1 Qoronttoosa 7
1 Hintte taw xaafida dabddaabbiyas zaaroy hayssa. Issi asi machchonna de7ikko lo77o.
Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
2 Shin laymatethafe attanaw issi issi addey machcho ekko; qassi issi issi maccasas azini de7o.
but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
3 Azinay ba machchees, qassi machchiya ba azinaas bessiyabaa kuntho.
Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
4 Machchees ba asatethaa bolla iw maati baawa, shin maatay I azinaassa. Hessadakka, azinaas iya asatethaa bolla maati baawa, shin maatay machcheessa.
but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
5 Hintte woosan guutha wode gam77anaw zoretethan gidonna ixxiko, issoy issuwa diggofite. Hessa gaason hinttenatethaa haaranaw xoonettin, Xalahey hinttena paacconna mela issife de7ite.
Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.
6 Shin taani hinttena zoranaw hayssa gaysippe attin kiita gidenna.
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
7 Asi ubbay taada machcho ekkonna de7iyakko dosays, shin Xoossay issuwas issuwas immida dumma imoti de7ees. Issuwas hayssa mela hankkuwas hessa mela imoti de7ees.
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
8 Machcho ekkiboonnayssatasinne azina geliboonnayssatas qassi am77etas taani gey, taada ekkonna woykko gelonna de7ite gada zorays.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Shin amon xuugetteyssafe ekkeysinne geleyssi lo77o gidiya gisho, entti banttana haaranaw dandda7onna ixxiko, ekkonne gelo.
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 Taani ekkidayssatanne gelidayssata hayssada gada zorays; tana gidikke Goday kiittees; machchiya ba azinaappe shaakettofo.
But to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 Shin shaakettiko hara azina gelonna barkka de7o woykko ba azinaara giigo. Azinay ba machchiw billofo.
(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.
12 Shin haratas Godaa gidonnashin, taani hayssada gays. Ammanonna machcha de7iya ammaniyaa azini de7ikko, iya machchiya iyara issife daanaw koykko iyo billofo.
To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
13 Qassi ammanonna azini de7iya ammaniyaa machchaa de7ikko, I azinay iira issife daanaw koykko iyappe bilettofo.
And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Ammanonna azinay ba ammaniyaa machche baggara geeyees; qassi ammanonna machchiya ba ammaniyaa azina baggara geeyawusu. Hessi baynneeko, hintte nayti tuna gidoosona, shin ha77i entti geeshshi.
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.
15 Shin ammanonna azinay woykko machchiya billanaw koykko billo. Ammaniya machchiya woykko azinay hessa melaban qashettokona. Xoossay nuna sarotethan daana mela xeegis.
But if the unbelieving partner be determined to leave, separation let it be. In such cases the believing husband or wife is not under bondage. But it is into peace that God has called us.
16 Ammaniya machchete, neeni ammanonna ne azinaa ashshaneekko ay eray? Woykko ammaniyaa azinaw, neeni ammanonna ne machchiw ashshaneekko ay eray?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Issi issi asi Goday iyaw immida imotaadanne Xoossay iya xeegidayssada de7o. Woosa keetha ubban taani tamaarssida wogay hayssa.
Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one - and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him- -in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
18 Oonikka qaxxarettidi ammanidabaa gidikko, qaxxarettonaada hanoppo. Qaxxarettonna ammanida oonikka de7ikko, qaxxarettanaw koyoppo.
So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Xoossa kiitaa polanaw besseesppe attin qaxxarettin qaxxarettonna aggin aykkoka maaddenna.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
20 Issi issi asi Xoossay bana xeegiya wode de7eyssada de7o.
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Xoossay nena xeegiya wode neeni aylle? Aykkoy baawa hessas un77ettofa. Shin neeni aylletethafe la77a keyanaw dandda7ikko yeda keya.
Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
22 Aylle gidi de7ishe Godan xeegettida asi Godan aylletethaafe la77a keyis. Hessadakka, aylle gidonna de7ishe, Godan xeegettida asi Kiristtoosa aylle.
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
23 Xoossay hinttena gaten shammida gisho asa aylle gidoppite.
You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
24 Ta ishato, hintte issoy issoy xeegettiya wode de7iya de7uwan Xoossaara issife de7ite.
Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
25 Geela7otabaa Goday tana kiittidabay baawa. Shin Goday taw immida maarotethaa mela taani hinttena zorays.
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Hiza, ha77i metuwa gisho, ekkonna woykko gelonna duussi taw lo77o daanees.
I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.
27 Ne machcho ekkidabaa gidikko, billanaw koyoppa. Ne machcho ekkaboonnabaa gidikko, ekkanaw koyoppa.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Shin ne machcho ekkiko nagari baawa. Hessada geela7iyakka azina gelikko nagari baawa. Shin ekkiya geliya asaas ha sa7an daro metoy de7iya gisho hintte hessafe attana mela ta koyays.
Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldy affairs, and I wish to spare you.
29 Ta ishato, ta gey hessa; wodey wuris. Hizappe sinthe machcha de7eyssi machcho ekkonayssada de7o.
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 Yeekkeyssati yeekkonaada, ufaytteyssati ufayttonaada, shammeyssati aykkoka baynnaada banttana taybo.
let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Ha sa7aa shaluwan maadetteyssati maadettiboonaada hano. Ha alamiya malay aadhdhana.
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
32 Hintte hirggi baynna daana mela ta dosays. Machcho ekkiboonnayssi Godaa ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, Godabaa qoppees.
So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord’s business, how he may please the Lord;
33 Shin machcho ekkidayssi ba machchiw ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, ha sa7abaa qoppees.
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
34 Iya qofay nam77an shaakettees. Azina gelaboonna geela7iya ba asatethaaninne ba shemppuwan geeyada Godaa ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, Godaaba qoppawusu. Shin azinaa gelidaara ba azinaa ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, sa7abaa qoppawusu.
Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
35 Taani hessa hinttew odey, hintte maadettana melassafe attin hinttena un77ethanaw gidenna. Shin hintte qofay shaakettonna maaran de7idi Godaa ufayssiyabaa hintte oothana mela taani odays.
It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.
36 Oonikka ba oychchida geela7ees gelo wodey aadhdhis gidi iyo agganaw qoppiko, hessi qassi iw lo77o gidonnayssi iyaw si7ettiko, ba koyidayssa ootho; entti eketto, geletto; hessan nagari baawa.
If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place.
37 Shin issi asi un77ethiyabay dhayin, ba wozanan minnidi, bana haaridi, ba oychchida geela7iw ekkenaw agganaw koykko loythis.
On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.
38 Hessa gisho, geela7iw ekkiya uray loythis; qassi ekkonna uray daro loythis.
So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.
39 Machchiya ba azinay paxa de7iya wode ubban iyara qashettasu. Shin I azinay hayqqiko, ba dosida azina gelanaw dandda7awusu. Gidoshin, iya geliya addey ammaniyaa asi gidanaw bessees.
A wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.
40 Ta qofan gidikko, iya gelonna de7ikko ufayssan daana. Qassi taw, ta bolla Xoossaa Ayyaanay de7iya daanees.
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
