1 Corinthians 4
1 So a person should consider us as Messiah's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
Kite yon moun gade nou konsa, kòm sèvitè a Kris e jeran a mistè ki pou Kris yo.
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
Nan ka sila a, anplis, li nesesè pou twouve jeran yo fidèl.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I do not judge my own self.
Men pou mwen se yon ti bagay tou piti pou mwen ta kab jije pa nou menm, oswa nenpòt lòt tribinal moun. Anverite, mwen pa menm jije pwòp tèt mwen.
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
Mwen pa konsyan de anyen kont tèt mwen. Men se pa sa ki fè m inosan, men ke sila ki jije mwen an se Senyè a.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one will get his praise from God.
Pou sa pa kontinye jije avan lè, men tann jiskaske Senyè a vini pou Li kapab nan menm tan eklere nan limyè bagay ki kache nan tenèb yo, e devwale tout motif ki nan kè lèzòm. Konsa, lwanj chak moun resevwa va sòti nan Bondye.
6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to go beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
Alò, frè m yo, mwen te sèvi tout sa konsènan mwen menm ak Apollos kòm yon egzanp pou koz a nou menm. Selon sa mwen te di, mwen vle ou konprann ke nou pa pou ale pi lwen de sa ki nan ekriti sen yo, pou okenn nan nou pa vin ògeye anvè youn e kont yon lòt.
7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
Paske kilès ki kwè ke ou pi bon? Kisa nou genyen ke nou pa t resevwa? E si Nou te resevwa li, poukisa nou vante tèt nou kòmsi nou pa t resevwa l.
8 You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Nou deja ranpli! Nou deja vin rich! Nou deja vin wa san èd nou menm! E anverite, mwen ta kontan si nou te deja wa pou nou menm ta kapab renye ansanm avèk nou.
9 For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and people.
Paske mwen panse ke Bondye te fè nou menm kòm apot pi ba ke tout; tankou moun ki kondane a lanmò, paske nou te gen tan vin yon spektak pou mond lan, ni pou zanj yo, ni pou moun.
10 We are fools for Messiah's sake, but you are wise in Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
Nou se moun fou pou kòz a Kris la, men ou menm, ou saj nan Kris; nou fèb, men ou menm, ou fò; ou menm, ou byen distenge, men nou menm, nou san onè.
11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
Jiska moman sa a nou grangou ak swaf, mal abiye, maltrete, e san kote pou nou rete.
12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
Konsa, nou redi di nan travay avèk pwòp men nou. Lè yo joure nou, nou beni yo. Lè nou pèsekite, nou sipòte sa.
13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
Lè yo pale nou mal, nou eseye antann nou. Nou devni tankou fatra a mond lan, retay nan tout bagay, menm jiska koulye a.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
Mwen pa ekri bagay sa yo pou fè nou wont, men pou avèti nou kòm pitit byeneme mwen.
15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Messiah, yet not many fathers. For in Messiah Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.
Paske si nou te gen anpil kantite pwofesè an Kris ki pa menm kab konte, menm konsa nou pa t ap gen anpil papa. Paske nan Jésus Kris, mwen te devni papa nou akoz bòn nouvèl la.
16 I appeal to you therefore, be imitators of me.
Konsa, mwen egzòte nou, pou nou vin imitatè a mwen menm.
17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Messiah, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
Se pou rezon sa a, mwen voye bannou Timothée, ki se pitit byeneme e fidèl mwen nan Senyè a. Li va fè nou sonje chemen mwen an ki baze nan Kris, menm jan ke mwen enstwi toupatou nan tout legliz yo.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Alò, kèk nan nou vin awogan, kòmsi mwen pa t ap vin kote nou.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
Men mwen va vini kote nou byento si Bondye vle e mwen va vin fè egzamen, pa nan pawòl a sila ki awogan yo, men nan pèz pwisans yo.
20 For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Paske wayòm Bondye a pa fèt avèk pawòl, men avèk pwisans.
21 What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
Kisa nou dezire? Èske mwen dwe vin kote nou avèk yon baton, oswa avèk lanmou avèk lespri jantiyès?
