コリント人への手紙第一 7

1 第三項 婚姻及び童貞の身分 汝等が我に書贈りし事に就きては、男の女に触れざるは善き事なり。

NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 然れど私通を免れん為には各妻あるべく、女も各夫あるべく、

But because of the whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her own husband.

3 夫は妻に負債を果し、妻も亦夫に然すべきなり。

Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband.

4 妻は其身の権利を有せずして夫之を有すると共に、夫も亦其身の権利を有せずして妻之を有す。

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife.

5 相拒む事勿れ、唯祈に從事せんとて合意の上暫く之を罷むるも、再び共に其事に復るべし、是汝等が色情に就きてサタンに誘はれざらん為なり。

Defraud not one another, except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more leisure for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

6 然て我が斯く云へるは、命令に非ずして許可なり。

But in this I speak my opinion only, not authoritatively.

7 蓋我が望む所は、汝等皆我が如くならん事なりと雖も、人各固有の賜を神に得て、一人は此の如く一人は彼の如し。

For I would that all men were even as myself: but every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and another of that.

8 然れば婚姻を為さざる人及び寡婦に向ひて我は言ふ、其儘に而も我が如くにして居らんは、彼等に取りて善き事なり。

I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.

9 然れど若自ら制する事能はずば、宜しく婚姻すべし、婚姻するは[胸の]燃ゆるに優ればなり。

But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 婚姻に由りて結ばれたる人々には、妻は夫に別るる事勿れと命ず。是我に非ずして主の命じ給ふ所なり。

But to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not separated from the husband:

11 若別るる事あらば其儘にして嫁がず、或は夫に和合すべし、夫も亦妻を離縁すべからず。

and even if she should be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

12 其他の人々には我謂はん、是は主の曰ふに非ず、若兄弟に不信者なる妻を有てる者あらんに、其妻彼と同居する事を承諾せば、之を離別する事勿れ。

But to the others I speak, not the Lord, If any brother hath a wife unbelieving, yet she chuseth to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 若又信者たる婦、不信者なる夫を有てる事あらんに、夫之と同居する事を承諾せば、夫を離去るべからず。

And the wife which hath a husband not a believer, and he chuses to dwell with her, let her not put him away.

14 蓋不信者なる夫は（信徒たる）妻によりて聖とせられ、不信者なる妻も（信徒たる）夫によりて聖とせられたるなり。然らざれば汝等の子等は潔からざるべしと雖も、今彼等は聖たるなり。

For the husband that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your children were unclean, but now are they holy.

15 不信者若自ら去らば去るに任せよ、其は斯る時に當りて、兄弟或は姉妹は奴隷たるべきに非ず、神は平和に我等を召し給へるなり。

But if the unbelieving person depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in these cases, but God hath called us unto peace.

16 蓋妻よ、汝争でか能く夫を救ふべきや否やを知らん、又夫よ、汝争でか能く妻を救ふべきや否やを知らん。

For how knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save thy husband? and how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save thy wife?

17 唯主が面々に分配し給ひし儘に、神が面々を召し給ひし儘に歩むべし、凡ての教會に於て我が教ふる所斯の如し。

Nevertheless as God has bestowed the gift on every man as the Lord hath called every man, so let him walk, and so I give command in all the churches.

18 人割禮ありて召されたらんか、割禮を匿む事勿れ、人割禮なくして召されたらんか、割禮を受くる事勿れ、

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not affect uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19 効あるは割禮に非ず、又無割禮に非ず、神の掟を守る事是なり。

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the observance of the commandments of God.

20 各我が召されし時の身分に止るべし。

Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.

21 汝奴隷にして召されたらんか、之を思ひ煩ふ事勿れ、假令自由の身となる事を得るも、一層利用せよ。

Art thou called being a slave? let it give thee no concern; but if thou canst also obtain thy freedom, rather make use of it.

22 蓋奴隷にして主に召されたる者は主に於ては自由の身となりし者、同じく自由の身にして召されたる者はキリストの奴隷たるなり。

For he that is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord’s freed man: in like manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the servant of Christ.

23 汝等は價を以て買はれたり、人の奴隷となる事勿れ。

Have you been redeemed with a price? become not the slaves of men.

24 兄弟等よ、各召されたる儘に、神に在りて之に止るべし。

Let every one, brethren, in the vocation wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

25 童貞女に就きては、我主の命を受けざれども、主より慈悲を蒙りたる者として、忠實ならん為に意見を與へんとす。

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

26 然れば目前の困難の為には我之を善しと思ふ。其は其儘なるは人に取りて善ければなり。

I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.

27 汝妻に繋がれたるか、釈かるる事を求むる勿れ、妻に絆されざるか、妻を求むる事勿れ。

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

28 假令汝妻を娶るも罪とならず、童貞女嫁するも亦罪とならず、但斯る人は肉身上困難を受けん、我は汝等の之に遇ふことを惜む。

But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

29 兄弟等よ、我が言へるは是なり、時は縮まりぬ、然れば妻を有てる人も有たざるが如く、

Now this I say, brethren, that the time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, should be as though they had not;

30 泣く人は泣かざるが如く、喜ぶ人は喜ばざるが如く、買ふ人は持たざるが如く、

and they who weep as though they wept not; and they who rejoice as though they rejoiced not; and they that purchase as though they possessed not;

31 此世を利用する人は利用せざるが如くになるべき外なし、其は此世の態は過行くものなればなり。

and they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 斯て我汝等の思ひ煩はざらんことを望む。妻なき人は、如何にして主を喜ばしめんかと、主の事を思ひ煩ふに、

But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:

33 妻と共に居る人は、如何にして妻を喜ばしめんかと、世の事を思ひ煩ひて心分るるなり。

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

34 婚姻せざる女と童貞女とは、身心共に聖ならん為に主の事を思ひ、婚姻したる女は、如何にして夫を喜ばしめんかと、世の事を思ふなり。

A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

35 抑我が之を言へるは、汝等に益あらんが為にして、汝等を罠に懸けんとするに非ず、寧汝等をして貞潔に進ましめ、餘念なく主に奉侍する事を得しめん為なり。

Now I say this for your own advantage, and not that I should lay a snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait on the Lord without distraction.

36 人ありて若我女の童貞女の年過ぎたるを辱しとし、然せざるを得ずと思はば、其望む所を行へ、女婚姻するも罪を犯すには非ず。

But if a person supposes it would be unseemly for a virgin of his if she should pass the flower of her age in celibacy, and that duty directs it should be so, let him do as he is inclined, he doth not sin: let such marry.

37 然れど人ありて、心に堅く決する所あり、必要にも迫られず、我意の儘に事を行ふ権力ありて、心の中に女を童貞女にして保つを善しと定めたらん時に、然するは善き事なり。

But he that is stedfast in his heart, not having any necessity, but retaineth power over his own inclination, and hath determined this in his heart that he will preserve his own virgin state, doeth well.

38 然れば己が童貞女に婚姻を結ばしむる人も善き事を為し、結ばしめざる人も更に善き事を為すなり。

Wherefore though he who giveth in marriage doeth well, yet he who avoids a matrimonial connection, doeth better.

39 婦は夫の活ける間は繋がるれども、夫永眠すれば自由なり、宜しく望の人に嫁ぐべし、唯主に於て為すべきのみ。

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is free to be married to whomsoever she will, but only in the Lord.

40 然れど我が意見に從ひて若其儘に止らば、福は一層なるべし、我も神の霊を有し奉る思ふなり。

But she is more blessed if she abide as she is, in my opinion: and I think I have the spirit of God.