1 Corinthians 4
1 Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.
Kastoy ti rumbeng a panangibilang dagiti tao kadakami, kas dagiti adipen ni Cristo ken dagiti mangay-aywan kadagiti nailimed a kinapudno ti Dios.
2 Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.
Iti kasta nagrud, kasapulan para kadagiti mangay-aywan nga agbalinda a mapagtalkan.
3 But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself.
Ngem para kaniak bassit unay a banag a maukomak babaen kadakayo wenno babaen iti aniaman a pangukoman iti tao. Ta saanko pay nga uk-ukomen ti bagik.
4 For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.
Saanko nga ammo ti aniaman a pammabasol a naaramid maibusor kaniak, ngem saanna a kayat a sawen dayta nga awan ti basolko. Ti Apo ti mangukom kaniak.
5 And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.
Ngarud, saankayo nga agibalikas iti panangukom maipanggep iti aniaman a banag sakbay ti tiempo, sakbay nga umay ti Apo. Ipannanto iti lawag dagiti nailimed a banbanag iti sipnget ken iparangna dagiti panggep iti puso. Ket awatento ti tunggal maysa ti pammadayawna manipud iti Dios.
6 And so, brothers, I have presented these things in myself and in Apollo, for your sakes, so that you may learn, through us, that no one should be inflated against one person and for another, not beyond what has been written.
Ita, kakabsat a lallaki ken babbai, inusarko dagitoy a pagannurotan iti bagik ken ni Apolos para iti pagimbaganyo, tapno mabalinyo masursuro kadakami ti kayat a sawen iti pagsasao a, “Saankayo a lumabes iti naisurat.” Daytoy ket tapno awan kadakayo ti mangitangsit iti maysa a tao maibusor ti sabali.
7 For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?
Ta siasino ti makakita ti aniaman a nagdumaanyo ken dagiti sabali? Ania iti adda kadakayo a saanyo a siwawaya a naawat? No siwawaya a naawatyo daytoy, apay nga agpalanggguadkayo a kasla saanyo a siwaya-waya a naawat daytoy?
8 So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, might reign with you!
Addan kadakayo iti amin a kayatyo! Bimmaknangkayon! Nangrugikayon nga agturay—nga adayo manipud kadakami! Pudno, tarigagayak a nagturaykayo koma, tapno mabalinkami a makipagturay kadakayo.
9 For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for men.
Ta ti pagarupko ket inkabilnakami ti Dios nga apostol a maiparang a kas ti kaudian iti pila ti prusision ken kasla kadagiti lallaki a naikeddeng a mapapatay. Nagbalinkami a naisangsangayan a pabuya iti lubong, kadagiti anghel ken kadagiti tattao.
10 So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?
Maagkami para kenni Cristo, ngem masiribkayo kenni Cristo. Nakapuykami, ngem napigsakayo. Napadayawankayo, ngem naum-umsikami.
11 Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
Agingga iti daytoy nga agdama a tiempo, mabisin ken mawawkami, nakawesankami a sikukurapay, nakabilkabilkami iti nakaro, ken awan ti pagtaenganmi.
12 And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
Agtrabahokami ti kasta unay, agtrabtrabahokami babaen kadagiti bukodmi nga ima. No mailunodkami, mangbendisionkami. No maidadaneskami, agibturkami.
13 We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now.
No napadakeskami, agsaokami ti kinaimbag. Nagbalinkami, ken maibilbilang pay laeng a basura ti lubong ken ti karugitan kadagiti amin a banbanag.
14 I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.
Saanko nga isursurat dagitoy a banbanag tapno pabainankayo, ngem tapno ilintegkayo a kas ay-ayatek nga annakko.
15 For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
Ta uray no addaankayo iti sangapulo a ribu a mangay-aywan kenni Cristo, awan ti adu nga ammayo. Ta nagbalinak nga amayo kenni Cristo Jesus babaen iti ebanghelio.
16 Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
Isu a guyugoyenkayo a tuladendak.
17 For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.
Isu nga imbaonko ni Timoteo kadakayo, ti ay-ayatek ken napudno nga anakko iti Apo. Ipalagipna kadakayo dagiti wagasko kenni Cristo, kas isursurok dagitoy iti sadinoman ken iti tunggal iglesia.
18 Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.
Ita, napalangguad unay ti sumagmamano kadakayo, nga agtigtignay a kasla saanakon nga umay kadakayo.
19 But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
Ngem umayakto kadakayo iti mabiit, no pagayatan ti Apo. Ken maammoakto saan laeng nga iti sasao dagitoy a napalangguad unay, ngem makitakto ti bilegda.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
Ta ti pagarian ti Dios ket saan a nabukel iti sasao ngem ti pannakabalin.
21 What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?
Ania ti kayatyo? Umayak kadi kadakayo nga addaan ti pang-or wenno addaan ti ayat ken espiritu iti kinaalumamay?
