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

¹[Ny amin'ny fanambadiana] Ary ny amin'ireo zavatra nosoratanareo, dia tsara amin'ny lehilahy raha tsy mikasi-behivavy akory.

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

²Anefa noho ny fijangajangana dia aoka ny lehilahy rehetra samy hanana ny vadiny avy, ary aoka koa ny vehivavy rehetra samy hanana ny vadiny avy.

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

³Aoka ny lahy hanao izay mety hatao amin'ny vavy; ary mba toy izany koa ny vavy amin'ny lahy.

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.

⁴Ny vavy tsy manam-pahefana amin'ny tenany, fa ny lahy; ary mba toy izany koa ny lahy tsy manam-pahefana amin'ny tenany, fa ny vavy.

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.

⁵Aza misara-pandriana ianareo, raha tsy amin'izay andro sasany ifanekenareo ho andro hivavahana, nefa mbola hiraisanareo fandriana indray, mba tsy hakan'i Satana fanahy anareo noho ny tsi-faharetanareo.

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

⁶Fandeferana anefa no anaovako izany, fa tsy mandidy aho.

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.

⁷Fa tiako ho tahaka ahy ny olona rehetra; kanefa samy manana izay fanomezam-pahasoavana nomen'Andriamanitra ary avy, ka ny anankiray toy izao, ary ny anankiray toy izao kosa.

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

⁸Fa hoy izaho amin'ny tsy manam-bady sy ny mpitondratena kosa: Tsara aminy raha mitoetra tahaka ahy izy.

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

⁹Nefa raha tsy maharitra izy, dia aoka hanam-bady ihany; fa tsara ny manam-bady noho ny ho maimay.

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

¹⁰Ary ny manam-bady dia didiako, nefa tsy izaho, fa ny Tompo: Aoka tsy hiala amin'ny lahy ny vavy,

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

¹¹(nefa raha misy efa niala, dia aoka hitoetra tsy manam-bady, na aoka hody amin'ny lahy); ary ny lahy aoka tsy hiala amin'ny vavy.

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.

¹²Fa amin'ny sisa, dia hoy izaho, fa tsy ny Tompo: Raha misy rahalahy manam-bady tsy mino, ary mety mitoetra aminy ihany ny vavy, dia aoka tsy hialany izy.

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

¹³Ary raha misy vehivavy manam-bady tsy mino, ka mety mitoetra aminy ihany ny lahy, dia aoka tsy hialany izy.

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.

¹⁴Fa ny lahy tsy mino dia efa masina ao amin'ny vavy ary ny vavy tsy mino dia efa masina ao amin'ny rahalahy; raha tsy izany kosa, dia tsy madio ny zanakareo; fa raha izany, dia masina izy.

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.

¹⁵Fa raha ny tsy mino no miala, aoka hiala izy. Na rahalahy na anabavy dia tsy voafehy amin'izany; fa Andriamanitra efa niantso antsika amin'ny fihavanana.

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

¹⁶Fa ahoana moa no ahafantaranao, ravehivavy, na hovonjenao ny vadinao, na tsia? Ary ahoana no ahafantaranao, ralehilahy, na hovonjenao ny vadinao, na tsia?

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.

¹⁷Kanefa aoka ny olona rehetra samy handeha araka izay anjarany nomen'ny Tompo azy sy araka ny niantsoan'Andriamanitra azy avy. Ary izany no andidiako ao amin'ny fiangonana rehetra.

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

¹⁸Misy nantsoina voafora va? Aoka izy tsy hovana ho tsy voafora. Misy antsoina tsy voafora va? Aoka izy tsy hoforana.

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

¹⁹Tsinontsinona ny famorana, ary tsinontsinona ny tsi-famorana; fa ny mitandrina ny didin'Andriamanitra no izy.

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

²⁰Aoka ny olona rehetra samy hitoetra eo amin'izay toetra efa niantsoana azy ihany.

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

²¹Nantsoina va ianao raha mbola mpanompo? Aoka tsy hampaninona anao izany; nefa raha misy hahafahanao, aleo izany. [ Na: fa na dia misy hahafahanao, dia aleo manompo ihany]

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.

²²Fa ny andevo izay voantso ao amin'ny Tompo dia olona afaka an'ny Tompo; toy izany koa, ny olona afaka izay voantso dia mpanompon'i Kristy.

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

²³Fa olom-boavidy ianareo, ka aza mety ho andevon'olona.

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

²⁴Ry rahalahy, aoka ny olona rehetra samy hitoetra amin'Andriamanitra ao amin'izay niantsoana azy avy.

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.

²⁵Fa ny amin'ny virijina dia tsy manana didy avy amin'ny Tompo aho; nefa ataoko izay hevitro tahaka izay niantran'ny Tompo ahy ho mahatoky.

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.

²⁶Koa izao no ataoko fa tsara amin'ny olona noho ny fahoriana miseho ankehitriny, dia ny mitoetra toy izao ihany.

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

²⁷Manam-bady va ianao? Aza mitady izay hisarahana. Tsy manam-bady va ianao? Aza mitady vady.

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.

²⁸Nefa na dia hanam-bady aza ianao, dia tsy manota tsy akory; ary na dia hanam-bady aza ny virijina, dia tsy manota izy. Kanefa kosa hanam-pahoriana amin'ny nofo ireny; fa izaho miantra anareo.

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;

²⁹Fa izao no lazaiko, ry rahalahy: Efa fohy ny andro, mba ho toy ny tsy manam-bady ny manana amin'izao sisa izao; [ Gr. nohafohezina]

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;

³⁰ary mba ho toy izay tsy mitomany ny mitomany; ary mba ho toy izay tsy mifaly ny mifaly; ary mba ho toy izay tsy mahazo ny mividy;

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

³¹ary mba ho toy izay tsy mahavatra izao fiainana izao loatra ny mahavatra azy, fa mandalo ny fanaon'izao fiainana izao.

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;

³²Fa tiako tsy ho maro ahina ianareo. Izay tsy manam-bady dia miahy ny an'ny Tompo mba hahafaly ny Tompo.

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

³³Fa izay manam-bady kosa miahy ny an'izao fiainana izao mba hahafaly ny vavy.

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.

³⁴Ary tsy mitovy koa ny vehivavy manam-bady sy ny virijina. Ny vehivavy tsy manam-bady mitandrina ny an'ny Tompo, mba ho samy masina avokoa ny tenany sy ny fanahiny; fa izay manam-bady kosa dia mitandrina ny an'izao fiainana izao mba hahafaly ny lahy.

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.

³⁵Ary miteny izany aho mba hahasoa anareo, fa tsy haningotra anareo amin'ny tadivavarana, fa mba hanaovanareo izay miendrika sy hitoeranareo tsara amin'ny Tompo, ka tsy hivezivezen'ny sainareo.

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.

³⁶Fa raha misy mihevitra fa tsy mety ny fitondrany ny zananivavy virijina, satria mihoatra noho ny taona tokony anambadian'ny zanany, ka tsy maintsy hisy izany, dia aoka izy hanao izay sitrapony, tsy manota izy; aoka hanam-bady izy. [ Gr. aoka hivady ireo]

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.

³⁷Fa raha misy kosa efa mikasa tsara ao am-pony, sady tsy misy mahatery azy, fa mahazo manaraka ny safidiny ka ninia tao am-pony hiaro ny zananivavy virijina, dia hanao tsara izy.

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

³⁸Ka izay manome ny zanany virijina hampakarina dia manao tsara, ary izay tsy manome azy hampakarina no manao tsaratsara kokoa.

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.

³⁹Ny vavy voafehin'ny lalàna, raha mbola velona ny lahy; fa raha maty kosa ny lahy, dia afaka hanam-bady izay tiany izy, nefa ao amin'ny Tompo ihany.Nefa raha araka ny hevitro, sambatra kokoa izy raha mitoetra toy izao ihany; ary ataoko fa izaho koa manana ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra.

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

⁴⁰Nefa raha araka ny hevitro, sambatra kokoa izy raha mitoetra toy izao ihany; ary ataoko fa izaho koa manana ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra.