1 Korintierne 7
1 Men vedkomande det som de skreiv um, so er det godt for ein mann at han ikkje rører ei kvinna.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Men for hor skuld skal kvar mann hava si eigi kona, og kvar kvinna sin eigen mann!
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 Mannen skal gjera sin skyldnad mot kona, og like eins kona imot mannen!
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 Kona råder ikkje yver sin eigen likam, men mannen; like eins råder ikkje heller mannen yver sin eigen likam, men kona.
The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 Haldt dykk ikkje frå einannan, utan etter samråd, til ei tid, so de kann liva berre for bøn, og kom so atter saman, so Satan ikkje skal freista dykk, av di de ikkje kann vera fråhaldande.
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Men dette segjer eg som eit løyve, ikkje til påbod.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7 For eg vilde at alle menneskje var liksom eg; men kvar hev si eigi nådegåva av Gud, den eine so, den andre so.
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 Til dei ugifte og til enkjorne segjer eg: Det er godt for deim um dei vert verande som eg.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 Men kann dei ikkje halda seg frå, so fær dei gifta seg, for det er betre å gifta seg enn å lida brune.
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 Men deim som er gifte, byd ikkje eg, men Herren, at kona ikkje må skiljast frå mannen -
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 men er ho skild frå honom, skal ho verta verande ugift eller semjast med mannen - og at ein mann ikkje må skilja seg frå kona si.
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 Til dei andre segjer eg, ikkje Herren: Um ein bror hev ei vantruande kona, og ho samtykkjer i å bu hjå honom, so skal han ikkje skilja seg frå henne;
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
13 og ei kona som hev ein vantruande mann, og han samtykkjer å bu hjå henne, ho skal ikkje skilja seg frå mannen!
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14 For den vantruande mannen er helga ved kona, og den vantruande kona er helga ved broren; for elles var borni dykkar ureine, men no er dei heilage.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 Men skil den vantruande seg ifrå, so lat honom skilja seg; for broren eller systeri er ikkje trælbundne i slike ting, men Gud hev kalla oss til fred.
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
16 For kva veit du, kona, um du kann frelsa mannen? Eller kva veit du, mann, um du kann frelsa kona?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Berre at kvar må ferdast so som Herren hev gjeva honom, som Gud hev kalla honom. Og soleis segjer eg fyre i alle kyrkjelydarne.
Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 Er nokon kalla då han var nokon umskoren, so drage han ikkje fyrehud yver; er nokon kalla då han var u-umskoren, so late han seg ikkje umskjera!
Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Umskjering er ingen ting, og fyrehud er ingen ting, men det å halda Guds bod.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20 Kvar og ein verte verande i det kall som han er kalla i!
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21 Er du kalla som træl, so syt ikkje for det! Men kann du og verta fri, so gjer heller bruk av det!
Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 For den træl som er kalla i Herren, han er Herrens frigjevne; like eins og den frie som er kalla, han er Kristi træl.
For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
23 De er dyrt kjøpte; vert ikkje trælar for menneskje!
You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 I det stand som kvar er kalla i, brør, i det verte han verande hjå Gud!
Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Men um møyarne hev eg ikkje noko bod frå Herren, men eg segjer mi meining, sidan eg av Herren hev fenge miskunn til å vera truverdig.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgement as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Eg meiner då det, at det for den noverande naud skuld er godt for eit menneskje å vera soleis.
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Er du bunden til ei kona, so søk ikkje skilsmål! Er du ubunden av ei kona, so søk ikkje ei kona!
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 Men um du og gifter deg, syndar du ikkje; og um ei møy gifter seg, syndar ho ikkje; men slike kjem til å få trengsla for kjøtet, men eg vilde gjerne spara dykk.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
29 Men det segjer eg, brør: Tidi er stutt, so at dei som hev konor, skal heretter vera som dei som ikkje hev,
But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 og dei gråtande som ikkje gråtande, og dei glade som ikkje glade, og dei kjøpande som ikkje eigande,
and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
31 og dei som brukar denne verdi, som dei som ikkje brukar henne; for skapnaden åt denne verdi forgjengst.
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 Eg vil helst at de skal vera utan umsut. Den ugifte hev umsut for det som høyrer Herren til, korleis han kann vera Herren til hugnad.
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 Men den gifte hev umsut for det som høyrer verdi til, korleis han skal vera kona til hugnad.
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 Det er skilnad på kona og møy. Den ugifte kvinna hev umsut for det som høyrer Herren til, at ho kann vera heilag både på likam og ånd; men den gifte hev umsut for det som høyrer verdi til, korleis ho kann vera mannen til hugnad.
There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
35 Dette segjer eg til dykkar eige gagn, ikkje til å setja ei snara for dykk, men til å fremja sømd og stødt vedhald for Herren.
This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
36 Men um nokon trur at det er urett for hans ugifte dotter, når ho er utyver ungdomsalderen, og det må so vera, han gjere då som han vill, han syndar ikkje; lat deim gifta seg!
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately towards his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
37 Men den som stend fast i hjarta og ikkje er nøydd, men hev vald yver sin eigen vilja og hev sett seg det fyre i sitt hjarta at han vil halda dotter si ugift, han gjer vel;
But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38 so at både den som gifter burt, gjer vel, og den som ikkje gifter burt, gjer betre.
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 Ei kona er bundi so lenge mannen hennar liver; men når mannen hennar er avsovna, er ho fri, so ho kann gifta seg med kven ho vil, berre det vert gjort i Herren.
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
40 Men sælare er ho, um ho vert verande som ho er, etter mi meining. Men eg trur og at eg hev Guds Ande.
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgement, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
