1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1A nɛeddit tura ɣer isteqsiyen i yi-d-tefkam di tebṛaț-nwen teqqaṛem : « D ayen yelhan i wergaz m'ur yezwiǧ ara ».
2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
2Ț-țideț, meɛna iwakken ur d-yețțili ara leḥṛam, axiṛ-as i wergaz ad yesɛu tameṭṭut-is, axiṛ-as i tmeṭṭut aț-țesɛu argaz-is.
3Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
3Argaz ilaq ad ixdem lebɣi i tmeṭṭut-is, tameṭṭut daɣen ilaq aț-țexdem lebɣi i wergaz-is.
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.
4Tameṭṭut ur tezmir ara aț-țexdem ayen tebɣa s lǧețța-s, axaṭer lǧețța-s d ayla n wergaz-is ; argaz daɣen ur yezmir ara ad yexdem ayen i gebɣa s lǧețța-s, axaṭer lǧețța-s d ayla n tmeṭṭut-is.
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.
5Ur țemyagit ara gar-awen anagar ma yella temsefhamem iwakken aț-țeǧǧem kra n wussan i tẓallit ; imiren ddukklet daɣen ; ḥadret a wen-yaf Cciṭan abrid a kkun-iɣuṛṛ ma yella ur tezmirem ara aț-țeṭṭfem iman-nwen.
6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
6Ayagi mačči d lameṛ i wen-fkiɣ, meɛna d aweṣṣi kan i kkun-weṣṣaɣ.
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.
7Lemmer ufiɣ medden akk ad ilin am nekk, meɛna mkul yiwen d acu i s-d-ifka Sidi Ṛebbi, wa yefka-yas-d aya, wayeḍ yefka-yas-d ayen nniḍen.
8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
8I wid ur nezwiǧ ara akk-d tuǧǧal a sen-iniɣ : yelha-yasen ma qqimen am nekk.
9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.
9Meɛna m'ur zmiren ara ad ṭṭfen iman-nsen, ad zewǧen axiṛ. Axiṛ-asen ad zewǧen wala aț-țecɛel tmes deg wulawen-nsen.
10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
10A d-fkeɣ lameṛ i imasiḥiyen izewǧen ; lameṛ-agi mačči s ɣuṛ-i i d-yekka meɛna s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi : tameṭṭut izewǧen ur ilaq ara aț-țeǧǧ argaz-is :
11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
11ma yella teǧǧa-t, ur s-ilaq ara aț-țɛawed zzwaǧ. Neɣ ma tebɣa, tezmer aț-țemṣalaḥ yid-es aț-țuɣal ɣuṛ-es. Argaz daɣen ur s-ilaq ara ad yebru i tmeṭṭut-is.
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.
12Ɣef wayen yeɛnan wiyaḍ atan wayen zemreɣ a d-iniɣ ( ayagi s ɣuṛ-i mačči s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi ) : ma yella yiwen seg watmaten yesɛa tameṭṭut ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ yili teqbel aț-țeqqim d wergaz-is, ur ilaq ara a s-yebru ;
13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
13akken daɣen, tameṭṭut tamasiḥit yesɛan argaz ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ yili yeqbel ad iɛic yid-es, ur ilaq ara aț-țerwel fell-as.
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.
14Axaṭer argaz ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ yella seddaw leɛnaya n Sidi Ṛebbi s tmeṭṭut-is yumnen ; daɣen tameṭṭut ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ, tella seddaw leɛnaya n Sidi Ṛebbi s wergaz-is yumnen ; neɣ m'ulac dderya-nsen ad țwaḥesben d dderya n leḥṛam nutni yellan d dderya n leḥlal.
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.
15Ma yella win ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ yebɣa ad imfaṛaq akk-d tmeṭṭut-is i gumnen, neɣ tameṭṭut ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ tebɣa aț-țemfaṛaq akk-d wergaz-is i gumnen, zemren ad mfaṛaqen ; argaz-nni neɣ tameṭṭut-nni yellan d imasiḥiyen ur d-yeqqim wayen i ten-icerken, axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi yessawel aɣ-d iwakken a nɛic di lehna.
16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
16Yerna amek i teẓriḍ kemm a tameṭṭut tamasiḥit belli tzemṛeḍ aț-țselkeḍ argaz-im ? Neɣ amek i teẓriḍ kečč ay argaz amasiḥi belli tzemreḍ aț-țselkeḍ tameṭṭut-ik ?
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.
17Ilaq yal yiwen ad yelḥu s wayen i s-d-yefka Sidi Ṛebbi, yerna ad yeqqim di lḥala i deg yella asmi i s-d-yessawel. Akka i țweṣṣiɣ tijmuyaɛ n watmaten meṛṛa.
18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
18Ma yella walebɛaḍ yuɣ-it lḥal yexten mi s-d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi, ilaq ad yeqqim akken yella ; ma yella walebɛaḍ ur yextin ara asmi i s-d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi, ur ilaq ara ad yexten.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
19Yexten walebɛaḍ neɣ ur yextin ara ulac deg-s ; ayen yesɛan azal d ṭṭaɛa n lumuṛat n Sidi Ṛebbi.
20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
20Ilaq yal yiwen ad iqqim akken i t-id-yufa lḥal asmi i s-d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi.
21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
21D akli i telliḍ asmi i k-d yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi ? Ur țxemmim ara, meɛna ma tusa-yak-ed teswiɛt i deg tzemreḍ aț-țesɛuḍ tilelli, faṛes-iț.
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.
22Axaṭer akli iwumi d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi yuɣal d win yesɛan tilelli ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi ; daɣen amdan aḥuṛṛi iwumi d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi yuɣal d akli n Lmasiḥ.
23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
23Yella win ixelṣen fell-awen iwakken aț-țilim d iḥuṛṛiyen, ihi ur țțuɣalet ara d aklan n yemdanen.
24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
24Ihi ay atmaten, ilaq yal yiwen ad yeqqim zdat Ṛebbi di lḥala i deg yella asmi s-d-yessawel.
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.
25Ɣef wayen yeɛnan wid ur nezwiǧ ara, Sidi Ṛebbi ur d-yenni kra fell-asen, meɛna a wen-d-fkeɣ ṛṛay-iw, nekk yerra Sidi Ṛebbi s ṛṛeḥma-ines tameqqrant d argaz yuklalen lețkal.
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.
26Ɣuṛ-i d ayen yelhan i wergaz ma yeqqim akken yella ɣef ddemma n lweqt-agi iweɛṛen.
27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
27Ma txeḍbeḍ tameṭṭut, ur țnadi ara a ț-teǧǧeḍ ; m'ur tezwiǧeḍ ara, ur țnadi ara aț-țzewǧeḍ.
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.
28Tura ma yella ilemẓi neɣ tilemẓit zewǧen, ur wwin ara ddnub ; meɛna wid ara izewǧen ad ṛwun lḥif di tudert-nsen ; nekk mačči d ayen i wen-mennaɣ.
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;
29Atan wayen ara d-iniɣ ay atmaten : lweqt ițțazal, drus i d iqqimen, wid izewǧen ilaq ad ilin am akken ur zwiǧen ara,
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;
30wid yețrun ad ilin am akken ur țrun ara, wid ifeṛḥen am akken ur fṛiḥen ara, wid yețțaɣen am akken ur sɛin ara.
31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
31Wid yesɛan nnfeɛ di ddunit-agi am akken ur t-sɛin ara axaṭer ddunit-agi ur tețdum ara.
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;
32Ur bɣiɣ ara aț-țesɛum iɣeblan. Win ur nezwiǧ ara ițxemmim i lecɣal n Sidi Ṛebbi, yețnadi kan ad yeɛǧeb Sidi Ṛebbi ;
33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
33meɛna win izewǧen yețxemmim ɣef lecɣal n ddunit, yețnadi ad yeɛǧeb i tmeṭṭut-is ; ul-is yebḍa ɣef sin.
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.
34Akken daɣen tameṭṭut ur nezwiǧ ara akk-d țlemẓit ; țxemmiment kan ɣef lecɣal n Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken ad ilint ț-țiqeddacin-ines s lǧețțat-nsent d ṛṛuḥ-nsent ; meɛna tin izewǧen tețxemmim kan ɣef lecɣal n ddunit d wamek ara teɛǧeb i wergaz-is.
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.
35Ur wen-d-nniɣ ara ayagi iwakken a kkun-kellxeɣ meɛna nniɣ awen-t-id i nnfeɛ-nwen axaṭer bɣiɣ aț-țeddum s tikli yelhan, yeṣfan iwakken aț-țeṭṭfem deg webrid n Lmasiḥ mačči deg wayen nniḍen.
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.
36Ma yella yiwen deg-wen ixḍeb tilemẓit, iḥar ur yezmir ara ad yeṛǧu ibɣa ad yezweǧ, mačči d ddnub ma yella yezweǧ.
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.
37Ma d win iqesden s lebɣi-ines ur izeggej ara, ma yella yeẓra iman-is yezmer ad iṣbeṛ, d ayen yelhan i gexdem m'ur yezwiǧ ara.
38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
38Ihi win izewǧen d ayen yelhan i gexdem, win ur nezwiǧ ara d ayen yelhan nezzeh.
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.
39Tameṭṭut izewǧen ur tezmir ara aț-țeǧǧ argaz-is skud mazal-it yedder, ma yella yemmut, tezmer aț-țɛiwed zzwaǧ d win tebɣa, acu kan ilaq ad yili d win yumnen s Lmasiḥ am nețțat.
40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
40Meɛna ɣef wakken walaɣ ma teqqim akken tella axiṛ-as, akken ara tesɛu lehna. Wagi d ṛṛay-iw nekk, ẓriɣ ula d nekk sɛiɣ Ṛṛuḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi.