1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1Huan, na thil gelh thute ujaw: Pasal adingin numei khoih louh a hoih hi.
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
2Himahleh, kingaihnate a om nak jiakin pasal chihin amah ji chiat nei henla, numei chihin leng amah pasal chiat nei heh.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
3Pasalin a ji kiangah a tan ding hunhun pia hen; huchi bangmahin jiin leng a pasal kiangah a tan ding hunhun pe sam heh.
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.
4Jiin amah pumpi tungah thu a neikeia, a pasalin thu a nei jaw hi; huchi bamgmahin pasalin leng amah pumpi tungah thu a neikeia, a jiin thu a nei jaw hi.
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.
5Thum dinga na kipiak theihna ding uleh, na kikholh nawn theihna ding ua sawt lou kal adia pha na sak tuaktuak keingal uleh a kuamahmah kijang sak kei un, huchilou injaw na kidek zoh louh jiak un Setanin a honkhem khading hi.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
6Himahleh, hiai thu thupe danin ka gen keia, phal lam thuin ka gen jaw ahi.
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.
7Himahleh, mi tengteng keimah bang taka a om vek uh ka deih ahi. A hihhangin michih Pathian kianga kipan thilpiak amau muh lam a nei chiat uh ahi, khatin lam tuamin, khatin lamdangin.
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
8Himahleh lengkulte leh meithaite kiangah hichiin ka chi ahi: Keimah bang takin om le uh amau din a hoih ding hi.
9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
9Kidek theihna a neih kei ua lelah kiteng uheh; huk sangin kiten a hoih ngala.
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
10Huan, kitengsate kiangah thu ka pia, keimah bel hilouin, Toupa piak ahi jaw; Jiin a pasal khen kei heh;
11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
11A khen vanglak leh pasal nei nawn louin om vanglak heh, a hihkeileh, a pasal toh mah kituak nawn uheh; huan pasalin a ji ma kei heh.
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.
12Mi dang kiangah ahihleh Toupa hi louin keimahin ka gen: Unau kuapeuhin ji, ginglou mi kitenpih leh, aman a kianga om gige a ut leh, ma kei heh.
13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
13Huan, numei pasal ginglou kitenpihin, a pasalin a kianga om gige a ut leh, ma kei heh.
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.
14Pasal ginglou mi tuh a ji jiakin hihsiangthouin a om a, ji ginglou mi leng a pasal jiakin hihsiangthouin a om sam ahi; huchi hita keilah, na tate uh a siangthou kei ding uhi; himahleh a siangthou na-uhi.
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.
15Himahleh, a gingloupenin a khen leh, khen mai heh, huchi bangah jaw unaupa hiam, unaunu hiam, hen a hita kei ding. Pathianin lemna ah a honsam ahi ngala.
16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
16Ji aw, na pasal na hotdam ding leh ding louh bangchin na theia eita? Pasal aw, na ji na hotdam ding leh ding louh bangchin na theia eita?
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.
17Abang abang hileh, Toupan mi chih kianga a piak bang chiat leh, Pathian in mi chih a sap laia a omdan bang chiatin om heh. Huchibangin saptuam pawl tengteng ah ka hikip hi.
18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
18Zeksum sate sap a om u hia? Zeksum lou honghi tuan kei uheh. Zeksum loua om sap a om u hia? Zeksum tuan dah uheh.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
19Pathian thupiakte zuih lel louhngal zeksum i chih bangmah ahi keia, zeksum louh leng bangmah ahi kei hi.
20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
20Mi chih sapa a om lai ua a tan ngeina uah om chiat u heh.
21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
21Sikha hi saa sap na hi hia? Khawksa tuan ken. Na hongsuahtak theih leh, sen sukin.
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.
22Sikha saa om Toupa sap tuh Toupa sikha suakta ahi ngala; huchimah bangin suakta saa sap tuh Kris sikha ahi hi.
23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
23Mana lei na hita uh; mihingte sikha ah lut kei un.
24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
24Unaute aw, mi chih sapa a om lai bangbangin, huaiah Pathian kiangah om gige hen.
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.
25Huan, nungak siangthou lam thu ajaw Toupa thupiak himhim ka neikei; himahleh, muanhuaia omdingin Toupa kianga kipan zahngaihna mu ka hih jiakin ka ngaihtuah dan ka gen ding.
26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
26Huchiin, tulai haksatna jiaka hiai tuh hoihin ka gingta ahi, mi a om ngeia a om gige.
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
27Zi-a hen louh na hi hia? Kisut khiak tumken. Zi-a ehn louh na hi hia? Zi zong ken.
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.
28Himahleh, ji na neih leh thil na hih khial kei hi, nungak siangthou inleng pasal a neih leh thil a hihkhial sam kei hi. A hihhangin, hichi bang miten sa ah gimna a thuak ding uhi; Himahleh ken jaw honthuak sak louh ka ut hi.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
29Ahihhangin, unaute aw, hiai ka chi ahi: hun seh a tomta; ji neite neilou banga a om theihna ding un;
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;
30Kapte kap lou banga a om theihna ding un, leh kipakte kipak lou banga a om theihna ding un;
31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
31Khovel zangte zang lojen loua a om theihna ding un: hiaa khovel omdan lah a mangthang ngitnget ahi ngala.
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:
32Lungjinna neiloua na om uh kon deih hi. Zi neilou pasalin Toupa lungkimsak dingdan, Toupa lam thilte a limsak;
33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
33Zinei pasalin bel a ji lungkimsak dingdan, khovel lam thilte a limsaka.
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.
34A lunglutna a kikhen hi. Huan pasal neilou numei hiam nungak hiamin pumpi leh kha sianthou dingdan, Toupa lam thilte a limsak; pasalnei numeiin bel a pasal lungkimsak dingdan, khovel lam thilte a limsak.
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.
35Nou phattuamna dingin hiai ka gen ahi; na tung ua khamna nga hilouin, navaka na omna ding uleh Toupa kianga na kipiakna uh bukimna dingin ahi jaw.
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.
36Kuapeuhin a zikham tunga gamta diklou hi-a a kigintaka, a lung-gulhna a let ngala, a kul leh, hoih a sak bangin hih hen aw: kiteng uhen, khelhna ahi kei.
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.
37Himahleh kuapeuh lungtang kiptak pu-a loutheilou khopa kulna nei hilou, amah kithuzohmiin khama koih kinken a tup chinten leh a hih hoih ding.
38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
38Huchiin, a khamnu kitenpihpan ahih hoih; huan zi neilou dia amah kikhamain a hih hoih zo ding.
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.
39Zi jaw a pasal a dam laiteng hen ahi; himahleh, a pasal a sih aleh, a deih peuh a nei thei ding a, ahihhangin Toupa a om mi ahi ding ahi.Himahleh, kei ngaihdan in, a om ngeiin om gige leh nuam a sa zo ding; ken Pathian Kha nei samin ka kithei hi.
40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
40Himahleh, kei ngaihdan in, a om ngeiin om gige leh nuam a sa zo ding; ken Pathian Kha nei samin ka kithei hi.