1 Vakolinto 7
1 Hinu tilola mambu gala gamwaniyandili, chabwina mgosi akotoka kugega.
Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nambu ndava ya kuyepa ukemi, ndi kila mgosi avyai na mdala waki mwene, na kila mdala avyai na mgosi waki mwene.
But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Mgosi amuhengelayi mdala waki chayiganikiwa, na mdala amuhengelayi mgosi waki chayiganikiwa.
Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.
4 Mdala kawaka uhotola ndava ya higa yaki mwene, nambu avili nawu mgosi waki, mewawa mgosi kawaka uhotola ndava ya higa yaki mwene, nambu mdala waki avili nawu.
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 Mkoto kunyimana, nambu ngati muyelewini kukita chenicho kwa lukumbi luhupi ndu, ndi mupatayi nafwasi yabwina ya kumuyupa Chapanga. Ndi muwuyilanayi kavili, Setani akotoka kuvalinga ndava muhotola lepi kudivalila mitima hinu.
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 Malovi aga genikuvajovela malagizu lepi, nambu ndi nivalekekisi muhotola kuhagula.
But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
7 Chakaka, niganili vandu voha vavyai ngati nene, nambu kila mundu apewili njombi yaki mwene na Chapanga, yungi njombi iyi na yungi yila.
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 Hinu, kwa vala vangagega na vala valipwela, nikuvajovela kuvya chabwina kuyendelela kutama vene ngati nene.
But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
9 Nambu ngati mundu ihotola lepi kujidivalila. Chabwina mundu uyo agega kuliku kuvya na mnogo.
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.
10 Kwa vala vevagegili niwusa mhilu uwu, lepi ya nene ndi kuhuma kwa BAMBU Chapanga. Mdala iganikiwa lepi kulekana na mgosi waki.
But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.
11 Ndi ngati alekini nayu, ndi asigalila changali kugegewa, ngati naha lepi, vamtepulanisa na mgosi waki. Na mgosi akotoka kumleka mdala waki.
And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.
12 Kwa vangi, Nijova nene lepi BAMBU Ngati mgosi msadika ana mdala mwangasadiki, na mdala mwenuyo ayidikili kutama nayu, na mgosi mwenuyo akoto kumleka mdala waki.
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 Na ngati mdala mweisadika ana mgosi mwanga sadika, na mgosi mwenuyo akayidakila kutama nayu, ndi akotoka kumleka mgosi waki.
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 Muni mgosi mwenuyo mwangasadika iyidikiliwa na Chapanga kwa kuwungana na mdala waki, na mdala uyo mwangasadika iyidikiwa na Chapanga kwa kuwungana na mgosi waki. Ngati ngayikotoka kuvya naha vana vavi ngavavi ngati vana va vandu vangammaya Chapanga, nambu hinu ndi vana va Chapanga.
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 Nambu ngati mwangasadika igana kumuleka muyaki mwaisadika, ndi amuleka ndu. Penapo mgosi amala mdala mwaisadika yati ivya hulu. Muni Chapanga avakemili mutama kwa uteke.
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 Veve mdala mwausadika, umanya wuli ngati kuvya ukumsangula mgosi waku? Amala veve mgosi mwausadika umanya wuli ngati kuvya ukumsangula mdala waku?
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 Kila mundu ayendelela kutama muwumi weapewili na BAMBU ngati cheatamayi pala peakemeliwi na Chapanga, chenichi ndi chanikuvajovela vandu voha kwa msambi wa vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu woha.
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 Ngati mundu akemeliwi kuni adumwili jandu, ndi akotoka kukupakisa kuvya adumwili lepi jandu, na ngati pakemeliwi avili akona kudumula jandu, ndi akotoka kudumula.
Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19 Muni, kudumula jandu amala changasindimala jandu chindu lepi, chechiganikiwa kuyidakila mihilu ya Chapanga.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.
20 Hinu, kila mundu avyai ngati cheavili peakemeliwi Chapanga.
Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.
21 Wu, veve wavili wamvanda pewakemeliwi na Chapanga? Koto kuyoma, nambu ngati ukapatayi fwasi ya kuvya waka kita chenicho.
Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 Muni mwene mwakemeliwi na BAMBU kuni avili mvanda, mwenuyo ndi ilekeswa kwa BAMBU. Mewawa mwakemeliwi kuni alekiswi, ndi ivya mvanda wa Kilisitu.
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 Voha muguliwi kwa mashonga gamahele, ndi mkoto kuvya vavanda va vandu.
You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.
24 Valongo vangu, kila mmonga winu atamayi wumi wulawula ngati cheakemeliwi, muni Chapanga avi pamonga na nyenye.
Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
25 Hinu, kugavala gala gemwaniyandikili ndava ya vasongolo vangagega na vasikana vangagegewa kawaka malagizu kuhuma kwa BAMBU, nambu nikuvapela maholo gangu kwa lipyana la BAMBU niganikiwa kusadikiwa.
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 Ndi, ndava ya mang'ahiso ga magono aga, hinu chabwina mundu asigalila ngati cheavi.
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Wu, ugegili mdala? Hinu koto kulekana na mdala waku. Wakona wangagega? Ndi ukoto kugega.
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 Nambu ngati ukagegayi ukumbudila lepi Chapanga, kamwali akagegewayi akumbudila lepi Chapanga. Vevigegana yati ving'ahika muwumi wavi, nambu nene nigana ng'ani yikoto kuvakolela nyenye.
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 Valongo vangu, lukumbi lwalusigalili ndi luhupi: Kutumbula lelu vala vevagegili vatamayi ngati vagegili lepi,
This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;
30 Vevivemba vavyai ngati vivemba lepi, veviheka vavyai ngati nakuheka, vevigula vavyai ngati kawaka chindu,
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 vevavi hengela vindu vya mulima uwu vavyai ngati vakuhihengela lepi. Muni mulima uwu uvi papipi kupita.
And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 Nigana nyenye mukoto kuvya na wogohi. Mundu angagega mdala mwene igana kuhenga lihengu la BAMBU muni ilinga kumganisa BAMBU.
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 Nambu mgosi mweagegili ilola neju mambu ga mulima, kulonda kumganisa mdala waki,
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 ndi akujibagula mwene chihiga na chimpungu. Mdala mwangagegewa ing'ahika na mambu ga BAMBU ndi awusayi higa na mpungu waki kwa BAMBU. Nambu mdala mwagegiwi ing'ahika na mambu ga mulima ndava ya kumganisa mgosi waki.
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 Nikuvajovela genaga kwa chiyonjokesu chinu, lepi kuvadivalila kwa gala gemugana kuhenga. Nigana muhenga gegiganikiwa, mpata kumuhengela BAMBU kwa mtima woha changali kuhutwa na mambu gangi.
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 Ngati mundu ilola kuvya akumuhengela lepi chabwina mchumba waki kwa kuhamula kuleka kumugega na lukumbi lupita, kangi mnogu waki nakuuhotola ndi akitayi chaihotola, amugegayi ndu, ivya nakumbudila Chapanga.
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 Nambu ngati mgosi uyo ahamwili kuhuma mumtima waki changali kung'ang'aniswa kuleka kugega, na ihotola lepi kuyileka minogu yaki, ikita chabwina, kuleka kumgega mdala uyo.
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 Mundu mweamwili kugega mdala ikita chabwina, mewa mweangagega mdala ikita chabwina neju.
Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.
39 Mdala mweagegiwi ivya akungiwi na mgosi waki kwa lukumbi lwoha mgosi uyo lwaivya mumi. Nambu ngati mgosi waki afwili, mdala uyo ihotola kugegewa na mundu yoyoha, nambu kwa mgosi mweammanyili BAMBU Yesu Kilisitu.
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 Nambu chenihololela nene, mdala yati ivya na luheku neju ngati isigalila changali kugegewa, niholalela nene mewa nina Mpungu wa Chapanga.
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.
