1 Corinthians 4
1 So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
Nji mona vovuti muntu mwa swanela kutu hindila, sina va hikana va Kreste ni va hikana va humbilwe vuniti vwa Ireeza.
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Mwe chi chilikani, nji zi zumi ninwe ku va kuti mu ve mu va hikana va sepahala.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human court. Yes, I do not even judge my own self.
Kono kwangu chintu chinini kuti ni atulwe inwe kapa muntu vulyo wa mulao. Imi kani atuli ime ni mwine.
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
Ka kwina nangati chonke chinizi kuya cha mulandu uni va hewa, kono ka ku talusi kuti kanina mulandu. Nji Simwine yo ni atula.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Kuzwaho sanzi mu atuli chimwi inako ni seni kukeza, Simwine na seni kukeza. Kalete ku njolola ku zintu zi patitwe mwififi mi ni ku patulula musevezi we nkulo. Linu zumwi ni zumwi njete na wane ku tembwa kuzwilila kwa Ireeza.
6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
Hanu, vakwangu, Ni va viki kwangu mulao ni Apolosi vakeñi chenu, linu kuti kuzwila kwetu mu wole ku lituta itoloko yi wamba, “Sanzi mu hitilizi kuzwila ha vusu ni chi ñoletwe, “Ku vavi vulyo ku tendela kuti ka kwina kwenu yo linyemuna vakeni cha zumwi.
7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
Imi njeni yo vona ku shelana kwenu ni vamwi? Chinzi chi mukwete chi mu sena mu vahewa vulyo? Heva mu vahewa vulyo, chinzi ha mu linyemuna uvu kena mu va tendi vulyo?
8 You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
Chi mwina kale zonse zi mu saka! Chi mwina kale muhumite! Mu va tangi ku yendisa-mi ku shiyeme kunde yetu! luli, ni mi lakaleza ku vusa, kuti tu wole ku vusa ha mwina.
9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
Imi ni wana Ireeza ava tuhi va apositola he ñandaleza ya muvamba wa ma manimani mi sina muntu yo kaya kuku hayiwa. Tu va vikwa va liveleli ve inkanda- ku mangeloi, ni vantu.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
Tuzihole che vaka lya Kreste, kono twina maano kwa Kreste. Ka mwina ziho, kono tu kolete. Tu showelelwa mi tu shuvulwa.
11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
Kuleta kwi inako yinu tu fwile izala mi tufwile inyotwa, tu va njevwe tu chumpwilwe, tu ndamiwa, mi ka twina mekalo.
12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
Tu seveza katata, cha manz'a etu. Linu hatusekwa, tu wana imbuyoti. Ha tu nyandiswa, tulikoza.
13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
Ni ha tu kendwa, tusi wamba chekulo imwina. Tu va vumbwa sina uvu matakala e inkanda ni inkwe lya zintu zonse.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
Kani ñoli izi zintu ku mi shwaula, kono ni mi sikulula sina vaan'a ngu vani suni kuhitiliza.
15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
Mi ni heva wina chikiti ya va zimanini kwa Kreste, kena kuti wina vazazi vangi. Imi ime njini muzazi wenu cha Jesu Kreste cha Linzwi.
16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
Mi ni mi kumbila kwi chilila zini tenda.
17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
Chingi ni va tumini kwenu Timotea, yo sakiwa ni ku sepahala ku va mwana Simwine. Mwa mi ku mbuluse inzila zangu kwa Jesu Kreste, sina muni vava rutili zintu zonse ni mwi Kereke imwi ni imwi.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Vamwi chi vali kumwise uvu kete ni ni voole kwenu.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
Kono linu mu ni keze kwenu, heva Simwine na tuvusa. Linu kete ni nizive ku wamba kwavo va lihele, kono muni vone ziho zavo.
20 For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
Imi muvuso wa Ireeza kena ku wamba vulyo kono ziho.
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
Chi mu saka chinzi? Ni keze kwenu che mbazi kapa che lato ni ka luhuho lu njolola?
