1 Corinthians 10
1 Moreouer, brethren, I woulde not that yee shoulde bee ignorant, that all our fathers were vnder that cloude, and all passed through that sea,
Ndugu zangu, sitaki mkose kufahamu ukweli huu kwamba baba zetu walikuwa wote chini ya wingu na kwamba wote walipita katikati ya bahari.
2 And were all baptized vnto Moses, in that cloude, and in that sea,
Wote wakabatizwa kuwa wa Mose ndani ya lile wingu na ndani ya ile bahari.
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat,
Wote walikula chakula kile kile cha roho,
4 And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)
na wote wakanywa kile kile kinywaji cha roho, kwa maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa roho uliofuatana nao, nao ule mwamba ulikuwa Kristo.
5 But with many of them God was not pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in ye wildernes.
Lakini Mungu hakupendezwa na wengi wao, kwa hiyo miili yao ilitapakaa jangwani.
6 Nowe these things are our ensamples, to the intent that we should not lust after euil things as they also lusted.
Basi mambo haya yalitokea kama mifano ili kutuzuia tusiweke mioyo yetu katika mambo maovu kama wao walivyofanya.
7 Neither bee ye idolaters as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.
Msiwe waabudu sanamu, kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa, kama ilivyoandikwa, “Watu waliketi chini kula na kunywa, kisha wakainuka kucheza na kufanya sherehe za kipagani.”
8 Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.
Wala tusifanye uzinzi kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa watu 23,000 kwa siku moja.
9 Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted him, and were destroyed of serpents.
Wala tusimjaribu Kristo, kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa kwa kuumwa na nyoka.
10 Neither murmure ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Msinungʼunike kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakaangamizwa na mharabu.
11 Nowe all these things came vnto them for ensamples, and were written to admonish vs, vpon whome the endes of the world are come. (aiōn g165)
Mambo haya yote yaliwapata wao ili yawe mifano kwa wengine, nayo yaliandikwa ili yatuonye sisi ambao mwisho wa nyakati umetufikia. (aiōn g165)
12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.
Hivyo, yeye ajidhaniaye amesimama, aangalie asianguke.
13 There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
Hakuna jaribu lolote lililowapata ambalo si la kawaida kwa wanadamu. Naye Mungu ni mwaminifu; hataruhusu mjaribiwe kupita mnavyoweza. Lakini mnapojaribiwa atawapa njia ya kutokea ili mweze kustahimili.
14 Wherefore my beloued, flee from idolatrie.
Kwa hiyo wapenzi wangu, zikimbieni ibada za sanamu.
15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.
Nasema watu wenye ufahamu, amueni wenyewe kuhusu haya niyasemayo.
16 The cup of blessing which we blesse, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we breake, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
Je, kikombe cha baraka ambacho tunakibariki, si ushirika katika damu ya Kristo? Mkate tuumegao, si ushirika wa mwili wa Kristo?
17 For we that are many, are one bread and one body, because we all are partakers of one bread.
Kwa kuwa mkate ni mmoja, sisi tulio wengi tu mwili mmoja, kwa kuwa wote twashiriki mkate mmoja.
18 Beholde Israel, which is after the flesh: are not they which eate of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Waangalieni watu wa Israeli: Je, wale wote walao dhabihu si ni wale watendao kazi madhabahuni?
19 What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that that which is sacrificed to idoles, is any thing?
Je, nina maana kwamba kafara iliyotolewa kwa sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote? Au kwamba sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote?
20 Nay, but that these things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to deuils, and not vnto God: and I would not that ye should haue fellowship with the deuils.
La hasha! Lakini kafara za watu wasiomjua Mungu hutolewa kwa mashetani, wala si kwa Mungu. Nami sitaki ninyi mwe na ushirika na mashetani.
21 Ye can not drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of the deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lords table, and of the table of the deuils.
Hamwezi kunywa katika kikombe cha Bwana na cha mashetani pia. Hamwezi kuwa na sehemu katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya mashetani pia.
22 Doe we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?
Je, tunataka kuamsha wivu wa Bwana? Je, sisi tuna nguvu kuliko yeye?
23 All things are lawfull for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not.
“Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vitu vyote vilivyo na faida. “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vyote vinavyojenga.
24 Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.
Mtu yeyote asitafute yaliyo yake mwenyewe, bali kila mtu atafute yale yanayowafaa wengine.
25 Whatsoeuer is solde in the shambles, eate ye, and aske no question for conscience sake.
Kuleni chochote kinachouzwa sokoni, bila kuuliza swali lolote kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
26 For the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is.
Kwa maana, “Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana.”
27 If any of them which beleeue not, call you to a feast, and if ye wil go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eate, asking no question for conscience sake.
Kama ukikaribishwa chakula na mtu asiyeamini nawe ukikubali kwenda, kula kila kitu kitakachowekwa mbele yako bila kuuliza maswali kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
28 But if any man say vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eate it not, because of him that shewed it, and for the conscience (for the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is)
Lakini kama mtu yeyote akikuambia, “Hiki kimetolewa kafara kwa sanamu,” basi usikile kwa ajili ya huyo aliyekuambia na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
29 And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?
Nina maana dhamiri ya huyo aliyekuambia, wala si kwa ajili ya dhamiri yako. Lakini kwa nini uhuru wangu uhukumiwe na dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
30 For if I through Gods benefite be partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?
Kama nikila kwa shukrani, kwa nini nashutumiwa kwa kile ambacho kwa hicho ninamshukuru Mungu?
31 Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.
Basi, lolote mfanyalo, kama ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:
Msiwe kikwazo kwa mtu yeyote, wawe Wayahudi au Wayunani, au kwa kanisa la Mungu,
33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
kama hata mimi ninavyojaribu kumpendeza kila mtu kwa kila namna. Kwa maana sitafuti mema kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe bali kwa ajili ya wengi, ili waweze kuokolewa.
