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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

⁶Te na kodia mishtimata chi kerav anda late zakonuria.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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;

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

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;

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;

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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