1 Corinthians 7
1 With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.
Torej glede stvari, o katerih ste mi pisali: ›Dobro je za moškega ne dotikati se ženske.‹
2 But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
Kljub temu naj ima, v izogib prešuštvovanju, vsak mož svojo lastno ženo in vsaka ženska naj ima svojega lastnega soproga.
3 A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.
Naj soprog ženi vrača dolžno dobrohotnost in prav tako žena soprogu.
4 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.
Žena nima oblasti nad svojim lastnim telesom, temveč soprog. In prav tako tudi soprog nima oblasti nad svojim lastnim telesom, temveč žena.
5 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.
Ne prikrajšujta se drug drugemu, razen če je to s soglasjem za nekaj časa, da se lahko predata postu in molitvi; in ponovno pridita skupaj, da vaju zaradi vajinega pomanjkanja samoobvladovanja ne skuša Satan.
6 I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
Toda to govorim z dovoljenjem in ne po zapovedi.
7 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.
Kajti želim, da bi bili vsi ljudje kakor jaz. Toda vsak človek ima svoj primeren dar od Boga, eden na ta način, drugi pa na drug.
8 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.
Torej neporočenim in vdovam pravim: »Zanje je dobro, če ostanejo kakor jaz.«
9 But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.
Toda če se ne morejo brzdati, naj se poročé; kajti bolje se je poročiti kakor plameneti.
10 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
Poročenim pa naročam, čeprav ne jaz, temveč Gospod: »Naj žena ne odide od svojega soproga.
11 (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.
Toda če odide, naj ostane neomožena ali naj se pobota k svojemu soprogu, in soprog naj svoje žene ne odslovi.«
12 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;
Toda drugim govorim jaz, ne Gospod: »Če ima katerikoli brat ženo, ki ne veruje in je zadovoljna, da prebiva z njim, naj je ne odslovi.
13 and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.
In ženska, ki ima soproga, ki ne veruje in če je zadovoljen, da prebiva z njo, naj ga ona ne zapusti.
14 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.
Kajti neverni soprog je posvečen po ženi in neverna žena je posvečena po soprogu; sicer bi bili vaši otroci nečisti, toda sedaj so sveti.
15 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.
Toda če neverni odide, naj odide. Brat ali sestra v teh primerih nista pod suženjstvom; toda Bog nas je poklical k miru.
16 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?
Kajti kaj veš ti, oh žena, če boš rešila svojega soproga? Ali kako veš ti, oh mož, če boš rešil svojo ženo?«
17 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.
Toda kakor je Bog vsakemu človeku razdelil, kakor je Gospod vsakogar poklical, tako naj hodi. In tako določam v vseh cerkvah.
18 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.
Ali je poklican katerikoli mož, ki je obrezan? Naj ne postane neobrezan. Ali je kateri poklican neobrezan? Naj ne bo obrezan.
19 Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.
Obreza ni nič in neobreza ni nič, temveč izpolnjevanje Božjih zapovedi.
20 Let everyone remain in that condition of life in which they were when the call came to them.
Naj vsak ostane v isti poklicanosti, v katero je bil poklican.
21 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.
Ali si bil poklican kot služabnik? Ne skrbi za to. Toda če lahko postaneš svoboden, to vsekakor izkoristi.
22 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.
Kajti kdor je poklican v Gospodu kot služabnik, je Gospodov osvobojenec; prav tako tudi kdor je poklican kot svoboden, je Kristusov služabnik.
23 You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.
Odkupljeni ste za ceno; ne bodite služabniki ljudem.
24 Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.
Bratje, naj vsak ostane z Bogom v tem, v čemer je bil poklican.
25 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.
Torej glede devic nimam zapovedi od Gospoda; čeprav dam svoje mnenje kakor nekdo, ki je dosegel usmiljenje od Gospoda, da je zvest.
26 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.
Domnevam torej, da je to dobro zaradi sedanje stiske; pravim, da je to dobro za človeka, da je tako.
27 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.
Ali si vezan k ženi? Ne skušaj biti razvezan. Ali si razvezan od žene? Ne išči žene.
28 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.
Toda če pa se poročiš, nisi grešil; in če se devica poroči, ni grešila. Vendar bodo taki imeli stisko v mesu; toda prizanašam vam.
29 What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Toda pravim to, bratje, čas je kratek. Preostaja to, da so tisti, ki imajo žene, kakor da jih ne bi imeli;
30 those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,
in tisti, ki jokajo, kakor ne bi jokali; in tisti, ki se veselijo, kakor da se ne bi veselili; in tisti, ki kupujejo, kakor ne bi imeli v lasti;
31 and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.
in tisti, ki uporabljajo ta svet, kakor ga ne bi zlorabljali; kajti videz tega sveta mineva.
32 I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;
Toda hočem, da ste brez skrbi. Kdor je neporočen, skrbi za stvari, ki pripadajo Gospodu, kako bi lahko ugajal Gospodu;
33 while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;
toda kdor je poročen, skrbi za stvari, ki so od sveta, kako bi lahko ugajal svoji ženi.
34 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.
Razlika je tudi med ženo in devico. Neporočena ženska skrbi za Gospodove stvari, da bi bila lahko sveta, tako v telesu kakor v duhu; toda tista, ki je poročena, skrbi za svetne stvari, kako bi lahko ugodila svojemu soprogu.
35 I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter around your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.
In to govorim v vašo lastno korist; ne da bi na vas lahko vrgel zanko, temveč k temu kar je ljubko in da bi lahko nemoteno služili Gospodu.
36 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.
Toda če kateri človek misli, da se do svoje device vede nespodobno, če je minil cvet njenih let in potreba tako zahteva, naj stôri, kar hoče, ne greši; naj se poročita.
37 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.
Vendar kdor v svojem srcu neomajno stoji in nima nujne potrebe, temveč ima oblast nad svojo lastno voljo in je v svojem srcu tako določil, da bo ohranil svojo devico, stori pravilno.
38 In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.
Tako torej kdor jo daje v zakon, stori pravilno; toda kdor je ne daje v zakon, stori bolje.
39 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.
Žena je vezana s postavo, dokler njen soprog živi; toda če njen soprog umre, je prosta, da se poroči s komer hoče; le v Gospodu.
40 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.
Toda po moji sodbi je srečnejša, če ostane tako; in mislim, da imam tudi jaz Božjega Duha.
