1 Coríntios 7

He Pātai mō te Mārenatanga

1 Nā, mō ngā mea i tuhituhi mai nā koutou. He mea pai anō mō te tangata kia kaua e pā ki te wahine. 2 Otiia, he whakaaro kei moepuku, kia rite mā te tāne he wahine māna ake, ā, mā te wahine he tāne māna ake. 3 Kia puta te whakaaro pai o te tāne ki te wahine, hei te mea e tika ana; me tō te wahine hoki ki te tāne. 4 Ehara te wahine i te rangatira o tōna tinana ake, engari, te tāne; me te tāne anō, ehara ia i te rangatira o tōna ake tinana, engari, te wahine. 5 Kaua e kaiponu tētahi i tētahi; hāunga ia ki te āta whakaritea mō tētahi wā, kia ātea ai kōrua ki te nohopuku, ki te īnoi, ka hoki ai anō ki a kōrua, kei ai tō kōrua hiahia taikaha hei whakawai mā Hātana i a kōrua.

6 Otirā, ko tēnei kōrero āku he mea whakaae noa, ehara i te tikanga whakatakoto. 7 Ko tāku ia i pai ai, kia pēnei ngā tāngata katoa i ahau nei. Otirā, e hōmai ana e te Atua te āhua mōna ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata, ki tētahi ko tēnei, ki tētahi ko tērā.

8 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki ngā takakau, ki ngā wāhine pouaru, he mea pai mō rātou kia kāti tonu me ahau nei. 9 Otirā, ki te kore e taea e rāua te whakamanawanui, me mārena. He pai ake hoki te mārena i te kakā o te ngākau.

10 Ko tāku whakahau ia tēnei ki te hunga whai hoa, ehara i ahau, engari ko te Ariki, "Aua te wahine e mawehe kē i tāna tāne." 11 Engari, ki te mawehe ia, me noho hoakore, me hohou rānei te rongo ki tāna tāne. Kaua hoki te tāne e whakarere i tāna wahine.

12 Ki ērā atu ia ko tāku kupu tēnei, ehara i te Ariki. Ki te mea he wahine kore whakapono tā tētahi o ngā tēina, ā, ka whakaae taua wahine kia noho tahi rāua, kaua ia e whakarērea e ia. 13 Ā, ko te wahine, he tāne kore whakapono tāna, ā, ka whakaae kia noho tahi rāua, kaua ia e whakarere tāna tāne. 14 Nō te mea e whakatapua ana te tāne whakapono kore e te wahine e whakatapua ana hoki te wahine e whakapono kore e te tāne. Me he kāhore, kua poke ā kōrua tamariki, tēnā ko tēnei, he tapu rātou.

15 Ki te mawehe kē ia te whakapono kore, māna e mawehe kē. E kore tētahi teina, tuahine rānei, e mau te here e ngā mea pēnā. Otirā, kua karangatia tātou e te Atua ki te rangimārie. 16 Mā te aha koe e mōhio ai, e tai, ka ora rānei i a koe tāu tāne? Ā, koe rānei, e te tāne, mā te aha ka mōhio ai, ka ora i a koe tāu wahine?

Kia Pēnā Tāu Noho i tā te Atua i Whakahau ai

17 Heoi anake, kia rite ki tā te Atua tūwhanga ki tēnā, ki tēnā, ki tāna karangatanga hoki ki tēnā, ki tēnā, kia pērā tāna haere. Nā, ko tāku whakatakoto tēnā i roto i ngā hāhi katoa. 18 He mea kokoti tētahi i tōna karangatanga? Kaua e whakakāhoretia tōna kotinga. He mea kokotikore tētahi i tōna karangatanga? Kaua ia e kotia. 19 He mea kore noa iho te kotinga, he mea kore noa iho anō te kotingakore, engari ia te pupuri i ā te Atua ture. 20 Kia mau ia tangata ki tōna karangatanga, i karangatia ai ia. 21 He pononga koe i tōu karangatanga? Kaua e mānukanuka. Otirā, ki te wātea he haerenga noatanga atu mōu, me pēnā. 22 Ko te tangata hoki he pononga i tōna karangatanga i roto i te Ariki, he tangata tuku noa ia nā te Ariki. Waihoki ko te tangata ehara nei i te pononga i tōna karangatanga, he pononga ia nā te Karaiti. 23 Kua oti koutou te hoko ki te utu; aua e meinga hei pononga koutou mā te tangata. 24 E ōku tēina, ko te mahi a tēnei, a tēnei, i tōna karangatanga kia mau ia ki tēnā me te whakaaro anō ki te Atua.

Ngā Take e Pā ana ki ngā Takakau me ngā Pouaru

25 Nā, mō ngā wāhina, kāhore a te Ariki tikanga ki ahau; tēnei ia tōku whakaaro, arā, tō te tangata i a ia nei tō te Ariki atawhai, i pono ai. 26 Nā reira, ki tōku whakaaro he pai tēnei mō te whakararu a tēnei wā, arā, he pai kia kāti tonu te tangata i a ia nei. 27 Kua herea koe ki te wahine? Kaua e whai kia wetekia. Ka oti koe te wewete i te wahine? Kaua e whāia he wahine. 28 Otiia, ki te mārena koe, kāhore ōu hara; ā, ki te mārena te wāhina, kāhore ōna hara. Otiia, tērā e pā mai he whakararu i te kikokiko ki taua hunga pēnā; heoi, me āta hanga ahau ki a koutou.

29 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei, e ōku tēina, e tūtata ana te wā. Heoi, ināianei tērā e rite te hunga whai wāhine ki te hunga kāhore nei a rātou; 30 me te hunga e tangi ana, ānō kāhore rātou i te tangi; me te hunga e hari ana, ānō kāhore rātou i te hari; me te hunga e hoko ana, ānō kāhore ā rātou taonga; 31 me te hunga i a rātou tēnei ao, ānō kāhore ā rātou hē ki te ao. E memeha haere ana hoki te āhua o tēnei ao.

32 Otiia, ko tāku mea tēnei kia kaua koutou e mānukanuka. Ko tā te takakau e mānukanuka ai ko ngā mea a te Ariki, me pēhea tāna whakamānawareka ki te Ariki. 33 Ko te tangata whai hoa ia, e mānukanuka ana ki ngā mea o te ao, me pēhea tāna whakamānawareka ki tāna wahine. 34 Nā tērā anō te mea i rerekē ai te wahine whai hoa i te wāhina. Ko te wahine takakau, tāna e mānukanuka ai ko ngā mea a te Ariki, kia tapu tahi ai te tinana me te wairua. Ko te wahine whai hoa ia ka mānukanuka ki ngā mea o te ao, me pēhea tāna whakamānawareka ki tāna tāne.

35 Ko tēnei kōrero āku he mea kia hua ai he pai mō koutou anō; ehara i te mea kia māhangatia ai koutou, engari, mō te mea e haratau ana, kia ū ai koutou ki te Ariki, kāhore he mea hei rorona kē.

36 Nā, ki te whakaaro tētahi tangata e hē ana tāna tikanga ki tāna wāhina, mehemea kua pahure tōna taiohinga, ā, heoi anō tikanga, māna e mea tāna e pai ai, kāhore ōna hara; me mārena rāua. 37 Ko te tangata ia e ū ana i tōna ngākau, ā, kāhore he mea hei akiaki i a ia, kei a ia ake anō te tikanga mō tāna e pai ai, ā, kua oti tēnei te whakatakoto e tōna ngākau, kia waiho tāna wāhina, kei te pai tāna mahi. 38 Nā, he pai te mahi a te tangata e tuku ana kia mārenatia tāna wāhina; pai ake ia te mahi a te tangata kāhore e tuku kia mārenatia.

39 E herea ana te wahine e te ture i te mea e ora ana tāna tāne; ki te mate ia te tāne, kua wātea ia ki te mārena ki tāna e pai ai; otirā i roto i te Ariki. 40 Ki tōku whakaaro ia, nui kē atu tōna hari ki te kāti tonu ia. Ā, ki tāku mahara kei ahau anō hoki te Wairua o te Atua.

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. 7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 10 But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband 11 (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife. 12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. 13 And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 15 Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace. 16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife? 17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches. 18 Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. 21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather. 22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant. 23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. 24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy. 26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry. 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well. 38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better. 39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.