OrthJBC - I Corinthians - 7

7:1  Now, concerning the things in your iggeret, let's take up the next inyan (topic): `it is beneficial for a man not to touch an isha' (i.e. postpone the chassuna [wedding]).

7:2  But, because of the acts of zenut, let each Ben Adam have his own isha, and let each isha have her own ba'al (husband).

7:3  Let the ba'al render the conjugal chov (debt) to his isha, and likewise also the isha to her ba'al (husband). [Shemot 1:10]

7:4  It is not the isha who has samchut (authority) over her own guf (body), but the ba'al (husband); likewise, also it is not the ba'al (husband) who has samchut over his own guf (body), but the isha.

7:5  Do not deprive each other, unless by agreement for a set time, that you may renew zerizut (diligence) to tefillah (prayer) and again you may be together, lest Hasatan lead you into nissayon (temptation) because of your lack of shlitah atzmi (self-control). [Shemot 19:15; Shmuel Alef 21:4,5]

7:6  But I say this according to concession (in view of 5:1-5; 6:12-20), not according to [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's] mitzvoh.

7:7  But, I wish kol Bnei Adam even to be as I am; however, [this is impossible since] each has his own matanah (gift) from Hashem: one this; and another that.

7:8  But, I say to the bochrim [including anyone who is an eltere bochur (older student)] and the almanot (widows), it is beneficial for them if they remain as I am;

7:9  but if they do not have shlitah atzmi, let them marry. For better it is to marry than with Aish to be set ablaze.

7:10  But to the ones having entered bibrit hanisuim (in covenant of marriage), I charge, not I but Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu, an isha is not to separate from her ba'al (husband). [Malachi 2:14-16]

7:11  But, if indeed she is separated, let her remain so, or be reconciled to her basherter; and a ba'al (husband) should not leave his isha.

7:12  But, to the rest I--Sha'ul--say, not Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu: if any Ach b'Moshiach has an isha who is an Apikoros and she is willing to live with him, let him not leave her;

7:13  and if an isha has a ba'al (husband) who is an Apikoros, and he is willing to dwell with her, let her not leave her ba'al (husband).

7:14  For, [following the principle of bikkurim], the ba'al who is an Apikoros is mekudeshet b'Ruach Hakodesh (set apart as holy in the Ruach Hakodesh) by the isha, and the isha who is an Apikoros likewise by the Ach b'Moshiach; otherwise, your yeladim are tema'im (unclean); but now they are kedoshim. [Malachi 2:15]

7:15  But, if the one who is an Apikoros separates and departs, let the separation occur; the Ach b'Moshiach has not been enslaved, or the Achot b'Moshiach in such cases; but Hashem has called you in shalom.

7:16  For how do you know, isha, if you will not bring your basherter (destined mate), your ba'al, to Yeshu'at Eloheinu? WHATEVER THE DERECH CHAYYIM TO WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED, REMAIN IN DEVEKUT WITH HASHEM

7:17  Only each of you walk the derech [according to Hashem's tochnit--Rom.8:28) to which you were called by Hashem (Tehillim 1:6). This is my charge in all the kehillot of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

7:18  If as a ben Berit with bris milah anyone received their calling, let him conceal it; if anyone as a ben Noach without bris milah has been called, let him not undergo bris milah;

7:19  bris milah is not everything nor the lack of it, but being shomer mitzvot Hashem.

7:20  Each one walk on the derech of his keri'ah (calling, summons). and remain there.

7:21  If while a bond-servant you were called, do not let it consume you, although if you can gain your deror ("freedom" VAYIKRA 25:10), do so.

7:22  For, the one in Hashem having been called while a bond-servant is [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] Adoneinu's ben Chorim (freedman); likewise, the one having been called while a ben Chorim is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's bond-servant.

7:23  You were bought with a pidyon nefesh price; do not become avadim haBnei Adam.

7:24  Each one wherever on the derech of Chayyim he was called, Achim b'Moshiach, there let him remain in devekut with Hashem. CONCERNING THE BETULOT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS IN THE OLAM HAZEH IS IN THE CRISIS OF HAKETZ AND IS PASSING AWAY

7:25  Next sugya (topic): concerning the betulot (virgins), a mitzvoh of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu I do not have, but a da'at (thought) I offer as one who by the rachamim Hashem is ne'eman (faithful).

7:26  I consider therefore, it to be beneficial, because of the impending crisis (the Chevlei Moshiach and eschatological woes preceding the Bias Moshiach) that you remain as you are.

7:27  Have you entered bibrit hanisuim (in covenant of marriage) with an isha? Do not seek to be free. Are you freed from an isha? Do not seek an isha.

7:28  But if indeed you enter bibrit hanisuim (in covenant of marriage), there is no chet; and if the betulah (virgin) marries, there is no averah in that for her. But such will have tzoros in the basar, which I am trying to spare you (Mt.24:19).

7:29  Now this I say, Achim b'Moshiach, the time [until haKetz] has been shortened. From now on, let those having nashim live as if not having nashim,

7:30  and let the ones weeping as not weeping, and let the ones having simcha as not having simcha, and let the ones buying as not possessing,

7:31  and let the ones using the Olam Hazeh as not fully using it: for, the present form of Olam Hazeh is passing away.

7:32  But I would have you free from atzvat lev (Mishle 15:13); the ben Adam without isha cares for the things of Hashem, how he may please Hashem.

7:33  But the one having taken an isha cares for the things of the Olam Hazeh, how he may please his isha,

7:34  and he has been divided (1:13). Both the isha free of a ba'al or the betulah cares for the things of Hashem, that she may be kedosha both in guf (body) and neshamah. But the isha with a ba'al cares for the things of the Olam Hazeh, how she may please her ba'al.

7:35  Now, this I say for your own benefit, not that I may throw a noose on your deror ("freedom" VAYIKRA 25:10), but I speak with respect to what is decent, seemly, and sits well with Hashem, without distraction [in avodas kodesh]. [Tehillim 86:11]

7:36  However, if anyone thinks he does not have proper hitnahagut (conduct) toward the betulah of his airusin (betrothal, engagement), and if he thinks his basherte (destined mate) is getting along in years, and thus it has to be, what he desires, let him do; there is no chet, let them enter bibrit hanisuim (in covenant of marriage).

7:37  But he who in his lev has settled the decision, not having the need [of conjugal intimacy], but having mastery concerning his own desire, and this he in his lev has decided, not to enter bibrit hanisuim with his betulah (virgin), he does well.

7:38  So then both the one entering bibrit hanisuim with his betulah does well, and the one not entering bebrit hanisuim with his arusah (fiancee) will do better (7:34).

7:39  An isha has been bound (bibrit hanisuim, in covenant of marriage) for so long a time as her ba'al lives, but if her ba'al should sleep the sleep of the mesim, she is free to enter bibrit hanisuin with the ba'al she desires, but only in Rebbe, Melech HaHaMoshiach Adoneinu.

7:40  However, ashrey is she, and even more so, if she remains as she is; and I think in this da'at (thought) that I am offering that I have the Ruach Hakodesh.