1 Wakorintho 4
1 Efe ndifyo munu atubhalangili tete, kama bhatumishi bha Kristu ni bhawakilishi bha siri sa ukueli sa K'yara.
LET a man so account of us, as the under servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Katika ele, kakilondeka kwa uwakili ni kwamba bhayele bha kutumainibhwa.
Moreover it is expected of stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 Lakini kwanene nene ni khenu kidebe sana kuya nihukumiwa ni muenga au hukumu ya kibinadamu. Kwa ndabha nikihukumu lepi hata nene na muene.
But it is my least consideration that I should be judged by you, or by human opinion: yea I decide not respecting myself.
4 Nihukumulepi nene na muene, eye iyelepi ni maana kuwa nene niyele ni haki. Ni Bwana yakanihukumu.
For though I am not conscious to myself of any unfaithfulness, yet am I not thereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Henu, mkolokutama hukumu juu ya lilyoha lhela kabla ya wakati, kabla ya kuhida kwa Bwana. ilotakuleta munuru mambo ghaghafihiki mugiza ni kufunula makusudi gha mioyo. Ndipo khila mmonga ilotakupokela sifa sa muene kuhomela kwa K'yara.
Wherefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will manifest the counsels of men’s hearts; and then shall praise be given to each from God.
6 Henu, kaka ni dada yangu, nene na muene ni Apolo nitumili kanuni ese kwa ajili ya yhomo. Ili kwamba kuhoma kwatete mwibhuesya kujifunza maana gha lusumu, “Kolokulota zaidi ya kakiyandikibhu.” Eye ni kwamba kuyele mmonga wa yhomo yaki yakiunila juu ya yhongi.
But these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself, and Apollos for your sake; that in us ye might learn not to be attached, beyond what is written, lest one being for one minister, ye be puffed up with prejudice against another.
7 Maana ni niani yaibhona tofauti kati ya muenga ni yhongi? Ni kiki kauyenaku kawapokili bure? Kamaumalikupokela bure, kwandayakiki mwikifuna kama mwaketili naha?
For who distinguisheth thee? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? But if thou also hast received it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8 Tayari myenafu fhoha ambafyo ngamwilonda! Tayari muyele ni utajiri! Muyandili kutawala - na kwamba mwimiliki zaidi ya tete tayhotho! Kueli, nikabhatakila umiliki unofu ili kwamba tumilikiai pamonga ni muenga.
Now ye are full, now ye have grown rich, ye have reigned without us: and I wish indeed that you may reign, that we also might reign together with you.
9 Kwa henu nidhani K'yara atubhekili tete mitume kama atuvasiri wa muishu mu mustari wa maandamano ni kama bhanu bhabhahukumibhu kukhomibhwa. Tuyele kama tamasha kwa ulimwengu, kwa malaika na kwa bhanadamu.
For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 Tete ni bhajinga kwa ajili ya Kristu, lakini muenga ni bhabhayele ni hekima mu Kristu. Tu bhanyonge, lakinimuenga muyele ni nghofho. Mwiheshimibhwa, lakini tete tidharaulibhwa.
We are counted fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are mighty; ye are honourable persons, but we despised.
11 Hata saa eye tuyele ni njala ni kiu, tuyelepi ni nghofho, tiyele ni mapigo, kabhele tiyelepi ni pakuishi.
For even to this present hour we undergo hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are buffeted about, and have no settled abode;
12 Tifuanya mbombo kwa bidii, kwa mabhokho ghayhotho ka bhene. Pathidharaulibhwa, tibalikibhwa, Wakati ptitesibhwa, tivumilila.
and work hard, labouring with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
13 Patilighibhwa, tikelebhusya kwa upole, tiyele, ni tukakhona tibhalangibhwa kuwa kama kutawala ni dunia ni takataka kwa mambo ghoha.
being injuriously spoken of, we entreat; we are made as the ordures of the world, as the sweepings of all things unto this day.
14 Nujandikilepi mambo agha kubhaaibisya muenga, lakini kubhakerebhukila muenga kama bhana bha nene yanibhaganili.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.
15 Hata kama muyele ni bhalim makumi elfu mu Kristu, bhayelepi bha dadi bhingi kwa ndabha nijele dadi yhinu mu Yesu Kristu kuphetela injili.
For though ye may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you.
16 Henu nikabhasihi mnigai nene.
Now I conjure you, be followers of me.
17 Eyu ndiyo sababu namtumili kwa yhomo Timotheo, mpendwa wa nene ni muana mwaminifu mu Bwana. Ilotakubhakhombosya njela syangu mu Kristu, kama kanifundisya kila mahali ni khila kanisa.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my son beloved and faithful in Christ, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Henu baadhi ya muenga bhikisifu bhikikheta, kana kwamba nihida lepi kwa muenga.
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not really come to you.
19 Lakini nilota kuhida kwa yhomo kitambo, kama Bwana akaganai. Ndipo nilotakumanya si malobhi gha bhene tu bhabhikisifu, lakini nilota kubhona nghofho sa bhene.
But I will come shortly unto you, if the Lord please, and will know, not the prating of them that are puffed up, but the power.
20 Kwa ndabha Ufalme wa K'yara wiyalepi mu malobhi bali mu nghofho.
For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power.
21 Mwilonda kiki? Nihida kwa yhomo ni ndonga au kwa upendo ni katika roho ya upole?
What is your wish? That I should come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
