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.
Chanim kꞌut are kintzijoj rij ri jastaq ri xitzꞌibꞌaj loq chwe. Qas utz we ri achi man kaqꞌoyiꞌ ta rukꞌ jun ixoq.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Xa kꞌu rumal ri makaj ri kakibꞌan achyabꞌ kukꞌ taq ixoqibꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri ixoqibꞌ kukꞌ taq achyabꞌ, are utz we ri achi kutzukuj rixoqil xuqujeꞌ ri ixoq kutzukuj rachajil.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
Rajawaxik kꞌut ri achi kubꞌan rukꞌ ri rixoqil ri rajawaxik ubꞌanik, xuqujeꞌ ri ixoq kubꞌan rukꞌ ri rachajil ri rajawaxik ubꞌanik.
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.
Man are ta ri ixoq kabꞌan rech puꞌwiꞌ ri utyoꞌjal, xane are ri rachajil. Man are ta xuqujeꞌ ri achajilom kabꞌan rech puꞌwiꞌ ri utyoꞌjal xane are ri rixoqil.
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.
Mixuꞌyaj bꞌa iwibꞌ chibꞌil iwibꞌ. Xane xwi chiqꞌata iwibꞌ we amaqꞌel kibꞌan chꞌawem xuqujeꞌ junam xichomaj. Mibꞌey iwibꞌ churiqik chi iwibꞌ junmul, rech man kixutaqchiꞌj ta ri itzel pa mak rumal chi man kixkwin taj kiqꞌil iwibꞌ.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Xaq xwi kinbꞌij ri utz ubꞌanik, man tajin ta kinya jun taqanik chiꞌwe.
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.
Qas tzij wi, sibꞌalaj kurayij na kꞌuꞌx we ta je ibꞌanik jetaq ri nubꞌanik in. Jaljoj kꞌu wi ri sipanik ri uyaꞌom ri Dios chaqe. Jun wi ri sipanik yaꞌtal che jun, jun chi wi yaꞌtal che ri jun chik.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
Kinbꞌij chike ri kꞌamajaꞌ kekꞌuliꞌk xuqujeꞌ chike ri e malkaꞌnibꞌ, utz riꞌ we man kekꞌuliꞌ taj jetaq ri nubꞌanik in.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
We kꞌu man kakiqꞌiꞌo chekꞌulanoq, are katanik we kekꞌuliꞌk cho ri kekꞌat na rumal ri kirayinik.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Kinya we taqanik riꞌ chike ri e kꞌulanik winaq (jeꞌ man in taj are ri Ajawxel) ri ixoq mutas ribꞌ che ri rachajil.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
We kꞌu kujach ri rachajil, makꞌuliꞌ chi bꞌa junmul, xane tzalij rukꞌ ri rachajil. Xuqujeꞌ ri achi mujach ri rixoqil.
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.
Chike ri nikꞌaj chik kinbꞌij (man utaqanik ta ri Ajawxel waꞌ we riꞌ): we kꞌo ne jun alaxik kuriq jun rixoqil man kojonel taj, karaj kꞌu ri ixoq kakꞌojiꞌ rukꞌ, mujacho.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
We kꞌu are ri rachajil ri ixoq man kojonel taj, karaj kꞌu ri achi kakꞌojiꞌ rukꞌ, mujach ri ixoq ri rachajil.
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.
Rumal cher ri achajilom ri man kojonel taj xtyoxirisataj riꞌ rumal ri uriqoj ibꞌ rukꞌ ri rixoqil, je xuqujeꞌ ri ixoqilom ri man kojonel taj xtyoxirisataj riꞌ rumal ri uriqoj ibꞌ rukꞌ ri rachajil. We ta mat jeriꞌ e chꞌuluj bꞌa riꞌ ri akꞌalabꞌ kekꞌojiꞌk, man e chꞌuluj ta kꞌut xane e tyoxirisatal chik.
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.
Pune jeriꞌ, we ri ukꞌulaj jun ri man kojonel taj karaj kꞌut kujach ribꞌ che ri ukꞌulaj kojonel, miqꞌatej. We jewaꞌ kakꞌulmatajik, ri kojonel man kakanaj ta kanoq chuxeꞌ eqaꞌn. Rumal cher ri Dios xujusikꞌij apanoq rech kujkꞌojiꞌk pa jaꞌmaril.
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?
¿Jas awetaꞌm at ixoq wine awumal awe kakolotaj na ri awachajil? O ¿jas awetaꞌm at achi wine rumal awe kakolotaj na ri awixoqil?
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.
Chiꞌjujunal bꞌa chibꞌana ri ixusikꞌim wi apanoq ri Dios xuqujeꞌ ri ixutaqom chubꞌanik, kintaqanik rech jewaꞌ kabꞌan pa ronojel ri komontyox.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
Jacha ta ne ri winaq ri xkojonik xuqujeꞌ kojtal retal, man yaꞌtal ta chik katzalix ri sakꞌital che, je xuqujeꞌ ri man kojtal ta retal are xkojonik, man kakoj ta chi retal rumal cher xkojonik.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
Maj kutayij we sakꞌital jun o man sakꞌital taj. Are kꞌo kutayij we kanimaxik ri utaqanik ri Dios.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Chixkꞌol bꞌa ijujunal jawjeꞌ ri ix kꞌo wi are xixusikꞌij apanoq ri Dios.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
We at ajchak rech jun chik xuqujeꞌ are kabꞌan rech pa awiꞌ man kakꞌaxir taj awanimaꞌ. We kꞌu katkwinik katel pa uqꞌabꞌ ri kabꞌan rech pa awiꞌ, jeꞌlik riꞌ.
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.
Rumal cher ri ajchak are xsikꞌix apanoq rumal ri Ajawxel, xkiritaj riꞌ rumal ri Ajawxel, je xuqujeꞌ ri xsikꞌix apanoq man ajchak taj, xux riꞌ rajchak ri Cristo.
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
Paqal xloqꞌbꞌex iwe. Xaq jeriꞌ man kixtzalij ta chik che rajchak japachinaq.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Qachalal, chiꞌjujunal chixkꞌoloq jetaq ri ibꞌanik are xixsikꞌix apanoq rumal ri Dios.
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.
Are kꞌu ri majaꞌ kekꞌuliꞌk, man kꞌo ta jun taqanik rech ri Ajawxel ri yaꞌtal chwe rech kinbꞌij chike, kinbꞌij kꞌu ri kinchomaj in, jer ta ne in kꞌo jun ri xyaꞌtaj wi ri utoqꞌobꞌ ri Dios rech in kuꞌlibꞌal kuꞌx.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
In kinchomaj chi utz we ri winaq je kakanaj kanoq jetaq ri ubꞌanik chanim, jeriꞌ rumal cher kꞌax ri qꞌotaj ri uj kꞌo kamik.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
¿We at kꞌulanik? Man karayij taj kajach ri akꞌulaj. ¿We man at kꞌulanik? Matzukuj awixoqil.
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.
Man katmakun taj we katkꞌuliꞌk. We kꞌu kꞌo jun akꞌal ali kakꞌuliꞌk, man kamakun ta xuqujeꞌ. Pune jeriꞌ, ri winaq ri kekꞌuliꞌk sibꞌalaj kꞌi kꞌax kakiriq na pa ri kityoꞌjal, are kꞌu ri man kawaj ta in kiriqo.
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;
Wachalal, ri kawaj kinbꞌij are: xa jubꞌiqꞌ chi ri qꞌotaj ri kakanaj chaqe. Ri e kꞌo kixoqil kibꞌanaꞌ chi jer ta ne e maj kixoqil.
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;
Ri koꞌqꞌik kibꞌanaꞌ chi jer man koqꞌ taj. Ri kekiꞌkotik kibꞌanaꞌ chi man kekiꞌkot taj. Ri kakiloqꞌ jun jas ke kibꞌanaꞌ chi je ri man xkechabꞌej taj.
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Ri kakikiꞌkotebꞌej ubꞌanik ri jastaq rech we uwachulew riꞌ, kibꞌana chi je ri man kakikiꞌkotebꞌej taj ubꞌanik. Jeriꞌ rumal cher we uwachulew riꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri kꞌo choch kasach na uwach.
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;
Kurayij wanimaꞌ in chi man kakꞌaxir taj iwanimaꞌ che taq ri jastaq. Ri akꞌal taq alabꞌom ri man e kꞌulan taj, are kakꞌaxir kikꞌuꞌx che ri jastaq rech ri Ajawxel rech keqaj choch.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Are kꞌu ri kꞌulanik winaq are kakꞌaxir ranimaꞌ che ri jastaq rech ri uwachulew xuqujeꞌ rech kaqaj choch ri rixoqil.
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.
Jaljoj ri kakaj. Ri ixoq ri man kꞌulan taj xuqujeꞌ ri akꞌal ali ri man kꞌulan taj, kakꞌaxir ranimaꞌ chuchꞌojchꞌobꞌexik ri tyoꞌjal xuqujeꞌ ri ranimaꞌ rech kaqaj cho ri Ajawxel. Are kꞌu ri kꞌulanik ixoq are kakꞌaxir ranimaꞌ che ri jastaq rech ri uwachulew xuqujeꞌ chubꞌanik ri kaqaj choch ri rachajil.
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.
Kinbꞌij we jastaq riꞌ chiꞌwe rech utz kixelik, man xa ta kixinqꞌatej, xane are kawaj utz ri ikꞌaslemal choch ri Ajawxel.
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.
We kꞌo ne jun man je ta tajin kubꞌan chi rilik ri ali ri ubꞌim kꞌulanem che xuqujeꞌ we ri ali utz chik kakꞌuliꞌk, rumal riꞌ kunaꞌ ri ala chi utz chik kekꞌuliꞌk, chekꞌulanoq. Man kemakun taj we kekꞌuliꞌk.
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.
Are kꞌu ri kunaꞌo chi man karaj taj kakꞌuliꞌk xuqujeꞌ kakwinik kabꞌan rech puꞌwiꞌ ri utyoꞌjal, utz riꞌ ri kanoꞌjinik we xuchomaj chi man kakꞌuliꞌ ta rukꞌ ri ali ri ubꞌim kꞌulanem che.
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.
Je kꞌu riꞌ, utz riꞌ ri kubꞌan jun winaq we kakꞌuliꞌk rukꞌ ri ali ri ubꞌim kꞌulanem, xa kꞌu are sibꞌalaj utz na kubꞌano we man kakꞌuliꞌ rukꞌ.
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.
Ri ixoq nukꞌul rukꞌ ri rachajil are kꞌaslik. We kꞌu kakam ri achajilom, kasolotaj kanoq ri ixoq rech kakꞌuliꞌ chi rukꞌ xapachin ri karaj areꞌ, xwi ta ne wi we pa ri Ajawxel kekꞌuliꞌ wi.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgement, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Kinchomaj in chi ri ixoq sibꞌalaj kakiꞌkot na we man kakꞌuliꞌ chik. Kinkojo chi kꞌo ri Uxlabꞌixel rech ri Dios chwe chubꞌixik we jastaq riꞌ.
