1 Korin 7
1 Nangmih ing ca nami qee lawnaak akawng awh: Pa ing a zu ama lawh aham nep hy.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Cehlai cemyihna nu pa thawlhnaak a awm dawngawh, thlang boeih ing zu ta boeih seh, nu boeih boeih ing vaa ta boeih seh nyng.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 Pa ing a zu venawh chungva na a awmnaak ce soep sak seitaw, zu ingawm a vaa a venawh soep sak seh.
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 Zu ing a pum ce amah doeng am koe na hy, a vaa ing ni a koe naak hy. Cemyih lawtna, vaa ing awm amah a pum ce am koe na hy, a zu ing ni a koe naak hy.
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.
5 Cykcahnaak ham a tym a khoeh hawnaak a awm kaana amah doeng a ngaihnaak doek khoeih ce koeh sai law uh. Am nang yh thainaak ce Setan ing haw na nawh nang ce ama ni syknaak thai aham kutoet na awm haih uh.
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.
6 Nangmih ing nami do aham ni kak kqawn, awipeek amyihna am kqawn nyng.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7 Pa boeih boeih ve kai amyihna awm lawt lah voei uh ti ngaih nyng. Cehlai thlang boeih ing Khawsa a kutdo ce ta qip qip lawt uhy; pynoet ing ak chang ta nawh pynoet bai ing ak chang ta bai hy.
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.
8 Zu amak lo ingkaw vaa amak takhqi ingkaw nuhaikhqi venawh: kai amyihna zu lawh vaa taak kaa qoe na a mi awm lawt aham ngaih nyng.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 Cehlai ama ming yh thai awhtaw, zu a mi lawh vaa a mi taak aham awm hy, yh tloei anglakawhtaw zu lawh vaa taak ce nep bet hy.
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 Zu ak lo vaa ak takhqi venawh (kai ing am nawh, Bawipa ing) ve ak awi ve ni pek khqi hy: a zu ing a vaa ce koeh ma seh.
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 A vaa ce ama awhtaw vak chang koeh ta voel seh, am awhtaw a vaa ce pan tlaih seh. A vaa ingawm a zu ce koeh thla seh.
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 Ak chang bai taw (Bawipa ing am nawh, kamah ing ni kak kqawn hy): Koeinaa thlang pynoet ing amak cangnaak thlang ce zu na mai nawh cawhkaw nu ing a vaa ing awm poe aham a ngaih awhtaw, a zu ce thlak aham am awm hy.
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.
13 Nu pynoet ing amak cangnaak thlang pynoet ce va na nawh cawhkaw pa ing a zu ingqawi awm poe aham a ngaih awhtaw, ce nu ing ce koeh ma seh nyng.
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14 Amak cangnaak pa ce a zu ak caming ciim sak na awm hawh hy, amak cangnaak nu awm cangnaak ak ta a vaa ak caming ciimcaih sak na awm hy. Cemyih am mantaw nami cakhqi ce am ciimcaih kaw, cehlai cemyihna a awm dawngawh ciimcaih hly hy.
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.
15 Cehlai cangnaak amak ta ing a cehtaak awhtaw, cehtaak mai seh. Cangnaak ak ta pa am awhtaw nu ce cemyih ing am pin hy; Khawsa ing qoep ang qui cana awm aham ni a nik khy khqi.
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.
16 Nu nang, na vaa hul kawng nyng tice ikawmyihna na sim naak? Pa nang, na zu hul kawng tice ikawmyihna na sim naak?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Khawsa ing khy nawh Bawipa ing bibi a peeknaak awh thlang boeih ing a hqing khuiawh awm u seh nyng. Ve ve thlangboel boeih a venawh ka peek awi na awm hy.
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.
18 Khy na ak awm pa ce chahhui qeet ce hawh nu? Chahhui amak qeet thlang myihma koeh awm seh. Chahhui qet kana ak awm khy ak awm hly nu? Anih ce chahhui a qeet aham am awm hy.
Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Chahhui qeet awm ama qeet awm ikawna am awm hy. Khawsa ak awipeek khoem ce ni awipui bet hy.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20 Khawsa ing ak khynaak amyihna thlang boeih ing amah a awmnaak hun awh awm seh.
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21 Khyna na awm awh tamnaa na nu na awm? Ce ing ce kawpoek kyinaak koeh ni pe seh, na loetnaak ham a tym leek na huh awhtaw cawn taak ham cai.
Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 Bawipa ing ak khy awh tamnaa na ak awm ce Bawipa awhtaw ak loet thlang na awm hy; cemyih lawtna, khy awh loet na ak awm ce Bawipa a tamnaa na awm hy.
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 Messiah’s bondservant.
23 Nangmih taw a phu ing thlaih na awm u hyk ti; thlang a tamnaa na koeh awm uh.
You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 Koeinaakhqi thlang boeih ing Khawsa venawh sai aham bibi ami taak boeih boeih amyihna, Khawsa ing ak khynaak amyihna awm boeih u seh nyng.
Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Nulaa cadawngkhqi akawng awhtaw; Bawipa a ven awhkaw awipeek taw am hu pai hlai nyng, Bawipa am qeenaak awh ypawm na ka awm amyihna kai ing awi ni pek khqi nyng.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgement as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Tuh tloek awhkaw kyinaak awh ve, tuh awhkaw nami awm amyihna nami awm poe ce nep hy tinawh poek nyng.
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Zu nak lo vaa nak ta hawh nu? Cawhtaw koeh pek qu voel uh. Zu nak lo va nak ta hlan hyn nu? Cawhtaw na zu koeh lo voel.
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 Zu na lawh hawh awhtaw, ce ce thawlhnaak amni; nulaa ingawm vaa a taak awhtaw am thawlh hy. Cehlai zu ak lo vaa ak takhqi taw ve hqing khui khawsaknaak awh kyinaak hu kawm uh, cedawngawh kai ingtaw ciimcaih sak aham ni ngaih khqi nyng.
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.
29 Koeinaakhqi, kak kqawn ngaihnaak taw, a tym tawi hawh hy tive ni. Tuh awhkawng zu ak takhqi ing zu amak tamyihna a mi awm aham awm hy;
But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 ak khy ak kqangkhqi ing, amak khy amak kqang amyihna; ak awmhlykhqi ing amak awmhly amyihna; ak thlaikhqi ing amah ta amyihna;
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;
31 Khawmdek them ak hawnaakkhqi ing ce a them awh ce kawlung koeh pe u seh. Ikawtih ve khawmdek awhkaw khqi ve khum boeih kaw.
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 Nangmih ly doena nami awm ham am ngaih nyng. Zu amak taa ing Bawipa benawh ly seh nyng, ikawmyihna Bawipa ce a zeel sak hly thai, tice poek seh.
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;
33 Zu ak ta ingtaw, ikawmyihna nu ka zu ce ka zeel sak thai lah voei, tinawh ve khawmdek them awh ly seh.
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 Vaa amak taa nu, am awhtaw nulaa ingtaw Bawipa ben them ce poek hy: ang cainaak taw Bawipa awh apum ingkaw myihla pe bawk hy. Cehlai vaa ak ta nu ingtaw ikawmyihna nu ka vaa ka zeel sak thainaak lah voei, ati awh ve khawmdek them awh lynaak tahy.
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.
35 Nangmih nami leeknaak aham ni ve ve kak kqawn hy, nangmih ka nik bymnaak khqi aham amni, khawsak ak leekna khaw nami sak naak thai ham ingkaw Bawipa bi ce ngaih aa kana nami binaak thai ham ni ka kqawn hy.
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.
36 U ingawm a canu nula, vataak kana khawqyt a awm sak akawngawh ak mak thymna ang ngaih qu awhtaw, anih taw thlang hoengna awm nawh, a ngaih awhtaw, a sai ngaih ce sai seh; am thawlh hy; taak sak seh nyng.
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately towards 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.
37 Cehlai pa ing ak kaw poek nawh, u a ceeinaak awm a awm kaana yhthainaak a taak dawngawh, nulaa ce ama zunaak aham ak poek awhtaw – ce awm ak thym ni a sai.
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.
38 Cedawngawh, nulaa ak zunaak ce thym hy, Cehlai zu amak lo ce nep bet hy.
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 Vaa ak ta nu taw a vaa a hqing khui pinna ak awm ni. Cehlai a vaa a thih awhtaw thlang a ngaih ce vaa na thai hy, Cehlai a vaa ce Bawipak thlang na a awm ham awm hy.
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.
40 Ce a nu ce a awm khawi amyihna a awm mantaw zeel bet kaw, tinawh poek nyng, kai awm Bawipa Myihla ce ta nyng tinawh poek qu nyng.
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgement, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
