1 karinthina.h 7
1 apara nca yu. smaabhi rmaa. m prati yat patramalekhi tasyottarametat, yo. sito. aspar"sana. m manujasya vara. m;
With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.
2 kintu vyabhicaarabhayaad ekaikasya pu. msa. h svakiiyabhaaryyaa bhavatu tadvad ekaikasyaa yo. sito. api svakiiyabharttaa bhavatu|
But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
3 bhaaryyaayai bhartraa yadyad vitara. niiya. m tad vitiiryyataa. m tadvad bhartre. api bhaaryyayaa vitara. niiya. m vitiiryyataa. m|
A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.
4 bhaaryyaayaa. h svadehe svatva. m naasti bharttureva, tadvad bhartturapi svadehe svatva. m naasti bhaaryyaayaa eva|
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 upo. sa. napraarthanayo. h sevanaartham ekamantra. naanaa. m yu. smaaka. m kiyatkaala. m yaavad yaa p. rthaksthiti rbhavati tadanyo vicchedo yu. smanmadhye na bhavatu, tata. h param indriyaa. naam adhairyyaat "sayataan yad yu. smaan pariik. saa. m na nayet tadartha. m punarekatra milata|
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 etad aade"sato nahi kintvanuj naata eva mayaa kathyate,
I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
7 yato mamaavastheva sarvvamaanavaanaamavasthaa bhavatviti mama vaa nchaa kintvii"svaraad ekenaiko varo. anyena caanyo vara itthamekaikena svakiiyavaro labdha. h|
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 aparam ak. rtavivaahaan vidhavaa"sca prati mamaitannivedana. m mameva te. saamavasthiti rbhadraa;
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 ki nca yadi tairindriyaa. ni niyantu. m na "sakyante tarhi vivaaha. h kriyataa. m yata. h kaamadahanaad vyuu. dhatva. m bhadra. m|
But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.
10 ye ca k. rtavivaahaaste mayaa nahi prabhunaivaitad aaj naapyante|
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 bhaaryyaa bhartt. rta. h p. rthak na bhavatu| yadi vaa p. rthagbhuutaa syaat tarhi nirvivaahaa ti. s.thatu sviiyapatinaa vaa sandadhaatu bharttaapi bhaaryyaa. m na tyajatu|
(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 itaraan janaan prati prabhu rna braviiti kintvaha. m braviimi; kasyacid bhraaturyo. sid avi"svaasinii satyapi yadi tena sahavaase tu. syati tarhi saa tena na tyajyataa. m|
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 tadvat kasyaa"scid yo. sita. h patiravi"svaasii sannapi yadi tayaa sahavaase tu. syati tarhi sa tayaa na tyajyataa. m|
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 yato. avi"svaasii bharttaa bhaaryyayaa pavitriibhuuta. h, tadvadavi"svaasinii bhaaryyaa bhartraa pavitriibhuutaa; noced yu. smaakamapatyaanya"suciinyabhavi. syan kintvadhunaa taani pavitraa. ni santi|
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 avi"svaasii jano yadi vaa p. rthag bhavati tarhi p. rthag bhavatu; etena bhraataa bhaginii vaa na nibadhyate tathaapi vayamii"svare. na "saantaye samaahuutaa. h|
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 he naari tava bharttu. h paritraa. na. m tvatto bhavi. syati na veti tvayaa ki. m j naayate? he nara tava jaayaayaa. h paritraa. na. m tvatte bhavi. syati na veti tvayaa ki. m j naayate?
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 ekaiko jana. h parame"svaraallabdha. m yad bhajate yasyaa ncaavasthaayaam ii"svare. naahvaayi tadanusaare. naivaacaratu tadaha. m sarvvasamaajasthaan aadi"saami|
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 chinnatvag bh. rtvaa ya aahuuta. h sa prak. r.s. tatvak na bhavatu, tadvad achinnatvag bhuutvaa ya aahuuta. h sa chinnatvak na bhavatu|
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 tvakcheda. h saaro nahi tadvadatvakchedo. api saaro nahi kintvii"svarasyaaj naanaa. m paalanameva|
Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.
20 yo jano yasyaamavasthaayaamaahvaayi sa tasyaamevaavati. s.thataa. m|
Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.
21 daasa. h san tva. m kimaahuuto. asi? tanmaa cintaya, tathaaca yadi svatantro bhavitu. m "saknuyaastarhi tadeva v. r.nu|
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 yata. h prabhunaahuuto yo daasa. h sa prabho rmocitajana. h| tadvad tenaahuuta. h svatantro jano. api khrii. s.tasya daasa eva|
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 yuuya. m muulyena kriitaa ato heto rmaanavaanaa. m daasaa maa bhavata|
You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.
24 he bhraataro yasyaamavasthaayaa. m yasyaahvaanamabhavat tayaa sa ii"svarasya saak. saat ti. s.thatu|
Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.
25 aparam ak. rtavivaahaan janaan prati prabho. h ko. apyaade"so mayaa na labdha. h kintu prabhoranukampayaa vi"svaasyo bhuuto. aha. m yad bhadra. m manye tad vadaami|
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 varttamaanaat kle"sasamayaat manu. syasyaanuu. dhatva. m bhadramiti mayaa budhyate|
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 tva. m ki. m yo. siti nibaddho. asi tarhi mocana. m praaptu. m maa yatasva| ki. m vaa yo. sito mukto. asi? tarhi jaayaa. m maa gave. saya|
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 vivaaha. m kurvvataa tvayaa kimapi naapaaraadhyate tadvad vyuuhyamaanayaa yuvatyaapi kimapi naaparaadhyate tathaaca taad. r"sau dvau janau "saariirika. m kle"sa. m lapsyete kintu yu. smaan prati mama karu. naa vidyate|
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 he bhraataro. ahamida. m braviimi, ita. h para. m samayo. atiiva sa. mk. sipta. h,
What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 ata. h k. rtadaarairak. rtadaarairiva rudadbhi"scaarudadbhiriva saanandai"sca niraanandairiva kret. rbhi"scaabhaagibhirivaacaritavya. m
those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,
31 ye ca sa. msaare caranti tai rnaaticaritavya. m yata ihalekasya kautuko vicalati|
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 kintu yuuya. m yanni"scintaa bhaveteti mama vaa nchaa| ak. rtavivaaho jano yathaa prabhu. m parito. sayet tathaa prabhu. m cintayati,
I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;
33 kintu k. rtavivaaho jano yathaa bhaaryyaa. m parito. sayet tathaa sa. msaara. m cintayati|
while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;
34 tadvad uu. dhayo. sito. anuu. dhaa vi"si. syate| yaanuu. dhaa saa yathaa kaayamanaso. h pavitraa bhavet tathaa prabhu. m cintayati yaa co. dhaa saa yathaa bharttaara. m parito. sayet tathaa sa. msaara. m cintayati|
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 aha. m yad yu. smaan m. rgabandhinyaa parik. sipeya. m tadartha. m nahi kintu yuuya. m yadaninditaa bhuutvaa prabho. h sevane. abaadham aasaktaa bhaveta tadarthametaani sarvvaa. ni yu. smaaka. m hitaaya mayaa kathyante|
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 kasyacit kanyaayaa. m yauvanapraaptaayaa. m yadi sa tasyaa anuu. dhatva. m nindaniiya. m vivaaha"sca saadhayitavya iti manyate tarhi yathaabhilaa. sa. m karotu, etena kimapi naaparaatsyati vivaaha. h kriyataa. m|
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 kintu du. hkhenaakli. s.ta. h ka"scit pitaa yadi sthiramanogata. h svamano. abhilaa. sasaadhane samartha"sca syaat mama kanyaa mayaa rak. sitavyeti manasi ni"scinoti ca tarhi sa bhadra. m karmma karoti|
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 ato yo vivaaha. m karoti sa bhadra. m karmma karoti ya"sca vivaaha. m na karoti sa bhadratara. m karmma karoti|
In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.
39 yaavatkaala. m pati rjiivati taavad bhaaryyaa vyavasthayaa nibaddhaa ti. s.thati kintu patyau mahaanidraa. m gate saa muktiibhuuya yamabhila. sati tena saha tasyaa vivaaho bhavitu. m "saknoti, kintvetat kevala. m prabhubhaktaanaa. m madhye|
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 tathaaca saa yadi ni. spatikaa ti. s.thati tarhi tasyaa. h k. sema. m bhavi. syatiiti mama bhaava. h| aparam ii"svarasyaatmaa mamaapyanta rvidyata iti mayaa budhyate|
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.
