nsombi cilayandikinga ni kunyumfwila Milawo ya Lesa.
20 Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.
Muntu uliyense apitilishe kwikala mbuli ncalikuba cindi ncalakwiwa ne Lesa.
21 Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Sena mwalikuba basha cindi ncalamukuwa Lesa? Kamutapenga! Nomba na mukuteko colwe ca kusunguluka sebenseshani colwe cilico.
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.
Pakwinga muntu walikuba musha cindi Mwami ncalamukuwa, muntuyo kuli Mwami wasunguluka. Cimocimo uyo walikuba wasunguluka cindi Mwami ncalamukuwa nimusha wakendi Klistu.
23 You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.
Lesa walamuula ne mulo wapelu, neco kamutabanga basha babantu.
24 Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Mobanse uliyense apitilishe kwikala pamenso pa Lesa kwelana mbuli ncalikuba cindi ncalamukuwa Lesa.
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.
Lino kwamba pa makani abatana beba ne kwebwa ngomwalalemba, ndiya mulawo wa Mwami sobwe. Nsombi ndamwambilinga kwelana ne kuyeya kwakame pakuba muntu washomeka muluse lwa Mwami.
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.
Pakuyeya shamakatasho alipepi kwinshika, ndayeyengeti caina muntu apitilishe kwikala mbuli ncabele.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Sena ukute mukashi? Kotelekesha kumuleka. Sena njobe nkungulume? Kotelekesha kweba.
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.
Nomba na uyanda kweba paliya kwipisha kulipo sobwe. Kayi namulindu uyanda kwebwa neye paliya kwipisha kulipo sobwe. Nomba bantu bali mucikwati nibakacane mapensho mubuyumi bwabo, neco ndayandangeti kamutakacana mapensho alico.
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;
Ncondamwambilinga mobanse nicakwambeti, cindi cilashala nicifupi. Neco kufuma cindi cino batuloba bali mucikwati babeti nkabeba,
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;
kayi abo balalilinga babeti nkabalalilinga, kayi abo balakondwanga babeti nkabalakondwanga, kayi abo balaulunga bintu bekaleti baliya bintu mbyobalaula,
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.
abo balasebenseshenga bintu byapacishi pano, kabatabika myoyo yabo mubintu ibyo. Pakwinga cishi cino capanshi mbuli ncocilabonekenga nteti cikale cindi citali sobwe.
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;
Lino ndayandishishinga kwambeti mube basunguluka kubishi kuyakamwisha. Nkungulume ukute kusha mano kubintu bya Mwami, pakwinga lelekeshenga kumukondwelesha Mwami.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
Nomba mutuloba ukute mukashi ukute kusha mano kubintu byapacishi capanshi pano kuyeya cakumwinshila mukashendi kwambeti abe wakondwa.
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.
Neco ukute kaliwekata pabili. Kayi nendi mutukashi wabula kwebwa nambi mulindu nendi ukute kaliwasha mano kubintu bya Mwami, pakwinga ukute kuyanda kulibenga kumubili ne kumushimu. Nomba mukashi webwa ukute kusha mano kubintu bya pano pacishi kuyeya ncelela kumwinshila mulume kwambeti abenga wakondwa.
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.
Ndambangeco kuyanda kumunyamfwa, nteko kumucalila byakwinsa sobwe. Ncondayandanga nikwambeti mwinsenga bintu byonse mwalumbuluka, kwambeti mulibengenga cakupwililila pakusebensela Mwami.
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.
Na naumbi uyeyeti nkalenshinga cintu caina pakukanisha mwanendi mulindu kwebwa kumutuloba wa mumamikila, kayi uboneti mwanendi lapiti pamushimba wakwebwa, mulekeni ense ncalayeyenga, liya kwipisha sobwe, ngabebana.
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.
Nomba na mutuloba uyeya mwine kwakubula kumukakatisha, kayi na miyeyo yakendi ifuma panshi pamoyo wakendi kwambeti nkasuni kumweba mulinduyu, kayi na ngacikonsha kwikata moyo wakendi, muntuyu neye lenshi cena.
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.
Neco mutuloba lebe mulindu ngwalikuba wamamikila lenshi cena, nomba neye utasuni kweba lenshi cena kupitapo.
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.
Mukashi wasungwa ku mulawo wacikwati mulume acibanga muyumi. Na mulume uluma bulongo, mukashi wasunguluka kwebwa ku mutuloba uliyense lamukondo, nomba uyo mutuloba wela kuba muklistu.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
Kuyeya kwakame nikwambeti ngawikala cena kupitapo naubula kwebwa. Ndayeyenga kwambeti nenjame nkute Mushimu wa Lesa.
