1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Inge nga ac sroang nu ke ma kowos tuh sim nu sik kac. Ac wona mwet se in tiana payuk.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Tusruktu ke sripen yokna mwe sruhf nu ke kosro, pwanang fal tuh kais sie mukul in oasr mutan kial sifacna, ac kais sie mutan in oasr mukul tumal sifacna.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
Sie mukul enenu in akfalye ma kunal nu sin mutan kial, ac sie mutan in akfalye ma kunal nu sin mukul tumal, ac kais sie seltal in akfalye enenu lun el se ngia ke moul in payuk.
4 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.
Sie mutan payuk el tia leum fin manol sifacna, a mukul tumal pa leumi. In ouiya sacna sie mukul payuk el tia leumi manol sifacna, a mutan kial pa leumi.
5 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.
Nimet srangesr in akfalye enenu lun sin sie sie, sayen komtal fin insesela meet in oru ouinge ke kitin pacl tuh komtal in eis pacl lomtal in pre; na toko komtal fah sifil tukeni fal nu ke ouiya lun payuk se. Ke kowos oru ouinge, Satan el tia ku in srife kowos ke sripen kowos munas in sifacna leum fowos.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Nga fahk ma se inge nu suwos, mweyen God El lela nu sik in fahk, a tia ma sapkinyuk.
7 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.
Pwayeiya uh nga kena tuh kowos nukewa in oana nga; tusruktu oasr kain in mwe sang nu sin kais sie mwet sin God, su tia oana sie lumah.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Inge, nu sin mwet tia payuk ac oayapa katinmas, nga fahk mu ac wo nu suwos in mutana tia payuk, oana nga.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
Tusruktu kowos fin tia ku in kutong lungse lowos an, tari payukyak — wo in payuk liki tuh kena lowos in sokoela insiowos.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Nu sin mwet payuk an, oasr sie sap ku yuruk, su tia ma sik sifacna a ma sin Leum God: sie mutan payuk fah tia som liki mukul tumal;
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
tusruktu el fin som, el enenu in mutana ac tia sifil payuk, ku elan suk in akwoye inmasrloltal ac sifil folokla nu yurin mukul tumal. Ac sie mukul payuk enenu in tia sisla mutan kial.
12 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.
Nu sin mwet saya an, nga fahk (nga sifacna, tia Leum God): sie mukul Christian fin oasr mutan kial su tia sie mwet Christian, ac mutan sac el insese in mutana yorol, mukul sac enenu in tia sisella.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Ac sie mutan Christian fin payuk sin sie mukul su tia mwet Christian, ac mukul sac el insese in mutana yorol, mutan sac fah tia sisella.
14 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.
Tuh mukul sac ma tia Christian el akmutalyeyuk ye mutun God ke sripen el payuk sin mutan Christian se. Ac mutan sac ma tia Christian el akmutalyeyuk ye mutun God ke sripen el payuk sin mukul Christian se. Fin tia ouinge, tulik natultal ac fah oana tulik nutin mwet pegan; tusruktu ke ouinge uh, tulik inge elos akmutalyeyuk ye mutun God.
15 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.
Tusruktu, fin sie mwet su tia mwet Christian el ke fahsr liki mwet Christian se el payuk se, lela elan som. In ouiya se inge, el su Christian seltal, finne mukul ku mutan, el sukosokla. God El pangon kowos in moul in misla.
16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Mutan Christian, kom ac etu fuka lah kom ac tia ku in molela mukul tomom an? Ku mukul Christian, kom ac etu fuka lah kom ac tia ku in molela mutan kiom an?
17 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.
Kais sie mwet in moul fal nu ke mwe sang lun Leum nu sel, oana moul el moulkin ke pacl se God El tuh pangnol. Pa inge oakwuk se su nga luti in church nukewa.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
Sie mwet el fin kosrala tari meet liki pacl se God El pangnol, el fah tia srike in kunausla inken kosrala lal; ac sie mwet fin soenna kosrala ke God El pangnol, el tia enenu in kosrala.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
Tuh kosrala ac tia kosrala wangin sripa; ma se ma yohk uh pa in akos ma God El sapkin.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Kais sie suwos enenu in mutana ke ouiya se el oasr kac ke pacl se God El pangnolak ah.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Ya kom sie mwet kohs ke pacl se God El pangon kom ah? Finne ouingan, mansis; tusruktu fin oasr pacl nu sum in ekla sie mwet sukosok, tuyak eis.
22 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.
Tuh sie mwet kohs su pangonyuk sin Leum God, el mwet sukosokla lun Leum. In lumah sacna, sie mwet sukosok su pangonyuk sin Christ el mwet kohs lun Christ.
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
God El molikowosla ke sie mwe moul; ke ma inge nimet kowos mwet kohs lun mwet uh.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Mwet lili ac lulu, kais sie suwos in mutana yurin God in ouiya se na el oasr kac ke pacl se God El pangnol.
25 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.
Inge, ke mwet lolap ku mwet lolapla: wangin ma sap sin Leum nu sik, tusruktu nga fah fahk nunak luk sifacna, oana ke nga sie su ku in lulalfongiyuk ke sripen lungkulang lun Leum.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
Nga nunku mu ac wo sie mukul in mutana ke ouiya ma el oasr kac inge, ke sripen upa lun pacl uh.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
Fin oasr mutan kiom, nimet kom srike in sisella. Fin wangin mutan kiom, nimet kom suk in oasr.
28 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.
Tusruktu kom fin payukyak, wangin ma koluk lom kac; ac sie mutan lolap fin payukyak, wangin pac ma koluk lal kac. Tusruktu nga ke karinginkowosyang liki mwe akfohs lun faclu ma kwacna sikyak inmasrlon mwet payuk uh.
29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Mwet lili luk, kalmen ma nga fahk uh pa inge: tia yohk pacl lula, na pacl se ingela, mukul ma payuk uh enenu in moul oana elos tia payuk;
30 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;
elos su tung, elos in oru oana elos in tia asor; elos su israsr, elos in oru oana elos tia engan; elos su moli kutena ma, elos in oru oana in tia ma lalos ma elos molela;
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
elos su orekmakin ma lun faclu, elos in orekma oana elos in tia liksreni kafofo kac. Tuh ouiya lun faclu in pacl inge ac sa na wanginla.
32 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;
Nga kena in wangin fosrnga lowos. Sie mukul lolap el nunku yohk ke orekma lun Leum, ke sripen el srike in akinsewowoye Leum.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Tusruktu sie mukul payuk el nunku yohk ke ma lun faclu, mweyen el kena akinsewowoye mutan kial,
34 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.
ac ouinge el inseluoelik. Sie mutan tia payuk ku sie mutan soenna payuk el nunku yohk ke orekma lun Leum, mweyen el kena kisakunla kewana manol ac ngunal. A sie mutan payuk el nunku yohk ke ma lun faclu, mweyen el kena akinsewowoye mukul tumal.
35 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.
Nga fahk ma inge mweyen nga kena kasrekowos. Nga tia srike in sikulkowosi, a nga kena kowos in oru ma su suwohs ac fal, ac in sifacna eiskowosyang nufon nu ke orekma lun Leum, ac wangin ma ikolkowosi.
36 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.
Funu mwet luo ma srakna ako ac eltal sulela in tia payuk: mukul sac fin pula mu ouiya lal tia fal nu sin mutan fusr sac, ac nunak lal fin arulana upa ac el pula mu eltal enenu in payuk, na fal eltal in payukyak, oana lungse lal. Wangin ma koluk ke ma se inge.
37 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.
Tusruktu sie mukul fin sulela ku sel mu el ac tia payuk, ac nunak se inge ma lal sifacna ac tia ma ke sripa saya, el fin ku in kutongya nunak lal uh ac el sulela tari ma el ac oru — na ac wo elan tia payuk sin mutan fusr sac.
38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
Ke ma inge mukul se fin payuk, wo ma el oru uh, a mukul se fin tia payuk ac wo liki na.
39 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.
Mutan payuk se el tia sukosok ke lusenna moul lun mukul tumal. Tusruktu mukul tumal ah fin misa, na el fah sukosokla in payukyak sin siena mukul ma el lungse, tusruktu mukul sac enenu in mwet Christian se.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
El fah engan yohk liki el fin mutana tia payuk. Pa inge nunak luk, ac nga nunku mu Ngun lun God oasr pac yuruk.
