1 Korint 4

1 Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun Korent, se pou nou rekonèt se sèvitè Kris la mwen ye, tankou yon jeran Bondye mete reskonsab plan travay li yo ki te kache.

Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.

2 Yon sèl bagay yo mande yon jeran, se pou l' yon moun serye.

Now what we look for in stewards is that they should be trustworthy.

3 Pou mwen menm, nou te mèt jije m', lèzòm te mèt jije m' nan tribinal yo, sa pa di m' anyen. Mwen menm, poutèt pa m', mwen pa jije tèt mwen non plis.

But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;

4 Konsyans mwen pa repwoche m' anyen, se vre. Men, sa pa vle di mwen inonsan pou sa. Se Seyè a ki sèl jij mwen.

for, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.

5 Se poutèt sa, pa prese jije pesonn anvan lè a rive. Se pou nou tann Seyè a vini. Se li menm k'ap mete deyò tou sa ki te kache, tou sa ki t'ap fèt nan fènwa. L'ap devwale tout kalkil lèzòm t'ap fè nan kè yo. Lè sa a, chak moun va resevwa lwanj yo merite nan men Bondye.

Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes. He will throw light on what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in people’s minds; and then everyone will receive due praise from God.

6 Frè m' yo, nan tout bagay sa yo, si m' pran egzanp sou mwen ak Apolòs, se te pou byen nou. Mwen ta vle nou pran egzanp sou nou pou n' ta ka konprann sans pawòl la ki di: Rete nan limit yo ban nou an. Piga pesonn pran pati pou yon moun kont yon lòt.

All this, friends, I have, for your sakes, applied to Apollos and myself, so that, from our example, you may learn to observe the precept – “Keep to what is written,” that none of you may speak boastfully of one teacher to the disparagement of another.

7 Kilès ki di ou pi bon pase lòt yo? Kisa ou genyen se pa Bondye ki ba ou li? Enben, nan kondisyon sa a, poukisa w'ap fè grandizè pou sa ou genyen an tankou si se pa Bondye ki te ba ou li?

For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?

8 Atò, nou gen tan gen tou sa n' te bezwen? Nou gen tan rich kont kò nou? Nou gen tan tounen wa anvan mwen? Mwen ta byen kontan si nou ta tounen wa tout bon, pou m' te kapab wa tou ansanm avèk nou.

Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!

9 Men, nou menm apòt Kris yo, gen lè Bondye mete nou dèyè nèt. Nou tankou moun yo kondannen amò pou yo touye sou plas piblik; nou tounen yon espektak pou tout moun, ni pou zanj yo nan syèl la, ni pou moun sou latè.

For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all, as people doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to people!

10 Poutèt Kris la, nou menm apòt yo, nou tankou moun fou. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, gen lè nou gen bon konprann nan Kris la? Nou menm apòt yo, nou fèb. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, gen lè nou gen fòs kouraj? Nou menm apòt yo, y'ap meprize nou tankou chen. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, yo respekte nou nèt ale?

We, for Christ’s sake, are fools, but you, by your union with Christ, are people of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honoured, but we are despised.

11 Jouk koulye a nou anba grangou, nou swaf dlo, nou manke rad, y'ap bat nou, n'ap plede mache san nou pa gen kote pou n' rete.

To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;

12 N'ap fatige kò nou travay pou n' ka manje. Lè yo joure nou, nou mande benediksyon pou moun k'ap joure nou; lè yo pèsekite nou, nou mare kè nou.

we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

13 Lè yo pale nou mal, nou menm se byen nou di pou yo. Jouk koulye a, y'ap konsidere nou tankou fatra ki nan lemonn, dènye kras moun ki sou latè.

we meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.

14 Mwen pa ekri nou tout bagay sa yo paske mwen vle fè nou wont non. Men, se vle mwen vle fè nou wè rezon, tankou pitit mwen renmen anpil.

It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.

15 Menm si nou ta rive gen dimil (10.000) moun k'ap kondi nou nan lavi n'ap mennen ansanm ak Kris la, nou pa ka gen anpil papa. Si n'ap konsidere lavi n'ap mennen ansanm ak Kris la, se mwen menm ki papa nou, paske se mwen menm ki te pote bon nouvèl la ban nou.

Though you may have thousands of instructors in the faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the good news.

16 Tanpri, pran egzanp sou mwen.

Therefore I entreat you – Follow my example.

17 Se pou sa menm m'ap voye Timote, pitit mwen nan Seyè a, ban nou. Se yon pitit mwen renmen anpil, li menm tou li fèb pou mwen. La fè nou chonje tout prensip k'ap dirije lavi m'ap mennen nan Kris la. Se menm prensip sa yo m'ap moutre toupatou nan tout legliz yo.

This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the faith of Christ Jesus – methods which I follow everywhere in every church.

18 Gen kèk moun nan mitan nou ki gen tan gonfle lestonmak yo ak lògèy. Yo mete nan lide yo mwen p'ap vini wè nou.

Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.

19 Enben, si Bondye vle, m'ap vin wè nou anvan lontan. Lè sa a, m'a wè sa bann grandizè sa yo ka fè apre tou sa yo di a.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I will find out, not what words these people use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;

20 Paske, nan peyi kote Bondye wa a, pale anpil pa di anyen, se fè ki tout bagay la.

for the kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.

21 Kisa nou pito? Nou ta vle mwen vin ak yon baton pou nou, osinon avèk renmen, avèk dousè nan kè mwen pou nou? Libètinaj nan legliz la

What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?