| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | ስለ ጻፋችሁልኝስ ነገር፥ ከሴት ጋር አለመገናኘት ለሰው መልካም ነው። | Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. |
| 2 | ነገር ግን ስለ ዝሙት ጠንቅ ለእያንዳንዱ ለራሱ ሚስት ትኑረው ለእያንዳንዲቱ ደግሞ ለራስዋ ባል ይኑራት። | Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. |
| 3 | ባል ለሚስቱ የሚገባትን ያድርግላት፥ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ሚስቲቱ ለባልዋ። | Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. |
| 4 | ሚስት በገዛ ሥጋዋ ላይ ሥልጣን የላትም፥ ሥልጣን ለባልዋ ነው እንጂ፤ እንዲሁም ደግሞ ባል በገዛ ሥጋው ላይ ሥልጣን የለውም፥ ሥልጣን ለሚስቱ ነው እንጂ። | 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. |
| 5 | ለጸሎት ትተጉ ዘንድ ተስማምታችሁ ለጊዜው ካልሆነ በቀር፥ እርስ በርሳችሁ አትከላከሉ፤ ራሳችሁን ስለ አለመግዛት ሰይጣን እንዳይፈታተናችሁ ደግሞ አብራችሁ ሁኑ። | 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. |
| 6 | ዳሩ ግን ይህን እንደ ፈቃድ እላለሁ እንጂ እንደ ትእዛዝ አይደለም። | But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. |
| 7 | ሰው ሁሉ እንደ እኔ ሊሆን እወዳለሁና፤ ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር ለራሱ የጸጋ ስጦታ አለው፥ አንዱ እንደዚህ ሁለተኛውም እንደዚያ። | 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. |
| 8 | ላላገቡና ለመበለቶች ግን እላለሁ። እንደ እኔ ቢኖሩ ለእነርሱ መልካም ነው፤ | I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. |
| 9 | ነገር ግን በምኞት ከመቃጠል መጋባት ይሻላልና ራሳቸውን መግዛት ባይችሉ ያግቡ። | But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. |
| 10 | ሚስትም ከባልዋ አትለያይ፥ ብትለያይ ግን ሳታገባ ትኑር ወይም ከባልዋ ትታረቅ፥ ባልም ሚስቱን አይተዋት ብዬ የተጋቡትን አዛቸዋለሁ፥ እኔ ግን አላዝም፥ ጌታ እንጂ። | And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: |
| 12 | ሌሎችንም እኔ እላለሁ፥ ጌታም አይደለም፤ ከወንድሞች ወገን ያላመነች ሚስት ያለችው ቢኖር እርስዋም ከእርሱ ጋር ልትቀመጥ ብትስማማ፥ አይተዋት፤ | 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. |
| 13 | ያላመነ ባል ያላት ሚስትም ብትኖር ይህ ከእርስዋ ጋር ሊቀመጥ ቢስማማ፥ አትተወው። | And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. |
| 14 | ያላመነ ባል በሚስቱ ተቀድሶአልና፥ ያላመነችም ሚስት በባልዋ ተቀድሳለች፤ አለዚያ ልጆቻችሁ ርኵሳን ናቸው፤ አሁን ግን የተቀደሱ ናቸው። | 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. |
| 15 | የማያምን ግን ቢለይ ይለይ፤ ወንድም ቢሆን ወይም እኅት እንዲህ በሚመስል ነገር አይገዙም፤ እግዚአብሔር ግን በሰላም ጠርቶናል። | 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. |
| 16 | አንቺ ሴት፥ ባልሽን ታድኚ እንደ ሆንሽ ምን ታውቂአለሽ? ወይስ አንተ ሰው፥ ሚስትህን ታድን እንደ ሆንህ ምን ታውቃለህ? | For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? |
| 17 | ብቻ ለእያንዳንዱ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ከፈለለት እያንዳንዱም እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራው እንዲሁ ይመላለስ። እንዲሁም በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሁሉ እደነግጋለሁ። | 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. |
| 18 | ማንም ተገርዞ ሳለ ተጠርቶ እንደ ሆነ፥ ወደ አለመገረዝ አይመለስ፤ ማንም ሳይገረዝ ተጠርቶ እንደ ሆነ አይገረዝ። | Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. |
| 19 | መገረዝ ቢሆን አለመገረዝም ቢሆን ከንቱ ነው፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ መጠበቅ ነው እንጂ። | Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. |
| 20 | እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት መጠራት እንደዚሁ ይኑር። | Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. |
| 21 | ባሪያ ሆነህ ተጠርተህ እንደ ሆነ አይገድህም፤ አርነት ልትወጣ ቢቻልህ ግን አርነትን ተቀበል። | Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. |
| 22 | ባሪያ ሆኖ በጌታ የተጠራ የጌታ ነጻ ነውና፤ እንዲሁም ነጻ ሆኖ የተጠራ የክርስቶስ ባሪያ ነው። | 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. |
| 23 | በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋል፤ የሰው ባሪያዎች አትሁኑ። | Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. |
| 24 | ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እያንዳንዱ በተጠራበት እንደዚሁ ሆኖ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ይኑር። | Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. |
| 25 | ስለ ደናግልም የጌታ ትእዛዝ የለኝም፥ ነገር ግን የታመንሁ እሆን ዘንድ ከጌታ ምሕረትን የተቀበልሁ እንደ መሆኔ ምክር እመክራለሁ። | 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. |
| 26 | እንግዲህ ስለ አሁኑ ችግር ይህ መልካም ይመስለኛል፤ ሰው እንዲህ ሆኖ ቢኖር መልካም ነው። | I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. |
| 27 | በሚስት ታስረህ እንደ ሆንህ መፋታትን አትሻ፤ በሚስት አልታሰርህ እንደ ሆንህ ሚስትን አትሻ። | Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. |
| 28 | ብታገባ ግን ኃጢአት አትሠራም ድንግሊቱም ብታገባ ኃጢአት አትሠራም፤ ነገር ግን እንዲህ በሚያደርጉ በሥጋቸው ላይ መከራ ይሆንባቸዋል፥ እኔም እራራላችሁ ነበር። | 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. |
| 29 | ዳሩ ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ይህን እናገራለሁ፤ ዘመኑ አጭር ሆኖአል፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሚስቶች ያሉአቸው እንደሌላቸው ይሁኑ፥ | But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; |
| 30 | የሚያለቅሱም እንደማያለቅሱ፥ ደስ የሚላቸውም ደስ እንደማይላቸው፥ | 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; |
| 31 | የሚገዙም ምንም እንደሌላቸው፥ በዚችም ዓለም የሚጠቀሙ በሙሉ እንደማይጠቀሙባት ይሁኑ፤ የዚች ዓለም መልክ አላፊ ነውና። | And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. |
| 32 | ነገር ግን ያለ አሳብ ልትኖሩ እወዳለሁ። ያላገባው ጌታን እንዴት ደስ እንዲያሰኘው የጌታን ነገር ያስባል፤ | 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: |
| 33 | ያገባው ግን ሚስቱን እንዴት ደስ እንዲያሰኛት የዓለምን ነገር ያስባል፥ ልቡም ተከፍሎአል። | But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. |
| 34 | ያልተጋባች ሴትና ድንግል በሥጋም በነፍስም እንዲቀደሱ የጌታን ነገር ያስባሉ፤ የተጋባች ግን ባልዋን እንዴት ደስ እንድታሰኘው የዓለምን ነገር ታስባለች። | 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 h |
| 35 | ይህንም ለራሳችሁ ጥቅም እላለሁ፤ በአገባብ እንድትኖሩ ሳትባክኑም በጌታ እንድትጸኑ ነው እንጂ ላጠምዳችሁ ብዬ አይደለም። | 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. |
| 36 | ዳሩ ግን ማግባት ወደሚገባው ዕድሜ በደረሰ ጊዜ ስለ ድንግልናው ያፈረ ሰው ቢኖር፥ የወደደውን ያድርግ፤ ኃጢአት የለበትም፤ ይጋቡ። | 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. |
| 37 | ሳይናወጥ በልቡ የጸና ግን ግድ የለበትም፥ የወደደውን እንዲያደርግ ተፈቅዶለታል፤ ድንግልናውንም በልቡ ይጠብቅ ዘንድ ቢጸና፥ መልካም አደረገ። | 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. |
| 38 | እንዲሁም ድንግልን ያገባ መልካም አደረገ ያላገባም የተሻለ አደረገ። | So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. |
| 39 | ሴት ባልዋ በሕይወት ሳለ የታሰረች ናት፤ ባልዋ ቢሞት ግን በጌታ ይሁን እንጂ የወደደችውን ልታገባ ነጻነት አላት። | 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. |
| 40 | እንደ ምክሬ ግን እንዳለች ብትኖር ደስተኛ ናት፤ እኔም ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ በእኔ ያለ ይመስለኛል። | But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. |
| 11 | But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. |