1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,
Mundu atuŵalanje kuti tuli achikatumetume ŵa Kilisito ŵatupegwilwe masengo ga kwalalichila ŵandu mitemela ja Akunnungu.
2 and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
Pelepo kwa jwalijose jwapegwilwe masengo go ikusachilwa aŵeje jwakukulupichika.
3 and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man’s Day, but I do not even judge myself,
Nambo kwa une ngaŵa chindu, nalamulikwaga ni ŵanyamwe pane ni mundu jwalijose, ni une ngangulilamula nansyene.
4 for I have been conscious of nothing for myself, but I have not been declared right in this—and He who is discerning me is the LORD:
Mu ntima mwangu ngangulamulikwa ni chindu chachilichose, nambo chindu cho ngachikulosya kuti nganingola chileŵo, Ambuje ni ŵakunamula une.
5 so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from God.
Nombe mwanya ngasinlamula liloŵe kakanaŵe kwika katema kakwe, nneche mpaka pachaiche Ambuje. Ŵelewo chaiunukule indu yesisiche mu chipi ni kuŵika palulanga nganisyo sya mitima ja ŵandu. Nipele kila mundu chapochele ulape wakwe kutyochela kwa Akunnungu.
6 And these things, brothers, I transferred to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us you may learn not to think above that which has been written, that you may not be puffed up one for one against the other,
Achalongo achinjangu, mechete yankati che Apolo ni une, kuti kwalitala lya uweji nlijiganye chiŵecheto chi, “Nkamulichisye maloŵe ga.” Kuti mwa ŵanyamwe akapagwa mundu jwalijose jwakulilapila mundu ju ni kunnyelusya mundu jwine.
7 for who makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? And if you also received, why do you glory as not having received?
Ŵaani ŵansagwile mmwe mme jwakwapunda ŵane? Ana ngaŵa Akunnungu ŵampele indu yose inkwete? Iŵaga mpegwilwe kwachichi nkulifuna mpela ila ngaŵa yakupegwa?
8 Already you are having been filled, already you were rich, apart from us you reigned, and I also wish you reigned, that we also may reign together with you,
Sambano mmasile kupata yose yaikunsoŵa! Sambano nsichile. Mmele mamwenye pangali uweji! Mbaya nkaliji mamwenye kuti nowe ŵakwe tuŵe mamwenye pamo nomwe.
9 for I think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and men;
Ikuloleka kukwangu kuti Akunnungu atuŵisile uweji achinduna nti ŵambesi ŵa wosepe, mpela ŵandu ŵalamulikwe kuulagwa paujo pa ŵandu, tuŵele chindu chakusekasya paujo pa chilambo ni mmbujo mwa achikatumetume ŵa kwinani ni mmbujo mwa ŵandu.
10 we [are] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;
Tuli ŵakuloŵela kwa liwamba lya kwatumichila Kilisito, nambo ŵanyamwe nli ŵa lunda mu kulumbikana ni Kilisito! Uwe tuli ŵakulepetala nambo ŵanyamwe nkwete machili, ŵanyamwe nkuchimbichikwa nambo uwe tukwaluka.
11 to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,
Namuno sambano tukwete sala ni njota ni usauchi, tukuputikwa nnope ni nganitukola pakutama.
12 and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
Tukulaga kupanganya masengo ni makono getu twachinsyene. Paakutulwesya uweji tukwapa upile, pakutusausya tukupililila,
13 being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.
paakututukana uweji tukwajanga kwa kwachimbichisya. Namuno sambano tukuoneka mpela usakwa wa pachilambo, ni kila mundu akutulola mpela ŵapugwe.
14 Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but I admonish as my beloved children,
Ngangulemba yelei kuti nantesye soni nambo ngunjiganya mpela achiŵanangu ŵakunonyelwa.
15 for if a myriad of child-conductors you may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I begot you;
Namose nkwete ŵakunnela achajinji nkulumbikana ni Kilisito nambo nganinkola achatati ŵajinji. Pakuŵa mu kulumbikana ni Kilisito une mele atati ŵenu kwakunlalichila Ngani Jambone.
16 I call on you, therefore, become followers of me;
Nipele ngunchondelela ntende mpela ingutendaga une.
17 because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the LORD, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
Kwaligongo li nguntuma che Timoseo kukwenu, mwanangu jwakunonyelwa ni jwakukulupilichika nkulumbikana ni Ambuje. Ŵelewo chankumbusye litala lyangukuya une nkulumbikana ni Kilisito. Litala lingwiganya papali pose mmipingo ja ŵandu wose ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito.
18 And some were puffed up as if I were not coming to you;
Ŵane mwa ŵanyamwe atandite kulifuna achiganisyaga kuti nganyika sooni kukwenu.
19 but I will come quickly to you, if the LORD may will, and I will not know the word of those puffed up, but the power;
Nambo chiiche kukwenu chitema pe Ambuje asakaga, nipele chinaiwone nansyene ngaŵa maloŵe gao gakulifuna pe nambo ni machili galinago ŵele ŵakulifuna.
20 for not in word is the Kingdom of God, but in power.
Pakuŵa umwenye wa Akunnungu ngaŵa kwa kusala pe nambo mu machili.
21 What do you wish? Will I come to you with a rod, or in love, also with a spirit of meekness?
Chichi chachikunnonyela? Iche kukwenu ndili ni lubokola, pane iche ni ntima wa unonyelo ni wakulitimalika?
