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,
Zvino maererano nezvinhu zvamakandinyorera, ndinoti: Zvakanaka kumunhu kuti asabata mukadzi.
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Asi nekuda kweupombwe, umwe neumwe ngaave nemukadzi wake pachake, nemukadzi umwe neumwe ngaave nemurume wake pachake.
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
Murume ngaaripire mukadzi chido chakafanira; nemukadzi saizvozvowo kumurume.
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.
Mukadzi haana simba pamusoro pemuviri wake pachake, asi murume; uye saizvozvowo murume haana simba pamusoro pemuviri wake pachake, asi mukadzi.
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;
Musanyimana, kunze kwekutenderana kwechinguva, kuti muzvipe kukutsanya nekunyengetera, mugosanganazve, kuti Satani arege kukuidzai pakusazvidzora kwenyu.
6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
Asi ndinotaura izvi nemvumo, kwete nemurairo.
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.
Nokuti ndinoda kuti dai vanhu vese vava seni; asi umwe neumwe ane chipo chake pachake chinobva kuna Mwari, umwe chakadai, umwewo chakadai.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Asi ndinoti kune vasina kuwana nekuchirikadzi: Zvakanaka kwavari kana vachigara seniwo.
9 and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Asi kana vasina kuzvidzora, ngavawane; nokuti zviri nani kuwana pakutsva.
10 and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
Zvino kune vakawana ndinoraira, kwete ini, asi Ishe, kuti mukadzi arege kuparadzana nemurume.
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.
Asi kana iye achiparadzana naye, ngaarambe asina kuwanikwa, kana ayananiswe nemurume, nemurume ngaarege kurasa mukadzi.
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;
Zvino kune vamwe ndini ndinotaura, kwete Ishe: Kana hama ipi ine mukadzi asingatendi, uye iye achifara kugara naye, ngaarege kumurasa.
13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
Nemukadzi ane murume asingatendi, uye iye achida hake kugara naye, ngaarege kumusiya.
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.
Nokuti murume asingatendi anoitwa mutsvene nemukadzi, nemukadzi asingatendi anoitwa mutsvene nemurume. Kana zvisina kudaro vana venyu vaiva netsvina, asi zvino vatsvene.
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;
Zvino kana asingatendi achizviparadzanisa, ngaazviparadzanise; hamarume kana hamakadzi haisungwi pane zvakadaro; asi Mwari wakatidanira murugare.
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?
Nokuti unoziva nei, mukadzi, kana uchaponesa murume? Kana unoziva nei, murume, kana uchaponesa mukadzi?
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:
Chete Mwari sezvaakagovera kune umwe neumwe, Ishe sezvaakadana umwe neumwe, ngaafambe saizvozvo. Saizvozvowo ndinoraira pamakereke ese.
18 being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
Kune wakadanwa adzingiswa here? Ngaarege kuva asakadzingiswa. Kune wakadanwa asakadzingiswa here? Ngaaarege kudzingiswa.
19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
Dzingiso hachisi chinhu, nekusadzingiswa hachisi chinhu, asi kuchengetwa kwemirairo yaMwari.
20 Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
Umwe neumwe ngaagare mukudanwa kwaakadanwa makuri.
21 a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
Wakadanwa uri muranda here? Usazvidya moyo; asiwo kana ungasunungurwa, zviri nani uzvishandise.
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:
Nokuti uyo wakadanwa muna Ishe ari nhapwa, wava musunungurwa waIshe; saizvozvowo uyo wakadanwa akasununguka, wava nhapwa yaKristu.
23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
Makatengwa nemutengo; musava varanda vevanhu.
24 each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
Umwe neumwe zvaakadanirwa, hama, ngaagare pazviri anaMwari.
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:
Asi maererano nemhandara handina murairo waIshe; asi ndinopa maonero angu sewakawana tsitsi naIshe kuva wakatendeka.
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: —
Naizvozvo ndinofunga kuti izvi zvakanaka nekuda kwematambudziko aripo, kuti zvakanakira munhu kuti adai.
27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Wakasungirirwa kumukadzi here? Usatsvaka kusunungurwa. Wakasunungurwa kubva kumukadzi here? Usatsvaka mukadzi.
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.
Asi zvino kana wawana, hauna kutadza; nemhandara kana yawanikwa, haina kutadza. Asi vakadaro vachava nedambudziko panyama; asi ini ndinoda kukutavirirai.
29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
Asi ndinozvitaura izvi, hama, kuti nguva ipfupi; kubva ikozvino nevane vakadzi ngavave sevasina;
30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
nevanochema, sevasingachemi; nevanofara, sevasingafari; nevanotenga, sevasina chinhu;
31 and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
nevanoshandisa nyika ino, sevasingaishandisi kwazvo; nokuti chimiro chenyika ino chinopfuura.
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;
Asi ndinoda kuti murege kuva nekufunganya. Asina kuwana anofunganya zvinhu zvaIshe, kuti angafadza Ishe sei;
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
asi wakawana anofunganya zvinhu zvenyika, kuti angafadza mukadzi sei.
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.
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 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,
Izvi ndinotaurira rubatsiro rwenyu pachenyu; kwete kuti ndikande musungo pamusoro penyu, asi zvakafanira nekunamatira pana Ishe musingapinganidzwi.
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.
Asi kana umwe achifunga kuti anozvibata zvisakafanira kumhandara yake, iyo yakurisa, uye zvakafanira kuti zviitike saizvozvo, ngaaite zvaanoda, haatadzi; ngavawanane.
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;
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 that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
Naizvozvowo uyo anowananisa anoita zvakanaka; asi asingawananisi anoita zviri nani.
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;
Mukadzi wakasungwa nemurairo nguva dzese murume wake achirarama; asi kana murume wake afa, wasununguka kuwanikwa newaanoda, muna Ishe chete.
40 and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Asi anganyanya kufara kana achigara akadaro, pakufunga kwangu; uye ndinofunga kuti neni ndine Mweya waMwari.
