1 Corinthians 7
1 Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
apara ncha yuShmAbhi rmAM prati yat patramalekhi tasyottarametat, yoShito. asparshanaM manujasya varaM;
2 but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
kintu vyabhichArabhayAd ekaikasya puMsaH svakIyabhAryyA bhavatu tadvad ekaikasyA yoShito. api svakIyabharttA bhavatu|
3 Let the husband render to his wife her due; and so also the wife to her husband.
bhAryyAyai bhartrA yadyad vitaraNIyaM tad vitIryyatAM tadvad bhartre. api bhAryyayA vitaraNIyaM vitIryyatAM|
4 The wife hath not the disposal of her own body, but her husband; and so also the husband hath not the disposal of his own body, but his wife.
bhAryyAyAH svadehe svatvaM nAsti bharttureva, tadvad bhartturapi svadehe svatvaM nAsti bhAryyAyA eva|
5 Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.
upoShaNaprArthanayoH sevanArtham ekamantraNAnAM yuShmAkaM kiyatkAlaM yAvad yA pR^ithaksthiti rbhavati tadanyo vichChedo yuShmanmadhye na bhavatu, tataH param indriyANAm adhairyyAt shayatAn yad yuShmAn parIkShAM na nayet tadarthaM punarekatra milata|
6 But I say this by way of permission, not command.
etad Adeshato nahi kintvanuj nAta eva mayA kathyate,
7 I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.
yato mamAvastheva sarvvamAnavAnAmavasthA bhavatviti mama vA nChA kintvIshvarAd ekenaiko varo. anyena chAnyo vara itthamekaikena svakIyavaro labdhaH|
8 I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
aparam akR^itavivAhAn vidhavAshcha prati mamaitannivedanaM mameva teShAmavasthiti rbhadrA;
9 but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
ki ncha yadi tairindriyANi niyantuM na shakyante tarhi vivAhaH kriyatAM yataH kAmadahanAd vyUDhatvaM bhadraM|
10 But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lord's: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,
ye cha kR^itavivAhAste mayA nahi prabhunaivaitad Aj nApyante|
11 and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.
bhAryyA bharttR^itaH pR^ithak na bhavatu| yadi vA pR^ithagbhUtA syAt tarhi nirvivAhA tiShThatu svIyapatinA vA sandadhAtu bharttApi bhAryyAM na tyajatu|
12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;
itarAn janAn prati prabhu rna bravIti kintvahaM bravImi; kasyachid bhrAturyoShid avishvAsinI satyapi yadi tena sahavAse tuShyati tarhi sA tena na tyajyatAM|
13 and if a wife hath an unbelieving husband, and he be satisfied to dwell with her, let her not put her husband away.
tadvat kasyAshchid yoShitaH patiravishvAsI sannapi yadi tayA sahavAse tuShyati tarhi sa tayA na tyajyatAM|
14 For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.
yato. avishvAsI bharttA bhAryyayA pavitrIbhUtaH, tadvadavishvAsinI bhAryyA bhartrA pavitrIbhUtA; noched yuShmAkamapatyAnyashuchInyabhaviShyan kintvadhunA tAni pavitrANi santi|
15 But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.
avishvAsI jano yadi vA pR^ithag bhavati tarhi pR^ithag bhavatu; etena bhrAtA bhaginI vA na nibadhyate tathApi vayamIshvareNa shAntaye samAhUtAH|
16 For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?
he nAri tava bharttuH paritrANaM tvatto bhaviShyati na veti tvayA kiM j nAyate? he nara tava jAyAyAH paritrANaM tvatte bhaviShyati na veti tvayA kiM j nAyate?
17 But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.
ekaiko janaH parameshvarAllabdhaM yad bhajate yasyA nchAvasthAyAm IshvareNAhvAyi tadanusAreNaivAcharatu tadahaM sarvvasamAjasthAn AdishAmi|
18 Was any one called being circumcised, let him not become as if uncircumcised; hath any one been called in uncircumcision, let him not become circumcised.
Chinnatvag bhR^itvA ya AhUtaH sa prakR^iShTatvak na bhavatu, tadvad aChinnatvag bhUtvA ya AhUtaH sa Chinnatvak na bhavatu|
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
tvakChedaH sAro nahi tadvadatvakChedo. api sAro nahi kintvIshvarasyAj nAnAM pAlanameva|
20 Let every one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
yo jano yasyAmavasthAyAmAhvAyi sa tasyAmevAvatiShThatAM|
21 Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.
dAsaH san tvaM kimAhUto. asi? tanmA chintaya, tathAcha yadi svatantro bhavituM shaknuyAstarhi tadeva vR^iNu|
22 For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christ's slave.
yataH prabhunAhUto yo dAsaH sa prabho rmochitajanaH| tadvad tenAhUtaH svatantro jano. api khrIShTasya dAsa eva|
23 Ye were bought with a price; become not the slaves of men.
yUyaM mUlyena krItA ato heto rmAnavAnAM dAsA mA bhavata|
24 In that state, brethren, in which he was called, let every one remain with God.
he bhrAtaro yasyAmavasthAyAM yasyAhvAnamabhavat tayA sa Ishvarasya sAkShAt tiShThatu|
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
aparam akR^itavivAhAn janAn prati prabhoH ko. apyAdesho mayA na labdhaH kintu prabhoranukampayA vishvAsyo bhUto. ahaM yad bhadraM manye tad vadAmi|
26 I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
varttamAnAt kleshasamayAt manuShyasyAnUDhatvaM bhadramiti mayA budhyate|
27 Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.
tvaM kiM yoShiti nibaddho. asi tarhi mochanaM prAptuM mA yatasva| kiM vA yoShito mukto. asi? tarhi jAyAM mA gaveShaya|
28 But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.
vivAhaM kurvvatA tvayA kimapi nApArAdhyate tadvad vyUhyamAnayA yuvatyApi kimapi nAparAdhyate tathAcha tAdR^ishau dvau janau shArIrikaM kleshaM lapsyete kintu yuShmAn prati mama karuNA vidyate|
29 But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
he bhrAtaro. ahamidaM bravImi, itaH paraM samayo. atIva saMkShiptaH,
30 and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
ataH kR^itadArairakR^itadArairiva rudadbhishchArudadbhiriva sAnandaishcha nirAnandairiva kretR^ibhishchAbhAgibhirivAcharitavyaM
31 and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;
ye cha saMsAre charanti tai rnAticharitavyaM yata ihalekasya kautuko vichalati|
32 and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
kintu yUyaM yannishchintA bhaveteti mama vA nChA| akR^itavivAho jano yathA prabhuM paritoShayet tathA prabhuM chintayati,
33 but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.
kintu kR^itavivAho jano yathA bhAryyAM paritoShayet tathA saMsAraM chintayati|
34 There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
tadvad UDhayoShito. anUDhA vishiShyate| yAnUDhA sA yathA kAyamanasoH pavitrA bhavet tathA prabhuM chintayati yA choDhA sA yathA bharttAraM paritoShayet tathA saMsAraM chintayati|
35 And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
ahaM yad yuShmAn mR^igabandhinyA parikShipeyaM tadarthaM nahi kintu yUyaM yadaninditA bhUtvA prabhoH sevane. abAdham AsaktA bhaveta tadarthametAni sarvvANi yuShmAkaM hitAya mayA kathyante|
36 But if any one thinketh that he behaveth improperly in respect to his virgin [[daughter]], if she pass the flower of her age [[without being married]], and if it must be so, let him do what he will, he committeth no sin; let them marry.
kasyachit kanyAyAM yauvanaprAptAyAM yadi sa tasyA anUDhatvaM nindanIyaM vivAhashcha sAdhayitavya iti manyate tarhi yathAbhilAShaM karotu, etena kimapi nAparAtsyati vivAhaH kriyatAM|
37 But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [[unmarried]], he doeth well.
kintu duHkhenAkliShTaH kashchit pitA yadi sthiramanogataH svamano. abhilAShasAdhane samarthashcha syAt mama kanyA mayA rakShitavyeti manasi nishchinoti cha tarhi sa bhadraM karmma karoti|
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; and he that doth not give her in marriage doeth better.
ato yo vivAhaM karoti sa bhadraM karmma karoti yashcha vivAhaM na karoti sa bhadrataraM karmma karoti|
39 The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.
yAvatkAlaM pati rjIvati tAvad bhAryyA vyavasthayA nibaddhA tiShThati kintu patyau mahAnidrAM gate sA muktIbhUya yamabhilaShati tena saha tasyA vivAho bhavituM shaknoti, kintvetat kevalaM prabhubhaktAnAM madhye|
40 But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.
tathAcha sA yadi niShpatikA tiShThati tarhi tasyAH kShemaM bhaviShyatIti mama bhAvaH| aparam IshvarasyAtmA mamApyanta rvidyata iti mayA budhyate|
