१ कोरिन्थी 7

1 अब तिमीहरूले लेखेका यी कुराहरूका विषयमा भन्‍नुपर्दा पुरुषको लागि स्‍त्रीलाई नछुनु नै असल हो ।

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.

2 तर धेरै अनैतिक कामहरूका अनेक परीक्षाहरूको कारणले गर्दा हरेक मानिसको आफ्नै पत्‍नी होस् र हरेक स्‍त्रीको आफ्नै पति होस् ।

But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.

3 पतिले पत्‍नीलाई उसको वैवाहिक हक देओस् र त्यसरी नै पत्‍नीले पनि आफ्नो पतिलाई ।

A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.

4 आफ्नो शरीरमाथि पत्‍नीको अधिकार हुँदैन; उसको पतिको हुन्छ । र यसरी नै आफ्नो शरीरमाथि पतिको आफ्नो अधिकार हुँदैन, तर पत्‍नीको भने हुन्छ ।

It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

5 पारस्परिक सहमतिमा केही समयको निम्ति बाहेक एक अर्कालाई वञ्‍चित नगर, ताकि तिमीहरू प्रार्थनामा लागिरहन सक । त्यसपछि तिमीहरू फेरि एकसाथ हुनुपर्दछ, ताकि तिमीहरूका आत्मसंयमको अभावको कारणले शैतानले तिमीहरूलाई परीक्षामा पार्न नसकोस् ।

Do not deprive each other of what is due – unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer until you again live as man and wife – otherwise Satan might take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.

6 म तिमीहरूलाई यी कुराहरू आज्ञाको रूपमा होइन, तर अनुमतिको रूपमा भन्दछु ।

I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.

7 सबै जना मजस्तै भएको म इच्छा गर्दछु । तर हरेकले परमेश्‍वरबाट आ-आफ्नो वरदान पाएको छ । एक जनाले एक प्रकारको वरदान र अर्कोले अर्कै प्रकारको वरदान पाएको छ ।

I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God – one in one way, and one in another.

8 अविवाहित र विधवाहरूलाई म भन्दछु कि तिनीहरू मजस्तै अविवाहित रहन्छन् भने यो तिनीहरूका लागि असल हुन्छ ।

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

9 तर यदि तिनीहरूले आफूलाई वशमा राख्‍न सक्दैनन् भने तिनीहरूले विवाह गरून् । कामुकतामा जल्नुभन्दा तिनीहरूका निम्ति विवाह गर्नु असल हो ।

But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

10 अब विवाहितका निम्ति म यो आज्ञा दिन्छु । मैले होइन, तर प्रभुले दिनुहुन्छः

To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband

11 तर यदि तिनी आफ्‍नो पतिबाट अलग हुन्छिन भने, तिनी विवाह नगरी बसून् कि त उनीसँग मिलाप गर्नुपर्दछ । अनी “पतिले आफ्नी पत्‍नीसँग सम्बन्ध विच्‍छेद गर्नुहुदैन ।”

(If she has done so, she should remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

12 तर बाँकीलाई म भन्दछु (मैले होइन तर प्रभुले भन्‍नुहुन्छ) कि यदि कुनै भाइसँग अविश्‍वासी पत्‍नी छ र तिनी ऊसँग बस्‍नलाई सन्तुष्‍ट छिन् भने उसले तिनीसँग सम्बन्ध विच्छेद नगरोस् ।

To all others I say – I, not the Master – If a follower of the Lord is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;

13 यदि पत्‍नीसँग अविश्‍वासी पति छ भने र ऊ तिनीसँग सन्तुष्‍ट छ भने, तिनले ऊसँग सम्बन्ध विच्छेद नगरुन् ।

and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.

14 किनकि अविश्‍वासी पति पत्‍नीद्वारा पवित्र ठहरिन्छ र अविश्‍वासी पत्‍नी विश्‍वासी पतिको कारण पवित्र ठहरिन्छे, नत्रता तिमीहरूका छोरा छोरीहरू अपवित्र हुनेछन्, तर वास्तवमा तिनीहरू पवित्र छन् ।

For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people through the Lord’s follower whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be “defiled,” but, as it is, they belong to Christ’s people.

15 तर यदि अविश्‍वासी जीवन साथी छुट्टिन्छ भने, त्यसलाई जान देऊ । यस्तो अवस्थामा भाइ वा बहिनी तिनीहरूका प्रतिज्ञामा बाँधिनेछैन । परमेश्‍वरले हामीलाई शान्तिमा बस्‍न बोलाउनुभएको छ ।

However, if the unbeliever wishes to be separated, let them be so. Under such circumstances neither is bound; God has called you to live in peace.

16 स्‍त्री हो, तिमीलाई के थाहा सायद तिमीले आफ्नो पतिलाई बचाउन सक्छ्यौ कि? अथवा पुरुष हो, तिमीलाई के थाहा, सायद तिमीले आफ्नी पत्‍नीलाई बचाउन सक्छौ कि?

How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? And how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?

17 प्रभुले खटाएबमोजिम र परमेश्‍वरले बोलाएबमोजिम हरेकले आफ्नो जीवन जिओस्, । सबै मण्डलीहरूका निम्ति मेरो नियम यही नै हो ।

In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.

18 के विश्‍वासको लागि बोलावट हुनुअगि नै कसैको खतना भएको थियो? उसले आफूलाई खतना नभएको जस्तो नदेखाओस् । विश्‍वासको निम्‍ति बोलावट हुँदा खतना नगर्ने कोही थियो? उसले खतना नगरोस् ।

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

19 न खतना केही हो न त बेखतना नै । प्रमुख कुरा परमेश्‍वरका आज्ञाहरू पालन गर्नु नै हो ।

Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.

20 परमेश्‍वरले बोलाउनुहुँदा कुनै व्यक्‍ति जस्तो अवस्थामा थियो, हरेक त्यही बोलावटमा रहोस् ।

Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.

21 के परमेश्‍वरले बोलाउनुहुँदा तिमीहरू कमारा थियौ? यसको बारेमा तिमी फिक्री नगर । तर तिमीहरू स्वतन्‍त्र हुन सक्छौ भने यसको फाइदा उठाओ ।

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.

22 किनकि दासको रूपमा हुँदा प्रभुले कसैलाई बोलाउनुभएको छ भने ऊ प्रभुको स्वतन्‍त्र मानिस हो । यसरी नै कसैलाई बोलाउँदा कोही स्वतन्‍त्र थियो भने ऊ ख्रीष्‍टको दास हो ।

For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

23 तिमीहरू दाम तिरी किनिएका हौ, त्यसैले मानिसहरूको दास नबन ।

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.

24 भाइहरू हो, हामीलाई विश्‍वास गर्न बोलावट हुँदा हामी जस्तो अवस्थामा थियौँ, हामी त्यही अवस्थमा रहौँ ।

Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.

25 अब कहिल्यै विवाह नगरेकाहरूको सम्बन्धमा मसँग प्रभुबाट केही पनि आज्ञा छैन । तर प्रभुको कृपाद्वारा विश्‍वासयोग्य ठहरिएको व्यक्‍तिको रूपमा म मेरो राय दिन्छु ।

With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.

26 त्यसकारण, आउन लागेको सङ्कष्‍टको कारणले गर्दा जुन व्यक्‍ति जस्तो अवस्थामा छ, त्यही अवस्थामा बस्‍नु असल हुन्छ ।

I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best – that a man should remain as he is.

27 के तिमी कुनै स्‍त्रीसँग वैवाहिक बन्धनमा बाँधिएका छौ? तिनीबाट स्वतन्‍त्र हुन नखोज । के तिमी अविवाहित छौ? पत्‍नीको खोजी नगर ।

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

28 तर तिमीले विवाह गर्‍यौ भने पनि तिमीले पाप गर्दैनौ । कुनै कन्या केटीले विवाह गर्छ भने तिनले पाप गरेकी हुँदिन । तापनि विवाह गर्नेहरूले जीवन जिउने क्रममा धेरै दुःखकष्‍ट भोग्‍नेछन् र म तिमीहरूलाई तीबाट बचाउन चाहन्छु ।

Still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

29 तर भाइहरू हो, म यो भन्छु कि समय छोटो छ । अब उप्रान्त पत्‍नी हुनेहरू पत्‍नी नभएजस्तो गरी जिऊन् ।

What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

30 रुनेहरू नरोएको जस्तै गरी बसून्; खुसी हुनेहरू खुसी नभएझैँ गरी बसून र किनमेल गर्नेहरूले तिनीहरूसँग केही नभएझैँ गरून् ।

those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,

31 अनि संसारसित व्यवहार गर्नेहरूले यससँग पूर्ण रूपमा नभएझैँ व्यवहार गरून्, किनकी यो संसारको प्रणालीको अन्त्य हुँदै छ र यो बितेर जाँदै छ ।

and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.

32 तिमीहरू निस्फिक्री होओ भन्‍ने म चाहन्छु । अविवाहित पुरुषले प्रभुलाई कसरी खुसी पार्ने भनी उहाँका कुराहरूका बारेमा चिन्ता गर्दछ ।

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;

33 तर विवाहित पुरुषले आफ्नी पत्‍नीलाई कसरी प्रसन्‍न पार्ने भनी संसारका कुराहरूमा फिक्री गर्दछ ।

while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

34 ऊ दोहोरो मनको हुन्छ । अविवाहित स्‍त्री वा कन्याले शरीरमा र आत्मामा कसरी पवित्र हुन सक्छु भनी प्रभुका कुराहरूका फिक्री गर्दछ । तर विवाहित स्‍त्रीले आफ्नो पतिलाई कसरी प्रसन्‍न पार्न सकिन्छ भनी संसारका कुराहरूको चिन्ता गर्दछे ।

and so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master’s cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

35 म तिमीहरूको आफ्नै भलाइका निम्ति भन्‍दछु, तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिबन्ध लगाउन होइन । जे ठिक छ म त्यही भन्दछु ताकि तिमीहरू बाधाबिना एक चित्तका भई भक्तिका साथ प्रभुमा लागिरहन सक ।

I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter round your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.

36 कसैले विचार गर्दछ कि उसले मगनी भएकी आफ्नी कन्यासँग राम्रो व्यवहार गरिरहेको छैन भन्‍ने ठान्छ र तिनको विवाह गर्ने उमेर बितिसकेको छ भने चाहेबमोजिम उसले गरोस् ।

If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, he should act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong – let the marriage take place.

37 तर यदि ऊ हृदयमा पक्‍का छ, ऊ कुनै करकापमा परेको छैन भने र उसले आफ्नो इच्छा वशमा राख्‍न सक्छ, र उसले आफ्नो हृदयमा यसो गर्ने अर्थात् आफ्नी मगनी भएकी कन्यालाई कुमारी नै राख्‍ने निर्णय गरिसकेको छ भने उसले असल नै गर्दछ ।

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.

38 त्यसैले, जसले आफ्नी कन्यासँग विवाह गर्दछ उसले असल नै गर्दछ, र जसले विवाह नगर्ने इच्छा गर्दछ भने उसले अझ बढी राम्रो गर्दछ ।

In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.

39 स्‍त्री तिनको पति बाँचुञ्‍जेलसम्म बन्धनमा बाँधिएकी हुन्छिन् । तर तिनको पतिको मृत्यु भयो भने तिनी जोसँग विवाह गर्न चाहन्छिन् त्यससँग विवाह गर्न स्वतन्‍त्र हुन्छिन्, तर त्यो व्यक्‍ति प्रभुमा हुनुपर्छ ।

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry anyone she wishes, provided he is a believer.

40 तापनि मेरो विचारमा यदि तिनी त्यस्तै अवस्थामा बस्छिन् भने तिनी अझ धेरै प्रसन्‍न रहन्छिन् । अनि मसँग पनि परमेश्‍वरको आत्मा छ भनी म विचार गर्दछु ।

Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is – in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.