೧ ಕರಿನ್ಥಿನಃ 7

1 ಅಪರಞ್ಚ ಯುಷ್ಮಾಭಿ ರ್ಮಾಂ ಪ್ರತಿ ಯತ್ ಪತ್ರಮಲೇಖಿ ತಸ್ಯೋತ್ತರಮೇತತ್, ಯೋಷಿತೋಽಸ್ಪರ್ಶನಂ ಮನುಜಸ್ಯ ವರಂ;

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.

2 ಕಿನ್ತು ವ್ಯಭಿಚಾರಭಯಾದ್ ಏಕೈಕಸ್ಯ ಪುಂಸಃ ಸ್ವಕೀಯಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾ ಭವತು ತದ್ವದ್ ಏಕೈಕಸ್ಯಾ ಯೋಷಿತೋ ಽಪಿ ಸ್ವಕೀಯಭರ್ತ್ತಾ ಭವತು|

But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.

3 ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾಯೈ ಭರ್ತ್ರಾ ಯದ್ಯದ್ ವಿತರಣೀಯಂ ತದ್ ವಿತೀರ್ಯ್ಯತಾಂ ತದ್ವದ್ ಭರ್ತ್ರೇಽಪಿ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಯಾ ವಿತರಣೀಯಂ ವಿತೀರ್ಯ್ಯತಾಂ|

A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.

4 ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾಯಾಃ ಸ್ವದೇಹೇ ಸ್ವತ್ವಂ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಭರ್ತ್ತುರೇವ, ತದ್ವದ್ ಭರ್ತ್ತುರಪಿ ಸ್ವದೇಹೇ ಸ್ವತ್ವಂ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾಯಾ ಏವ|

It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

5 ಉಪೋಷಣಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನಯೋಃ ಸೇವನಾರ್ಥಮ್ ಏಕಮನ್ತ್ರಣಾನಾಂ ಯುಷ್ಮಾಕಂ ಕಿಯತ್ಕಾಲಂ ಯಾವದ್ ಯಾ ಪೃಥಕ್ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ರ್ಭವತಿ ತದನ್ಯೋ ವಿಚ್ಛೇದೋ ಯುಷ್ಮನ್ಮಧ್ಯೇ ನ ಭವತು, ತತಃ ಪರಮ್ ಇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಮ್ ಅಧೈರ್ಯ್ಯಾತ್ ಶಯತಾನ್ ಯದ್ ಯುಷ್ಮಾನ್ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾಂ ನ ನಯೇತ್ ತದರ್ಥಂ ಪುನರೇಕತ್ರ ಮಿಲತ|

Do not deprive each other of what is due – unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer until you again live as man and wife – otherwise Satan might take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.

6 ಏತದ್ ಆದೇಶತೋ ನಹಿ ಕಿನ್ತ್ವನುಜ್ಞಾತ ಏವ ಮಯಾ ಕಥ್ಯತೇ,

I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.

7 ಯತೋ ಮಮಾವಸ್ಥೇವ ಸರ್ವ್ವಮಾನವಾನಾಮವಸ್ಥಾ ಭವತ್ವಿತಿ ಮಮ ವಾಞ್ಛಾ ಕಿನ್ತ್ವೀಶ್ವರಾದ್ ಏಕೇನೈಕೋ ವರೋಽನ್ಯೇನ ಚಾನ್ಯೋ ವರ ಇತ್ಥಮೇಕೈಕೇನ ಸ್ವಕೀಯವರೋ ಲಬ್ಧಃ|

I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God – one in one way, and one in another.

8 ಅಪರಮ್ ಅಕೃತವಿವಾಹಾನ್ ವಿಧವಾಶ್ಚ ಪ್ರತಿ ಮಮೈತನ್ನಿವೇದನಂ ಮಮೇವ ತೇಷಾಮವಸ್ಥಿತಿ ರ್ಭದ್ರಾ;

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

9 ಕಿಞ್ಚ ಯದಿ ತೈರಿನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ನಿಯನ್ತುಂ ನ ಶಕ್ಯನ್ತೇ ತರ್ಹಿ ವಿವಾಹಃ ಕ್ರಿಯತಾಂ ಯತಃ ಕಾಮದಹನಾದ್ ವ್ಯೂಢತ್ವಂ ಭದ್ರಂ|

But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

10 ಯೇ ಚ ಕೃತವಿವಾಹಾಸ್ತೇ ಮಯಾ ನಹಿ ಪ್ರಭುನೈವೈತದ್ ಆಜ್ಞಾಪ್ಯನ್ತೇ|

To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband

11 ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾ ಭರ್ತ್ತೃತಃ ಪೃಥಕ್ ನ ಭವತು| ಯದಿ ವಾ ಪೃಥಗ್ಭೂತಾ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ ತರ್ಹಿ ನಿರ್ವಿವಾಹಾ ತಿಷ್ಠತು ಸ್ವೀಯಪತಿನಾ ವಾ ಸನ್ದಧಾತು ಭರ್ತ್ತಾಪಿ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾಂ ನ ತ್ಯಜತು|

(If she has done so, she should remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

12 ಇತರಾನ್ ಜನಾನ್ ಪ್ರತಿ ಪ್ರಭು ರ್ನ ಬ್ರವೀತಿ ಕಿನ್ತ್ವಹಂ ಬ್ರವೀಮಿ; ಕಸ್ಯಚಿದ್ ಭ್ರಾತುರ್ಯೋಷಿದ್ ಅವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿನೀ ಸತ್ಯಪಿ ಯದಿ ತೇನ ಸಹವಾಸೇ ತುಷ್ಯತಿ ತರ್ಹಿ ಸಾ ತೇನ ನ ತ್ಯಜ್ಯತಾಂ|

To all others I say – I, not the Master – If a follower of the Lord is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;

13 ತದ್ವತ್ ಕಸ್ಯಾಶ್ಚಿದ್ ಯೋಷಿತಃ ಪತಿರವಿಶ್ವಾಸೀ ಸನ್ನಪಿ ಯದಿ ತಯಾ ಸಹವಾಸೇ ತುಷ್ಯತಿ ತರ್ಹಿ ಸ ತಯಾ ನ ತ್ಯಜ್ಯತಾಂ|

and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.

14 ಯತೋಽವಿಶ್ವಾಸೀ ಭರ್ತ್ತಾ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಯಾ ಪವಿತ್ರೀಭೂತಃ, ತದ್ವದವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿನೀ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾ ಭರ್ತ್ರಾ ಪವಿತ್ರೀಭೂತಾ; ನೋಚೇದ್ ಯುಷ್ಮಾಕಮಪತ್ಯಾನ್ಯಶುಚೀನ್ಯಭವಿಷ್ಯನ್ ಕಿನ್ತ್ವಧುನಾ ತಾನಿ ಪವಿತ್ರಾಣಿ ಸನ್ತಿ|

For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people through the Lord’s follower whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be “defiled,” but, as it is, they belong to Christ’s people.

15 ಅವಿಶ್ವಾಸೀ ಜನೋ ಯದಿ ವಾ ಪೃಥಗ್ ಭವತಿ ತರ್ಹಿ ಪೃಥಗ್ ಭವತು; ಏತೇನ ಭ್ರಾತಾ ಭಗಿನೀ ವಾ ನ ನಿಬಧ್ಯತೇ ತಥಾಪಿ ವಯಮೀಶ್ವರೇಣ ಶಾನ್ತಯೇ ಸಮಾಹೂತಾಃ|

However, if the unbeliever wishes to be separated, let them be so. Under such circumstances neither is bound; God has called you to live in peace.

16 ಹೇ ನಾರಿ ತವ ಭರ್ತ್ತುಃ ಪರಿತ್ರಾಣಂ ತ್ವತ್ತೋ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ ನ ವೇತಿ ತ್ವಯಾ ಕಿಂ ಜ್ಞಾಯತೇ? ಹೇ ನರ ತವ ಜಾಯಾಯಾಃ ಪರಿತ್ರಾಣಂ ತ್ವತ್ತೇ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ ನ ವೇತಿ ತ್ವಯಾ ಕಿಂ ಜ್ಞಾಯತೇ?

How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? And how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?

17 ಏಕೈಕೋ ಜನಃ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರಾಲ್ಲಬ್ಧಂ ಯದ್ ಭಜತೇ ಯಸ್ಯಾಞ್ಚಾವಸ್ಥಾಯಾಮ್ ಈಶ್ವರೇಣಾಹ್ವಾಯಿ ತದನುಸಾರೇಣೈವಾಚರತು ತದಹಂ ಸರ್ವ್ವಸಮಾಜಸ್ಥಾನ್ ಆದಿಶಾಮಿ|

In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.

18 ಛಿನ್ನತ್ವಗ್ ಭೃತ್ವಾ ಯ ಆಹೂತಃ ಸ ಪ್ರಕೃಷ್ಟತ್ವಕ್ ನ ಭವತು, ತದ್ವದ್ ಅಛಿನ್ನತ್ವಗ್ ಭೂತ್ವಾ ಯ ಆಹೂತಃ ಸ ಛಿನ್ನತ್ವಕ್ ನ ಭವತು|

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

19 ತ್ವಕ್ಛೇದಃ ಸಾರೋ ನಹಿ ತದ್ವದತ್ವಕ್ಛೇದೋಽಪಿ ಸಾರೋ ನಹಿ ಕಿನ್ತ್ವೀಶ್ವರಸ್ಯಾಜ್ಞಾನಾಂ ಪಾಲನಮೇವ|

Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.

20 ಯೋ ಜನೋ ಯಸ್ಯಾಮವಸ್ಥಾಯಾಮಾಹ್ವಾಯಿ ಸ ತಸ್ಯಾಮೇವಾವತಿಷ್ಠತಾಂ|

Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.

21 ದಾಸಃ ಸನ್ ತ್ವಂ ಕಿಮಾಹೂತೋಽಸಿ? ತನ್ಮಾ ಚಿನ್ತಯ, ತಥಾಚ ಯದಿ ಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರೋ ಭವಿತುಂ ಶಕ್ನುಯಾಸ್ತರ್ಹಿ ತದೇವ ವೃಣು|

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.

22 ಯತಃ ಪ್ರಭುನಾಹೂತೋ ಯೋ ದಾಸಃ ಸ ಪ್ರಭೋ ರ್ಮೋಚಿತಜನಃ| ತದ್ವದ್ ತೇನಾಹೂತಃ ಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರೋ ಜನೋಽಪಿ ಖ್ರೀಷ್ಟಸ್ಯ ದಾಸ ಏವ|

For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

23 ಯೂಯಂ ಮೂಲ್ಯೇನ ಕ್ರೀತಾ ಅತೋ ಹೇತೋ ರ್ಮಾನವಾನಾಂ ದಾಸಾ ಮಾ ಭವತ|

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.

24 ಹೇ ಭ್ರಾತರೋ ಯಸ್ಯಾಮವಸ್ಥಾಯಾಂ ಯಸ್ಯಾಹ್ವಾನಮಭವತ್ ತಯಾ ಸ ಈಶ್ವರಸ್ಯ ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ ತಿಷ್ಠತು|

Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.

25 ಅಪರಮ್ ಅಕೃತವಿವಾಹಾನ್ ಜನಾನ್ ಪ್ರತಿ ಪ್ರಭೋಃ ಕೋಽಪ್ಯಾದೇಶೋ ಮಯಾ ನ ಲಬ್ಧಃ ಕಿನ್ತು ಪ್ರಭೋರನುಕಮ್ಪಯಾ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ್ಯೋ ಭೂತೋಽಹಂ ಯದ್ ಭದ್ರಂ ಮನ್ಯೇ ತದ್ ವದಾಮಿ|

With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.

26 ವರ್ತ್ತಮಾನಾತ್ ಕ್ಲೇಶಸಮಯಾತ್ ಮನುಷ್ಯಸ್ಯಾನೂಢತ್ವಂ ಭದ್ರಮಿತಿ ಮಯಾ ಬುಧ್ಯತೇ|

I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best – that a man should remain as he is.

27 ತ್ವಂ ಕಿಂ ಯೋಷಿತಿ ನಿಬದ್ಧೋಽಸಿ ತರ್ಹಿ ಮೋಚನಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತುಂ ಮಾ ಯತಸ್ವ| ಕಿಂ ವಾ ಯೋಷಿತೋ ಮುಕ್ತೋಽಸಿ? ತರ್ಹಿ ಜಾಯಾಂ ಮಾ ಗವೇಷಯ|

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

28 ವಿವಾಹಂ ಕುರ್ವ್ವತಾ ತ್ವಯಾ ಕಿಮಪಿ ನಾಪಾರಾಧ್ಯತೇ ತದ್ವದ್ ವ್ಯೂಹ್ಯಮಾನಯಾ ಯುವತ್ಯಾಪಿ ಕಿಮಪಿ ನಾಪರಾಧ್ಯತೇ ತಥಾಚ ತಾದೃಶೌ ದ್ವೌ ಜನೌ ಶಾರೀರಿಕಂ ಕ್ಲೇಶಂ ಲಪ್ಸ್ಯೇತೇ ಕಿನ್ತು ಯುಷ್ಮಾನ್ ಪ್ರತಿ ಮಮ ಕರುಣಾ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ|

Still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

29 ಹೇ ಭ್ರಾತರೋಽಹಮಿದಂ ಬ್ರವೀಮಿ, ಇತಃ ಪರಂ ಸಮಯೋಽತೀವ ಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತಃ,

What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

30 ಅತಃ ಕೃತದಾರೈರಕೃತದಾರೈರಿವ ರುದದ್ಭಿಶ್ಚಾರುದದ್ಭಿರಿವ ಸಾನನ್ದೈಶ್ಚ ನಿರಾನನ್ದೈರಿವ ಕ್ರೇತೃಭಿಶ್ಚಾಭಾಗಿಭಿರಿವಾಚರಿತವ್ಯಂ

those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,

31 ಯೇ ಚ ಸಂಸಾರೇ ಚರನ್ತಿ ತೈ ರ್ನಾತಿಚರಿತವ್ಯಂ ಯತ ಇಹಲೇಕಸ್ಯ ಕೌತುಕೋ ವಿಚಲತಿ|

and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.

32 ಕಿನ್ತು ಯೂಯಂ ಯನ್ನಿಶ್ಚಿನ್ತಾ ಭವೇತೇತಿ ಮಮ ವಾಞ್ಛಾ| ಅಕೃತವಿವಾಹೋ ಜನೋ ಯಥಾ ಪ್ರಭುಂ ಪರಿತೋಷಯೇತ್ ತಥಾ ಪ್ರಭುಂ ಚಿನ್ತಯತಿ,

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;

33 ಕಿನ್ತು ಕೃತವಿವಾಹೋ ಜನೋ ಯಥಾ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾಂ ಪರಿತೋಷಯೇತ್ ತಥಾ ಸಂಸಾರಂ ಚಿನ್ತಯತಿ|

while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

34 ತದ್ವದ್ ಊಢಯೋಷಿತೋ ಽನೂಢಾ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ| ಯಾನೂಢಾ ಸಾ ಯಥಾ ಕಾಯಮನಸೋಃ ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಭವೇತ್ ತಥಾ ಪ್ರಭುಂ ಚಿನ್ತಯತಿ ಯಾ ಚೋಢಾ ಸಾ ಯಥಾ ಭರ್ತ್ತಾರಂ ಪರಿತೋಷಯೇತ್ ತಥಾ ಸಂಸಾರಂ ಚಿನ್ತಯತಿ|

and so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master’s cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

35 ಅಹಂ ಯದ್ ಯುಷ್ಮಾನ್ ಮೃಗಬನ್ಧಿನ್ಯಾ ಪರಿಕ್ಷಿಪೇಯಂ ತದರ್ಥಂ ನಹಿ ಕಿನ್ತು ಯೂಯಂ ಯದನಿನ್ದಿತಾ ಭೂತ್ವಾ ಪ್ರಭೋಃ ಸೇವನೇಽಬಾಧಮ್ ಆಸಕ್ತಾ ಭವೇತ ತದರ್ಥಮೇತಾನಿ ಸರ್ವ್ವಾಣಿ ಯುಷ್ಮಾಕಂ ಹಿತಾಯ ಮಯಾ ಕಥ್ಯನ್ತೇ|

I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter round your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.

36 ಕಸ್ಯಚಿತ್ ಕನ್ಯಾಯಾಂ ಯೌವನಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಾಯಾಂ ಯದಿ ಸ ತಸ್ಯಾ ಅನೂಢತ್ವಂ ನಿನ್ದನೀಯಂ ವಿವಾಹಶ್ಚ ಸಾಧಯಿತವ್ಯ ಇತಿ ಮನ್ಯತೇ ತರ್ಹಿ ಯಥಾಭಿಲಾಷಂ ಕರೋತು, ಏತೇನ ಕಿಮಪಿ ನಾಪರಾತ್ಸ್ಯತಿ ವಿವಾಹಃ ಕ್ರಿಯತಾಂ|

If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, he should act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong – let the marriage take place.

37 ಕಿನ್ತು ದುಃಖೇನಾಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟಃ ಕಶ್ಚಿತ್ ಪಿತಾ ಯದಿ ಸ್ಥಿರಮನೋಗತಃ ಸ್ವಮನೋಽಭಿಲಾಷಸಾಧನೇ ಸಮರ್ಥಶ್ಚ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ ಮಮ ಕನ್ಯಾ ಮಯಾ ರಕ್ಷಿತವ್ಯೇತಿ ಮನಸಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಿನೋತಿ ಚ ತರ್ಹಿ ಸ ಭದ್ರಂ ಕರ್ಮ್ಮ ಕರೋತಿ|

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.

38 ಅತೋ ಯೋ ವಿವಾಹಂ ಕರೋತಿ ಸ ಭದ್ರಂ ಕರ್ಮ್ಮ ಕರೋತಿ ಯಶ್ಚ ವಿವಾಹಂ ನ ಕರೋತಿ ಸ ಭದ್ರತರಂ ಕರ್ಮ್ಮ ಕರೋತಿ|

In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.

39 ಯಾವತ್ಕಾಲಂ ಪತಿ ರ್ಜೀವತಿ ತಾವದ್ ಭಾರ್ಯ್ಯಾ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಯಾ ನಿಬದ್ಧಾ ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ ಕಿನ್ತು ಪತ್ಯೌ ಮಹಾನಿದ್ರಾಂ ಗತೇ ಸಾ ಮುಕ್ತೀಭೂಯ ಯಮಭಿಲಷತಿ ತೇನ ಸಹ ತಸ್ಯಾ ವಿವಾಹೋ ಭವಿತುಂ ಶಕ್ನೋತಿ, ಕಿನ್ತ್ವೇತತ್ ಕೇವಲಂ ಪ್ರಭುಭಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಮಧ್ಯೇ|

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry anyone she wishes, provided he is a believer.

40 ತಥಾಚ ಸಾ ಯದಿ ನಿಷ್ಪತಿಕಾ ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ ತರ್ಹಿ ತಸ್ಯಾಃ ಕ್ಷೇಮಂ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತೀತಿ ಮಮ ಭಾವಃ| ಅಪರಮ್ ಈಶ್ವರಸ್ಯಾತ್ಮಾ ಮಮಾಪ್ಯನ್ತ ರ್ವಿದ್ಯತ ಇತಿ ಮಯಾ ಬುಧ್ಯತೇ|

Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is – in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.