1 Corinthians 7
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World English Bible
Kadede Kap (Pohnpeian New Testament and Psalms)
1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1A IET duen me komail intine don ia, a mau on aramaj amen, a ender jair li amen.
2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
2Ari jo, amen amen en ale pein a warok li, o amen amen en ale pein a warok ol, pwen der dender.
3Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
3Ol o en wiai on a warok li me inen, a pil dueta li on a warok ol.
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.
4Li o jota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok. Pil dueta ol o jota kak poedi pein war a, a a warok.
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.
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.
6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
6Mepukat kaidin kujoned eu, pwe pein ai lamelam.
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.
7A i men aramaj akan karoj en dueta nai. A amen amen aleer pein a pai en mak jan ren Kot duen amen amen.
8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
8A nai indai on me jo papaud o li odi kan, me mau irail en dadaur dueta nai.
9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
9A ma irail jota kak on, irail en papaud; me mau papaud jan dender.
10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
10O on me papaud akan nai me ilaki wei, a kaidin nai pwe Kauno: Li papaud ender kamuei wei jan 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.
11A ma a muei wei janer, i en dadaurete a kirip de kadeke a warok, o ol ender kajela a warok.
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.
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.
13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
13Pil dueta li amen, ma a warok jopojon amen o a men mimieta re a, a ender kajela ol o,
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.
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.
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.
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.
16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
16Pwe iaduen, koe li o, koe aja, me koe pan kak kamaurela ol o? De koe ol, koe pan kamaurela li o?
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.
17A duen Kaun o pan on amen amen, duen Kot molipe on amen amen, iduen dadaurata; nan iduen nai ilakilan momodijou akan karoj.
18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
18Ma amen me paeker ni jirkomjaij, i en dadaurata a jirkomjaij, a ma amen me paeker ni jojirkomjaij, i ender ian jirkomjaij.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
19Pwe kaidin meakot jirkomjaij, o pil kaidin meakot jojirkomjaij, a wiawia kujoned en Kot akan.
20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
20Amen amen en dadaurata udan a koa ni a paeker.
21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
21Ma koe paeker ni om ladu, koe der injenjuedeki, a ma koe pan kak maioda jan, ari pil me mau.
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.
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.
23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
23Komail me neti kidar pai eu, der wiala ladun aramaj akan.
24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
24Ri ai kan, amen amen dadaurata ut arail ren Kot.
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.
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.
26Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
26let me i lameda, me mau on aramaj jota papaud, pwe ni anjau apwal wet.
27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
27Ma koe kapapaud on li amen, ender men muei jan, a ma jo om paud mia, ender rapaki li amen.
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.
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.
29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
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;
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;
30O me kin janejan, dene jota janejan; o me kin pereperen, dene jota ar peren; o me kin netinet, dene jota ar kapwa.
31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
31O me dodokki jappa, ren kalaka, pwe eder wiaki me jued. Pwe mom en jappa et pan rojala.
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;
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.
33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
33A me papaud, kin lamelame, me kon on jappa, duen a pan kaperenda a paud.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
38Ari, ma amen pan papaud me mau, a ma amen jota pan papaud, me mau jan.
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.
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.
40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
40Meid pai, ma a pan dadaurata a kirip duen me i lameda, A nai aja, me Nen en Kot pil kotikot re i.
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