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¶ Bon. Koulye a ann wè keksyon nou te mande m' nan lèt nou an: Wi. Yon nonm fè byen si l' pa marye.

Men, sitèlman gen dezòd lachè deyò a, se pou chak gason gen madanm pa yo. Konsa tou, se pou chak fanm gen mari pa yo.

Se pou gason an fè tout devwa yon mari dwe fè anvè madanm li. Konsa tou, se pou fanm lan fè tout devwa yon madanm dwe fè anvè mari li.

Madanm lan pa ka fè sa l' vle ak kò li. Se pou mari a kò madanm lan ye. Konsa tou, yon mari pa ka fè sa l' vle ak kò li. Se pou madanm lan kò mari a ye.

Piga yonn repouse lòt, esepte si nou te antann nou sou sa pou yon moman pou nou ka lapriyè. Men apre sa, tounen tounen nou ansanm pou n' viv tankou mari ak madanm. Si nou pa fè l' konsa, nou riske pa ka kontwole kò nou ankò. Lè sa a, n'a ka tonbe pi fasil nan pèlen Satan.

Se pa yon lòd m'ap bay lè m' di sa, men se yon pèmisyon.

Pou di vre, mwen ta pito wè tout moun fè tankou mwen. Men, chak moun gen kado pa yo Bondye ba yo. Yon moun resevwa yon kalite kado, yon lòt moun resevwa yon lòt kalite kado.

Men sa m'ap di moun ki pa marye yo ansanm ak vèv yo. Li ta pi bon pou yo rete tankou m', pou kont yo.

Men, si nou pa ka kontwole kò nou, marye marye nou. Pito nou marye pase pou n' kite lanvi boule nou.

10 ¶ Kanta pou moun marye yo, men lòd mwen ba yo (Sa pa soti nan mwen non, men nan Seyè a menm): Lè yon fanm marye, li pa dwe kite ak mari li.

11 Si li rive kite avè l', se pou l' rete pou kont li, san l' pa remarye. Pase pou l' ta remarye, pito li tounen ak mari l' ankò. Konsa tou, yon mari pa dwe mete madanm li deyò.

12 Pou lòt yo menm, men sa m'ap di: (Fwa sa a, sa se konsèy pa mwen. Sa pa soti nan Seyè a.) Si yon mari ki gen konfyans nan Kris la gen yon fanm ki pa gen konfyans nan Kris la, epi si fanm lan dakò pou l' kontinye viv avè l', mari a pa gen dwa mete l' deyò.

13 Konsa tou, si yon fanm ki gen konfyans nan Kris la gen yon mari ki li menm pa gen konfyans nan Kris la, epi si mari a dakò pou l' kontinye viv avè li, li pa fèt pou kite ak mari a.

14 Mari ki pa gen konfyans lan, Bondye asepte l' paske l'ap viv ansanm ak madanm li ki gen konfyans. Konsa tou, madanm ki pa gen konfyans lan, Bondye asepte l' paske l'ap viv ansanm ak mari l' ki gen konfyans. Si sa pa t' konsa, pitit nou yo ta tankou pitit moun lòt nasyon yo. Men, jan sa ye a, yo menm tou Bondye asepte yo.

15 Men, si moun ki pa gen konfyans lan vle kite, li mèt kite. Nan ka sa a, frè a osinon sè a pa gen ankenn angajman ankò. Paske, Bondye rele nou pou nou viv ak kè poze.

16 Eske ou konnen, ou menm madanm ki gen konfyans lan, si ou p'ap sove mari ou? Eske ou konnen, ou menm mari ki gen konfyans lan, si ou p'ap sove madanm ou?

17 ¶ Esepte nan ka sa a, se pou chak moun kontinye viv dapre kado Bondye ba yo, jan yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a. Se lòd sa a mwen bay nan tout legliz yo.

18 Si yon moun te deja sikonsi lè Bondye te rele l' la, li pa bezwen chache wete mak sikonsizyon an sou li. Si yon moun pa t' sikonsi lè Bondye te rele l' la, li pa bezwen fè yo sikonsi li.

19 Kit ou sikonsi, kit ou pa sikonsi, sa pa konsekan ankò. Sa ki konsekan an se obeyi pou nou obeyi kòmandman Bondye yo.

20 Se pou chak moun rete jan yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a.

21 Si ou te esklav lè Bondye te rele ou la, pa chaje tèt ou pou sa. Men, si chans pou ou ou ka vin lib, pwofite chans lan.

22 Yon moun ki esklav, depi Bondye rele l', se yon moun lib sou kont Seyè a li ye. Konsa tou, moun ki lib la, depi Bondye rele l', se esklav Kris la li ye.

23 Bondye te achte nou. Li peye byen chè pou sa. Pa tounen esklav moun.

24 Frè m' yo, se pou chak moun rete devan Bondye nan kondisyon yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a.

25 ¶ Kanta pou moun ki pa marye yo, Seyè a pa ban m' ankenn lòd pou yo. M'ap bay lide pa m', epi nou te mèt fè m' konfyans akòz favè Bondye fè m' nan kè sansib li gen pou mwen an.

26 Jan tan an difisil koulye a, men lide m' fè nan tèt mwen. Mwen kwè sa bon pou yon nonm rete jan l' ye a.

27 Si l' gen tan gen yon madanm, li pa bezwen chache separe avè li. Si l' poko marye, li pa bezwen chache yon madanm.

28 Si l' ta vle marye tou, li mèt; li p'ap fè ankenn peche. Konsa tou, si yon jenn fi vle marye, li pa fè peche pou sa. Men, moun k'ap marye yo pral gen kont traka yo nan lavi a. Mwen pa ta renmen wè sa rive yo.

29 Frè m' yo, men sa m' vle di: Pa gen anpil tan ki rete ankò. Depi koulye a, se pou moun marye yo viv tankou si yo pa t' marye.

30 Se pou moun k'ap kriye yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen lapenn. Moun ki gen kè kontan yo, se pou yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen kè kontan. Se pou moun k'ap achte yo viv tankou si sa yo achte a pa t' pou yo.

31 Moun ki rich sou latè, se pou yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen anyen. Paske, jan sa ye koulye a nan lemonn, sa pa la pou lontan ankò.

32 Mwen pa ta renmen wè nou gen ankenn tèt chaje. Yon nonm ki pa marye, l'ap okipe zafè Seyè a sèlman. L'ap chache fè Seyè a plezi.

33 Yon moun ki marye, l'ap okipe zafè lemonn tou paske l'ap chache fè madanm li plezi.

34 Lè sa a, li vin gen de okipasyon. Konsa tou, yon fanm ki san mari, osinon yon jenn fi ki pa marye, sè zafè Seyè a sèlman y'ap okipe, paske yo vle mete tout kò yo, tout nanm yo apa pou li. Men, sa ki marye yo ap okipe zafè lemonn tou, paske y'ap chache fè mari yo plezi.

35 Se pou byen nou m'ap di nou sa. Mwen pa vle mare pye pesonn. Okontrè, mwen vle pou nou tout viv jan nou wè l' pi bon pou nou an, epi pou nou toujou rete fè m' ap sèvi Seyè a san dezanpare.

36 ¶ Ann wè koulye a keksyon de fiyanse ki pran desizyon pou yo rete san yo pa marye. Si jenn gason an santi li pa ka kontinye aji jan l' te dwe ak jenn fi a, si l' pa ka kontwole lanvi l' ankò, si l' wè se nesesè pou yo marye, yo mèt marye jan l' vle l' la. Li pa fè ankenn peche pou sa.

37 Konsa tou, si jenn gason an pran fèm desizyon pou l' pa marye, si l' kapab kontwole volonte l', si li deside nan tèt li se sa pou l' fè, enben, li fè byen si l' pa marye ak jenn fi a.

38 Konsa, jenn gason ki marye ak fiyanse l' la fè byen. Men, sa ki pa marye a fè pi byen toujou.

39 ¶ Yon fanm marye gen angajman ak mari l' toutotan mari a vivan. Men, si mari a mouri, li lib marye ak moun li vle, depi se ak yon moun ki patizan Kris la.

40 Men, l'ap gen mwens tèt chaje si l' rete jan l' ye a. Sa se lide pa mwen. Epi mwen kwè poutèt pa m' mwen gen Lespri Bondye a avè mwen.

Konsènan maryaj

Kounye a mwen pral reponn kesyon nou te poze m nan lèt nou te voye a. Kèk nan nou mande m èske l pa t ap pi bon pou yon nonm pa fè sèks ditou. Men poutèt peche seksyèl se yon gwo danje, se pou chak gason pran anpil plezi nan pwòp madanm li, se pou chak madanm pran anpil nan pwòp mari li. Yon mari dwe ranpli wòl mari li nan relasyon l ak madanm li. Yon madanm dwe fè devwa madanm li nan relasyon l ak mari li. Madanm lan pa ka fè sa l vle ak kò li. Kò madanm nan se pou mari l li ye. Menm jan an tou, yon mari pa ka fè sa l vle ak kò li. Kò mari a se pou madanm li. Mari ak madanm pa dwe refize fè sèks youn ak lòt. Sèlman, nou ka antann nou alavans pou fè yon ti kanpe sou afè sèks pou nou pase tan nan lapriyè. Touswit apre, retounen ansanm pou Satan pa pwofite pwen fèb nou pou tante nou. Mwen di sa pou m ka ban nou pèmisyon pou nou fè yon ti separe pou yon ti tan. Se pa yon lòd m ap pase. Mwen swete tout moun te menm jan avè m. Men mwen rekonèt Bondye bay chak moun don pa yo. Li pèmèt youn viv yon fason. Li bay kèk moun kapasite pou yo viv yon fason, kèk lòt menm li ba yo kapasite pou viv yon lòt fason.

Kounye a pou moun ki pa marye yo ak sa yo ki vèv, men sa m ap di: Se yon bon bagay pou nou rete selibatè menm jan avè m. Men si nou pa ka kontwole kò nou, se pou nou marye. Li pi bon pou nou marye olye anvi seksyèl limen boukan dife nan kò nou.

10 Pou moun ki marye yo, m ap pase nou yon lòd. An reyalite, se Senyè a li menm ki pase lòd sa a: yon madanm pa dwe separe ak mari li. 11 Men oka ou sa ta rive, se pou madanm rete san lòt gason oubyen se pou l tounen ak mari li. Menm jan tou yon mari pa gen dwa divòse ak madanm li.

12 Men konsèy mwen gen pou lòt moun yo. Senyè a pa t abòde aspè sa a nan ansèyman l yo. Si yon mari kwayan gen yon madanm ki pa kwayan ki dakò pou rete viv avè l, li pa dwe divòse avè l. 13 Si yon madanm kwayan gen yon mari ki pa kwayan ki dakò pou rete viv avè l, li pa dwe divòse avè l. 14 Mari ki pa kwayan an vin pi pwòch Bondye poutèt relasyon l ak madanm li ki kwayan. Madanm ki pa kwayan an vin pi pwòch Bondye poutèt relasyon li ak ki kwayan. Si se pa sa, pitit yo fè t ap tankou moun ki pa gen anyen pou wè ak Bondye. Poutan yo trè pwòch Bondye.

15 Men si mari a oubyen madanm ki pa kwayan an deside pou l retire kò l, kite l ale. Lè ka sa a rive, kwayan an, swa mari a swa madanm nan, li lib pa rapò ak relasyon sa a. Bondye rele pou nou viv anpè. 16 Ou pa janm konnen! Se petèt ou menm madanm Bondye ap sèvi pou sove mari w. Se petèt ou menm mari, Bondye ap sèvi pou sove madanm ou.

Viv nan kondisyon Bondye te rele w la

17 Sèlman, se pou chak moun kontinye viv selon lòd Senyè a ba li ak nan kondisyon Bondye te rele l la. Sa se prensip mwen bay kwayan nan tout legliz yo pou yo swiv. 18 Ou te gen tan sikonsi lè Bondye te rele w, pa chache fè operasyon pou defèt sikonsizyon an. Ou pa t sikonsi lè Bondye te rele w pa chache sikonsi. 19 Sikonsi ou pa, sa pa enpòtan. Sa k enpòtan se swiv kòmandman Bondye. 20 Se pou chak moun rete nan kondisyon Bondye te rele l la. 21 Èske w te esklav lè Bondye te rele w? Pa ba tèt ou pwoblèm. Men si ou jwenn okazyon pou vin lib, pwofite opòtinite a. 22 Esklav Senyè a rele a se yon moun lib li ye. Se Senyè a ki mèt li. Moun lib Senyè a rele a vin tounen esklav li. 23 Bondye achte w chè. Pa vin tounen esklav pèsonn. 24 Frè m ak sè m yo, se pou chak moun rete nan kondisyon Bondye te rele l la.

Ka moun ki pa marye yo

25 Kounye konsènan ka moun ki pa marye yo,[a] mwen pa resevwa okenn lòd espesyal nan men Senyè a. Men mwen vle bay yon opinyon nou ka fè konfyans. Bondye fè m gras nan sans sa a. 26 Akoz jan tan an ye kounye a, li pi bon pou rete jan w ye a. 27 Ou marye ak yon fi? Pa chache kraze maryaj ou! Ou pa gen madanm? Pa chache yon madanm. 28 Men se pa yon peche si ou deside marye. Se pa yon peche si yon demwazèl ki pa ko janm marye deside pou l marye. Sèlman, moun ki marye ap gen pou fè fas ak traka lavi chak jou a, epi m pa ta renmen sa pou ou.

29 Frè m ak sè m yo, men sa m vle di: Pa gen anpil tan ki rete ankò. Konsa depi kounye a, yon nonm ki gen madanm ta dwe viv san sousi tankou yon nonm ki pa gen madanm. 30 Yon moun k ap kriye oubyen yon moun ki nan kè kontan, se pou yo pa bay sa enpòtans. Si ou achte yon bagay, ou pa bezwen fè kè w kontan paske ou vin posede l. 31 Nou ta dwe sèvi ak bagay ki nan mond lan san kite yo vin enpòtan pou nou. Se konsa nou ta dwe viv, paske mond sa a, jan lye kounye a, l ap disparèt nan yon ti kras tan ankò.

32 Mwen pa vle nou chaje tèt nou. Tout sousi yon nonm ki pa marye se pou travay Senyè a. L ap chache jan pou l fè Senyè a plezi. 33 Men yon nonm marye gen anpil sousi pou bagay nan mond sa a, paske l ap chache wè kijan pou l fè madanm li plezi. 34 Konsa atansyon l divize an de. Menm jan an tou yon dam ki pa marye oubyen yon demwazèl ki pa t janm marye, sèl sousi li se travay Senyè a. Li mete kò ak lespri l toutantye nan sèvis Senyè a. Men yon dam marye gen anpil sousi pou bagay nan mond sa a, paske l ap chache wè kijan pou l fè mari l plezi. 35 Sa m ap di w la se enterè w m ap chache, se pa pye m ap chache mare. Mwen ta renmen chwazi pi bon jan pou nou sèvi Senyè a san distraksyon.

36 Si yon jèn gason santi li fè fiyanse l ditò poutèt li pa ko marye avè l. Li pa ka kontwole pasyon kò li[b] Si santiman yo tèlman fò youn pou lòt pou yo ta rete san yo pa marye. Se pou yo marye! Se pa yon peche. 37 Men yon nonm ki gen fèm konviksyon epi ki pa anba presyon ki deside ak pwòp volonte l pou pa marye, li pa fè anyen ki mal. 38 Yon nonm ki marye fè byen. Yon nonm ki pa marye fè pi byen toujou.

39 Yon madanm dwe rete marye ak mari l toutotan li vivan. Men si mari a mouri, madanm nan lib pou l marye ak moun li vle. Sèl kondisyon: fòk moun sa se yon disip Senyè a. 40 Men li t ap pi bon pou dam sa a si l te ret konsa. Sa se opinyon pa m. Mwen konsidere Sentespri a apwouve sa.

Footnotes

  1. 7:25 moun ki pa marye yo Literalman, “vyèj yo”.
  2. 7:36 Li pa ka … pasyon kò li Oubyen “Fi a prèske depase laj nòmal moun marye.”

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.