1 Korintuh 7
1 Atuh nami yuka mawng üng sängki ka pyen khai. Kpami cun am a khyumah pi kdaw khai ni.
I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.
2 Isetiakyaküng hüipawmnak vekia kyase kpami naküt khyu mah lü, nghnumi naküt pi cei mah kawm.
But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.
3 Kpami naw pi kpamia bilawh vai bilo lü, nghnumi naw pi a bilawh vai bilo se, ngkhyungla xawi naw mat ja mata hlükaw cun kbe ni se.
Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.
4 Nghnumi naw amäta pumsa am ka na, acunsepi a ceia phäha kyaki ni; acuna mäiha, kpami naw pi amäta pumsa am ka na, a khyua phäha kyaki.
A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.
5 Atänga nami ktaiyünak vaia phäha mat jah mat käh ma lü nami ve khawia kba ve ni a. Acukba nami ve ta Khawyama hlawhlepnak üng nami ngxungei thei khai.
Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.
6 Hin ka ning jah mtheh hin ngthupeta kba ka ning jah mtheha am kya, nami pawh vaia ka ning jah mtheh ni.
Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.
7 Nangmi akcanga keia akba nami ve vai ka tängki. Acunsepi, khyang naküt üng Pamhnama pet am täng, mat ja mat ta yah am täng, mat naw akce ta lü mat naw akce taki.
Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.
8 Tukbäih am ceimahkie ja hmeinuea veia ka pyen hlü ta, keia kba nami ve khawh ta daw bawk khai ni.
But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Acunsepi, nami hlüeinak am nami üp thei ta khyungla ua; isetiakyaküng, mlunga khuikha kthaka ta khyumah hin daw säihki ni.
If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 Ngkhyungla pängkiea veia ngthu jah pet hin ka mät naw ka jah pet am ni, Bawipa jah peta kyaki: Nghnumi naw a cei käh hawih lü;
But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 a hawih üng käh ceimah be kawm, am ani üng a cei ng’yäpüi be se, a cei naw pi käh ngtaipüi kawm.
or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.
12 Khyang kcee veia kamäta pyen ta (Bawipa pyen am ni), jumeiki mat naw am jumeiki nghnumi a khyunak üng acun naw ve yüm khai xawia a bü üng käh hawih kawm.
To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.
13 Acunüng, nghnumi naw am jumeiki a ceinak üng, a cei naw a hlawnga a ve vaia ngaih üng käh yawk kawm.
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Am jumeikia kpami cun a khyua phäha ngcimcaih lü, am jumeikia nghnumi pi a ceia phäha ngcimcaihki ni; acukba am ni vai sü ta nami cae am ngcim khaie sü; acunsepi ngcimki he ni.
For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.
15 Nilüpi, am jumeiki naw Khritjan a püi a ngkya hlüpüi üng ngkyapüi kawm. Acubang üngta Khritjan kpami ja nghnumi cun ami ngaih sima kya khai. Pamhnam naw ngkhawtnak üng nami xüngsei khai a ning jah khü ni.
If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.
16 Khritjan nghnumi aw, ihawkba na cei am na küikyan thei vai na ksingki ni? Khritjan kpami aw, ihawkba na khyu am na küikyan thei khai na ksingki ni?
For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man, as to whether you will save your wife?
17 Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü üng a ning jah peta kba xüngsei u lü ve ua. Acukba sangcime naküt ka jah mtheiki.
Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him--in that let him continue.
18 Khyang mat vun mawihnak kham pängki naw Pamhnama khünak a yah üng vun mawihnak cun käh mkhyüh se, vun am mawi hamki naw Pamhnama khünak a yah üng pi vun käh mawi hlü se.
This is what I command in all the Churches. Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not have recourse to the surgeons. Was any one uncircumcised when called? Let him remain uncircumcised.
19 Khyanga vun mawih ja am mawih cun ia am kya, Pamhnama ngthupet naküt ngai ua.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: obedience to God's commandments is everything.
20 Pamhnama khünak nami yah üng nami vea mäiha ve u.
Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Mpyaa nami kyak ham üng Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü ni. Ia käh ngai ua; lätnak vai akyak üng sumei ua.
Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.
22 Bawipa khüa mpya cun Bawipa mhläta khyanga kyaki; acukba bäa mpya am niki Khritaw naw a khü üng Khritawa mpya kyaki.
For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.
23 A phu pe lü Pamhnam naw a ning jah khyäih ni; acunakyase khyanga mpyaa käh thawn be u.
You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men.
24 Ka püie, Pamhnam naw a ning jah khü üng nami ve khawia kba Pamhnam üng ngphunei ua.
Where each one stood when he was called, there, brethren, let him still stand--close to God.
25 Am khyumahkia mawng nami yuk lawnak üng, Bawipa ngthu peta am kya lü; Bawipa a mpyeneinak üng ümnak ngkäiha kyakia kyase, ka ngaih ka pyenki.
Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Acunakyase, atuh khuikhanaka phäha, kpami amät a ve khawia kba a ve vai hin daw khaia ngai veng.
I think then that, taking into consideration the distress which is now upon us, it is well for a man to remain as he is.
27 Na khyu veki aw? Acun kba akyak üng käh ksäta. Am na khyumahki aw? Acukba akyak üng na khyu vai käh suia.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Acunsepi, na khyumah üng na mkhyekatki am ni, am ceimah hamki nghnumi a ceimah üng pi mkhyekatkia am kya. Acunsepi, ngkhyunglakie naw amhnüp tä se khuikhanak ta bawki he ni, acukba nami ve vai am täng ve.
Yet if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a maiden marries, she has not sinned. Such people, however, will have outward trouble. But I am for sparing you.
29 Ka püie aw, ka pyen hlü cun akcün hin tawikia kyase, khyumahki pi, am khyumahkia kba ve kawm.
Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,
30 Kyapkie pi am kyapkiea mäiha ve u se. Jeki pi am jekia mäiha ve kawm. Khawhthem khyäihktuki naw pi ami khyäih am takiea kba ve u se.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Hina khawmdek khawhthem summangeiki pi am summangeikia mäiha ve u se. Isetiakyaküng hina khawmdek cun ivei am law lü xük law khaia kyaki.
and those who use the world as not using it to the full. For the world as it now exists is passing away.
32 Cäicingnak üng nami lätlang vai hlüei veng. Am khyumahki naw Bawipa khut mcei lü a bi cun Bawipa jekyai hlüsak lü ni.
And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
33 Khyumahki naw a khyua jenak vai ngaih lü khawmdek lam cäi naki;
but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.
34 acunakyase lam nghngih üng veki. Am ceimahki ja ngla naw cun pumsa ja Ngmüimkhya üng Bawipa khut bi khaia ngcuapei lü, ceimahkia nghnumi cun a cei a jekyaisak vai ngaih lü khawmdek lam cungaiki.
There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.
35 Ahin ka pyen cun, isetikyaküng, ka ning jah kuei hlüa phäh ni. Ka ning jah mkhyawhnak am ni. Akdaw bilo lü ia sungkhamnak am ve lü Bawipa khut binak üng nami mät nami cuap vaia ka pyen ni.
Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.
36 Ngkhyungla khai xawia mkhyäp päng te am ngkhyungla khai xawia ti beki xawia mawngma üng: kpami naw akdawa am a vecawhpüi üng a ngaihnak am nängei üngta khyumah kawm. Kakawngki xawia am kya.
If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.
37 Acunsepi, kpami naw am khyumah khaia a mlung khängsak lü amäta ngainak näng khaia bü lü acuna ngla am a khyunak üng ia am kya. Dawki ni.
But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.
38 Acunakyase, khyumah hin dawki, cunsepi am khyumah hin daw bawki ni.
So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
39 Ceimahkia nghnumi cun a ceia xüna k'um üngta a ceia phäha kyaki; acunsepi, a cei a thih käna a ngaiha khyang cei na khaia lätki ni. Acunsepi kpami a cei vai cun Bawipaa hnu kläka kya kawm.
A woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to marry whom she will, provided that he is a Christian.
40 Acunsepi, keia ngaiha ta, am ceimah lü amät a ve üng jekyai bawk khai. Ahin ta ka mäta ngaih ni. Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya ka takia ka ngaiki.
But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
