1 PBY Nepereinya damena karo te we ye de kwa da semo te merau: do serai bra mire te na wa tawinipei. BSB BSB: Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
2 PBY Damane bisi kaimie sate na te, do seraibra ne nei mire te moi si te donene wande mire seraibra ne nei do te moi ye si te donene. BSB BSB: But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
3 PBY Do seraibra ne nei mire te wapa poi ye da do nene kene nemane mire seraibra ne nei do te wa pa poi ye da donene kene. BSB BSB: The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 PBY Mire seraibra ne nei wa beitie na keipei, ne na do pere nebeini kenei yereu nero ne. Do seraibra nemane deraitie ne nei wa beite na ambai ne na mire pere nebeinie da kenei. 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 PBY We ye bai tere ne moi moi na keipei, a te nebeinie seiyinere we na mendo kembari nero ne a te da seiyinere nepere nemane nebeinie yereu beisika we na nero ne wande sekai iblis we te wapeneme we na wa ma te da tikaneme we ye apa da yokerore. 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 PBY De ye damena a te da seiyane we te mendo atame aye na sisimipei. BSB BSB: I say this as a concession, not as a command.
8 PBY Do mire meka te na atoikroipeinya do bainya mire, de ye a te sename de wera na mane warende. BSB BSB: Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 PBY Nederaitie, ne yo seraibra ne nei wa te na temberari warenai, nemena yeko keu na ne yo seraibra do mire meka te atonai ne bei bine bine wa te kenai yereu te warenai. Pepoi tere do mire meka te atonai bekou pa dewa da menai siriwambo kerai wambo ne nei wa te da dekenai. BSB BSB: But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 PBY We do mire meka te atombinde nebeinie, de ye we te a te sename de dei a te na seiyinipei Tuhan mang tetero ne nei a te seiyane te mire ne nei do te na neme da tenembine, BSB BSB: To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 PBY Mire nenei do te baipa da sarupuku, nebei na keipei, ne kwa ne nei do pere teme te mekonai do ne nei mire te na baipa na saripipei. 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 PBY De ye a te da sename de Tuhan mang tetero nena wa menape ambai; we do we na mire nemeiyimbipei ne mire ne do pere nebeinie yereu te kenei ne do ne mire te na baipa na saripipeinya nou nue neme da kene na. 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 PBY Nemane deraitie mire ne na do nemeiyimbipeinya, ne do ne mire pere yereu te nebeinie da kenei, ne do te na da mire baipa na saripipeinya. BSB BSB: And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
14 PBY Damane sa te na te do nemeiyimbipeinya mire ye ne do te mro mro damba tanembinie wande mire nemeiyimbipeinya da do da mire te mro mro damba tanembinie. Nemane ambainya we na yei bra yereu pepoi peko da warenai, nepereinya we seraibra teme mro mro dambene. 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 PBY Nemane nemeiyimbipeinya moi moi ye neme da kende nebeinya keipei, damane wande do keka yei meke beisika te na beiyipipei. Nederaitie Awa mang tetero ne ye e seraibra te da taru da yereu te teme piyambai tere da warema. 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 PBY We mire, we ye da arombuke wei do te da pepoi damba poi waro pa tambune kene? We do, we ye da arombuke wei mire te da pepoi damba poi waro pa tambune kene? 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 PBY Tuhan mang tetero ne ye e tetero yei te tarupuku nebeinie da wera te nemane Awa mang tetero ne ye ne yo seraibra nyei nyeinie, yereu nero ne kende nemambei warende. Nemane deraitie de na akirine jemaat yau na dero na meye na mane. 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 PBY Nemena da tetero yei te simai ne te sunat waro mekambiki? Nemena sunat waro tetero sinewai nepe te na ye pa na narimbipei damane tetero te da taru ne na sunat waro te na maning mekoipei nemena ne tetero yei sunat waro te na mekoipeinya. 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 PBY Tetero bei bei ye ne nei wa kainya mane da nepere kari te da sumu. BSB BSB: Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
21 PBY We tetero yei ane maru te ke kiye na te da kari te taru? We nepe te na a te na seiyinipeinya. We ye da tetero pepoi tere orupunue waru detere damba, nepe te poi tepu na. 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 PBY Nemane da tetero yei te taru peko pepoi nero re Tuhan mang tetero nena damba, ne tetero yei Tuhan mang tetero ne nei seraibra pepoi dambene kai nemane deraitie tetero yei te da taru pepoi teme damba, ne tetero yei ne ye Kristus ne na oto tou na. 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 PBY We seraibra te dua da orupuku da werau, we ne kwa na da tetero yei te na tawipei waripei. BSB BSB: You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 PBY Do keka yei meke, we tetero yei nyei nyeinie nou nue neme da kende Awa mang tetero pere da nebeinie, kende, we te da tariyou wena nero re da. BSB BSB: Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
25 PBY Nepereinya tetero yei meka te na atoipei do mire nemei ye werai, de ye ne a te na seiyinipei Tuhan mang tetero ne nei a kirine da keu na sa nederaitie, de ye mendo te keroupuka da tetero yei mane, Tuhan mang tetero ne na kena bise, nepe te da nemeiyambiki te. 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 PBY De ye damena a waro te pepoi te da seiyane da serei te damane da mate, ne poi bei tetero yei sibeisika nemane neme da kene warene. BSB BSB: Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27 PBY We kaye wei mire pere na mendo beisika te beiyupuku? Baipa na te na baya na saripipeinya we kaye maning wei mire pere na mendo beisika te doipei? We ne kwa na mire te na wureipei. 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 PBY Nemane, we meka te dua da atokerore na, we na peko mena ambai. Mire berang si newai do pere meka te atonei kerone, ne na peko bete ambai. Nederaitie ne yo seraibra do mire meka te dua da ato nainya ne na yereu nero ne da yo dambene peko poi te tenainie na de ye we te derane nemena nero re bai pa dewa mende. 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 PBY Do keka yei meke, de na mendo ne werai nemena ya nepe po ye dua da perou. Nepereinya, do sraibra ne na mire pere, yere te kenei ne do ne na mire ambainya mane da kene, 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 PBY Dimi te dimainya ne seraibra dimi te na dimipeinya mane, kena kari na seraibra nena kena kari ambainya mane da kenai, sa nai smo smo te mekainya seraibra ne sasyaisi te na oripei keipei keroipei, 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 PBY Da yo dambe na a waro te tepainya seraibra, nepe te na nekwa na ne yo tepipei tenipei nemane da yo dambe na nou keu na ambai orumbine. 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 PBY De ye da derane we nemei da warende mendo si si ambai nemei kende tetero yei do mire meka te na atoikeroipeinya nena mendo mekani na Tuhan mang tetero ne na pa, beamane ne tetero yei Tuhan mang tetero ne na kena te yepou. 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 PBY Nederaitie, tetero yei do mire meka te dua da atainya ne na mendo da yo dambe na mendo te neme da mekai nie, beamane ne do ne nei mire te kena te da kene na, BSB BSB: But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
34 PBY Nena mendo eiyo baya da wasimbinie. Mire do pere na meka atoikeroipeinya wande mire berang seraibra ne na mendo ne eiyo ne da werai Tuhan mang tetero ne na damba nepere nemane ne ye mro mro warene, ne nei wa ma ne nei aru roh teme ye da kene. Nemane mire do pere dua da meka te atonei kerone da yo dambe na yereu waro te tikanene, beamane ne ye ne nei do te kena da biri nene. 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 PBY De ye damena a te da seiyane wei pepoi te na te, we na dambana sa buntung mena ambai, we te poi ye da nipi nero ne we na kembari Tuhan mang tetero kna pa na narikroipei. 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 PBY Nemane da tetero yei ne ye seiyinene ne na wa kari nare nare mane mire berang kna damba ne na mai yasu bete bunane ne mire berang te da do wapune ne meke te wa te da tawe nene, nemane ne do ne na peko bete mena ambai; damena do mire meka da atoneikerone 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 PBY Nemane do mire ne nei kena ne dua da kei, a ye na sisimipei, ne nei wake ne dereyounue, nepe te ne nei kena ne da tiyeukruko da do da mire berang te na donipei meka te na atoikeroipei, ne na mendo ne pepoi te meke younue. 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 PBY Da do da mire meka te atoneikerona ne do ne na pepoi te mekeyou, damane da do da mire te na meka atoikeroipeinya, ne kembari poi te mekopuku. BSB BSB: So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
39 PBY Da mire ne nei do pere da kiyoi yereu te kiyoi damane da mire ne na do tetembine na, da mire do sipere meka te ne kwa da atoneikerone ne ne mendo ne eiyo ne, Tuhan mang tetero ne na wa eiyu ne da ne tetero yei nembere. 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 PBY Nederaitie, de na mendo ne werai ne ye pepoi piyambaitie kenai nou nue neme da kenai mene, wande de na mendo ne eiyo ne da werai, de nemane Awa mang tetero ne na aru roh de dei wa ne keme te da merenembinie. 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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