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

¹Zastran tega pa, kar ste mi pisali: Dobro je človeku, žene se ne dotikati.

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

²A da ne bo nečistosti, zato imej vsak svojo ženo in vsaka imej svojega moža.

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

³Ženi mož izpolnjuj dolžnost, takisto tudi žena možu.

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.

⁴Žena nad svojim telesom nima oblasti, temuč mož; takisto tudi nad svojim telesom nima oblasti mož, temuč žena.

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.

⁵Ne odtegujta se drug drugemu, razen z dogovorom za čas, da bi bolj utegnila moliti in bi zopet skupaj bivala, da vaju ne izkuša satan za voljo nezdržljivosti vajine.

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

⁶To pa govorim kot dopuščenje, ne kot zapoved.

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.

⁷Hotel bi pa, da bi bili vsi ljudje, kakor sem jaz; toda vsak ima svoj dar milosti od Boga, ta tako, a drugi tako.

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

⁸Pravim pa neoženjenim in vdovam: Dobro jim je, če ostanejo, kakor jaz.

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

⁹Če se pa ne morejo zdržati, naj stopijo v zakon, ker je bolje stopiti v zakon nego pa goreti.

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

¹⁰Zakonskim pa naročam ne jaz, ampak Gospod, naj se ne loči žena od moža

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

¹¹(če pa se vendar loči, naj ostane brez moža ali pa naj se spravi z možem), in mož naj ne odpušča žene.

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.

¹²Drugim pa pravim jaz, ne Gospod: Če ima kateri brat ženo nevernico in ona privoljuje prebivati ž njim, naj se ne loči ž njo.

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

¹³In žena, če ima moža nevernika in on privoljuje prebivati ž njo, naj se ne loči ž njim.

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.

¹⁴Posvečen je namreč mož nevernik po ženi in žena nevernica je posvečena po bratu; ker bi sicer bili nečisti vaši otroci, sedaj pa so sveti.

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.

¹⁵Če se pa hoče nevernik ločiti, naj se loči. Ni suženjski vezan brat ali sestra v takih slučajih; na mir pa nas je poklical Bog.

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

¹⁶Ker kaj veš, žena, če moža zveličaš? ali kaj veš, mož, če ženo zveličaš?

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.

¹⁷Le kakor je vsakemu podelil Gospod, kakor je vsakega poklical Bog, tako naj ravna. In tako velevam po vseh cerkvah.

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

¹⁸Obrezan li je kdo poklican? Naj se ne dela neobrezanega. V neobrezi je kdo poklican? Naj se ne obrezuje.

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

¹⁹Obreza ni nič in neobreza ni nič, ampak izpolnjevanje Božjih zapovedi.

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

²⁰Vsak naj ostane v tem poklicu, v katerem je bil poklican.

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

²¹Suženj si bil poklican? Ne maraj; ali če moreš postati svoboden, poprimi se rajši svobode.

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.

²²Kajti kdor je v Gospodu poklican suženj, je svobodnik Gospodov, tako tudi kdor je poklican svobodnik, je suženj Kristusov.

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

²³Za drago ceno ste kupljeni; ne postanite sužnji ljudem.

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

²⁴Vsakdo, bratje, naj ostane pri Bogu v tem, v čemer je bil poklican.

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.

²⁵Zastran devic pa nimam Gospodove zapovedi, ali dajem svet, kakor kateri sem prejel milost od Gospoda, da bi bil zvest.

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

²⁶Menim torej, da je to dobro spričo sedanje nuje, namreč da je dobro biti človeku tako, kakor je.

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

²⁷Si li privezan na ženo, ne išči razveze. Si li prost žene, ne išči žene.

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.

²⁸A če se tudi oženiš, se ne pregrešiš; tudi devica, če se omoži, se ne pregreši; toda telesne nadloge bodo imeli taki; jaz bi vam pa rad prizanesel.

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

²⁹To pa pravim, bratje: čas je prikrajšan, da bodo odslej tudi tisti, ki imajo žene, kakor bi jih ne imeli;

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;

³⁰in kateri jokajo, kakor bi ne jokali; in kateri se vesele, kakor bi se ne veselili; in kateri kupujejo, kakor bi v lasti ne imeli;

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

³¹in kateri uživajo ta svet, kakor bi ga ne uživali; kajti prehaja obraz tega sveta.

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:

³²Hotel bi pa da ste brez skrbi. Kdor je neoženjen, skrbi za to, kar je Gospodovega, kako bi bil Gospodu po volji.

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

³³Kdor se je pa oženil, skrbi za to, kar je na svetu, kako bi ženi ugajal. Razloček je tudi med ženo in devico.

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.

³⁴Katera je brez moža, skrbi za to, kar je Gospodovega, da bi bila sveta s telesom in z duhom. Omožena pa skrbi za to, kar je na svetu, kako bo ugajala možu.

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.

³⁵To pa govorim vam samim na korist, ne da vržem zanko na vas, temuč da spodobno ravnate in stanovitno služite Gospodu brez ovire.

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.

³⁶A če kdo meni, da spravi v sramoto devico svojo, ko bi bila v prezreli dobi, in potreba tako zahteva, kar hoče, naj dela, ne greši; naj se možé!

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.

³⁷Kdor pa stoji trden v srcu svojem in nima potrebe, a ima oblast nad lastno voljo, in je tako odločil v srcu svojem, da obvaruje svojo devico, stori dobro.

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

³⁸Tako kdor moži devico svojo, dela tudi dobro, a kdor je ne omoži, stori bolje.

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.

³⁹Žena je vezana, dokler živi njen mož; ako ji pa mož umre, je prosta, da se moži, s komer hoče, samo v Gospodu.Ali srečnejša je po mojem mnenju, če ostane tako; mislim pa, da imam tudi jaz Duha Božjega.

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

⁴⁰Ali srečnejša je po mojem mnenju, če ostane tako; mislim pa, da imam tudi jaz Duha Božjega.