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.
Kutyo nikwo omunu achibhale eswe, kuti bhakosi bhwa Kristo na bhabhiki bho bhumbise bhwe chimali cha Nyamuanga.
2 Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.
Kulinu, chinu echendibhwa abhabhiki bhabhe bheikanyibhwa.
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.
Nawe kwanye anye ni chinu chitoto muno kulwokubha enilamulwa nemwe na lindi indamu yae chinyamunu. Kulwokubha nitakwilamula anye omwene.
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.
Nitakwilamula anye omwene, inu itakubha ati anye nili mulengelesi. Ni Latabhugenyi unu kandamula.
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.
Kulwejo, mtajaga kulamula ingulu ya lyona lyona omwanya guchali kukinga, achali kuja Latabhugenyi. Aligaleta mubhwelu amagambo ganu galiga gebhisile muchisute no kusulula obhwiganilisha bhwe mioyo. Nio bhuli munu alibhona okusimwa kwae okusoka ku Nyamuanga.
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.
Woli, bhamula bhasu na bhayala bhasu, anye omwene na Apolo nakolele jinu ingulu yemwe. Koleleki okusoka kweswe omutula okwiigila obhugajulo bhwo bhwaiki,”Utagenda okukila kutyo jandikilwe.” Inu ni kutya atalio umwi mwimwe unu kekuya ingulu yo oundi.
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?
Kulwokubha niga unu kalola kundi agati yemwe no oundi? Niki chinu ulinacho chinu utachilamiye bhusa? Na labha ulalamiye bhusa, kulwaki omwikuya kuti mutakolele kutyo?
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.
Mwemaliliye mnabhyo bhyona bhinu mwendaga! Mwemaliliye mwabhee no bhunibhi! Mwambile okutunga muna ebhinu okukila eswe! Chimali, enibhasabhilwa obhutungi bhakisi koleleki chitunge amwi nemwe.
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.
Kulwejo eniikanyati Nyamuanga achitulilewo eswe jintumwa kuti kucholesha abhobhutelo ku musitali lwabhanu bhalamuhye okuja okwitwa. Chili lwo bhuungusi kubhanyachalo, ku bhamalaika na kubhana bhanu.
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.
Eswe chili bhamumu kunjuno ya Kristo, nawe emwe muli bhengeso kulwa Kristo. Chili bhalenga, nawe emwe muli na managa. Muna echibhalo, nawe eswe chigailwe.
11 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;
Nolo omwanya gunu woli chili no mweko no bhwila, chitana ngubho, chili ne bhilonda, na lindi chitana bhwikalo.
12 And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.
Echikola emilimu kwa managa, kwa mabhoko geswe abhene. Chikagaywa, nichibhayana amabhando. Omwanya gunu echinyansibhwa, echikomesha.
13 We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.
Chikafumwa, echisubhya kwo bhwololo. Chili, nobhwiikanyo na chichabhalwa kuti chalemelwe ne chalo na kubha bhinu bhitana chibhalo ku misango jona.
14 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.
Nitakwandika amagambo ganu kubhaswasha emwe, nawe okubhakanya emwe kuti bhana bhani bhendwa.
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.
Nolo muna bheigisha makumi elefu mu Kristo, mutana bhesomwana bhamfu. Kulwokubha nabhee esomwana wemwe ku lwa Yesu Kristo okulabhila emisango jo bhwana.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.
Kulwejo enibhasabhwa mundubhe anye.
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.
Eyo niyo injuno inu yakolele nimtuma kwimwe Timotheo, omwendwa wani no mwana mulengelesi ku Latabhugenyi. Alibhechukya jinjila jani mu Kristo, lwakutyo eniigisha bhuli mbala na bhuli kanisa.
18 As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.
Woli amwi mwimwe abhekuya, nibhakola kuti nitalija kwimwe.
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.
Nawe nilija kwimwe omwanya gutali mulela, labha Latabhugenyi akenda. Niwo nilimenya ati gatali magambo gebhwela bhanu abhekuya, nawe nililola amanaga gebhwe.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
Kulwokubha obhukama bhwa Nyamuanga bhutali mumagambo tali mumanaga.
21 What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness?
Omwendaki? Nije kwimwe na insimbo angu kwe lyenda no mwoyo omwololo?
