1 Or do you not know, brothers - for I am speaking to those who know the law - that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.
1Kumbe anazi yini, bazalwane, ngoba ngikhuluma nalabo abawazi umthetho ukuthi umthetho ubopha umuntu kuphela uma esaphila?2Ngoba owesifazane oshadile uboshelwe ngomthetho endodeni isekhona;kepha uma umyeni wakhe efa ukhululiwe emthethweni womshado.3Ngokunjalo, uzakubizwa ngokuthi uyisiphingi, uma ehlala nenye indoda indoda yakhe isekhona.