1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Hatdawkvah ayâ ni maimanaw teh Khrih e san hoi Cathut e hrolawk hno ka kuemkung lah na pouk awh naseh.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Hno kuemkung teh yuemkamcu telah ayâ ni panue e tami han.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment: yea, I judge not my own self.
Nangmouh hoi alouknaw ni hai kai hah lawkkam na cak hoeh telah lawk na ceng awh e heh hno kathoenge doeh. Kai teh kamahoima hai lawk ka ceng hoeh.
4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Ka pouknae a thoung. Hatei, hottelah ka o dawkvah kai teh tamikalan telah khoe e lah kaawm hoeh. Kai lawkcengkung teh Bawipa doeh.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.
Hatdawkvah, atueng a pha hoehnahlan, apihai lawkceng awh hanh. Bawipa a tho totouh ring awh. Ahni ni hmonae koe hro e pueng angnae dawk a kamnue sak vaiteh, tami e pouknae puenghai a kamnue sak han. Hattoteh tami pueng ni Cathut koehoi oupnae a coe awh han.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you on account of one may be puffed up against another.
Hmaunawnghanaw, Cakathoung dawk thut lah kaawm e tapuet laihoi ayânaw bari kawi nahoeh tie lawk hah kaimouh roi koehoi kamtu thai awh nahan, buet touh ni buet touh e lathueng na kâoup awh hoeh nahan, kai hoi Apollos bangnue lahoi hete hnonaw hah nangmouh hanelah ka pâpho.
7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Apini maw nangmouh na talue sak awh. Na kamtu e laipalah ahmaloe hoi na thung kaawm e hno ao maw. Na kamtu e lah awm pawiteh na kamtu hoeh e patetlah bangkongmaw na kâoup vaw.
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Na kuep awh toe. Na bawi awh toe. Kaimouh laipalah na uk awh toe. Kaimouh hah nangmouh hoi rei uk thai nahanelah na uk awh katang pawiteh ahawi.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Kai niteh, thei hane naw patetlah Cathut ni kaimouh gunceinaw a hnukteng koe lah na ta awh toe telah ka pouk. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kalvantaminaw hmalah, hoi talai taminaw hmalah, talaivan abuemlah ni khet han kawi lah ka o awh.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Kaimouh teh Khrih hanelah tamipathu lah ka o awh. Hatei nangmouh teh Khrih dawk na lungang awh. Kaimouh teh ka thayoun awh. Hatei nangmanaw teh na thao awh. Nangmouh teh bari kaawm e lah na o awh. Hatei kaimouh teh hnephnap e lah ka o awh.
11 Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Kaimouh teh atu raw vonhlamrinci hoi, caici lah o hoi, rektap e lah ka o awh teh, im laipalah,
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it:
mae kut hoi thaw ka tawk awh. Na pathoe awh navah yawhawinae lah ka pouk awh. Rektapnae kâhmo navah ka panguep awh.
13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
Na dudam awh torei teh, lungpatawnae kamnue sak pouh awh. Atu sittouh tami pueng ni na takhoe awh, talaivan e songnawng patetlah na pouk awh.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Nangmouh kaya sak nahanlah ka ngai dawk hete ca ka thut e nahoeh. Ka pahren e ka canaw patetlah na kâhruetcuet awh nahanlah hete ca na thut pouh e doeh.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Bangkongtetpawiteh nangmouh dawk Khrih kong na ka cangkhai e thong hra touh kaawm nakunghai, na pa moipap hoeh. Khrih Jisuh dawkvah kamthang kahawi lahoi na khe awh.
16 Therefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Hatdawkvah, kaie nuen na out awh nahanlah na hroecoe awh.
17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Hot kecu dawkvah, Bawipa dawk yuemkamcu e ka pahren e ka capa Timote nangmouh koe ka patoun. Ahni ni kho tangkuem e kawhmoun pueng koe kai ni ka cangkhai e patetlah Khrih Jisuh dawk kai ni ka dawn e lamthung hah nangmouh bout na panue sak awh han doeh.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Kai nangmouh koe tho mahoeh telah tami tangawn ni a pouk awh teh, a kâoup awh.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.
Bawipa ni a ngainae awm pawiteh karanglah ka tho han. Hat toteh, ahnimouh kâoupnae dawk laipalah, ahnimae bahu hah ka panue han doeh.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut uknaeram teh lawk dawk kaawm e nahoeh, bahu dawk doeh ao.
21 What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Bangmaw na ngaihnawn awh, bongpai hoi na ou ka tho han, lungpatawnae, lungdolungnemnae hoi na ou ka tho han.
