1 Corinthians 4

1 Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:

Jalo Apolose le nna re tshwanetse go le bega re le batlhanka ba ga Keresete ba ba abang tshegofatso ya Modimo ka go tlhalosa diphiri tsa one.

2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.

Jaanong selo se se botlhokwa kaga motlhanka ke gore a dire fela jaaka mong wa gagwe a mmolelela.

3 As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

Lwa reng ka ga me? A ke ne ke le motlhanka yo o siameng? Ga ke tshwenyege gore lo akanyang kaga se, kgotsa ka se mongwe fela a se akanyang. Ga ke tshephe le yone katlholo ya me mo ntlheng e.

4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.

Maikutlo a me a bonala sentle, mme le fa seo e se sesupo sa bofelo, ke Morena ka boene yo o tshwanetseng go ntshekatsheka a bo a nkakanyetsa.

5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.

Jalo itlhokomeleng gore lo se ka lwa atlhola pele ga Morena gore a mongwe ke motlhanka yo o molemo kgotsa nnyaa. Fa Morena a tla, o tlaa ntsha lesedi gore mongwe le mongwe a tle a bone sentle gore mongwe le mongwe wa rona o ntse jang, mo teng ga dipelo tsa rona. Ke gone mongwe le mongwe o tlaa itseng gore ke eng fa re ne re dira tiro ya Morena. Ka lobaka loo Modimo o tlaa naya mongwe le mongwe tlotlego nngwe le nngwe e e tlang mo go ene.

6 Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

Ke dirisitse Apolose le nna jaaka dikai go supa se ke ntseng ke se bua: gore lo se ka lwa nna le ba lo ba ratang thata. Ga lo a tshwanela go ikgantsha ka mongwe wa baruti ba Modimo go feta ba bangwe.

7 For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

Lo ikgogomositse kaga eng? Lo na le eng se Modimo o sa lo se nayang? Mme fa tsotlhe tse lo nang natso di tswa kwa Modimong, ke eng fa lo itira jaaka ekete lo kwa godimo thata le jaaka o kare lo iponetse sengwe ka bo-lona?

8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.

Go bonala gore lo akanya gore lo setse lo na le dijo tsotlhe tsa semowa tse lo di tlhokang. Lo kgotsofetse mo moweng, lo dikgosi tse di humileng tse di ntseng mo ditilong tsa bogosi. Rona lo re tlogetse kwa moragorago! Ke eletsa gore lo ka bo lo le mo ditilong tsa lona tsa bogosi, gonne lobaka loo lo tlaa tlhomamisa gore le rona re tlaa nna teng, re busa le lona.

9 For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.

Ka nako tse dingwe ke akanya gore Modimo o re beile baaposetoloi kwa moragorago jaaka magolegwa a a tlogang a bolawa, gore kwa bofelong re tle re dirwe segakgamalelwa sa popelelo ya bafenyi, gore re tle re bonwe ke batho le baengele.

10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.

Lwa re, tumelo e re dirile dieleele mme le fa go ntse jalo lotlhe lo Bakeresete ba ba botlhale ba ba nang le ditlhaloganyo! Re bokoa, ee mme e seng lona! Lo tlotlegile thata, fa rona re tshegwa.

11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,

Go fitlhelela jaanong, re tshwerwe ke tlala le lenyora, re bile ga re na diaparo tse di lekaneng go re thuthafatsa. Re ragakilwe re sena magae a e leng a rona.

12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

Re dirile ka letsapa le legolo ka diatla tsa rona gore re tshele. Re segofaditse ba ba neng ba re hutsa. Re ne ra nna pelotelele mo go ba ba neng ba re tlhokofatsa.

13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

Re fetotse ka bonolo fa dilo tse di bosula di buiwa ka rona, lefa go ntse jalo go fitlha mo lobakeng lo re tshwana le leswe le le ka fa tlase ga lonao, jaaka matlakala.

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

Ga ke kwale dilo tse go lo tlhabisa ditlhong, fa e se go lo tlhagisa le go lo gakolola jaaka bana ba ba rategang.

15 For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

Gonne le fa lo ka nna le ba bangwe ba le dikete di le lesome go lo ruta kaga Keresete, gakologelwang gore lo na le nna fela jaaka Rraa lona. Gonne ke nna yo ke lo tlisitseng mo go Keresete fa ke lo rerela Mafoko a a Modimo.

16 Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.

Jalo ke lo kopa go latela sekao sa me, mme lo dire jaaka ke dira.

17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.

Ke gone ka moo re rometseng Timotheo kwa go lona, go lo thusa go dira se. Gonne ke mongwe wa ba ke ba gapetseng mo go Keresete, ngwana yo o rategang yo o ikanyegang mo Moreneng. O tlaa lo gakolola kaga se ke se rutang mo diphuthegong tsotlhe tse ke tsamayang mo go tsone.

18 Some are puffed vp as though I woulde not come vnto you.

Ke a itse gore bangwe ba lona ba tlaa ikgogomosa, ba gopola gore ke tshaba go tla go dira le lona.

19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.

Mme ke tlaa tla, le gone ka bonako, fa Morena a ntetla, mme ke tlaa bona gore a baikgantshi ba, a ke babalabadi fela kgotsa a ruri ba na le nonofo ya Modimo.

20 For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.

Bogosi jwa Modimo ga se go bua fela. Ke go tshela ka nonofo ya Modimo.

21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?

Lo tlhopha gofe? A ke ke tle ka kotlhao le komano kgotsa ke tle ka lorato le bonolo?