1 Kolinitō 4

1 Ko ia ke pehē ʻae lau ʻe he tangata kiate kimautolu, ʻo taau mo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Kalaisi, mo e kau tauhi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fakalilolilo ʻae ʻOtua.

This is how a person should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the hidden truths of God.

2 Ko eni foki, ʻoku ʻamanaki ki he kau tauhi, ke nau fai totonu.

Now what is required of stewards is that they are found to be trustworthy.

3 Ka ko e meʻa siʻi ʻaupito kiate au ke fakamaau au ʻekimoutolu, pe ko e fakamaau ʻae tangata: ʻio, ʻoku ʻikai te u fakamaau au ʻeau.

But for me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. For I do not even judge myself.

4 He ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ha meʻa ʻiate au pe; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u tonuhia ai: ka ko ia ʻoku ne fakamaau au, ko e ʻEiki ia.

I am not aware of any charge being made against me, but that does not mean I am innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.

5 Ko ia ʻoua naʻa fakamaau ha meʻa ʻi he teʻeki hoko hono kuonga, pea ʻoua ke hoko mai ʻae ʻEiki, ʻaia te ne ʻomi ki he maama ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻoe poʻuli, pea te ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi filioʻi ʻoe loto: pea ʻe toki maʻu ai ʻo taki taha kotoa pē ʻae fakamālō mei he ʻOtua.

Therefore do not pronounce judgment about anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his praise from God.

6 Pea ko e meʻa ni, ʻe kāinga, kuo u fakahoko fakatātā kiate au mo ʻApolosi koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu; koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻiate kimaua ke ʻoua naʻa lahi hoʻomou lau ʻi he meʻa kuo tohi, “Ke ʻoua naʻa ai hamou tokotaha ʻe fielahi ʻi he filifilimānako ki ha taha kae kovi ki ha taha.”

Now, brothers, I applied these principles to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that from us you might learn the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” This is so that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against the other.

7 He ko hai ʻoku ne fakakeheʻi koe? Pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻaʻau, naʻe ʻikai te ke maʻu? Pea kapau naʻa ke maʻu ia, ko e hā ʻoku ke vikiviki ai ʻo hangē naʻe ʻikai te ke maʻu ia?

For who sees any difference between you and others? What do you have that you did not freely receive? If you have freely received it, why do you boast as if you had not done so?

8 Pea ko eni, ʻoku mou mākona, kuo mou mohu meʻa, kuo mou pule, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi tuʻi, pea taʻekau ʻakimautolu: pea ʻoku ʻamusiaange ʻeau ʻoku mou pule, koeʻuhi ke tau pule mo kimoutolu foki.

Already you have all you could want! Already you have become rich! You began to reign—and that quite apart from us! Indeed, I wish you did reign, so that we could reign with you.

9 He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻeau kuo tuku ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakimautolu ʻae kau ʻaposetolo ki mui, ʻo hangē ko e tukupau ki he mate, he kuo ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e siofiaʻanga ʻo māmani, mo e kau ʻāngelo, mo e kakai.

For I think God has put us apostles on display as the last in line in a procession and like men sentenced to death. We have become a spectacle to the world—to angels, and to human beings.

10 Ko e kau vale ʻakimautolu koeʻuhi ko Kalaisi, ka ʻoku poto ʻakimoutolu ʻia Kalaisi; ʻoku mau vaivai, ka ʻoku mālohi ʻakimoutolu; ʻoku ʻapasia ʻakimoutolu, ka ʻoku manukia ʻakimautolu.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we are held in dishonor.

11 [ʻIo], ʻo aʻu ki he feituʻulaʻā ni ʻoku mau fiekaia, mo fieinu, ʻoku mau telefua, pea sipiʻi, pea ʻoku ʻikai hamau nofoʻanga maʻu:

Up to this present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally beaten, and we are homeless.

12 ‌ʻO ngāue, pea fai ʻaki homau nima ʻomautolu: kuo manukia, ka mau tāpuaki; kuo fakatangaʻi, ka mau kātaki ia:

We work hard, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless. When we are persecuted, we endure.

13 Kuo lauʻikovi, ka ʻoku mau kole; kuo hoko ʻakimautolu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuli ʻoe fonua, pea mo e efe ʻoe meʻa kotoa pē ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

When we are slandered, we speak with kindness. We have become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world and the filthiest of all things.

14 ‌ʻOku ʻikai te u tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ke fakamā ʻakimoutolu, ka ko ʻeku valoki ki heʻeku fānau ʻoku ou ʻofa ai.

I do not write these things to shame you, but to correct you as my beloved children.

15 He neongo ʻoku toko mano hoʻomou akonaki ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku ʻikai tokolahi ʻae tamai: he ko au ne u fakatupu ʻakimoutolu ia.

For even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

16 Ko ia ʻoku ou kole ai kiate kimoutolu, ke mou faʻifaʻitaki kiate au.

So I urge you to be imitators of me.

17 Ko e meʻa ko ia kuo u fekau atu ai kiate kimoutolu ʻa Timote, ʻaia ko hoku foha ʻofa, mo e angatonu ʻi he ʻEiki, pea te ne fakamanatu kiate kimoutolu hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga ʻaia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku ou ako ʻaki ʻi he potu kotoa pē mo e siasi kotoa pē.

That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere and in every church.

18 Ka kuo fielahi ʻae niʻihi, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu.

Now some of you have become arrogant, acting as though I were not coming to you.

19 Ka te u ʻalu vave atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapau ko e finangalo ia ʻoe ʻEiki, pea te u ʻeke, kae ʻikai ki he lea pē ʻanautolu ʻoku fakafuofua lahi, ka ko ʻenau mālohi.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills. Then I will know not merely the talk of these who are so arrogant, but I will see their power.

20 He ko e puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he lea pe, ka ʻoku ʻi he mālohi.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

21 Ko e hā homou loto? Te u ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu mo e meʻa tā, pe ʻi he ʻofa, pe ʻi he loto angavaivai?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?