1 Corinzi 5
1 Si ode addirittura affermare che v’è tra voi fornicazione; e tale fornicazione, che non si trova neppure fra i Gentili; al punto che uno di voi si tiene la moglie di suo padre.
[Now I want to discuss another matter]. It has been {People have} reported to me, and I believe that it is true, that some people among you have been acting in a sexually immoral way, in a way that is so bad that not even (pagans/people who do not know about God) act that way. People tell me that a man is living with his stepmother (OR, his father’s other wife).
2 E siete gonfi, e non avete invece fatto cordoglio perché colui che ha commesso quell’azione fosse tolto di mezzo a voi!
You should be sad about what that man is doing! He should have been expelled {[You] should have expelled him} from your congregation! [But you] have not [done that], so (how can you be proud, [thinking that you are spiritually mature?]/it is disgusting that you are proud, [thinking that you are spiritually mature]!) [RHQ]
3 Quanto a me, assente di persona ma presente in ispirito, ho già giudicato, come se fossi presente, colui che ha perpetrato un tale atto.
As for me, I have already decided [how you should] punish that man. And even though I am away from you, my spirit is with you, and you should do as I would do if I were there with you.
4 Nel nome del Signor Gesù, essendo insieme adunati voi e lo spirito mio, con la potestà del Signor nostro Gesù,
[What I have decided is that] when you have gathered together with the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus, and my spirit is with you, and the power of our Lord Jesus [is with you],
5 ho deciso che quel tale sia dato in man di Satana, a perdizione della carne, onde lo spirito sia salvo nel giorno del Signor Gesù.
you should hand that man over to Satan. Then Satan can injure/punish his body, in order that [he will turn away from his sinful behavior] and his spirit will be saved on the day when the Lord [returns] [MTY].
6 Il vostro vantarvi non è buono. Non sapete voi che un po’ di lievito fa lievitare tutta la pasta?
It is not good that, [while you are letting that immoral man continue to be in your congregation], you are boasting [about being spiritually mature]. (You know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] [into which it is put] {[a woman puts it]}./Do you not know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] [into which it is put]?) [RHQ] [Similarly, one person who continues to sin will have a bad effect on all the congregation].
7 Purificatevi del vecchio lievito, affinché siate una nuova pasta, come già siete senza lievito. Poiché anche la nostra pasqua, cioè Cristo, è stata immolata.
So, [just like we Jews] expel the old yeast [from our houses during the Passover celebration] in order that we may have a fresh batch of dough without yeast in it [MET], [you must expel such evil people from your congregation]. Do [that so that you can truly be holy people], as [I know that] you really are. Remember that Christ was sacrificed {sacrificed himself} [so that God could spare us from being punished for our sins, just like the Jews sacrificed lambs during] the [first] Passover celebration [so that God would spare their firstborn sons from being killed].
8 Celebriamo dunque la festa, non con vecchio lievito, né con lievito di malizia e di malvagità, ma con gli azzimi della sincerità e della verità.
So let us celebrate [the fact that God has freed us from being punished us for our sins] [MET], [just like the Jews] in [later years] celebrated Passover [to celebrate God freeing them from being slaves in Egypt. They made sure that there was] no old yeast in the dough. [They ate bread that] had no yeast in it. [Similarly], [we should make sure that there are no people in our congregations] [MET] [who act] maliciously [toward others] or [act] wickedly. Instead, [make sure] [MET] [that all those in our congregations are ones who act] sincerely and [speak] truthfully.
9 V’ho scritto nella mia epistola di non mischiarvi coi fornicatori;
In the previous letter that I wrote to you, I said that you should not associate with sexually immoral people.
10 non del tutto però coi fornicatori di questo mondo, o con gli avari e i rapaci, e con gl’idolatri; perché altrimenti dovreste uscire dal mondo;
I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who desire things that belong to others, or who (forcefully seize things that belong to others/are swindlers), or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world [to avoid all people] like that.
11 ma quel che v’ho scritto è di non mischiarvi con alcuno che, chiamandosi fratello, sia un fornicatore, o un avaro, o un idolatra, o un oltraggiatore, o un ubriacone, o un rapace; con un tale non dovete neppur mangiare.
But now [I am stating clearly that] when I wrote, I [meant that] you should not associate with those who say that they are fellow believers, if they are sexually immoral or if they desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or worship idols, or slander others, or become drunk. You should not associate with people like that, and you should not even eat with them!
12 Poiché, ho io forse da giudicar que’ di fuori? Non giudicate voi quelli di dentro?
It is certainly not [RHQ] my business to judge people who are not believers and who do not belong to [Christian congregations]. But it certainly is [RHQ] your business to judge those who are in [your congregation]!
13 Que’ di fuori li giudica Iddio. Togliete il malvagio di mezzo a voi stessi.
God is the one who will judge those who are not believers. [Do as the Scriptures command]: “Expel the wicked person from your midst!”
