1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,
Mbuboobu muntu mbwayelede kutubona, mbuli balanda ba Kkilisito ababanzi bakasimpe ka Leza kasisikene.
2 and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
Lino chiyandika kubabanzi nchakujanika mukusyomeka.
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,
Pesi kulindime nchintu chinini kuti ndibetekwe andinywe nikuba nkutaya abantu. Nkambo nsikwe nindili beteka ndemwini.
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:
Taakwe luzibo atala alubeteko lwachitwa atala andime, pesi echo tachaambi kuti ndategwa tandikwe kaambo. Oyo undibeteka ngu Mwami.
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.
Nkenkaako utambilizyi lubeta atala achimwi chintu kachitanasika chiindi, katanakubola Mwami. Uyoyeta kumumuuni zintu zisisikene zyamumudima akuyubununa makanze amoyo. Mpawo umwi awumwi uyotambula kulumbayizigwa kuzwa kuli Leza.
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,
Lino, nopbakwesu, ndakabelesya malayilile aya kulindime ndemwini a Apolosi nkambo kandinwe, kuchitila kuti kuzwa kulindiswe inga mulayiiya kuti, “Utaakwindilili kuli zilembedwe.” Eechi chili boobu kuchitila kuti kutabi umwi ulisumpula atala aluumwi.
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?
Ino ngwani uubona nikuba musiyano akati kanduwe awumwi? Ninzi nchalacho eecho nchotatambwide? Ikuti wakachitambula, nkamboonzi nolikankayizya mbotatedi tewakachitambula?
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,
Ikaale mwakali azyo zyoonse nzimwali kunoyanda. Ikale mwababavubi! Mwakatanguna kwendelezya alubo akuba ampela kuzwa kulindiswe! Inchoonzyo, ndalikuyandisya kuti mwendelezye andinywe.
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;
Nkambo ndiyeeya kuti Leza wakatubika ba Apositola akutondezya mbuli chakumaninizya mumunchali, mukubambulula, ambuli balumi batongelwa lufu. Twaba chitondezyo kunyika - akuba anelo, akubantususu.
10 we [are] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;
Tuli bafubafuba nkambo ka Kkilisito, pesi mulibasongo muli Kkilisito. Twateta, pesi mulibayumu. Mwajatwa mubulemu, pesi twajatwa mukubawulwa.
11 to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,
Manedo kuchiindi echi tulenzala enyota, twazwata chabuchete, twawumwa, alimwi tatuchikwe myunzi.
12 and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
Tubeleka chenuzu nkatubelesya maboko eesu. Nitwatukilwa twalongezegwa. Nitupenzewa, tulakakatila.
13 being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.
Nitusampawulwa, tulambuula chaluzyalo. Twachita biyo mbuli masifwinini biyo aanyika atombe lyazintu zyonse.
14 Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but I admonish as my beloved children,
Tandili kulemba zintu ezi kukumufwisya bweeme pe, pesi kukumu chenjezya mbuli bana bangu bayandisi.
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;
Aboobo nikuba kuti waba ezyuulu zilikkumi zyabasimalelo muli Kkilisito, tokwe bamawuso biingi pe. Nkambo ndakaba wuso wanu muli Kkilisito Jesu kwinda mumakani mabotu.
16 I call on you, therefore, become followers of me;
Aboobo ndamusunwazya kuti mube basikutobelezya ndime.
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.
Nchenchicho nchindaka mutumina Timoti, muyandwi wangu amwana wanu usyomeka mu Mwami. Uyomuyeezya inzila zyangu muli Kkilisito, mbubonya mbuli mbundimuyiisya konse konse amumbungano zyonse.
18 And some were puffed up as if I were not coming to you;
Lino bamwi benu bakaba basikulisumpula, kabachitanga tandichibooli kuli ndinywe.
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;
Pesi ndizoboola chakufwambana kulindinywe, naa kuti Mwami wayanda. Aboobo tandikwe kuyoziba majwi abuyo pe aboobo balisumpula, pesi ndiyobona nguzu zyabo.
20 for not in word is the Kingdom of God, but in power.
Nkambo ibwami bwa Leza tabuli bwakwamba biyo pesi munguzu.
21 What do you wish? Will I come to you with a rod, or in love, also with a spirit of meekness?
Niinzi nchimuyanda? Sena ndize kulindinywe ankoli naa aluyando mumuuya muteteete?
