1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly — as to babes in Christ;
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke ntse ke bua le lona jaaka ekete lo santse lo le bana mo bo-tshelong jwa Sekeresete, ba ba sa latelang Morena, mme lo latela dikeletso tsa lona; ga ke ka ke ka bua le lona jaaka fa ke ka bua le Bakeresete ba ba nonofileng, ba ba tletseng Mowa O O Boitshepo.
2 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,
Ke tshwanetse go lo otla ka mashi e seng ka dijo tse di thata, gonne ga lo ka ke lwa kgona go di sila. Mme le jaanong lo santse lo tshwanetswe ke go otlwa ka mashi.
3 for yet ye are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?
Gonne lo santse lo le Bakeresete ba ba botlana, ba lo laolwang ke dikeletso tsa lona; e seng tsa Modimo. Fa lo huhegelana mme lo ikaba ka ditlhopha tse di omanang, a se ga se supe gore lo sa le bananyana, lo batla tsela e e leng ya lona? Le fa go ntse jalo, lo dira jaaka batho ba eseng ba Morena gotlhelele.
4 for when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I — of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?
Mme ke foo, lo omana ka gore a ke mogolo go feta Apolose, ebile lo kgaoganya phuthego. A se ga se supe gore lo godile go le gonnye mo Moreneng?
5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?
Nna ke mang, mme Apolose ene ke mang mo e leng gore re ka tsosa kgang? Ka goreng, gonne re batlhanka ba Modimo fela, mongwe le mongwe wa rona o na le dinonofo tse di faphegileng, mme ka thuso ya rona lo dumetse.
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
Tiro ya me e ne e le go jala peo mo dipelong tsa lona, mme tiro ya ga Apolose e ne e le go e nosetsa, mme e ne e le Modimo fela, e seng rona, o o godisitseng peo mo dipelong tsa lona.
7 so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth — God;
Motho yo o jalang kgotsa yo o nosetsang ga a botlhokwa thata, mme Modimo o botlhokwa gonne ke one o o godisang dilo.
8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,
Apolose le nna re badiri mmogo ka maikaelelo a a tshwanang, le fa mongwe le mongwe wa rona a tlaa duelelwa tiro ya gagwe e a e dirileng ka bonatla.
9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.
Re badiri mmogo le Modimo. Lona lo tshimo ya Modimo, ebile; lo kago ya Modimo e seng ya rona.
10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on [it],
Modimo mo bopelonoming jwa one o nthutile gore ke ka nna moitseanape wa moagi jang. Ke tlhomile motheo mme Apolose o agile mo go one. Mme yo o agang mo motheong o tshwanetse go tlhokomela thata.
11 for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
Gonne ga go na ope yo o ka tlhomang motheo ope wa boammaaruri go gaisa o re setseng re na nao, ebong Jesu Keresete.
12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —
Mme go na le mekgwa e le mentsi thata e e ka dirisiwang go aga mo motheong oo. Bangwe ba dirisa Gauta le Selefera le maje a a phatsimang; bangwe ba aga ka dikgong, le bojang, kgotsa ka lotlhaka!
13 of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare [it], because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;
Mme go tlaa tla lobaka lwa tlhatlhobo ka letsatsi la ga Keresete la Katlholo go bona mofuta wa didirisiwa tse moagi mongwe le mongwe o di dirisitseng. Tiro ya mongwe le mongwe e tlaa tsenngwa mo gare ga molelo go re botlhe ba tle ba bone gore a e tlaa tshegetsa selekanyo sa yone kgotsa nnyaa, le gore go bonwe ka fa go dirilweng ka teng.
14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;
Ke gone ka moo modiri mongwe le mongwe yo o agileng mo motheong ka didirisiwa tsa dikago tse di siameng, le yo tiro ya gagwe e santseng e eme, o tlaa bona tuelo ya gagwe.
15 if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.
Mme fa ntlo e o e agileng ee sha, o tlaa nna le tatlhegelo e kgolo. Ene ka boene o tlaa bolokwa, mme o tlaa bolokwa jaaka motho yo o falolang mo kgabong ya molelo.
16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?
A ga lo lemoge gore lotlhe lo ntlo ya Modimo, le gore Mowa wa Modimo o nna mo go lona mo tlung ya one?
17 if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
Fa mongwe a leswafatsa kgotsa a senya legae la Modimo, Modimo o tlaa mo senya. Gonne legae la Modimo le itshepile le phepa, mme ke lona legae leo.
18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise, (aiōn g165)
Lesang go itsietsa. Fa lo ikaya lo le botlhale jo bo feteletseng, jaaka go lejwa ka fa ponong ya maemo a lefatshe le, go ka nna botoka go beela mo gotlhe fa thoko mme lwa nna dieleele go na le gore lo bo lese bo lo busetsa kwa morago mo botlhaleng jwa boammaarruri jo bo tswang kwa godimo. (aiōn g165)
19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
Gonne botlhale jwa lefatshe ke boeleele mo Modimong. Jaaka mo lokwalong lwa ga Jobe gotwe, Modimo o dirisa botlhale jwa motho go mo tshwara; o kgotswa mo “botlhaleng” jwa gagwe mme a we.
20 and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
Gape, mo lokwalong lwa Dipesalema re boleletswe gore Morena o itse sentle ka botlalo gore mogopolo wa motho o akanya jang, le boeleele le go tlhoka ga one.
21 So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
Jalo se ikgantsheng ka go sala morago batlhalefi ba lefatshe le. Gonne Modimo o setse o lo neile sengwe le sengwe se lo se tlhokang.
22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be — all are yours,
O lo neile Paulo le Apolose le Petere go nna bathusi ba lona. O lo neile lefatshe lotlhe go le dirisa, le botshelo le lone loso ke batlhanka ba lona. O lo neile tsa motlha ono le tsotlhe tsa o o tlang. Tsotlhe ke tsa lona,
23 and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.
ebile lo ba ga Keresete, mme Keresete ke wa Modimo.
