1 Corinthians 4
1 So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
lokaa asmaan khrii. s.tasya paricaarakaan ii"svarasya niguu. thavaakyadhanasyaadhyak. saa. m"sca manyantaa. m|
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
ki nca dhanaadhyak. se. na vi"svasaniiyena bhavitavyametadeva lokai ryaacyate|
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human court. Yes, I don’t even judge my own self.
ato vicaarayadbhi ryu. smaabhiranyai. h kai"scin manujai rvaa mama pariik. sa. na. m mayaatiiva laghu manyate. ahamapyaatmaana. m na vicaarayaami|
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
mayaa kimapyaparaaddhamityaha. m na vedmi kintvetena mama niraparaadhatva. m na ni"sciiyate prabhureva mama vicaarayitaasti|
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.
ata upayuktasamayaat puurvvam arthata. h prabhoraagamanaat puurvva. m yu. smaabhi rvicaaro na kriyataa. m| prabhuraagatya timire. na pracchannaani sarvvaa. ni diipayi. syati manasaa. m mantra. naa"sca prakaa"sayi. syati tasmin samaya ii"svaraad ekaikasya pra"sa. msaa bhavi. syati|
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.
he bhraatara. h sarvvaa. nyetaani mayaatmaanam aapallava ncoddi"sya kathitaani tasyaitat kaara. na. m yuya. m yathaa "saastriiyavidhimatikramya maanavam atiiva naadari. syadhba iittha ncaikena vaipariityaad apare. na na "slaaghi. syadhba etaad. r"sii. m "sik. saamaavayord. r.s. taantaat lapsyadhve|
7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
aparaat kastvaa. m vi"se. sayati? tubhya. m yanna datta taad. r"sa. m ki. m dhaarayasi? adatteneva dattena vastunaa kuta. h "slaaghase?
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!
idaaniimeva yuuya. m ki. m t. rptaa labdhadhanaa vaa? asmaasvavidyamaane. su yuuya. m ki. m raajatvapada. m praaptaa. h? yu. smaaka. m raajatva. m mayaabhila. sita. m yatastena yu. smaabhi. h saha vayamapi raajyaa. m"sino bhavi. syaama. h|
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.
preritaa vaya. m "se. saa hantavyaa"sceve"svare. na nidar"sitaa. h| yato vaya. m sarvvalokaanaam arthata. h svargiiyaduutaanaa. m maanavaanaa nca kautukaaspadaani jaataa. h|
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.
khrii. s.tasya k. rte vaya. m muu. dhaa. h kintu yuuya. m khrii. s.tena j naanina. h, vaya. m durbbalaa yuuya nca sabalaa. h, yuuya. m sammaanitaa vaya ncaapamaanitaa. h|
11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
vayamadyaapi k. sudhaarttaast. r.s. naarttaa vastrahiinaastaa. ditaa aa"sramarahitaa"sca santa. h
12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
karmma. ni svakaraan vyaapaarayanta"sca du. hkhai. h kaala. m yaapayaama. h| garhitairasmaabhiraa"sii. h kathyate duuriik. rtai. h sahyate ninditai. h prasaadyate|
13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
vayamadyaapi jagata. h sammaarjaniiyogyaa avakaraa iva sarvvai rmanyaamahe|
14 I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
yu. smaan trapayitumahametaani likhaamiiti nahi kintu priyaatmajaaniva yu. smaan prabodhayaami|
15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
yata. h khrii. s.tadharmme yadyapi yu. smaaka. m da"sasahasraa. ni vinetaaro bhavanti tathaapi bahavo janakaa na bhavanti yato. ahameva susa. mvaadena yii"sukhrii. s.te yu. smaan ajanaya. m|
16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
ato yu. smaan vinaye. aha. m yuuya. m madanugaamino bhavata|
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.
ityartha. m sarvve. su dharmmasamaaje. su sarvvatra khrii. s.tadharmmayogyaa ye vidhayo mayopadi"syante taan yo yu. smaan smaarayi. syatyevambhuuta. m prabho. h k. rte priya. m vi"svaasina nca madiiyatanaya. m tiimathiya. m yu. smaaka. m samiipa. m pre. sitavaanaha. m|
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
aparamaha. m yu. smaaka. m samiipa. m na gami. syaamiiti buddhvaa yu. smaaka. m kiyanto lokaa garvvanti|
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.
kintu yadi prabhericchaa bhavati tarhyahamavilamba. m yu. smatsamiipamupasthaaya te. saa. m darpadhmaataanaa. m lokaanaa. m vaaca. m j naasyaamiiti nahi saamarthyameva j naasyaami|
20 For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
yasmaadii"svarasya raajatva. m vaagyukta. m nahi kintu saamarthyayukta. m|
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
yu. smaaka. m kaa vaa nchaa? yu. smatsamiipe mayaa ki. m da. n.dapaa. ninaa gantavyamuta premanamrataatmayuktena vaa?
