1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:
所以，要把自己看作基督的仆人，为“上帝的奥秘”负责。
2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
不仅如此，承担这一职责之人，还必须值得信赖。
3 As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.
无论你或其他人评判我，我都完全不介意。事实上，我甚至也不会评判自己。
4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
我不记得自己做过错事，但这并不代表我在道德上称得上良善正直，只有主才能评判我。
5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
所以，在恰当时机到来之前——即主降临之前，不要做出任何评判。他将照亮那被隐藏的、最黑暗的秘密，袒露人心里的动机。届时，上帝会给每个人应得的称赞。
6 Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.
那么，兄弟姐妹们，我用我自己和亚波罗给你们做例子，让你们了解，不要超越经文所记内容，不要自高自大，不要偏爱任何人。
7 For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?
是什么让你如此特别？你拥有了什么，才让上帝不肯给予你？既然是来自上帝的给予，为什么要傲慢地否认这一点？
8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
你以为拥有了所需的一切。你以为自己如此富有。你以为自己是王，不再需要我们。我倒真的希望你就是国王，这样我们就可以与你共同为王！
9 For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.
在我看来，上帝将我们这些使徒排在队列的最后，作为一种展示，尽管我们也会向其他人一样死去，但那只是我们在整个宇宙面前、在天使和人类面前，演了一场戏。
10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
我们是基督的愚人，但与上帝同在的你却如此智慧。我们软弱，你们强壮！你们受人尊敬，我们被瞧不起！
11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
即使是现在，我们仍然饥渴难耐、衣不蔽体、遭受殴打、无处安身。
12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
我们艰难辛苦地劳作。被人咒骂，我们会为其祝福；遭人迫害，我们会忍受；
13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
被人毁谤，我们报以善意。直到现在，人们视我们为泥土、这世上最肮脏的垃圾。
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.
我写这番话并非让你们羞愧，而是把你们当作我最爱的孩子一样给出警告。
15 For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
纵然你们有成千上万的基督徒教师，但却没有多少人可以称其为父。因为基督耶稣的缘故，当我与你们分享福音，便可成为你们的父亲。
16 Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
所以我请求你们，一定要效法我。
17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.
也正是因为这个原因，我派提摩太去拜访你们。他与主同在，是我最值得信赖、最喜爱的儿子。他将提醒你们我如何追随基督，就像我在各会堂中所作的教导。
18 Some are puffed vp as though I woulde not come vnto you.
有人以为我不会到他们那里去，于是就变得骄傲自负。
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
但只要是主的意愿，我很快就会去往那里。然后了解那些傲慢自负的人都说了什么，知晓他们的能力如何。
20 For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
因为上帝之国并不关注言语，而要看能力。
21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?
那么你期待什么？让我带着棍子去殴打你，还是带着爱和温柔的灵出现？
