1 Bakolinto 7
1 Sik’oyo, nazali kopesa biyano na tina na makambo oyo bokomelaki ngai. Eleki malamu mpo na mobali ete abala mwasi te.
Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
2 Kasi mpo na kokima pite, tika ete mobali nyonso azala na mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi nyonso azala na mobali na ye.
Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
3 Tika ete mobali akokisa posa ya mwasi na ye, mpe tika ete mwasi akokisa posa ya mobali na ye.
Let the husband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
4 Pamba te mwasi azali na bokonzi te na nzoto na ye, ezali nde mobali na ye; ndenge moko mpe, mobali azali na bokonzi te na nzoto na ye, kasi ezali nde mwasi na ye.
The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: and likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Bopimelanaka nzoto te, longola kaka soki, na boyokani mpe mpo na mwa tango moke, bolingi tango mosusu komipesa na losambo. Kasi sima na tango yango, bozongela kosangisa nzoto mpo ete Satana akozwa nzela te ya komeka bino likolo ya bozangi makoki ya komikanga.
Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.
6 Awa nazali koloba bongo, nazali na ngai kaka kopesa likanisi, kasi mobeko te.
But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
7 Nakokaki kosepela ete mibali nyonso bazala lokola ngai; nzokande, moto na moto azali na likabo na ye ya ngolu, oyo azwi kowuta na Nzambe: moko azali na likabo oyo, mosusu azali na likabo wana.
For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that.
8 Na yango, nazali koloba na bato oyo babali nanu te mpe na basi oyo bakufisa mibali, ete ezali malamu mpo na bango kokoba kozala ya kobala te lokola ngai.
Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
9 Kasi soki bakoki te komikanga, tika ete babala; pamba te eleki malamu kobala, na esika ya kozika na posa ya nzoto.
But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
10 Epai ya bato oyo babala, nazali kopesa mitindo, ngai te kasi Nkolo: Mwasi asengeli te kokabwana na mobali na ye;
And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.
11 kasi soki akabwani na mobali na ye, asengeli kobala lisusu te to asengeli koyokana na mobali na ye; mpe mobali asengeli te kobengana mwasi na ye na libala.
But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 Epai ya bato mosusu, nazali koloba, Nkolo te kasi ngai: Soki ndeko mobali Moklisto abali mwasi oyo azali mondimi te, bongo mwasi yango andimi kowumela elongo na ye, tika ete abengana mwasi yango te;
But to ye remnant I speake, and not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.
13 soki mpe mwasi azali na mobali oyo azali mondimi te, mpe mobali yango andimi kowumela elongo na ye na libala, tika ete mwasi akabwana te na mobali na ye.
And the woman which hath an husband that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.
14 Pamba te, mobali oyo azali mondimi te abulisami na nzela ya mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi oyo azali mondimi te abulisami na nzela ya mobali na ye. Soki ezalaki bongo te, bana na bino balingaki kozala mbindo, nzokande bazali bule.
For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husband, els were your children vncleane: but nowe are they holie.
15 Kasi soki ye oyo azali mondimi te alingi koboma libala, tika ete aboma na ye! Na likambo ya boye, ndeko mobali to ndeko mwasi azali ya kokangama te. Nzambe abenga bino mpo na kobika bomoi kati na kimia.
But if the vnbeleeuing depart, let him depart: a brother or a sister is not in subiection in such things: but God hath called vs in peace.
16 Oyebi nini kati na likambo yango? Tango mosusu, yo mwasi, okobikisa mobali na yo! Tango mosusu, yo mobali, okobikisa mwasi na yo!
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?
17 Lisusu, tika ete moto na moto atambola na lolenge oyo Nkolo abongisela ye, ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye. Yango nde mobeko oyo napesi na Mangomba nyonso.
But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lord hath called euery one, so let him walke: and so ordaine I, in all Churches.
18 Boni, moto moko azalaki akatama ngenga tango Nzambe abengaki ye? Tika ete atikala akatama ngenga! Boni, moto moko azalaki akatama ngenga te tango Nzambe abengaki ye? Tika ete atikala akatama ngenga te!
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised.
19 Kokatama ngenga to kokatama ngenga te ezali na tina te; likambo ya tina ezali nde kobatela mibeko ya Nzambe.
Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandements of God.
20 Tika ete moko na moko atikala ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!
Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.
21 Boni, ozalaki mowumbu tango Nzambe abengaki yo? Komitungisa na yango te! Ezala soki okoki kokoma nsomi, salela nde malamu lolenge na yo.
Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.
22 Pamba te moto oyo azalaki mowumbu tango abengamaki mpo na kosalela Nkolo azali mokangolami ya Nkolo; ndenge moko mpe, moto oyo azalaki nsomi tango Nzambe abengaki ye azali mowumbu ya Klisto.
For he that is called in the Lord, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.
23 Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi! Boye, bokoma te bawumbu ya bato.
Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.
24 Bandeko, tika ete moko na moko awumela, na miso ya Nzambe ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!
Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God.
25 Mpo na oyo etali baseka, nazali na mobeko te kowuta na Nkolo; kasi na mawa ya Nkolo, lokola moto oyo bakoki kotiela motema, nazali kopesa likanisi na ngai.
Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commandement of the Lord: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.
26 Nakanisi ete, mpo na pasi ya tango oyo, ezali malamu mpo na moto kotikala ndenge azali.
I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Ozali na mwasi? Koluka kokabwana na ye te. Ozali na mwasi te? Koluka mpe mwasi te.
Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.
28 Kasi soki mpe obali, osali lisumu te; soki moseka abali, asali lisumu te. Nzokande, bato oyo babala bakokutana na pasi mingi kati na bomoi na bango; mpe ngai, nalingi nde kosunga bino mpo bokutana na pasi yango te.
But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 Bandeko na ngai, nazali koloba boye: tango ekomi moke; kobanda sik’oyo, tika ete mibali oyo bazali na basi bazala lokola nde bazali na basi te;
And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:
30 tika ete bato oyo bazali kolela bazala lokola nde bazali kolela te; tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosepela bazala lokola nde bazali kosepela te; tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosomba bazala lokola nde bazali na eloko te;
And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not:
31 tika ete ba-oyo bazali kosalela biloko ya mokili bazala lokola nde bazali kosalela yango te; pamba te mokili oyo, na lolenge na yango ya sik’oyo, ezali koleka!
And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: for the fashion of this worlde goeth away.
32 Nalingi ete bomitungisaka te. Mobali oyo azali ya kobala te atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya Nkolo, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa Nkolo.
And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.
33 Mobali oyo abala atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya mokili, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa mwasi na ye,
But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 mpe motema na ye ezali ya kokabwana. Ndenge moko mpe, mwasi oyo azangi mobali, lokola moseka, atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya Nkolo mpo ete azala bule kati na nzoto mpe kati na molimo. Kasi mwasi oyo abala atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya mokili, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa mobali na ye.
There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.
35 Nazali koloba makambo oyo mpo na bolamu na bino; ezali te mpo na kotiela bino motambo, kasi ezali nde mpo ete bosala oyo ezali malamu koleka mpe bomipesa mobimba na Nkolo.
And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee follow that, which is honest, and that yee may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.
36 Soki elenge mobali amoni ete akokoka lisusu te komikanga liboso ya mwasi mobandami na ye na libala, soki akanisi kosangisa na ye nzoto mpe ete asengeli kaka kosala bongo, wana bazali kotambola kati na likanisi ya kobalana, tika ete asala kolanda posa na ye, azali kosala lisumu te. Tika ete babalana!
But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.
37 Kasi mobali oyo azwi mokano kati na motema na ye, na kotindikama te mpe na bososoli nyonso, ya kosangisa nzoto te na mwasi mobandami na ye na libala, asali malamu.
Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.
38 Boye, mobali oyo abali mwasi mobandami na ye na libala asali malamu, kasi oyo abali ye te asali malamu koleka.
So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth well, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
39 Mwasi ya libala azalaka ya kokangama na mobali na ye na tango nyonso oyo mobali yango azali na bomoi. Soki mobali na ye akufi, mwasi akomi nsomi mpo na kobalana na mobali nyonso oyo ye alingi, kasi mobali yango asengeli kozala Moklisto.
The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.
40 Nzokande, na makanisi na ngai, akozala mwasi ya esengo koleka soki atikali ndenge azali; mpe nakanisi ete, ngai mpe, nazali na Molimo ya Nzambe.
But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.
