1 Kolinta 7

1 Moala n bua ki maadi yin den diani ki buali nni ya maama. li hani ke o ja n da taa pua.

Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,

2 Ama kelima mi conconma n yaba maama, li pundi ja kuli n ya pia o pua, pua mo kuli ya pia o calo.

but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.

3 O ya ya tiendi no pua po yaala n pundi, o pua moko ya tiendi o calo po yeni.

Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,

4 O pua ki die o gbanandi, o calo n die, o ja moko ki die, o gbanandi, o pua n die.

but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.

5 Yin da yie mani yiyaba po, kali yikuli ya juogi ki tuo ki bili u yogunu waamu i jaandi po. Lani ya pendi, yin goa ki taani leni yiyaba ke sutani da tulini yi kelima yi gbali i gbanandi kubima.

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 Min madi yeni, laa tie ke n bili yipo yin baa tiendi yaala ka, li yie sanbili yo.

But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

7 N bua ke nilo kuli n ya tie nani min tie maama na. Ama nilo kuili baa U Tienu kani ya paabu n ki taa leni o lielo, niyendo ba ki baa fidi ki tieni lene, nitoa mo lene.

I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.

8 Moala n maadi yaaba n daa tieni ñiigili, Bi jaba leni bi puaba, leni a kpepuana mo po, li baa hani bi po ban ya tie ban tie maama, nani moko n tie maama.

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

9 Ama bi ya kan fidi ki kubi bi gbanandi, ban tieni li ñiigili, kelima bi ya tieni li ñiigili hani ki cie bi gbanandi n ya fiidi bipo nani mi fantama n co tieni, ki paadi ba.

If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

10 N bili mi naa maama yaaba n tieni li ñiili po. Mini ka bili ma o Diedo n bili maa. O pua n da ña o calo kani.

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 O ya ñani o kani wan da kuni jatoa, wan ya ye obebe, yaaka wan go mangi leni o calo ki goa o kani, ja mo n da ñani o pua

(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 Moala n maadi yaaba n sieni po, mini n maadi, o Diedo ka. Ti kpiilo yendo ya pia ya pua n ki daani, ama ki tuo ki ye leni o, wan da ñani o.

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 Ya pua n pia o calo ke waa tuo ki daani, ama ki tuo ki baa ye leni o, wan da ña o kani.

And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.

14 Kelima ya calo n ki daani baa mi gagidihanma kelima o pua po. Ya pua n ki daani mo baa mi gagidihanma kelima o calo po. Lani yaaka yi bila bi baa joagini, ama lan tie maama yeni, bi gagidi.

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 Ama yua n ki daani ya bua ki ña, ban cedi wan ña. O ya ñani, ti kpiiba, lan tie ja bi pua, faabi leni laa lolima, kelima U Tienu yini ti ke tin ya ye leni mi yanduanma.

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 Fini o pua, a bani lede a ya baa faabi a calo? Fini o ja mo, a bani lede a ya baa faabi a pua?

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 Lanwani bonyenla bebe n ye, yua kuli ya ye nani o Diedo n puni o maama, ki hoadi wan den tie maama U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu. Lan tie min biliti yaala Kilisiti n yini yaaba i kaani kuli po.

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 O nilo ya den kua ku koanciagu U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu, wan da lingi ki bolini ku koanciagu maalima, o nilo yaa den kua U Tienu n yini o yogunu, wan da kua.

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 O nilo ya kua leni o yaa kua, laa tie pu, ama U Tienu mabilikaama kubima n tie li kuli.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.

20 Nilo kuli n ya tie wan den tie maama U Tienu n den yini o ya yogunu.

Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.

21 A ya den tie yonbo U Tienu n yini a ya yogunu, lan da yagi a yama. Ama a ya baa fidi ki faabi, han moandi.

Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.

22 Yua n tie yonbo o Diedo n yini o ya yogunu, o Diedo faabi o ke o tua o yua. Yua n die o yuli mo U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu tua kilisiti yonbo.

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 U Tienu den da yi ya dunga n pa, lanwani da tua mani bi nisaaliba ya yonbi.

You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.

24 N kpiiba yua kuli n ya tie U Tienu kani wan den tie maama U Tienu n den yini o ya yogunu.

Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.

25 Yaala n tie yaaba n kaa tieni ñiigili nani yin den buali nni maama po, mii pia o Diodo mabilikaama laa maama po. Ama n baa waani yi min sua yaala, miini yua ke o Diedo teni ke n tua nidugika kelima o niñingbadima yaapo. k

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 elima ya fala n kpendi yaapo, n sua ke li baa hani o nilo n ya tie wan tie maama.

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 A pia pua bi? han da moandi ki bua ki ñani o. Haa pia pua? Da lingi ki taa. Ama a ya taa pua, han tieni tuonbiadi. O jafaano mo ya kuni ja, waa tieni tuonbiadi.

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 Ama yaaba n tieni li ñiigili baa laadi fala u naa yogunu yema nni, li tie lanyaapo ke n bua ki todi yi yin da kua laa fala nni.

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 N kpiiba min baa yaala tie ke ya yogunu n sieni koabi. Lanwani dinla liiga yua n pia pua n ya ye nani waa pia yeni.

Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

30 Yaaba n buudi n ya ye nani baa buudi yeni. Yaaba n pia li pamancianli n ya ye nani baa pia yeni.

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 Yaaba n da bonla n ya ye nani baa die ban da yaala. Yaaba n pia i hantaadi leni handuna bonla n ya ye nani laa bonla ki tie bipo tiladi, kelima handuna yua n ye moala na pendi ki baa juodi.

and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

32 N bua yin ya ye ki da pia yanyagidi. Yua n kaa pia pua kuandi o yama o Diedo hantaadi nni, ki lingi wan baa mangidi o Diedo pali maama.

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 Yua n pia pua mo kuandi o yama handuna na hantaadi nni ki lingi wani baa mangidi o pua ya pali maama.

but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.

34 Lani n teni ke o podaano yama boagidi kaani lie. O pua moko, yua n kaa pia ja, leni yua n daa bani ja, bi moko kuandi bi yama o Diedo hantaadi nni, ki moandi ki gagidi bi gbanandi nni leni bi yantiali nni kuli. Yua n kuni o ja kuandi o yama handuna hantaadi nni ki lingi ki baa mangidi o calo pali.

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 N maadi lankuli ki bua ki todi yi. Laa tie ke n bua ki dia ku diagu ka. N bua yin ya hua o Diedo nani lan pundi maama, ki bua o ki taabi o leni payenli.

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 O nilo ya pia o toginaa ke o dagidi li calinkpenli ke o sua ke li pundi wan kuni o ja mo, ke o sua o tudi leni wan yie opo, wan tieni wan sua maama, waa tieni tuonbiadi, wan cedi wan kuni.

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 Ama yua n den jagi ki bili o yama po ke o baa kubi o toginaa wan da kuni ja, o ya sua ke o baa fidi ki tieni nani wan den jagi maama, o hanbi leni wan teni ke o toginaa kan kuni ja.

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 Lanwani yua n cedi ke o bisalo kuni, o tieni yaala n hani, ama yua n kuni o bisalo ke waa kuni, wani n tieni yaala n hani ki cie.

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 O pua luo leni o calo o colo n ye ya banlu kuli, ama o calo ya ti kpe, o pua yeni faabi ki baa fidi kuni wan bua yua kuli, ama kali wan ya tie o Diedo yua.

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 O ya tie wan tie maama kaa go kuni jatoa n baa mani opo ki cie. lani tie mini n sua maama, n tama ke n pia U Tienu Fuoma moko

But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.