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,
Kuhusu makowe aga mwamuniandikiye: Kwabile ni muda ambapo unoite nnalome kana agonje ni nyumbo wake.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Lakini kwa sababu ya majaribu ganyansima ga umalaya kila nnalome abe ni nyumbowe, ni kila mwanamke abe ni nchengowe.
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Nchebgo apalikwa kumpeya nnyumbo haki yake ya ndoa, ni nyonyonyo nyumbo kwa nchengowe.
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.
Nyumbo kwaa abile na mamlaka nnani ya yega yake, ni nchengo. Na nyonyonyo, nchengo ni ywembe abile kwaa ni mamlaka nnani ya yega yake, ila nnyumbo abile nayo.
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;
Kana munyimane kwaa mana mugonjike mpamo, ila mana muyeketyana kwa muda pulani. Mupange nyoo ili kupata muda wa kuloba. Boka po mwaweza rudiana kae pamope, ili nchela kana abajaribu kwa kukosa kiasi.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
Lakini nilongela makowe aga kwa hiari ni kwa amri kwaa.
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.
Natamaniya kila yumo abe kati nenga yanibile. Lakini kila yumo abile ni karama yake kuoma kwa Nnongo. Ayoo abile ni karama yee, ni yolo abile ni karama yenge.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Kwa balo baolewa kwaa ni ajane nabaya kuwa inanoga kwabe kati bakibaki bila kobekwa, kati yanibile nenga.
9 and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Lakini kati baweza kwaa kuizuia, bapalikwa kobekwa. Kwa mana heri kwabe kobekwa kuliko beka tamaa.
10 and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
Nambeambe kwa balo bakobekwile niapeya amri, nenga kwaa ila Ngwana.”Nnyumbo kana atengane ni nchengo bake.”
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.
Lakini kati aitenga boka kwa nchengo wake, atame bila kobekwa au apatane ni nchengowe. Ni “nchengo kana ampeye talaka nnyumbo bake.”
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;
Lakini kwa benge, nalongela nenga, Ngwana kwaa kuwa kati nongo yoyote abile ni nnyumbo ywaaminiya kwaa ni aridhika tama naywembe, apalikwa kwaa kunneka.
13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
Kati nnwawa abile ni nchengo ywaaminiya kwaa, ni mana atiridhika tama niywembe, kana anneke.
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.
Kwa nchengo ywange aminiya alowa takasika kwa sababu ya imani ya nnyumbo bake. Ni nnwawa ywange aminiya alowa takasilwa kwa sababu ya nchengo ywaaminiya. Ila bana winu wapalika pangilwa safi kwaa, lakini kwa kweli batitakasilwa.
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;
Lakini mpenzi ywange aminiya mana abokite ni ayende. Kwa namna yee, muinja au nnombo atabilwa kwaa ni iapo yabe. Nnongo atukemile tutame kwa amani.
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?
Utanga namani mana nnwawa, panga waweza kunnopwa nchengowo? Au utanga namani kati nnalome, panga waweza kunnopwa nnyumbowo?
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:
Kila yumo atama maisha kati Ngwana yaatuchawile, kila yumo kati Nnongo yaabakemile bembe. Awoo nga mwongozo wango kwa makanisa goti.
18 being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
Abile ywabile atitahiriwe paakemilwe amini? Kana ajaribu kuboywa alama ya tohara yake. Abile yeyote ywakemelwa mu'imani atairiwa kwaa? Apalikwa kwaa tairiwa.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
Kwa lee aidha atitairiwa wala ywabile kwaa tairiwa ntopo matatizo. Chabile ni matatizi ni kuitii amri ya Nnongo.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
Kila yumo abaki mu'wito kati yaabile akemilwe ni Nnongo kuaminiya.
21 a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
Ubile mmanda muda Nnongo akukemile? Kana ujali kuhusu lee. Lakini mana waweza kuwa huru, panga nyoo.
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:
Kwa yumo ywakemilwe ni Ngwana kati mmanda ni mundu huru katika Ngwana. Kati yelo, yumo ywabile huru paakemilwe amiya na pangika mmanda wa Kristo.
23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
Muyomwile pemewa kwa thamani, nga nyoo kana mube amanda ba bandu.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
Ainja ni alombo bango, katika maisha yoyote kila yumo witu patukemilwe aminiya, tutame nyonyonyo.
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:
Nambeambe, balo bote ambao bange kobeka kamwe, nibile kwaa ni amri boka kwa Ngwana. Lakini niapeya mawazo gango kati yanibile. Kwa huruma ya Ngwana, zazibile aminilwa.
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: —
Kwa eyo, nawaza nyoo kwa sababu ya usumbufu, ni vyema nnalome abaki kati ya abile.
27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Utabilwe kwa nnwawa ni kiapo sa ndoa? Kana uupale uhuru boka kwa yoo. Ubile ni uhuru boka kwa nnyumbo au ukobekwa kwaa. Kana umpale nnyumbo.
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.
Lakini mana ukobike, upanga kwaa sambi. Na mana nnwawa akobekwa kwaa mana akobekwe, apangite kwa sambi. Bado balo bakobekane bapata masumbufu ga aina mbalembale. Ni nenga nataka nibaepushie ago.
29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
Lakini nabaya nyoo, ainja ni alombo bango, muda ni mwipi. Tangu nambeambe ni kuyendelya, balo babile ni anyumbo babe batame kati babile nabo kaa.
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
Bote babile ni huzuni baipanga kati babile kwaa ni huzuni, na bote bapuraike, mana babile ni puaraika, na bote bapemile kilebe chochote, mana hawakumiliki chochote.
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
Ni bote baishughulisha ni ulimwengu, bawe kati batishughulika kwaa nakwe. Kwa mana mitindo ya dunia iikite mwisho wake.
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;
Napala mube huru kwa masumbufu yoti. Nnalome ywakobeka kwaa ywajisuhulisha na ilebe yaimhusu Ngwana, namna ya kumpendeza ywembe.
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
Lakini nnalome ywakobike ujihusisha na makowe ga dunia, namna ya kumpendeza nnyumbo bake,
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.
atigawanyika. Nwawa ywakobekwa kwaa au bikra ujihusisha ni ilebe ya Ngwana, namna yee uitenga mu'yega na katika roho. Lakini nnwawa ywakobekwile hujiusisha kuhusu ilebe ya dunia, nmana ya kumpuraisha nchengo wake.
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,
Nabaya nyoo kwa faida yinu mwabene, na naubeka kwaa mtego kwinu. Nabaya nyoo kwa kuwa ni haki. ili kwamba mwaweza kuibeka wakfu kwa Ngwana bila kikwazo sosote.
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.
Lakini mana mundu aweza kwaa kumetendea kwa heshima mwana mwali wake, kwa sababu ya hisia yake zabile ni ngupu muno, leka akobekane ni ywembe kati apendavyo.
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;
Lakini mana apangite maamuzi ya kobeka kwaa, ni ntopo haja ya lazima, ni mana aweza kuitawala hamu yake, alowa panga inoite kati ankobeka kwaa.
38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
Nga nyoo, ywamkobeka mwana mwale wake apanga inoite, ni yeyote ywachawa kobeka kwaa apanga inoite muno.
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;
Nwawa atabilwa ni nchengo wake wakati abile nkoto. Lakini mana nchengowe awile, abile huru kobekwa na yoyote ywaampenda, lakini katika Ngwana.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Bado mu'maamuzi yango, alowa pangilwa puraha muno kati aishi kati abile. Na nawasa kuwa nenga pia nibile na Roho wa Nnongo.
