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

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

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

²But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

³ባል ለሚስቱ የሚገባትን ያድርግላት፥ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ሚስቲቱ ለባልዋ።

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

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

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

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

⁵Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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

⁶But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

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

⁷Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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

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

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

⁹But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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

¹⁰But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

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

¹¹(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

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

¹²But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

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

¹³And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

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

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

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

¹⁵Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us in peace.

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

¹⁶For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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

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

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

¹⁸Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

²⁰እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት መጠራት እንደዚሁ ይኑር።

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

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

²⁰Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

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

²¹Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

²³በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋል፤ የሰው ባሪያዎች አትሁኑ።

²²For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

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

²³Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

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

²⁴Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

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

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

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

²⁶I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely,] that it is good for a man to be as he is.

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

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

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

²⁸But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

³⁰የሚያለቅሱም እንደማያለቅሱ፥ ደስ የሚላቸውም ደስ እንደማይላቸው፥

²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

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

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

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

³¹and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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

³²But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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

³³but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

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

³⁴and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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

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

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

³⁶But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

³⁸እንዲሁም ድንግልን ያገባ መልካም አደረገ ያላገባም የተሻለ አደረገ።

³⁷But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well.

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

³⁸So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

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

³⁹A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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