1 Korantien 7
1 Mɔlane yaal n nua ya bona po k dian ne, li ŋan yen nul n da nagn pua.
With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.
2 Ama m buam po, ja kul ba pia o pua, k pua kuli pia o calo
But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
3 O ja ba ten o pua yaal n taanb k b ye yen lieb, o pua n mɔ da bel o calo yaal k'o mia'og kuli,
A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.
4 o pua k pia yiko o gbannand po, k li ya k tie o calo ka, yen mɔ'i ko ja k pia yiko o gbannand po k li ya k tie o pua yaa ka
It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.
5 Da yied man yen yin taan i lieb m buam sanu n k li ya k tie ki taan k kal k cuo yanjagl, yeni ki b ŋanb k ya jaand, k ŋanb k kɔbn i lieb, yeni k sitaan kan fid k bign ni.
Do not deprive each other of what is due – unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer until you again live as man and wife – otherwise Satan might take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.
6 N maadi li bona nan cegl yeni, l k tie yen yikod kan, n miad k nil kul
I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
7 n ya tie nan min yeni. Nil kul pia ya paabu ko gaa u tienu kani, l paabu ye jiag jiag
I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God – one in one way, and one in another.
8 Yinb yab k pia puob yen a pakuana, n maadi k l ŋan i po, i ba ye li yinyienun nan min yen
My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.
9 ama, b ya kan fid k cuo b ba, li bual k ban kuan lieb, klma l ba su b po yen ban kuan lieb k da sien k ye m buam fala n
But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.
10 Mɔlane n tien ni ya yiko ne yinb yab kuan lieb, min ka, ama u tienu. Pua kan sied k ŋaa o calo,
To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband
11 ama o ya tienl, o ji kan kun ja tian, o ba ye oba, lan ya ka wan guan k mangi yen o calo, ja mɔ kan bel o denpua
(If she has done so, she should remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.
12 Ama yaal n sien kul u tienu n maad, k fid k nil yua pia pua yua k jaand n tien mɔndl k da bel l pua, k ya ye yen'o,
To all others I say – I, not the Master – If a follower of the Lord is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;
13 li tie yeni ya pua kuni ya ja k jaandi, k li ja bo sun k wan kuan li pua, o pua yen mɔ k pia ya yiko ko b bel l ja
and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.
14 Klma o pua jaandi tod li ja ko fuo t ŋandn, o pua yua k ban k'u tienu ye fuo ti ŋandn k dugn o ja jaandi po, lan ya ka, i bid kan ya fo ti ŋandn, ama mɔlane b fuo ti ŋandn
For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people through the Lord’s follower whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be ‘defiled,’ but, as it is, they belong to Christ’s people.
15 Ama li ya tu k yua k ban u tienu sied, ŋaogu wan ya caa, li sanu n ni, o ja bii o pua ji k cɔlm o puoni. U tienu yi'ti k tin ya fuo laafiaa n.
However, if the unbeliever wishes to be separated, let them be so. Under such circumstances neither is bound; God has called you to live in peace.
16 k dugn o pua, a k bani naan kani ba fie a calo, bii fin o ja naan ka b gaa a denpua miali
How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? And how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?
17 Yua kul n ya fuo u tienu n bo tag'o k wan ya fuo nand, u tienu n yin yua kul o tuonln, ne tie n yikod ti jaanddieln.
In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.
18 Yinb yab kul kɔnd ya yognu k'u tienu bo yin nii? da kpaan man yin ñan bii yin piin i kɔnd bam ka, yua k'u tienu yin'o ko k kpel k ban'o bual ban kɔnd'o? li k tie niinl ye ban kɔnd'o.
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.
19 yaal n tie bonmonli k tie ti kɔndi ka, ama yaal n ŋanb k mɔn tie ti cɔlnd u tienu ñɔmaamn
Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.
20 N ninjab, n nipuob, lan tie ya tuonli kul, k t suan, tin sien k ya ceg k l paa.
Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.
21 I bo tie yonbi ya yognu k u tienu bo yini nii? li bo pia'i o yanpudgu? ama i ya b fid k yal iba, kagn man,
Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.
22 ya nilo k u tienu yin'o k o bo tie yonbg, li daan'o n yal oba u tienu po, li tie yeni yua n yal oba, ya yognu k u tienu yin'o ko dindanl yab, o ji yi tie jesu yonbo'i.
For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
23 B den daa'i yen ya daagu n pa, lan, da tie man b nib yonbi.
You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.
24 Yua kul n sien k ya fuo u tienu maamn nan ya yognu k u tienu yin'o k o dindanl yab yen.
Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.
25 Yinb yab sien k k ban jab, n pia yiko ba kul k l tie i yal yonbidaan nungn, ama ya du man i lieb po yen ti tienu po.
With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.
26 Li ya po, yen ya fala(cicagm) mab'i kul, l ŋan yen k yin ya ye i ba'i.
I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best – that a man should remain as he is.
27 I lol ŋasiil yen pua k nua li puobianli sanun ni? da kpaan man k yin wad i pala. I lol ŋasiil yen pua, bii i ye yanli? da kpaan man yin tien puobianli.
Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.
28 Ama li ya tie ki tien puobianli, yin da tie biid. Yab n kuan liebi, fala yen a maba boncianli yi gbadb ya yognu k b ye yen liebi, n bua yin kua li maba n.
Still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.
29 N maadi ne, n ninjab yen n nipuob: o yogu k yabi, mɔlane, yab pia puob n ya ye nan b ya bo k pia yen.
What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 Yinb ya buud, tien man nan i k pia ninsiid yen, yinb yab ye li pamanlin n, yinb yab tie nimɔnb, yinb yab daa bona kuli, ya tiend man nan ya danb k pia lba yen,
those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,
31 Yinb yab n kpend yeni li ŋandunli, i bontitied n ya naan nan yab k pia ñuad li ŋandunl yen, klma, li ŋandunli ji caa o juodma.
and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.
32 N bua k yalnba yal tie cicagbuol kuln, yua k kuan pua bii k kun ja, yi tug oba k cab t yonbdaano, k mangi yonbidaan pali,
I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;
33 Ama yua tien puobianli, yi tug oba k cabi ŋanduna ne bona, kpaan wan mangi o pua pali,
while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;
34 Yua k kuan pua bii k ban ja, tug oba k cabi u tienu tuona, o kpaan wan ya ŋan o gbannand yen o nalg kuli, li tie yeni mɔ ya pua k kun ja po mɔ, o yi tug oba k cabi ŋanduna ne bona, k kpaan mangi o calo pali.
and so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master’s cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.
35 N maad ne, k lan fid k tod'i, k da baad yen jeje i po, ama lan ya mɔn i po u tienu sanun k gbanñagl n da kua'i.
I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter around your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.
36 Ama, ya daan'o mali ko k ŋanb k kub o pua k dugn o buakaal yabd yen wan tien o puobianli nan wan bo sun maama,
If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, he should act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong – let the marriage take place.
37 L k tie bonbiil, ama o kal k jag ko kan tien puobianli k mabl ba kul k ye o po, ko b fid k cuo oba, l baa tie bonŋanl yen o ya k kuan'o.
On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.
38 Li tie yeni k wan kuan o pua, o kub k ŋan, li tie yen mɔ yua k kuan pua po, o ŋanb k kub k l ŋan boncianli.
In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.
39 Opua ŋanb k kub o calo ya yognu k b da fuo, ama o calo ya tua yua k ye (yua kpe), o b fid k guan k kun ja tian, ama li kul ne u tienu sanun ni,
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry anyone she wishes, provided he is a believer.
40 N, n ya po, o ba ye li pamanli nan wan ye maam. N maadi ne k gɔ sien k ban k n gbie u tienu fuoŋanmi.
Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is – in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
