1 Corinthians 7

1 Ní báyìí, nítorí àwọn ohun tí ẹ ṣe kọ̀wé: Ó dára fún ọkùnrin kí ó máa ṣe ni ìdàpọ̀ pẹ̀lú obìnrin.

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

2 Ṣùgbọ́n nítorí àgbèrè pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́ẹ́ kí ọkùnrin kọ̀ọ̀kan gbéyàwó tirẹ̀. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí obìnrin kọ̀ọ̀kan ní ọkọ tirẹ̀.

But because of the cases of fornication, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

3 Kí ọkùnrin kí ó fi gbogbo ẹ̀tọ́ ìyàwó rẹ̀ fún ún, kí ìyàwó fi gbogbo ẹ̀tọ́ ọkọ fún ọkọ rẹ̀.

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

4 Aya kò láṣẹ lórí ara rẹ̀ mọ́, ara rẹ̀ ti di ti ọkọ rẹ̀. Bákan náà ni ọkùnrin tí ó gbéyàwó kò ní àṣẹ lórí ara rẹ̀ mọ́, ara rẹ̀ ti di ti ìyàwó rẹ̀.

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

5 Nítorí náà, ẹ má ṣe fi àwọn ẹ̀tọ́ tọkọtaya wọ̀nyí dun ara yín, bí kò ṣe nípa ìfìmọ̀ṣọ̀kan, kí ẹ̀yin lè fi ara yín fún àwẹ̀ àti àdúrà, kí ẹ̀yin sì tún jùmọ̀ pàdé, lẹ́yìn ìgbà náà, wọ́n gbọdọ̀ padà sọ́dọ̀ ara wọn kí Satani má ba à dán wọn wò nítorí àìlèmáradúró wọn.

Do not deprive one another, except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer and then come together again so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Mo sọ èyí fún un yín bí ìmọ̀ràn ní kì í ṣe bí àṣẹ.

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

7 Ó wù mí kí olúkúlùkù dàbí èmi, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo ènìyàn kò le jẹ́ bákan náà, Ọlọ́run fún olúkúlùkù ènìyàn ní ẹ̀bùn tirẹ̀, ọ̀kan bí irú èyí àti èkejì bí irú òmíràn.

For I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this manner and another in that manner.

8 Nítorí náà, mo wí fún àwọn àpọ́n àti opó pé, ó sàn kí wọ́n kúkú wà gẹ́gẹ́ bí èmi tí wà.

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọ́n kò bá lè mú ara dúró, kí wọ́n gbéyàwó tàbí kí wọ́n fẹ́ ọkọ, nítorí pé ó sàn láti gbéyàwó jù láti ṣe ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ lọ.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 Àwọn ti ó ti gbéyàwó àti àwọn tí ó lọ́kọ, ni mo fẹ́ pa á láṣẹ fún kì í ṣe láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi ṣùgbọ́n láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa: “Obìnrin kò gbọdọ̀ kọ́ fi ọkọ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.”

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

11 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá fi ọkọ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀; jẹ́ kí ó wà láìní ọkọ mọ́, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, kí ó bá ọkọ rẹ̀ làjà, kí ọkọ kí ó má ṣe aya rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.

(but if she does separate, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband must not divorce his wife.

12 Mo fẹ́ fi àwọn ìmọ̀ràn kan kún ún fún un yín, kì í ṣe àṣẹ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa. Bí arákùnrin bá fẹ́ aya tí kò gbàgbọ́, tí aya náà sá á fẹ́ dúró tí ọkọ náà, ọkọ náà tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́ kò gbọdọ̀ kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀.

Now to the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, he must not divorce her.

13 Tí ó bá sì jẹ́ obìnrin ló fẹ́ ọkọ tí kò gbàgbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí ọkọ náà ń fẹ́ kí obìnrin yìí dúró tí òun, aya náà kò gbọdọ̀ kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀.

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

14 Nítorí pé ó ṣe é ṣe kí a lè mú ọkọ tí kò gba Kristi gbọ́ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run nípa aya tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́, a sì le mú ìyàwó tí kò gba Kristi gbọ́ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run nípa ọkọ tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́. Bí kò bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, àwọn ọmọ wọn yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọn kò bá kọ ara wọn sílẹ̀, ó ṣe é ṣe kí àwọn ọmọ wọn di mímọ́.

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

15 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin tí i ṣe aláìgbàgbọ́ náà bá fẹ́ láti lọ, jẹ́ kí ó máa lọ. Arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin náà kò sí lábẹ́ ìdè mọ́; Ọlọ́run ti pè wá láti gbé ní àlàáfíà.

But if the unbelieving spouse separates, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such cases. God has called us to live in peace.

16 Báwo ni ẹ̀yin aya ṣe le mọ̀ pé bóyá ẹ̀yin ni yóò gba ọkọ yín là? Bákan náà ni a lè wí nípa ọkọ tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́ pé, kò sí ìdánilójú pé aya aláìgbàgbọ́ le yípadà láti di onígbàgbọ́ nípa dídúró ti ọkọ.

For how do yoʋ know, O wife, whether yoʋ will save yoʋr husband? Or how do yoʋ know, O husband, whether yoʋ will save yoʋr wife?

17 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù máa gbé ìgbé ayé tí Ọlọ́run ń fẹ́ yín fún, àti nínú èyí tí Olúwa pè é sí. Ìlànà àti òfin mi fún gbogbo ìjọ ni èyí.

Nevertheless, each person should live the life that God has assigned to him and to which the Lord has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

18 Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin kan ha ti kọlà nígbà tí a pè é? Kí ó má sì ṣe di aláìkọlà. Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin kan ha ti kọlà nígbà tí a pè é? Kí ó ma ṣe kọlà.

Was any man already circumcised when he was called? He should not remove the marks of circumcision. Was any man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not become circumcised.

19 Ìkọlà kò jẹ́ nǹkan àti àìkọlà kò jẹ́ nǹkan, bí kò ṣe pípa òfin Ọlọ́run mọ́.

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

20 Ó yẹ kí ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan máa ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó ń ṣe tẹ́lẹ̀, kí Ọlọ́run tó pé é sínú ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi.

Each person should remain in the calling in which he was called.

21 Ǹjẹ́ ẹrú ni ọ́ bí nígbà ti a pè ọ́? Má ṣe kà á sí. Ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ bá le di òmìnira, kúkú ṣe èyí nì.

Were yoʋ a slave when yoʋ were called? Do not be concerned about it, but if yoʋ are able to become free, make the most of the opportunity.

22 Tí ó bá jẹ́ ẹrú, ti Olúwa sì pé ọ, rántí pé Kristi ti sọ ọ́ di òmìnira kúrò lọ́wọ́ agbára búburú ti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Tí ó bá sì ti pé ọ̀ nítòótọ́ tí ó sì ti di òmìnira, ó ti di ẹrú Kristi.

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, he who was called as a free man is Christ's slave.

23 A sì ti rà yín ní iye kan, nítorí náà ẹ má ṣe di ẹrú ènìyàn.

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

24 Ará, jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù ènìyàn, nínú èyí tí a pè é, kí ó dúró nínú ọ̀kan náà pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run.

Brothers, each person should remain with God in the condition in which he was called.

25 Ṣùgbọ́n nípa ti àwọn wúńdíá, èmi kò ní àṣẹ kankan láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n mo wí fún yín ní ìdájọ́ bí ẹni tí ó rí àánú Olúwa gbà láti jẹ́ olódodo.

Now concerning virgins, I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

26 Nítorí náà mo rò pé èyí dára nítorí wàhálà ìsinsin yìí, èyí nì ni pé o dára fún ènìyàn kí ó wà bí o ṣe wà.

I think it is good then, on account of the present distress, for a man to remain as he is.

27 Ǹjẹ́ ó ti ṣe ẹlẹ́rìí láti fẹ́ ìyàwó. Ẹ má ṣe kọ ara yín sílẹ̀, nítorí èyí tí mo wí yìí. Ṣùgbọ́n tí o kò bá sì tí ìgbéyàwó, tàbí fẹ́ ọkọ, má ṣe sáré láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ lákokò yìí.

Are yoʋ pledged to marry a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are yoʋ free from such a commitment? Do not seek a wife.

28 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá gbé ìyàwó ìwọ kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀, bí a bá gbé wúńdíá ní ìyàwó òun kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n irú àwọn tí ó bá gbé ìyàwó yóò dojúkọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wàhálà nípa ti ara, ṣùgbọ́n èmi fẹ́ dá a yín sí.

But even if yoʋ do marry, yoʋ have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will have tribulation in the flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

29 Òun ti mo ń wí ará, ni pé kúkúrú ni àkókò, láti ìsinsin yìí lọ, ẹni tí ó ni aya kí ó dàbí ẹni tí kò ní rí;

But I say this, brothers: The time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as though they had none,

30 àwọn tí ń sọkún, bí ẹni pé wọn kò sọkún rí, àti àwọn tí ń yọ̀ bí ẹni pé wọn kò yọ̀ rí, àti àwọn tí ń rà bí ẹni pé wọn kò ní rí,

and those who weep as though they were not weeping, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not possess,

31 àti àwọn tó ń lo ohun ayé yìí, bí ẹni tí kò ṣe àṣejù nínú wọn: nítorí ìgbà ayé yìí ń kọjá lọ.

and those who use this world as though they were not making full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

32 Nínú gbogbo nǹkan tí ẹ bá ń ṣe ni mo tí fẹ́ kí ẹ sọ ara yín di òmìnira lọ́wọ́ àníyàn. Ọkùnrin tí kò ní ìyàwó le lo àkókò rẹ̀ láti fi ṣiṣẹ́ fún Olúwa, yóò sì má ronú bí ó ti ṣe le tẹ́ Olúwa lọ́rùn.

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

33 Ṣùgbọ́n ọkùnrin tí ó bá tí ṣe ìgbéyàwó kò le ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí ó ní láti ronú àwọn nǹkan rẹ̀ nínú ayé yìí àti bí ó ti ṣe le tẹ́ aya rẹ̀ lọ́rùn,

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

34 dájúdájú, ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ pín sí ọ̀nà méjì. Bákan náà ló rí fún obìnrin tí a gbé ní ìyàwó àti wúńdíá. Obìnrin tí kò bá tí ì délé ọkọ a máa tọ́jú ohun tí ṣe ti Olúwa, kí òun lè jẹ́ mímọ́ ní ara àti ní ẹ̀mí. Ṣùgbọ́n ọmọbìnrin tí a bá ti gbé níyàwó, a máa ṣe ìtọ́jú ohun tí ṣe ti ayé, bí yóò ti ṣe le tẹ́ ọkọ rẹ̀ lọ́rùn.

There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she will please her husband.

35 Mo ń sọ èyí fún àǹfààní ara yín kì í ṣe láti dá yín lẹ́kun ṣùgbọ́n kí ẹ̀yin lè gbé ní ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́ kí ẹ sì lè máa sin Olúwa láìsí ìyapa ọkàn.

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote proper behavior and devotion to the Lord without distraction.

36 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá rò pé òun kò ṣe ohun tí ó yẹ sí wúńdíá rẹ̀ ti ìpòùngbẹ rẹ si pọ si, bí ó bá sí tọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ó ṣe bí ó tí fẹ́, òun kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀, jẹ́ kí wọn gbé ìyàwó.

Now if any man thinks that he is acting improperly toward his virgin daughter by not letting her marry, if she is past the bloom of her youth and it seems necessary to do so, he should do what he wants. He is not sinning by letting her get married.

37 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó dúró ṣinṣin ni ọkàn rẹ̀, tí kò ní àìgbọdọ̀ má ṣe, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó ní agbára lórí ìfẹ́ ara rẹ̀, tí ó sì ti pinnu ní ọkàn rẹ̀ pé, òun ó pa wúńdíá ọmọbìnrin òun mọ́, yóò ṣe rere.

But the man who stands firm in his heart, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and has determined in his heart to keep his virgin daughter from marrying, does well.

38 Bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ní ẹni tí ó fi wúńdíá ọmọbìnrin fún ni ní ìgbéyàwó, ó ṣe rere; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí kò fi fún ni ní ìgbéyàwó ṣe rere jùlọ.

So then, he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

39 A fi òfin dé obìnrin níwọ̀n ìgbà tí òun pẹ̀lú ọkọ rẹ̀ wà láààyè, bí ọkọ rẹ̀ bá kú, ó ní òmìnira láti ṣe ìgbéyàwó pẹ̀lú ọkùnrin mìíràn, tí ó bá wù ú ó sì gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ ti Olúwa.

A wife is bound by the law to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wishes, but only in the Lord.

40 Ṣùgbọ́n nínú èrò tèmi obìnrin náà yóò ní ayọ̀ púpọ̀, tí kò bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó mìíràn mọ́. Mo sì rò pé mo ń fún un yín ní ìmọ̀ràn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run nígbà tí mo ń sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.

Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.