1 Koriniti 7

1 Na mo nga mea i tuhituhi mai na koutou: he mea pai ano mo te tangata kia kaua e pa ki te wahine.

Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Otiia, he whakaaro kei moepuku, kia rite ma te tane he wahine mana ake, a ma te wahine he tane mana ake.

But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Kia puta te whakaaro pai o te tane ki te wahine, hei te mea e tika ana: me to te wahine hoki ki te tane.

Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

4 Ehara te wahine i te rangatira o tona tinana ake, engari te tane: me te tane ano, ehara ia i te rangatira o tona ake tinana, engari te wahine.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5 Kaua e kaiponu tetahi i tetahi; haunga ia ki te ata whakaritea mo tetahi wa, kia atea ai korua ki te nohopuku, ki te inoi, ka hoki ai ano ki a korua, kei ai to korua hiahia taikaha hei whakawai ma Hatana i a korua.

Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

6 Otira ko tenei korero aku he mea whakaae noa, ehara i te tikanga whakatakoto.

But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

7 Ko taku ia i pai ai, kia penei nga tangata katoa i ahau nei. Otira e homai ana e te Atua te ahua mona ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata, ki tetahi ko tenei, ki tetahi ko tera.

For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

8 Ko taku kupu ia tenei ki nga takakau, ki nga wahine pouaru, He mea pai mo ratou kia kati tonu me ahau nei.

But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

9 Otira ki te kore e taea e raua te whakamanawanui, me marena: he pai ake hoki te marena i te kaka o te ngakau.

But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

10 Ko taku whakahau ia tenei ki te hunga whai hoa, ehara i ahau, engari ko te Ariki, Aua te wahine e mawehe ke i tana tane:

But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.

11 Engari, ki te mawehe ia, me noho hoakore, me hohou ranei te rongo ki tana tane: kaua hoki te tane e whakarere i tana wahine.

And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.

12 Ki era atu ia ko taku kupu tenei, ehara i te Ariki: Ki te mea he wahine kore whakapono ta tetahi o nga teina, a ka whakaae taua wahine kia noho tahi raua, kaua ia e whakarerea e ia.

For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 A ko te wahine, he tane kore whakapono tana, a ka whakaae kia noho tahi raua, kaua ia e whakarere i tana tane.

And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband.

14 No te mea e whakatapua ana te tane whakaponokore e te wahine, e whakatapua ana hoki te wahine whakaponokore e te tane: me he kahore, kua poke a korua tamariki, tena ko tenei he tapu ratou.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise your children should be unclean; but now they are holy.

15 Ki te mawehe ke ia te whakaponokore, mana e mawehe ke. E kore tetahi teina, tuahine ranei, e mau te here e nga mea pena: otira kua karangatia tatou e te Atua ki te rangimarie.

But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.

16 Ma te aha koe e mohio ai, e tai, ka ora ranei i a koe tau tane? a koe ranei, e te tane, ma te aha ka mohio ai, ka ora i a koe tau wahine?

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

17 Heoi anake, kia rite ki ta te Atua tuwahanga ki tena, ki tena, ki tana karangatanga hoki ki tena, ki tena, kia pera tana haere. Na ko taku whakatakoto tena i roto i nga hahi katoa.

But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.

18 He mea kokoti tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua e whakakahoretia tona kotinga. He mea kokotikore tetahi i tona karangatanga? kaua a e kotia.

Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19 He mea kore noa iho te kotinga, he mea kore noa iho ano te kotingakore, engari ia te pupuri i a te Atua ture.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.

20 Kia mau ia tangata ki tona karangatanga, i karangatia ai ia.

Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

21 He pononga koe i tou karangatanga? kaua e manukanuka: otira ki te watea he haerenga noatanga atu mou, e pena.

Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

22 Ko te tangata hoki he pononga i tona karangatanga i roto i te Ariki, he tangata tuku noa ia na te Ariki: waihoki ko te tangata ehara nei i te pononga i tona karangatanga, he pononga ia na te Karaiti.

For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.

23 Kua oti koutou te hoko ki te utu; aua e meinga hei pononga koutou ma te tangata.

You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.

24 E oku teina, ko te mahi a tenei, a tenei, i tona karangatanga kia mau ia ki tena me te whakaaro ano ki te Atua.

Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

25 Na mo nga wahine, kahore a te Ariki tikanga ki ahau; tenei ia toku whakaaro, ara to te tangata i a ia nei to te Ariki atawhai, i pono ai.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

26 Na reira ki toku whakaaro he pai tenei mo te whakararu o tenei wa, ara he pai kia kati tonu te tangata i a ia nei.

I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.

27 Kua herea koe ki te wahine? kaua e whai kia wetekia. Ka oti koe te wewete i te wahine? kaua e whaia he wahine.

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

28 Otiia ki te marena koe, kahore ou hara; a ki te marena te wahine, kahore ona hara. Otiia tera e pa mai he whakararu i te kikokiko ki taua hunga pena: heoi me ata hanga ahau ki a koutou.

But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.

29 Ko taku kupu ia tenei, e oku teina, e tutata ana te wa: heoi inaianei tera e rite te hunga whai wahine ki te hunga kahore nei a ratou;

This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

30 Me te hunga e tangi ana, ano kahore ratou i te tangi; me te hunga e hari ana, ano kahore ratou i te hari; me te hunga e hoko ana, ano kahore a ratou taonga;

And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

31 Me te hunga i a ratou tenei ao, ano kahore a ratou he ki te ao; e memeha haere ana hoki te ahua o tenei ao.

And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 Otiia ko taku mea tenei kia kaua koutou e manukanuka. Ko ta te takakau e manukanuka ai ko nga mea a te Ariki, me pehea tana whakamanawareka ki te Ariki:

But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.

33 Ko te tangata whai hoa ia, e manukanuka ana ki nga mea o te ao, me pehea tana whakamanawareka ki tana wahine.

But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.

34 Na tera ano te mea i rereke ai te wahine whai hoa i te wahine. Ko te wahine takakau, tana e manukanuka ai ko nga mea a te Ariki, kia tapu tahi ai te tinana me te wairua: ko te wahine whai hoa ia ka manukanuka ki nga mea o te ao, me pehea tana wh akamanawareka ki tana tane.

And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

35 Ko tenei korero aku he mea kia hua ai he pai mo koutou ano; ehara i te mea kia mahangatia ai koutou, engari mo te mea e haratau ana, kia u ai koutou ki te Ariki, kahore he mea hei rorona ke.

And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.

36 Na, ki te whakaaro tetahi tangata e he ana tana tikanga ki tana wahine, mehemea kua pahure tona taiohinga, a heoi ano tikanga, mana e mea tana e pai ai, kahore ona hara: me marena raua.

But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will; he sinneth not, if she marry.

37 Ko te tangata ia e u ana i tona ngakau, a kahore he mea hei akiaki i a ia, kei a ia ake ano te tikanga mo tana e pai ai, a kua oti tenei te whakatakoto e tona ngakau, kia waiho tana wahine, kei te pai tana mahi.

For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will; and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.

38 Na he pai te mahi a te tangata e tuku ana kia marenatia tana wahine; pai ake ia te mahi a te tangata kahore e tuku kia marenatia.

Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.

39 E herea ana te wahine e te ture i te mea e ora ana tana tane; ki te mate ia te tane, kua watea ia ki te marena ki tana e pai ai; otira i roto i te Ariki.

A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.

40 Ki toku whakaaro ia, nui ke atu tona hari ki te kati tonu ia: a ki taku mahara kei ahau ano hoki te Wairua o te Atua.

But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.