1 Korintským 7
1 S strany pak toho, o čemž jste mi psali, dobréť by bylo člověku ženy se nedotýkati.
With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.
2 Ale z příčiny smilstva, jeden každý manželku svou měj, a jedna každá měj muže svého.
But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
3 Muž k ženě povinnou přívětivost prokazuj, podobně též i žena k muži.
A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.
4 Žena svého vlastního těla v moci nemá, ale muž; též podobně i muž těla svého vlastního v moci nemá, ale žena.
It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.
5 Neoklamávejte jeden druhého, leč by to bylo z společného svolení na čas, abyste se uprázdnili ku postu a k modlitbě; a zase spolu se sejděte, aby vás nepokoušel satan pro nezdrželivost vaši.
Do not deprive each other of what is due – unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer until you again live as man and wife – otherwise Satan might take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.
6 Ale totoť pravím podlé dopuštění, ne podlé rozkazu.
I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
7 Nebo chtěl bych, aby všickni lidé tak byli jako já, ale jeden každý svůj vlastní dar od Boha má, jeden tak a jiný jinak.
I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God – one in one way, and one in another.
8 Pravím pak neženatým a vdovám: Dobré jest jim, zůstali-li by tak jako já.
My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.
9 Pakliť se nemohou zdržeti, nechažť v stav manželský vstoupí; nebo lépe jest v stav manželský vstoupiti nežli páliti se.
But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.
10 Manželům pak přikazuji ne já, ale Pán, řka: Manželko od muže neodcházej.
To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband
11 Pakliť by odešla, zůstaniž nevdaná, aneb smiř se s mužem. Tolikéž muži nepropouštěj ženy.
(If she has done so, she should remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.
12 Jiným pak pravím já, a ne Pán: Má-li který bratr manželku nevěřící, a ta povoluje býti s ním, nepropouštějž jí.
To all others I say – I, not the Master – If a follower of the Lord is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;
13 A má-li která žena muže nevěřícího, a on chce býti s ní, nepropouštěj ho.
and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.
14 Posvěcenť jest zajisté nevěřící muž pro ženu, a žena nevěřící posvěcena jest pro muže; sic jinak děti vaši nečistí by byli, ale nyní svatí jsou.
For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people through the Lord’s follower whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be “defiled,” but, as it is, they belong to Christ’s people.
15 Pakliť nevěřící odjíti chce, nechť jde. Neníť manem bratr neb sestra v takových věcech, ale ku pokoji povolal nás Bůh.
However, if the unbeliever wishes to be separated, let them be so. Under such circumstances neither is bound; God has called you to live in peace.
16 A kterak ty víš, ženo, získáš-li muže svého? Aneb co ty víš, muži, získáš-li ženu?
How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? And how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?
17 Ale jakž jednomu každému odměřil Bůh, a jakž jednoho každého povolal Pán, tak choď. A takť ve všech církvech řídím.
In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.
18 Obřezaný někdo povolán jest? Neuvodiž na sebe neobřízky. V neobřízce někdo povolán jest? Neobřezuj se.
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.
19 Obřízka nic není, též neobřízka nic není, ale zachovávání přikázaní Božích.
Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.
20 Jeden každý v tom povolání, v němž povolán jest, zůstávej.
Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.
21 Služebníkem povolán jsi? Nedbej na to. Pakli bys mohl býti svobodný, raději toho užívej.
Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.
22 Nebo kdož jest v Pánu povolán služebníkem, osvobozený jest Páně. Též podobně kdož jest povolán svobodný, služebník jest Kristův.
For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
23 Za mzdu koupeni jste, nebuďtež služebníci lidští.
You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.
24 Jeden každý jakž povolán jest, bratří, v tom zůstávej před Bohem.
Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.
25 O pannách pak přikázaní Páně nemám, ale však radu dávám, jako ten, jemuž z milosrdenství svého Pán dal věrným býti.
With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.
26 Za toť pak mám, že jest to dobré pro nastávající potřebu, totiž že jest dobré člověku tak býti.
I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best – that a man should remain as he is.
27 Přivázáns k ženě? Nehledej rozvázání. Jsi prost od ženy? Nehledej ženy.
Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.
28 Pakli bys se i oženil, nezhřešils, a vdala-li by se panna, nezhřešila; ale trápení těla míti budou takoví; jáť pak vám odpouštím.
Still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.
29 Ale totoť pravím, bratří, poněvadž čas ostatní jest ukrácený, aby i ti, kteříž mají ženy, byli, jako by jich neměli,
What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 A kteříž plačí, jako by neplakali, a kteříž radují se, jako by se neradovali, a kteříž kupují, jako by nevládli,
those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,
31 A kteříž užívají tohoto světa, jako by neužívali. Neboť pomíjí způsob tohoto světa.
and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.
32 Chciť pak, abyste vy bez pečování byli. Nebo kdo ženy nemá, pečuje o to, což jest Páně, kterak by se líbil Pánu.
I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;
33 Ale kdo se oženil, pečuje o věci tohoto světa, jak by se líbil ženě.
while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;
34 Rozdílnéť jsou žena a panna. Nevdaná pečuje o to, což jest Páně, aby byla svatá i tělem i duchem, ale vdaná pečuje o věci tohoto světa, kterak by se líbila muži.
and so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master’s cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.
35 Totoť pak k vašemu dobrému pravím, ne abych na vás osídlo uvrhl, ale abyste slušně a případně Pána se přídrželi, bez všeliké roztržitosti.
I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter round your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.
36 Pakli kdo za neslušnou věc své panně pokládá pomíjení času k vdání, a tak by se státi mělo, učiň, jakžkoli chce, nezhřeší. Nechažť ji vdá.
If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, he should act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong – let the marriage take place.
37 Ale kdož se pevně ustavil v srdci, a není mu toho nouze, ale v moci má svou vlastní vůli, a to uložil v srdci svém, aby choval pannu svou, dobře činí.
On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.
38 A tak ten, kdož vdává, dobře činí, ale kdo nevdává, lépe činí.
In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.
39 Žena přivázána jest zákonem dotud, dokudž její muž živ jest. Pakli by umřel muž její, svobodná jest; můž se vdáti, za kohož chce, toliko v Pánu.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry anyone she wishes, provided he is a believer.
40 Ale blahoslavenější jest, zůstala-li by tak, podlé mého soudu. Mámť pak za to, žeť i já mám Ducha Božího.
Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is – in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
