1 Corinthians 7
1 And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,
Aa ty amo raha sinoki’ areoo. Hàmake tsy hipaok’ ampela ty lahilahy.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Fe ty amo hakarapiloañeo, soa re te songa hanañe ty vali’e ty lahilahy, naho sindre hanañe ty vali’e ty rakemba.
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Le hañeneke ty lili’e amy vali’ey ty lahilahy, manahake izay ka ty rakemba amy tañanjomba’ey.
4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
Tsy manandily amy sandri’ey ty rakemba, fa i vali’ey; naho tsy manandily amy sandri’ey ty lahilahy, fa i rakemba’ey.
5 Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
Ko mifampifoneñe naho tsy ty amo andro ilahara’ areo ho fitalahoañeo, añe izay le miolora tsy mone hazizi’ i mpañìnjey t’ie tsy maha-lie-batañe.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
Fiheveañe o rehako zao, fa tsy lily.
7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
Nikitrako te sindre nanahake ahiko ondatio. F’ie songa manañe ty falalàñe natolon’ Añahare aze; etia ty aman-tsata izao le eroa ty aman-tsata izay.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Aa le hoe iraho amo tsy amam-balio naho amo vantotseo; Soa ho a iareo ty himoneñe hambañe amako.
9 and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Fa naho tsy mahalie-batañe, le apoho hañenga valy. Hamake t’ie hanambaly ta te hiforehetse.
10 and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
Le hoe ty atoroko o manam-balio, toe tsy izaho fa i Talè, asoao tsy hisitake ami’ty vali’e ty rakemba.
11 but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
(F’ie misitake, soa re te hidoñe tsy hanambaly, ke hifampirekets’ amy vali’ey indraike.) Vaho tsy hañary ty vali’e ty lahilahy.
12 And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
Manao ty hoe amo ila’eo iraho, fa tsy i Talè: Naho eo ty rahalahy amam-baly tsi-mpiato, fe no’e ty mipiteke amy lahilahiy, le tsy haria’e.
13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
Naho amam-baly tsi-mpiato ty rakemba, ie mbe te hirekets’ ama’e, le ehe tsy hampisitahe’e.
14 for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Amy te hampiavahe’ i rakembay i vali’e tsi-mpiatoy, vaho hampiavahe’ i lahilahiy i vali’e tsi-mpiatoy; naho tsy izay tsy ho nalio o ana’ areoo, f’ie amy zao, miavake.
15 And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace hath God called us;
Aa naho te hifampiria’ ty tsi-miato, le apoho homb’eo, fa tsy mpirohy i rahalahiy ndra i rahavavey; fe mikanjy antika hifampilongo t’i Andrianañahare.
16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
Fa aia ty hahafohina’o, ry rakembao, ke ho rombahe’o ty vali’o? Le aia ty hahafohina’o, ry lahilahio, he ho rombahe’o ty tañanjomba’o?
17 if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
fe soa re te songa mañavelo amy tinendre’ i Talè azey, amy sindre nikanjian’ Añahare azey, izay ty fanoroako amo Fivory iabio.
18 being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
Nikanjieñe t’ie sinavatse hao? aa le tsy ho faohe’e i fisavara’ey; nikanjieñe t’ie tsy nisavatse hao? soa re te tsy ho savareñe.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
Ts’inoñe o savatseo; ts’inoñe ka ty tsy fisavarañe; fa ty fañambenañe o lilin’ Añahareo.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
Aa le songa mijohañe amy nikanjiañe azey t’indaty.
21 a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
Niondevo hao t’ie kinanjy? Ko ahoa’o; fe naho mete’o ty mihaha, le mihahà.
22 for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
Le ty nikanjieñe amy Talè ao t’ie ni-ondevo ro haha amy Talè; le ty nikanjieñe t’ie midada ka, ro fetrek’ oro i Norizañey.
23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
Vinily sarotse nahareo, aa le ko miondevo ama’ ondaty.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
O ry longo, sambe mimoneña aman’ Añahare amy nikanjiañe azey.
25 And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
Aa ty amo somondrarao, tsy amako ty lili’ i Talè; f’ie manolo-kevetse amy te niferenaiña’ i Talè ho matoe.
26 I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
Aa le ataoko te mahasoa, ty amo faloviloviañe henaneo, te mijohañe amy azey avao t’indaty.
27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Ihe mirekets’ aman-drakemba? ko mipay ho votsotse. Ihe mihaha an-drakemba, ko mangala-baly.
28 But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
F’ie mañenga valy, tsy hakeo, lehe engaeñe ty somondrara, tsy aman-tahiñe, fe ho volevolèn-draha ami’ty haveloñe toy, ie ho nikalañako.
29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
Fe zao ty volako, ry longo: Tomotse o androo, aa ie henane zao, soa re te hanao hoe tsy manam-baly o amam-balio,
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
naho hoe tsy miharovetse o mirovetseo, naho hoe tsy mirebeke o mirebekeo, naho hoe tsy mahazo o mivilio,
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
vaho hoe tsy mijorobo ami’ty haveloñe toy o mitoloñe ama’eo, fa mihelañe ty vinta’ ty voatse toy.
32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
Kitrako te tsy ni-tsimboetse nahareo. Midare o raha’ i Talèo ty tsy manam-baly, hampiehake i Talè.
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
F’ie midare o raha’ ty tane toio i manambaliy, ty hampinembanebañ’ i vali’ey.
34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
Miambake ka ty rakemba naho ty somondrara; dare’ i tsy amam-baliy i Talè, ie te hiavake an-tsandry naho an-troke. Fe tsiborehetohe’ o raha’ ty tane toio i amam-baliy, ty hahafale i vali’ey.
35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
Ty hahasoa anahareo ty nanoako zao, tsy t’ie hanao bozizy, fa ty hañonjonako ze mañeva, tsy hañembetse ty fiatraha’ areo i Talè.
36 and if any one doth think [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.
Fa naho eo ty mitsakore te tsy mañeva i anak’ ampela’ey i fanoe’ey, ie fa miha-àñoñe, naho atao’e te toko’e henefañe, le ee te hanoe’e i satri’ey, ie tsy aman-kakeo, apoho hengaeñe.
37 And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;
Fe i migahiñe añ’ arofo’ey, ie tsy embetse, midada amo azeo, naho fa nanampa-kevetse añ’arofo ao te ho tana’e i somondrara’ey, le manao soa.
38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
Aa le manao soa i mampañenga i somondrara’ey, fa lombolombon-kasoa ty tsy mampañenga.
39 A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will — only in the Lord;
Fehè’ o lilio ty rakemba ie mbe veloñe ty vali’e; fe naho vilasy i vali’ey le votsotse re hanambaly ze tea’e amy Talè ao.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Ho soa tata t‘ie nitoboke amy zao avao, hoe ty ereñereko, ie ataoko te amako ka i Arofon’ Añaharey.
