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.
Ary ny amin’ ireo zavatra nosoratanareo, dia tsara amin’ ny lehilahy raha tsy mikasi-behivavy akory.
2 But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Anefa noho ny fijangajangana dia aoka ny lehilahy rehetra samy hanana ny vadiny avy, ary aoka koa ny vehivavy rehetra samy hanana ny vadiny avy.
3 A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.
Aoka ny lahy hanao izay mety hatao amin’ ny vavy; ary mba toy izany koa ny vavy amin’ ny lahy.
4 It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.
Ny vavy tsy manam-pahefana amin’ ny tenany, fa ny lahy; ary mba toy izany koa ny lahy tsy manam-pahefana amin’ ny tenany, fa ny vavy.
5 So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
Aza misara-pandriana ianareo, raha tsy amin’ izay andro sasany ifanekenareo ho andro hivavahana, nefa mbola hiraisanareo fandriana indray, mba tsy hakan’ i Satana fanahy anareo noho ny tsi-faharetanareo.
6 But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
Fandeferana anefa no anaovako izany, fa tsy mandidy aho.
7 For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.
Fa tiako ho tahaka ahy ny olona rehetra; kanefa samy manana izay fanomezam-pahasoavana nomen’ Andriamanitra ary avy, ka ny anankiray toy izao, ary ny anankiray toy izao kosa.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.
Fa hoy izaho amin’ ny tsy manam-bady sy ny mpitondratena kosa: Tsara aminy raha mitoetra tahaka ahy izy.
9 But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.
Nefa raha tsy maharitra izy, dia aoka hanam-bady ihany; fa tsara ny manam-bady noho ny ho maimay.
10 But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.
Ary ny manam-bady dia didiako, nefa tsy izaho, fa ny Tompo: Aoka tsy hiala amin’ ny lahy ny vavy,
11 But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.
(nefa raha misy efa niala, dia aoka hitoetra tsy manam-bady, na aoka hody amin’ ny lahy); ary ny lahy aoka tsy hiala amin’ ny vavy.
12 Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
Fa amin’ ny sisa, dia hoy izaho, fa tsy ny Tompo: Raha misy rahalahy manam-bady tsy mino, ary mety mitoetra aminy ihany ny vavy, dia aoka tsy hialany izy.
13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.
Ary raha misy vehivavy manam-bady tsy mino, ka mety mitoetra aminy ihany ny lahy, dia aoka tsy hialany izy.
14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.
Fa ny lahy tsy mino dia efa masìna ao amin’ ny vavy ary ny vavy tsy mino dia efa masìna ao amin’ ny rahalahy; raha tsy izany kosa, dia tsy madio ny zanakareo; fa raha izany, dia masìna izy.
15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.
Fa raha ny tsy mino no miala, aoka hiala izy. Na rahalahy na anabavy dia tsy voafehy amin’ izany; fa Andriamanitra efa niantso antsika amin’ ny fihavanana.
16 And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Fa ahoana moa no ahafantaranao, ravehivavy, na hovonjenao ny vadinao, na tsia? Ary ahoana no ahafantaranao, ralehilahy, na hovonjenao ny vadinao, na tsia?
17 However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.
Kanefa aoka ny olona rehetra samy handeha araka izay anjarany nomen’ ny Tompo azy sy araka ny niantsoan’ Andriamanitra azy avy. Ary izany no andidiako ao amin’ ny fiangonana rehetra.
18 Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised.
Misy nantsoina voafora va? Aoka izy tsy hovana ho tsy voafora. Misy antsoina tsy voafora va? Aoka izy tsy hoforana.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.
Tsinontsinona ny famorana, ary tsinontsinona ny tsi-famorana; fa ny mitandrina ny didin’ Andriamanitra no izy.
20 Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.
Aoka ny olona rehetra samy hitoetra eo amin’ izay toetra efa niantsoana azy ihany.
21 Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.
Nantsoina va ianao raha mbola mpanompo? Aoka tsy hampaninona anao izany; nefa raha misy hahafahanao, aleo izany.
22 For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.
Fa ny andevo izay voantso ao amin’ ny Tompo dia olona afaka an’ ny Tompo; toy izany koa, ny olona afaka izay voantso dia mpanompon’ i Kristy.
23 You have been bought with a price. Do not be willing to become the servants of men.
Fa olom-boavidy ianareo, ka aza mety ho andevon’ olona.
24 Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.
Ry rahalahy, aoka ny olona rehetra samy hitoetra amin’ Andriamanitra ao amin’ izay niantsoana azy avy.
25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.
Fa ny amin’ ny virijina dia tsy manana didy avy amin’ ny Tompo aho; nefa ataoko izay hevitro tahaka izay niantran’ ny Tompo ahy ho mahatoky.
26 Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.
Koa izao no ataoko fa tsara amin’ ny olona noho ny fahoriana miseho ankehitriny, dia ny mitoetra toy izao ihany.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Manam-bady va ianao? Aza mitady izay hisarahana. Tsy manam-bady va ianao? Aza mitady vady.
28 But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.
Nefa na dia hanam-bady aza ianao, dia tsy manota tsy akory; ary na dia hanam-bady aza ny virijina, dia tsy manota izy. Kanefa kosa hanam-pahoriana amin’ ny nofo ireny; fa izaho miantra anareo.
29 And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;
Fa izao no lazaiko, ry rahalahy: Efa fohy ny andro, mba ho toy ny tsy manam-bady ny manana amin’ izao sisa izao;
30 and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;
ary mba ho toy izay tsy mitomany ny mitomany; ary mba ho toy izay tsy mifaly ny mifaly; ary mba ho toy izay tsy mahazo ny mividy;
31 and those who use the things of this world, as if they were not using them. For the figure of this world is passing away.
ary mba ho toy izay tsy mahavatra izao fiainana izao loatra ny mahavatra azy, fa mandalo ny fanaon’ izao fiainana izao.
32 But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.
Fa tiako tsy ho maro ahina ianareo. Izay tsy manam-bady dia miahy ny an’ ny Tompo mba hahafaly ny Tompo.
33 But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.
Fa izay manam-bady kosa miahy ny an’ izao fiainana izao mba hahafaly ny vavy.
34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to how she may please her husband.
Ary tsy mitovy koa ny vehivavy manam-bady sy ny virijina. Ny vehivavy tsy manam-bady mitandrina ny an’ ny Tompo, mba ho samy masìna avokoa ny tenany sy ny fanahiny; fa izay manam-bady kosa dia mitandrina ny an’ izao fiainana izao mba hahafaly ny lahy.
35 Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.
Ary miteny izany aho mba hahasoa anareo, fa tsy haningotra anareo amin’ ny tadivavarana, fa mba hanaovanareo izay miendrika sy hitoeranareo tsara amin’ ny Tompo, ka tsy hivezivezen’ ny sainareo.
36 But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.
Fa raha misy mihevitra fa tsy mety ny fitondrany ny zananivavy virijina, satria mihoatra noho ny taona tokony anambadian’ ny zanany, ka tsy maintsy hisy izany, dia aoka izy hanao izay sitrapony, tsy manota izy; aoka hanam-bady izy.
37 But if he has decided firmly in his heart, and he does not have any obligation, but only the power of his free will, and if he has judged this in his heart, to let her remain a virgin, he does well.
Fa raha misy kosa efa mikasa tsara ao am-pony, sady tsy misy mahatery azy, fa mahazo manaraka ny safidiny ka ninia tao am-pony hiaro ny zananivavy virijina, dia hanao tsara izy.
38 And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.
Ka izay manome ny zanany virijina hampakarina dia manao tsara, ary izay tsy manome azy hampakarina no manao tsaratsara kokoa.
39 A woman is bound under the law for as long as her husband lives. But if her husband has died, she is free. She may marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord.
Ny vavy voafehin’ ny lalàna, raha mbola velona ny lahy; fa raha maty kosa ny lahy, dia afaka hanam-bady izay tiany izy, nefa ao amin’ ny Tompo ihany.
40 But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
Nefa raha araka ny hevitro, sambatra kokoa izy raha mitoetra toy izao ihany; ary ataoko fa izaho koa manana ny Fanahin’ Andriamanitra.
