1 Corinthians 4
1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Lanwani li pundi ban ya nua ti ke ti tie Kilisiti naacenba. U Tienu n puogi yaaba ban ya wangi o bondoaginkaala.
2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Bi ya puogi o nilo li tuonli, ban lingi yaala o kani tie wan ya tie nidugika.
3 I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
Mini yaapo, yi ya jia npo ti buudi, laa tie npo liba. Li bali danba mo ya ya jia nni ti buudi laa tie npo liba.
4 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
Mini nba mo ki jia n yuli buudi. Npali siedi mo ki bu leni nni liba kuli po. Ama lani ka doagidi ki sa n po imoamoani. Yua n jia n buudi tie o Diedo.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
Lanyaapo yin da ja ti buudi liba kuli po hali ke li yogunu daa pundi. Ya gu mani o Diedo cuama, wani yua n baa yendi yaala n wuo li biigili nni, ki go doagidi yaala n den wuo a pala nni. Laa yogunu nilo kuli baa baa U Tienu kani lan pundi wan baa ya pagidi.
6 Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
N kpiiba n maadi mini leni apolosa maama na nani mi kpanjama yeni, ki baa todi yi yin bandi tikani ki da pendi yaala n diani ki bili ya bianu. Min maadi yaala tie ke yin da pia ti japaadi ki kpiagi niyendo ki fali o lielo.
7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Hme teni ke a cie a lieba? A pia be ke U Tienu ka puni a? Li ya tie yeni, be n teni ke a kpiagi a yuli nani U Tienu ka puni a la yeni?
8 Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
Moala ke yi pia ke li dagidi! Moala ke yi tua piada! Yi cili ki diedi ke tii ye lienni. N bi sugini yin bi ya die moamoani, ke ti moko bi baa taani leni yi ki ya die.
9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
Ama li tie npo nani U Tienu bili ke tinba o tondiba n ya tie puoli yaaba, nani yaaba ya buudi n kadi ke bi baa kpa yeni. Kelima bi sieni ti asala nni handuna, malekinba leni bi nisaaliba kuli nuni po.
10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
Tinba ti tie yanluodanba kelima wani kilisiti yaapo, ama yinba wani tie yanfodanba kilisiti nni. Ti tadi, ama yinba wani pa. Bi kpiadi yinba ama bi yuandi tinba.
11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Hali moala ti ye leni mi koma leni ñunñuunu leni ti cadi leni ti puadi ke ti go tie lianliama.
12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
Ti tuuni leni ti nii hali ki coagi. Bi niba ya sugi ti, ti gaali ba. Bi ya waani ti fala, ti juuni.
13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
Bi ya kuli ti, ti guani ba leni mi madingima. Ti tie nani handuna baadi yeni, ki tie nani bi niba kuli n lu yaala hali moala
14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
Laa tie ke n bua ki fiagi yi ka ke n diani yipo, ama n tuodi ki tundi yi kelima yi tie n bibuadimu.
15 Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
To baa yi ya pia gobidikaaba tudapiiga kilisiti nni, yii pia baanda wani boncianla.
16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Lanwani yin mia yi ki tundi yi ke yin ya hua ya fuuli.
17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
Lanyaapo yo ke n soani Timote yikani yua n tie n bibuadiga ki tie nidugika o Diedo nni. O baa tiadi yi min hua kilisiti maama, nani min bangi kilisiti nitaana ya ye i kani kuli maama.
18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
Yi siiga bi nitianba fiini ti japaadi ki tama ke n kan go cua yikani.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
To, o Diedo ya bua, n baa cua yikani ke li kan waagi. Lanwani n kan bandi bi japaadanba yeni maadi ya maama bebe ka, n baa bandi ban pia ya paalu tie yu.
20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
Kelima U Tienu n diema naa doagidi mi maama nni bebe ka, ama u paalu nni.
21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
Yi bua be? Ke min cua yikani leni u febu bi? Bi min cua leni mi buama leni li padigile?
