1 Wakorintho 7
1 Kuhusu mambo mliyoniandikia: Kuna wakati ambapo ni vizuri mwanaume asilale na mke wake.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Lakini kwa sababu ya majaribu mengi ya zinaa kila mwanaume awe na mkewe, na kila mwanamke awe na mmewe.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 Mume anapaswa kumpa mke haki yake ya ndoa, na vile vile mke naye kwa mmewe.
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 Si mke aliye na mamlaka juu ya mwili wake, ni mme. Na vile vile, mme naye hana mamlaka juu ya mwili wake, bali mke anayo.
The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 Msinyimane mnapolala pamoja, isipokuwa mmekubaliana kwa muda maalum. Fanyeni hivyo ili kupata muda wa maombi. Kisha mnaweza kurudiana tena pamoja, Ili kwamba Shetani asije akawajaribu kwa kukosa kiasi.
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Lakini nasema haya mambo kwa hiari na si kama amri.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7 Natamani kila mmoja angekuwa kama mimi nilivyo. Lakini kila mmoja ana karama yake kutoka kwa Mungu. Huyu ana karama hii, na yule ana karama ile.
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 Kwa wasioolewa na wajane ninasema kwamba, ni vizuri kwao kama wakibaki bila kuolewa, kama nilivyo mimi.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 Lakini kama hawawezi kujizuia, wanapaswa kuolewa. Kwa kuwa heri kwao kuolewa kuliko kuwaka tamaa.
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 Sasa kwa wale walioolewa nawapa amri, si mimi bali ni Bwana. “Mke asitengane na mme wake.”
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 Lakini kama akijitenga kutoka kwa mmewe, abaki hivyo bila kuolewa au vinginevyo apatane na mmewe. Na “Mme asimpe talaka mke wake.”
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 Lakini kwa waliobaki, nasema- mimi, si Bwana- kwamba kama ndugu yeyote ana mke asiyeamini na anaridhika kuishi naye, hapaswi kumwacha.
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 Kama mwanamke ana mme asiyeamini, na kama anaridhika kuishi naye, asimwache.
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14 Kwa mme asiyeamini anatakaswa kwa sababu ya imani ya mkewe. Na mwanamke asiyeamini anatakaswa kwa sababu ya mmewe aaminiye. Vinginevyo watoto wenu wangekuwa si safi, lakini kwa kweli wametakaswa.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 Lakini mwenzi asiyeamini akiondoka na aende. Kwa namna hiyo, kaka au dada hafungwi na viapo vyao. Mungu ametuita tuishi kwa amani.
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 us in peace.
16 Unajuaje kama mwanamke, huenda utamwokoa mmeo? Au unajuaje kama mwanaume, huenda utamwokoa mkeo?
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 Kila mmoja tu aishi maisha kama Bwana alivyowagawia, kila mmoja kama Mungu alivyowaita wao. Huu ni mwongozo wangu kwa makanisa yote.
Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 Yupo aliyekuwa ametahiriwa alipoitwa kuamini? Asijaribu kuondoa alama ya tohara yake. Yupo yeyote aliyeitwa katika imani hajatahiriwa? Hapaswi kutahiriwa.
Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Kwa hili aidha ametahiriwa wala asiye tahiriwa hakuna matatizo. Chenye matatizo ni kutii amri za Mungu.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20 Kila mmoja abaki katika wito alivyokuwa alipoitwa na Mungu kuamini.
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21 Ulikuwa mtumwa wakati Mungu alipokuita? Usijali kuhusu hiyo. Lakini kama unaweza kuwa huru, fanya hivyo.
Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 Kwa mmoja aliyeitwa na Bwana kama mtumwa ni mtu huru katika Bwana. Kama vile, mmoja aliye huru alipoitwa kuamini ni mtumwa wa Kristo.
For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
23 Mmekwisha nunuliwa kwa thamani, hivyo msiwe watumwa wa wanadamu.
You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 Kaka na dada zangu, katika maisha yoyote kila mmoja wetu tulipoitwa kuamini, tubaki kama vile.
Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Sasa, wale wote ambao hawajaoa kamwe, sina amri kutoka kwa Bwana. Lakini nawapa maoni yangu kama nilivyo. Kwa huruma za Bwana, zinazo aminika
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 Kwa hiyo, ninafikiri hivyo kwa sababu ya usumbufu, ni vyema mwanaume abaki kama alivyo.
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Umefungwa kwa mwanamke na kiapo cha ndoa? Usitake uhuru kutoka kwa hiyo. Una uhuru kutoka kwa mke au hujaolewa? Usitafute mke.
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 Lakini kama ukioa, hujafanya dhambi. Na kama mwanamke hajolewa akiolewa, hajafanya dhambi. Bado wale wanaoana wanapata masumbufu ya aina mbalimbali. Nami nataka niwaepushe hayo.
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 Lakini nasema hivi, kaka na dada zangu, muda ni mfupi. Tangu sasa na kuendelea, wale walio na wake waishi kama hawana.
But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 Wote walio na huzuni wajifanye kama walikuwa hawana huzuni, na wote wanaofurahi, kama walikuwa hawafurahi, na wote wanaonunua kitu chochote, kama hawakumiliki chochote.
and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
31 Na wote wanaoshughulika na ulimwengu, wawe kama hawakushughulika nao. Kwa kuwa mitindo ya dunia inafikia mwisho wake.
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 Ninataka muwe huru kwa masumbufu yote. Mwanaume asiyeoa anajihusisha na vitu vinavyo mhusu Bwana, namna ya kumpendeza yeye.
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 Lakini mwanaume aliyeoa hujihusisha na mambo ya dunia, namna ya kumpendeza mkewe,
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 amegawanyika. Mwanawake asiyeolewa au bikira hujihusisha na vitu kuhusu Bwana, namna ya kujitenga katika mwili na katika roho. Lakini mwanamke aliyeolewa hujihusisha kuhusu vitu dunia, namna ya kumfurahisha mme wake.
There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
35 Nasema hivi kwa faida yenu wenyewe, na siweki mtego kwenu. Nasema hivi kwa vile ni haki, ili kwamba mnaweza kujiweka wakfu kwa Bwana bila kikwazo chochote.
This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
36 Lakini kama mtu anafikiri hawezi kumtendea kwa heshima mwanawali wake, kwa sababu ya hisia zake zina nguvu sana, acha aoane naye kama apendavyo. Siyo dhambi.
But if any man 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 doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
37 Lakini kama amefanya maamuzi kutokuoa, na hakuna haja ya lazima, na kama anaweza kutawala hamu yake, atafanya vyema kama hatamwoa.
But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38 Hivyo, anayemwoa mwanamwali wake afanya vyema, na yeyote ambaye anachagua kutooa atafanya vyema zaidi.
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 Mwanamke amefungwa na mmewe wakati yu hai. Lakini kama mmewe akifa, yuko huru kuolewa na yeyote ampendaye, lakini katika Bwana tu.
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
40 Bado katika maamuzi yangu, atakuwa na furaha zaidi kama akiishi kama alivyo. Na ninafikiri kuwa nami pia nina Roho wa Mungu.
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
