1 Corinthians 4

1 So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Lanwani i, bi nua ti ke ti tie Kiristu naacenba, U Tienu ń gagdi ki lugdi yaaba ke ban ya wangi o banma yaama n duagi

2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Bi nan ki buali bontɔli yaaba n wangi mi yeduagikaama ki kandi li papienli yeni ti dudugdi.

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.

Mini ya po, li ki maadi nni libá kuli yeni yin jia n buudi bii bi bujiaba ń jia n buudi. Mini n bá mo kan bu n buudi kelima n naa pia biidi bá kuli.

4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Ama lani ka kuni nni i mɔni, yua n ba jia n buudi n tie O Diedo i.

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.

Lanyapo i, li ki buali ke yin jia buudi bá kuli, ke u yogu dá ki pundi, guudi mani hali O Diedo cuama, wani n ba tieni mi yenyenma ki dɔgdi yaali n duagi li biigli nni kuli, ki ba dɔgdi yaali n wuo bi niba pala nni kuli. Lanyogu i, ke U Tienu ba teni yuakuli wan dagdi yeni ya kpiagdi.

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.

N naataani, yinba ya po i, ke n taa mini yeni Apolosi yema nannanli, ki bua waani yi, ke yin togdi ti yema, ki da tieni ki pendi yaali n diani ki bili, ke i siiga, nilo ń da kpiagdi yendo, ki fali o lielo.

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?

Kelima ŋma n cedi ke a ki taa yeni a lieba? A pia be ke laa ñani U Tienu kani? To, li ya tie ke U Tienu n puni a, be n cedi ke a kpiagdi a yuli nani ŋaa baa li U Tienu kani ka yeni i?

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!

Mɔla i guo, mɔla i ji tie ŋalmandanba i, bá ke tii ye i kani, i cili ki ji diedi u kaanu. U tienu ń todi yin diedi u kaanu, ti mo ń ti fidi ki diedi yeni yi!

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.

Kelima, li naani ke U Tienu cedi ke timba bi tondba n juodi bi niba kuli ya siiga, li tie nani ti buudi jia ki cuo ti ke li buali ke tin kpe yeni i. Kelima bi ñani ki sieni ti asala siiga nni, bi niba yeni malekinba siiga nni.

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.

Kiristu po cedi ke ti tie gaada, ama, yinba, i pia li miali Kiristu nni, ki tie yanfuodanba; tinba tadi, ke yinba tie paatieba. Bi kpiagdi yi yela, ki nan fali tinba!

11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

Hali yeni mɔla kuli, mi koma, u ñuñuunu, yeni mi mubima n bua kpa ti. bi cagni ti, ki wangi ti fala; ke ti waa, tii bani tin caa naani.

12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

Ti tuuni yeni ti nui, ki cɔgi, bi sugdi ti, ke ti kpiagdi U Tienu; bi cagni ti, ke ti tuo ki gaani.

13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

Bi ya tabi ti ku totabgu, ti yen jiini mi yama ki maadi yeni li padingli; ti ji tie nani ŋanduna baadi yeni, nani bi niba ń yie ki luni yaali hali yeni mɔla.

14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Mii diani yi ne kuli ki bua min kuani yi i fee ka, ama n diani yi nani n bibuadkaamu yeni.

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.

Kelima i ya ti pia Kiristu tundkaaba tuda piiga, lani naa wangi ke i pia Báanba ke bi yabi ka, kelima mini n todi yeni o laabaalŋamo, ki cedi ke i mali Kiristu nni.

16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

Lanwani i, n mia yi ke yin ya togdi n yema.

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.

Lanyapo, n sɔni Timote i kani, wani yua n tie n bibuadga, ke o dudugdi yabi O Diedo po; wani n ba tiadi yi min pia ya sanbila Kiristu po, yeni mi tundi maama ti jaandiedi nni, kaankuli.

18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

Nitianba i siiga nni gbie yeni ti japaadi nani n ji kan cua i kani yeni.

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.

Ama, li ya tie O Diedo yanbuama, li ji kan waagi, n ba cua i kini, ki bandi yaabi n fiindi ti japaadi paaciamu, li ki tie bi maama ka.

20 For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

Kelima U Tienu diema ki tie maama ka, ama paaciamu i.

21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

I bua be? Min cua i kani yeni balju bii yeni mi buama yeni mi yandingma i?