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¹Zvino kana zviri zvamakandinyorera, ndinoti: Zvakanaka kuti munhu arege kubata mukadzi.Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

²Asi nokuda kwovupombwe, murume mumwe nomumwe ngaave nomukadzi wake, nomukadzi mumwe nomumwe ngaave nomurume wake.Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

³Murume ngaape mukadzi zvakafanira; nomukadzi ngaadaro vo kumurume.Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

⁴Mukadzi haanesimba pamusoro pomuviri wake, asi murume; saizvozvo vo murume haanesimba pamusoro pomuviri wake, asi mukadzi.The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

⁵Musanyimana, asi muchiita nguva duku, mumbotenderana, kuti muve nenguva yokuzvinyima zvokudya nokunyengetera, ndokusonganazve, kuti Satani arege kukuidzai pakusagona kwenyu kuzvidzora.Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

⁶Asi ndinotaura izvi, ndichikutenderai, ndisingarairi.But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

⁷Nokuti ndinoda kuti vanhu vose vave seni. Asi munhu mumwe nomumwe unechipiwa chake, chinobva kunaMwari, mumwe chorudzi urwu, mumwe chorumwe rudzi.For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

⁸Asi ndinoti kunavasina kuwana,, nokuchirikadzi: Zvakanaka kuti vagare seni.I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

⁹Asi kana vasingagoni kuzvidzora, ngavawane; nokuti zvirinani kuti vawane pakutsva.But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

¹⁰Zvino vakawana ndinovaraira, asi handizini, ndiShe, kuti mukadzi arege kubva kumurume wake,And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

¹¹(kana achibva, ngaagare asingawanikwi, kana ayanane nomumrume wake)But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

¹²Zvino kunavamwe ndinoti ini, haazi Ishe; Kana hama inomukadzi usingatendi, kana iye achida hake kugara naye, ngaarege kumurasha.But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

¹³Nomukadzi unomurume usingatendi, kana iye achida hake kugara naye, ngaarege kurasha murume wake,And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

¹⁴nokuti murume usingatendi unoitwa mutsvene nomukadzi wake, nomukadzi usingatendi unoitwa mutsvene nomurume; kana zvisina kudaro, vana venyu vaiva netsvina; asi zvino vatsvene.For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

¹⁵Zvino kana usingatendi achienda, ngaaende hake. Hama, kana ari murume kana mukadzi, haisungwi nezvakadaro; asi Mwari wakakudanai kuti muve norugare.But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

¹⁶Nokuti iwe mukadzi unoziva seiko kuti uchaponesa murume wako?Kana iwe murume, unoziva seiko kuti uchaponesa mukadzi wako?For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

¹⁷Asi, mumwe nomumwe sezvaakagoverwa naShe, mumwe nomumwe sezvaakadanwa naMwari, ngaafambe saizvozvo. Ndizvo zvandinoraira pakereke dzose.But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

¹⁸Kana mumwe achinge akadanwa akadzingiswa, ngaarege kuitwa usakadzingiswa; kana mumwe achinge akadanwa asakadzingiswa, ngaaarege kudzingiswa.Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

¹⁹Kudzingiswa hachizi chinhu, nokusadzingiswa hachizi chinhu, asi kuchengeta mirairo yaMwari.Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

²⁰Mumwe nomumwe ngaagare pakudanwa kwaakadanwa nako.Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

²¹Wakadanwa uri muranda here? Usazvidya moyo; asi kana ungasunungurwa, zvirinani kuti udaro hako.Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

²²Nokuti wakadanwa munaShe, ari muranda, wava musunungurwa waShe; saizvozvo vo, wakadanwa akasununguka, wava muranda waKristu.For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

²³Makatengwa nomutengo; regai kuva varanda vavanhu.Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

²⁴Hama dzangu, mumwe nomumwe ngaagare pamberi paMwari ipapo paakadanwa napo.Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

²⁵Zvino, pamusoro pemhandara, handinomurairo waShe; asi ndinotaura somunhu wakapiwa ngoni naShe kuti ave wakatendeka.Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

²⁶Naizvozvo ndinoti nokuda kwenhamo ino, zvakanaka kuti munhu agare akadaro.I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

²⁷Wakabatanidzwa nomukadzi here? Usatsvaka kusunungurwa. Wakasunungurwa pamukadzi here?.Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

²⁸Zvino kana wawana, hauna kutadza; nemhandara kana yawanikwa, haina kutadza. Asi vakadaro vachava nedambudziko panyama; asi ini ndinoda kukutavirirai.But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

²⁹Zvino ndinozvitaura izvi, hama dzangu, nokuti nguva ipfupi; kuti kubva zvino vanavakadzi vave savasina;But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

³⁰navanochema vave savasingachemi; navanofara savasingafari; navanotenga savasinechinhu;And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

³¹navanobata nezvenyika, savasingabatisisi nazvo; nokuti mugariro wenyika ino unopfuvura.And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

³²Zvino ndinoda kuti murege kuva nokufunganya. Usina kuwana, unofunga zvaShe, kuti ungafadza Ishe wake sei.But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

³³Asi wakawana, unofunga zvenyika, kuti ungafadza mukadzi wake sei.But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

³⁴Panomusiyano pakati pomukadzi nemhandara usina kuwanikwa unofunga zvaShe, kuti ave mutsvene pamuviri napamweya; asi wakawanikwa unofunga zvenyika, kuti ungafadza murume wake sei.There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

³⁵Izvi ndinotaura kuti mubatsirwe imi; ndisingadi kukusungai nomusungo, asi nokuda kwezvakafanira, vuye kuti munamatire Ishe, musingakanganiswi.And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

³⁶Asi kana mumwe achifunga kuti haaitiri mukunda wake, yava mhandara, zvakafanira, iye zvaatokura kwazvo hake, kana zvirinani kuti zviitwe, ngaaite nokuda kwake, haatadzi; ngavawaniswe havo.But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

³⁷Asi uyo unomira akasimba pamoyo pake, asingamanikidzwi nechinhu, asi anesimba pamusoro pokuda kwake, akatema mumoyo make chinhu ichi, kuti uchachengeta mhandara yake, iye unoita zvakanaka.Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

³⁸Naizvozvo, unomuwanisa unoita zvakanaka; nosingamuwanisi, unoita zvinopfuvura nokunaka.So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

³⁹Mukadzi wakasungwa nomurairo murume wake achiri mupenyu; zvino kana murume wake afa, wasununguka, kuti awanikwe nowaanoda; asi ngazviitwe munaShe.The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

⁴⁰Asi unganyanya kufara kana achigara akadaro, pakufunga kwangu ini; zvino ndinoti neni vo ndinoMweya waMwari.But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.