1 Corinthians 7
1 Now about what you wrote to me: “It's good not to marry.”
A IET duen me komail intingie dong ia, a mau ong aramas amen, a ender sair li amen.
2 However, because of the temptation to sexual immorality, it is better that each man have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
Ari so, amen amen en ale pein a warok li, o amen amen en ale pein a warok ol, pwen der dender.
3 The husband should meet his wife's sexual needs, and the wife her husband's.
Ol o en wiai ong a warok li me inen, a pil dueta li ong a warok ol.
4 The wife's body doesn't just belong to her, but her husband; and similarly the husband's body doesn't just belong to him but his wife.
Li o sota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok. Pil dueta ol o sota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok.
5 So don't deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a while— for example because you want to spend time in prayer. Afterwards be together again so that Satan won't tempt you to sin because of your lack of self-control.
Der so oke amen amen, ma so, pweki inau ansau kis, pwen mot isesol rer ekis o kapakap, ap pur pena, pwe Satan de kasongesong komail omail so oke pena.
6 I'm telling you this not as a command, but as a concession.
Mepukat kaidin kusoned eu, pwe pein ai lamelam.
7 However, I wish that everyone was like me, but each person has their own gift from God—one has this gift, one has another.
A i men aramas akan karos en dueta ngai. A amen amen aleer pein a pai en mak sang ren Kot duen amen amen.
8 To those who are not yet married, or who are widowed, I would say it is better if they remain like me.
A ngai indai ong me so papaud o li odi kan, me mau irail en dadaur dueta ngai.
9 But if they lack self-control, then they should get married—for it is better to marry than burn with desire.
A ma irail sota kak ong, irail en papaud; me mau papaud sang dender.
10 These are my instructions to those who are married—in fact not from me but the Lord: The wife should not leave her husband
O ong me papaud akan ngai me ilaki wei, a kaidin ngai pwe Kaun o: Li papaud ender kamuei wei sang a warok!
11 (or if she does, she should not re-marry, or she should return to her husband); and the husband should not leave his wife.
A ma a muei wei sanger, i en dadaurata a kirip de kadeke a warok, o ol ender kasela a warok.
12 Now, to the rest of you, (and this is me speaking, not the Lord), I would say, “If a Christian man has a non-Christian wife and she is willing to stay with him, he should not leave her.
Kaidin Kaun o, pwe ngai men indang me tei kan: Ma ri atail ol amen mia, me a paud soposon amen, ap men mimieta re a, a ender kasela li o.
13 And if a Christian woman has a non-Christian husband, and he is willing to stay with her, she should not leave her husband.”
Pil dueta li amen, ma a warok soposon amen o a men mimieta re a, a ender kasela ol o,
14 For a husband who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian wife, and for a wife who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian husband. Otherwise it would mean your children were impure, but now they are holy.
Pwe ol soposon me kasaraui kilar li o, o li soposon kasaraui kilar ol o, pwe ma a so due met, noumail seri kan me samin, a met irail me saraui.
15 However, if the non-Christian spouse leaves, let them leave. In such cases the Christian man or woman is not slavishly bound, for God has called us to live in peace.
A ma me soposon o pan muei wei sang, ari i en muei wei sang; ri ol de ri li sota kin kaupindi ni mepukat. A Kot me kotin molipe kitail, pwen popol pena.
16 Wives, who knows? You may save your husband! Husbands, who knows? You may save your wife!
Pwe iaduen, koe li o, koe asa, me koe pan kak kamaurela ol o? De koe ol, koe pan kamaurela li o?
17 Apart from such cases, each of you should remain in the situation that the Lord has placed you, and continue to live the life to which God has called you. That's my instruction to all the churches.
A duen Kaun o pang ong amen amen, duen Kot molipe ong amen amen, iduen dadaurata; nan iduen ngai ilakilang momodisou akan karos.
18 Were you circumcised when you were converted? Don't become uncircumcised. Were you uncircumcised when you were converted? Don't become circumcised.
Ma amen me paeker ni sirkomsais, i en dadaurata a sirkomsais, a ma amen me paeker ni sosirkomsais, i ender iang sirkomsais.
19 Circumcision doesn't mean anything, and uncircumcision doesn't mean anything. Keeping the commandments of God is what really matters.
Pwe kaidin meakot sirkomsais, o pil kaidin meakot sosirkomsais, a wiawia kusoned en Kot akan.
20 Everyone should remain in the position they were in when they were called.
Amen amen en dadaurata udan a koa ni a paeker.
21 If you were a slave when you were called, don't worry—though if you have an opportunity to become free, take it.
Ma koe paeker ni om ladu, koe der insensuedeki, a ma koe pan kak maioda sang, ari pil me mau.
22 If you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free, working for the Lord. In the same way if you were called when you were free, you are now Christ's slave!
Pwe ladu men, me paeker ong Kaun o, nan a maio ren Kaun o; o pil dueta me maio men paeker ap pan ladun Kristus men.
23 A price has been paid for you, so don't become a slave to anyone.
Komail me neti kidar pai eu, der wiala ladun aramas akan.
24 Brothers and sisters, remain in the position you were in when you were called, living with God.
Ri ai kan, amen amen dadaurata ut arail ren Kot.
25 Now about “people who are not married,” I don't have a specific instruction from the Lord, so let me give you my opinion as someone who by the Lord's mercy is considered trustworthy.
A duen peinekap akan, sota kusoned eu sang ren Kaun o; a pein ai lamelam mia, pwe i aleer mak en Kaun, pwen kak melel.
26 Because of the present difficult situation we are in I think it is best to just stay as you are.
Iet me i lameda, me mau ong aramas sota papaud, pwe ni ansau apwal wet.
27 Are you already married? Don't try to get divorced. Are you unmarried? Don't look to get married.
Ma koe kapapaud ong li amen, ender men muei sang, a ma so om paud mia, ender rapaki li amen.
28 If you do get married, you haven't sinned. If an unmarried woman gets married, she hasn't sinned. But you will have many troubles in this current world and I would want to spare you these.
A kaidin dip eu, ma koe pan papaud; o ma seripein amen pan papaud, kaidin dip. A a pan apwal ong mepukat ni pali uduk arail. A ngai sota men, me apwal kot en lel ong komail.
29 I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married,
A ri ai kan, mepukat i indada, pweki ansau o me motomot. A pil eu: Me mau ong me ar warok mier, en wia dene sota ar warok;
30 and those who weep as if they did not weep, and those that celebrated as if they had not celebrated, and those that bought as if they did not own,
O me kin sangesang, dene sota sangesang; o me kin pereperen, dene sota ar peren; o me kin netinet, dene sota ar kapwa.
31 and those who are engaged with the world as if it is not fulfilling—for the present world order is passing away.
O me dodokki sappa, ren kalaka, pwe eder wiaki me sued. Pwe mom en sappa et pan rosala.
32 I would prefer you to be free from such worries. A man who is not married pays attention to what is important to the Lord, and how he can please the Lord.
A i men, komail ender lodi ong me apwal. Me sota papaud, kin apwali me sapwilim en Kaun o, duen a pan kaperenda Kaun o.
33 But a man who is married pays attention to what is important in this world, and how he can please his wife.
A me papaud, kin lamelame, me kon ong sappa, duen a pan kaperenda a paud.
34 As a result his loyalties are divided. Similarly an unmarried woman or girl pays attention to what is important to the Lord, so she may live a life dedicated both in body and spirit. But a married woman pays attention to what is important in this world, and how she can please her husband.
A nan pung en li papaud o peinekap me wuk pasang: Me sota papaud, kin apwali me sapwilim en Kaun o, pwen saraui ni pali war o pil ni pali ngen; a me papaud, kin inong iong me kisan sappa, duen a pan kak kaperenda a warok.
35 I'm telling you this for your benefit. I'm not trying to put a noose around your neck, but to show you the right thing to do so you can serve the Lord without being distracted.
Mepukat i inda wei, pwen kamaui komail, a kaidin pwen saliedi komail, a pwen sauasa komail, pwe karos en inen o pung re omail, o pwe komail en papa Kaun o.
36 But if a man thinks he's behaving improperly with the woman he's engaged to, and if he thinks he will give in to his strong sexual desire, and if he thinks he ought to get married, he is not sinning by getting married.
A ma amen lamelame, me sapung, ma a sota pan mueid ong na seripein, me mau ong papaud, en papaud; ari, a pan wia duen me a mauki, pwe kaidin dip, ma a pan mueid ong i en papaud.
37 But if a man stays true to his principles, and there is no obligation to marry, and has the power to keep his feelings under control and stay engaged to her, he does well not to marry.
A ma amen me kelail ni mongiong i, pil kelail ong kaunda, pein insen a, ap inauki ong nan mongiong i en kolekol na seripein, i me mau.
38 So the man who marries the woman he's engaged to does well, while the one who does not get married does better.
Ari, ma amen pan papaud me mau, a ma amen sota pan papaud, me mau sang.
39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whoever she wants in the Lord.
Li papaud amen me kaupina kidi pung en papaud arain a warok memaur; a ol o lao mela, nan a maio ong kapapaud, me a mauki, i eta; a en wiaui ren Kaun.
40 But in my opinion she would be happier if she didn't re-marry—and I think I too have the Spirit of God when I say this.
Meid pai, ma a pan dadaurata a kirip duen me i lameda, A ngai asa, me Ngen en Kot pil kotikot re i.
