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.
Sambano tulole imwanembele ila, kwambone ŵalume atame pangalombela.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman 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 the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
Ikusachilwa jwannume ŵapeje ŵankwakwe yaikuŵajilwa, iyoyopeyo ikusachilwa ni jwankongwe ŵapeje ŵankwakwe yaikuŵajilwa.
4 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.
Jwankongwe nganakola ulamusi pa chiilu chakwe nsyene nambo ŵankwakwe, iyoyopeyo jwannume nganakola ulamusi pa chiilu chakwe nsyene ikaŵe ŵankwakwe.
5 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.
Nkajimana, nambo njitichisyane kwa moŵa kanandi kuti nkole katema kambone ka kupopela. Nkakaŵa kwonegana sooni, Shetani ngasaika kunlinga kwakulepela kupililila.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Maloŵe ganansalile nganigaŵa malajisyo, nambo nkukombola kusagula.
7 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.
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 I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Nipele aŵala ŵangalombela ni kulombwa ni ŵawililwe ni achiŵankwawo, ngwasalila nyi, mbaya atame mpela mungutamila une.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
Nambo iŵaga mundu ngakukombola kulisiŵila, alombele. Ili mbaya kulombela ngaŵa kukolelwa ni msese.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Kwa aŵala ŵamasile kulombana ngumpa malajisyo ga, ngaŵa gangu une nambo ga Ambuje, jwankongwe ngasalekana ni ŵankwakwe.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
Nambo iŵaga alekengene atameje pangalombekwa, pane ajilane ni ŵankwakwe, iyoyo peyo ni jwannume ngasiŵaleka ŵankwakwe.
12 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.
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 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Jwankongwe jwakwete ŵankwakwe ŵangakunkulupilila Kilisito ni jwannume jo akundile kutama ni ŵankwakwe, jwankongwe jo akasanleka ŵankwakwe.
14 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.
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 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.
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, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
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 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? 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, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
Kuumbala ngaŵa chindu ni ungaumbala ngaŵa chindu, nambo chindu chachikusachilwa chili kugakamulisya makanyo ga Akunnungu.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Jwalijose asigalile iyoyo mpela iŵaliji paŵaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Ana mwaŵilanjikwe nli kapolo? Nkaikosya, nachiŵamuno nkwete lipesa lya kuŵa mundu jwanganintaŵikwa nambo ntumiye lye lipesa kupanganya yambone.
22 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.
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 were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
Akunnungu ansumile kwa ntengo wekulungwa, ngasimma achikapolo ŵa ŵandu.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Achalongo achinjangu, mundu jwalijose ajendelechele kutama mu utame ulaula mpela iŵaliji paŵaŵilanjikwe, pakuŵa Akunnungu ali pamo ni ŵanyamwe.
25 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.
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 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good 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? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
Ana nnombele? Nkasaka kulekangana ni ŵankwenu. Ana nganinnombele? Nkasaka kulombela.
28 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.
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 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Achalongo achinjangu, ngusaka sale nyi: Katema kakasigalile kali kakajipi, kutandilila sambano aŵala ŵalombele aŵeje mpela ila nganalombela.
30 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;
Aŵala ŵakulila aŵeje mpela ngakulila. Aŵala ŵakusengwa aŵeje mpela ngakusengwa. Aŵala ŵakusuma aŵeje mpela ŵangali chindu.
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Ŵakulichenjeusya ni indu ya pa chilambo pano aŵeje mpela ngaakulichenjeusya ni indu yo. Pakuŵa indu ya pa chilambo pano ikuŵandichila kupita.
32 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;
Ngusaka ŵanyamwe nkaŵa ni lipamba. Mundu jwangalombela akulichenjeusya ni masengo ga Ambuje, pakuŵa akusosa itajile pakwanonyelesya Ambuje.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Nambo jwannume jwalombele akulichenjeusya ni masengo ga pachilambo chi, pakuŵa akusosa itajile pakwanonyelesya ŵankwakwe,
34 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.
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 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.
Ngusala yele kuti nankamusye, ngangusaka kummichila chakusiŵila, nambo ngusaka ntendekanye yaikusachilwa kuti nkombole kwatumichila Ambuje, kwa ntima umo ni nningwa umo.
36 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.
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 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.
Nambo jwannume jo asakaga nsyene pangakanganichiswa kuti ngaalombela, ni iŵaga ngaakwakolela misese achakongwe, jwelejo akutenda yambone pangannombela mwali jwantomele jo.
38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
Nipele jwele jwakulombela akupanganya yambone ni jwele jwangakulombela akupanganya yambone nnope.
39 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.
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 if she stays as she is, in my judgement, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Nambo inguti pakuganisya une, jwankongwe jo chasangalale kwannope iŵaga chatame iyoyo pangalombekwa. Syele sili nganisyo syangu, none nguganisya yakuti ngwete Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.
