¹And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,

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

²and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

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

³to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

³ባል ለሚስቱ የሚገባትን ያድርግላት፥ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ሚስቲቱ ለባልዋ።

⁴the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, 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 not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

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

⁶and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,

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

⁷for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

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

⁸And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

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

⁹and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

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

¹⁰and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a 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 may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

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

¹²And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

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

¹³and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

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

¹⁴for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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

¹⁵And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such [cases], and in peace hath God called us;

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

¹⁶for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

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

¹⁷if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

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

¹⁸being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

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

¹⁹the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.

²⁰እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት መጠራት እንደዚሁ ይኑር።

²⁰Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;

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

²¹a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use [it] rather;

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

²²for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord`s freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

²³በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋል፤ የሰው ባሪያዎች አትሁኑ።

²³with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

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

²⁴each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

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

²⁵And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

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

²⁶I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —

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

²⁷Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been 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 mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

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

²⁹And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;

³⁰የሚያለቅሱም እንደማያለቅሱ፥ ደስ የሚላቸውም ደስ እንደማይላቸው፥

³⁰and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

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

³¹and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

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

³²And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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

³³and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

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

³⁴The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

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

³⁵And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

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

³⁶and if any one doth think [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.

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

³⁷And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;

³⁸እንዲሁም ድንግልን ያገባ መልካም አደረገ ያላገባም የተሻለ አደረገ።

³⁸so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

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

³⁹A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free 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።

⁴⁰and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.