1 Abhakorintho 7
1 Ahusu amambo ngamsimbiye: Huli isala aje shinza unume asahag'one nushe wakwe.
I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.
2 Walakini eshi injelo nyinchi iya zinaa shila ashe awe nu nume wakwe, na shila ashe awe nu nume wakwe.
But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.
3 Unume ahwanziwa apele ushi ihaki yakwe iiyahwengama, shishila ushi nape hwanume.
Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.
4 Saga yushi yatawala ubele gwakwe, nume. Na shishila unume nape sagatawala ubele gwake ila ushialinao.
A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.
5 Mngaje ahwimane lwamgona peka, maana mwentehene masala gengo. Muwombaje shesho nkamzahugaje amasala gapute. Epo mzawezye awelelano nantele peka, aje usietono asahahwezye huwapele ingelo nkhasanga muwe ni kiasi.
Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.
6 Walakini iyanga ega amambo ninene sagaje malajizyo.
Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.
7 Inyonywa aje shila muntu angahali nazine shindeho. Eshi shila weka alinishipaji shakwe afume hwa Ngolobhe. Ono alinishipaji eshi, ola alinishipaji eshi.
Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.
8 Hwawasaga wengwilwe na awafyelwe inyanga aje shinza aje wasangale bila ahwengwe, nanzi sindehone.
But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Walakini nkasangawawajie huizijile wahuanziwa ahwengwe. Aje aheri ahwengwe kuliko anyonywe.
If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 Eshi hwawala wa wegwilwe ihimbapela indajizyo, saga nene ila yu Bwana. “Ushi asahalehane nu nume wakwe.”
But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 Eshi nkanza alehane afume hwa nuwene asangale shesho asahahwenge, au nkasangashesho akondane nunumeo na unume asahapele.”
or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.
12 Walakini wawasangee iyanga- ane, saga yu Bwana- aje nkaholo wowonti ali nushi yasanga aputa ayetesha akhale nao, sagahwaziwa huneshe.
To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.
13 Nkashee alinunume yasagaputa na ahwenteha ahale nao asahaneshe.
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Hwa nume yasanga aputa ahoziwa nola yalinu lweteho ushi wakwe. Na ushi yasanga aputa ahoziwa nola unume yalinulweteho. Nkasanga sishesho awana wwenyu indisaga wazelu, walakini ulioli wozilwe.
For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.
15 Umpenzi yasagaputa nkasongola asongalaje. Hunamna eyo, usahala nendu sagawapinywa ni ndopo yao. Ungolobhe atikwizizye akhale huamani.
If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.
16 Umenye wele aje ushi angakombola unumeo? Au umenye wele aje unume angakombola ushi wakwe?
For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man, as to whether you will save your wife?
17 Shila weka ahale amaisha hwa Bwana shawagawiye, shila wweka nanzi Ungolobhe shakwizizye awene. Owu longozi wane huviwanza vyonti.
Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him--in that let him continue.
18 Aleho yahaleho atahiliwe ahakwizi welwe akombolewe? Asijaribu kuondoa alama ya tohara yake. Yupo yeyote aliyeitwa katika imani hajatahiriwa? Sanga ahwaziwa atahiliwe.
This is what I command in all the Churches. Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not have recourse to the surgeons. Was any one uncircumcised when called? Let him remain uncircumcised.
19 Hueli indola atahiliwa au sanga atahiliwe nagamo amatatizo. Shashili na matatizo hu tii iagizo lya Ngolobhe.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: obedience to God's commandments is everything.
20 Shila weka asagale shakwizizye Ungolobhe na hukombole.
Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Uhali muwomba mbombo amasala Ungolobhe lwahakwizizye? Usahasaje ahusu elyo. Nkashele uwajie awe huru wombanga shesho.
Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.
22 Hwa weka yahakwiziwilwe nu Bwana aje muomba mbombo uyo umntu huru hwa Bwana. Nazi shila weka yali huru lwahakwiziwilwe akombolewe awe muomba mbombo wa Kristi.
For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.
23 Amwe mkalililwe hu hung'alama hije msahawe waomba mbombo hwa wantu.
You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men.
24 Wasahala na walendu wane, humaisha gonti shila weka ahakwiziwilwe akombolewe tusagale shishesho
Where each one stood when he was called, there, brethren, let him still stand--close to God.
25 Eshi wala wonti wagawejile kamwe sanga indi ni ndajizyo afume hwa Bwana. Ila ihumbapela iseo zyane nazi shindeho. Husanjilo zya Bwana, zizihuaminiha
Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Kwa hiyo, isewa eshohunongwa ya malawa, shinza unume asagale nazi shaleho.
I think then that, taking into consideration the distress which is now upon us, it is well for a man to remain as he is.
27 Upinyilwe nushi nishiapo sha hwengane? Usahahanze uuhuru afume hwelyo. Uli nu huru wafume hwashe au saganyegwilwe? Usahahanze ushi.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Walakini nku yenje sanga uwombile imbiwi. Wasele wala wawahwengana wahugaga amalawa gagali mbalimbali nane ihwanza aje embepuzye ego.
Yet if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a maiden marries, she has not sinned. Such people, however, will have outward trouble. But I am for sparing you.
29 Eshi iyanga ishi awasahala na walendu wane amasala mafupi. Ahwande eshi nahuendelele, walaw wawali na hawashe wakhale aje sagawali na washe.
Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,
30 Wonti wawazungumie wawenje saga wazungumie na wonti wawashiye wahalije sagawashinye, na wonti wawakala ivintu vyovyonti waweje sanga watawala shoshonti.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Na wonti wawawomba imbombo zya munsi waweje sanga washunghuliha liohonti. Yaani amatindo ga munsi idujile humalishilo wakwe.
and those who use the world as not using it to the full. For the world as it now exists is passing away.
32 Ihwanza unume yalihura humalawa gonti. Unume yasaga ayejile ahwihusisha ni vintu vivihumsu uBwana, isha hupendezye umwene.
And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
33 Lakini unume ya yejile ahuihusisha na mambo ya dunia, namna ya hupendezye ushi wakwe,
but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.
34 abaguhene ushi yasagaayegwilwe au unende ahuihusisha ni vintu kuhusu Bwana, inamna ya huibagula hu bele na mpepo. Lakini ushi yayengwilwe ahuihusisha ahusu ivintu vya munsi namna ya hufulaisye unume wakwe.
There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.
35 Iyanga ishi hufaida yenyu, mwemwe na sanga imbeha umtengo humwenyu. Iyanga eshi nalioli aje muwajie huiweshe tayari hwa Bwana bila azigwe nashashonti.
Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.
36 Lakini umntu nkasewa apotilwe humuombele ishishi umwanamwali wakwe, huu seo zwake zili ni ngovu hani leha wegane nao nanzishahwanzya. Sanga mbiwi.
If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.
37 Lakini awombile shahuanza saga ahwenga nemo ihaja ya ulazima, nkawajiye atawale ihamu yakwe anzawombe shinza nkasanga ahwenga.
But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.
38 Oyo yahumwenga umwana mwali wakwe awombe shinza, wowonti ola yasaluye sagaahwenga anza wombe shinza hani.
So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
39 Ushi apinyilwe nu nume wakwe uwakati wa ali momi. Lakini nkuleshe unume afyiye ali huru ahwengwe na wowonti yagene, lakini katika Bwana tu.
A woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to marry whom she will, provided that he is a Christian.
40 Bado katika ahwamle hwane anza songwe hani nkahale nazi shaleho. Na isewa aje nane pia indi nu Mpepo ufinjile.
But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
