1 Corinthians 5
1 [Now I want to discuss another matter]. It has been {People have} reported to me, and I believe that it is true, that some people among you have been acting in a sexually immoral way, in a way that is so bad that not even (pagans/people who do not know about God) act that way. People tell me that a man is living with his stepmother (OR, his father’s other wife).
අපරං යුෂ්මාකං මධ්‍යේ ව්‍යභිචාරෝ විද්‍යතේ ස ච ව්‍යභිචාරස්තාදෘශෝ යද් දේවපූජකානාං මධ්‍යේ(අ)පි තත්තුල්‍යෝ න විද්‍යතේ ඵලතෝ යුෂ්මාකමේකෝ ජනෝ විමාතෘගමනං කෘරුත ඉති වාර්ත්තා සර්ව්වත්‍ර ව්‍යාප්තා|
2 You should be sad about what that man is doing! He should have been expelled {[You] should have expelled him} from your congregation! [But you] have not [done that], so (how can you be proud, [thinking that you are spiritually mature?]/it is disgusting that you are proud, [thinking that you are spiritually mature]!) [RHQ]
තථාච යූයං දර්පධ්මාතා ආධ්බේ, තත් කර්ම්ම යේන කෘතං ස යථා යුෂ්මන්මධ්‍යාද් දූරීක්‍රියතේ තථා ශෝකෝ යුෂ්මාභි ර්න ක්‍රියතේ කිම් ඒතත්?
3 As for me, I have already decided [how you should] punish that man. And even though I am away from you, my spirit is with you, and you should do as I would do if I were there with you.
අවිද්‍යමානේ මදීයශරීරේ මමාත්මා යුෂ්මන්මධ්‍යේ විද්‍යතේ අතෝ(අ)හං විද්‍යමාන ඉව තත්කර්ම්මකාරිණෝ විචාරං නිශ්චිතවාන්,
4 [What I have decided is that] when you have gathered together with the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus, and my spirit is with you, and the power of our Lord Jesus [is with you],
අස්මත්ප්‍රභෝ ර‍්‍යීශුඛ්‍රීෂ්ටස්‍ය නාම්නා යුෂ්මාකං මදීයාත්මනශ්ච මිලනේ ජාතේ (අ)ස්මත්ප්‍රභෝ ර‍්‍යීශුඛ්‍රීෂ්ටස්‍ය ශක්තේඃ සාහාය්‍යේන
5 you should hand that man over to Satan. Then Satan can injure/punish his body, in order that [he will turn away from his sinful behavior] and his spirit will be saved on the day when the Lord [returns] [MTY].
ස නරඃ ශරීරනාශාර්ථමස්මාභිඃ ශයතානෝ හස්තේ සමර්පයිතව්‍යස්තතෝ(අ)ස්මාකං ප්‍රභෝ ර‍්‍යීශෝ ර්දිවසේ තස්‍යාත්මා රක්‍ෂාං ගන්තුං ශක්‍ෂ්‍යති|
6 It is not good that, [while you are letting that immoral man continue to be in your congregation], you are boasting [about being spiritually mature]. (You know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] [into which it is put] {[a woman puts it]}./Do you not know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] [into which it is put]?) [RHQ] [Similarly, one person who continues to sin will have a bad effect on all the congregation].
යුෂ්මාකං දර්පෝ න භද්‍රාය යූයං කිමේතන්න ජානීථ, යථා, විකාරඃ කෘත්ස්නශක්තූනාං ස්වල්පකිණ්වේන ජායතේ|
7 So, [just like we Jews] expel the old yeast [from our houses during the Passover celebration] in order that we may have a fresh batch of dough without yeast in it [MET], [you must expel such evil people from your congregation]. Do [that so that you can truly be holy people], as [I know that] you really are. Remember that Christ was sacrificed {sacrificed himself} [so that God could spare us from being punished for our sins, just like the Jews sacrificed lambs during] the [first] Passover celebration [so that God would spare their firstborn sons from being killed].
යූයං යත් නවීනශක්තුස්වරූපා භවේත තදර්ථං පුරාතනං කිණ්වම් අවමාර්ජ්ජත යතෝ යුෂ්මාභිඃ කිණ්වශූන්‍යෛ ර්භවිතව්‍යං| අපරම් අස්මාකං නිස්තාරෝත්සවීයමේෂශාවකෝ යඃ ඛ්‍රීෂ්ටඃ සෝ(අ)ස්මදර්ථං බලීකෘතෝ (අ)භවත්|
8 So let us celebrate [the fact that God has freed us from being punished us for our sins] [MET], [just like the Jews] in [later years] celebrated Passover [to celebrate God freeing them from being slaves in Egypt. They made sure that there was] no old yeast in the dough. [They ate bread that] had no yeast in it. [Similarly], [we should make sure that there are no people in our congregations] [MET] [who act] maliciously [toward others] or [act] wickedly. Instead, [make sure] [MET] [that all those in our congregations are ones who act] sincerely and [speak] truthfully.
අතඃ පුරාතනකිණ්වේනාර්ථතෝ දුෂ්ටතාජිඝාංසාරූපේණ කිණ්වේන තන්නහි කින්තු සාරල්‍යසත්‍යත්වරූපයා කිණ්වශූන්‍යතයාස්මාභිරුත්සවඃ කර්ත්තව්‍යඃ|
9 In the previous letter that I wrote to you, I said that you should not associate with sexually immoral people.
ව්‍යාභිචාරිණාං සංසර්ගෝ යුෂ්මාභි ර්විහාතව්‍ය ඉති මයා පත්‍රේ ලිඛිතං|
10 I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who desire things that belong to others, or who (forcefully seize things that belong to others/are swindlers), or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world [to avoid all people] like that.
කින්ත්වෛහිකලෝකානාං මධ්‍යේ යේ ව්‍යභිචාරිණෝ ලෝභින උපද්‍රාවිණෝ දේවපූජකා වා තේෂාං සංසර්ගඃ සර්ව්වථා විහාතව්‍ය ඉති නහි, විහාතව්‍යේ සති යුෂ්මාභි ර්ජගතෝ නිර්ගන්තව්‍යමේව|
11 But now [I am stating clearly that] when I wrote, I [meant that] you should not associate with those who say that they are fellow believers, if they are sexually immoral or if they desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or worship idols, or slander others, or become drunk. You should not associate with people like that, and you should not even eat with them!
කින්තු භ්‍රාතෘත්වේන විඛ්‍යාතඃ කශ්චිජ්ජනෝ යදි ව්‍යභිචාරී ලෝභී දේවපූජකෝ නින්දකෝ මද්‍යප උපද්‍රාවී වා භවේත් තර්හි තාදෘශේන මානවේන සහ භෝජනපානේ(අ)පි යුෂ්මාභි ර්න කර්ත්තව්‍යේ ඉත්‍යධුනා මයා ලිඛිතං|
12 It is certainly not [RHQ] my business to judge people who are not believers and who do not belong to [Christian congregations]. But it certainly is [RHQ] your business to judge those who are in [your congregation]!
සමාජබහිඃස්ථිතානාං ලෝකානාං විචාරකරණේ මම කෝ(අ)ධිකාරඃ? කින්තු තදන්තර්ගතානාං විචාරණං යුෂ්මාභිඃ කිං න කර්ත්තව්‍යං භවේත්?
13 God is the one who will judge those who are not believers. [Do as the Scriptures command]: “Expel the wicked person from your midst!”
බහිඃස්ථානාං තු විචාර ඊශ්වරේණ කාරිෂ්‍යතේ| අතෝ යුෂ්මාභිඃ ස පාතකී ස්වමධ්‍යාද් බහිෂ්ක්‍රියතාං|
