1 Kolinta 7

1 Moala n bua ki maadi yin den diani ki buali nni ya maama. li hani ke o ja n da taa pua.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Ama kelima mi conconma n yaba maama, li pundi ja kuli n ya pia o pua, pua mo kuli ya pia o calo.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 O ya ya tiendi no pua po yaala n pundi, o pua moko ya tiendi o calo po yeni.

Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.

4 O pua ki die o gbanandi, o calo n die, o ja moko ki die, o gbanandi, o pua n die.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

5 Yin da yie mani yiyaba po, kali yikuli ya juogi ki tuo ki bili u yogunu waamu i jaandi po. Lani ya pendi, yin goa ki taani leni yiyaba ke sutani da tulini yi kelima yi gbali i gbanandi kubima.

Do not 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 does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Min madi yeni, laa tie ke n bili yipo yin baa tiendi yaala ka, li yie sanbili yo.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

7 N bua ke nilo kuli n ya tie nani min tie maama na. Ama nilo kuili baa U Tienu kani ya paabu n ki taa leni o lielo, niyendo ba ki baa fidi ki tieni lene, nitoa mo lene.

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.

8 Moala n maadi yaaba n daa tieni ñiigili, Bi jaba leni bi puaba, leni a kpepuana mo po, li baa hani bi po ban ya tie ban tie maama, nani moko n tie maama.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 Ama bi ya kan fidi ki kubi bi gbanandi, ban tieni li ñiigili, kelima bi ya tieni li ñiigili hani ki cie bi gbanandi n ya fiidi bipo nani mi fantama n co tieni, ki paadi ba.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 N bili mi naa maama yaaba n tieni li ñiili po. Mini ka bili ma o Diedo n bili maa. O pua n da ña o calo kani.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

11 O ya ñani o kani wan da kuni jatoa, wan ya ye obebe, yaaka wan go mangi leni o calo ki goa o kani, ja mo n da ñani o pua

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12 Moala n maadi yaaba n sieni po, mini n maadi, o Diedo ka. Ti kpiilo yendo ya pia ya pua n ki daani, ama ki tuo ki ye leni o, wan da ñani o.

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.

13 Ya pua n pia o calo ke waa tuo ki daani, ama ki tuo ki baa ye leni o, wan da ña o kani.

The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

14 Kelima ya calo n ki daani baa mi gagidihanma kelima o pua po. Ya pua n ki daani mo baa mi gagidihanma kelima o calo po. Lani yaaka yi bila bi baa joagini, ama lan tie maama yeni, bi gagidi.

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.

15 Ama yua n ki daani ya bua ki ña, ban cedi wan ña. O ya ñani, ti kpiiba, lan tie ja bi pua, faabi leni laa lolima, kelima U Tienu yini ti ke tin ya ye leni mi yanduanma.

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.

16 Fini o pua, a bani lede a ya baa faabi a calo? Fini o ja mo, a bani lede a ya baa faabi a pua?

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 Lanwani bonyenla bebe n ye, yua kuli ya ye nani o Diedo n puni o maama, ki hoadi wan den tie maama U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu. Lan tie min biliti yaala Kilisiti n yini yaaba i kaani kuli po.

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.

18 O nilo ya den kua ku koanciagu U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu, wan da lingi ki bolini ku koanciagu maalima, o nilo yaa den kua U Tienu n yini o yogunu, wan da kua.

Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

19 O nilo ya kua leni o yaa kua, laa tie pu, ama U Tienu mabilikaama kubima n tie li kuli.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.

20 Nilo kuli n ya tie wan den tie maama U Tienu n den yini o ya yogunu.

Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

21 A ya den tie yonbo U Tienu n yini a ya yogunu, lan da yagi a yama. Ama a ya baa fidi ki faabi, han moandi.

Were you called being a bondservant? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

22 Yua n tie yonbo o Diedo n yini o ya yogunu, o Diedo faabi o ke o tua o yua. Yua n die o yuli mo U Tienu n yini o ya yogunu tua kilisiti yonbo.

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 Christ’s bondservant.

23 U Tienu den da yi ya dunga n pa, lanwani da tua mani bi nisaaliba ya yonbi.

You were bought with a price. Do not become bondservants of men.

24 N kpiiba yua kuli n ya tie U Tienu kani wan den tie maama U Tienu n den yini o ya yogunu.

Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

25 Yaala n tie yaaba n kaa tieni ñiigili nani yin den buali nni maama po, mii pia o Diodo mabilikaama laa maama po. Ama n baa waani yi min sua yaala, miini yua ke o Diedo teni ke n tua nidugika kelima o niñingbadima yaapo. k

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

26 elima ya fala n kpendi yaapo, n sua ke li baa hani o nilo n ya tie wan tie maama.

Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

27 A pia pua bi? han da moandi ki bua ki ñani o. Haa pia pua? Da lingi ki taa. Ama a ya taa pua, han tieni tuonbiadi. O jafaano mo ya kuni ja, waa tieni tuonbiadi.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28 Ama yaaba n tieni li ñiigili baa laadi fala u naa yogunu yema nni, li tie lanyaapo ke n bua ki todi yi yin da kua laa fala nni.

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.

29 N kpiiba min baa yaala tie ke ya yogunu n sieni koabi. Lanwani dinla liiga yua n pia pua n ya ye nani waa pia yeni.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

30 Yaaba n buudi n ya ye nani baa buudi yeni. Yaaba n pia li pamancianli n ya ye nani baa pia yeni.

and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

31 Yaaba n da bonla n ya ye nani baa die ban da yaala. Yaaba n pia i hantaadi leni handuna bonla n ya ye nani laa bonla ki tie bipo tiladi, kelima handuna yua n ye moala na pendi ki baa juodi.

and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

32 N bua yin ya ye ki da pia yanyagidi. Yua n kaa pia pua kuandi o yama o Diedo hantaadi nni, ki lingi wan baa mangidi o Diedo pali maama.

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;

33 Yua n pia pua mo kuandi o yama handuna na hantaadi nni ki lingi wani baa mangidi o pua ya pali maama.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

34 Lani n teni ke o podaano yama boagidi kaani lie. O pua moko, yua n kaa pia ja, leni yua n daa bani ja, bi moko kuandi bi yama o Diedo hantaadi nni, ki moandi ki gagidi bi gbanandi nni leni bi yantiali nni kuli. Yua n kuni o ja kuandi o yama handuna hantaadi nni ki lingi ki baa mangidi o calo pali.

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.

35 N maadi lankuli ki bua ki todi yi. Laa tie ke n bua ki dia ku diagu ka. N bua yin ya hua o Diedo nani lan pundi maama, ki bua o ki taabi o leni payenli.

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.

36 O nilo ya pia o toginaa ke o dagidi li calinkpenli ke o sua ke li pundi wan kuni o ja mo, ke o sua o tudi leni wan yie opo, wan tieni wan sua maama, waa tieni tuonbiadi, wan cedi wan kuni.

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.

37 Ama yua n den jagi ki bili o yama po ke o baa kubi o toginaa wan da kuni ja, o ya sua ke o baa fidi ki tieni nani wan den jagi maama, o hanbi leni wan teni ke o toginaa kan kuni ja.

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.

38 Lanwani yua n cedi ke o bisalo kuni, o tieni yaala n hani, ama yua n kuni o bisalo ke waa kuni, wani n tieni yaala n hani ki cie.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.

39 O pua luo leni o calo o colo n ye ya banlu kuli, ama o calo ya ti kpe, o pua yeni faabi ki baa fidi kuni wan bua yua kuli, ama kali wan ya tie o Diedo yua.

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.

40 O ya tie wan tie maama kaa go kuni jatoa n baa mani opo ki cie. lani tie mini n sua maama, n tama ke n pia U Tienu Fuoma moko

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.