1 Corinthians 12
1 Now, my fellow believers, [I will answer your questions] about the things God’s Spirit [enables believers to do]. I want you to know clearly [LIT] [about these things].
Pacino cindi, li nkansuni kwambeti mubule kuba ne lwinshibo pa bipo bya Mushimu Uswepa.
2 You know that before you became Christians, various things led you to [worship] idols, which are unable to tell you [any of God’s message].
Mucishi cena kwambeti kamutana mwinshiba Lesa mwalikuba mwataika munshila shingi, kayi mwalikupailila tumbwanga tutacikonsho kwamba.
3 So [the first thing] that I will tell you now is that it is not the Spirit of God who would cause anyone to say, “Jesus deserved to die,” and that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can enable anyone to say, “Jesus is [truly] the Lord.”
Ecebo cakendi ndamwambilingeti kuliya muntu ukute Mushimu wa Lesa wela “kushingana Yesu.” Kayi muntu wabula Mushimu Uswepa nkela kwambeti “Yesu eMwami.”
4 There are various things [that God’s] Spirit enables [various believers to do], but it is that same Spirit [who enables us to do them].
Pali bipo bya Mushimu Uswepa byapusana pusana bikute kupewa kufuma ku Mushimu Uswepa umo.
5 There are many different ways to serve [the Lord], but it is the same Lord [whom we all are serving].
Pali nshila shapusanapusana shakusebenselamo, nsombi ni Mwami umo wa kusebensela.
6 [We believers] have the power to do various [tasks], but it is the same God who gives all of us the power [to do] these things.
Pali ncito shakusebenselamo shapusana pusana, nsombi ni Mwami umo ukute kupa ncito kubantu bonse.
7 [God’s] Spirit gives his power to each believer in order to benefit all the other [believers].
Mushimu Uswepa ukute kubonekela munshila yopeleyo ku muntu uliyense, kwambeti byonse bintu binyamfwenga bantu bonse.
8 To some, the Spirit gives the ability to speak very wise messages. To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to know [things that he reveals to them].
Mushimu Uswepa ukute kupa muntu cipo cakwamba mwamano, kumuntu naumbi Mushimu Uswepa ukute kumupa cipo calwinshibo nekupa mano bantu.
9 To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to believe [that God will work miracles]. To others, the Spirit gives the ability to heal [sick people].
Mushimu Uswepa wopelowo ukute kupa bantu nabambi cipo cakuba ne lushomo, nabambi ukute kubapa cipo ca ngofu shakusengula.
10 To others, he gives the power [to perform] miracles. To others, he gives the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. To others, he gives the ability to tell [if a message is really from God or not]. To others he gives the ability to speak messages in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. To others, he gives the ability to tell the meaning of those messages [MTY].
Nabambi ukute kubapa ngofu shakwinsa bishikukankamanisha, kuli nabambi ukute kubapa cipo cakushinshima. Kuli nabambi ukute kubapa lwinshibo lwa kupusanya pakati pabintu bilafumunga ku Mushimu Uswepa ne bintu bilafumunga kumbi. Kuli nabambi ukute kubapa cipo cakwamba milaka yapusana pusana yabula kwishibikwa, kayi nekupa nabambi cipo ca kusansulula iyo milaka.
11 It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them.
Mushimu Uswepa wopelowo eukute kwinsa bintu byonsebyo. Ukute kupa muntu uliyense cipo camwelela kumuyabila.
12 Although a person’s body has many parts, all the parts form just one body [DOU]. It is like that [with those who belong to] Christ.
Klistu ulyeti mubili ukute bilama bingi. Nikukabeti bilama nibingi nsombi mubili ni umo.
13 When we were baptized {When people baptized us}, the one [Holy] Spirit caused us to become one group [of believers]. It does not matter whether we are Jews or non-Jews. It does not matter whether we are slaves or not slaves. [When we believed in Christ], the one Spirit came to live [MET] within all of us.
Nambi njafwe Bayuda nambi bakunsa, basha nambi babula kuba basha nsombi twense twalatambula lubatisho mu Mushimu Uswepa umo kwambeti tube mubili umo. Lesa ewalatupa twense Mushimuwo kwambeti tunwe.
14 [Our] bodies do not have only one part. They have many parts [with various functions].
Cilama cimo nkacela kupanga mubili, mubili wapangwa ne bilama bingi.
15 If our foot could [talk and] say [to us], “Because I am not [your] hand, I am not a part of [your] body,” it would still be a part of [our] body.
“Na mwendo wambeti pakwinga ntame cikasa nkandipo cilama ca mubili, neco nkacela kupesheti cibule kuba lubasu lya mubili.
16 If our ear could [talk and] say, “Because I am not [your] eye, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body.
Na litwi lyambeti pakwinga ntame linso, neco nkandipo cilama camubili” Ico nkacela kupesheti cibule kuba cilama ca mubili, sena ngacibeco?
17 If our body were only an eye, (we would not be able to hear./how could we hear?) [RHQ] If our body were only an ear, (we would not be able to smell [anything]!/how could we smell [anything]?) [RHQ]
Na mubili wonse newalaba linso, inga muntu nakute kunyumfweconi? Nambi niwalaba litwi, inga muntu nakute kunyumfweconi lyema?
18 But the truth is that God has put all the parts of our bodies together exactly as he wanted to put them.
Lino mbuli ncocibele, Lesa mwine ewalapanga bilama mu mubili byapusana pusana kwelana nekuyanda kwakendi.
19 If [our body] had only one part, it would not be a body. [RHQ]
Nkapela kuba mubili na bilama byonse kabili cilama cimo.
20 But the truth is that there are many parts [in our body], but it is still only one body.
Bilama ni bingi nsombi mubili ni umo.
21 That is why if our eye [could talk], it should never say to our hand, “I do not need you!” And if our head [could talk], it should not say to our feet, “I do not need you!”
Neco linso nkalyela kwambila cikasa eti nkandikusunipo, nawo mutwi nkawela kwambila mwendo eti nkandikusunipo.
22 Instead, the parts of our body that seem to be weaker are the ones that are absolutely necessary.
Paliya cela kwinshika na bilama nabimbi bikute kuboneketi biliya ncito bibulako kumubili.
23 And the parts that we do not think highly of are the parts that we clothe carefully. And we protect carefully those parts that we do not show to people.
Bilama mbyotukute kuboneti biliya ncito embyotwela kupa bulemu kupita byonse. Bilama bikute kupa nsoni embyotukute kufweka.
24 The parts that are [all right to] show people, we do not need to protect. Instead, God, who has put all the parts of our bodies together, causes us to care for in a special way the parts that we think are less important.
Bilama bikute kuboneka cena nkatukute kubifweka. Lesa walapamankanya pamo bilama byamubili kwambeti bipe bulemu bulayandikinga.
25 He does that in order that all the parts of our body will work together harmoniously [LIT], and so that all the parts will care for all the other parts equally.
Walenseco kwambeti mubili kautapansana, nsombi kwambeti cilama ciliconse cisebenselenga cinendi.
26 If one part of our body hurts, [it is as though] all the parts of our body are hurting. If we pay special attention to one part of our body, [it is as though] all the parts of our body feel pleasure [MET].
Cilama cimo canyumfwa kubaba, bilama byonse bikute kunyamfwa kubaba. Cilama cimo capewa bulemu, byonse bikute kukondwa.
27 [Everything I have just said about how the parts of our bodies relate to each other applies to how] all of you who belong to Christ [should relate to each other]. Each of you belongs to him, [but you have not all been given the same abilities and work].
Mwense njamwe mubili wa Klistu uliyense nicilama camubili uyu.
28 God has placed apostles in our congregations. Apostles are first [in rank]. Next [in rank] are those who speak messages which come directly from God. Next [in rank] are those who teach [spiritual truth]. Then there are those who have the power to work miracles, those who have the ability to heal [sick people], those who have the ability to help [others], those who have the ability to govern [the affairs of the congregation], and those who have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned].
Lesa walabika bantu mu mubungano wa bantu ba Lesa cakutanguna walabika batumwa, kukonkapo walabika bashinshimi, pakupwililisha walabika beshikwiyisha. Walabika bantu nabambi balikuba nengofu sha kwinsa bishikukankamanisha, nabambi bakute ngofu shakusengula ne kunyamfwa nabambi, kayi nekuba batangunishi nambi kwamba milaka yabula kwishibikwa.
29 Certainly not all [believers] are apostles. [RHQ] They all do not have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to teach [spiritual truth]. [RHQ] They do not all have the power to work miracles. [RHQ]
Bonse nkabela kuba batumwa, bonse nkabela kuba bashinshimi, bonse nkabela kuba beshikwiyisha, bonse nkabela kuba nengofu shakwinsa bintu bishikukankamanisha
30 They do not all have the ability to heal people. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [they have not learned]. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to tell others the meaning of those messages. [RHQ] [Certainly not!]
nambi kusengula, kayi bonse nkabela kuba nengofu shakwamba milaka yabula kwishibikwa, nambi kuba nengofu shakusansulula bintu bilambwanga.
31 But you should eagerly desire to have [the abilities that will help other believers] the most (OR, [the abilities that God considers] to be the most important). But now I will tell you the best way [to use the abilities that God’s Spirit has given you].
Amwe kamubikani myoyo yenu pabipo bilayandikinga. Lino ndimulesheni nshila yaina kupita shonse.
