1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.
Kuom mano, ji onego okwanwa kaka jotich Kristo, kendo kaka jorit weche mopondo mag Nyasaye.
2 Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.
To ongʼere ni joma omi tich mar rito nyaka bed jo-adiera.
3 But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you, or by man’s day; but neither do I judge my own self.
An awuon ok lichna ka uyala kata ka oyala e od bura moro amora mar dhano. Chutho kata an awuon ok anyal yalora kenda.
4 For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord.
Chutho ok ane gimoro ma aketho, to mano ok onyisa ni aonge ketho. To Ruoth ema ngʼadona bura.
5 Therefore judge not before the time; until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise from God.
Kuom mano kik ungʼad bura kapok kinde ochopo, to rituru biro mar Ruoth. En owuon noel e lela gik masani opondo e mudho, kendo enonyis paro duto mopondo e chuny dhano. E kindeno ema ngʼato ka ngʼato noyud pak moa kuom Nyasaye.
6 But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes; that in us you may learn, that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written.
Jowetena, koro asewuoyo kodu ka akonyora gi nyinga kod nying Apolo kaka ranyisi mondo uyud konyruok, kupuonjoru kuomwa tiend wach mawacho niya, “Kik ukal weche mondiki.” Mano biro miyo ok udhial ngʼato moloyo nyawadgi.
7 For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Angʼo momiyo iparo ni iber moloyo ngʼat machielo? Angʼo ma in-go mane ok omiyi? To ka gima in-gono nomiyi, to angʼo momiyo isungori mana ka gima ne ok omiyigo?
8 You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Un ero un gi gik moko duto mudwaro kendo usedoko jo-mwandu! Usebedo ruodhi, to wan uwewa oko! Mano kaka agombo ni ne ubed ruodhi adier mondo wan bende wabed ruodhi kaachiel kodu!
9 For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Nikech nenorena ni Nyasaye oseketowa wan joote, ka joma odongʼ chien bangʼ ji, kendo mana ka joma osengʼadnegi buch tho mondo onegi e dier pap. Oseketwa wabedo joma piny duto rango kendo malaike kod ji bende rangowa.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour.
Wan wafuwo nikech Kristo, to un to uriek ei Kristo! Wan wanyap, to un to uroteke! Un imiyou duongʼ, to wan to ochawa!
11 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;
Nyaka koroni kech kayowa kendo riyo oloyowa. Warwako lewni mokidhore okidhore, kendo isandowa malit, ka waonge kata kar dak.
12 And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.
Watiyo matek gi lwetewa. Ka ikwongʼowa, to wagwedho joma kwongʼowa; kisandowa, to wayie isandowa asanda;
13 We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.
bende ka iyanyowa, to wadwoko gi weche mangʼwon. Nyaka koroni wasedoko machal gi yugi mag piny; wachalo gik mowit oko ni onge tich!
14 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.
Ok andiknu wechegi mondo akuodgo wiu, to andikonugi mondo ajiwu, kaka nyithinda mageno.
15 For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.
Kata obedo ni un gi ji alufu apar ma ritou e Kristo, to uonge gi wuone mangʼeny, nikech kuom Kristo Yesu, an ema ne abedo kaka wuonu kane ayalonu Injili.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.
Kuom mano, akwayou mondo ulu timna.
17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord; who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus; as I teach every where in every church.
Mano emomiyo aoronu Timotheo, ma en wuoda mahero, kendo ma ja-adiera kuom Ruoth. Obiro paronu kit ngimana kuom Kristo Yesu, ma ok opogore gi gik mapuonjo kuonde duto, e kanisa.
18 As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.
Jomoko kuomu sunga omako, mana ka gima ok abi biro iru.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power.
To abiro biro mapiyo ka Ruoth Nyasaye oyie, kendo kabiro, to anadwar ngʼeyo ok mana kaka josungago wuoyo kende, to bende napenjgi teko ma gin-go.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
Nikech pinyruoth Nyasaye ok otenore mana kuom weche miwacho gidhok, to otenore kuom teko maduongʼ.
21 What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness?
Koro ere gima udwaro? Udwaro ni mondo abi iru katingʼo boka, koso abi gihera kod chuny mamuol?
