1 Corinthians 11
1 [Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.
Bika lutsokudila, banga minu mamvama bu ndieti sokudila Klisto.
2 I praise you because you remember all the things [that I taught you] and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do.
Ndikuluniemisanga bu lukuthebukilanga moyo mu mambu moso ayi bu lunkebanga malongi banga bu ndilulongila mawu.
3 [Now], I want you to know that the one who has authority over [MTY] every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God.
Vayi thidi luzaba ti: Klisto niandi Pfumu yi kadika bakala, bosi bakala niandi pfumu yi nketo; ayi Nzambi niandi Pfumu yi Klisto.
4 [So] if any man [wears a covering over] his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself [SYN].
Diawu dioso bakala wulembo sambila voti wulembo bikula ayi ntu wufutubuna vuezidi Pfumuꞌandi.
5 Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like [SIM] [women who are ashamed because] their heads have been shaved.
Vayi woso nketo wulembo sambila voti bikula ayi ntu wukambu fuku, buna vuezidi pfumu andi bila dedikini ayi nketo widi dikungulu.
6 So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], they should let someone shave their heads [so that they will be ashamed]. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair [short] or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them].
Enati nketo kasi ko ntu wufuku, buna bika bamvuka zitsuki. Vayi enati tsoni kuidi nketo muba zitsuki zivuku voti muba dikungulu buna bika kafuka ntu andi.
7 Men should not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], because they represent what God is like [MET] and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are.
Vayi bakala, kalendi fuka ntu ko, bila bakala niandi mfikula ayi nkembo wu Nzambi. Vayi nketo niandi nkembo wu bakala.
8 [Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that] because [God] did not make [the first] man, [Adam], from the [first] woman, [Eve]. Instead, he made that woman [from a bone that he took] from the man.
Bila bakala kasia bongo mu nketo ko vayi nketo niandi wubongo mu bakala;
9 Also, [God] did not create [the first] man [to help] the woman. Instead, [he] created the woman [to help] the man.
ayi bakala kasia vangu mu diambu di nketo ko vayi nketo niandi wuvangu mu diambu di bakala.
10 For that reason, women should wear something [to cover] their heads [as a symbol of their being under their husbands’] [MTY] authority. They should also [cover their heads] so that the angels [will see that and rejoice].
Diawu nketo, mu diambu di zimbasi, kafueti ba ayi dimbu ki lulendo va ntu andi.
11 However, remember that [even though God created the first] woman from [the first] man, all other men [have been born] from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, [including men and women], come from God.
Muaki mu Pfumu, nketo kalendi zinga kambu bakala ko ayi bakala kalendi zinga kambu nketo ko.
Bila banga nketo bu kabongo mu bakala, buawu bobo bakala kabutukila mu nketo vayi bima bioso bimbongongo mu Nzambi.
13 Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for [RHQ] women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads?
Luzenga beno veka? Didi kuandi diambu di mboti ti nketo kasambila Nzambi ayi ntu wukambu fuku e?
14 (Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?) [RHQ]
Bila khadulu yi kimutu yikululonga ti diambu di tsoni kuidi bakala mu ba zitsuki zikula e?
15 But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because [God] gave them long hair to be like a [beautiful] covering [for their heads].
Vayi enati nketo widi ayi zitsuki zikula buna widi nkembo kuidi niandi. Bila bamvana zitsuki zikula mu diambu di kukifuka.
16 But whoever wants to argue [with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that] we [apostles] do not [permit] any other custom, and the [other] congregations of God do not have any other custom.
Enati mutu tidi finda ziphaka; beto tuisi ko kifu kioki ayi mabundu ma Nzambi masi ko kifu kioki.
17 Now I want to tell you [about some other things]. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good [things do not happen]. Instead, bad things [happen].
Mu mambu mama ndieka sonika, ndikadi kuluniemisa bila bu lueti kutakananga, kadi sia ti mu diambu di mamboti meno vayi lueti ku kibivisanga.
18 First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group [to worship God], you divide into groups [that are hostile to each other]. To some extent I believe that is true.
Bila va theti, ndilembo wanga ti zikhabunu zidi va khatitsikꞌenobu lueti kutakananga mu zikhutukunu zieno mu dibundu. Ayi nguilukidi fioti
19 It seems that you must divide into [groups that despise each other] in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you [God] approves of!
bila mu beno mufueti ba makabu mavasuka mu diambu di bobo badi bakuikama bamonika mu beno.
20 When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].
Bu lunkutakananga va kimosi yisi ko ti bidia bi Pfumu lundianga.
21 But [what happens when] you eat is that each person eats his own meal before [he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else]. As a result, [when the meal is over], some people are [still] hungry and others are drunk! [So it is not a meal that honors the Lord].
Bila bu lundianga, kadika mutu wunuaninanga mu dia bidia biandiveka. Diawu wunkaka wulembo moni nzala, vayi wunkaka kololo.
22 ([You act as though] you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]?) [RHQ] Do you not realize [RHQ] [that by acting selfishly in this way], it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people [in your group] whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that [RHQ]? Do [you expect] me to praise you [about what you do] [RHQ]? I certainly will not praise you!
A buevi, luisi ko zinzo mu lulenda dila ayi nuina e? Voti lueti lenzanga dibundu di Nzambi voti lueti fuisanga tsoni bobo bakambulu kadi kima e? Mbi mfueti ku lukamba e? Mfueti kuluniemisa e? Mu diodi ndilendi ku luniemisa ko.
23 The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {[Judas] enabled [the enemies of] the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.
Bila mambu momo nditambula kuidi Pfumu mawu ndilulonga: mu builu bu kayekolo, Pfumu Yesu wubonga dipha,
24 After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. [Then he gave it to his disciples] and said, “This bread [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my body, that [I am about to sacrifice] for you. Eat bread in this [way again and again] to remember my [offering myself as a sacrifice for you].”
bu kavutula matondo, wubukuna diawu ayi wutuba: “Yayi yawu nitu ama, yitambuku mu diambu dieno; lusianga bobo mu kumbanzanga”.
25 Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup [MTY] [of wine]. He [thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples], saying, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my blood [that will flow from my body] ([to put into effect/to establish]) the new agreement [that God is making with people]. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that [my blood flowed for you].”
Bobuawu bu bamana dia, wubonga mbungu ayi wutuba: “mbungu yayi yawu Nguizani yimona mu menga mama. Kadika khumbu luela yinua, lusianga bobo mu kumbanzanga.”
26 [Remember that] until the Lord [Jesus] returns [to the earth], whenever you eat the [bread that represents his body] and drink the wine [MTY] [that represents his blood], you are telling other people that he died [for you].
Bila kadika khumbu luela dianga dipha diadi ayi luela nuanga mbungu yayi, buna lunyamikisanga lufua lu Pfumu nate kela kuiza.
27 So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine [MTY] in a way that is not proper [for those who belong to the Lord] are guilty of [acting in a way that is contrary to what] our [Lord intended when he offered] his body [as a sacrifice] and his blood [flowed when he died].
Diawu woso mutu wela dia dipha ayi wela nua mbungu yi Pfumu mu kambu fuana, wela vola nkanu mu nitu ayi mu menga ma Pfumu.
28 Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine [MTY], he should think carefully about [what he is doing],
Diawu bika kadika mutu kakifiongunina niandi veka, buna bosi kadia dipha ayi kanua mbungu.
29 because if anyone eats [the bread that represents Christ’s body] and drinks [the wine that represents his blood] without recognizing that all God’s [people should be united, God will] punish him [for doing that].
Bila woso mutu didi dipha ayi nuini mbungu mu kambu banzila nitu yi Pfumu buna didi ayi nuini nzengolo mu diambu diandi veka.
30 Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died [EUP] because of [the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine].
Diawu minlebukila mididi miwombo mu beno ayi bambevo bawombo ayi bawombo bankaka mu beno bafua.
31 If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
Enati tueti kukifionguninanga beto veka, nganu tulendi sambusu ko.
32 But when the Lord judges [and punishes] us [for acting wrongly], he disciplines us [to correct us], in order that he will not [need to] punish us when he punishes [the people who do not trust in Christ] [MTY].
Vayi bu tueti sambusungu buna tueti bakanga thumbudulu kuidi Pfumu muingi tubika ba zengolo nkanu va kimosi ayi basi ntoto.
33 So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat [food to remember the Lord’s dying for you], wait until everyone [has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food].
Diawu bakhomba ziama, bu lunkutakananga mu dia; bika luvingasananga.
34 Those who are so hungry [that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived] should eat in their own homes [first], in order that when you gather together God will not judge [and punish them for] ([being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about]) [others]. And when I come [to Corinth] I will give you instructions about other matters [concerning the Lord’s Supper].
Enati mutu wumosi wulembo moni nzala, bika kadia ku nzoꞌandi mu diambu lubika ba sambusu bu lunkutakananga. Mu diambu di mambu mankaka, ndiela madedikisa bu ndiela kuiza kuidi beno.
