1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Kuhusu mambo mliyoniandikia: Kuna wakati ambapo ni vizuri mwanaume asilale na mke wake.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Lakini kwa sababu ya majaribu mengi ya zinaa kila mwanaume awe na mkewe, na kila mwanamke awe na mmewe.
3 Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Mume anapaswa kumpa mke haki yake ya ndoa, na vile vile mke naye kwa mmewe.
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.
Si mke aliye na mamlaka juu ya mwili wake, ni mme. Na vile vile, mme naye hana mamlaka juu ya mwili wake, bali mke anayo.
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.
Msinyimane mnapolala pamoja, isipokuwa mmekubaliana kwa muda maalum. Fanyeni hivyo ili kupata muda wa maombi. Kisha mnaweza kurudiana tena pamoja, Ili kwamba Shetani asije akawajaribu kwa kukosa kiasi.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Lakini nasema haya mambo kwa hiari na si kama amri.
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.
Natamani kila mmoja angekuwa kama mimi nilivyo. Lakini kila mmoja ana karama yake kutoka kwa Mungu. Huyu ana karama hii, na yule ana karama ile.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Kwa wasioolewa na wajane ninasema kwamba, ni vizuri kwao kama wakibaki bila kuolewa, kama nilivyo mimi.
9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
Lakini kama hawawezi kujizuia, wanapaswa kuolewa. Kwa kuwa heri kwao kuolewa kuliko kuwaka tamaa.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Sasa kwa wale walioolewa nawapa amri, si mimi bali ni Bwana. “Mke asitengane na mme wake.”
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
Lakini kama akijitenga kutoka kwa mmewe, abaki hivyo bila kuolewa au vinginevyo apatane na mmewe. Na “Mme asimpe talaka mke wake.”
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.
Lakini kwa waliobaki, nasema- mimi, si Bwana- kwamba kama ndugu yeyote ana mke asiyeamini na anaridhika kuishi naye, hapaswi kumwacha.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Kama mwanamke ana mme asiyeamini, na kama anaridhika kuishi naye, asimwache.
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.
Kwa mme asiyeamini anatakaswa kwa sababu ya imani ya mkewe. Na mwanamke asiyeamini anatakaswa kwa sababu ya mmewe aaminiye. Vinginevyo watoto wenu wangekuwa si safi, lakini kwa kweli wametakaswa.
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.
Lakini mwenzi asiyeamini akiondoka na aende. Kwa namna hiyo, kaka au dada hafungwi na viapo vyao. Mungu ametuita tuishi kwa amani.
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?
Unajuaje kama mwanamke, huenda utamwokoa mmeo? Au unajuaje kama mwanaume, huenda utamwokoa mkeo?
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.
Kila mmoja tu aishi maisha kama Bwana alivyowagawia, kila mmoja kama Mungu alivyowaita wao. Huu ni mwongozo wangu kwa makanisa yote.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
Yupo aliyekuwa ametahiriwa alipoitwa kuamini? Asijaribu kuondoa alama ya tohara yake. Yupo yeyote aliyeitwa katika imani hajatahiriwa? Hapaswi kutahiriwa.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Kwa hili aidha ametahiriwa wala asiye tahiriwa hakuna matatizo. Chenye matatizo ni kutii amri za Mungu.
20 Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.
Kila mmoja abaki katika wito alivyokuwa alipoitwa na Mungu kuamini.
21 Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Ulikuwa mtumwa wakati Mungu alipokuita? Usijali kuhusu hiyo. Lakini kama unaweza kuwa huru, fanya hivyo.
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.
Kwa mmoja aliyeitwa na Bwana kama mtumwa ni mtu huru katika Bwana. Kama vile, mmoja aliye huru alipoitwa kuamini ni mtumwa wa Kristo.
23 You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.
Mmekwisha nunuliwa kwa thamani, hivyo msiwe watumwa wa wanadamu.
24 Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Kaka na dada zangu, katika maisha yoyote kila mmoja wetu tulipoitwa kuamini, tubaki kama vile.
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.
Sasa, wale wote ambao hawajaoa kamwe, sina amri kutoka kwa Bwana. Lakini nawapa maoni yangu kama nilivyo. Kwa huruma za Bwana, zinazo aminika
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.
Kwa hiyo, ninafikiri hivyo kwa sababu ya usumbufu, ni vyema mwanaume abaki kama alivyo.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Umefungwa kwa mwanamke na kiapo cha ndoa? Usitake uhuru kutoka kwa hiyo. Una uhuru kutoka kwa mke au hujaolewa? Usitafute mke.
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.
Lakini kama ukioa, hujafanya dhambi. Na kama mwanamke hajolewa akiolewa, hajafanya dhambi. Bado wale wanaoana wanapata masumbufu ya aina mbalimbali. Nami nataka niwaepushe hayo.
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;
Lakini nasema hivi, kaka na dada zangu, muda ni mfupi. Tangu sasa na kuendelea, wale walio na wake waishi kama hawana.
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;
Wote walio na huzuni wajifanye kama walikuwa hawana huzuni, na wote wanaofurahi, kama walikuwa hawafurahi, na wote wanaonunua kitu chochote, kama hawakumiliki chochote.
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.
Na wote wanaoshughulika na ulimwengu, wawe kama hawakushughulika nao. Kwa kuwa mitindo ya dunia inafikia mwisho wake.
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;
Ninataka muwe huru kwa masumbufu yote. Mwanaume asiyeoa anajihusisha na vitu vinavyo mhusu Bwana, namna ya kumpendeza yeye.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
Lakini mwanaume aliyeoa hujihusisha na mambo ya dunia, namna ya kumpendeza mkewe,
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.
amegawanyika. Mwanawake asiyeolewa au bikira hujihusisha na vitu kuhusu Bwana, namna ya kujitenga katika mwili na katika roho. Lakini mwanamke aliyeolewa hujihusisha kuhusu vitu dunia, namna ya kumfurahisha mme wake.
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.
Nasema hivi kwa faida yenu wenyewe, na siweki mtego kwenu. Nasema hivi kwa vile ni haki, ili kwamba mnaweza kujiweka wakfu kwa Bwana bila kikwazo chochote.
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.
Lakini kama mtu anafikiri hawezi kumtendea kwa heshima mwanawali wake, kwa sababu ya hisia zake zina nguvu sana, acha aoane naye kama apendavyo. Siyo dhambi.
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.
Lakini kama amefanya maamuzi kutokuoa, na hakuna haja ya lazima, na kama anaweza kutawala hamu yake, atafanya vyema kama hatamwoa.
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.
Hivyo, anayemwoa mwanamwali wake afanya vyema, na yeyote ambaye anachagua kutooa atafanya vyema zaidi.
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.
Mwanamke amefungwa na mmewe wakati yu hai. Lakini kama mmewe akifa, yuko huru kuolewa na yeyote ampendaye, lakini katika Bwana tu.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
Bado katika maamuzi yangu, atakuwa na furaha zaidi kama akiishi kama alivyo. Na ninafikiri kuwa nami pia nina Roho wa Mungu.
