1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Mbuboobu muntu mbwayelede kutubona, mbuli balanda ba Kkilisito ababanzi bakasimpe ka Leza kasisikene.
2 Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Lino chiyandika kubabanzi nchakujanika mukusyomeka.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
Pesi kulindime nchintu chinini kuti ndibetekwe andinywe nikuba nkutaya abantu. Nkambo nsikwe nindili beteka ndemwini.
4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Taakwe luzibo atala alubeteko lwachitwa atala andime, pesi echo tachaambi kuti ndategwa tandikwe kaambo. Oyo undibeteka ngu Mwami.
5 Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise 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 Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the 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 maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Ino ngwani uubona nikuba musiyano akati kanduwe awumwi? Ninzi nchalacho eecho nchotatambwide? Ikuti wakachitambula, nkamboonzi nolikankayizya mbotatedi tewakachitambula?
8 Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have reigned without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign 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, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to 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 for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonour.
Tuli bafubafuba nkambo ka Kkilisito, pesi mulibasongo muli Kkilisito. Twateta, pesi mulibayumu. Mwajatwa mubulemu, pesi twajatwa mukubawulwa.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
Manedo kuchiindi echi tulenzala enyota, twazwata chabuchete, twawumwa, alimwi tatuchikwe myunzi.
12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
Tubeleka chenuzu nkatubelesya maboko eesu. Nitwatukilwa twalongezegwa. Nitupenzewa, tulakakatila.
13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
Nitusampawulwa, tulambuula chaluzyalo. Twachita biyo mbuli masifwinini biyo aanyika atombe lyazintu zyonse.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
Tandili kulemba zintu ezi kukumufwisya bweeme pe, pesi kukumu chenjezya mbuli bana bangu bayandisi.
15 For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.
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 beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
Aboobo ndamusunwazya kuti mube basikutobelezya ndime.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
Nchenchicho nchindaka mutumina Timoti, muyandwi wangu amwana wanu usyomeka mu Mwami. Uyomuyeezya inzila zyangu muli Kkilisito, mbubonya mbuli mbundimuyiisya konse konse amumbungano zyonse.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Lino bamwi benu bakaba basikulisumpula, kabachitanga tandichibooli kuli ndinywe.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them which are 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 the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Nkambo ibwami bwa Leza tabuli bwakwamba biyo pesi munguzu.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?
Niinzi nchimuyanda? Sena ndize kulindinywe ankoli naa aluyando mumuuya muteteete?
