1 karinthinaḥ 7

1 aparañca yuṣmābhi rmāṁ prati yat patramalekhi tasyottarametat, yoṣito'sparśanaṁ manujasya varaṁ;

But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

2 kintu vyabhicārabhayād ekaikasya puṁsaḥ svakīyabhāryyā bhavatu tadvad ekaikasyā yoṣito 'pi svakīyabharttā bhavatu|

but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.

3 bhāryyāyai bhartrā yadyad vitaraṇīyaṁ tad vitīryyatāṁ tadvad bhartre'pi bhāryyayā vitaraṇīyaṁ vitīryyatāṁ|

Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

4 bhāryyāyāḥ svadehe svatvaṁ nāsti bharttureva, tadvad bhartturapi svadehe svatvaṁ nāsti bhāryyāyā eva|

The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 upoṣaṇaprārthanayoḥ sevanārtham ekamantraṇānāṁ yuṣmākaṁ kiyatkālaṁ yāvad yā pṛthaksthiti rbhavati tadanyo vicchedo yuṣmanmadhye na bhavatu, tataḥ param indriyāṇām adhairyyāt śayatān yad yuṣmān parīkṣāṁ na nayet tadarthaṁ punarekatra milata|

Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

6 etad ādeśato nahi kintvanujñāta eva mayā kathyate,

But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].

7 yato mamāvastheva sarvvamānavānāmavasthā bhavatviti mama vāñchā kintvīśvarād ekenaiko varo'nyena cānyo vara itthamekaikena svakīyavaro labdhaḥ|

Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

8 aparam akṛtavivāhān vidhavāśca prati mamaitannivedanaṁ mameva teṣāmavasthiti rbhadrā;

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

9 kiñca yadi tairindriyāṇi niyantuṁ na śakyante tarhi vivāhaḥ kriyatāṁ yataḥ kāmadahanād vyūḍhatvaṁ bhadraṁ|

But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 ye ca kṛtavivāhāste mayā nahi prabhunaivaitad ājñāpyante|

But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

11 bhāryyā bharttṛtaḥ pṛthak na bhavatu| yadi vā pṛthagbhūtā syāt tarhi nirvivāhā tiṣṭhatu svīyapatinā vā sandadhātu bharttāpi bhāryyāṁ na tyajatu|

(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; ) and let not husband leave wife.

12 itarān janān prati prabhu rna bravīti kintvahaṁ bravīmi; kasyacid bhrāturyoṣid aviśvāsinī satyapi yadi tena sahavāse tuṣyati tarhi sā tena na tyajyatāṁ|

But as to the rest, I say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

13 tadvat kasyāścid yoṣitaḥ patiraviśvāsī sannapi yadi tayā sahavāse tuṣyati tarhi sa tayā na tyajyatāṁ|

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave [her] husband.

14 yato'viśvāsī bharttā bhāryyayā pavitrībhūtaḥ, tadvadaviśvāsinī bhāryyā bhartrā pavitrībhūtā; noced yuṣmākamapatyānyaśucīnyabhaviṣyan kintvadhunā tāni pavitrāṇi santi|

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since [otherwise] indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

15 aviśvāsī jano yadi vā pṛthag bhavati tarhi pṛthag bhavatu; etena bhrātā bhaginī vā na nibadhyate tathāpi vayamīśvareṇa śāntaye samāhūtāḥ|

But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such [cases], but God has called us in peace.

16 he nāri tava bharttuḥ paritrāṇaṁ tvatto bhaviṣyati na veti tvayā kiṁ jñāyate? he nara tava jāyāyāḥ paritrāṇaṁ tvatte bhaviṣyati na veti tvayā kiṁ jñāyate?

For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

17 ekaiko janaḥ parameśvarāllabdhaṁ yad bhajate yasyāñcāvasthāyām īśvareṇāhvāyi tadanusāreṇaivācaratu tadahaṁ sarvvasamājasthān ādiśāmi|

However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.

18 chinnatvag bhṛtvā ya āhūtaḥ sa prakṛṣṭatvak na bhavatu, tadvad achinnatvag bhūtvā ya āhūtaḥ sa chinnatvak na bhavatu|

Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19 tvakchedaḥ sāro nahi tadvadatvakchedo'pi sāro nahi kintvīśvarasyājñānāṁ pālanameva|

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.

20 yo jano yasyāmavasthāyāmāhvāyi sa tasyāmevāvatiṣṭhatāṁ|

Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

21 dāsaḥ san tvaṁ kimāhūto'si? tanmā cintaya, tathāca yadi svatantro bhavituṁ śaknuyāstarhi tadeva vṛṇu|

Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

22 yataḥ prabhunāhūto yo dāsaḥ sa prabho rmocitajanaḥ| tadvad tenāhūtaḥ svatantro jano'pi khrīṣṭasya dāsa eva|

For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

23 yūyaṁ mūlyena krītā ato heto rmānavānāṁ dāsā mā bhavata|

Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

24 he bhrātaro yasyāmavasthāyāṁ yasyāhvānamabhavat tayā sa īśvarasya sākṣāt tiṣṭhatu|

Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God.

25 aparam akṛtavivāhān janān prati prabhoḥ ko'pyādeśo mayā na labdhaḥ kintu prabhoranukampayā viśvāsyo bhūto'haṁ yad bhadraṁ manye tad vadāmi|

But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.

26 varttamānāt kleśasamayāt manuṣyasyānūḍhatvaṁ bhadramiti mayā budhyate|

I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.

27 tvaṁ kiṁ yoṣiti nibaddho'si tarhi mocanaṁ prāptuṁ mā yatasva| kiṁ vā yoṣito mukto'si? tarhi jāyāṁ mā gaveṣaya|

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

28 vivāhaṁ kurvvatā tvayā kimapi nāpārādhyate tadvad vyūhyamānayā yuvatyāpi kimapi nāparādhyate tathāca tādṛśau dvau janau śārīrikaṁ kleśaṁ lapsyete kintu yuṣmān prati mama karuṇā vidyate|

But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

29 he bhrātaro'hamidaṁ bravīmi, itaḥ paraṁ samayo'tīva saṁkṣiptaḥ,

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

30 ataḥ kṛtadārairakṛtadārairiva rudadbhiścārudadbhiriva sānandaiśca nirānandairiva kretṛbhiścābhāgibhirivācaritavyaṁ

and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;

31 ye ca saṁsāre caranti tai rnāticaritavyaṁ yata ihalekasya kautuko vicalati|

and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.

32 kintu yūyaṁ yanniścintā bhaveteti mama vāñchā| akṛtavivāho jano yathā prabhuṁ paritoṣayet tathā prabhuṁ cintayati,

But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

33 kintu kṛtavivāho jano yathā bhāryyāṁ paritoṣayet tathā saṁsāraṁ cintayati|

but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

34 tadvad ūḍhayoṣito 'nūḍhā viśiṣyate| yānūḍhā sā yathā kāyamanasoḥ pavitrā bhavet tathā prabhuṁ cintayati yā coḍhā sā yathā bharttāraṁ paritoṣayet tathā saṁsāraṁ cintayati|

There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

35 ahaṁ yad yuṣmān mṛgabandhinyā parikṣipeyaṁ tadarthaṁ nahi kintu yūyaṁ yadaninditā bhūtvā prabhoḥ sevane'bādham āsaktā bhaveta tadarthametāni sarvvāṇi yuṣmākaṁ hitāya mayā kathyante|

But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

36 kasyacit kanyāyāṁ yauvanaprāptāyāṁ yadi sa tasyā anūḍhatvaṁ nindanīyaṁ vivāhaśca sādhayitavya iti manyate tarhi yathābhilāṣaṁ karotu, etena kimapi nāparātsyati vivāhaḥ kriyatāṁ|

But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

37 kintu duḥkhenākliṣṭaḥ kaścit pitā yadi sthiramanogataḥ svamano'bhilāṣasādhane samarthaśca syāt mama kanyā mayā rakṣitavyeti manasi niścinoti ca tarhi sa bhadraṁ karmma karoti|

But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well.

38 ato yo vivāhaṁ karoti sa bhadraṁ karmma karoti yaśca vivāhaṁ na karoti sa bhadrataraṁ karmma karoti|

So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.

39 yāvatkālaṁ pati rjīvati tāvad bhāryyā vyavasthayā nibaddhā tiṣṭhati kintu patyau mahānidrāṁ gate sā muktībhūya yamabhilaṣati tena saha tasyā vivāho bhavituṁ śaknoti, kintvetat kevalaṁ prabhubhaktānāṁ madhye|

A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [the] Lord.

40 tathāca sā yadi niṣpatikā tiṣṭhati tarhi tasyāḥ kṣemaṁ bhaviṣyatīti mama bhāvaḥ| aparam īśvarasyātmā mamāpyanta rvidyata iti mayā budhyate|

But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that I also have God's Spirit.