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Ìgbéyàwó

Ní báyìí, nítorí àwọn ohun tí ẹ ṣe kọ̀wé: Ó dára fún ọkùnrin kí ó máa ṣe ni ìdàpọ̀ pẹ̀lú obìnrin. Ṣùgbọ́n nítorí àgbèrè pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́ẹ́ kí ọkùnrin kọ̀ọ̀kan gbéyàwó tirẹ̀. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí obìnrin kọ̀ọ̀kan ní ọkọ tirẹ̀. Kí ọkùnrin kí ó fi gbogbo ẹ̀tọ́ ìyàwó rẹ̀ fún ún, kí ìyàwó fi gbogbo ẹ̀tọ́ ọkọ fún ọkọ rẹ̀. Aya kò láṣẹ lórí ara rẹ̀ mọ́, ara rẹ̀ ti di ti ọkọ rẹ̀. Bákan náà ni ọkùnrin tí ó gbéyàwó kò ní àṣẹ lórí ara rẹ̀ mọ́, ara rẹ̀ ti di ti ìyàwó rẹ̀. (A)Nítorí náà, ẹ má ṣe fi àwọn ẹ̀tọ́ tọkọtaya wọ̀nyí dun ara yín, bí kò ṣe nípa ìfìmọ̀ṣọ̀kan, kí ẹ̀yin lè fi ara yín fún àwẹ̀ àti àdúrà, kí ẹ̀yin sì tún jùmọ̀ pàdé, lẹ́yìn ìgbà náà, wọ́n gbọdọ̀ padà sọ́dọ̀ ara wọn kí Satani má ba à dán wọn wò nítorí àìlèmáradúró wọn. Mo sọ èyí fún un yín bí ìmọ̀ràn ní kì í ṣe bí àṣẹ. (B)Ó wù mí kí olúkúlùkù dàbí èmi, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo ènìyàn kò le jẹ́ bákan náà, Ọlọ́run fún olúkúlùkù ènìyàn ní ẹ̀bùn tirẹ̀, ọ̀kan bí irú èyí àti èkejì bí irú òmíràn.

Nítorí náà, mo wí fún àwọn àpọ́n àti opó pé, ó sàn kí wọ́n kúkú wà gẹ́gẹ́ bí èmi tí wà. (C)Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọ́n kò bá lè mú ara dúró, kí wọ́n gbéyàwó tàbí kí wọ́n fẹ́ ọkọ, nítorí pé ó sàn láti gbéyàwó jù láti ṣe ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ lọ.

10 Àwọn ti ó ti gbéyàwó àti àwọn tí ó lọ́kọ, ni mo fẹ́ pa á láṣẹ fún kì í ṣe láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi ṣùgbọ́n láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa: “Obìnrin kò gbọdọ̀ kọ́ fi ọkọ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.” 11 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá fi ọkọ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀; jẹ́ kí ó wà láìní ọkọ mọ́, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, kí ó bá ọkọ rẹ̀ làjà, kí ọkọ kí ó má ṣe aya rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.

12 (D)Mo fẹ́ fi àwọn ìmọ̀ràn kan kún ún fún un yín, kì í ṣe àṣẹ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa. Bí arákùnrin bá fẹ́ aya tí kò gbàgbọ́, tí aya náà sá á fẹ́ dúró tí ọkọ náà, ọkọ náà tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́ kò gbọdọ̀ kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀. 13 Tí ó bá sì jẹ́ obìnrin ló fẹ́ ọkọ tí kò gbàgbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí ọkọ náà ń fẹ́ kí obìnrin yìí dúró tí òun, aya náà kò gbọdọ̀ kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀. 14 Nítorí pé ó ṣe é ṣe kí a lè mú ọkọ tí kò gba Kristi gbọ́ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run nípa aya tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́, a sì le mú ìyàwó tí kò gba Kristi gbọ́ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run nípa ọkọ tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́. Bí kò bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, àwọn ọmọ wọn yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọn kò bá kọ ara wọn sílẹ̀, ó ṣe é ṣe kí àwọn ọmọ wọn di mímọ́.

15 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin tí i ṣe aláìgbàgbọ́ náà bá fẹ́ láti lọ, jẹ́ kí ó máa lọ. Arákùnrin tàbí arábìnrin náà kò sí lábẹ́ ìdè mọ́; Ọlọ́run ti pè wá láti gbé ní àlàáfíà. 16 (E)Báwo ni ẹ̀yin aya ṣe le mọ̀ pé bóyá ẹ̀yin ni yóò gba ọkọ yín là? Bákan náà ni a lè wí nípa ọkọ tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́ pé, kò sí ìdánilójú pé aya aláìgbàgbọ́ le yípadà láti di onígbàgbọ́ nípa dídúró ti ọkọ.

Ọ̀rọ̀ nípa ipò ti a wa

17 (F)Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù máa gbé ìgbé ayé tí Ọlọ́run ń fẹ́ yín fún, àti nínú èyí tí Olúwa pè é sí. Ìlànà àti òfin mi fún gbogbo ìjọ ni èyí. 18 (G)Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin kan ha ti kọlà nígbà tí a pè é? Kí ó má sì ṣe di aláìkọlà. Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin kan ha ti kọlà nígbà tí a pè é? Kí ó ma ṣe kọlà. 19 (H)Ìkọlà kò jẹ́ nǹkan àti àìkọlà kò jẹ́ nǹkan, bí kò ṣe pípa òfin Ọlọ́run mọ́. 20 Ó yẹ kí ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan máa ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó ń ṣe tẹ́lẹ̀, kí Ọlọ́run tó pé é sínú ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi.

21 Ǹjẹ́ ẹrú ni ọ́ bí nígbà ti a pè ọ́? Má ṣe kà á sí. Ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ bá le di òmìnira, kúkú ṣe èyí nì. 22 (I)Tí ó bá jẹ́ ẹrú, ti Olúwa sì pé ọ, rántí pé Kristi ti sọ ọ́ di òmìnira kúrò lọ́wọ́ agbára búburú ti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Tí ó bá sì ti pé ọ̀ nítòótọ́ tí ó sì ti di òmìnira, ó ti di ẹrú Kristi. 23 (J)A sì ti rà yín ní iye kan, nítorí náà ẹ má ṣe di ẹrú ènìyàn. 24 Ará, jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù ènìyàn, nínú èyí tí a pè é, kí ó dúró nínú ọ̀kan náà pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run.

Ọ̀rọ̀ nípa àwọn àpọ́n

25 Ṣùgbọ́n nípa ti àwọn wúńdíá: èmi kò ní àṣẹ kankan láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n mo wí fún yín ní ìdájọ́ bí ẹni tí ó rí àánú Olúwa gbà láti jẹ́ olódodo. 26 Nítorí náà mo rò pé èyí dára nítorí wàhálà ìsinsin yìí, èyí nì ni pé o dára fún ènìyàn kí ó wà bí o ṣe wà. 27 Ǹjẹ́ ó ti ṣe ẹlẹ́rìí láti fẹ́ ìyàwó. Ẹ má ṣe kọ ara yín sílẹ̀, nítorí èyí tí mo wí yìí. Ṣùgbọ́n tí o kò bá sì tí ìgbéyàwó, tàbí fẹ́ ọkọ, má ṣe sáré láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ lákokò yìí. 28 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá gbé ìyàwó ìwọ kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀, bí a bá gbé wúńdíá ní ìyàwó òun kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n irú àwọn tí ó bá gbé ìyàwó yóò dojúkọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wàhálà nípa ti ara: ṣùgbọ́n èmi fẹ́ dá a yín sí.

29 (K)Òun ti mo ń wí ará, ni pé kúkúrú ni àkókò, láti ìsinsin yìí lọ, ẹni tí ó ni aya kí ó dàbí ẹni tí kò ní rí; 30 àwọn tí ń sọkún, bí ẹni pé wọn kò sọkún rí, àti àwọn tí ń yọ̀ bí ẹni pé wọn kò yọ̀ rí, àti àwọn tí ń rà bí ẹni pé wọn kò ní rí, 31 àti àwọn tó ń lo ohun ayé yìí, bí ẹni tí kò ṣe àṣejù nínú wọn: nítorí ìgbà ayé yìí ń kọjá lọ.

32 (L)Nínú gbogbo nǹkan tí ẹ bá ń ṣe ni mo tí fẹ́ kí ẹ sọ ara yín di òmìnira lọ́wọ́ àníyàn. Ọkùnrin tí kò ní ìyàwó le lo àkókò rẹ̀ láti fi ṣiṣẹ́ fún Olúwa, yóò sì má ronú bí ó ti ṣe le tẹ́ Olúwa lọ́rùn. 33 Ṣùgbọ́n ọkùnrin tí ó bá tí ṣe ìgbéyàwó kò le ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí ó ní láti ronú àwọn nǹkan rẹ̀ nínú ayé yìí àti bí ó ti ṣe le tẹ́ aya rẹ̀ lọ́rùn, 34 dájúdájú, ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ pín sí ọ̀nà méjì. Bákan náà ló rí fún obìnrin tí a gbé ní ìyàwó àti wúńdíá. Obìnrin tí kò bá tí ì délé ọkọ a máa tọ́jú ohun tí ṣe ti Olúwa, kí òun lè jẹ́ mímọ́ ní ara àti ní ẹ̀mí. Ṣùgbọ́n ọmọbìnrin tí a bá ti gbé níyàwó, a máa ṣe ìtọ́jú ohun tí ṣe ti ayé, bí yóò ti ṣe le tẹ́ ọkọ rẹ̀ lọ́rùn. 35 Mo ń sọ èyí fún àǹfààní ara yín kì í ṣe láti dá yín lẹ́kun ṣùgbọ́n kí ẹ̀yin lè gbé ní ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́ kí ẹ sì lè máa sin Olúwa láìsí ìyapa ọkàn.

36 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá rò pé òun kò ṣe ohun tí ó yẹ sí wúńdíá rẹ̀ ti ìpòùngbẹ rẹ si pọ si, bí ó bá sí tọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ó ṣe bí ó tí fẹ́, òun kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀, jẹ́ kí wọn gbé ìyàwó. 37 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó dúró ṣinṣin ni ọkàn rẹ̀, tí kò ní àìgbọdọ̀ má ṣe, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó ní agbára lórí ìfẹ́ ara rẹ̀, tí ó sì ti pinnu ní ọkàn rẹ̀ pé, òun ó pa wúńdíá ọmọbìnrin òun mọ́, yóò ṣe rere. 38 Bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ní ẹni tí ó fi wúńdíá ọmọbìnrin fún ni ní ìgbéyàwó, ó ṣe rere; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí kò fi fún ni ní ìgbéyàwó ṣe rere jùlọ.

39 (M)A fi òfin dé obìnrin níwọ̀n ìgbà tí òun pẹ̀lú ọkọ rẹ̀ wà láààyè, bí ọkọ rẹ̀ bá kú, ó ní òmìnira láti ṣe ìgbéyàwó pẹ̀lú ọkùnrin mìíràn, tí ó bá wù ú ó sì gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ ti Olúwa. 40 (N)Ṣùgbọ́n nínú èrò tèmi obìnrin náà yóò ní ayọ̀ púpọ̀, tí kò bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó mìíràn mọ́. Mo sì rò pé mo ń fún un yín ní ìmọ̀ràn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run nígbà tí mo ń sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.

Concerning Married Life

Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(A) But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(B) and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(C) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(D) will not tempt you(E) because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command.(F) I wish that all of you were as I am.(G) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(H)

Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(I) But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(J) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(K) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(L) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(M) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(N)

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(O) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(P) your husband?(Q) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Concerning Change of Status

17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(R) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(S) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(T) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(U) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(V)

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(W) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(X) 23 You were bought at a price;(Y) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(Z)

Concerning the Unmarried

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(AA) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(AB) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(AC) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(AD) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(AE) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(AF) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(AG)

32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(AH)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(AI) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(AJ) devotion to the Lord.

36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[b] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(AK) They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right,(AL) but he who does not marry her does better.[c]

39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(AM) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(AN) 40 In my judgment,(AO) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:38 Or 36 If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.