1 Corinthians 11
1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Igeni mfano wangu, kama ninavyouiga mfano wa Kristo.
2 Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
Ninawasifu kwa kuwa mnanikumbuka katika kila jambo na kwa kushika mafundisho niliyowapa.
3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
Napenda mfahamu kwamba kichwa cha kila mwanaume ni Kristo, na kichwa cha mwanamke ni mwanaume, nacho kichwa cha Kristo ni Mungu.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
Kila mwanaume anayeomba au kutoa unabii akiwa amefunika kichwa chake, anakiaibisha kichwa chake.
5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
Naye kila mwanamke anayeomba au kutoa unabii pasipo kufunika kichwa chake, anakiaibisha kichwa chake, kwani ni sawa na yeye aliyenyoa nywele.
6 For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
Kama mwanamke hatajifunika kichwa chake, basi inampasa kunyoa nywele zake. Lakini kama ni aibu kwa mwanamke kukata au kunyoa nywele zake, basi afunike kichwa chake.
7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
Haimpasi mwanaume kufunika kichwa chake kwa kuwa yeye ni mfano wa Mungu na utukufu wa Mungu, lakini mwanamke ni utukufu wa mwanaume.
8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
Kwa maana mwanaume hakutoka kwa mwanamke, bali mwanamke alitoka kwa mwanaume.
9 for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
Wala mwanaume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke, bali mwanamke kwa ajili ya mwanaume.
10 For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
Kwa sababu hii na kwa sababu ya malaika, inampasa mwanamke awe na ishara ya mamlaka juu yake.
11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
Lakini katika Bwana, mwanamke hajitegemei pasipo mwanaume na mwanaume hajitegemei pasipo mwanamke.
12 For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
Kama vile mwanamke alivyoumbwa kutoka kwa mwanaume, vivyo hivyo mwanaume huzaliwa na mwanamke. Lakini vitu vyote vyatoka kwa Mungu.
13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
Hukumuni ninyi wenyewe: Je, inafaa kwa mwanamke kumwomba Mungu bila kufunika kichwa chake?
14 Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
Je, maumbile ya asili hayatufundishi kuwa ni aibu kwa mwanaume kuwa na nywele ndefu?
15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Lakini mwanamke akiwa na nywele ndefu ni utukufu kwake? Kwa maana mwanamke amepewa nywele ndefu ili kumfunika.
16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's churches.
Kama mtu anataka kubishana juu ya jambo hili, sisi wala makanisa ya Mungu hatutambui desturi nyingine.
17 But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Basi katika maagizo yafuatayo, siwezi kuwasifu, kwa sababu mkutanikapo si kwa ajili ya faida bali kwa hasara.
18 For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
Kwanza, mnapokutana kama kanisa, nasikia kwamba kuna mgawanyiko miongoni mwenu, nami kwa kiasi fulani nasadiki kuwa ndivyo ilivyo.
19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
Bila shaka lazima pawe na tofauti miongoni mwenu ili kuonyesha ni nani anayekubaliwa na Mungu.
20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
Mkutanikapo pamoja si chakula cha Bwana mnachokula,
21 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunk.
kwa kuwa mnapokula, kila mmoja wenu anakula bila kuwangoja wengine. Mmoja hukaa njaa na mwingine analewa.
22 What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's church, and put them to shame who do not have? What should I tell you? Should I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
Je, hamna nyumbani kwenu ambako mnaweza kula na kunywa? Au mnalidharau kanisa la Mungu na kuwadhalilisha wale wasio na kitu? Niwaambie nini? Je, niwasifu juu ya jambo hili? La, hasha!
23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
Kwa maana mimi nilipokea kutoka kwa Bwana yale niliyowapa ninyi, kwamba Bwana Yesu, usiku ule aliposalitiwa, alitwaa mkate,
24 When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me."
naye akiisha kushukuru, akaumega, akasema, “Huu ndio mwili wangu, uliotolewa kwa ajili yenu. Fanyeni hivi kwa ukumbusho wangu.”
25 In the same way he also took the cup, after the meal, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."
Vivyo hivyo baada ya kula, akakitwaa kikombe, akisema, “Kikombe hiki ni agano jipya katika damu yangu. Fanyeni hivi kila mnywapo, kwa ukumbusho wangu.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
Maana kila mlapo mkate huu na kunywea kikombe hiki, mnatangaza mauti ya Bwana mpaka ajapo.
27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
Kwa hiyo, mtu yeyote alaye mkate huo au kukinywea kikombe hicho cha Bwana isivyostahili, atakuwa na hatia ya dhambi juu ya mwili na damu ya Bwana.
28 But let a person examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
Inampasa mtu ajichunguze mwenyewe, kabla ya kula mkate na kukinywea kikombe.
29 For he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the body.
Kwa maana mtu yeyote alaye na kunywa pasipo kuutambua mwili wa Bwana, hula na kunywa hukumu juu yake mwenyewe.
30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
Hii ndiyo sababu wengi miongoni mwenu ni wagonjwa na dhaifu na wengine wenu hata wamekufa.
31 For if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
Lakini kama tungejichunguza wenyewe tusingehukumiwa.
32 But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, tunaadibishwa ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na ulimwengu.
33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, mkutanikapo pamoja ili kula, mngojane.
34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
Kama mtu akiwa na njaa, ale nyumbani kwake ili mkutanapo pamoja msije mkahukumiwa. Nami nitakapokuja nitawapa maelekezo zaidi.
