¹A čo do toho, o čom ste mi písali, dobre by bolo človekovi nedotýkať sa ženy.

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

²Ale pre smilstvá nech má každý svoju vlastnú ženu, a každá nech má svojho vlastného muža.

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

³Muž nech preukazuje žene povinnú dobroprajnosť a podobne aj žena mužovi.

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

⁴Žena nemá v moci svojho vlastného tela, ale muž; a podobne ani muž nemá v moci svojho vlastného tela, ale žena.

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.

⁵Neukracujte sa navzájom, iba ak čo z obapolného súhlasu na čas, aby ste stihli na pôst a na modlitbu, a zase sa vedno sídite, aby vás nepokúšal satan pre vašu nezdržanlivosť.

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;

⁶Ale to hovorím ako pripustenie a nie ako nariadenie.

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

⁷Lebo by som chcel, aby boli všetci ľudia ako i ja sám; ale každý má svoj vlastný dar od Boha, jeden tak a druhý inak.

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.

⁸A však hovorím neženatým, nevydatým a vdovám, že dobre im, keď zostanú jako i ja.

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

⁹Ale ak sa nevedia zdržať, nech sa oženia, poťažne vydajú, lebo je lepšie oženiť sa, poťažne vydať sa než horieť.

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

¹⁰A ženatým, poťažne vydatým, prikazujem, nie ja, ale Pán: Žena nech neodchádza od muža.

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

¹¹A keby aj odišla, nech zostane nevydatá, alebo nech sa smieri s mužom. A muž nech neopúšťa ženy.

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.

¹²A ostatným hovorím ja, nie Pán: Ak má niektorý brat neveriacu ženu, a volí bývať s ním, nech jej neopúšťa.

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;

¹³A zase žena, ktorá má neveriaceho muža, a on volí bývať s ňou, nech neopúšťa muža.

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

¹⁴Lebo neveriaci muž je posvätený ženou, a neveriaca žena je posvätená mužom, bratom. Ináče by vaše deti boly nečisté, ale teraz sú sväté.

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.

¹⁵Ale ak neveriaci ide ta, nech ide. V takých veciach brat alebo sestra nie je rabom, ale ku pokoju nás povolal Bôh.

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;

¹⁶Lebo veď čo ty vieš, ženo, či zachrániš muža? Alebo čo ty vieš, mužu, či zachrániš ženu?

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?

¹⁷Každý len tak, ako mu udelil Pán, každý, jako ho povolal Bôh, tak nech chodí, robí a žije. A tak nariaďujem vo všetkých sboroch.

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:

¹⁸Je niekto povolaný obrezaný? Nech neberie na seba neobrezanosti. Je ktosi povolaný v neobriezke, nech sa neobrezuje.

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

¹⁹Obriezka nie je ničím, ani neobriezka nie je ničím, ale zachovávanie prikázaní Božích.

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

²⁰Každý nech zostáva v povolaní, v ktorom je povolaný.

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

²¹Si povolaný jako sluha? Nedbaj na to; ale ak tiež môžeš byť slobodný, radšej použi.

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

²²Lebo v Pánovi povolaný sluha je oslobodený Pánov; podobne aj povolaný slobodný je sluha Kristov.

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:

²³Kúpení ste za drahú cenu. Nebuďte sluhami ľudí!

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

²⁴Každý, v čom je povolaný, bratia, v tom nech zostáva u Boha.

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

²⁵O pannách nemám nariadenia Pánovho, ale poviem, čo myslím, ako taký, ktorý dostal milosrdenstvo od Pána byť verným.

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:

²⁶Nazdám sa tedy, že je to dobré pre terajšie ťažkosti, že je dobré človekovi, aby bol takto.

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

²⁷Si priviazaný k žene? Nehľadaj rozviazania. Si rozviazaný, prostý ženy? Nehľadaj ženy.

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

²⁸Ale keby si sa oženil, nezhrešil si. A keby sa panna vydala, nezhrešila; ale takí budú mať trápenie v tele. No, ja vás šetrím.

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.

²⁹Ale to hovorím, bratia, že čas je krátky, aby ostatne aj tí, ktorí majú ženy, boli, jako keby ich nemali;

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

³⁰a ktorí plačú, jako čo by neplakali; a ktorí sa radujú, jako čo by sa neradovali; a ktorí kupujú, jako čo by tým nevládli;

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

³¹a ktorí používajú tento svet, ako takí, ktorí nezneužívajú. Lebo ta ide spôsob tohoto sveta.

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

³²A chcel by som, aby ste boli bez starostí. Neženatý stará sa o to, čo je Pánovo, jako by sa ľúbil Pánovi;

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

³³ale ten, kto sa oženil, stará sa o veci sveta, jako by sa ľúbil žene.

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

³⁴A je rozdiel aj medzi ženou a pannou. Nevydatá sa stará o to, čo je Pánovo, aby bola svätá i telom i duchom; ale tá, ktorá sa vydala, stará sa o veci sveta, jako by sa ľúbila mužovi.

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.

³⁵Ale to hovorím na váš vlastný užitok, nie aby som vám zahodil slučku na krk, ale aby ste sa slušne a stále pridŕžali Pána bez rozptýlenia mysle.

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,

³⁶Ale ak niekto myslí, že neslušne robí voči svojej dcére - panne, ak by mala nevydatá prejsť svoj kvetúci vek, a jestli treba, aby sa tak stalo, nech urobí, čo chce, nehreší; nech sa vydajú.

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.

³⁷Ale ten, kto stojí pevný vo svojom srdci a nie je nútený, ale má moc ohľadom svojej vlastnej vôle a usúdil to vo svojom srdci, zachovať svoju pannu, dobre robí.

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;

³⁸A tak tedy i ten, kto vydáva svoju pannu, dobre robí, i ten, kto nevydáva, lepšie robí.

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

³⁹Žena je viazaná zákonom, dokiaľ žije jej muž; ale keby zosnul jej muž, je slobodná a môže sa vydať, za koho chce, len nech je to v Pánovi.

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;

⁴⁰Ale je blahoslavenejšia, keď zostane tak, podľa mojej mienky. A nazdám sa, že i ja mám Ducha Božieho.

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