1 Corinthians 4
1 People ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Mundu atuŵalanje kuti tuli achikatumetume ŵa Kilisito ŵatupegwilwe masengo ga kwalalichila ŵandu mitemela ja Akunnungu.
2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Pelepo kwa jwalijose jwapegwilwe masengo go ikusachilwa aŵeje jwakukulupichika.
3 But for me it is a very small thing if I am judged by you, or by any human court. Indeed, I do not even judge myself.
Nambo kwa une ngaŵa chindu, nalamulikwaga ni ŵanyamwe pane ni mundu jwalijose, ni une ngangulilamula nansyene.
4 For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not thereby acquitted; but he who judges me is the Lord.
Mu ntima mwangu ngangulamulikwa ni chindu chachilichose, nambo chindu cho ngachikulosya kuti nganingola chileŵo, Ambuje ni ŵakunamula une.
5 So then, do not judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes, who will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the heart. At that time each person will receive his praise from God.
Nombe mwanya ngasinlamula liloŵe kakanaŵe kwika katema kakwe, nneche mpaka pachaiche Ambuje. Ŵelewo chaiunukule indu yesisiche mu chipi ni kuŵika palulanga nganisyo sya mitima ja ŵandu. Nipele kila mundu chapochele ulape wakwe kutyochela kwa Akunnungu.
6 Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that through us you may learn not to think beyond what is written, so that you may not be puffed up, with each one of you supporting one man against another.
Achalongo achinjangu, mechete yankati che Apolo ni une, kuti kwalitala lya uweji nlijiganye chiŵecheto chi, “Nkamulichisye maloŵe ga.” Kuti mwa ŵanyamwe akapagwa mundu jwalijose jwakulilapila mundu ju ni kunnyelusya mundu jwine.
7 For who regards yoʋ as superior? What do yoʋ have that yoʋ did not receive? And if yoʋ received it, why do yoʋ boast as though yoʋ did not receive it?
Ŵaani ŵansagwile mmwe mme jwakwapunda ŵane? Ana ngaŵa Akunnungu ŵampele indu yose inkwete? Iŵaga mpegwilwe kwachichi nkulifuna mpela ila ngaŵa yakupegwa?
8 You are already full! You have already become rich! You have begun to reign without us! And how I wish that you really were reigning, so that we could reign with you!
Sambano mmasile kupata yose yaikunsoŵa! Sambano nsichile. Mmele mamwenye pangali uweji! Mbaya nkaliji mamwenye kuti nowe ŵakwe tuŵe mamwenye pamo nomwe.
9 For I think that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, as sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
Ikuloleka kukwangu kuti Akunnungu atuŵisile uweji achinduna nti ŵambesi ŵa wosepe, mpela ŵandu ŵalamulikwe kuulagwa paujo pa ŵandu, tuŵele chindu chakusekasya paujo pa chilambo ni mmbujo mwa achikatumetume ŵa kwinani ni mmbujo mwa ŵandu.
10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are esteemed, but we are dishonored.
Tuli ŵakuloŵela kwa liwamba lya kwatumichila Kilisito, nambo ŵanyamwe nli ŵa lunda mu kulumbikana ni Kilisito! Uwe tuli ŵakulepetala nambo ŵanyamwe nkwete machili, ŵanyamwe nkuchimbichikwa nambo uwe tukwaluka.
11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.
Namuno sambano tukwete sala ni njota ni usauchi, tukuputikwa nnope ni nganitukola pakutama.
12 We labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
Tukulaga kupanganya masengo ni makono getu twachinsyene. Paakutulwesya uweji tukwapa upile, pakutusausya tukupililila,
13 when we are slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the scum of all things, even to this present time.
paakututukana uweji tukwajanga kwa kwachimbichisya. Namuno sambano tukuoneka mpela usakwa wa pachilambo, ni kila mundu akutulola mpela ŵapugwe.
14 I am not writing this to shame you, but rather I am admonishing you as my beloved children.
Ngangulemba yelei kuti nantesye soni nambo ngunjiganya mpela achiŵanangu ŵakunonyelwa.
15 For even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you would not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became a father to you through the gospel.
Namose nkwete ŵakunnela achajinji nkulumbikana ni Kilisito nambo nganinkola achatati ŵajinji. Pakuŵa mu kulumbikana ni Kilisito une mele atati ŵenu kwakunlalichila Ngani Jambone.
16 Therefore I urge you to be imitators of me.
Nipele ngunchondelela ntende mpela ingutendaga une.
17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere in every church.
Kwaligongo li nguntuma che Timoseo kukwenu, mwanangu jwakunonyelwa ni jwakukulupilichika nkulumbikana ni Ambuje. Ŵelewo chankumbusye litala lyangukuya une nkulumbikana ni Kilisito. Litala lingwiganya papali pose mmipingo ja ŵandu wose ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito.
18 But some of you have become puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Ŵane mwa ŵanyamwe atandite kulifuna achiganisyaga kuti nganyika sooni kukwenu.
19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of those who have become puffed up, but their power.
Nambo chiiche kukwenu chitema pe Ambuje asakaga, nipele chinaiwone nansyene ngaŵa maloŵe gao gakulifuna pe nambo ni machili galinago ŵele ŵakulifuna.
20 For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not by talk but by power.
Pakuŵa umwenye wa Akunnungu ngaŵa kwa kusala pe nambo mu machili.
21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
Chichi chachikunnonyela? Iche kukwenu ndili ni lubokola, pane iche ni ntima wa unonyelo ni wakulitimalika?
