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,
Na mo nga mea i tuhituhi mai na koutou: he mea pai ano mo te tangata kia kaua e pa ki te wahine.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Otiia, he whakaaro kei moepuku, kia rite ma te tane he wahine mana ake, a ma te wahine he tane mana ake.
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Kia puta te whakaaro pai o te tane ki te wahine, hei te mea e tika ana: me to te wahine hoki ki te tane.
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.
Ehara te wahine i te rangatira o tona tinana ake, engari te tane: me te tane ano, ehara ia i te rangatira o tona ake tinana, engari te wahine.
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;
Kaua e kaiponu tetahi i tetahi; haunga ia ki te ata whakaritea mo tetahi wa, kia atea ai korua ki te nohopuku, ki te inoi, ka hoki ai ano ki a korua, kei ai to korua hiahia taikaha hei whakawai ma Hatana i a korua.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
Otira ko tenei korero aku he mea whakaae noa, ehara i te tikanga whakatakoto.
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.
Ko taku ia i pai ai, kia penei nga tangata katoa i ahau nei. Otira e homai ana e te Atua te ahua mona ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata, ki tetahi ko tenei, ki tetahi ko tera.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Ko taku kupu ia tenei ki nga takakau, ki nga wahine pouaru, He mea pai mo ratou kia kati tonu me ahau nei.
9 and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Otira ki te kore e taea e raua te whakamanawanui, me marena: he pai ake hoki te marena i te kaka o te ngakau.
10 and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
Ko taku whakahau ia tenei ki te hunga whai hoa, ehara i ahau, engari ko te Ariki, Aua te wahine e mawehe ke i tana tane:
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.
Engari, ki te mawehe ia, me noho hoakore, me hohou ranei te rongo ki tana tane: kaua hoki te tane e whakarere i tana wahine.
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;
Ki era atu ia ko taku kupu tenei, ehara i te Ariki: Ki te mea he wahine kore whakapono ta tetahi o nga teina, a ka whakaae taua wahine kia noho tahi raua, kaua ia e whakarerea e ia.
13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
A ko te wahine, he tane kore whakapono tana, a ka whakaae kia noho tahi raua, kaua ia e whakarere i tana tane.
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.
No te mea e whakatapua ana te tane whakaponokore e te wahine, e whakatapua ana hoki te wahine whakaponokore e te tane: me he kahore, kua poke a korua tamariki, tena ko tenei he tapu ratou.
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;
Ki te mawehe ke ia te whakaponokore, mana e mawehe ke. E kore tetahi teina, tuahine ranei, e mau te here e nga mea pena: otira kua karangatia tatou e te Atua ki te rangimarie.
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?
Ma te aha koe e mohio ai, e tai, ka ora ranei i a koe tau tane? a koe ranei, e te tane, ma te aha ka mohio ai, ka ora i a koe tau wahine?
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:
Heoi anake, kia rite ki ta te Atua tuwahanga ki tena, ki tena, ki tana karangatanga hoki ki tena, ki tena, kia pera tana haere. Na ko taku whakatakoto tena i roto i nga hahi katoa.
18 being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
He mea kokoti tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua e whakakahoretia tona kotinga. He mea kokotikore tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua a e kotia.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
He mea kore noa iho te kotinga, he mea kore noa iho ano te kotingakore, engari ia te pupuri i a te Atua ture.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
Kia mau ia tangata ki tona karangatanga, i karangatia ai ia.
21 a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
He pononga koe i tou karangatanga? kaua e manukanuka: otira ki te watea he haerenga noatanga atu mou, e pena.
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:
Ko te tangata hoki he pononga i tona karangatanga i roto i te Ariki, he tangata tuku noa ia na te Ariki: waihoki ko te tangata ehara nei i te pononga i tona karangatanga, he pononga ia na te Karaiti.
23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
Kua oti koutou te hoko ki te utu; aua e meinga hei pononga koutou ma te tangata.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
E oku teina, ko te mahi a tenei, a tenei, i tona karangatanga kia mau ia ki tena me te whakaaro ano ki te Atua.
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:
Na mo nga wahine, kahore a te Ariki tikanga ki ahau; tenei ia toku whakaaro, ara to te tangata i a ia nei to te Ariki atawhai, i pono ai.
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: —
Na reira ki toku whakaaro he pai tenei mo te whakararu o tenei wa, ara he pai kia kati tonu te tangata i a ia nei.
27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Kua herea koe ki te wahine? kaua e whai kia wetekia. Ka oti koe te wewete i te wahine? kaua e whaia he wahine.
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.
Otiia ki te marena koe, kahore ou hara; a ki te marena te wahine, kahore ona hara. Otiia tera e pa mai he whakararu i te kikokiko ki taua hunga pena: heoi me ata hanga ahau ki a koutou.
29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
Ko taku kupu ia tenei, e oku teina, e tutata ana te wa: heoi inaianei tera e rite te hunga whai wahine ki te hunga kahore nei a ratou;
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
Me te hunga e tangi ana, ano kahore ratou i te tangi; me te hunga e hari ana, ano kahore ratou i te hari; me te hunga e hoko ana, ano kahore a ratou taonga;
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
Me te hunga i a ratou tenei ao, ano kahore a ratou he ki te ao; e memeha haere ana hoki te ahua o tenei ao.
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;
Otiia ko taku mea tenei kia kaua koutou e manukanuka. Ko ta te takakau e manukanuka ai ko nga mea a te Ariki, me pehea tana whakamanawareka ki te Ariki:
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
Ko te tangata whai hoa ia, e manukanuka ana ki nga mea o te ao, me pehea tana whakamanawareka ki tana wahine.
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.
Na tera ano te mea i rereke ai te wahine whai hoa i te wahine. Ko te wahine takakau, tana e manukanuka ai ko nga mea a te Ariki, kia tapu tahi ai te tinana me te wairua: ko te wahine whai hoa ia ka manukanuka ki nga mea o te ao, me pehea tana wh akamanawareka ki tana tane.
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,
Ko tenei korero aku he mea kia hua ai he pai mo koutou ano; ehara i te mea kia mahangatia ai koutou, engari mo te mea e haratau ana, kia u ai koutou ki te Ariki, kahore he mea hei rorona ke.
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.
Na, ki te whakaaro tetahi tangata e he ana tana tikanga ki tana wahine, mehemea kua pahure tona taiohinga, a heoi ano tikanga, mana e mea tana e pai ai, kahore ona hara: me marena raua.
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;
Ko te tangata ia e u ana i tona ngakau, a kahore he mea hei akiaki i a ia, kei a ia ake ano te tikanga mo tana e pai ai, a kua oti tenei te whakatakoto e tona ngakau, kia waiho tana wahine, kei te pai tana mahi.
38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
Na he pai te mahi a te tangata e tuku ana kia marenatia tana wahine; pai ake ia te mahi a te tangata kahore e tuku kia marenatia.
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;
E herea ana te wahine e te ture i te mea e ora ana tana tane; ki te mate ia te tane, kua watea ia ki te marena ki tana e pai ai; otira i roto i te Ariki.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Ki toku whakaaro ia, nui ke atu tona hari ki te kati tonu ia: a ki taku mahara kei ahau ano hoki te Wairua o te Atua.
