1 Ukorintiyawa 3
1 Meng wang linuana, na nna yinin nsu minu uliru nafo anan ruhu ba, nan nya nani nafo anit na nidowo, nafo nono nibebene nan nyan Kristi.
My brothers and sisters, I couldn't talk with you as spiritual believers, but as worldly people—like baby Christians.
2 Ina niza minu mmadrari na inawa ba, bara na iwa di isa duru uli ni nawa ba. Nene wang na isa duru ule ba.
I gave you milk—I couldn't give you solid food to eat, because you weren't ready for it.
3 Nene idu nan nya nidowo. Bara kikanga na liyarin nin fyeu nayi diku nan nya mine, na i sosin nan nya nidowo ba, tutung na idin cine nafo usu na nit ba?
Even now you're not ready for it, because you're still worldly. Since you're still jealous and argumentative, doesn't that show you're worldly, behaving just like ordinary people do?
4 Bara asa umong nworo, “Ndin dortu Bulus ku,” umon tutung woro, “Meng din dortu Apolos ku,” na issosin nafo anit asurne ba?
When one of you says, “I follow Paul,” while another says, “I follow Apollos,” doesn't that show you're being so very human?
5 Ame Apolos ghari? A ghari Bulus? Acinari bara inughere ina yinnin, kitin ko uyeme unit Kutellẹ nani imon su.
Who is Apollos, anyway? And who is Paul? We're just servants through whom you believed. Each of us does the work God gave us to do.
6 Meng wa bilisu, Apolos tizza nmyen ku, nan nya nani Kutelleari nati inin tikunan.
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering—but it was God who made you grow!
7 Nanere, unan tibila nin nnan tizzu nmyen na imonmonari ba. Nan nya nani unan tibila nin nan tizzin.
So the one who does the planting doesn't count for anything, any more than the one who does the watering. The only one who matters is God who is growing you!
8 Nene ame unan tibila nin nan tizzin nmyen unit urumere, nani ko gha mine ma seru uduk me dedei nin gegeme katwa me.
The one planting and the one watering have the same goal, and both will be rewarded according to what they've done.
9 Bara arik adon katwa Kutellẹari. Ulambu Kutellẹari, Makeke Kutellẹari.
We are workers together with God—and you are God's field, his building.
10 Nafo na ubdu Kutellẹ na iwa nei nafo Cikilari makeke, Meng wa tuno kutyie umong da tunna nkewe, Nan nya nani na ko uyeme unit su seng yanda na ama li ubun nin kewe.
Through the grace of God that he gave to me, I laid down the foundation like a skilled building supervisor. Now someone else is building on it. Whoever does the building needs to watch what they're doing.
11 Bara na ina malu u tunu amere Yisa Kristi.
For no one can lay any other foundation than what's already laid—that is Jesus Christ.
12 Nene asa umong nke kitene litinoe nin nizinariya, anzurfa, atala acine, akataku, tikpi, sa alut,
Those who build on that foundation may use gold, silver, precious stone, wood, hay, or straw—
13 ima punu katwa me, bara liyirin ma punu kunin kanang. Bara ima punu nan nya nla. Ulari ma dumunu unutun ngegeme nimon ile na ko uyeme unit nasu.
but whatever is used to build with will be exposed. For on the Day of Judgment fire will reveal it and test it. Everyone's work will be shown for what it is.
14 Vat nimon ile na unit na ke asa i naza ama seru uduk me.
Those whose building survives will be rewarded.
15 Nani asa katwa mmong nduno, ama niu nin diruu, ame litime ma se utucu, nafo ulenge na ase usurtu in nan nya nla.
Those whose building is burned up will lose out. They will still be saved, but it will be like passing through fire!
16 Na iyiru anung kutyi nlira Kutellẹarri na Uruhu me sossin nan nya mine ba?
Don't you know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
17 Asa umong nnanzu kutyi nlira Kutellẹ, Kutellẹ ma nanzu unit une. Bara kutyi nlira Kutellẹ di lau, nanere anung wang.
Anyone who destroys God's temple will be destroyed by God, for God's temple is holy, and you are the temple.
18 Na umong wa risuzu litime ba. Andi umong din yenju adi jingjing nan nya nko kujie, na aso “ulalang” anan so jinjing. (aiōn g165)
Don't deceive yourselves. If there's anyone of you who thinks they're worldly wise, they should become fools so they can become truly wise! (aiōn g165)
19 Bara njinjing in yih ulele tilalanghari kiti Kutellẹ. Bara ina nyertini adin kifizu ajinjinghe nan nya tiwankari mine.
This world's wisdom is plain foolishness to God. As Scripture says, “He uses the cleverness of the wise to catch them out,”
20 Tutung Cikilarie yiru ukpilizu nnit ujinjinghe udi hem.
and “The Lord knows the arguments of the wise are pointless.”
21 Nani na umong nwa fo figiri nin nit ba! Bara imon vat nfyari.
So don't boast about people. For you have everything,
22 Sa Bulus, Apolos, Kefas, sa uyih. Sa ulai, sa ukul, sa imon ilenge na idi nene, sa Ilenge na idin cinu vat nminare.
whether it's Paul or Apollos or Peter—or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. You have everything—
23 Anung tutung anit nKristiari, a Kristi tutung unit Kutellẹari.
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
