1 Qoronttoosa 7

1 Hintte taw xaafida dabddaabbiyas zaaroy hayssa. Issi asi machchonna de7ikko lo77o.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Shin laymatethafe attanaw issi issi addey machcho ekko; qassi issi issi maccasas azini de7o.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 Azinay ba machchees, qassi machchiya ba azinaas bessiyabaa kuntho.

Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4 Machchees ba asatethaa bolla iw maati baawa, shin maatay I azinaassa. Hessadakka, azinaas iya asatethaa bolla maati baawa, shin maatay machcheessa.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

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 deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to prayer, and may be together again, that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Shin taani hinttena zoranaw hayssa gaysippe attin kiita gidenna.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

7 Asi ubbay taada machcho ekkonna de7iyakko dosays, shin Xoossay issuwas issuwas immida dumma imoti de7ees. Issuwas hayssa mela hankkuwas hessa mela imoti de7ees.

Yet I wish that all people were like me. However each one has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

8 Machcho ekkiboonnayssatasinne azina geliboonnayssatas qassi am77etas taani gey, taada ekkonna woykko gelonna de7ite gada zorays.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 Shin amon xuugetteyssafe ekkeysinne geleyssi lo77o gidiya gisho, entti banttana haaranaw dandda7onna ixxiko, ekkonne gelo.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

10 Taani ekkidayssatanne gelidayssata hayssada gada zorays; tana gidikke Goday kiittees; machchiya ba azinaappe shaakettofo.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

11 Shin shaakettiko hara azina gelonna barkka de7o woykko ba azinaara giigo. Azinay ba machchiw billofo.

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12 Shin haratas Godaa gidonnashin, taani hayssada gays. Ammanonna machcha de7iya ammaniyaa azini de7ikko, iya machchiya iyara issife daanaw koykko iyo billofo.

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

13 Qassi ammanonna azini de7iya ammaniyaa machchaa de7ikko, I azinay iira issife daanaw koykko iyappe bilettofo.

The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

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 sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15 Shin ammanonna azinay woykko machchiya billanaw koykko billo. Ammaniya machchiya woykko azinay hessa melaban qashettokona. Xoossay nuna sarotethan daana mela xeegis.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called you to peace.

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, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the churches.

18 Oonikka qaxxarettidi ammanidabaa gidikko, qaxxarettonaada hanoppo. Qaxxarettonna ammanida oonikka de7ikko, qaxxarettanaw koyoppo.

Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

19 Xoossa kiitaa polanaw besseesppe attin qaxxarettin qaxxarettonna aggin aykkoka maaddenna.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

20 Issi issi asi Xoossay bana xeegiya wode de7eyssada de7o.

Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.

21 Xoossay nena xeegiya wode neeni aylle? Aykkoy baawa hessas un77ettofa. Shin neeni aylletethafe la77a keyanaw dandda7ikko yeda keya.

Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

22 Aylle gidi de7ishe Godan xeegettida asi Godan aylletethaafe la77a keyis. Hessadakka, aylle gidonna de7ishe, Godan xeegettida asi Kiristtoosa aylle.

For he who was called in the Lord being a slave is the Lord's free person. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's slave.

23 Xoossay hinttena gaten shammida gisho asa aylle gidoppite.

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.

24 Ta ishato, hintte issoy issoy xeegettiya wode de7iya de7uwan Xoossaara issife de7ite.

Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

25 Geela7otabaa Goday tana kiittidabay baawa. Shin Goday taw immida maarotethaa mela taani hinttena zorays.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

26 Hiza, ha77i metuwa gisho, ekkonna woykko gelonna duussi taw lo77o daanees.

I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a person 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 freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek 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.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

29 Ta ishato, ta gey hessa; wodey wuris. Hizappe sinthe machcha de7eyssi machcho ekkonayssada de7o.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, those who have wives should be as though they had none;

30 Yeekkeyssati yeekkonaada, ufaytteyssati ufayttonaada, shammeyssati aykkoka baynnaada banttana taybo.

and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and 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 not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.

32 Hintte hirggi baynna daana mela ta dosays. Machcho ekkiboonnayssi Godaa ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, Godabaa qoppees.

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

33 Shin machcho ekkidayssi ba machchiw ufayssanaw koyaa gisho, ha sa7abaa qoppees.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

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.

and is divided. And the woman that is unmarried, or a virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the one that is married is concerned about the things of the world, 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.

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

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.

But if anyone thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.

37 Shin issi asi un77ethiyabay dhayin, ba wozanan minnidi, bana haaridi, ba oychchida geela7iw ekkenaw agganaw koykko loythis.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

38 Hessa gisho, geela7iw ekkiya uray loythis; qassi ekkonna uray daro loythis.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does 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 as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

40 Ta qofan gidikko, iya gelonna de7ikko ufayssan daana. Qassi taw, ta bolla Xoossaa Ayyaanay de7iya daanees.

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.