1 Jo-Korintho 3
1 Jowetena, ne ok anyal wuoyo kodu kaka joma nigi Roho, to mana kaka jopiny ma pod mana nyithindo mayom kuom Kristo.
But I, Brothers, could not speak to you as men with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded — mere infants in the Faith of Christ.
2 Ne apidhou gi chak, to ok gi chiemo motegno nikech ne pok ubedo moikore ni chamo chiemo motegno. Kata sani pok uikorune.
I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.
3 Donge pod un mana jopiny ka nyiego kod dhawo ni e kindu? Donge mano nyiso ni un jopiny kendo utimo timbe machalre gi timbe mag dhano?
While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?
4 Nikech ka ngʼato wacho niya, “An ngʼat Paulo,” to ngʼat machielo to oramo niya, “An ngʼat Apolo,” to donge koro un ji ajia?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ are not you like other men?
5 Uparo ni Apolo to en ngʼa? Koso Paulo to en ngʼa? Gin mana jotich manomiyo uyie mana kaka Ruoth nomiyo ngʼato ka ngʼato tichne mondo otim.
What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
6 An ne achwoyo, to Apolo noolo pi, to Nyasaye ema nomiyo gidongo.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 Omiyo ngʼat mochwoyo kata ngʼat moolo pi ok en gimoro, makmana Nyasaye, mamiyo gik moko dongo.
Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth.
8 Jachwoyo gi jaol pi nigi thoro machalre, kendo ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomgi noyud pokne kaluwore gi tichne.
In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labour.
9 Nikech waduto wan jotich kaachiel kod Nyasaye; un to un puoth Nyasaye kendo ot ma Nyasaye gero.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.
10 Kuom ngʼwono ma Nyasaye osemiya, ne aketo mise kaka jagedo molony, kendo koro ngʼat machielo ema gedo e miseno. To ngʼato ka ngʼato nyaka ged kotangʼ.
In fulfilment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skilful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;
11 Nikech onge ngʼama nyalo keto mise machielo mopogore gi mano moseketi, ma en Yesu Kristo.
for no man can lay any other foundation than the one already laid — Jesus Christ.
12 Ka ngʼato ogedo e miseni kotiyo gi dhahabu kata gi fedha kata gi kite ma nengogi tek; kata gi bao, kata gi lum, kata gi saka,
Whatever is used by those who build upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 to tich jagedo ka jagedo nonenre kaka chal, nikech tich ngʼato nongʼere malongʼo Chiengʼ Ngʼado Bura. Chiengʼno, nofweny tich mar ngʼato ka ngʼato gi mach, nikech mach ema notemgo tich mane ngʼato ka ngʼato otiyo.
the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the Day will make it plain; because that Day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.
14 Ka gima ne ngʼato ogero notony ma ok owangʼ e mach, to noyud michne.
If any man’s work, which he has built upon that foundation, still remains, he will gain a reward.
15 To ka tich ngʼato owangʼ e mach, to ok noyud michne. En owuon to norese, to norese mana ka ngʼat matony aa e mach maliel.
If any man’s work is burnt up, he will suffer loss; though he himself will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.
16 Donge ungʼeyo ni un uwegi un e hekalu mar Nyasaye, kendo ni Roho mar Nyasaye odak eiu?
Do not you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?
17 Ka ngʼato oketho hekalu mar Nyasaye, to Nyasaye biro tieke, nikech hekalu mar Nyasaye ler, to un e hekaluno.
If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.
18 Kik uwuondru. Ka ngʼato kuomu paro ni oriek e tiengʼni gi rieko mar pinyni, to onego olokre ngʼama ofuwo eka odok mariek. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a ‘fool,’ that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Nikech rieko mar pinyni en fuwo e nyim Nyasaye kaka ondiki niya, “Omako joma riek gi riekogi giwegi”;
For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of — ‘One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,’
20 kendo mana kaka ondiki niya, “Jehova Nyasaye ongʼeyo pach joma riek ni onge tich.”
And it says again — ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 Kuom mano, kik ngʼato sungre kuom dhano! Gik moko duto gin mau.
Therefore let no one boast about men; for all things are yours —
22 Bed ni en Paulo kata Apolo, kata Kefa, kata piny, kata ngima, kata tho, kata gik ndalogi, kata gik mantiere, kata gik moko mabiro giduto gin mau.
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Kephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future — all things are yours!
23 Un to un mag Kristo, to Kristo en mar Nyasaye.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
