1 Corinthians 4
1 So think of us as Christ's servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”
Mundu atilolayi tete kuvya ngati vatumisi va Kilisitu, vevihengela ujumbi wa mfiyu wa Chapanga.
2 More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
Chechiganikiwa kwa mundu yoyoha mweapewili lihengu lenili ndi kuvya msadikika.
3 Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don't even judge myself.
Kwa nene chindu lepi nikahamuliwa na nyenye, amala na pandu pa kuhamuliwa vandu, nakujihamula namwene.
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.
Mumtima wangu nihamuliwa lepi kwa lijambu loloha, nambu yilangisa lepi kuvya kawaka lawama. BAMBU ndi mweihamula.
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.
Hinu, mkoto kuhamula kwakona lukumbi lwaki, mulekayi mbaka peibwela BAMBU. Mwene yati akugafiyula goha gachitita gegafiyiki, na kuvika pawaka maholo ga mitima ya vandu. Kila mundu yati ipata ulumba kuhuma kwa Chapanga.
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.
Valongo vangu, nimutumalili Apolo na nene namwene muni kupitila tete mujiwulayi kuhuma kwitu mana ya luhumu ulu. “Mugakamulayi gegayandikwi.” Akotoka kuvya mundu pagati yinu mweimeka na kumvevesa mundu yungi.
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?
Yani mwakuvikili veve kuvya mvaha kuliku vangi? Chapanga lepi ndi mwakupelili vindu vyoha vyeuvi navyu? Ngati, ndava kyani wimeka ngati upewi lepi ngati njombi?
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!
Hinu! Mumali kupewa goha gamwaganayi! Muvi na vindu vyamahele! Muvi vankosi changali tete. Mbanga ngamuvi vachilongosi muni na tete mewa tilongosa pamonga na nyenye.
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.
Niholalela Chapanga atikitili tete vamitumu tivyai vandu va mwishu neju, vetivalangiwi kukomewa palongolo ya vandu, tivikiwi ngati chindu cha kuhekesa, chechilolekana na mulima woha na vamitumi va kunani kwa Chapanga, mewawa na vandu voha.
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!
Tete vayimu ndava ya Kilisitu, nambu nyenye muvi na luhala kwa kuwungana na Kilisitu! Tete tavakata nambu nyenye muvi na makakala. Nyenye vakuvatopesa, nambu tete vakutivevesa.
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.
Mbaka hinu, tete tivii na njala na njota, nyula yilalile, titoviwi mavamba, kawaka pandu pakugona.
12 We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
Kangi ting'ahika na kuhenga lihengu kwa mawoko gitu tavete. Vakatipela likoto tete tikuvamotisa, tikuvayupila kwa Chapanga, vakatinyagayi tikangamala,
13 When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.
pevakutiliga, tiyangula kwa upoli. Mbaka hinu vatikitili ngati gahakau wa mulima, kwa kila mundu tete uhakala!
14 I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.
Niyandika lepi mambu aga ndava ya kuvapela soni, nambu nikuvawula ngati vana vangu vaganu.
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.
Pamonga muvi na valelaji vamahele muwumi winu wa Chikilisitu, nambu muvi lepi dadi vamahele, kwa kuwungana na Kilisitu Yesu nene ndi mwenivi dadi winu mukuvakokosela Lilovi la Bwina nyenye.
16 So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!
Hinu, nikuvayupa neju mulandayi luhumu wangu.
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.
Ndi mana nimtumili Timoti kwinu, mwene ndi mwana vangu mganu na msadikika mukuwungana na BAMBU. Yati akuvakumbusa njila yenilanda muwungana na Kilisitu Yesu. Njila yeniwula pandu pamahele pa msambi wa vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu.
18 Some among you have become arrogant, thinking I wouldn't bother coming to see you.
Vandu vangi vatumbwili kumeka na kuholalela ngati nibwela lepi kangi kwinu.
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.
Nambu, yati nibwela kanyata BAMBU akaganayi, penapo ndi yati nikujilolela namwene, lepi chevijova vala vevimeka, nambu mewa kumanya makakala gavi.
20 For the kingdom of God is not about mere words, but about power.
Muni Unkosi wa Chapanga lepi kujova ndu, nambu mumakakala.
21 So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Hinu, mwigana kyani? Nibwela kwinu na ndonga, amala nibwela na mtima wa uganu na unkozi?
