1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
अपरञ्च युष्माभि र्मां प्रति यत् पत्रमलेखि तस्योत्तरमेतत्, योषितोऽस्पर्शनं मनुजस्य वरं;
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
किन्तु व्यभिचारभयाद् एकैकस्य पुंसः स्वकीयभार्य्या भवतु तद्वद् एकैकस्या योषितो ऽपि स्वकीयभर्त्ता भवतु।
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
भार्य्यायै भर्त्रा यद्यद् वितरणीयं तद् वितीर्य्यतां तद्वद् भर्त्रेऽपि भार्य्यया वितरणीयं वितीर्य्यतां।
4 The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
भार्य्यायाः स्वदेहे स्वत्वं नास्ति भर्त्तुरेव, तद्वद् भर्त्तुरपि स्वदेहे स्वत्वं नास्ति भार्य्याया एव।
5 Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
उपोषणप्रार्थनयोः सेवनार्थम् एकमन्त्रणानां युष्माकं कियत्कालं यावद् या पृथक्स्थिति र्भवति तदन्यो विच्छेदो युष्मन्मध्ये न भवतु, ततः परम् इन्द्रियाणाम् अधैर्य्यात् शयतान् यद् युष्मान् परीक्षां न नयेत् तदर्थं पुनरेकत्र मिलत।
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
एतद् आदेशतो नहि किन्त्वनुज्ञात एव मया कथ्यते,
7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
यतो ममावस्थेव सर्व्वमानवानामवस्था भवत्विति मम वाञ्छा किन्त्वीश्वराद् एकेनैको वरोऽन्येन चान्यो वर इत्थमेकैकेन स्वकीयवरो लब्धः।
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
अपरम् अकृतविवाहान् विधवाश्च प्रति ममैतन्निवेदनं ममेव तेषामवस्थिति र्भद्रा;
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
किञ्च यदि तैरिन्द्रियाणि नियन्तुं न शक्यन्ते तर्हि विवाहः क्रियतां यतः कामदहनाद् व्यूढत्वं भद्रं।
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
ये च कृतविवाहास्ते मया नहि प्रभुनैवैतद् आज्ञाप्यन्ते।
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
भार्य्या भर्त्तृतः पृथक् न भवतु। यदि वा पृथग्भूता स्यात् तर्हि निर्विवाहा तिष्ठतु स्वीयपतिना वा सन्दधातु भर्त्तापि भार्य्यां न त्यजतु।
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.
इतरान् जनान् प्रति प्रभु र्न ब्रवीति किन्त्वहं ब्रवीमि; कस्यचिद् भ्रातुर्योषिद् अविश्वासिनी सत्यपि यदि तेन सहवासे तुष्यति तर्हि सा तेन न त्यज्यतां।
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
तद्वत् कस्याश्चिद् योषितः पतिरविश्वासी सन्नपि यदि तया सहवासे तुष्यति तर्हि स तया न त्यज्यतां।
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
यतोऽविश्वासी भर्त्ता भार्य्यया पवित्रीभूतः, तद्वदविश्वासिनी भार्य्या भर्त्रा पवित्रीभूता; नोचेद् युष्माकमपत्यान्यशुचीन्यभविष्यन् किन्त्वधुना तानि पवित्राणि सन्ति।
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 us in peace.
अविश्वासी जनो यदि वा पृथग् भवति तर्हि पृथग् भवतु; एतेन भ्राता भगिनी वा न निबध्यते तथापि वयमीश्वरेण शान्तये समाहूताः।
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?
हे नारि तव भर्त्तुः परित्राणं त्वत्तो भविष्यति न वेति त्वया किं ज्ञायते? हे नर तव जायायाः परित्राणं त्वत्तेा भविष्यति न वेति त्वया किं ज्ञायते?
17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
एकैको जनः परमेश्वराल्लब्धं यद् भजते यस्याञ्चावस्थायाम् ईश्वरेणाह्वायि तदनुसारेणैवाचरतु तदहं सर्व्वसमाजस्थान् आदिशामि।
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
छिन्नत्वग् भृत्वा य आहूतः स प्रकृष्टत्वक् न भवतु, तद्वद् अछिन्नत्वग् भूत्वा य आहूतः स छिन्नत्वक् न भवतु।
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
त्वक्छेदः सारो नहि तद्वदत्वक्छेदोऽपि सारो नहि किन्त्वीश्वरस्याज्ञानां पालनमेव।
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
यो जनो यस्यामवस्थायामाह्वायि स तस्यामेवावतिष्ठतां।
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
दासः सन् त्वं किमाहूतोऽसि? तन्मा चिन्तय, तथाच यदि स्वतन्त्रो भवितुं शक्नुयास्तर्हि तदेव वृणु।
22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
यतः प्रभुनाहूतो यो दासः स प्रभो र्मोचितजनः। तद्वद् तेनाहूतः स्वतन्त्रो जनोऽपि ख्रीष्टस्य दास एव।
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
यूयं मूल्येन क्रीता अतो हेतो र्मानवानां दासा मा भवत।
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
हे भ्रातरो यस्यामवस्थायां यस्याह्वानमभवत् तया स ईश्वरस्य साक्षात् तिष्ठतु।
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgement as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
अपरम् अकृतविवाहान् जनान् प्रति प्रभोः कोऽप्यादेशो मया न लब्धः किन्तु प्रभोरनुकम्पया विश्वास्यो भूतोऽहं यद् भद्रं मन्ये तद् वदामि।
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
वर्त्तमानात् क्लेशसमयात् मनुष्यस्यानूढत्वं भद्रमिति मया बुध्यते।
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
त्वं किं योषिति निबद्धोऽसि तर्हि मोचनं प्राप्तुं मा यतस्व। किं वा योषितो मुक्तोऽसि? तर्हि जायां मा गवेषय।
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.
विवाहं कुर्व्वता त्वया किमपि नापाराध्यते तद्वद् व्यूह्यमानया युवत्यापि किमपि नापराध्यते तथाच तादृशौ द्वौ जनौ शारीरिकं क्लेशं लप्स्येते किन्तु युष्मान् प्रति मम करुणा विद्यते।
29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
हे भ्रातरोऽहमिदं ब्रवीमि, इतः परं समयोऽतीव संक्षिप्तः,
30 and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
अतः कृतदारैरकृतदारैरिव रुदद्भिश्चारुदद्भिरिव सानन्दैश्च निरानन्दैरिव क्रेतृभिश्चाभागिभिरिवाचरितव्यं
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
ये च संसारे चरन्ति तै र्नातिचरितव्यं यत इहलेाकस्य कौतुको विचलति।
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;
किन्तु यूयं यन्निश्चिन्ता भवेतेति मम वाञ्छा। अकृतविवाहो जनो यथा प्रभुं परितोषयेत् तथा प्रभुं चिन्तयति,
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
किन्तु कृतविवाहो जनो यथा भार्य्यां परितोषयेत् तथा संसारं चिन्तयति।
34 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
तद्वद् ऊढयोषितो ऽनूढा विशिष्यते। यानूढा सा यथा कायमनसोः पवित्रा भवेत् तथा प्रभुं चिन्तयति या चोढा सा यथा भर्त्तारं परितोषयेत् तथा संसारं चिन्तयति।
35 This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
अहं यद् युष्मान् मृगबन्धिन्या परिक्षिपेयं तदर्थं नहि किन्तु यूयं यदनिन्दिता भूत्वा प्रभोः सेवनेऽबाधम् आसक्ता भवेत तदर्थमेतानि सर्व्वाणि युष्माकं हिताय मया कथ्यन्ते।
36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately towards his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
कस्यचित् कन्यायां यौवनप्राप्तायां यदि स तस्या अनूढत्वं निन्दनीयं विवाहश्च साधयितव्य इति मन्यते तर्हि यथाभिलाषं करोतु, एतेन किमपि नापरात्स्यति विवाहः क्रियतां।
37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
किन्तु दुःखेनाक्लिष्टः कश्चित् पिता यदि स्थिरमनोगतः स्वमनोऽभिलाषसाधने समर्थश्च स्यात् मम कन्या मया रक्षितव्येति मनसि निश्चिनोति च तर्हि स भद्रं कर्म्म करोति।
38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
अतो यो विवाहं करोति स भद्रं कर्म्म करोति यश्च विवाहं न करोति स भद्रतरं कर्म्म करोति।
39 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
यावत्कालं पति र्जीवति तावद् भार्य्या व्यवस्थया निबद्धा तिष्ठति किन्तु पत्यौ महानिद्रां गते सा मुक्तीभूय यमभिलषति तेन सह तस्या विवाहो भवितुं शक्नोति, किन्त्वेतत् केवलं प्रभुभक्तानां मध्ये।
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgement, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
तथाच सा यदि निष्पतिका तिष्ठति तर्हि तस्याः क्षेमं भविष्यतीति मम भावः। अपरम् ईश्वरस्यात्मा ममाप्यन्त र्विद्यत इति मया बुध्यते।
