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

¹But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [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 on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.

³ባል ለሚስቱ የሚገባትን ያድርግላት፥ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ሚስቲቱ ለባልዋ።

³Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to 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 has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority 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 not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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

⁶But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].

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

⁷Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

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

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

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

⁹But if they have not control over themselves, 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 to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

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

¹¹(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.

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

¹²But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consent 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 a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents 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; since [otherwise] indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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

¹⁵But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such [cases], but God has called us in peace.

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

¹⁶For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

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

¹⁷However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.

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

¹⁸Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

²⁰እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት መጠራት እንደዚሁ ይኑር።

¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.

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

²⁰Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

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

²¹Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

²³በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋል፤ የሰው ባሪያዎች አትሁኑ።

²²For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

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

²³Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

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

²⁴Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God.

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

²⁵But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.

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

²⁶I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so 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 to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

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

²⁸But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

³⁰የሚያለቅሱም እንደማያለቅሱ፥ ደስ የሚላቸውም ደስ እንደማይላቸው፥

²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

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

³⁰and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;

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

³¹and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.

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

³²But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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

³³but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

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

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

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

³⁵But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

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

³⁶But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

³⁸እንዲሁም ድንግልን ያገባ መልካም አደረገ ያላገባም የተሻለ አደረገ።

³⁷But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well.

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

³⁸So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.

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

³⁹A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [the] Lord.

⁴⁰But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God's Spirit.