1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
Sambano tulole imwanembele ila, kwambone ŵalume atame pangalombela.
2 but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
Nambo kwaligongo lya chikululu, kila jwannume akole ŵankwakwe nsyene, nombe kila jwankongwe akole ŵankwakwe nsyene.
3 Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
Ikusachilwa jwannume ŵapeje ŵankwakwe yaikuŵajilwa, iyoyopeyo ikusachilwa ni jwankongwe ŵapeje ŵankwakwe yaikuŵajilwa.
4 but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
Jwankongwe nganakola ulamusi pa chiilu chakwe nsyene nambo ŵankwakwe, iyoyopeyo jwannume nganakola ulamusi pa chiilu chakwe nsyene ikaŵe ŵankwakwe.
5 Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.
Nkajimana, nambo njitichisyane kwa moŵa kanandi kuti nkole katema kambone ka kupopela. Nkakaŵa kwonegana sooni, Shetani ngasaika kunlinga kwakulepela kupililila.
6 But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
Maloŵe ganansalile nganigaŵa malajisyo, nambo nkukombola kusagula.
7 I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
Ngulajila ŵandu wose aŵeje mpela indite pakuŵa une, nambo jwali jose akwete ntulilo wakwe nsyene kutyochela kwa Akunnungu, jwine akwete ntulilo wu ni jwine akwete ntulilo aula.
8 But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
Nipele aŵala ŵangalombela ni kulombwa ni ŵawililwe ni achiŵankwawo, ngwasalila nyi, mbaya atame mpela mungutamila une.
9 If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
Nambo iŵaga mundu ngakukombola kulisiŵila, alombele. Ili mbaya kulombela ngaŵa kukolelwa ni msese.
10 But to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;
Kwa aŵala ŵamasile kulombana ngumpa malajisyo ga, ngaŵa gangu une nambo ga Ambuje, jwankongwe ngasalekana ni ŵankwakwe.
11 (or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.
Nambo iŵaga alekengene atameje pangalombekwa, pane ajilane ni ŵankwakwe, iyoyo peyo ni jwannume ngasiŵaleka ŵankwakwe.
12 To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
Nombe kwa ŵane uneji nguti nyi, gelega ngaŵa malajisyo ga Ambuje, iŵaga jwannume akwete jwankongwe jwangankulupilila Kilisito ni jwankongwe jo akundile kutama ni ŵankwakwe, jwannume jo akasanleka ŵankwakwe.
13 And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
Jwankongwe jwakwete ŵankwakwe ŵangakunkulupilila Kilisito ni jwannume jo akundile kutama ni ŵankwakwe, jwankongwe jo akasanleka ŵankwakwe.
14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.
Pakuŵa jwele jwannume jwangakunkulupilila Kilisito akukundikwa ni Akunnungu kwa litala lya ŵankwakwe. Ni jwankongwe jwangakunkulupilila Kilisito akukundikwa ni Akunnungu kwa litala lya ŵankwakwe. Ikaŵaga yeleyo ŵanache ŵao akaliji mpela ŵanache ŵa ŵandu ŵangakwamanyilila Akunnungu nambo sambano akundikwe ni Akunnungu.
15 But if the unbelieving partner be determined to leave, separation let it be. In such cases the believing husband or wife is not under bondage. But it is into peace that God has called us.
Iŵaga jwangakunkulupilila Kilisito jula akusaka kunneka njakwe jwali jwakukulupilila, munneche atende yeleyo, pelepo jwankongwe pane jwannume jwakunkulupilila Kilisito ngaakutaŵikwa. Akunnungu atuŵilasile uwe tutame mu chitendewele.
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?
Pakuŵa nkwimanyilila uli mwe jwankongwe junkwakulupilila Kilisito panjipa chinkombole kwakulupusya ŵankwenu? Pane nkwimanyilila uli mwe jwannume junkwakulupilila Kilisito panjipa chimpakombole kwakulupusya ŵankwenu?
17 Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one - and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him- -in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
Mundu jwalijose ajendelechele kutama mu utame wapegwilwe ni Ambuje, atame mpela yatite kutama paŵaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu. Gelega ni gangwasalila ŵandu wose mu mipingo jose ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito.
18 So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
Iŵaga mundu ŵaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu ali aumbele, ngasalitesya mpela nganaumbala. Ni iŵaga mundu ŵaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu akanaŵe kuumbala, ngasaumbala.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
Kuumbala ngaŵa chindu ni ungaumbala ngaŵa chindu, nambo chindu chachikusachilwa chili kugakamulisya makanyo ga Akunnungu.
20 Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
Jwalijose asigalile iyoyo mpela iŵaliji paŵaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu.
21 Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
Ana mwaŵilanjikwe nli kapolo? Nkaikosya, nachiŵamuno nkwete lipesa lya kuŵa mundu jwanganintaŵikwa nambo ntumiye lye lipesa kupanganya yambone.
22 For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
Pakuŵa jwele jwaŵilanjikwe ni Ambuje ali kapolo, jwelejo chaŵe jwalechelelwe ni Ambuje. Iyoyo peyo jwelejo jwaŵilanjikwe ali alechelelwe, jwelejo akuŵa kapolo jwa Kilisito.
23 You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
Akunnungu ansumile kwa ntengo wekulungwa, ngasimma achikapolo ŵa ŵandu.
24 Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
Achalongo achinjangu, mundu jwalijose ajendelechele kutama mu utame ulaula mpela iŵaliji paŵaŵilanjikwe, pakuŵa Akunnungu ali pamo ni ŵanyamwe.
25 I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
Sambano, nkati aila innembile kukwangu nkati ŵaliŵali pe ni ŵangalombela, une nganingola malajisyo kutyochela kwa Ambuje nambo nguŵecheta yeleyo mpela mundu jwakukulupilichika ni jumbochele chanasa cha Ambuje.
26 I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.
Kwaligongo lya kulaga kunkulaga, une nguganisya kuti, ili yambone mundu atameje iyoyo yaali.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
Ana nnombele? Nkasaka kulekangana ni ŵankwenu. Ana nganinnombele? Nkasaka kulombela.
28 Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldy affairs, and I wish to spare you.
Nambo iŵaga chinnombele, ngankola sambi, ni mwali ŵalombwagwa, ngakola sambi, ŵandu ŵanti yele talaje mu umi wa pachilambo pa, nambo une ngusaka ganansimane gelego.
29 Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Achalongo achinjangu, ngusaka sale nyi: Katema kakasigalile kali kakajipi, kutandilila sambano aŵala ŵalombele aŵeje mpela ila nganalombela.
30 let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
Aŵala ŵakulila aŵeje mpela ngakulila. Aŵala ŵakusengwa aŵeje mpela ngakusengwa. Aŵala ŵakusuma aŵeje mpela ŵangali chindu.
31 and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
Ŵakulichenjeusya ni indu ya pa chilambo pano aŵeje mpela ngaakulichenjeusya ni indu yo. Pakuŵa indu ya pa chilambo pano ikuŵandichila kupita.
32 So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord’s business, how he may please the Lord;
Ngusaka ŵanyamwe nkaŵa ni lipamba. Mundu jwangalombela akulichenjeusya ni masengo ga Ambuje, pakuŵa akusosa itajile pakwanonyelesya Ambuje.
33 but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
Nambo jwannume jwalombele akulichenjeusya ni masengo ga pachilambo chi, pakuŵa akusosa itajile pakwanonyelesya ŵankwakwe,
34 Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
nombejo asigalile pamalekano. Jwankongwe jwangalombekwa pane mwali akulichenjeusya ni masengo ga Ambuje kuti aliŵiche pa jika kwa chiilu ni mbumu kwa ligongo lya Ambuje. Nambo jwankongwe jwalombekwe akulichenjeusya ni indu ya pachilambo chi, pakuŵa akusosa itajile pakwanonyelesya ŵankwakwe.
35 It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.
Ngusala yele kuti nankamusye, ngangusaka kummichila chakusiŵila, nambo ngusaka ntendekanye yaikusachilwa kuti nkombole kwatumichila Ambuje, kwa ntima umo ni nningwa umo.
36 If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place.
Nambo mundu jwalijose iŵaga akuganisya kuti ngakumpanganyichisya yambone mwali jwantomele kwa kuleka kwalombela, ni aiwonaga kuti yaka ikupita, ni misese jakwe jikwatesya alepele kulisiŵila, atende yakuti pakusaka, alombane. Kwa kutenda yeleyo ngakutenda sambi.
37 On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.
Nambo jwannume jo asakaga nsyene pangakanganichiswa kuti ngaalombela, ni iŵaga ngaakwakolela misese achakongwe, jwelejo akutenda yambone pangannombela mwali jwantomele jo.
38 So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.
Nipele jwele jwakulombela akupanganya yambone ni jwele jwangakulombela akupanganya yambone nnope.
39 A wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.
Jwankongwe jwalombekwe akutaŵikwa ni ŵankwakwe kwa katema kose ŵankwakwe ali ŵajumi. Nambo ŵankwakwe ajasikaga, akukombola kulombwa sooni ni mundu jwakunsaka, nambo jwannume jo aŵeje jwakunkulupilila Kilisito.
40 But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
Nambo inguti pakuganisya une, jwankongwe jo chasangalale kwannope iŵaga chatame iyoyo pangalombekwa. Syele sili nganisyo syangu, none nguganisya yakuti ngwete Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.
