I Corintios, 7

1. En cuanto a lo que me habéis escrito, bien le está al hombre abstenerse de mujer.

1. Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman.

2. No obstante, por razón de la impureza, tenga cada hombre su mujer, y cada mujer su marido.

2. But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

3. Que el marido dé a su mujer lo que debe y la mujer de igual modo a su marido.

3. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4. No dispone la mujer de su cuerpo, sino el marido. Igualmente, el marido no dispone de su cuerpo, sino la mujer.

4. For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.

5. No os neguéis el uno al otro sino de mutuo acuerdo, por cierto tiempo, para daros a la oración; luego, volved a estar juntos, para que Satanás no os tiente por vuestra incontinencia.

5. Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.

6. Lo que os digo es una concesión, no un mandato.

6. I say this by way of concession, not of command.

7. Mi deseo sería que todos los hombres fueran como yo; mas cada cual tiene de Dios su gracia particular: unos de una manera, otros de otra.

7. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

8. No obstante, digo a los célibes y a las viudas: Bien les está quedarse como yo.

8. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.

9. Pero si no pueden contenerse, que se casen; mejor es casarse que abrasarse.

9. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.

10. En cuanto a los casados, les ordeno, no yo sino el Señor: que la mujer no se separe del marido,

10. To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband

11. mas en el caso de separarse, que no vuelva a casarse, o que se reconcilie con su marido, y que el marido no despida a su mujer.

11. (but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband) -- and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

12. En cuanto a los demás, digo yo, no el Señor: Si un hermano tiene una mujer no creyente y ella consiente en vivir con él, no la despida.

12. To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

13. Y si una mujer tiene un marido no creyente y él consiente en vivir con ella, no le despida.

13. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.

14. Pues el marido no creyente queda santificado por su mujer, y la mujer no creyente queda santificada por el marido creyente. De otro modo, vuestros hijos serían impuros, mas ahora son santos.

14. For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

15. Pero si la parte no creyente quiere separarse, que se separe, en ese caso el hermano o la hermana no están ligados: para vivir en paz os llamó el Señor.

15. But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.

16. Pues ¿qué sabes tú, mujer, si salvarás a tu marido? Y ¿qué sabes tú, marido, si salvarás a tu mujer?

16. Wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

17. Por lo demás, que cada cual viva conforme le ha asignado el Señor, cada cual como le ha llamado Dios. Es lo que ordeno en todas las Iglesias.

17. Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

18. ¿Que fue uno llamado siendo circunciso? No rehaga su prepucio. ¿Que fue llamado siendo incircunciso? No se circuncide.

18. Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.

19. La circuncisión es nada, y nada la incircuncisión; lo que importa es el cumplimiento de los mandamientos de Dios.

19. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

20. Que permanezca cada cual tal como le halló la llamada de Dios.

20. Every one should remain in the state in which he was called.

21. ¿Eras esclavo cuando fuiste llamado? No te preocupes. Y aunque puedas hacerte libre, aprovecha más bien tu condición de esclavo.

21. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.

22. Pues el que recibió la llamada del Señor siendo esclavo, es un liberto del Señor; igualmente, el que era libre cuando recibió la llamada, es un esclavo de Cristo.

22. For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

23. ¡Habéis sido bien comprados! No os hagáis esclavos de los hombres.

23. You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.

24. Hermanos, permanezca cada cual ante Dios en el estado en que fue llamado.

24. So, brethren, in whatever state each was called, there let him remain with God.

25. Acerca de la virginidad no tengo precepto del Señor. Doy, no obstante, un consejo, como quien, por la misericordia de Dios, es digno de credito.

25. Now concerning the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

26. Por tanto, pienso que es cosa buena, a causa de la necesidad presente, quedarse el hombre así.

26. I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is.

27. ¿Estás unido a una mujer? No busques la separación. ¿No estás unido a mujer? No la busques.

27. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

28. Mas, si te casas, no pecas. Y, si la joven se casa, no peca. Pero todos ellos trendrán su tribulación en la carne, que yo quisiera evitaros.

28. But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

29. Os digo, pues, hermanos: El tiempo es corto. Por tanto, los que tienen mujer, vivan como si no la tuviesen.

29. I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

30. Los que lloran, como si no llorasen. Los que están alegres, como si no lo estuviesen. Los que compran, como si no poseyesen.

30. and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,

31. Los que disfrutan del mundo, como si no disfrutasen. Porque la apariencia de este mundo pasa.

31. and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.

32. Yo os quisiera libres de preocupaciones. El no casado se preocupa de las cosas del Señor, de cómo agradar al Señor.

32. I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord;

33. El casado se preocupa de las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su mujer;

33. but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,

34. está por tanto dividido. La mujer no casada, lo mismo que la doncella, se preocupa de las cosas del Señor, de ser santa en el cuerpo y en el esp1ritu. Mas la casada se preocupa de las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su marido.

34. and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband.

35. Os digo esto para vuestro provecho, no para tenderos un lazo, sino para moveros a lo más digno y al trato asiduo con el Señor, sin división.

35. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

36. Pero si alguno teme faltar a la conveniencia respecto de su novia, por estar en la flor de la edad, y conviene actuar en consecuencia, haga lo que quiera: no peca, cásense.

36. If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry -- it is no sin.

37. Mas el que ha tomado una firme decisión en su corazón, y sin presión alguna, y en pleno uso de su libertad está resuelto en su interior a respetar a su novia, hará bien.

37. But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

38. Por tanto, el que se casa con su novia, obra bien. Y el que no se casa, obra mejor.

38. So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

39. La mujer está ligada a su marido mientras él viva; mas una vez muerto el marido, queda libre para casarse con quien quiera, pero sólo en el Señor.

39. A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

40. Sin embargo, será feliz si permanece así según mi consejo; que también yo creo tener el Espíritu de Dios.

40. But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.