1 Corinthians 3
1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, ndingĩahotire kũmwarĩria ta mũrĩ andũ a kĩĩroho, no ndaamwarĩirie ta mũrĩ andũ a thĩ, o ta twana tũnini thĩinĩ wa Kristũ.
2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
Ndaamũheire iria, no ti irio nyũmũ ndaamũheire, nĩgũkorwo mũtiakinyĩte a gũcirĩa. Ti-itherũ o na rĩu mũtikinyĩte a gũcirĩa.
3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
O na rĩu mũrĩ andũ a thĩ. Kuona atĩ kũrĩ na ũiru na ngũĩ thĩinĩ wanyu-rĩ, githĩ mũtikĩrĩ andũ a thĩ? Githĩ mũtiragĩĩka o ta ũrĩa andũ a ndũire mekaga?
4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, rĩrĩa mũndũ ũmwe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ nũmagĩrĩra Paũlũ,” nake ũrĩa ũngĩ akoiga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ nũmagĩrĩra Apolo,” githĩ mũtikĩrĩ o andũ a ndũire?
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
Kaĩ Apolo akĩrĩ ũ? Nake Paũlũ akĩrĩ ũ? Acio maarĩ o ndungata, iria ciatũmire mwĩtĩkie, o ta ũrĩa Mwathani aagaĩire o mũndũ wĩra wake.
6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
Niĩ nĩ mbeũ ndahaandire, nake Apolo agĩciitĩrĩria maaĩ, no nĩ Ngai watũmire ikũre.
7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ti mũndũ ũrĩa ũhaandaga kana ũrĩa ũitagĩrĩria maaĩ ũrĩ bata, no ũrĩa ũrĩ bata nĩ Ngai, ũrĩa ũtũmaga ikũre.
8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Mũndũ ũrĩa ũhaandaga na mũndũ ũrĩa ũitagĩrĩria maaĩ makoragwo na muoroto ũmwe, na o mũndũ akaarĩhwo kũringana na wĩra wake we mwene.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Nĩgũkorwo tũrutithanagia wĩra hamwe na Ngai; na inyuĩ mũrĩ mũgũnda wa Ngai, na mwako wa Ngai.
10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
Nĩ ũndũ wa wega ũrĩa Ngai aaheete, niĩ nĩ gwaka ndaakire mũthingi haana ta mwakithia ũrĩa mũũgĩ nake mũndũ ũngĩ nĩ gwaka araaka igũrũ rĩa mũthingi ũcio. No o mũndũ nĩamenyagĩrĩre ũrĩa egwaka igũrũ rĩaguo.
11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩaka mũthingi ũngĩ tiga ũrĩa ũrĩkĩtie gwakwo, na nĩguo Jesũ Kristũ.
12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Angĩkorwo mũndũ o na ũ egwaka igũrũ rĩa mũthingi ũyũ akĩhũthagĩra thahabu, kana betha, kana mahiga ma goro, kana mbaũ, kana nyeki, o na kana rũũa-rĩ,
13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
wĩra wake nĩũkoneka ũrĩa ũtariĩ, tondũ Mũthenya ũcio nĩũgaatũma woneke ũtheri-inĩ. Wĩra ũcio ũkaaguũrio na mwaki, nĩgũkorwo wĩra wa o mũndũ nĩũkagerio na mwaki ũcio.
14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
Angĩkorwo kĩrĩa mũndũ aakĩte mũthingi-igũrũ nĩgĩgetiiria mwaki ũcio-rĩ, nĩakarĩhwo mũcaara wake.
15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
Angĩkorwo nĩũkahĩa-rĩ, nĩakoorwo nĩguo; nowe mwene nĩakahonoka, no akaahonoka ta mũndũ ũgereire mwaki-inĩ.
16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Kaĩ inyuĩ mũtooĩ atĩ inyuĩ ene mũrĩ hekarũ ya Ngai, na atĩ Roho wa Ngai atũũraga thĩinĩ wanyu?
17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Mũndũ o wothe angĩananga hekarũ ya Ngai-rĩ, Ngai nĩakamwananga; nĩgũkorwo hekarũ ya Ngai nĩ theru, na nĩ inyuĩ hekarũ ĩyo.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
Mũtikae kwĩheenia. Mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ thĩinĩ wanyu angĩkorwo nĩeciiragia nĩ mũũgĩ na ũũgĩ wa mahinda maya tũrĩ-rĩ, nĩagĩtuĩke “kĩrimũ” nĩguo atuĩke mũũgĩ. (aiōn g165)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
Nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ wa thĩ ĩno nĩ ũrimũ maitho-inĩ ma Ngai. O ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ, “Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao”;
20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
o na ningĩ nĩ kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ, “Mwathani nĩoĩ atĩ meciiria ma arĩa oogĩ nĩ ma tũhũ.”
21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakae kwĩraha na ũhoro wa andũ! Maũndũ mothe nĩ manyu,
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
kana nĩ Paũlũ, kana nĩ Apolo, kana nĩ Kefa, kana nĩ thĩ ĩno, kana nĩ muoyo, kana nĩ gĩkuũ, kana nĩ maũndũ marĩa marĩ ho rĩu, kana nĩ maũndũ marĩa magooka, mothe nĩ manyu,
23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
na inyuĩ mũrĩ a Kristũ, nake Kristũ nĩ wa Ngai.
