1 Corinthians 4

1 Let a man so account us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Lanwani i, bi nua ti ke ti tie Kiristu naacenba, U Tienu ń gagdi ki lugdi yaaba ke ban ya wangi o banma yaama n duagi

2 Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Bi nan ki buali bontɔli yaaba n wangi mi yeduagikaama ki kandi li papienli yeni ti dudugdi.

3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;

Mini ya po, li ki maadi nni libá kuli yeni yin jia n buudi bii bi bujiaba ń jia n buudi. Mini n bá mo kan bu n buudi kelima n naa pia biidi bá kuli.

4 for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

Ama lani ka kuni nni i mɔni, yua n ba jia n buudi n tie O Diedo i.

5 So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the purposes of men's hearts; and then shall every one have his praise from God.

Lanyapo i, li ki buali ke yin jia buudi bá kuli, ke u yogu dá ki pundi, guudi mani hali O Diedo cuama, wani n ba tieni mi yenyenma ki dɔgdi yaali n duagi li biigli nni kuli, ki ba dɔgdi yaali n wuo bi niba pala nni kuli. Lanyogu i, ke U Tienu ba teni yuakuli wan dagdi yeni ya kpiagdi.

6 And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

N naataani, yinba ya po i, ke n taa mini yeni Apolosi yema nannanli, ki bua waani yi, ke yin togdi ti yema, ki da tieni ki pendi yaali n diani ki bili, ke i siiga, nilo ń da kpiagdi yendo, ki fali o lielo.

7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

Kelima ŋma n cedi ke a ki taa yeni a lieba? A pia be ke laa ñani U Tienu kani? To, li ya tie ke U Tienu n puni a, be n cedi ke a kpiagdi a yuli nani ŋaa baa li U Tienu kani ka yeni i?

8 Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.

Mɔla i guo, mɔla i ji tie ŋalmandanba i, bá ke tii ye i kani, i cili ki ji diedi u kaanu. U tienu ń todi yin diedi u kaanu, ti mo ń ti fidi ki diedi yeni yi!

9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

Kelima, li naani ke U Tienu cedi ke timba bi tondba n juodi bi niba kuli ya siiga, li tie nani ti buudi jia ki cuo ti ke li buali ke tin kpe yeni i. Kelima bi ñani ki sieni ti asala siiga nni, bi niba yeni malekinba siiga nni.

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised.

Kiristu po cedi ke ti tie gaada, ama, yinba, i pia li miali Kiristu nni, ki tie yanfuodanba; tinba tadi, ke yinba tie paatieba. Bi kpiagdi yi yela, ki nan fali tinba!

11 Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place,

Hali yeni mɔla kuli, mi koma, u ñuñuunu, yeni mi mubima n bua kpa ti. bi cagni ti, ki wangi ti fala; ke ti waa, tii bani tin caa naani.

12 and labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it;

Ti tuuni yeni ti nui, ki cɔgi, bi sugdi ti, ke ti kpiagdi U Tienu; bi cagni ti, ke ti tuo ki gaani.

13 being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the off-scouring of all things until now.

Bi ya tabi ti ku totabgu, ti yen jiini mi yama ki maadi yeni li padingli; ti ji tie nani ŋanduna baadi yeni, nani bi niba ń yie ki luni yaali hali yeni mɔla.

14 I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.

Mii diani yi ne kuli ki bua min kuani yi i fee ka, ama n diani yi nani n bibuadkaamu yeni.

15 For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

Kelima i ya ti pia Kiristu tundkaaba tuda piiga, lani naa wangi ke i pia Báanba ke bi yabi ka, kelima mini n todi yeni o laabaalŋamo, ki cedi ke i mali Kiristu nni.

16 I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Lanwani i, n mia yi ke yin ya togdi n yema.

17 For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

Lanyapo, n sɔni Timote i kani, wani yua n tie n bibuadga, ke o dudugdi yabi O Diedo po; wani n ba tiadi yi min pia ya sanbila Kiristu po, yeni mi tundi maama ti jaandiedi nni, kaankuli.

18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

Nitianba i siiga nni gbie yeni ti japaadi nani n ji kan cua i kani yeni.

19 But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lord's will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;

Ama, li ya tie O Diedo yanbuama, li ji kan waagi, n ba cua i kini, ki bandi yaabi n fiindi ti japaadi paaciamu, li ki tie bi maama ka.

20 for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

Kelima U Tienu diema ki tie maama ka, ama paaciamu i.

21 What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?

I bua be? Min cua i kani yeni balju bii yeni mi buama yeni mi yandingma i?