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.
Sik’oyo, nazali kopesa biyano na tina na makambo oyo bokomelaki ngai. Eleki malamu mpo na mobali ete abala mwasi te.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each 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 give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
Tika ete mobali akokisa posa ya mwasi na ye, mpe tika ete mwasi akokisa posa ya mobali na ye.
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.
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 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.
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 this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Awa nazali koloba bongo, nazali na ngai kaka kopesa likanisi, kasi mobeko te.
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.
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 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
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 don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
Kasi soki bakoki te komikanga, tika ete babala; pamba te eleki malamu kobala, na esika ya kozika na posa ya nzoto.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave 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 departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave 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—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
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 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
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 in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are 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 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.
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 do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Oyebi nini kati na likambo yango? Tango mosusu, yo mwasi, okobikisa mobali na yo! Tango mosusu, yo mobali, okobikisa mwasi na yo!
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.
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 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be 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 what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
Kokatama ngenga to kokatama ngenga te ezali na tina te; likambo ya tina ezali nde kobatela mibeko ya Nzambe.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Tika ete moko na moko atikala ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
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 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.
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 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi! Boye, bokoma te bawumbu ya bato.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition 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 from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
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 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
Nakanisi ete, mpo na pasi ya tango oyo, ezali malamu mpo na moto kotikala ndenge azali.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
Ozali na mwasi? Koluka kokabwana na ye te. Ozali na mwasi te? Koluka mpe mwasi te.
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.
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 I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may 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 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;
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 those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes 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 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;
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 who is married is concerned about the things 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 doesn’t sin. 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 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.
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 both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
Boye, mobali oyo abali mwasi mobandami na ye na libala asali malamu, kasi oyo abali ye te asali malamu koleka.
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.
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 stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Nzokande, na makanisi na ngai, akozala mwasi ya esengo koleka soki atikali ndenge azali; mpe nakanisi ete, ngai mpe, nazali na Molimo ya Nzambe.
