1 PBA Fed ho'o, na an-anba i hul nenho: no' fa lotebarba, ob bar a'tor neneho a'raham. BSB BSB: Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
2 PBA Sobo, ob bar a'ra a'hal panenho a'rafe, mino' honi he'e, lotebarho ob a'ra, med ob bardi lote a'ra. BSB BSB: But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
3 PBA Lote sei karesang baleta a'no' a'n med so ob e're'eng, obdi panen honi med solote e're'eng. BSB BSB: The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 PBA Ob e' sobobom sari ualang nene sobo, loteso ob ualang. Lotedi e' sobobom sari ualang nene sobo, obso lote ualang. BSB BSB: The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
5 PBA Ha'ai ielet nene, sobo mang fede' i u'inungam puin sel utaro' a'pite' med a'o'me e're'eng. No' honi he'e i foil ira fetang ham-ham honie, setang iri pate e' fede, iom tahangfe ho, i e' kufa' dai. BSB BSB: Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6 PBA Sobo Na iramateng ho'o, sano' sel il a'pite', e iri parenta nene. BSB BSB: I say this as a concession, not as a command.
8 PBA O'ba e' nika nene med ob a'lofeho, na ubangho, mino' sohe'e, supi mangfede' nari honi. BSB BSB: Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 PBA Honi sobo, mangfede' supi som tahangsah, honi he'e supi nika. Fede', supi nika somino' puin tanut a atalol uhair honie ha'ai fail oh e'. BSB BSB: But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 PBA O' nika amho, na parenta en (e' nari nene, sobo Tuhan) sariho ob ha'ai so lote ad, BSB BSB: To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 PBA (sobo mangfede' sa soloteho so adamso, honi he'e sa ha'ai foil lote med e', soeme foil sabor soloteho a'ra tohuil e'), med lotedi so obho ad nene. BSB BSB: But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 PBA Mi e'mota Na ubang, (nariso, e' Tuhan nene) sariho mangfede' di'ailnu o' ob ho e' o' a'tino' bit dai, sobo sari ob ho inung ara fetang honi he'e, sa ha'ai so ob ho ad e'. BSB BSB: To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
13 PBA Foil ba angnu mangfede' ai ob nu o'loteho e' Lahtal o'a'tino' bit dai sobo loteho inung a'ra fetang, honi he'e sa ha'ai soloteho ad e'. BSB BSB: And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
14 PBA Fede' loteba e' o' a'tino' bit daiho, ob om a'no' bolang, med ob ba e' o' a'tino' bit daiho, lote om a'no' bolang. Mang fede' e' honi nene, honi he'e, i aibarho kome karo', honi sobo fedho supi bolang manep. BSB BSB: For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 PBA Sobo, mangfede' o'ba e' o' a'tino' bit neneho om ad uma, sei honie sa ad. Na ho'o om mi, u'ding lote eme u'ding ob e' sara pirnu nene am. Honi sobo, Lahtal tolofe, honie bad herang omfe mifetang. BSB BSB: But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
16 PBA Fede' ob bar, taro' nife i a'hol, mangfede' iriso ilote a'no' il? Eme, taro' nife i a'hol lotebar, mangfede' iriso i ob a'no' il? BSB BSB: How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 PBA Sobo, mangfede' Tuhan utub med nameno' a'rian, sariho Lahtal supi o'lofe a'ri anam, horo om mi fetang sei masing. Honife, ho'odi na uparenta med jumaat en sobarpi. BSB BSB: Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
18 PBA Name den sohor sotato' om mi Lahtal o'lofe am eme dai? Sa ha'ai sohor sotato' o' utubho a'no' suhuin e'. Naba lofe pa' medam sobo e' sohor sotato' daiho a'ra am em dai? Sa ha'ai sohor sotato' e'. BSB BSB: Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
20 PBA Nameno' sari an fetangho, mangfede' selba sami lofe pa' med honi. BSB BSB: Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
21 PBA Lofe pa' med a'rahamho, iriho karesang rac ma'eh o'name? I ha'ai naho u tanut iom upir e'. Sobo, mangfede' iridi il omhomi, mino' honi he'e il omhomi panen a'ten. BSB BSB: Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
22 PBA Fede, a'iba Tuhan o'lofe med om miho karesang rac ma'eh o'name, honi he'e a'iho name il luling Tuhan ei. Nu honi he'e, nameba il luling mi lofe pa' med, sariho Kristus o'name, karesang sorac hodi o'rupa honi. BSB BSB: For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
23 PBA Iriho name itiling med, ifali hi' am, honife ha'ai nameno'fe ukarang rac ma'eh e'. BSB BSB: You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 PBA Di'ailbar, nameno' sari an Lahtal a'ra fetang, mangfede' selba mi lofe pa' med honi. BSB BSB: Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
25 PBA Fed ho, name nika daiho ei a'raham, niriho' Tuhan o' parenta e' a'ra nene. Honi sobo, na tanut med ien, nano' nameba Tuhan o' ukarang med, nameba Tuhan udume. BSB BSB: Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26 PBA Na utanut honi he'e, karak om mi, sarina ho'o no'. Sariho nino' honi he'e, namenu ei fetangho taro'ni he'e, sa horo mi. BSB BSB: Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27 PBA I obnu a'ra pec eme a'ai? Ha'ai se'bur lape ad nene. I e' obnu a'ra tohuil dai? I ha'ai ob lap e'. BSB BSB: Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
28 PBA Sobo, mangfede' i nika, honi he'e i e' doc nene. Med, mangfede' ai lafatnu nika, sa e' doc nene. Honi sobo, supiba nika am, honie pali' mate o' karak supi a'raham, nei nomho, supi nahoni elet. BSB BSB: But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 PBA Di'ailbar, nei tanutho, sel to'angam. Honife fed ho' miho, supiba ob medamho, fetang mangfede' ob med dai honi, BSB BSB: What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
30 PBA supiba ahain eh ho mangfede' e' ahain nene honi, supiba bad herang eh ho mangfede' e bad herang nene honi, supi nafelho mangfede e' ara supi a'bung nene honi, BSB BSB: those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
31 PBA med supiba pali' mate ei puin panenho, mangfede' e' puin panen nene honi. Fede', pali' mate ei asalaho suhuin eh. BSB BSB: and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
32 PBA Nei nom umaho, i baroc banibungho u il. Name nika neneho, na an anba Lahtal ei horo sa utanut taro'ni sa Lahtal apang no'. BSB BSB: I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
33 PBA Honi sobo, name nika amho, sa pali' mate ei a'fang-a'fangfe u tanut, taro'nie sa o' ob apangno', BSB BSB: But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
34 PBA med o'dun fal miho sabang. Ob barba e' nika nene med lafatbarho, na an-an Lahtal eiho u baroc honie sa sano' om il, sariho bo' dimi sobo laman dimi. Sobo, ob barba nika amho, pali' mate ei na an-anfe ubaroc, taro'nie sa o' lote apangno'. BSB BSB: and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
35 PBA Na naho'o ubang puin ano' untu, e sano' behang honi med emeng nene, honie sa o'karesang fa Tuhan a'rahamho sari tahang e'. BSB BSB: I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
36 PBA Mangfede' nameden tanut ubangho sa e' na o'no' panen so ob a'raham nene fede' obho o'ur mi tofang, honie horo a'bulso, ho he'e sei honie nabafe om uma eh he'e sa sona panen, sa e' doc nene; sei honi sa supi nika. BSB BSB: However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
37 PBA Sobo, aiba som mi a'tining, nameden e' a'ri paksa nene, sei tanut kufa' puin, no' sa som mi a'hi' ubangho na e' no obho a'ra nika nene honi he'e, sa na o'no'fe panen. BSB BSB: But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
38 PBA Honife, mangfede' sa obho a'ra nika, honi he'e o' panenho a'bul, sobo obho sa e' a'ra nika nenedi, o' panenho no'. BSB BSB: So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
39 PBA Obho lote dai fetang eh honi he'e a'ra fu ungnu pecnu. Sobo, mangfede' o'loteho minam, sa il, mang ano horo om uma, sa a'ra nika no' asala sari aiho Tuhan mi fetang. BSB BSB: A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
40 PBA Sobo, nei tanut a'ta ain, sa no' ham med so mimate mangfede' sa so fetang tur horo sona a'puin, med nei naraham honi he'e, naridi Lahtal o' Roh bolang a'ra nara. BSB BSB: In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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