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.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me, it is praiseworthy for a man not to approach 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.

But, on account of whoredom, let each have his own wife and let a woman have her own husband.

3 Tika ete mobali akokisa posa ya mwasi na ye, mpe tika ete mwasi akokisa posa ya mobali na ye.

And let the man render to his wife the kindness which is due; and so also the woman to her 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 woman is not the sovereign over her body, but her husband: so also the man is not the sovereign over his 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.

Therefore, deprive not one another, except when ye both consent, at the time ye devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and return again to the same disposition, that Satan tempt you not because of the concupiscence of your body.

6 Awa nazali koloba bongo, nazali na ngai kaka kopesa likanisi, kasi mobeko te.

But this I say, as to weak persons, not of positive precept.

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 would that all men might be like me in purity. But every man is endowed with his gift of God; one thus, and another so.

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.

And I say to them who have no wives, and to widows, that it is advantageous to them to remain as I am.

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 endure it, let them marry: for it is more profitable to take a wife, than to burn with concupiscence.

10 Epai ya bato oyo babala, nazali kopesa mitindo, ngai te kasi Nkolo: Mwasi asengeli te kokabwana na mobali na ye;

And on them who have wives, I enjoin, -not I, but my Lord, -that the woman separate not 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.

And if she separate, let her remain without a husband, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the man 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;

And to the rest, say I, - I, not my Lord, -that if there be a brother, who hath a wife that believeth not, and she is disposed to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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 that woman, who hath a husband that believeth not, and he is disposed to dwell with her let her not forsake her husband.

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 husband who believeth not, is sanctified by the wife that believeth; and the wife who believeth not, is sanctified by the husband that believeth: otherwise their children would be impure; but now are they pure.

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 unbeliever separateth, let him separate: A brother or sister is not in bondage in such cases: it is to peace, God hath called us.

16 Oyebi nini kati na likambo yango? Tango mosusu, yo mwasi, okobikisa mobali na yo! Tango mosusu, yo mobali, okobikisa mwasi na yo!

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou wilt procure life to thy husband? Or, thou husband, knowest thou, whether thou wilt procure life to 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.

Every one, however, as the Lord hath distributed to him, and every one as God hath called him, so let him walk. And also thus I enjoin upon all the 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 a circumcised person called, let him not revert to uncircumcision: and if one uncircumcised be called, let him not become circumcised.

19 Kokatama ngenga to kokatama ngenga te ezali na tina te; likambo ya tina ezali nde kobatela mibeko ya Nzambe.

For circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision; but the keeping of God's commands.

20 Tika ete moko na moko atikala ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!

Let every one continue in the vocation, in which 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.

If thou wert called, being a servant; let it not trouble thee. But if thou canst be made free, choose it rather than to serve.

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 by our Lord, being a servant, is God's freedman: likewise, he that is called, being a free man, is the Messiah's servant.

23 Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi! Boye, bokoma te bawumbu ya bato.

Ye are bought with a price; become not the servants of men.

24 Bandeko, tika ete moko na moko awumela, na miso ya Nzambe ndenge azalaki tango Nzambe abengaki ye!

Let every one, my Brethren, continue with God, in whatever state he was called.

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.

And concerning virginity, I have no precept from God; but I give counsels as a man who hath obtained mercy from God to be a believer.

26 Nakanisi ete, mpo na pasi ya tango oyo, ezali malamu mpo na moto kotikala ndenge azali.

And I think this is suitable, on account of the necessity of the times; it is advantageous for a man to remain as he is.

27 Ozali na mwasi? Koluka kokabwana na ye te. Ozali na mwasi te? Koluka mpe mwasi te.

Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Art thou free from a wife? Seek 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 maiden is given to a husband, she sinneth not. But they who are such, will have trouble in the body: but I am forbearing to 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, my Brethren, that the time to come is short; so that they who have wives, should be as if 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 who weep, as if they wept not; and they who rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they who buy, as if they acquired 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 those occupied with this world, not going beyond the just using: for the fashion of this world is passing 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 therefore I wish you to be without solicitude. For he who hath not a wife, considereth the thing of his Lord, how he may please his Lord.

33 Mobali oyo abala atiaka makanisi na ye kati na makambo ya mokili, alukaka ndenge nini kosepelisa mwasi na ye,

And he who hath a wife, is anxious about 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 a difference also between a wife and a maiden. She who is without a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to her Lord, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit. But she who hath a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to the world, how she 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 say for your advantage; I am not laying a snare for you; but that ye may be faithful towards your Lord, in a suitable manner, while not minding worldly things.

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 one thinketh that there is reproach, on account of his maiden daughter, because she hath passed her time, and he hath not presented her to a husband, and it be fitting that he present her; let him do what he desireth, he sinneth not; let her be married.

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.

But he who hath firmly determined in his own mind, and nothing compelleth him, and he can act his own pleasure, and he so judgeth in his heart, that he keep his maiden daughter, he doeth commendably.

38 Boye, mobali oyo abali mwasi mobandami na ye na libala asali malamu, kasi oyo abali ye te asali malamu koleka.

And therefore, he who presenteth his maiden daughter, doeth commendably; and he who presenteth not his maiden daughter, doeth very commendably.

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.

A woman, while her husband liveth, is bound by the law; but if her husband sleepeth in death, she is free to marry whom she pleaseth, yet only 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 she is happier, in my opinion, if she remain so: and I think also, that I have the Spirit of God.