1 Akoritho 7
1 Kuhusu makowe aga mwamuniandikiye: Kwabile ni muda ambapo unoite nnalome kana agonje ni nyumbo wake.
And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman,
2 Lakini kwa sababu ya majaribu ganyansima ga umalaya kila nnalome abe ni nyumbowe, ni kila mwanamke abe ni nchengowe.
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 Nchebgo apalikwa kumpeya nnyumbo haki yake ya ndoa, ni nyonyonyo nyumbo kwa nchengowe.
to the wife let the husband render the due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 Nyumbo kwaa abile na mamlaka nnani ya yega yake, ni nchengo. Na nyonyonyo, nchengo ni ywembe abile kwaa ni mamlaka nnani ya yega yake, ila nnyumbo abile nayo.
the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner also, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
5 Kana munyimane kwaa mana mugonjike mpamo, ila mana muyeketyana kwa muda pulani. Mupange nyoo ili kupata muda wa kuloba. Boka po mwaweza rudiana kae pamope, ili nchela kana abajaribu kwa kukosa kiasi.
Do not defraud one another, except by consent for a time, that you may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that Satan may not tempt you because of your self-indulgence;
6 Lakini nilongela makowe aga kwa hiari ni kwa amri kwaa.
and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,
7 Natamaniya kila yumo abe kati nenga yanibile. Lakini kila yumo abile ni karama yake kuoma kwa Nnongo. Ayoo abile ni karama yee, ni yolo abile ni karama yenge.
for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each has his own gift of God, one indeed thus and one thus.
8 Kwa balo baolewa kwaa ni ajane nabaya kuwa inanoga kwabe kati bakibaki bila kobekwa, kati yanibile nenga.
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
9 Lakini kati baweza kwaa kuizuia, bapalikwa kobekwa. Kwa mana heri kwabe kobekwa kuliko beka tamaa.
and if they do not have continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
10 Nambeambe kwa balo bakobekwile niapeya amri, nenga kwaa ila Ngwana.”Nnyumbo kana atengane ni nchengo bake.”
and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
11 Lakini kati aitenga boka kwa nchengo wake, atame bila kobekwa au apatane ni nchengowe. Ni “nchengo kana ampeye talaka nnyumbo bake.”
but, and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to the husband, and do not let a husband send a wife away.
12 Lakini kwa benge, nalongela nenga, Ngwana kwaa kuwa kati nongo yoyote abile ni nnyumbo ywaaminiya kwaa ni aridhika tama naywembe, apalikwa kwaa kunneka.
And to the rest I speak—not the LORD—if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to dwell with him, do not let him send her away;
13 Kati nnwawa abile ni nchengo ywaaminiya kwaa, ni mana atiridhika tama niywembe, kana anneke.
and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her send him away;
14 Kwa nchengo ywange aminiya alowa takasika kwa sababu ya imani ya nnyumbo bake. Ni nnwawa ywange aminiya alowa takasilwa kwa sababu ya nchengo ywaaminiya. Ila bana winu wapalika pangilwa safi kwaa, lakini kwa kweli batitakasilwa.
for the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
15 Lakini mpenzi ywange aminiya mana abokite ni ayende. Kwa namna yee, muinja au nnombo atabilwa kwaa ni iapo yabe. Nnongo atukemile tutame kwa amani.
And if the unbelieving separates himself—let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace has God called us;
16 Utanga namani mana nnwawa, panga waweza kunnopwa nchengowo? Au utanga namani kati nnalome, panga waweza kunnopwa nnyumbowo?
for what, have you known, O wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what, have you known, O husband, whether you will save the wife?
17 Kila yumo atama maisha kati Ngwana yaatuchawile, kila yumo kati Nnongo yaabakemile bembe. Awoo nga mwongozo wango kwa makanisa goti.
If not, as God distributed to each, as the LORD has called each—so let him walk; and thus I direct in all the assemblies:
18 Abile ywabile atitahiriwe paakemilwe amini? Kana ajaribu kuboywa alama ya tohara yake. Abile yeyote ywakemelwa mu'imani atairiwa kwaa? Apalikwa kwaa tairiwa.
being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyone called? Do not let him be circumcised;
19 Kwa lee aidha atitairiwa wala ywabile kwaa tairiwa ntopo matatizo. Chabile ni matatizi ni kuitii amri ya Nnongo.
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of the commands of God.
20 Kila yumo abaki mu'wito kati yaabile akemilwe ni Nnongo kuaminiya.
Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;
21 Ubile mmanda muda Nnongo akukemile? Kana ujali kuhusu lee. Lakini mana waweza kuwa huru, panga nyoo.
a servant—were you called? Do not be anxious; but if also you are able to become free—use [it] rather;
22 Kwa yumo ywakemilwe ni Ngwana kati mmanda ni mundu huru katika Ngwana. Kati yelo, yumo ywabile huru paakemilwe amiya na pangika mmanda 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 Muyomwile pemewa kwa thamani, nga nyoo kana mube amanda ba bandu.
you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men;
24 Ainja ni alombo bango, katika maisha yoyote kila yumo witu patukemilwe aminiya, tutame nyonyonyo.
each, in that in which he was called, brothers, in this let him remain with God.
25 Nambeambe, balo bote ambao bange kobeka kamwe, nibile kwaa ni amri boka kwa Ngwana. Lakini niapeya mawazo gango kati yanibile. Kwa huruma ya Ngwana, zazibile aminilwa.
And concerning the virgins, I do not have a command of the LORD; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the LORD to be faithful.
26 Kwa eyo, nawaza nyoo kwa sababu ya usumbufu, ni vyema nnalome abaki kati ya abile.
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 Utabilwe kwa nnwawa ni kiapo sa ndoa? Kana uupale uhuru boka kwa yoo. Ubile ni uhuru boka kwa nnyumbo au ukobekwa kwaa. Kana umpale nnyumbo.
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28 Lakini mana ukobike, upanga kwaa sambi. Na mana nnwawa akobekwa kwaa mana akobekwe, apangite kwa sambi. Bado balo bakobekane bapata masumbufu ga aina mbalembale. Ni nenga nataka nibaepushie ago.
But, and if you may marry, you did not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such will have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
29 Lakini nabaya nyoo, ainja ni alombo bango, muda ni mwipi. Tangu nambeambe ni kuyendelya, balo babile ni anyumbo babe batame kati babile nabo kaa.
And this I say, brothers, the time from now on is having been shortened—that both those having wives may be as not having;
30 Bote babile ni huzuni baipanga kati babile kwaa ni huzuni, na bote bapuraike, mana babile ni puaraika, na bote bapemile kilebe chochote, mana hawakumiliki chochote.
and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
31 Ni bote baishughulisha ni ulimwengu, bawe kati batishughulika kwaa nakwe. Kwa mana mitindo ya dunia iikite mwisho wake.
and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.
32 Napala mube huru kwa masumbufu yoti. Nnalome ywakobeka kwaa ywajisuhulisha na ilebe yaimhusu Ngwana, namna ya kumpendeza ywembe.
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, how he will please the LORD;
33 Lakini nnalome ywakobike ujihusisha na makowe ga dunia, namna ya kumpendeza nnyumbo bake,
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.
34 atigawanyika. Nwawa ywakobekwa kwaa au bikra ujihusisha ni ilebe ya Ngwana, namna yee uitenga mu'yega na katika roho. Lakini nnwawa ywakobekwile hujiusisha kuhusu ilebe ya dunia, nmana ya kumpuraisha nchengo wake.
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 will please the husband.
35 Nabaya nyoo kwa faida yinu mwabene, na naubeka kwaa mtego kwinu. Nabaya nyoo kwa kuwa ni haki. ili kwamba mwaweza kuibeka wakfu kwa Ngwana bila kikwazo sosote.
And this I say for your own profit: not that I may cast a noose on you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the LORD, undistractedly,
36 Lakini mana mundu aweza kwaa kumetendea kwa heshima mwana mwali wake, kwa sababu ya hisia yake zabile ni ngupu muno, leka akobekane ni ywembe kati apendavyo.
and if anyone thinks [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought to be so, what he wills let him do; he does not sin—let him marry.
37 Lakini mana apangite maamuzi ya kobeka kwaa, ni ntopo haja ya lazima, ni mana aweza kuitawala hamu yake, alowa panga inoite kati ankobeka kwaa.
And he does well who has stood steadfast in the heart—not having necessity—and has authority over his own will, and he has determined this in his heart—to keep his own virgin;
38 Nga nyoo, ywamkobeka mwana mwale wake apanga inoite, ni yeyote ywachawa kobeka kwaa apanga inoite muno.
so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.
39 Nwawa atabilwa ni nchengo wake wakati abile nkoto. Lakini mana nchengowe awile, abile huru kobekwa na yoyote ywaampenda, lakini katika Ngwana.
A wife has been bound by law [for] as long [a] 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 Bado mu'maamuzi yango, alowa pangilwa puraha muno kati aishi kati abile. Na nawasa kuwa nenga pia nibile na Roho wa Nnongo.
and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
