1 Corinthians 4
1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
lokā asmān khrīṣṭasya paricārakān īśvarasya nigūṭhavākyadhanasyādhyakṣāṁśca manyantāṁ|
2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
kiñca dhanādhyakṣeṇa viśvasanīyena bhavitavyametadeva lokai ryācyate|
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.
ato vicārayadbhi ryuṣmābhiranyaiḥ kaiścin manujai rvā mama parīkṣaṇaṁ mayātīva laghu manyate 'hamapyātmānaṁ na vicārayāmi|
4 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
mayā kimapyaparāddhamityahaṁ na vedmi kintvetena mama niraparādhatvaṁ na niścīyate prabhureva mama vicārayitāsti|
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.
ata upayuktasamayāt pūrvvam arthataḥ prabhorāgamanāt pūrvvaṁ yuṣmābhi rvicāro na kriyatāṁ| prabhurāgatya timireṇa pracchannāni sarvvāṇi dīpayiṣyati manasāṁ mantraṇāśca prakāśayiṣyati tasmin samaya īśvarād ekaikasya praśaṁsā bhaviṣyati|
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.
he bhrātaraḥ sarvvāṇyetāni mayātmānam āpallavañcoddiśya kathitāni tasyaitat kāraṇaṁ yuyaṁ yathā śāstrīyavidhimatikramya mānavam atīva nādariṣyadhba ītthañcaikena vaiparītyād apareṇa na ślāghiṣyadhba etādṛśīṁ śikṣāmāvayordṛṣṭāntāt lapsyadhve|
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?
aparāt kastvāṁ viśeṣayati? tubhyaṁ yanna datta tādṛśaṁ kiṁ dhārayasi? adatteneva dattena vastunā kutaḥ ślāghase?
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!
idānīmeva yūyaṁ kiṁ tṛptā labdhadhanā vā? asmāsvavidyamāneṣu yūyaṁ kiṁ rājatvapadaṁ prāptāḥ? yuṣmākaṁ rājatvaṁ mayābhilaṣitaṁ yatastena yuṣmābhiḥ saha vayamapi rājyāṁśino bhaviṣyāmaḥ|
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.
preritā vayaṁ śeṣā hantavyāśceveśvareṇa nidarśitāḥ| yato vayaṁ sarvvalokānām arthataḥ svargīyadūtānāṁ mānavānāñca kautukāspadāni jātāḥ|
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.
khrīṣṭasya kṛte vayaṁ mūḍhāḥ kintu yūyaṁ khrīṣṭena jñāninaḥ, vayaṁ durbbalā yūyañca sabalāḥ, yūyaṁ sammānitā vayañcāpamānitāḥ|
11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
vayamadyāpi kṣudhārttāstṛṣṇārttā vastrahīnāstāḍitā āśramarahitāśca santaḥ
12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
karmmaṇi svakarān vyāpārayantaśca duḥkhaiḥ kālaṁ yāpayāmaḥ| garhitairasmābhirāśīḥ kathyate dūrīkṛtaiḥ sahyate ninditaiḥ prasādyate|
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.
vayamadyāpi jagataḥ sammārjanīyogyā avakarā iva sarvvai rmanyāmahe|
14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
yuṣmān trapayitumahametāni likhāmīti nahi kintu priyātmajāniva yuṣmān prabodhayāmi|
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.
yataḥ khrīṣṭadharmme yadyapi yuṣmākaṁ daśasahasrāṇi vinetāro bhavanti tathāpi bahavo janakā na bhavanti yato'hameva susaṁvādena yīśukhrīṣṭe yuṣmān ajanayaṁ|
16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
ato yuṣmān vinaye'haṁ yūyaṁ madanugāmino bhavata|
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.
ityarthaṁ sarvveṣu dharmmasamājeṣu sarvvatra khrīṣṭadharmmayogyā ye vidhayo mayopadiśyante tān yo yuṣmān smārayiṣyatyevambhūtaṁ prabhoḥ kṛte priyaṁ viśvāsinañca madīyatanayaṁ tīmathiyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samīpaṁ preṣitavānahaṁ|
18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
aparamahaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samīpaṁ na gamiṣyāmīti buddhvā yuṣmākaṁ kiyanto lokā garvvanti|
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.
kintu yadi prabhericchā bhavati tarhyahamavilambaṁ yuṣmatsamīpamupasthāya teṣāṁ darpadhmātānāṁ lokānāṁ vācaṁ jñāsyāmīti nahi sāmarthyameva jñāsyāmi|
20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
yasmādīśvarasya rājatvaṁ vāgyuktaṁ nahi kintu sāmarthyayuktaṁ|
21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
yuṣmākaṁ kā vāñchā? yuṣmatsamīpe mayā kiṁ daṇḍapāṇinā gantavyamuta premanamratātmayuktena vā?
