1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Efe ndifyo munu atubhalangili tete, kama bhatumishi bha Kristu ni bhawakilishi bha siri sa ukueli sa K'yara.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Katika ele, kakilondeka kwa uwakili ni kwamba bhayele bha kutumainibhwa.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
Lakini kwanene nene ni khenu kidebe sana kuya nihukumiwa ni muenga au hukumu ya kibinadamu. Kwa ndabha nikihukumu lepi hata nene na muene.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Nihukumulepi nene na muene, eye iyelepi ni maana kuwa nene niyele ni haki. Ni Bwana yakanihukumu.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Henu, mkolokutama hukumu juu ya lilyoha lhela kabla ya wakati, kabla ya kuhida kwa Bwana. ilotakuleta munuru mambo ghaghafihiki mugiza ni kufunula makusudi gha mioyo. Ndipo khila mmonga ilotakupokela sifa sa muene kuhomela kwa K'yara.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
Henu, kaka ni dada yangu, nene na muene ni Apolo nitumili kanuni ese kwa ajili ya yhomo. Ili kwamba kuhoma kwatete mwibhuesya kujifunza maana gha lusumu, “Kolokulota zaidi ya kakiyandikibhu.” Eye ni kwamba kuyele mmonga wa yhomo yaki yakiunila juu ya yhongi.
7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Maana ni niani yaibhona tofauti kati ya muenga ni yhongi? Ni kiki kauyenaku kawapokili bure? Kamaumalikupokela bure, kwandayakiki mwikifuna kama mwaketili naha?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Tayari myenafu fhoha ambafyo ngamwilonda! Tayari muyele ni utajiri! Muyandili kutawala - na kwamba mwimiliki zaidi ya tete tayhotho! Kueli, nikabhatakila umiliki unofu ili kwamba tumilikiai pamonga ni muenga.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Kwa henu nidhani K'yara atubhekili tete mitume kama atuvasiri wa muishu mu mustari wa maandamano ni kama bhanu bhabhahukumibhu kukhomibhwa. Tuyele kama tamasha kwa ulimwengu, kwa malaika na kwa bhanadamu.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Tete ni bhajinga kwa ajili ya Kristu, lakini muenga ni bhabhayele ni hekima mu Kristu. Tu bhanyonge, lakinimuenga muyele ni nghofho. Mwiheshimibhwa, lakini tete tidharaulibhwa.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Hata saa eye tuyele ni njala ni kiu, tuyelepi ni nghofho, tiyele ni mapigo, kabhele tiyelepi ni pakuishi.
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Tifuanya mbombo kwa bidii, kwa mabhokho ghayhotho ka bhene. Pathidharaulibhwa, tibalikibhwa, Wakati ptitesibhwa, tivumilila.
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Patilighibhwa, tikelebhusya kwa upole, tiyele, ni tukakhona tibhalangibhwa kuwa kama kutawala ni dunia ni takataka kwa mambo ghoha.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Nujandikilepi mambo agha kubhaaibisya muenga, lakini kubhakerebhukila muenga kama bhana bha nene yanibhaganili.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Hata kama muyele ni bhalim makumi elfu mu Kristu, bhayelepi bha dadi bhingi kwa ndabha nijele dadi yhinu mu Yesu Kristu kuphetela injili.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Henu nikabhasihi mnigai nene.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every Assembly.
Eyu ndiyo sababu namtumili kwa yhomo Timotheo, mpendwa wa nene ni muana mwaminifu mu Bwana. Ilotakubhakhombosya njela syangu mu Kristu, kama kanifundisya kila mahali ni khila kanisa.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Henu baadhi ya muenga bhikisifu bhikikheta, kana kwamba nihida lepi kwa muenga.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
Lakini nilota kuhida kwa yhomo kitambo, kama Bwana akaganai. Ndipo nilotakumanya si malobhi gha bhene tu bhabhikisifu, lakini nilota kubhona nghofho sa bhene.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Kwa ndabha Ufalme wa K'yara wiyalepi mu malobhi bali mu nghofho.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Mwilonda kiki? Nihida kwa yhomo ni ndonga au kwa upendo ni katika roho ya upole?
