¹Nüüd selle kohta, millest te kirjutasite: 'On hea, kui mees ei puutuks naist.'

¹Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

²Aga igasuguse kõlvatuse vastu olgu igal mehel oma naine ja igal naisel oma mees.

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

³Mees täitku oma kohustust naise vastu ja nõndasamuti ka naine mehe vastu.

³Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

⁴Naisel ei ole meelevalda oma ihu üle, vaid tema mehel, ja samuti ei ole mehel meelevalda oma ihu üle, vaid tema naisel.

⁴The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.

⁵Ärge keelake end teineteisele muidu, kui ehk ainult kokkuleppel ajutiseks, et pühenduda palvetamisele, ja tulge jälle ühte, et saatan ei saaks teid kiusata teie taltsutamatuse kaudu.

⁵Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

⁶Aga ma ei ütle seda käsuna, vaid mööndusena.

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

⁷Ma tahaksin, et kõik inimesed oleksid nõnda nagu mina. Kuid igaühel on oma armuand Jumalalt, ühel nõnda, teisel teisiti.

⁷Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

⁸Vallalistele ja leskedele ma ütlen, et neil läheks paremini, kuid nad jääksid nõnda nagu minagi.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

⁹Kui nad aga ei suuda end taltsutada, siis nad abiellugu, sest parem on abielluda kui himudes põleda.

⁹But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

¹⁰Aga abielus olijaid ei käsi mina, vaid Issand: Naine ärgu mingu mehest lahku;

¹⁰But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

¹¹kui ta aga siiski on lahkunud, siis ta jäägu üksikuks või leppigu oma mehega ära! Ja mees ärgu hüljaku naist!

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

¹²Aga muude kohta ei ütle Issand, vaid mina: Kui kellelgi vennal on uskmatu naine ja naisele meeldib temaga elada, siis ta ärgu lahutagu end naisest!

¹²But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

¹³Ja kui kellelgi naisel on uskmatu mees ja mehele meeldib temaga elada, siis ta ärgu lahutagu end mehest,

¹³The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

¹⁴sest uskmatu mees on pühitsetud naise läbi ja uskmatu naine on pühitsetud mehe läbi, sest muidu oleksid teie lapsed rüvedad, aga nüüd on nad pühad.

¹⁴For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

¹⁵Kui nüüd uskmatu pool lahkub, siis lahkugu pealegi, sellistel juhtudel ei ole vend ega õde orjastatud. Jumal on teid kutsunud elama rahus.

¹⁵Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

¹⁶Sest millest sa tead, naine, et sa oma mehe päästad? Või millest sa tead, mees, et sa oma naise päästad?

¹⁶For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

¹⁷Siiski, nagu Issand igaühele on jaganud, nagu Jumal igaühe on kutsunud, nii ta jätkaku! Ja nõnda ma korraldan kõigis kogudustes.

¹⁷Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

¹⁸Kui keegi on kutsutud ümberlõigatuna, ärgu ta seda varjaku; kui keegi on kutsutud eesnahaga, ärgu lasku ennast ümber lõigata!

¹⁸Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

¹⁹Ümberlõikamine ei ole midagi ja eesnahk ei ole midagi, vaid oluline on Jumala käskude pidamine.

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

²⁰Igaüks püsigu selles kutses, milles ta on kutsutud!

²⁰Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

²¹Kui sa oled kutsutud orjana, ära hooli sellest; aga kui sa võiksid saada vabaks, kasuta pigem seda!

²¹Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

²²Sest orjana Issanda poolt kutsutu on Issanda vabakslastu, niisamuti vabana kutsutu on Kristuse ori.

²²For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.

²³Te olete kallilt ostetud, ärge saage inimeste orjaks!

²³You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

²⁴Vennad, püsigu igaüks Jumala ees selles, milles ta on kutsutud!

²⁴Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

²⁵Neitsite kohta mul ei ole Issanda käsku, aga ma annan nõu nagu see, kes on saanud usaldatavaks Issanda halastuse kaudu.

²⁵Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

²⁶Niisiis pean ma heaks seda, et eelseisva kitsikuse pärast on inimesele kasulik olla nii, nagu ta on.

²⁶I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

²⁷Kui sa oled seotud naisega, siis ära püüa vabaneda, kui sa oled naisest valla, siis ära otsi naist!

²⁷Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

²⁸Aga kui sa ka abiellud, sa ei tee pattu, ja kui neitsi abiellub, ta ei tee pattu. Kuid ihulikku viletsust saavad niisugused küll kannatada, mina aga säästaksin teid.

²⁸But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

²⁹Aga seda ma ütlen, vennad: aeg on piiratud. Sellepärast siis need, kellel on naised, olgu nii, otsekui neil ei oleks,

²⁹But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

³⁰ja need, kes nutavad, otsekui nad ei nutaks, ja kes rõõmustavad, otsekui nad ei rõõmustaks, ja kes ostavad, otsekui nad ei oleks omanikud,

³⁰and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

³¹ja kes seda maailma kasutavad, otsekui nad ei kasutaks seda. Sest praeguse maailma pale on möödumas.

³¹and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

³²Aga mina tahaksin, et te oleksite ilma mureta. Vallaline mees muretseb Issandale kuuluva pärast, kuidas ta võiks meeldida Issandale.

³²But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

³³Aga naisemees muretseb maailma asjade pärast, kuidas ta võiks meeldida naisele,

³³but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

³⁴ja nii on ta lõhestatud. Ja vallaline naine või neitsi muretseb Issandale kuuluva pärast, kuidas ta võiks olla püha nii ihu kui vaimu poolest, aga abielunaine muretseb maailma asjade pärast, kuidas ta võiks meeldida mehele.

³⁴There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

³⁵Seda ma ütlen teie endi kasuks, mitte selleks, et teile kaela heita silmust, vaid et te elaksite viisakalt ja püsiksite kõrvalekaldumatult Issandas.

³⁵This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

³⁶Aga kui keegi arvab, et ta ei käitu oma neitsiga sündsalt, kui selle paras iga on möödumas ja nõnda peab sündima, siis ta tehku, kuidas tahab! Ta ei tee pattu; nad abiellugu!

³⁶But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.

³⁷Kes aga jääb kindlaks oma südames, kellele abiellumine ei ole paratamatu, kellel on meelevald oma tahtmise üle ning kes on oma südames otsustanud jätta oma kaaslase neitsiks, see teeb hästi.

³⁷But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

³⁸Niisiis, kes oma neitsiga abiellub, teeb hästi, aga kes ei abiellu, teeb paremini.

³⁸So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

³⁹Naine on seotud niikaua, kui ta mees elab. Aga kui ta mees on läinud magama, on naine vaba abielluma kellega tahab, ent see sündigu Issandas.

³⁹A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

⁴⁰Aga ta on õndsam, kui ta jääb, nagu ta on. See on minu arvamus. Aga ma mõtlen, et minulgi on Jumala Vaim.

⁴⁰But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.