1 Wakorintho 7
1 Kuhusu mambo mliyoniandikia: Kuna wakati ambapo ni vizuri mwanaume asilale na mke wake.
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] 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.
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 Mume anapaswa kumpa mke haki yake ya ndoa, na vile vile mke naye kwa mmewe.
to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the 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 over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
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.
Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
6 Lakini nasema haya mambo kwa hiari na si kama amri.
and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
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.
for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
8 Kwa wasioolewa na wajane ninasema kwamba, ni vizuri kwao kama wakibaki bila kuolewa, kama nilivyo mimi.
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
9 Lakini kama hawawezi kujizuia, wanapaswa kuolewa. Kwa kuwa heri kwao kuolewa kuliko kuwaka tamaa.
and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
10 Sasa kwa wale walioolewa nawapa amri, si mimi bali ni Bwana. “Mke asitengane na mme wake.”
and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:
11 Lakini kama akijitenga kutoka kwa mmewe, abaki hivyo bila kuolewa au vinginevyo apatane na mmewe. Na “Mme asimpe talaka mke wake.”
but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
12 Lakini kwa waliobaki, nasema- mimi, si Bwana- kwamba kama ndugu yeyote ana mke asiyeamini na anaridhika kuishi naye, hapaswi kumwacha.
And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
13 Kama mwanamke ana mme asiyeamini, na kama anaridhika kuishi naye, asimwache.
and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
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 hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are 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.
And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace hath God called us;
16 Unajuaje kama mwanamke, huenda utamwokoa mmeo? Au unajuaje kama mwanaume, huenda utamwokoa mkeo?
for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
17 Kila mmoja tu aishi maisha kama Bwana alivyowagawia, kila mmoja kama Mungu alivyowaita wao. Huu ni mwongozo wangu kwa makanisa yote.
if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
18 Yupo aliyekuwa ametahiriwa alipoitwa kuamini? Asijaribu kuondoa alama ya tohara yake. Yupo yeyote aliyeitwa katika imani hajatahiriwa? Hapaswi kutahiriwa.
being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
19 Kwa hili aidha ametahiriwa wala asiye tahiriwa hakuna matatizo. Chenye matatizo ni kutii amri za Mungu.
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.
20 Kila mmoja abaki katika wito alivyokuwa alipoitwa na Mungu kuamini.
Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;
21 Ulikuwa mtumwa wakati Mungu alipokuita? Usijali kuhusu hiyo. Lakini kama unaweza kuwa huru, fanya hivyo.
a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;
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 [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
23 Mmekwisha nunuliwa kwa thamani, hivyo msiwe watumwa wa wanadamu.
with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
24 Kaka na dada zangu, katika maisha yoyote kila mmoja wetu tulipoitwa kuamini, tubaki kama vile.
each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain 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
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
26 Kwa hiyo, ninafikiri hivyo kwa sababu ya usumbufu, ni vyema mwanaume abaki kama alivyo.
I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
27 Umefungwa kwa mwanamke na kiapo cha ndoa? Usitake uhuru kutoka kwa hiyo. Una uhuru kutoka kwa mke au hujaolewa? Usitafute mke.
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not 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 and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
29 Lakini nasema hivi, kaka na dada zangu, muda ni mfupi. Tangu sasa na kuendelea, wale walio na wake waishi kama hawana.
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
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 weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;
31 Na wote wanaoshughulika na ulimwengu, wawe kama hawakushughulika nao. Kwa kuwa mitindo ya dunia inafikia mwisho wake.
and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
32 Ninataka muwe huru kwa masumbufu yote. Mwanaume asiyeoa anajihusisha na vitu vinavyo mhusu Bwana, namna ya kumpendeza yeye.
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
33 Lakini mwanaume aliyeoa hujihusisha na mambo ya dunia, namna ya kumpendeza mkewe,
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the 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.
The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the 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.
And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
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.
and if any one doth think [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.
37 Lakini kama amefanya maamuzi kutokuoa, na hakuna haja ya lazima, na kama anaweza kutawala hamu yake, atafanya vyema kama hatamwoa.
And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;
38 Hivyo, anayemwoa mwanamwali wake afanya vyema, na yeyote ambaye anachagua kutooa atafanya vyema zaidi.
so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth 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 hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will — 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.
and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
