1 Corinthians 4
1 So think of us as Christ's servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”
Ee te zao ty hatao’ ondaty, te mpitoro’ i Norizañey zahay, mpamandroñe o raha mietake aman’ Añahareo.
2 More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
Mbore paiaeñe amo mpamandroñeo t’ie ho zoeñe migahiñe.
3 Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don't even judge myself.
Tsy loho vente’e amako ty fibiribiria’ areo naho ty fañereñerea’ ondatio; fa ndra izaho tsy mizaka ty vatako.
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.
Toe tsy apotako te inoñe ty hanesehañe ahy, f’ie tsy mahahaha ahy, toe i Talè ro hizak’ ahy.
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.
Aa le ko mizaka aolo’ ty andro’e, ampara’ ty fitotsaha’ i Talè, Ie ty hampalange o raha mietake an-kamoromoroñañeo naho ho bentabentare’e o fisafirin’ arofoo; izay vaho songa ho toloran’ Añahare ty engeñe mañeva.
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.
I tsaraeñey ry longo, le fa nirazañeko ami’ty vatako naho i Apolosy ty ama’ areo, soa t’ie hioke ama’ay te tsy andikoareñe o sinokitseo tsy mone hibohabohàñe ty raike naho injeñe ty ila’e.
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?
Aa vaho ia ty nampitoabotse anahareo? Inoñe ama’ areo ty tsy rinambe’ areo? Aa naho toe nandrambe le inoñe ty irengea’ areo hoe tsy nandrambe?
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!
Fe eneñe nahareo! Toe mpañaleale! Fa mpanjaka ndra te tsy eo zahay! Eka, ho nirieko t’ie nimpanjaka, hitraofa’ay fifeheañe!
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.
Ataoko te napon’ Añahare amboli’e zahay Firàheñe ho sambaeñe, hoe nafàtse havetrake; amy t’ie nanoen-ko fisambà’ ty voatse toy naho o anjelio vaho ondatio.
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!
Seretse zahay ty amy Norizañey, fe mahihitse amy Norizañey nahareo! Maleme zahay fe maozatse nahareo! Asiñeñe nahareo, vaho mavoeñe zahay!
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.
Ampara’ ty ora toy, le mifeake naho miheahea zahay, rota, finofopofoke, vaho tsy aman’ akiba.
12 We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
Mifanehake, mitoloñe amo taña’aio; ie onjireñe, itatà’ay; ie samporeraheñe, ifeaha’ay;
13 When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.
ie terateraeñe, imanea’ay taroñe. Natao ho leotse ami’ty voatse toy zahay, forompo’ ze he’e pak’ henane.
14 I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.
Tsy nisokirako hanalatse anahareo ‘nio, fa t’ie ho vereñe hoe anak’ isoko.
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.
Aa ndra te ale-ale ty mpañana’ areo amy Norizañey, tsy maro ty rae’ areo; fa izaho ty nampiareñe anahareo am’ Iesoà Norizañey amy talili-soay.
16 So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!
Aa le osiheko t’ie hihambañe amako.
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.
Izay ty nañitrifako i Timoty anake kokoako naho migahiñe amy Talè; ie ty haniahy anahareo o satako amy Norizañeio, manahake ty fañòhako mbeombeo amo hene Fivorio.
18 Some among you have become arrogant, thinking I wouldn't bother coming to see you.
Akore te ao ty mirengevoke hoe te tsy ho pok’ ama’ areo iraho.
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.
F’ie ho avy aniany naho satri’ i Talè, le tsy ho rendreko ty enta’ o mpitoabotseo fa ty haozara’e.
20 For the kingdom of God is not about mere words, but about power.
Tsy saontsy i Fifehean’ Añaharey, fa ozatse.
21 So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Inoñe arè ty satri’ areo? Hinday doda hao t’ie pok’eo, ke fikokoañe naho hamoràn-troke?
