۱ کَرِنْتھِنَح 7

1 اَپَرَنْچَ یُشْمابھِ رْماں پْرَتِ یَتْ پَتْرَمَلیکھِ تَسْیوتَّرَمیتَتْ، یوشِتوسْپَرْشَنَں مَنُجَسْیَ وَرَں؛

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

2 کِنْتُ وْیَبھِچارَبھَیادْ ایکَیکَسْیَ پُںسَح سْوَکِییَبھارْیّا بھَوَتُ تَدْوَدْ ایکَیکَسْیا یوشِتو پِ سْوَکِییَبھَرْتّا بھَوَتُ۔

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

3 بھارْیّایَے بھَرْتْرا یَدْیَدْ وِتَرَنِییَں تَدْ وِتِیرْیَّتاں تَدْوَدْ بھَرْتْرےپِ بھارْیَّیا وِتَرَنِییَں وِتِیرْیَّتاں۔

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 بھارْیّایاح سْوَدیہے سْوَتْوَں ناسْتِ بھَرْتُّریوَ، تَدْوَدْ بھَرْتُّرَپِ سْوَدیہے سْوَتْوَں ناسْتِ بھارْیّایا ایوَ۔

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 اُپوشَنَپْرارْتھَنَیوح سیوَنارْتھَمْ ایکَمَنْتْرَناناں یُشْماکَں کِیَتْکالَں یاوَدْ یا پرِتھَکْسْتھِتِ رْبھَوَتِ تَدَنْیو وِچّھیدو یُشْمَنْمَدھْیے نَ بھَوَتُ، تَتَح پَرَمْ اِنْدْرِیانامْ اَدھَیرْیّاتْ شَیَتانْ یَدْ یُشْمانْ پَرِیکْشاں نَ نَییتْ تَدَرْتھَں پُنَریکَتْرَ مِلَتَ۔

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

6 ایتَدْ آدیشَتو نَہِ کِنْتْوَنُجْناتَ ایوَ مَیا کَتھْیَتے،

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

7 یَتو مَماوَسْتھیوَ سَرْوَّمانَوانامَوَسْتھا بھَوَتْوِتِ مَمَ وانْچھا کِنْتْوِیشْوَرادْ ایکینَیکو وَرونْیینَ چانْیو وَرَ اِتّھَمیکَیکینَ سْوَکِییَوَرو لَبْدھَح۔

I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

8 اَپَرَمْ اَکرِتَوِواہانْ وِدھَواشْچَ پْرَتِ مَمَیتَنِّویدَنَں مَمیوَ تیشامَوَسْتھِتِ رْبھَدْرا؛

Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

9 کِنْچَ یَدِ تَیرِنْدْرِیانِ نِیَنْتُں نَ شَکْیَنْتے تَرْہِ وِواہَح کْرِیَتاں یَتَح کامَدَہَنادْ وْیُوڈھَتْوَں بھَدْرَں۔

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 یے چَ کرِتَوِواہاسْتے مَیا نَہِ پْرَبھُنَیوَیتَدْ آجْناپْیَنْتے۔

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

11 بھارْیّا بھَرْتّرِتَح پرِتھَکْ نَ بھَوَتُ۔ یَدِ وا پرِتھَگْبھُوتا سْیاتْ تَرْہِ نِرْوِواہا تِشْٹھَتُ سْوِییَپَتِنا وا سَنْدَدھاتُ بھَرْتّاپِ بھارْیّاں نَ تْیَجَتُ۔

But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

12 اِتَرانْ جَنانْ پْرَتِ پْرَبھُ رْنَ بْرَوِیتِ کِنْتْوَہَں بْرَوِیمِ؛ کَسْیَچِدْ بھْراتُرْیوشِدْ اَوِشْواسِنِی سَتْیَپِ یَدِ تینَ سَہَواسے تُشْیَتِ تَرْہِ سا تینَ نَ تْیَجْیَتاں۔

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

13 تَدْوَتْ کَسْیاشْچِدْ یوشِتَح پَتِرَوِشْواسِی سَنَّپِ یَدِ تَیا سَہَواسے تُشْیَتِ تَرْہِ سَ تَیا نَ تْیَجْیَتاں۔

And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

14 یَتووِشْواسِی بھَرْتّا بھارْیَّیا پَوِتْرِیبھُوتَح، تَدْوَدَوِشْواسِنِی بھارْیّا بھَرْتْرا پَوِتْرِیبھُوتا؛ نوچیدْ یُشْماکَمَپَتْیانْیَشُچِینْیَبھَوِشْیَنْ کِنْتْوَدھُنا تانِ پَوِتْرانِ سَنْتِ۔

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15 اَوِشْواسِی جَنو یَدِ وا پرِتھَگْ بھَوَتِ تَرْہِ پرِتھَگْ بھَوَتُ؛ ایتینَ بھْراتا بھَگِنِی وا نَ نِبَدھْیَتے تَتھاپِ وَیَمِیشْوَرینَ شانْتَیے سَماہُوتاح۔

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

16 ہے نارِ تَوَ بھَرْتُّح پَرِتْرانَں تْوَتّو بھَوِشْیَتِ نَ ویتِ تْوَیا کِں جْنایَتے؟ ہے نَرَ تَوَ جایایاح پَرِتْرانَں تْوَتّے بھَوِشْیَتِ نَ ویتِ تْوَیا کِں جْنایَتے؟

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 ایکَیکو جَنَح پَرَمیشْوَرالَّبْدھَں یَدْ بھَجَتے یَسْیانْچاوَسْتھایامْ اِیشْوَریناہْوایِ تَدَنُسارینَیواچَرَتُ تَدَہَں سَرْوَّسَماجَسْتھانْ آدِشامِ۔

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

18 چھِنَّتْوَگْ بھرِتْوا یَ آہُوتَح سَ پْرَکرِشْٹَتْوَکْ نَ بھَوَتُ، تَدْوَدْ اَچھِنَّتْوَگْ بھُوتْوا یَ آہُوتَح سَ چھِنَّتْوَکْ نَ بھَوَتُ۔

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

19 تْوَکْچھیدَح سارو نَہِ تَدْوَدَتْوَکْچھیدوپِ سارو نَہِ کِنْتْوِیشْوَرَسْیاجْناناں پالَنَمیوَ۔

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

20 یو جَنو یَسْیامَوَسْتھایاماہْوایِ سَ تَسْیامیواوَتِشْٹھَتاں۔

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

21 داسَح سَنْ تْوَں کِماہُوتوسِ؟ تَنْما چِنْتَیَ، تَتھاچَ یَدِ سْوَتَنْتْرو بھَوِتُں شَکْنُیاسْتَرْہِ تَدیوَ ورِنُ۔

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

22 یَتَح پْرَبھُناہُوتو یو داسَح سَ پْرَبھو رْموچِتَجَنَح۔ تَدْوَدْ تیناہُوتَح سْوَتَنْتْرو جَنوپِ کھْرِیشْٹَسْیَ داسَ ایوَ۔

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

23 یُویَں مُولْیینَ کْرِیتا اَتو ہیتو رْمانَواناں داسا ما بھَوَتَ۔

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

24 ہے بھْراتَرو یَسْیامَوَسْتھایاں یَسْیاہْوانَمَبھَوَتْ تَیا سَ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ ساکْشاتْ تِشْٹھَتُ۔

Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

25 اَپَرَمْ اَکرِتَوِواہانْ جَنانْ پْرَتِ پْرَبھوح کوپْیادیشو مَیا نَ لَبْدھَح کِنْتُ پْرَبھورَنُکَمْپَیا وِشْواسْیو بھُوتوہَں یَدْ بھَدْرَں مَنْیے تَدْ وَدامِ۔

Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

26 وَرْتَّماناتْ کْلیشَسَمَیاتْ مَنُشْیَسْیانُوڈھَتْوَں بھَدْرَمِتِ مَیا بُدھْیَتے۔

Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

27 تْوَں کِں یوشِتِ نِبَدّھوسِ تَرْہِ موچَنَں پْراپْتُں ما یَتَسْوَ۔ کِں وا یوشِتو مُکْتوسِ؟ تَرْہِ جایاں ما گَویشَیَ۔

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

28 وِواہَں کُرْوَّتا تْوَیا کِمَپِ ناپارادھْیَتے تَدْوَدْ وْیُوہْیَمانَیا یُوَتْیاپِ کِمَپِ ناپَرادھْیَتے تَتھاچَ تادرِشَو دْوَو جَنَو شارِیرِکَں کْلیشَں لَپْسْییتے کِنْتُ یُشْمانْ پْرَتِ مَمَ کَرُنا وِدْیَتے۔

But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

29 ہے بھْراتَروہَمِدَں بْرَوِیمِ، اِتَح پَرَں سَمَیوتِیوَ سَںکْشِپْتَح،

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

30 اَتَح کرِتَدارَیرَکرِتَدارَیرِوَ رُدَدْبھِشْچارُدَدْبھِرِوَ سانَنْدَیشْچَ نِرانَنْدَیرِوَ کْریترِبھِشْچابھاگِبھِرِواچَرِتَوْیَں

those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

31 یے چَ سَںسارے چَرَنْتِ تَے رْناتِچَرِتَوْیَں یَتَ اِہَلےکَسْیَ کَوتُکو وِچَلَتِ۔

and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

32 کِنْتُ یُویَں یَنِّشْچِنْتا بھَویتیتِ مَمَ وانْچھا۔ اَکرِتَوِواہو جَنو یَتھا پْرَبھُں پَرِتوشَییتْ تَتھا پْرَبھُں چِنْتَیَتِ،

I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

33 کِنْتُ کرِتَوِواہو جَنو یَتھا بھارْیّاں پَرِتوشَییتْ تَتھا سَںسارَں چِنْتَیَتِ۔

But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

34 تَدْوَدْ اُوڈھَیوشِتو نُوڈھا وِشِشْیَتے۔ یانُوڈھا سا یَتھا کایَمَنَسوح پَوِتْرا بھَویتْ تَتھا پْرَبھُں چِنْتَیَتِ یا چوڈھا سا یَتھا بھَرْتّارَں پَرِتوشَییتْ تَتھا سَںسارَں چِنْتَیَتِ۔

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

35 اَہَں یَدْ یُشْمانْ مرِگَبَنْدھِنْیا پَرِکْشِپییَں تَدَرْتھَں نَہِ کِنْتُ یُویَں یَدَنِنْدِتا بھُوتْوا پْرَبھوح سیوَنےبادھَمْ آسَکْتا بھَویتَ تَدَرْتھَمیتانِ سَرْوّانِ یُشْماکَں ہِتایَ مَیا کَتھْیَنْتے۔

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

36 کَسْیَچِتْ کَنْیایاں یَووَنَپْراپْتایاں یَدِ سَ تَسْیا اَنُوڈھَتْوَں نِنْدَنِییَں وِواہَشْچَ سادھَیِتَوْیَ اِتِ مَنْیَتے تَرْہِ یَتھابھِلاشَں کَروتُ، ایتینَ کِمَپِ ناپَراتْسْیَتِ وِواہَح کْرِیَتاں۔

However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

37 کِنْتُ دُحکھیناکْلِشْٹَح کَشْچِتْ پِتا یَدِ سْتھِرَمَنوگَتَح سْوَمَنوبھِلاشَسادھَنے سَمَرْتھَشْچَ سْیاتْ مَمَ کَنْیا مَیا رَکْشِتَوْییتِ مَنَسِ نِشْچِنوتِ چَ تَرْہِ سَ بھَدْرَں کَرْمَّ کَروتِ۔

But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

38 اَتو یو وِواہَں کَروتِ سَ بھَدْرَں کَرْمَّ کَروتِ یَشْچَ وِواہَں نَ کَروتِ سَ بھَدْرَتَرَں کَرْمَّ کَروتِ۔

So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

39 یاوَتْکالَں پَتِ رْجِیوَتِ تاوَدْ بھارْیّا وْیَوَسْتھَیا نِبَدّھا تِشْٹھَتِ کِنْتُ پَتْیَو مَہانِدْراں گَتے سا مُکْتِیبھُویَ یَمَبھِلَشَتِ تینَ سَہَ تَسْیا وِواہو بھَوِتُں شَکْنوتِ، کِنْتْویتَتْ کیوَلَں پْرَبھُبھَکْتاناں مَدھْیے۔

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

40 تَتھاچَ سا یَدِ نِشْپَتِکا تِشْٹھَتِ تَرْہِ تَسْیاح کْشیمَں بھَوِشْیَتِیتِ مَمَ بھاوَح۔ اَپَرَمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیاتْما مَماپْیَنْتَ رْوِدْیَتَ اِتِ مَیا بُدھْیَتے۔

In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.