Bakorintha I 7

1 Jaanong kaga dipotso tse lo neng lo di botsa mo lokwalong lwa lona lwa bofelo: Karabo ya me ke gore, fa lo sa nyale, go siame.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Mme ka legale go siame go nyala, monna mongwe le mongwe o tshwanetse a nna le mosadi yo e leng wa gagwe, le mosadi mongwe le mongwe a nna le monna yo e leng wa gagwe, e se re gongwe lwa boela gape mo sebeng.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 Monna o tshwanetse go naya mosadi wa gagwe di tsa gagwe tsotlhe jaaka mosadi yo o nyetsweng, le mosadi o tshwanetse go direla monna wa gagwe fela jalo.

Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4 Gonne morweetsana yo o nyalwang ga a tlhole a na le taolo e e tletseng mo mmeleng wa gagwe, gonne monna wa gagwe o na le ditshwanelo tsa gagwe mo go one le ene; mme fela jalo monna le ene ga a tlhole a na le taolo e e tletseng mo mmeleng wa gagwe, gonne gape ke wa mosadi wa gagwe.

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

5 Jalo lo seka lwa ganelelana ka ditshwa-nelo tse. Fela selo sa botlhokwa mo molaong o ke ka tumalano ya monna le mosadi go ikgapa mo ditaolong tsa lenyalo selekanyo sa lobaka lo lo kailweng, gore ba tle ba ineele mo thapelong ka tshosologo. Morago, ba tshwanetse go kopana gape gore Satane a se ka a kgona go ba raela ka ntlha ya go tlhoka go itshwara ga bone.

Do not deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to prayer, and may be together again, that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Ga ke re lo tshwanetse go nyala; mme lo ka nyala fa lo eletsa.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

7 Nna ke eletsa gore mongwe le mongwe o ka bo a nna a sa nyala, fela jaaka nna. Mme rotlhe ga re tshwane. Modimo o naya bangwe mpho ya mosadi kgotsa monna, mme ba bangwe ba ka kgona go nna ka boitumelo ba sa nyala.

Yet I wish that all people were like me. However each one has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

8 Jalo ke raya ba ba sa nyalwang, le batlholagadi ke re, go botoka go nna lo sa nyalwa fa lo kgona, fela jaaka nna.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 Mme fa lo palelwa ke go itshoka, nyalang. Go botoka go nyala go na le go babalelwa.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

10 Jaanong, mo go ba ba nyetseng ke na le taolo, e seng mogopolo. Mme ga se taolo e e tswang mo go nna, gonne se ke se Morena ka boene a se buileng: Mosadi ga a a tshwanela go tlogela monna wa gagwe.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

11 Mme fa a kgaogane nae, a a nne fela a sa nyalwa kgotsa a boele kwa go ene. Le monna ga a a tshwanela go tlhala mosadi wa gagwe.

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12 Fa, ke batla go tlatsa ka megopolo e mengwe e e leng ya me. Se ga se ditaolo tse di tswang kwa Moreneng, mme di bonala di siame mo go nna. Fa Mokeresete a na le mosadi yo e seng Mokeresete, mme a batla go nna nae, ga a a tshwanela go mo tlogela kgotsa go mo tlhala.

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

13 Mme fa mosadi wa Mokeresete a na le monna yo eseng Mokeresete, ga a a tshwanela go mo tlogela.

The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

14 Gonne gongwe monna yo e seng Mokeresete o ka nna Mokeresete ka thuso ya mosadi wa gagwe wa Mokeresete. Le mosadi yo e seng Mokeresete o ka nna Mokeresete ka thuso ya monna wa gagwe yo e leng Mokeresete. Ntle go moo fa lolwapa lo kgaogana, go ka diragala gore bana ba se ka ba tlhola ba itse Morena; fa lolwapa lo lo kopaneng lo ka itse Morena, mo leanong la Modimo go ka felela mo polokong ya bana.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15 Mme fa monna kgotsa mosadi yo e seng Mokeresete a batla go tsamaya, go a letlelesega. Ka mokgwa o o ntseng jalo monna yo e leng Mokeresete kgotsa mosadi ga a a tshwanela go kganela yo mongwe go tsamaya, gonne Modimo o batla bana ba one go nna mo kagisong le mo botsalanong.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called you to peace.

16 Gonne le fa go ntse jalo, ga go na tlhomamiso mo go lona basadi gore banna ba lona ba tlaa sokologa fa ba sa lo tlogele; mme fela jalo le lona banna kgang ke e, e a lo ama.

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 Mme lo nne le tlhomamiso mo go akanyeng dilo tse gore lo tshele jaaka Modimo o ikaeletse, go nyala kgotsa go tlhoka go nyala go nne ka fa kaelong le ka fa thusong ya Modimo, le go amogela seemo le fa e ka bo e le sefe se Modimo o go tsentseng mo go sone. Se ke molao wa me mo diphuthegong tsotlhe.

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the congregations.

18 Nte ke tshwantshe ka monna yo o setseng a fetile mo medirong ya Sejuta ya thupiso pele ga a nna Mokeresete, ga a a tshwanela go tshwenyega ka ga gone; mme fa a ise a rupisiwe, ga a a tshwanela go go dira jaanong.

Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

19 Gonne ga go na pharologanyo epe fa Mokeresete a fetile mo modirong o kgotsa nnyaa. Mme go nna le pharologanyo e kgolo fa a itumedisa Modimo ebile a tshegetsa melao ya one. Seo ke selo se se botlhokwa.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

20 Ka gale motho o tshwanetse go tswelela ka tiro ya gagwe e o neng a e dira fa Modimo o mmitsa.

Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.

21 A o lekgoba? A moo go se go tshwenye, mme e re, fa o bona lobaka lwa go gololesega, o lo dirise.

Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

22 Fa Modimo o go bitsa, o le lekgoba, gakologelwa gore Keresete o go golotse mo nonofong e e boitshegang ya boleo; mme fa a go biditse, ebile o gololesegile, gakologelwa gore jaanong o lekgoba la ga Keresete.

For he who was called in the Lord being a slave is the Lord's free person. Likewise he who was called being free is Messiah's slave.

23 O rekilwe ebile o dueletswe ke Keresete, jalo o wa gagwe, gololesega jaanong mo dilong tse tsotlhe tsa mabela a lefatshe le poifo.

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.

24 Jalo bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, le fa motho a ka bo a le mo seemong se se ntseng jang fa a nna Mokeresete, mo lese a nne foo, gonne jaanong Morena o teng go mo thusa.

Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

25 Jaanong ke tlaa leka go araba potso e nngwe ya lona. Go ka tweng ka barweetsana ba ba iseng ba nyalwe? A ba tshwanetse go letlelelwa go dira jalo? Mo karabong ya potso e, ga ke na taolo e e tlhomameng ya bone go tswa mo Moreneng. Mme Morena mo bobelotlhomoging jwa gagwe o nneile botlhale jo bo ka tshephegang, mme ke tlaa itumelela go lo bolelela se ke se akanyang.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

26 Matshwenyego ke a. Rona Bakeresete re lebagane le dikotsi tse di kgolo mo matshelong a rona mo lobakeng lo. Mo dipakeng tse di tshwanang le tse, ke bona go le botoka gore motho a nne a sa nyalwa kgotsa a sa nyala.

I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a person to remain as he is.

27 Ee, fa lo setse lo nyetswe, se kgaoganeng ka ntlha ya se. Mme fa lo ise lo nyalwe, lo se itlhaganeleleng mo go yone ka lobaka lo.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28 Mme fa lona banna lo ikaelela go tswelela pele lo nyala jaanong, go siame; mme fa morweetsana a nyalwa mo dipakeng tse di tshwanang le tse, ga se boleo. Le fa go ntse jalo lenyalo le tlaa tlisa matshwenyego a mangwe a ke neng ke eletsa gore lo se ka lwa lebagana le one jaanong.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

29 Selo sa botlhokwa se re tshwanetseng go se gakologelwa ke gore, lobaka lo lo re saletseng lo lo khutshwane, (Go ntse jalo le ka nako ya rona ya go direla Morena) ka lebaka leo ba ba nang le basadi ba tshwanetse go nna ba phuthologetse Morena;

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, those who have wives should be as though they had none;

30 boitumelo kgotsa kutlobotlhoko kgotsa dikhumo ga di a tshwanela go kganela ope go dira tiro ya Modimo.

and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

31 Ba ba atisang go amana le dilo tse di kgatlhanong tsa lefatshe ba tshwanetse go dirisa mabaka a a batlegang ka go a sola molemo, gonne lefatshe mo seemong se le leng mo go sone le tlaa tloga le feta.

and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.

32 Mo go tsotlhe tse lo di dirang, ke batla gore lo nne le kgololesego mo dingongoreng. Monna yo o sa nyalang o ka senya lobaka lwa gagwe a dira tiro ya Morena le go akanya ka fa o ka o itumedisang ka teng.

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

33 Mme monna yo o nyetseng ga a ka ke a dira jalo sentle; o tshwanetse go akanya kaga dilo tsa lefatshe le ka fa o ka itumedisang mosadi wa gagwe ka teng.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

34 Dikgatlhego tsa gagwe di kgaogane. Go tshwana fela le morweetsana yo o nyalwang. O lebana le mathata a a ntseng fela jalo. Morweetsana yo o sa nyalwang o tlhwaafalela go itumedisa Morena ka bojotlhe jwa gagwe le se o se dirang. Mme mosadi yo o nyetsweng o tshwanetse go akanya dilo tse dingwe jaaka go tlhokomela ntlo ya gagwe le go rata le go sa rate ga monna wa gagwe.

and is divided. And the woman that is unmarried, or a virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the one that is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

35 Ke bua se go lo thusa, eseng go lo itsa go nyala. Ke batla lo dira se lo bonang se ka lo thusa go direla Morena sentle, mme a go se nne le dilo tse dintsi tse di ka tlosang theetso ya lona mo go ene.

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

36 Mme fa mongwe a batla go nyala ka ntlha ya gore o na le matshwenyego a a dirisang nama ya gagwe, go siame, ga se boleo, a a nyale.

But if anyone thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.

37 Mme fa monna a na le maitshegeletso a go tlhoka go nyala mme a ikaelela gore ga a batle ebile ga a nke a nyala, o dirile mogopolo o o siameng.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

38 Jalo motho yo o nyalang o dira sentle, mme motho yo o sa nyaleng o dira sentle go gaisa.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.

39 Mosadi ke bontlha bongwe jwa monna mo botshelong jwa gagwe, fa monna wa gagwe a a swa, foo o ka nyalwa gape, mme fela fa a nyalwa ke Mokeresete.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

40 Mme mo mogopolong wa me, o tlaa itumela fa a sa nyalwe gape; ebile ke gopola gore ke lo naya kgakololo e e tswang mo Moweng wa Modimo fa ke bua se.

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Ruach.