Men Korint I 7
Kadede Kap (Pohnpeian New Testament and Psalms)
World English Bible
1A IET duen me komail intine don ia, a mau on aramaj amen, a ender jair li amen.
1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2Ari jo, amen amen en ale pein a warok li, o amen amen en ale pein a warok ol, pwen der dender.
2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3Ol o en wiai on a warok li me inen, a pil dueta li on a warok ol.
3Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4Li o jota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok. Pil dueta ol o jota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok.
4The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5Der jo oke amen amen, ma jo, pweki inau anjau kij, pwen mot ijejol rer ekij o kapakap, ap pur pena, pwe Jatan de kajonejon komail omail jo oke pena.
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.
6Mepukat kaidin kujoned eu, pwe pein ai lamelam.
6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7A i men aramaj akan karoj en dueta nai. A amen amen aleer pein a pai en mak jan ren Kot duen amen amen.
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.
8A nai indai on me jo papaud o li odi kan, me mau irail en dadaur dueta nai.
8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9A ma irail jota kak on, irail en papaud; me mau papaud jan dender.
9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10O on me papaud akan nai me ilaki wei, a kaidin nai pwe Kauno: Li papaud ender kamuei wei jan a warok!
10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11A ma a muei wei janer, i en dadaurete a kirip de kadeke a warok, o ol ender kajela a warok.
11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12Kaidin Kaun o, pwe nai men indan me tei kan: Ma ri atail ol amen mia, me a paud jopojon amen, ap men mimieta re a, a ender kajela li o.
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.
13Pil dueta li amen, ma a warok jopojon amen o a men mimieta re a, a ender kajela ol o,
13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14Pwe ol jopojon me kajaraui kilar li o, o li jopojon kajaraui kilar ol o, pwe ma a jo due met, noumail jeri kan me jamin, a met irail me jaraui.
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.
15A ma me jopojon o pan muei wei jan, ari i en muei wei jan; ri ol de ri li jota kin kaupindi ni mepukat. A Kot me kotin molipe kitail, pwen popol pena.
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.
16Pwe iaduen, koe li o, koe aja, me koe pan kak kamaurela ol o? De koe ol, koe pan kamaurela li o?
16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17A duen Kaun o pan on amen amen, duen Kot molipe on amen amen, iduen dadaurata; nan iduen nai ilakilan momodijou akan karoj.
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.
18Ma amen me paeker ni jirkomjaij, i en dadaurata a jirkomjaij, a ma amen me paeker ni jojirkomjaij, i ender ian jirkomjaij.
18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19Pwe kaidin meakot jirkomjaij, o pil kaidin meakot jojirkomjaij, a wiawia kujoned en Kot akan.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20Amen amen en dadaurata udan a koa ni a paeker.
20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21Ma koe paeker ni om ladu, koe der injenjuedeki, a ma koe pan kak maioda jan, ari pil me mau.
21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22Pwe ladu men, me paeker on Kaun o, nan a maio ren Kaun o; o pil dueta me maio men paeker ap pan ladun Krijtuj men.
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.
23Komail me neti kidar pai eu, der wiala ladun aramaj akan.
23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24Ri ai kan, amen amen dadaurata ut arail ren Kot.
24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25A duen peinekap akan, jota kujoned eu jan ren Kaun o; a pein ai lamelam mia, pwe i aleer mak en Kaun, pwen kak melel.
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.
26let me i lameda, me mau on aramaj jota papaud, pwe ni anjau apwal wet.
26Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27Ma koe kapapaud on li amen, ender men muei jan, a ma jo om paud mia, ender rapaki li amen.
27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28A kaidin dip eu, ma koe pan papaud; o ma jeripein amen pan papaud, kaidin dip. A a pan apwal on mepukat ni pali uduk arail. A nai jota men, me apwal kot en lel on komail.
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.
29A ri ai kan, mepukat i indada, pweki anjau o me motomot. A pil eu: Me mau on me ar warok mier, en wia dene jota ar warok;
29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30O me kin janejan, dene jota janejan; o me kin pereperen, dene jota ar peren; o me kin netinet, dene jota ar kapwa.
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;
31O me dodokki jappa, ren kalaka, pwe eder wiaki me jued. Pwe mom en jappa et pan rojala.
31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32A i men, komail ender lodi on me apwal. Me jota papaud, kin apwali me japwilim en Kaun o, duen a pan kaperenda Kaun o.
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;
33A me papaud, kin lamelame, me kon on jappa, duen a pan kaperenda a paud.
33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34A nan pun en li papaud o peinekap me wuk pajan: Me jota papaud, kin apwali me japwilim en Kaun o, pwen jaraui ni pali war o pil ni pali nen; a me papaud, kin inon ion me kijan jappa, duen a pan kak kaperenda a warok.
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.
35Mepukat i inda wei, pwen kamaui komail, a kaidin pwen jaliedi komail, a pwen jauaja komail, pwe karoj en inen o pun re omail, o pwe komail en papa Kaun o.
35This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
36A ma amen lamelame, me japun, ma a jota pan mueid on na jeripein, me mau on papaud, en papaud; ari, a pan wia duen me a mauki, pwe kaidin dip, ma a pan mueid on i en papaud.
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.
37A ma amen me kelail ni monion i, pil kelail on kaunda, pein injen a, ap inauki on nan monion i en kolekol na jeripein, I me mau.
37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38Ari, ma amen pan papaud me mau, a ma amen jota pan papaud, me mau jan.
38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39Li papaud amen me kaupina kidi pun en papaud arain a warok memaur; a ol o lao mela, nan a maio on kapapaud, me a mauki, i eta; a en wiaui ren Kaun.
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.
40Meid pai, ma a pan dadaurata a kirip duen me i lameda, A nai aja, me Nen en Kot pil kotikot re i.
40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
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