1 Corinthians 4
1 So think of us as Christ's servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”
Kutyo nikwo omunu achibhale eswe, kuti bhakosi bhwa Kristo na bhabhiki bho bhumbise bhwe chimali cha Nyamuanga.
2 More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
Kulinu, chinu echendibhwa abhabhiki bhabhe bheikanyibhwa.
3 Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don't even judge myself.
Nawe kwanye anye ni chinu chitoto muno kulwokubha enilamulwa nemwe na lindi indamu yae chinyamunu. Kulwokubha nitakwilamula anye omwene.
4 I don't know of anything I've done wrong, but that doesn't make me morally right. It's the Lord who judges me.
Nitakwilamula anye omwene, inu itakubha ati anye nili mulengelesi. Ni Latabhugenyi unu kandamula.
5 So don't judge anything before the right time—when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and he will reveal people's motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve.
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 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied this to Apollos and myself as an example for you. That way you will learn not to go beyond what has been written, and not in arrogance prefer one over the other.
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 Who made you so special? What do you have that you weren't given? Since you were given it, why do you proudly claim you weren't?
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 think you have all you need. You think you're so wealthy. You think you're kings already, and don't need us. I wish you were really ruling as kings, so we could rule 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 The way I see it, God has put us apostles on display as the last in the line, condemned to die. We have been made a public show before the entire universe, to angels and to human beings.
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're Christ's fools, but you are so wise in Christ! We're the weak ones, but you are so strong! You have the glory, but we are despised!
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 Right up till now we're hungry and thirsty. We have no clothes. We're badly beaten up, and we have no place to call home.
Nolo omwanya gunu woli chili no mweko no bhwila, chitana ngubho, chili ne bhilonda, na lindi chitana bhwikalo.
12 We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
Echikola emilimu kwa managa, kwa mabhoko geswe abhene. Chikagaywa, nichibhayana amabhando. Omwanya gunu echinyansibhwa, echikomesha.
13 When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.
Chikafumwa, echisubhya kwo bhwololo. Chili, nobhwiikanyo na chichabhalwa kuti chalemelwe ne chalo na kubha bhinu bhitana chibhalo ku misango jona.
14 I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.
Nitakwandika amagambo ganu kubhaswasha emwe, nawe okubhakanya emwe kuti bhana bhani bhendwa.
15 Even though you may have thousands of Christian instructors, you don't have many fathers—it was in Christ Jesus that I became your father when I shared the good news with you.
Nolo muna bheigisha makumi elefu mu Kristo, mutana bhesomwana bhamfu. Kulwokubha nabhee esomwana wemwe ku lwa Yesu Kristo okulabhila emisango jo bhwana.
16 So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!
Kulwejo enibhasabhwa mundubhe anye.
17 That's why I sent Timothy to you, my trustworthy son in the Lord who I love so much. He will remind you about the way I follow Christ, just as I always teach in every church I visit.
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 Some among you have become arrogant, thinking I wouldn't bother coming to see you.
Woli amwi mwimwe abhekuya, nibhakola kuti nitalija kwimwe.
19 But I am coming to visit you soon, if that's what the Lord wants. Then I'll find out what these arrogant people are saying, and what kind of power they have.
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 about mere words, but about power.
Kulwokubha obhukama bhwa Nyamuanga bhutali mumagambo tali mumanaga.
21 So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Omwendaki? Nije kwimwe na insimbo angu kwe lyenda no mwoyo omwololo?
