1 Wakorintu 7
1 Su, kwa vitwatira vilii vyamunembiriti kuwera, iherepa kwa wantu pawayuga ndiri.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Toziya ya uhumba nentu, su kila mpalu kaweri na mdala gwakuwi mweni na kila mdala kaweri na mpalu gwakuwi mweni.
But because of the fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 Mpalu katendi galii gagafiruwa na mdala gwakuwi na mdala katendi galii gagafiruwa na mpalu gwakuwi.
Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4 Nshimba ya mdala, yakuwi mweni ndiri, kumbiti ya mpalu gwakuwi. Ntambu iraayi nshimba ya mpalu, yakuwi mweni ndiri, kumbiti ya mdala gwakuwi.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; similarly also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 Namuliyimana maweni, kumbiti mpatani kutenda hangu kwa shipindi shididini hera, su muwezi kulikala kwa kumluwa Mlungu, shakapanu muliwuyiri kayi, su Shetani nakiza kuwajera toziya muweza ndiri kulilewelera.
Do not deprive one another except by mutual consent for a season, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and to prayer, and come together again so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Aga ganuwagambirani neni na gamalagaliru ndiri.
Now I say this as a concession, not as a command
7 Neni menfiri wantu woseri waweri gambira neni ntambu yanwera, kumbiti kila yumu kawera na lifupu kulawa kwa Mlungu, yumu kana lifupu ali na yumonga kana lifupu lilii.
(though I wish that all men were even as I myself; but each has his own gift from God, one like this and one like that).
8 Vinu wantu walii yawayuga ndiri na walii yawawera wakenja nuwagambira hangu iherepa walikali gambira neni ntambu yanwera.
Yes I say to the unmarried and the widows: it is good for them if they should remain even as I;
9 Kumbiti muntu pakasinda kulilewelera, su kayugi mdala, mana membaka nentu kuyuga kuliku kuwera na lumatamata.
but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry; since it is better to marry than to burn.
10 Kwa wantu yawayugiti na yawayugitwi nankuwapanani malagaliru, ganeni ndiri kumbiti ga Mtuwa, mdala nakalekana na mpalu gwakuwi,
Now to the married I command (not I but the Lord): a wife is not to be separated from her husband
11 Kumbiti pakalekana nayomberi, kalikali pota na kuyugwa ama kakolaniziwi mawoku na mpalu gwakuwi na mpalu nakamleka mdala gwakuwi.
(but if she does separate herself, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 Kwa wamonga neni nonga, gweka yangu hera na kumbiti Mtuwa ndiri, Payiwera mpalu yakawera na mdala yakamwamini ndiri Yesu na mdala ayu kajimira kulikala na yomberi, nakamleka mdala ayu.
But to the rest I (not the Lord) say: if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.
13 Na handa mdala kana mpalu yakamwamini ndiri Yesu na mpalu ayu kajimira kulikala na yomberi, su mdala ayu nakamlema mpalu gwakuwi.
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.
14 Toziya mpalu ayu yakamjimira ndiri Yesu hakapungwi na Mlungu kwa kulikolerana na mdala gwakuwi na mdala ayu yakamwamini ndiri Yesu hakajimirwi na Mlungu kwa kulikolerana na mpalu gwakuwi. Pamonga wana wawu mewaweri ndiri wa Mlungu, kumbiti vinu wajimirwa kuwera wana wa Mlungu.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are consecrated.
15 Kumbiti payiwera ulii yakamjimira ndiri Kristu pakafira kumleka muyaguwi yakawera Mkristu, su kamleki. Su mpalu ama mdala hakaweri mlekeru. Mlungu kawashemiti mwenga mulikali kwa ponga.
But if the unbeliever separates, let him separate—in such cases the brother or the sister is not enslaved, but God has called us to peace.
16 Gwenga mdala, guvimana hashi kuwera gwana unakaka kuwera haguwezi kumlopoziya mpalu gwaku? Ama gwenga mpalu, guvimana hashi kuwera gwana unakaka kuwera haguwezi kumlopoziya mdala gwaku?
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 Kila muntu kalikali kugenderana na mafupu gakapananitwi na Mtuwa na ntambu yakashemitwi na Mlungu. Ali ndo lilagaliru lyaneni muvipinga vyoseri vya wantu vyawamwamini Yesu.
Otherwise, as God has distributed to each, as the Lord has called each one, so let him live (this is what I command in all the congregations).
18 Hashi, kwana muntu yoseri yakayingiziwitwi kala jandu pakashemitwi na Mlungu? Nakalipayira kuwera kayingiziwitwi ndiri jandu na handa pakashemitwi kawera kayingiziyitwi ndiri jandu, su nakayingiziwa jandu.
Was anyone already circumcised when called? Let him not reverse it. Was anyone uncircumcised when called? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Toziya kwingiziwa jandu ama kwingiziwa ndiri jandu shintu ndiri, shintu shikulu ndo kugajimira Malagaliru ga Mlungu.
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, compared to keeping God's commandments.
20 Su kila yumu kasigali ntambu pakashemitwi na Mlungu.
Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21 Hashi, gwenga guweriti mmanda pagushemitwi na Mlungu? Nagulishera, kumbiti paguwera mlekeru, gutendi hangu.
Were you called while a slave? Do not let it bother you, but if you can really become free, do so.
22 Toziya yomberi yakashemitwi na Mtuwa pakawera mmanda, muntu ayu hakaweri mlekeru gwa Mtuwa. Ntambu iraayi ulii muntu mlekeru yakashemitwi na Kristu, kawera mmanda gwa Kristu.
For the one in the Lord who was called while a slave is the Lord's freedman. Similarly, the one who was called while free is Christ's slave.
23 Mlungu kawahemeriti mwenga kwa beyi nkulu, su namuwera kayi wamanda wa wantu.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 Walongu wayangu, kila yumu gwenu kasigali mukulikolerana pamuhera na Mlungu ntambu yakaweriti pakashemitwi.
Brothers, let each one remain with God in the social condition in which he was called.
25 Vinu kwa visoweru vya wadala yawawera wali, nahera lilagaliru lya Mtuwa, kumbiti ntakula ntambu yamona neni, kwa lusungu lwa Mtuwa, nstaili kwaminika.
Now about the virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Su, kulawirana na ntabika yaiwera vinu, neni nulihola kuwera iherepa nentu muntu kasigali ntambu yakawera.
I consider therefore that this is good because of the current distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is:
27 Hashi, gwenga guyuga? Su nagulekana na mdala gwaku. Hashi, gwenga guyuga ndiri? Su nagufira kuyuga.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Have you been released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28 Kumbiti paguyuga gutenda ndiri vidoda na handa mwali pakayugwa katenda ndiri vidoda. Womberi pawayugana hawapati ntabika mumakaliru aga, kumbiti neni menfiri ndiri gawapati aga.
However, should you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned. Still, such will have trouble in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
29 Walongu waneni, nfira kutakula hangu, shipindi shashisigala shididini hera na kwanjira vinu walii yawayuga walikali gambira waliyuga ndiri,
Now I say this, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
30 na walii yawalila waweri gambira walira ndiri na walii yawanemelera waweri gambira wanemelera ndiri na walii yawahemera waweri gambira wahera shintu shawahemeliti,
and those who weep as though not weeping, and those who rejoice as though not rejoicing, and those who buy as though not possessing,
31 na walii yawawera na lihengu lya pasipanu, waweri gambira wahera lihengu la pasipanu. Toziya pasipanu ntambu yatupamana, pankupita.
and those who use this world as though not abusing it; because this world's mode is passing away.
32 Neni menfiriti mwenga namlishera. Muntu yakahera mdala kankuliholera lihengu lya Mtuwa, toziya yomberi kankujera kumfiriziya Mtuwa.
Now I want you to be without anxiety. He who is unmarried cares about the things of the Lord: how he will please the Lord.
33 Kumbiti mpalu yakayugiti kankuliholera lihengu lya pasipanu, su kamfiriziyi mdala gwakuwi,
While he who is married cares about the things of the world: how he will please his wife.
34 na yomberi maholu gakuwi galibagula. Mdala yakayugwa ndiri ama yakawera mwali katenda lihengu lya Mtuwa, kapati kuwera mananagala gwa nshimba na rohu. Kumbiti mdala yakayugitwi katendaga lihengu lya pasipanu, su kamfiriziyi mdala gwakuwi.
The wife and the virgin are also different. She who is unmarried cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; while she who is married cares about the things of the world: how she will please her husband.
35 Nuwagambirani aga toziya nfira kuwatanga mwenga. Neni nfira ndiri kuwapoka ulekelu wenu, kumbiti nfira mwenga mtendi maheri na mulilaviyi maweni kumtendera lihengu lya Mtuwa pota na kukwegwa na vintu vyamonga.
I am saying this for your own profit, not to put a leash on you, but for what is appropriate, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
36 Handa muntu kawona kamtendera weri ndiri mwali yakamfindika pakamuyuga ndiri na handa hapeni kawezi kulikala pota na kuyuga, su katendi ntambu yakafira, yomberi kayugi na hapeni katendi vidoda.
Now if anyone thinks he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past her prime and thus it should be, let him do what he desires; he does not sin; let them marry.
37 Kumbiti mpalu ayu pakaamuwa mumoyu mwakuwi pota na kuyuga na handa kaweza kuzikolamlima matamata zyakuwi na kwamuwa ntambu ya kutenda, su katenda weri nentu pakamuyuga ndiri mwali ayu.
But he who stands steadfast in his heart, not having necessity, but has control over his own will, and has determined in his heart to preserve his own virginity, does well.
38 Su mpalu yakayuga katenda hweri, kumbiti ulii yakayugiti ndiri katenda hweri nentu.
So then, he who gives in marriage does well, but he who does not give in marriage does better.
39 Mdala yakayugitwi kakolerana pamuhera na mpalu gwakuwi mushipindi shoseri pamberi pa kuhowa. Kumbiti mpalu gwakuwi pakahowa, mdala ayu kawera mlekeru, na pakafira mweni kaweza kuyugwa na muntu yoseri, kumbiti mpalu ayu kaweri Mkristu.
A woman is bound by law for as long as her husband lives, but if the man should die, she is free to be married to whom she wishes—only in the Lord.
40 Kumbiti yamona neni, kwa mdala ayu mbaka pakalikala ntambu yakawera. Aga ndo ntambu yanulihola na neni nulihola kuwera nana Rohu gwa Mlungu.
But she is more blessed if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have God's Spirit.
