1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ.
Na mimi, kaka na dada zangu, sikusema nanyi kama watu kiroho, lakini kama na watu wa kimwili. Kama na watoto wadogo katika Kristo.
2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,
Niliwanywesha maziwa na si nyama, kwa kuwa hamkuwa tayari kwa kula nyama. Na hata sasa hamjawa tayari.
3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and living by human standards?
Kwa kuwa ninyi bado ni wa mwilini. Kwa kuwa wivu na majivuno yanaonekana miongoni mwenu. Je, hamuishi kulingana na mwili, na je, hamtembei kama kawaida ya kibinadamu?
4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?
Kwa kuwa mmoja husema, “Namfuata Paulo” Mwingine husema “Namfuata Apolo,” hamuishi kama wanadamu?
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.
Apolo ni nani? na Paulo ni nani? Watumishi wa yule mliyemwamini, kwa kila ambaye Bwana alimpa jukumu.
6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.
Mimi nilipanda, Apolo akatia maji, lakini Mungu akakuza.
7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.
Kwa hiyo, si aliye panda wala aliyetia maji ana chochote. Lakini ni Mungu anayekuza.
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Sasa apandaye na atiaye maji wote ni sawa, na kila mmoja atapokea ujira wake kulingana na kazi yake.
9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
Kwa kuwa sisi tu watendakazi wa Mungu, ninyi ni bustani ya Mungu, jengo la Mungu.
10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds on it.
Kutokana na neema ya Mungu niliyopewa kama mjenzi mkuu, niliuweka msingi, na mwingine anajenga juu yake. Lakini mtu awe makini jinsi ajengavyo juu yake.
11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Kwa kuwa hakuna mwingine awezaye kujenga msingi mwingine zaidi ya uliojengwa, ambao ni Yesu Kristo.
12 But if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;
Sasa, kama mmoja wenu ajenga juu yake kwa dhahabu, fedha, mawe ya thamani, miti, nyasi, au majani,
13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
kazi yake itafunuliwa, kwa mwanga wa mchana utaidhihirisha. Kwa kuwa itadhihirishwa na moto. Moto utajaribu ubora wa kazi wa kila mmoja alichofanya.
14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
Kama chochote mtu alichojenga kitabaki, yeye atapokea zawadi.
15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
Lakini kama kazi ya mtu ikiteketea kwa moto, atapata hasara. Lakini yeye mwenyewe ataokolewa, kama vile kuepuka katika moto.
16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
Hamjui kuwa ninyi ni hekalu la Mungu na kwamba Roho wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu?
17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
Kama mtu akiliharibu hekalu la Mungu, Mungu atamharibu mtu yule. Kwa kuwa hekalu la Mungu ni takatifu, na hivyo na ninyi.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
Mtu asijidanganye mwenyewe, kama yeyote miongoni mwenu anadhani ana hekima katika nyakati hizi, awe kama “mjinga” ndipo atakuwa na hekima. (aiōn g165)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He traps the wise in their craftiness."
Kwa kuwa hekima ya dunia hii ni ujinga mbele za Mungu, Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Huwanasa wenye hekima kwa hila zao”
20 And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
Na tena “Bwana anajua mawazo ya wenye busara ni ubatili.”
21 Therefore let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,
Hivyo mtu asijivunie wanadamu! Kwa kuwa vitu vyote ni vyenu.
22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
Kama ni Paulo, au Apolo, au Kefa, au dunia, au maisha, au kifo, au vitu vilivyopo, au vitakavyokuwepo. Vyote ni vyenu,
23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
na ninyi ni wa Kristo na Kristo ni wa Mungu.
