Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are.

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如守素安常才好。

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如安于现状。

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如安于现状。

鉴于目前时势艰难，我认为各人最好是安于现状。

为了目前的困难，我认为人最好能保持现状。

实际上，由于现今的艰难，我认为一个人保持现状是合宜的，这才是好的。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如守素安常才好。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如安於現狀。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如安於現狀。

鑒於目前時勢艱難，我認為各人最好是安於現狀。

為了目前的困難，我認為人最好能保持現狀。

我以為最好是：為了現在艱難的緣故、一個人還是守素安常的好。

實際上，由於現今的艱難，我認為一個人保持現狀是合宜的，這才是好的。

我意因今時之艱、守其素者為善、

我意今時之災、惟守我素為美、

我思因今時之患難、人能守素安常為美、

吾鑒於世難方殷、竊謂能保守獨身、莫善焉。

Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Times are hard for you right now. So I think it’s good for a man to stay as he is.

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

Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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

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.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress,[ I say], that[ it is] good for a man so to be.

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, that it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.

So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows— it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am.

“ Do not get married or have children in this place.For this is what the Lord says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.”

I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.But if a man thinks that he’s treating his fiancée improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin.But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.So the person who marries his fiancée does well, and the person who doesn’t marry does even better.

For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News?

How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days.

How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people.

But Jesus turned and said to them,“ Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.For the days are coming when they will say,‘ Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’

But if you do get married, it is not a sin. And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin. However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I am trying to spare you those problems.