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.
Muntu katuwoni twenga twantumintumi wa Kristu yatupananitwi uwezu wa Mlungu.
2 Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.
Vinu shashifiruwa kwa yoseri yakapananitwi lihengu kaweri mwaminika.
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.
Kwa neni shintu ndiri pantozwa na mwenga, ama pantozwa na wantu na hapeni nulitozi namweni.
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.
Toziya nuvimana ndiri kulitoza namweni, kumbiti shintu ashi shilanguziya ndiri kuwera neni nana likosa. Mtuwa ndo yankatoza neni.
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.
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 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.
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 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?
Gani kakutenda guweri mkulu kuliku yumonga? Hashi, Mlungu kakupananiti ndiri kila shintu shaguwera nashu? Na payiwera gupananwa, iwera hashi gulitumbira kuwera gupananwa ndiri?
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.
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 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.
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’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour.
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 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;
Mpaka vinu, twenga twana njala, kuyumuluwa, twahera nguwu, wankutukomanga nentu na twahera pakugonja.
12 And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.
Su twankutabika kutenda lihengu likamala kwa mawoku getu twaweni. Patupangilwa, twenga twankuwatekelera, pawatutabisiya, twenga tuhepelera,
13 We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.
pawatwigiranga, twenga twankula kwa ligoya. Mpaka vinu watutendera gambira udoda wa pasipanu na kila muntu katuwona twenga twauhakata.
14 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.
Nembiti ndiri vitwatira avi kuwasoniziya mwenga, kumbiti kuwafunda gambira wana wangu yanuwafira
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.
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 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.
Su nuwaluwani mwenga mfati mfanu gwangu.
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.
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 As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.
Wamu wenu wanja kulitumba pawalihola kuwera hapeni nizi kayi kwa mwenga.
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.
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 in speech, but in power.
Toziya Ufalumi wa Mlungu uwera ndiri visoweru vya mlomu, kumbiti wa makakala.
21 What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness?
Hashi, mwenga mfira shishi? Hashi, nizi kwa mwenga na ntomondu, ama nizi na moyu gwa mafiliru na unanagala?
