1 Corinthians 4
1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Muntu katuwoni twenga twantumintumi wa Kristu yatupananitwi uwezu wa Mlungu.
2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Vinu shashifiruwa kwa yoseri yakapananitwi lihengu kaweri mwaminika.
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.
Kwa neni shintu ndiri pantozwa na mwenga, ama pantozwa na wantu na hapeni nulitozi namweni.
4 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
Toziya nuvimana ndiri kulitoza namweni, kumbiti shintu ashi shilanguziya ndiri kuwera neni nana likosa. Mtuwa ndo yankatoza neni.
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.
Su, namtoza shitwatila shoseri pamberi pa shipindi shakuwi kusoka, mleki mpaka Mtuwa pakiza. Yomberi hakavilaviyi vitwatira vyavilififiti muluwindu na kulanguziya nfiru ya mmoyu ya wantu. Panu kila muntu hakapati uzyumi wakuwi kulawa kwa Mlungu.
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.
Wantu yawamjimira Yesu wayangu, numtumiti Apolu na neni namweni su kupitira kwa twenga mulifundi mfanu agu, “Mgaloli weri gagalembitwi.” Nakawera muntu yoseri yakalitumbira muntu yumu na kumzalawu yumonga.
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?
Gani kakutenda guweri mkulu kuliku yumonga? Hashi, Mlungu kakupananiti ndiri kila shintu shaguwera nashu? Na payiwera gupananwa, iwera hashi gulitumbira kuwera gupananwa ndiri?
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!
Muwera kala na kila shintu shamfira! Muwera kala mwawalunda! Muwera mwawafalumi pota ya twenga! Yina, menfiri nakaka muweri wafalumi, su natwenga vilaa tuweri wafalumi pamuhera na mwenga.
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.
Nulihola Mlungu katutenda twenga wantumintumi tuweri wantu wa upeleru nakamu, gambira wantu yawatozitwi kuhowa, toziya tuwera msambu gwa pasipanu poseri na kulongolu kwa wantumintumi wa kumpindi na kulongolu kwa wantu.
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.
Twenga twawazigizigi toziya ya kumtendera Kristu, kumbiti mwenga muwera na mahala kwa kulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu! Twenga twalegilegi, mwenga mwawavikambaku. Mwenga mbezika ndiri, kumbiti twenga twankubezika.
11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Mpaka vinu, twenga twana njala, kuyumuluwa, twahera nguwu, wankutukomanga nentu na twahera pakugonja.
12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
Su twankutabika kutenda lihengu likamala kwa mawoku getu twaweni. Patupangilwa, twenga twankuwatekelera, pawatutabisiya, twenga tuhepelera,
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.
pawatwigiranga, twenga twankula kwa ligoya. Mpaka vinu watutendera gambira udoda wa pasipanu na kila muntu katuwona twenga twauhakata.
14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
Nembiti ndiri vitwatira avi kuwasoniziya mwenga, kumbiti kuwafunda gambira wana wangu yanuwafira
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.
Toziya ata pamuwera na walera wavuwa mumakaliru genu ga Shikristu, tati gwenu ndo yumu hera. Mukulikolerana na Kristu Yesu neni wera tati gwenu kwa kuwabwelerani Shisoweru Shiwagira.
16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Su nuwaluwani mwenga mfati mfanu gwangu.
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.
Toziya ayi neni numtuma Timotewu kwa mwenga. Yomberi ndo yakawera gambira mwana gwangu mngati mwa Kristu yanumfira na mwaminika mukulikolerana na Mtuwa. Yomberi hakawaholiziyi njira yanuyigendera mukulikolelerana pamuhera na Kristu, njira yanuyifunda pahala poseri pa shipinga shoseri sha wantu shawamjira Yesu.
18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
Wamu wenu wanja kulitumba pawalihola kuwera hapeni nizi kayi kwa mwenga.
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.
Kumbiti Mtuwa pakafira, hanizi kwa mwenga kanongola, panu hanuliwoneli namweni, galii ndiri gawagatakula gweka yakuwi kumbiti makakala gawawera naga.
20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
Toziya Ufalumi wa Mlungu uwera ndiri visoweru vya mlomu, kumbiti wa makakala.
21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
Hashi, mwenga mfira shishi? Hashi, nizi kwa mwenga na ntomondu, ama nizi na moyu gwa mafiliru na unanagala?
