1 KwabaseKhorinte 11

1 Banini ngabalandeli bami, njengoba lami okaKristu.

Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Ngiyalibabaza-ke, bazalwane, ukuthi liyangikhumbula ezintweni zonke, lokuthi libambelele ezimisweni njengoba ngalinika.

Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

3 Kodwa ngithanda ukuthi lazi, ukuthi inhloko yawo wonke amadoda nguKristu; lenhloko yowesifazana yindoda; lenhloko kaKristu nguNkulunkulu.

But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Yonke indoda ekhulekayo loba eprofethayo, ikhanda limboziwe, ilithela ihlazo ikhanda layo.

Every man praying or prophesying having something upon his head dishonors his head.

5 Kodwa wonke owesifazana okhuleka kumbe aprofethe ikhanda lingambombozwanga, ulithela ihlazo elakhe ikhanda; ngoba lokhu kufanana-ke lophuciweyo.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaven.

6 Ngoba uba owesifazana engagubuzeli, futhi kagele; kodwa uba kukubi kowesifazana ukugela kumbe ukuphucwa, kagutshuzelwe.

For if a woman is not covered, let her also shear herself. But if it is an ugly thing for a woman to shear herself or be shaven, she should be covered.

7 Ngoba indoda kayifanele ukumbomboza ikhanda, ngoba ingumfanekiso lodumo lukaNkulunkulu; kodwa owesifazana uludumo lwendoda.

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God, but woman is a glory of man.

8 Ngoba indoda kayivelanga kowesifazana, kodwa owesifazana endodeni;

For man is not from woman, but woman from man.

9 ngoba futhi indoda kayidalelwanga owesifazana, kodwa owesifazana indoda;

For also man was not created for the woman, but woman for the man.

10 ngenxa yalokhu owesifazana kufanele abe lamandla phezu kwekhanda ngenxa yezingilosi.

Because of this the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the agents.

11 Kodwa indoda kayingaphandle kowesifazana, lowesifazana kangaphandle kwendoda, eNkosini.

Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.

12 Ngoba njengoba owesifazana evela endodeni, ngokunjalo lendoda ivela ngowesifazana, kodwa konke kuvela kuNkulunkulu.

For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.

13 Ziboneleni lina; kufanele yini ukuthi owesifazana akhuleke kuNkulunkulu engambombozanga?

Judge ye among yourselves, is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

14 Imvelo uqobo lwayo kayilifundisi yini, ukuthi uba indoda ilenwele ezinde, kulihlazo kuyo?

Or does not nature itself teach you that if a man actually wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?

15 Kodwa uba owesifazana elenwele ezinde, kuludumo kuye. Ngoba inwele uziphiwe ukuthi zibe yisimbombozo.

But if a woman wears long hair, it is a glory to her, because her hair has been given for a cloak.

16 Kodwa uba umuntu ebonakala elenkani, thina kasilawo umkhuba onjalo, ngitsho lamabandla kaNkulunkulu.

But if any man appears to be a lover of strife, we have no such custom, nor the congregations of God.

17 Kodwa ngokulaya lokhu kangilibabazi, ngoba libuthana ngokungekuhle kodwa ngokubi.

Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble for the better but for the worse.

18 Okokuqala ngoba nxa libuthana ebandleni, ngizwa ukuthi kukhona ukwehlukana phakathi kwenu; njalo nganxanye ngiyakukholwa.

For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it.

19 Ngoba kufanele ukuba lobubhazuka futhi phakathi kwenu, ukuze labo abaqinisileyo babonakale phakathi kwenu.

For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.

20 Ngakho nxa libuthana ndawonye, lokhu kakusikho ukudla isidlo seNkosi;

When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 ngoba ngulowo lalowo uthatha kuqala esakhe isidlo ekudleni, lomunye ulambile, lomunye udakiwe.

For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

22 Kanti kalilazo izindlu zokudlela lezokunathela? Kumbe lidelela ibandla likaNkulunkulu, liyangise yini abangelakho? Ngingathini kini? Ngingalibabaza kulokhu yini? Kangilibabazi.

For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

23 Ngoba mina ngakwemukela eNkosini, lokho lami engalinika khona, ukuthi iNkosi uJesu ngobusuku eyanikelwa ngabo yathatha isinkwa,

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

24 isibongile yasihlephuna, yathi: Thathani, lidle, lokhu kungumzimba wami owahletshunelwa lina; lokhu kwenzeni ukungikhumbula.

and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye for my memorial.

25 Ngokunjalo lenkezo, sebedlile, yathi: Inkezo le iyisivumelwano esitsha egazini lami; lokhu kwenzeni, loba nini liyinatha, ukungikhumbula.

Likewise also the cup after the supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, for my memorial.

26 Ngoba loba nini nxa lisidla lesisinkwa, linatha linkezo, litshumayela ukufa kweNkosi ize ifike.

For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

27 Ngakho loba ngubani odla lesisinkwa kumbe anathe inkezo yeNkosi ngokungafanelanga, uzakuba lecala lomzimba legazi leNkosi.

Therefore whoever may eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily of the Lord, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

28 Kodwa umuntu kumele azihlole, ngokunjalo-ke adle okwesinkwa anathe okwenkezo;

But let a man examine himself, and let him so eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 ngoba odlayo anathe ngokungafanelanga, uzidlela azinathele isigwebo, engawehlukanisi umzimba weNkosi.

For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

30 Ngenxa yalokhu banengi kini ababuthakathaka labagulayo, lenengi lilele.

Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep.

31 Kodwa uba besizihlolile thina, besingayikwahlulelwa;

But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged.

32 kodwa nxa sisahlulelwa, sikhuzwa yiNkosi, ukuze singalahlwa kanye lomhlaba.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

33 Ngakho, bazalwane bami, nxa libuthana ukuthi lidle, kalibomelelana.

Therefore, my brothers, when ye come together to eat, await each other.

34 Njalo uba omunye elambile, kabokudla ekhaya; ukuze lingabuthaneli ukugwetshwa. Okuseleyo-ke, ngizakulungisa mhla ngifikayo.

And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.