Corinthios I 7
1 De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:
Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
2 propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.
but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
3 Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.
Let the husband render to his wife her due; and so also the wife to her husband.
4 Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.
The wife hath not the disposal of her own body, but her husband; and so also the husband hath not the disposal of his own body, but his wife.
5 Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.
Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.
6 Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.
But I say this by way of permission, not command.
7 Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.
I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.
8 Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.
I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
9 Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.
but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:
But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lord's: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,
11 quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.
and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et hæc consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;
13 Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:
and if a wife hath an unbelieving husband, and he be satisfied to dwell with her, let her not put her husband away.
14 sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.
For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.
15 Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.
But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.
16 Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?
For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?
17 Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.
But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.
18 Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat præputium. In præputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.
Was any one called being circumcised, let him not become as if uncircumcised; hath any one been called in uncircumcision, let him not become circumcised.
19 Circumcisio nihil est, et præputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.
Let every one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21 Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curæ: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.
Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.
22 Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christ's slave.
23 Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.
Ye were bought with a price; become not the slaves of men.
24 Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.
In that state, brethren, in which he was called, let every one remain with God.
25 De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.
I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
27 Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.
Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.
28 Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.
But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.
29 Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:
But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
30 et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:
and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: præterit enim figura hujus mundi.
and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;
32 Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quæ Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.
and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.
but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.
34 Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quæ Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quæ autem nupta est, cogitat quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.
There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
35 Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.
And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.
But if any one thinketh that he behaveth improperly in respect to his virgin [[daughter]], if she pass the flower of her age [[without being married]], and if it must be so, let him do what he will, he committeth no sin; let them marry.
37 Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suæ voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.
But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [[unmarried]], he doeth well.
38 Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; and he that doth not give her in marriage doeth better.
39 Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.
The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.
40 Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.
But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.
