1 Abakkolinso 7
1 Kaakano ku bintu bye mwampandiikira, kirungi omusajja obutakwatanga ku mukazi.
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,
2 Naye olw’ebikolwa eby’obwenzi, buli musajja abeerenga ne mukazi we; era na buli mukazi abeerenga ne bba.
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 Omusajja ateekwa okutuukirizanga eby’obufumbo byonna eri mukazi we era n’omukazi bw’atyo.
to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 Kubanga omukazi bw’afumbirwa aba takyafuga mubiri gwe ye wabula bba, era n’omusajja bw’atyo aba takyafuga mubiri gwe ye wabula mukazi we y’aba agulinako obuyinza.
the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
5 Buli omu alemenga okumma munne wabula nga mulagaanye ekiseera mulyoke mufune ebbanga ery’okusabiramu n’oluvannyuma muddiŋŋanenga, Setaani aleme okubasuula olw’obuteefuga bwammwe.
Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
6 Naye kino nkyogera mu ngeri ya kukkiriziganya so si mu ngeri ya kuwa kiragiro.
and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
7 Nandyagadde buli omu abeere nga nze; naye buli muntu alina ekirabo ekikye ku bubwe ekiva eri Katonda, omu mu ngeri emu n’omulala mu ngeri endala.
for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
8 Naye njogera eri abo abatannawasa ne bannamwandu; kirungi okusigala nga bwe bali, era nga nze bwe ndi.
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
9 Naye bwe baba tebasobola kwefuga bafumbirwe, oba bawase, kubanga okufumbiriganwa kisinga okwakiriranga okw’okwegomba.
and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
10 Naye abafumbo mbawa etteeka eriva eri Mukama waffe: omukazi tanobanga ku bba.
and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
11 Singa baawukana, omukazi ateekwa kubeerera awo, oba si ekyo addeyo ewa bba basonyiwagane; n’omusajja tagobanga mukazi we.
but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
12 Abalala njogera gye bali kubanga si tteeka eriva eri Mukama waffe, naye mbagamba nti owooluganda bw’abeera n’omukazi atali mukkiriza ng’ayagala okubeera naye, tamugobanga.
And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
13 Era omukazi omukkiriza alina bba atali mukkiriza naye ng’amwagala, tamuvangako.
and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
14 Kubanga omusajja atali mukkiriza ayinza okufuulibwa omukkiriza ng’ayambibwa mukyala we omukkiriza, oba omukyala atali mukkiriza ayinza okufuulibwa omukkiriza ng’ayambibwa bba omukkiriza. Kubanga bwe kitaba ekyo abaana bammwe banditwaliddwa ng’abatali balongoofu naye ku lw’ekyo abaana bammwe baba balongoofu.
for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
15 Kyokka oyo atali mukkiriza bw’ayagala okwawukana, baawukane; mu nsonga eyo omusajja omukkiriza oba omukyala taasibwenga mu ekyo, kubanga Katonda ayagala abaana be okubeera n’eddembe.
And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace hath God called us;
16 Ggwe omukazi omukkiriza omanyi otya ng’olirokola balo? Oba ggwe omusajja omukkiriza omanyi otya ng’olirokola mukazi wo?
for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
17 Buli omu abeere mu bulamu Mukama bwe yamuwa, era Katonda mwe yamuyitira mw’abatambuliranga. Ekyo ky’ekiragiro kye mpa ekkanisa zonna.
if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
18 Eyayitibwa ng’amaze okukomolebwa aleme kugamba nti ssinga teyakomolebwa, n’oyo eyakkiriza nga si mukomole aleme kufaayo ku kukomolebwa.
being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
19 Kubanga okukomolebwa si kintu era obutakomolebwa si kintu, wabula ekikulu kwe kukwata amateeka ga Katonda.
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
20 Buli omu abeerenga mu kuyitibwa Katonda kwe yamuyitiramu.
Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
21 Oba nga wayitibwa ng’oli muddu ekyo kireme okuba ekikulu; naye bw’oba ng’ofunye omukisa okufuuka ow’eddembe, gukozese.
a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
22 Kubanga eyayitibwa Mukama nga muddu, Mukama yamufuula wa ddembe, n’oyo eyali ow’eddembe yafuuka muddu wa Kristo.
for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
23 Mwagulibwa na muwendo noolwekyo temufuukanga baddu ba bantu.
with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
24 Kale abooluganda, buli kifo kyonna omuntu yenna ky’alimu, mwe yayitirwa abeere mu ekyo.
each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
25 Naye ku ky’abatafumbirwanga wadde okuwasa, sirina kiragiro kiva eri Mukama wabula Mukama mu kusaasira kwe yampa amagezi agayinza okwesigibwa kwe nnaasinziira okubawa ekirowoozo kyange.
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
26 Kino nkirowooza nga kirungi, olw’embeera eya kaakano, nga kirungi omuntu okusigala nga bw’ali.
I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
27 Obanga oli mufumbo tosaanye kwawukana na munno. Naye obanga wayawukana n’omukazi, tonoonya wa kuwasa.
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 Kyokka omusajja bw’awasa aba tayonoonye, era n’embeerera bw’afumbirwa naye aba tayonoonye. Wabula abafumbo, obufumbo bujja kubaleetera emitawaana gye nandiyagadde mwewale.
But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
29 Naye kino kye mbategeeza abooluganda nti ekiseera kiyimpawadde. Noolwekyo abo abalina abakazi babe ng’abatabalina.
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
30 N’abo abakaaba babe ng’abatakaaba, n’abo abasanyuka babe ng’abatasanyuka. N’abo abagula ebintu babe ng’abatalina kintu kye bayita kyabwe.
and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
31 Era n’abo abakozesa eby’oku nsi kuno bireme okubamalamu ennyo, kubanga ensi eya kaakano eggwaawo.
and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
32 Naye kye mbagaliza mmwe bwe buteraliikirira. Omusajja atali mufumbo yeemalira ku bya Mukama, engeri gy’asanyusa Mukama.
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
33 Naye omufumbo yeeraliikirira bya nsi, nga bw’anaasanyusa mukazi we;
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
34 aba yeesazeemu, ng’atta aga n’aga. N’omukazi atali mufumbo n’embeerera bafaayo ku bintu bya Mukama, babeerenga batukuvu mu mubiri ne mu mwoyo. Naye omukazi omufumbo yeeraliikirira bya mu nsi, engeri gy’anaasanyusaamu bba.
The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
35 Bino mbyogera olw’okubagasa, so si kubaziyiza kuwasa na kufumbirwa. Kubanga njagala musobole okuweereza Mukama nga tewali birala bibaziyiza okweweerayo ddala.
And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
36 Omusajja bw’alowooza nti aba teyeeyisizza bulungi eri omuwala oyo gw’ayogereza bw’atamuwasa, bwe bafumbiriganwa, aba tayonoonye.
and if any one doth think [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.
37 Naye oyo asobola okwefuga ng’alina omutima omunywevu, n’asalawo awatali kuwalirizibwa nti omuwala tajja kumuwasa, aba asazeewo bulungi.
And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;
38 Kale oyo awasa omuwala gw’ayogereza aba akoze bulungi, naye oyo atamuwasa y’aba asinze okukola obulungi.
so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
39 Omukazi omufumbo abeera kitundu kya bba, bba bw’aba akyali mulamu. Naye bba bw’afa olwo ayinza okufumbirwa omusajja omulala gw’ayagala, kyokka omusajja oyo ateekwa kuba mu Mukama waffe yekka.
A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will — only in the Lord;
40 Naye nze ndowooza nti alina omukisa oyo singa taddayo kufumbirwa. Era ndowooza nga nange nnina Omwoyo wa Katonda.
and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
