1 N ow concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

أمّا الآنَ فَسَأُجِيبُكُمْ عَنِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي كَتَبتُمْ تَسألُونَنِي عَنها. فَمِنها سُؤالُكُمْ إنْ كانَ مِنَ الأفضَلِ لِلرَّجُلِ ألّا يَتَزَوَّجَ.

2 N evertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

لَكِنْ هُناكَ خَطَرُ الزِّنَى. لِهَذا لِتَكُنْ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ زَوجَتُهُ، وَلِكُلِّ امْرأةٍ زَوجُها.

3 L et the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

وَلْيُعطِ الزَّوجُ زَوجَتَهُ كُلَّ حُقُوقِها، وَلْتُعطِ الزَّوجَةُ زَوجَها كُلَّ حُقُوقِهِ.

4 T he wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

لا سِيادَةَ لِلزَّوجَةِ عَلَى جَسَدِها، بَلْ للِزَّوجِ. وَلا سِيادَةَ لِلزَّوجِ عَلَى جَسَدِهِ، بَلْ لِلزَّوجَةِ.

5 D o not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

فَلا يَحرِمْ أحَدُكُما الآخَرَ مِنَ الجِنسِ، إلّا إذا اتَّفَقتُما عَلَى ذَلِكَ لمُدَّةٍ مَحدُودَةٍ، بِهَدَفِ تَكرِيسِ نَفسَيكُما لِلصَّلاةِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ عُودا لِمُمارَسَةِ حَياتِكُما الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ. وَهَذا ضَرُورِيٌّ لِئَلّا يُغرِيكُما الشَّيطانُ بارتِكابِ خَطِيَّةٍ، بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ القُدرَةِ عَلَى ضَبطِ النَّفسِ.

6 B ut I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

أقُولُ هَذا سامِحاً بانفِصالِكُما لِفَترَةٍ مُحَدَّدَةٍ، لا آمِراً بِذَلِكَ.

7 F or I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

أتَمَنَّى أحياناً لَوْ كانَ جَمِيعُكُمْ مِثلِي! لَكِنْ لِكُلِّ شَخصٍ ما وَهَبَهُ لَهُ اللهُ، فَاللهُ يُعطِي واحِداً أنْ يَبقَى عازِباً، وَيُعطِي آخَرَ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ.

8 B ut I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;

أمّا بِالنِّسبَةِ لِغَيرِ المُتَزَوِّجِينَ وَالأرامِلِ، فَأقُولُ لَهُمْ إنَّهُ مِنَ الأفْضَلِ لَهُمْ أنْ يَبقُوا بِلا زَواجٍ مِثلِي.

9 b ut if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. Keep Your Marriage Vows

لَكِنْ إذا لَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَضبُطُوا أنفُسَهُمْ، فَلْيَتَزَوَّجُوا، لِأنَّ الزَّواجَ أفضَلُ مِنَ التَّحَرُّقِ بِالشَّهوَةِ.

10 N ow to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.

أمّا بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلمُتَزَوِّجِينَ، فَإنِّي آمُرُ، لا أنا بَلْ كَما عَلَّمَنا الرَّبُّ، بِأنَّ عَلَى المَرأةِ ألّا تَسعَى إلَى الطَّلاقِ مِنْ زَوجِها.

11 B ut even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.

لَكِنَّها إذا انفَصَلَتْ عَنهُ، فَعَلَيها أنْ تَبقَى غَيرَ مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ، أوْ أنْ تَسعَى إلَى التَّصالُحِ مَعَ زَوجِها. وَعَلَى الرَّجُلِ ألّا يُطَلِّقَ زَوجَتَهُ.

12 B ut to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

أمّا بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلبَقِيَّةِ فَأقُولُ أنا، إذْ إنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يُشِرْ إلَى ذَلِكَ، إنْ كانَ أخٌ مُؤمِنٌ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنِ امْرأةٍ غَيرِ مُؤمِنَةٍ تُوافِقُ عَلَى العَيشِ مَعَهُ، فَلا يُطَلِّقْها.

13 A nd a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.

وَإذا كانَتْ أُختٌ مُؤمِنَةٌ مُتَزَوِّجَةً مِنْ رَجُلٍ غَيرِ مُؤمِنٍ يُوافِقُ عَلَى العَيشِ مَعَها، فَلا تُطَلِّقْهُ.

14 F or the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

فَالزَّوجُ غَيرُ المُؤمِنِ مُقَدَّسٌ باتِّحادِهِ بِزَوجَتِهِ المُؤمِنَةِ. وَالزَّوجَةُ غَيرُ المُؤمِنَةِ مُقَدَّسَةٌ باتِّحادِها بِزَوجِها المُؤمِنِ. وَإلّا كانَ أبناؤُكُمْ غَيْرَ طاهِرِينَ. إلّا أنَّهُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الحالَةِ.

15 B ut if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

لَكِنْ إذا رَغِبَ الطَّرَفُ غَيرُ المُؤمِنِ فِي الطَّلاقِ، فَلْيُطَلِّقْ. وَفِي هَذِهِ الحالَةِ يَكُونُ الطَّرَفُ المُؤمِنُ حُرّاً فِي أنْ يُطَلَّقَ. فَقَدْ دَعاكُمُ اللهُ إلَى العَيشِ فِي سَلامٍ.

16 F or how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? Live as You Are Called

فَكَيفَ تَعرِفِونَ المَستَقبَلَ؟ أيَّتُها الزَّوجَةُ، رُبَّما سَتَكُونِينَ سَبَباً فِي خَلاصِ زَوجِكِ. وَأنتَ أيُّها الزَّوجُ، رُبَّما سَتَكُونُ سَبَباً فِي خَلاصِ زَوجَتِكَ. عِيشُوا كَما كُنتُمْ يَومَ دَعاكُمِ الله

17 B ut as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

فَلْيَسلُكْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ حَسَبَ الحالَةِ الَّتِي اخْتارَها لَهُ الرَّبُّ، وَكَما كانَ عِندما دَعاهُ اللهُ. هَذا هُوَ ما آمُرُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ الكَنائِسِ.

18 W as anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

فَهَلْ بَينَكُمْ مَنْ كانَ مَختُوناً عِندَما دَعاهُ اللهُ؟ فَلا يَنبَغِي عَلَى مِثلِ هَذا أنْ يُخفِيَ أمرَ اختِتانِهِ. وَهَلْ بَينَكُمْ مَنْ دَعاهُ اللهُ وَهُوَ غَيرُ مَختُونٍ؟ فَلا يَنبَغِي عَلَى هَذا أنْ يُختَتَنَ.

19 C ircumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

فَلا يَهُمُّ أنْ يَكُونَ المُؤمِنُ مَختُوناً أوْ غَيرَ مَختُونٍ، بَلْ ما يَهُمُّ هُوَ أنْ يُطيعَ وَصايا اللهِ.

20 L et each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

فَلْيَبقَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَلَى الحالِ الَّتِي دَعاهُ اللهُ فِيها.

21 W ere you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

فَهَلْ كُنتَ عَبداً حِينَ دُعِيتَ؟ فَلا تَنزَعِجْ لِذَلِكَ. لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ فِي إمكانِكَ أنْ تَتَحَرَّرَ، فَانتَهِزِ الفُرصَةَ وَتَحَرَّر.

22 F or he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ’s slave.

فَمَنْ هُوَ فِي الرَّبِّ الآنَ، لَكِنَّهُ كانَ عَبداً عِندَما دَعاهُ الرَّبُّ، فَقَدْ صارَ عَبداً لِلمَسِيحِ.

23 Y ou were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

لَقَدِ اشتَراكُمُ المَسِيحُ بِثَمَنٍ، فَلا تَعِيشُوا تَحتَ عُبُودِيَّةِ بَشَرٍ.

24 B rethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. To the Unmarried and Widows

إذاً، فَليَبقَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ أيُّها الإخوَةُ عَلَى الحالِ الَّتِي دَعاهُ اللهُ فِيها. أسئِلَةٌ حَولَ الزَّواج

25 N ow concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.

أمّا بِالنِّسبَةِ لِغَيرِ المُتَزَوِّجاتِ، فَلَيسَ لَدَينا أمرٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ فِي ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِنَّ. لَكِنِّي أُقَدِّمُ رَأيِيَ كَشَخصٍ جَدِيرٍ بِالثِّقَةِ، لِأنَّ الرَّبَّ رَحمَني.

26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is:

وَأنا أرَى ما يَلِي: بِسَبَبِ الضِّيقِ الحالِيِّ، فَإنَّهُ أفضَلُ لِلإنسانِ أًنْ يَبقَى بِلا زَواجٍ مِثلِي.

27 A re you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

هَلْ أنتَ مُرتَبِطٌ بِزَوجَةٍ؟ فَلا تَسْعَ إلَى التَّحَرُّرِ مِنها. هَلْ أنتَ بِلا زَوجَةٍ؟ فَلا تَبحَثْ عَنْ زَوجَةٍ.

28 B ut even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.

لَكِنْ إذا تَزَوَّجتَ، فَإنَّكَ لا تَرتَكِبُ بِذَلِكَ خَطِيَّةً. وَإذا تَزَوَّجَتْ فَتاةٌ عَذراءُ، فَإنَّها لا تَرتَكِبُ بِذَلِكَ خَطِيَّةً. لَكِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسَ سَيَمُرُّونَ بِمَتاعِبَ جَسَدِيَّةٍ، وَأنا أُحاوِلُ أنْ أُجَنِّبَكُمْ هَذِهِ المَتاعِبَ.

29 B ut this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

وَما أُحاوِلُ أنْ أقُولَهُ أيُّها الإخوَةُ هُوَ أنَّ الوَقتَ بَدَأ يَنفَدُ. فَمِنَ الآنَ فَصاعِداً، عَلَى مَنْ لَهُمْ زَوجاتٌ أنْ يَعِيشُوا وَكَأنَّهُمْ بِلا زَوجاتٍ.

30 t hose who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يَنُوحُونَ أنْ يَعِيشُوا وَكَأنَّهُمْ لا يَنُوحُونَ. وَعَلَى المَسرُورِينَ أنْ يَعِيشُوا وَكَأنَّهُمْ غَيرُ مَسرُورِينَ. وَعَلَى مَنْ يَشتَرُونَ أنْ يَعِيشُوا وَكَأنَّهُمْ لا يَملِكُونَ شَيئاً.

31 a nd those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يَستَغِلُّونَ ما يُقَدِّمُهُ العالَمُ أنْ يَعِيشُوا وَكَأنَّهُمْ لا يَستَفِيدُونَ مِنهُ شَيئاً، فَهَذا العالَمُ فِي شَكلِهِ الحالِيِّ زائِلٌ.

32 B ut I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

فَأنا أُرِيدُكُمْ أنْ تَكُونُوا خالِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ هَمٍّ. فَالرَّجُلُ غَيرُ المُتَزَوِّجُ مُهتَمٌّ بِأُمُورِ الرَّبِّ، وَكَيفِيَّةِ إرضائِهِ.

33 B ut he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife.

أمّا الرَّجُلُ المُتَزَوِّجُ فَهُوَ مُهتَمٌّ بِأُمُورِ الدُّنيا وَكَيفِيَّةِ إرضاءِ زَوجَتِهِ.

34 T here is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ اهتِمامَهُ مُوَزَّعٌ عَلَى أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَالفَتاةُ غَيرُ المُتَزَوِّجَةِ أوِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتَزَوَّجْ قَطُّ، تَهتَمُّ بِأُمُورِ الرَّبِّ، وَهِيَ تَحرِصُ عَلَى أنْ تَكُونَ مُقَدَّسَةً جَسَداً وَرُوحاً. أمّا المَرأةُ المُتَزَوِّجَةُ، فَمُهتَمَّةٌ بِأُمُورِ الدُّنيا وَكَيفِيَّةِ إرضاءِ زَوجِها.

35 A nd this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

وَأنا أقُولُ هَذا لِمَصلَحَتِكُمْ، لا لِكَي أضَعَ عَلَيكُمْ قُيُوداً، بَلْ لِتُرَتِّبُوا حَياتَكُمْ تَرتِيباً حَسَناً وَتُكَرِّسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ لِخِدمَةِ الرَّبِّ دُونَ أنْ يُلهِيَكُمْ شَيءٌ عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

36 B ut if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry.

قَدْ يَرَى أحَدُكُمْ أنَّهُ لا يَتَّخِذُ القَرارَ المُناسِبَ تُجاهَ خَطيبَتِهِ، وَهيَ قَدْ تَجاوَزَتِ السِّنَّ المُناسِبَ للزَّواجِ. فَلْيَتَزَوَجا، فَذَلِكَ ليسَ خَطِيَّةً.

37 N evertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

أمّا مَنْ لا يَرَى حاجَةً إلَى ذَلِكَ، فَهُوَ حُرٌّ فِي أنْ يَفْعَلَ ما يُرِيدُ. فَإنْ عَزَمَ فِي قَلبِهِ أنْ لا يَتَزَوَّجَ خَطِيبَتَهُ، فَحَسَناً يَفعَلُ.

38 S o then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

فَمَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ خَطِيبَتَهُ يُحسِنُ صُنعاً، وَمَنْ لا يَتَزَوَّجُ، يَفعَلُ أحسَنَ.

39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

وَالمَرأةُ مُرتَبِطَةٌ بِزَوجِها مادامَ حَيّاً، لَكِنْ إنْ ماتَ زَوجُها، فَإنَّها حُرَّةٌ فِي أنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ مَنْ تَشاءُ، عَلَى أنْ تَختارَ شَخصاً يَنتَمِي إلَى الرَّبِّ.

40 B ut she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

أمّا رَأيِي فَهُوَ أنَّها سَتَكُونُ أسعَدَ حالاً إذا بَقِيَتْ كَما هِيَ، وَأنا أعتَقِدُ أيضاً أنَّ رُوحَ اللهِ فِيَّ.