1 Corinthians 4
1 So think of us as Christ's servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”
Nítorí náà, ṣe ló yẹ kí ènìyàn máa wò wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìránṣẹ́ àti ìríjú tí a fún ni oore-ọ̀fẹ́ láti mọ Kristi tí a fún ní oore-ọ̀fẹ́ láti mọ àwọn ohun ìjìnlẹ̀ Ọlọ́run.
2 More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
Òun kan náà tí ó tọ́ fún ìríjú, ni kí ó jẹ́ olóòtítọ́.
3 Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don't even judge myself.
Ṣùgbọ́n ohun kíkíní ni fún mi pé, kí ẹ máa ṣe ìdájọ́ mi, tàbí kí a máa ṣe ìdájọ́ nípa ìdájọ́ ènìyàn; nítòótọ́, èmi kò tilẹ̀ dá ara mi lẹ́jọ́.
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.
Nítorí tí ẹ̀rí ọkàn mi kò dá mi ní ẹ̀bi; ṣùgbọ́n a kò ti ipa èyí dá mi láre, ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa ni ẹni tí ń ṣe ìdájọ́ mi.
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.
Nítorí náà, kí ẹ má ṣe ṣe ìdájọ́ ohunkóhun, kí Olúwa tó padà dé, ẹni tí yóò mú ohunkóhun tí ó fi ara sin wá sí ìmọ́lẹ̀, tí yóò sì fi ìmọ̀ ọkàn ènìyàn hàn, nígbà náà ni olúkúlùkù yóò sì ní ìyìn tirẹ̀ lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
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.
Ẹ kíyèsi i pé, mo ti fi ara mi àti Apollo ṣe àpẹẹrẹ nǹkan tí mo wí, pé kí ẹ̀yin lè ti ipa wa kọ́ láti máa ṣe ohun tí a ti kọ̀wé kọjá. “Kí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín má ṣe tìtorí ẹnìkan gbéraga sí ẹnìkejì.”
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?
Nítorí ta ni ó mú ọ yàtọ̀ sí àwọn ẹlòmíràn? Kí ni ìwọ ni tí ìwọ kò rí gbà? Tí ìwọ ba sì gbà á, èétiṣe tí ìwọ fi ń halẹ̀ bí ẹni pé ìwọ kò gba á?
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!
Ni báyìí ẹ ní ohun gbogbo tí ẹ ń fẹ́! Báyìí ẹ sì ti di ọlọ́rọ̀! Ẹ ti di ọba. Lójú yín, àwa ti di ẹni ẹ̀yìn. Ìbá dùn mọ́ mi tí ó bá jẹ́ pé lóòtítọ́ ni ẹ ti di ọba lórí ìtẹ́ yín: tí a ó sì máa jẹ ọba pẹ̀lú yín!
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.
Nítorí mo rò pé Ọlọ́run ń fi àwa aposteli hàn ní ìkẹyìn bí ẹni tí a dá lẹ́bi ikú bí àwọn, nítorí tí a fi wá ṣe ìran wò fún àwọn ènìyàn àti àwọn angẹli àti gbogbo ayé.
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!
Àwa jẹ́ aṣiwèrè nítorí Kristi, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú Kristi! Àwa jẹ́ aláìlera, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin jẹ́ alágbára! Ẹ̀yin jẹ́ ẹni àyẹ́sí, àwa jẹ ẹni ẹ̀gàn!
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.
Títí di wákàtí yìí ni a ń rìn kiri nínú ebi àti òǹgbẹ, a n wọ aṣọ àkísà, tí a sì ń lù wa, tí a kò sì ní ibùgbé kan.
12 We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
Tí a ń fi ọwọ́ ara wa ṣiṣẹ́, wọn ń gàn wa, àwa ń súre, wọn ń ṣe inúnibíni sí wa, àwa ń forítì i.
13 When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.
Wọn ń kẹ́gàn wa, àwa ń bẹ̀bẹ̀. Títí di ìsinsin yìí ni a ti wà bí ohun ẹ̀gbin ayé, bí orí àkìtàn gbogbo ayé.
14 I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.
Èmi kò kọ̀wé nǹkan wọ̀nyí láti fi dójútì yín, ṣùgbọ́n láti kìlọ̀ fún un yín bí àwọn ọmọ mi tí mo yàn fẹ́.
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.
Nítorí bí ẹ̀yin tilẹ̀ ní ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá olùkọ́ni nínú Kristi, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin kò ni baba púpọ̀; nítorí nínú Kristi Jesu ni mo jẹ́ baba fún un yín nípasẹ̀ ìyìnrere.
16 So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!
Nítorí náà mo bẹ̀ yín, ẹ máa ṣe àfarawé mi.
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.
Nítorí náà ni mo ṣe rán Timotiu sí i yín, ẹni tí í ṣe ọmọ mi olùfẹ́ àti olódodo nínú Olúwa, ẹni tí yóò máa mú yín rántí ọ̀nà mi tí ó wà nínú Kristi Jesu, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti ń kọ́ni nínú gbogbo ìjọ níbi gbogbo.
18 Some among you have become arrogant, thinking I wouldn't bother coming to see you.
Mo mọ̀ pé àwọn mìíràn nínú yín tó ya onígbèéraga ènìyàn, tí wọn ń rò pé ẹ̀rù ń bà mi láti wá sọ́dọ̀ yín.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò tọ̀ yín wá ní àìpẹ́ yìí bí Olúwa bá fẹ́; èmi yóò ṣe ìwádìí bí àwọn agbéraga yìí ṣe ń sọ̀rọ̀ àti agbára tí wọ́n ní.
20 For the kingdom of God is not about mere words, but about power.
Nítorí ìjọba Ọlọ́run kì í ṣe nínú ọ̀rọ̀, bí kò ṣe nínú agbára.
21 So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Èwo ni ẹ yàn? Kí ń wá sọ́dọ̀ yín pẹ̀lú pàṣán, tàbí ni ìfẹ́, àti ẹ̀mí tútù?
