¹Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

¹ስለ ጻፋችሁልኝስ ነገር፥ ከሴት ጋር አለመገናኘት ለሰው መልካም ነው።

²Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

²ነገር ግን ስለ ዝሙት ጠንቅ ለእያንዳንዱ ለራሱ ሚስት ትኑረው ለእያንዳንዲቱ ደግሞ ለራስዋ ባል ይኑራት።

³Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

³ባል ለሚስቱ የሚገባትን ያድርግላት፥ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ሚስቲቱ ለባልዋ።

⁴The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

⁴ሚስት በገዛ ሥጋዋ ላይ ሥልጣን የላትም፥ ሥልጣን ለባልዋ ነው እንጂ፤ እንዲሁም ደግሞ ባል በገዛ ሥጋው ላይ ሥልጣን የለውም፥ ሥልጣን ለሚስቱ ነው እንጂ።

⁵Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

⁵ለጸሎት ትተጉ ዘንድ ተስማምታችሁ ለጊዜው ካልሆነ በቀር፥ እርስ በርሳችሁ አትከላከሉ፤ ራሳችሁን ስለ አለመግዛት ሰይጣን እንዳይፈታተናችሁ ደግሞ አብራችሁ ሁኑ።

⁶But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

⁶ዳሩ ግን ይህን እንደ ፈቃድ እላለሁ እንጂ እንደ ትእዛዝ አይደለም።

⁷For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

⁷ሰው ሁሉ እንደ እኔ ሊሆን እወዳለሁና፤ ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር ለራሱ የጸጋ ስጦታ አለው፥ አንዱ እንደዚህ ሁለተኛውም እንደዚያ።

⁸I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

⁸ላላገቡና ለመበለቶች ግን እላለሁ። እንደ እኔ ቢኖሩ ለእነርሱ መልካም ነው፤

⁹But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

⁹ነገር ግን በምኞት ከመቃጠል መጋባት ይሻላልና ራሳቸውን መግዛት ባይችሉ ያግቡ።

¹⁰And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

¹⁰ሚስትም ከባልዋ አትለያይ፥ ብትለያይ ግን ሳታገባ ትኑር ወይም ከባልዋ ትታረቅ፥ ባልም ሚስቱን አይተዋት ብዬ የተጋቡትን አዛቸዋለሁ፥ እኔ ግን አላዝም፥ ጌታ እንጂ።

¹¹But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

¹²ሌሎችንም እኔ እላለሁ፥ ጌታም አይደለም፤ ከወንድሞች ወገን ያላመነች ሚስት ያለችው ቢኖር እርስዋም ከእርሱ ጋር ልትቀመጥ ብትስማማ፥ አይተዋት፤

¹²But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

¹³ያላመነ ባል ያላት ሚስትም ብትኖር ይህ ከእርስዋ ጋር ሊቀመጥ ቢስማማ፥ አትተወው።

¹³And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

¹⁴ያላመነ ባል በሚስቱ ተቀድሶአልና፥ ያላመነችም ሚስት በባልዋ ተቀድሳለች፤ አለዚያ ልጆቻችሁ ርኵሳን ናቸው፤ አሁን ግን የተቀደሱ ናቸው።

¹⁴For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

¹⁵የማያምን ግን ቢለይ ይለይ፤ ወንድም ቢሆን ወይም እኅት እንዲህ በሚመስል ነገር አይገዙም፤ እግዚአብሔር ግን በሰላም ጠርቶናል።

¹⁵But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

¹⁶አንቺ ሴት፥ ባልሽን ታድኚ እንደ ሆንሽ ምን ታውቂአለሽ? ወይስ አንተ ሰው፥ ሚስትህን ታድን እንደ ሆንህ ምን ታውቃለህ?

¹⁶For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

¹⁷ብቻ ለእያንዳንዱ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ከፈለለት እያንዳንዱም እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራው እንዲሁ ይመላለስ። እንዲሁም በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሁሉ እደነግጋለሁ።

¹⁷But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

¹⁸ማንም ተገርዞ ሳለ ተጠርቶ እንደ ሆነ፥ ወደ አለመገረዝ አይመለስ፤ ማንም ሳይገረዝ ተጠርቶ እንደ ሆነ አይገረዝ።

¹⁸Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

¹⁹መገረዝ ቢሆን አለመገረዝም ቢሆን ከንቱ ነው፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ መጠበቅ ነው እንጂ።

¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

²⁰እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት መጠራት እንደዚሁ ይኑር።

²⁰Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

²¹ባሪያ ሆነህ ተጠርተህ እንደ ሆነ አይገድህም፤ አርነት ልትወጣ ቢቻልህ ግን አርነትን ተቀበል።

²¹Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

²²ባሪያ ሆኖ በጌታ የተጠራ የጌታ ነጻ ነውና፤ እንዲሁም ነጻ ሆኖ የተጠራ የክርስቶስ ባሪያ ነው።

²²For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

²³በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋል፤ የሰው ባሪያዎች አትሁኑ።

²³Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

²⁴ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት እንደዚሁ ሆኖ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ይኑር።

²⁴Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

²⁵ስለ ደናግልም የጌታ ትእዛዝ የለኝም፥ ነገር ግን የታመንሁ እሆን ዘንድ ከጌታ ምሕረትን የተቀበልሁ እንደ መሆኔ ምክር እመክራለሁ።

²⁵Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

²⁶እንግዲህ ስለ አሁኑ ችግር ይህ መልካም ይመስለኛል፤ ሰው እንዲህ ሆኖ ቢኖር መልካም ነው።

²⁶I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

²⁷በሚስት ታስረህ እንደ ሆንህ መፋታትን አትሻ፤ በሚስት አልታሰርህ እንደ ሆንህ ሚስትን አትሻ።

²⁷Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

²⁸ብታገባ ግን ኃጢአት አትሠራም ድንግሊቱም ብታገባ ኃጢአት አትሠራም፤ ነገር ግን እንዲህ በሚያደርጉ በሥጋቸው ላይ መከራ ይሆንባቸዋል፥ እኔም እራራላችሁ ነበር።

²⁸But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

²⁹ዳሩ ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ይህን እናገራለሁ፤ ዘመኑ አጭር ሆኖአል፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሚስቶች ያሉአቸው እንደሌላቸው ይሁኑ፥

²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

³⁰የሚያለቅሱም እንደማያለቅሱ፥ ደስ የሚላቸውም ደስ እንደማይላቸው፥

³⁰And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

³¹የሚገዙም ምንም እንደሌላቸው፥ በዚችም ዓለም የሚጠቀሙ በሙሉ እንደማይጠቀሙባት ይሁኑ፤ የዚች ዓለም መልክ አላፊ ነውና።

³¹And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

³²ነገር ግን ያለ አሳብ ልትኖሩ እወዳለሁ። ያላገባው ጌታን እንዴት ደስ እንዲያሰኘው የጌታን ነገር ያስባል፤

³²But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

³³ያገባው ግን ሚስቱን እንዴት ደስ እንዲያሰኛት የዓለምን ነገር ያስባል፥ ልቡም ተከፍሎአል።

³³But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

³⁴ያልተጋባች ሴትና ድንግል በሥጋም በነፍስም እንዲቀደሱ የጌታን ነገር ያስባሉ፤ የተጋባች ግን ባልዋን እንዴት ደስ እንድታሰኘው የዓለምን ነገር ታስባለች።

³⁴There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

³⁵ይህንም ለራሳችሁ ጥቅም እላለሁ፤ በአገባብ እንድትኖሩ ሳትባክኑም በጌታ እንድትጸኑ ነው እንጂ ላጠምዳችሁ ብዬ አይደለም።

³⁵And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

³⁶ዳሩ ግን ማግባት ወደሚገባው ዕድሜ በደረሰ ጊዜ ስለ ድንግልናው ያፈረ ሰው ቢኖር፥ የወደደውን ያድርግ፤ ኃጢአት የለበትም፤ ይጋቡ።

³⁶But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

³⁷ሳይናወጥ በልቡ የጸና ግን ግድ የለበትም፥ የወደደውን እንዲያደርግ ተፈቅዶለታል፤ ድንግልናውንም በልቡ ይጠብቅ ዘንድ ቢጸና፥ መልካም አደረገ።

³⁷Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

³⁸እንዲሁም ድንግልን ያገባ መልካም አደረገ ያላገባም የተሻለ አደረገ።

³⁸So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

³⁹ሴት ባልዋ በሕይወት ሳለ የታሰረች ናት፤ ባልዋ ቢሞት ግን በጌታ ይሁን እንጂ የወደደችውን ልታገባ ነጻነት አላት።

³⁹The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

⁴⁰እንደ ምክሬ ግን እንዳለች ብትኖር ደስተኛ ናት፤ እኔም ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ በእኔ ያለ ይመስለኛል።

⁴⁰But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.