1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
Sik’oyo, nazali kopesa biyano na tina na makambo oyo bokomelaki ngai. Eleki malamu mpo na mobali ete abala mwasi te.
2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Kasi mpo na kokima pite, tika ete mobali nyonso azala na mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi nyonso azala na mobali na ye.
3 Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.
Tika ete mobali akokisa posa ya mwasi na ye, mpe tika ete mwasi akokisa posa ya mobali na ye.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Pamba te mwasi azali na bokonzi te na nzoto na ye, ezali nde mobali na ye; ndenge moko mpe, mobali azali na bokonzi te na nzoto na ye, kasi ezali nde mwasi na ye.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your incontinence.
Bopimelanaka nzoto te, longola kaka soki, na boyokani mpe mpo na mwa tango moke, bolingi tango mosusu komipesa na losambo. Kasi sima na tango yango, bozongela kosangisa nzoto mpo ete Satana akozwa nzela te ya komeka bino likolo ya bozangi makoki ya komikanga.
6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not as a commandment.
Awa nazali koloba bongo, nazali na ngai kaka kopesa likanisi, kasi mobeko te.
7 For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Nakokaki kosepela ete mibali nyonso bazala lokola ngai; nzokande, moto na moto azali na likabo na ye ya ngolu, oyo azwi kowuta na Nzambe: moko azali na likabo oyo, mosusu azali na likabo wana.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
Na yango, nazali koloba na bato oyo babali nanu te mpe na basi oyo bakufisa mibali, ete ezali malamu mpo na bango kokoba kozala ya kobala te lokola ngai.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Kasi soki bakoki te komikanga, tika ete babala; pamba te eleki malamu kobala, na esika ya kozika na posa ya nzoto.
10 And to the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:
Epai ya bato oyo babala, nazali kopesa mitindo, ngai te kasi Nkolo: Mwasi asengeli te kokabwana na mobali na ye;
11 But if she shall depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.
kasi soki akabwani na mobali na ye, asengeli kobala lisusu te to asengeli koyokana na mobali na ye; mpe mobali asengeli te kobengana mwasi na ye na libala.
12 But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, if any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Epai ya bato mosusu, nazali koloba, Nkolo te kasi ngai: Soki ndeko mobali Moklisto abali mwasi oyo azali mondimi te, bongo mwasi yango andimi kowumela elongo na ye, tika ete abengana mwasi yango te;
13 And the woman who hath a husband that believeth not, and if he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
soki mpe mwasi azali na mobali oyo azali mondimi te, mpe mobali yango andimi kowumela elongo na ye na libala, tika ete mwasi akabwana te na mobali na ye.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Pamba te, mobali oyo azali mondimi te abulisami na nzela ya mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi oyo azali mondimi te abulisami na nzela ya mobali na ye. Soki ezalaki bongo te, bana na bino balingaki kozala mbindo, nzokande bazali bule.
15 But if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]; but God hath called us to peace.
Kasi soki ye oyo azali mondimi te alingi koboma libala, tika ete aboma na ye! Na likambo ya boye, ndeko mobali to ndeko mwasi azali ya kokangama te. Nzambe abenga bino mpo na kobika bomoi kati na kimia.
16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?
Oyebi nini kati na likambo yango? Tango mosusu, yo mwasi, okobikisa mobali na yo! Tango mosusu, yo mobali, okobikisa mwasi na yo!
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all churches.
Lisusu, tika ete moto na moto atambola na lolenge oyo Nkolo abongisela ye, ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye. Yango nde mobeko oyo napesi na Mangomba nyonso.
18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not become circumcised.
Boni, moto moko azalaki akatama ngenga tango Nzambe abengaki ye? Tika ete atikala akatama ngenga! Boni, moto moko azalaki akatama ngenga te tango Nzambe abengaki ye? Tika ete atikala akatama ngenga te!
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Kokatama ngenga to kokatama ngenga te ezali na tina te; likambo ya tina ezali nde kobatela mibeko ya Nzambe.
20 Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.
Tika ete moko na moko atikala ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!
21 Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.
Boni, ozalaki mowumbu tango Nzambe abengaki yo? Komitungisa na yango te! Ezala soki okoki kokoma nsomi, salela nde malamu lolenge na yo.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.
Pamba te moto oyo azalaki mowumbu tango abengamaki mpo na kosalela Nkolo azali mokangolami ya Nkolo; ndenge moko mpe, moto oyo azalaki nsomi tango Nzambe abengaki ye azali mowumbu ya Klisto.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi! Boye, bokoma te bawumbu ya bato.
24 Brethren, let every man in the state in which he is called, continue in it with God.
Bandeko, tika ete moko na moko awumela, na miso ya Nzambe ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
Mpo na oyo etali baseka, nazali na mobeko te kowuta na Nkolo; kasi na mawa ya Nkolo, lokola moto oyo bakoki kotiela motema, nazali kopesa likanisi na ngai.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.
Nakanisi ete, mpo na pasi ya tango oyo, ezali malamu mpo na moto kotikala ndenge azali.
27 Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Ozali na mwasi? Koluka kokabwana na ye te. Ozali na mwasi te? Koluka mpe mwasi te.
28 But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned: and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you.
Kasi soki mpe obali, osali lisumu te; soki moseka abali, asali lisumu te. Nzokande, bato oyo babala bakokutana na pasi mingi kati na bomoi na bango; mpe ngai, nalingi nde kosunga bino mpo bokutana na pasi yango te.
29 But this I say, brethren, The time [is] short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;
Bandeko na ngai, nazali koloba boye: tango ekomi moke; kobanda sik’oyo, tika ete mibali oyo bazali na basi bazala lokola nde bazali na basi te;
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;
tika ete bato oyo bazali kolela bazala lokola nde bazali kolela te; tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosepela bazala lokola nde bazali kosepela te; tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosomba bazala lokola nde bazali na eloko te;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]. For the fashion of this world passeth away.
tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosalela biloko ya mokili bazala lokola nde bazali kosalela yango te; pamba te mokili oyo, na lolenge na yango ya sik’oyo, ezali koleka!
32 But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Nalingi ete bomitungisaka te. Mobali oyo azali ya kobala te atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya Nkolo, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa Nkolo.
33 But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.
Mobali oyo abala atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya mokili, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa mwasi na ye,
34 There is a difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.
mpe motema na ye ezali ya kokabwana. Ndenge moko mpe, mwasi oyo azangi mobali, lokola moseka, atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya Nkolo mpo ete azala bule kati na nzoto mpe kati na molimo. Kasi mwasi oyo abala atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya mokili, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa mobali na ye.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Nazali koloba makambo oyo mpo na bolamu na bino; ezali te mpo na kotiela bino motambo, kasi ezali nde mpo ete bosala oyo ezali malamu koleka mpe bomipesa mobimba na Nkolo.
36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself uncomely towards his virgin, if she hath passed the flower of [her] age, and need so requireth, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
Soki elenge mobali amoni ete akokoka lisusu te komikanga liboso ya mwasi mobandami na ye na libala, soki akanisi kosangisa na ye nzoto mpe ete asengeli kaka kosala bongo, wana bazali kotambola kati na likanisi ya kobalana, tika ete asala kolanda posa na ye, azali kosala lisumu te. Tika ete babalana!
37 Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
Kasi mobali oyo azwi mokano kati na motema na ye, na kotindikama te mpe na bososoli nyonso, ya kosangisa nzoto te na mwasi mobandami na ye na libala, asali malamu.
38 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
Boye, mobali oyo abali mwasi mobandami na ye na libala asali malamu, kasi oyo abali ye te asali malamu koleka.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Mwasi ya libala azalaka ya kokangama na mobali na ye na tango nyonso oyo mobali yango azali na bomoi. Soki mobali na ye akufi, mwasi akomi nsomi mpo na kobalana na mobali nyonso oyo ye alingi, kasi mobali yango asengeli kozala Moklisto.
40 But she is happier if she so remain, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Nzokande, na makanisi na ngai, akozala mwasi ya esengo koleka soki atikali ndenge azali; mpe nakanisi ete, ngai mpe, nazali na Molimo ya Nzambe.
