1But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;
1 Sohõ day, hayey din kaŋ araŋ hantum ay se ciine ra, ngey neeya: A ga boori alboro se a ma si lamba wayboro gaa.
2but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.
2 Amma, zama i ma si zina, wa naŋ alboro kulu ma bara nda nga boŋ wande, wayboro kulu mo ma bara nda nga boŋ kurnye.
3Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
3 Kurnye ma nga wando no haŋ kaŋ hagu a se, wande mo yaadin nga kurnyo se.
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.
4 Wando sinda nga boŋ gaahamo dabari, kala day kurnyo. Yaadin mo no kurnyo sinda nga boŋ gaahamo dabari, kala day wando.
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.
5 Araŋ ma si wangu care se, kala day d'araŋ yadda araŋ ma te alwaatiyaŋ zama araŋ ma du ka mo ye adduwa gaa. Amma woodin banda araŋ ma ye ka margu, hala Saytan* ma si araŋ si zama araŋ jaŋ boŋ hiniyaŋ.
6But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].
6 Amma woodin ay goono ga ci no yadda boŋ, manti lordi* boŋ no.
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.
7 Kulu nda yaadin, ay diyaŋo gaa a ga bisa boro kulu ma bara sanda ay cine. Amma boro kulu gonda nga boŋ nooyaŋ kaŋ Irikoy n'a no. Boro fo woone cine, boro fo mo yaadin cine.
8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
8 Amma borey kaŋ sinda wande nda wayborey kaŋ kurnye bu se, ay ga ne woone: a ga boori i se d'i ga goro sanda ay cine.
9But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
9 Amma d'i si du ka hin ngey boŋ, kal i ma hiiji, zama i ma hiiji ga bisa i ma ton.
10But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;
10 Amma borey kaŋ go hiijay ra se ay ga lordi no -- manti ay boŋ wane no bo, amma Rabbi wane no -- wande ma si nga kurnye fay.
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.
11 (Amma d'a fay, a ma goro yaadin, kurnye si, wala a ma ye ka saba nda nga kurnyo.) Kurnye mo ma si nga wande fay.
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.
12 Amma cindey se ay no go ga salaŋ, manti Rabbi no. Ay ne: da Almasihu ganako fo go no kaŋ wando mana cimandi, wando mo yadda nga ma goro a banda, ganakwa ma s'a fay.
13And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave [her] husband.
13 Wande mo kaŋ kurnyo mana cimandi, kurnyo mo yadda nga ma goro a banda, wando ma s'a fay.
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.
14 Zama kurnye kaŋ mana cimandi, a hanan wando do, wande mo kaŋ mana cimandi, a hanan kurnye kaŋ ga ti ganakwa do. Da manti yaadin no doŋ araŋ izey si hanan. Amma sohõ hananteyaŋ no.
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.
15 Amma da boro kaŋ mana cimandi ga nga boŋ fay, a ma nga boŋ fay. Ganako alboro wala wayboro kaŋ go yaadin si tamtaray ra. Amma Irikoy n'araŋ ce araŋ ma goro nda laakal kanay.
16For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?
16 Zama nin, wande, mate ni ga te ka bay hala nin no ga ni kurnyo faaba? Ni mo, kurnye, mate ni ga te ka bay hala nin no ga ni wando faaba?
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.
17 Kala day boro kulu ma nga goray te mate kaŋ Rabbi n'a no, mate kaŋ a go d'a waato kaŋ Irikoy n'a ce. Yaadin no ay go ga lordi ka ne Almasihu margey kulu ra.
18Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
18 Irikoy na boro fo ce kaŋ jin ka du dambanguyaŋ* no? A ma si dambanguyaŋo kaa. Irikoy na afo mo ce kaŋ mana dambangu no? A ma s'a ceeci.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.
19 Dambanguyaŋ manti hay fo no, dambanguyaŋ-jaŋay mo manti hay fo no, amma day Irikoy lordey ganayaŋ no ga ti hay kulu.
20Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.
20 Goray kaŋ ra Irikoy na boro ce, boro kulu ma goro yaadin.
21Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.
21 Irikoy na ni ce waato kaŋ ni go bannya no? Woodin ma si ni kankam. Amma da ni gonda daama ka du fansayaŋ, dambe ni ma nafa nd'a.
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.
22 Zama boro kaŋ Rabbi n'a ce, a go bannya, bora din te Rabbi burcini. Yaadin mo no, boro kaŋ Rabbi n'a ce a go burcini, a te Almasihu bannya.
23Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
23 Irikoy n'araŋ day da hay bambata, wa si ciya Adam-izey se bannyayaŋ.
24Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God.
24 Ay nya-izey, boro kulu ma goro Irikoy banda mate kaŋ a go waato kaŋ Irikoy n'a ce.
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.
25 Wandiyey ciine ra binde, ay sinda lordi kaŋ fun Rabbi do. Amma ay g'ay diyaŋey no, sanda boro kaŋ ciya naanaykoy Rabbi suujo sabbay se.
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.
26 Ay lasaabuyaŋo gaa, sohõ gurzuga sabbay se, a bisa bora se a ma goro mate kaŋ a go.
27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
27 Ni gonda wande? Ma si ceeci ni m'a fay. Ni na ni wando fay no? To, ma si wande ceeci.
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.
28 Amma baa da ni hiiji, ni mana zunubi te. Da wandiyo mo hiiji, a mana zunubi te. Amma borey din ga taabi haŋ ndunnya goray ra. Ay mo ga ba ay m'araŋ waa da taabi.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:
29 Haŋ kaŋ ay ga ci neeya, nya-izey: alwaati boobo mana cindi. Zama hunkuna banda, baa borey kaŋ yaŋ gonda wande, i ga te danga ngey sinda.
30and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;
30 Borey kaŋ yaŋ go ga hẽ mo, sanda i si ga hẽ. Borey kaŋ yaŋ go ga farhã mo, sanda i si ga farhã. Daykoy mo, sanda boroyaŋ kaŋ sinda hay kulu.
31and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.
31 Borey kaŋ yaŋ go ga goy da ndunnya harey mo, i ga te sanda ngey na saalay kaa i gaa. Zama ndunnya wo alhaalo go ga bisa.
32But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
32 Amma ay ga ba araŋ ma si goro nda karhã. Boro kaŋ si hiijay ra ga laakal da Rabbi muraadey, mate kaŋ a ga te ka kaanu Rabbi se.
33but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.
33 Amma boro kaŋ go hiijay ra ga laakal da ndunnya muraadey, mate kaŋ a ga te ka kaan nga wando se, a laakalo ciya fayante mo.
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.
34 Wayboro kaŋ sinda kurnye nda wandiyo mo ga laakal nda Rabbi muraadey, hal ngey ma goro ihanno gaaham nda biya ra. Amma wayboro kaŋ hiiji ga laakal da ndunnya muraadey, mate kaŋ a ga te ka kaan nga kurnyo se.
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.
35 Woodin ay go ga ci araŋ nafa se. Manti sanda ay ma korfo zorti araŋ gaa se no ay go ga woodin ci bo, amma day haŋ kaŋ ga hagu araŋ se, zama araŋ goyo kaŋ araŋ ga te Rabbi se ma si te da laakal fayante mo.
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.
36 Amma da boro fo di kaŋ a mana hagu nga ize wandiyo ma bisa hiijay alwaato gaa, d'a ga miila nga m'a hiijandi, a ma te haŋ kaŋ a ga ba, a mana zunubi te. Wa naŋ i ma hiiji.
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.
37 Amma boro kaŋ na sanka sambu nga bina saaware gaa, woodin mana tilas a gaa, amma a gonda dabari nga bumbo miila boŋ, a jin ka suuban mo nga bina ra kaŋ nga ize wandiya si hiiji, bora din te haŋ kaŋ ga boori.
38So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.
38 Yaadin mo no boro kaŋ na nga ize wandiya hiijandi te ihanno, amma boro kaŋ man'a hiijandi bis'a.
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.
39 Hiijay ga wande haw hala nga kurnyo fundo me. Amma da kurnyo bu, hiija n'a taŋ, a ma hiiji nda boro kaŋ a ga ba, kala day Rabbi ra.
40But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God's Spirit.
40 Amma, ay diyaŋ gaa, a ga farhã ka bisa d'a goro yaadin. Ay ga tammahã mo ay gonda Irikoy Biya.