¹Andal dieluria kai ramosardian mange, gindiv ke mai mishto le mursheske te na azbal ek zhuvlia.

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

²Numa te na kerdiol kurvimos, te avel swakones leske rhomni, ai swakona rhomni swako rhom.

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

³Mekel o rhom peska rhomnia so trobul: ai te kerel vi rhomni saikfielo peske rhomesa.

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

⁴E rhomni chi poronchil pe pesko stato, ke lako rhom si. Ai saikfielo o rhom nai chi poronchil pe pesko stato, ke leski rhomni si.

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.

⁵Na len tume iek kavrestar, de ferdi te avena dakordo pek vriama, ai den tume te postin ai rhuginpe; ai porme pale thon tume andek than daraltar ke o beng mangel te zumavel tumen.

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;

⁶Te na kodia mishtimata chi kerav anda late zakonuria.

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

⁷Mangavas te aven sa manush sar mande. Numa swakones si les leski podarka katar O Del, iekes te phirav, ai iek kavres aver fielo.

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.

⁸Kodola kai nai ansurime ai le phivlia, phenav lenge, ke mishto lenge te beshen sar mande.

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

⁹Numa te na avela le dosta zor pe kodia te ansurinpe: ke mai mishto te ansurinpe de sar te phabol.

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

¹⁰Kodola kai si ansurime, phenav lenge, na me, numa O Del, e rhomni te na vulardiol katar pesko rhom.

¹⁰and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:

¹¹Ai te suvliardi, te beshel bi te ansurilpe, vai te pochil pe pesko rhomesa. Ai vi o rhom te na shudel peska rhomnia.

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.

¹²Le kavrenge chi phenel O Del, me phenav: te si iek phral kai si les rhomni kai chi pachalpe, ai te mangela te beshel lesa, te na shudel la.

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;

¹³Ai e zhuvli kai si la iek rhom kai chi pachalpe ando Del, ai te mangela te beshel lasa, te na zhaltar katar pesko rhom.

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

¹⁴Ke o rhom kai chi pachalpe ando Del sai avel swuntsome peski rhomni, ai e rhomni kai chi pachalpe ando Del sai avel swuntsome katar pesko rhom. Te na, tumare glate sas te aven bi vuzhe; numa akana swuntsele.

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.

¹⁵Kodo kai chi pachalpe te vulardiola katar peski zhuvli, mek te vular lake o phral vi e phei kai nai astarde: O Del phendia lenge te traiisaras pachasa.

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;

¹⁶Sar zhanes tu, Rhomnio, kai chi skepis cho rhom? Vai sar zhanes tu, rhoma, kai chi skepis chi rhomni?

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?

¹⁷Ferdi swako te phirel, sar e partia le Devleske kai kerdia lesko Del, sar akhardia les O Del, kadia phenav ka sa le khangeria.

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:

¹⁸Vari kon akhardo sas sar Zhidovo, te beshel sar Zhidovo. Vari kon akhardo sas sar Nas Zhidovo, te na kerdiol Zhidovo.

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

¹⁹O semno le Zhidovongo nai kanchi, ai bi o semno nai kanch, numa o zakono le Devlesko si sa.

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

²⁰Swako te beshel sar kai si kana akhardia les O Del.

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

²¹Akhardia tu kana sanas sluga? Na gindi sa: numa te sai lebirisas tu, libiris (ivia) sa.

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

²²Ke wo si akhardo katar O Del, ai i kako kai nai sluga le Devlesko; kadia o manush kai si ivia, ai si akhardo kerdiol sluga le Kristosko.

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:

²³Ke chinde sanas pek bari semna; na kerdion slugi le manushenge.

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

²⁴Swako phral, beshel angla Del sar kai akhardia les.

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

²⁵Andal sheia baria nai ma kris katar O Del: numa dav murho gindo, sar kai len katar O Del mishtimos te avav chacho lestar.

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:

²⁶Vi ta miazol mange andai vriama kai si trutno kai pashol mishto peske mursheske te avel kadia.

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

²⁷Astardo san ka rhomni? Na roden te shuden la. Chi san astardo ka rhomni? Na roden ek rhomni.

²⁷Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

²⁸Numa te san ansurin, chi kerdian bezex; ai shei bari te ansurilpe, nai bezex. Numa kodola manush avela le baiuria mashkar lende.

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.

²⁹Phrala le, so phenav, e vriama skurto la, ai mai angle kodola kai si le rhomnia te keren kashte te na aven le.

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

³⁰Kodola kai roven, sar kana te na roven; ai kodola kai veselinpe, sar kana te na veselinpe; kodola kai chinen, sar kana te na avel les;

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

³¹ai kodola rhusgin anda e lumia, sar kana te na rhusgin; ke o semno kadala lumiako nakhel.

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

³²Manglemas te aven bi darako. Kodo kai nai ansurime rodel le dieluria le Devleske, sar te avel drago le Devleske.

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

³³Ai kodo kai si ansurime rodel le dieluria la lumiake, sar te avel drago peska rhomnia.

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

³⁴Ai vi keren si mashkar e rhomni ai e shei bari. Kucha kai nai ansurime rodel le dieluria le Devleske, kashte te avel swunto vi lako stato ai vi lake duxo: numa kucha kai sas ansurime rodel le dieluria la lumiake, sar si te avel drago peske rhomeske.

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.

³⁵Phenav kodia te av tumenge mishto, te na dzilarav tume, te mangav te ingerav tume ka so si mishto, so serel ke astardion ke amaro Del.

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,

³⁶Vari kon te na daral leske te lazhal, te na ansuril peska sha kai gindil peske trobul te ansuril la, sai kerel sar wo mangel, chi kerel bezex te ansurilpe.

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.

³⁷Numa kodo kai thodia gindo bi zorako te kerel peski putiera, ai kai phendia ande lesko ilo te garavel peska sha, shei bari kodo kerel mishto.

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;

³⁸Antunchi kodo kai ansurilpe peska sha mishto kerel; ai kodo kai chi ansuril la mai mishto kerel.

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

³⁹E rhomni kai si astarde ka pesko rhom so godi traiila; numa te merela lako rhom, libirila te ansurilpe kasa kana, numa te avel ando anav le Devlesko.

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;

⁴⁰Mai raduime haliarav te beshela sar kai si, sar me gindiv: ai me gindiv ke i me si ma O Duxo le Devlesko.

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