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.
Zvino maererano nezvinhu zvamakandinyorera, ndinoti: Zvakanaka kumunhu kuti asabata mukadzi.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Asi nekuda kweupombwe, umwe neumwe ngaave nemukadzi wake pachake, nemukadzi umwe neumwe ngaave nemurume wake pachake.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
Murume ngaaripire mukadzi chido chakafanira; nemukadzi saizvozvowo kumurume.
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.
Mukadzi haana simba pamusoro pemuviri wake pachake, asi murume; uye saizvozvowo murume haana simba pamusoro pemuviri wake pachake, asi mukadzi.
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.
Musanyimana, kunze kwekutenderana kwechinguva, kuti muzvipe kukutsanya nekunyengetera, mugosanganazve, kuti Satani arege kukuidzai pakusazvidzora kwenyu.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Asi ndinotaura izvi nemvumo, kwete nemurairo.
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.
Nokuti ndinoda kuti dai vanhu vese vava seni; asi umwe neumwe ane chipo chake pachake chinobva kuna Mwari, umwe chakadai, umwewo chakadai.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Asi ndinoti kune vasina kuwana nekuchirikadzi: Zvakanaka kwavari kana vachigara seniwo.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
Asi kana vasina kuzvidzora, ngavawane; nokuti zviri nani kuwana pakutsva.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Zvino kune vakawana ndinoraira, kwete ini, asi Ishe, kuti mukadzi arege kuparadzana nemurume.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
Asi kana iye achiparadzana naye, ngaarambe asina kuwanikwa, kana ayananiswe nemurume, nemurume ngaarege kurasa mukadzi.
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.
Zvino kune vamwe ndini ndinotaura, kwete Ishe: Kana hama ipi ine mukadzi asingatendi, uye iye achifara kugara naye, ngaarege kumurasa.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Nemukadzi ane murume asingatendi, uye iye achida hake kugara naye, ngaarege kumusiya.
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.
Nokuti murume asingatendi anoitwa mutsvene nemukadzi, nemukadzi asingatendi anoitwa mutsvene nemurume. Kana zvisina kudaro vana venyu vaiva netsvina, asi zvino vatsvene.
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.
Zvino kana asingatendi achizviparadzanisa, ngaazviparadzanise; hamarume kana hamakadzi haisungwi pane zvakadaro; asi Mwari wakatidanira murugare.
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?
Nokuti unoziva nei, mukadzi, kana uchaponesa murume? Kana unoziva nei, murume, kana uchaponesa mukadzi?
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.
Chete Mwari sezvaakagovera kune umwe neumwe, Ishe sezvaakadana umwe neumwe, ngaafambe saizvozvo. Saizvozvowo ndinoraira pamakereke ese.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
Kune wakadanwa adzingiswa here? Ngaarege kuva asakadzingiswa. Kune wakadanwa asakadzingiswa here? Ngaaarege kudzingiswa.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
Dzingiso hachisi chinhu, nekusadzingiswa hachisi chinhu, asi kuchengetwa kwemirairo yaMwari.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Umwe neumwe ngaagare mukudanwa kwaakadanwa makuri.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Wakadanwa uri muranda here? Usazvidya moyo; asiwo kana ungasunungurwa, zviri nani uzvishandise.
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.
Nokuti uyo wakadanwa muna Ishe ari nhapwa, wava musunungurwa waIshe; saizvozvowo uyo wakadanwa akasununguka, wava nhapwa yaKristu.
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
Makatengwa nemutengo; musava varanda vevanhu.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Umwe neumwe zvaakadanirwa, hama, ngaagare pazviri anaMwari.
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.
Asi maererano nemhandara handina murairo waIshe; asi ndinopa maonero angu sewakawana tsitsi naIshe kuva wakatendeka.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
Naizvozvo ndinofunga kuti izvi zvakanaka nekuda kwematambudziko aripo, kuti zvakanakira munhu kuti adai.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
Wakasungirirwa kumukadzi here? Usatsvaka kusunungurwa. Wakasunungurwa kubva kumukadzi here? Usatsvaka mukadzi.
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.
Asi zvino kana wawana, hauna kutadza; nemhandara kana yawanikwa, haina kutadza. Asi vakadaro vachava nedambudziko panyama; asi ini ndinoda kukutavirirai.
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;
Asi ndinozvitaura izvi, hama, kuti nguva ipfupi; kubva ikozvino nevane vakadzi ngavave sevasina;
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;
nevanochema, sevasingachemi; nevanofara, sevasingafari; nevanotenga, sevasina chinhu;
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
nevanoshandisa nyika ino, sevasingaishandisi kwazvo; nokuti chimiro chenyika ino chinopfuura.
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;
Asi ndinoda kuti murege kuva nekufunganya. Asina kuwana anofunganya zvinhu zvaIshe, kuti angafadza Ishe sei;
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
asi wakawana anofunganya zvinhu zvenyika, kuti angafadza mukadzi sei.
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.
Mukadzi wakasiyaniswa nemhandara. Asina kuwanikwa anofunganya zvinhu zvaIshe, kuti ave mutsvene zvese pamuviri nepamweya; asi uyo wakawanikwa anofunganya zvinhu zvenyika, kuti angafadza murume sei.
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.
Izvi ndinotaurira rubatsiro rwenyu pachenyu; kwete kuti ndikande musungo pamusoro penyu, asi zvakafanira nekunamatira pana Ishe musingapinganidzwi.
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.
Asi kana umwe achifunga kuti anozvibata zvisakafanira kumhandara yake, iyo yakurisa, uye zvakafanira kuti zviitike saizvozvo, ngaaite zvaanoda, haatadzi; ngavawanane.
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.
Asi anomira akasimba mumoyo, asingamanikidzwi chinhu, uye ane simba pamusoro pechido chake pachake, akatema izvi mumoyo make kuti achachengeta mhandara yake, anoita zvakanaka.
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.
Naizvozvowo uyo anowananisa anoita zvakanaka; asi asingawananisi anoita zviri nani.
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.
Mukadzi wakasungwa nemurairo nguva dzese murume wake achirarama; asi kana murume wake afa, wasununguka kuwanikwa newaanoda, muna Ishe chete.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Asi anganyanya kufara kana achigara akadaro, pakufunga kwangu; uye ndinofunga kuti neni ndine Mweya waMwari.
