< 1 Corinthians 7 >
1 But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman.
about then which to write (me *KO*) good a human woman not to touch
2 But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde.
through/because of then the/this/who sexual sin each the/this/who themself woman: wife to have/be and each the/this/who one's own/private man: husband to have/be
3 The hosebonde yelde dette to the wijf, and also the wijf to the hosebonde.
the/this/who woman: wife the/this/who man: husband the/this/who (debt *N(k)O*) (enthusiasm *K*) to pay similarly then and the/this/who woman: wife the/this/who man: husband
4 The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman.
the/this/who woman: wife the/this/who one's own/private body no to have authority but the/this/who man: husband similarly then and the/this/who man: husband the/this/who one's own/private body no to have authority but the/this/who woman: wife
5 Nyle ye defraude eche to othere, but perauenture of consent to a tyme, that ye yyue tent to preier; and eft turne ye ayen to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte you for youre vncontynence.
not to defraud one another if: not surely not if out from mutual consent to/with time/right time in order that/to (be devoted/empty *N(k)O*) (the/this/who fasting and *K*) the/this/who prayer and again upon/to/against the/this/who it/s/he (to be *N(k)O*) in order that/to not to test/tempt: tempt you the/this/who Satan through/because of the/this/who self-indulgence you
6 But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement.
this/he/she/it then to say according to concession no according to command
7 For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus.
to will/desire (then *N(k)O*) all a human to exist as/when and I/we but each one's own/private to have/be gift out from God (the/this/who *N(k)O*) on the other hand thus(-ly) (the/this/who *N(k)O*) then thus(-ly)
8 But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y.
to say then the/this/who unmarried and the/this/who widow good it/s/he (to be *k*) if to stay as/when I/we and
9 That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent.
if then no to self-control to marry greater for to be (to marry *NK(o)*) or to burn
10 But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde;
the/this/who then to marry to order no I/we but the/this/who lord: God woman: wife away from man: husband not to separate/leave
11 and that if sche departith, that sche dwelle vnweddid, or be recounselid to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf.
if then and to separate/leave to stay unmarried or the/this/who man: husband to reconcile and man: husband woman: wife not to release: leave
12 But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not.
the/this/who then remaining to say I/we no the/this/who lord: God if one brother woman: wife to have/be unbelieving and this/he/she/it to agree to to dwell with/after it/s/he not to release: leave it/s/he
13 And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde.
and woman (if *NO*) (one *N(k)O*) to have/be man: husband unbelieving and (this/he/she/it *N(k)O*) to agree to to dwell with/after it/s/he not to release: leave (the/this/who *no*) (man: husband *N(k)O*)
14 For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli.
to sanctify for the/this/who man: husband the/this/who unbelieving in/on/among the/this/who woman: wife and to sanctify the/this/who woman: wife the/this/who unbelieving in/on/among the/this/who (brother *N(k)O*) since therefore the/this/who child you unclean to be now then holy to be
15 That if the vnfeithful departith, departe he. For whi the brother or sistir is not suget to seruage in siche; for God hath clepid vs in pees.
if then the/this/who unbelieving to separate/leave to separate/leave no to enslave the/this/who brother or the/this/who sister in/on/among the/this/who such as this in/on/among then peace to call: call (you *N(K)O*) the/this/who God
16 And wherof wost thou, womman, if thou schalt make the man saaf; or wherof wost thou, man, if thou schalt make the womman saaf?
which? for to know woman: wife if the/this/who man: husband to save or which? to know man: husband if the/this/who woman: wife to save
17 But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis.
if: not not each as/when (to divide *NK(o)*) the/this/who lord: God each as/when to call: call the/this/who God thus(-ly) to walk and thus(-ly) in/on/among the/this/who assembly all to direct
18 A man circumcidid is clepid, brynge he not to the prepucie. A man is clepid in prepucie, be he not circumcidid.
to circumcise one to call: call not to uncircumcise in/on/among uncircumcision (to call: call *N(k)O*) one not to circumcise
19 Circumcisioun is nouyt, and prepucie is nouyt, but the kepyng of the maundementis of God.
the/this/who circumcision none to be and the/this/who uncircumcision none to be but jail/keeping commandment God
20 Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he.
each in/on/among the/this/who calling which to call: call in/on/among this/he/she/it to stay
21 Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou.
slave to call: call not you to concern but if: even though and be able free/freedom to be more: rather to use
22 He that is a seruaunt, and is clepid in the Lord, is a freman of the Lord. Also he that is a freman, and is clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist.
the/this/who for in/on/among lord: God to call: call slave freed lord: God to be similarly (and *k*) the/this/who free/freedom to call: call slave to be Christ
23 With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men.
honor to buy not to be slave a human
24 Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God.
each in/on/among which to call: call brother in/on/among this/he/she/it to stay from/with/beside (the/this/who *k*) God
25 But of virgyns Y haue no comaundement of God; but Y yyue counseil, as he that hath mercy of the Lord, that Y be trewe.
about then the/this/who virgin command lord: God no to have/be resolution then to give as/when to have mercy by/under: by lord: God faithful to exist
26 Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so.
to think therefore/then this/he/she/it good be already through/because of the/this/who be present necessity that/since: that good a human the/this/who thus(-ly) to exist
27 Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf.
to bind woman: wife not to seek divorce to loose away from woman: wife not to seek woman: wife
28 But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidun is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch.
if then and to marry no to sin and if to marry the/this/who virgin no to sin pressure then the/this/who flesh to have/be the/this/who such as this I/we then you to spare
29 But Y spare you. Therfor, britheren, Y seie this thing, The tyme is schort. Another is this, that thei that han wyues, be as thouy thei hadden noon;
this/he/she/it then to assert brother the/this/who time/right time to wrap up (to be *no*) the/this/who henceforth (to be *k*) in order that/to and the/this/who to have/be woman: wife as/when not to have/be to be
30 and thei that wepen, as thei wepten not; and thei that ioien, as thei ioieden not; and thei that bien, as thei hadden not;
and the/this/who to weep as/when not to weep and the/this/who to rejoice as/when not to rejoice and the/this/who to buy as/when not to hold back/fast
31 and thei that vsen this world, as thei that vsen not. For whi the figure of this world passith.
and the/this/who to use (the/this/who world *N(k)O*) (this/he/she/it *K*) as/when not to use up to pass for the/this/who form the/this/who world this/he/she/it
32 But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God.
to will/desire then you untroubled to exist the/this/who unmarried to worry the/this/who the/this/who lord: God how! (to please *N(k)O*) the/this/who lord: God
33 But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid.
the/this/who then to marry to worry the/this/who the/this/who world how! (to please *N(k)O*) the/this/who woman: wife
34 And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde.
(and *no*) to divide and the/this/who woman the/this/who unmarried and the/this/who virgin to worry the/this/who the/this/who lord: God in order that/to to be holy and (the/this/who *no*) body and (the/this/who *no*) spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who then to marry to worry the/this/who the/this/who world how! (to please *N(k)O*) the/this/who man: husband
35 And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.
this/he/she/it then to/with the/this/who you it/s/he (be profitable *N(k)O*) to say no in order that/to restraint you to put on/seize but to/with the/this/who proper and devoted the/this/who lord: God undistracted
36 And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid.
if then one to act improperly upon/to/against the/this/who virgin it/s/he to think if to be past one’s prime and thus(-ly) to owe to be which to will/desire to do/make: do no to sin to marry
37 For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel.
which then to stand in/on/among the/this/who heart (it/s/he *no*) steadfast not to have/be necessity authority then to have/be about the/this/who one's own/private will/desire and this/he/she/it to judge in/on/among the/this/who (one's own/private *N(k)O*) heart (the/this/who *k*) to keep: protect the/this/who themself virgin well (to do/make: do *N(k)O*)
38 Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere.
so and the/this/who (then *o*) (to give in marriage *N(k)O*) (the/this/who themself virgin *NO*) well to do/make: do (and *N(k)O*) the/this/who not (to give in marriage *N(k)O*) greater (to do/make: do *N(k)O*)
39 The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord.
woman: wife to bind (law *K*) upon/to/against just as/how much time to live the/this/who man: husband it/s/he if then (and *o*) to sleep the/this/who man: husband (it/s/he *k*) free/freedom to be which to will/desire to marry alone in/on/among lord: God
40 But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.
blessed then to be if thus(-ly) to stay according to the/this/who I/we resolution to think (then *NK(o)*) I/we and spirit/breath: spirit God to have/be