1 Corinthians 4
1 So, people ought to consider us [apostles] (OR, Apollos and me) to be [merely] servants of Christ. God has given to us [(exc) the work of] telling others the message that God has now revealed to us.
| لوکا اَسْمانْ کھْرِیشْٹَسْیَ پَرِچارَکانْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ نِگُوٹھَواکْیَدھَنَسْیادھْیَکْشاںشْچَ مَنْیَنْتاں۔ |
2 With respect to doing that, those who are given work are required {give others some work to do require them} to do that work faithfully.
| کِنْچَ دھَنادھْیَکْشینَ وِشْوَسَنِییینَ بھَوِتَوْیَمیتَدیوَ لوکَے رْیاچْیَتے۔ |
3 I am not concerned whether you or [the judges in] some court decide whether I have done my work faithfully or not. I do not even judge myself [about that].
| اَتو وِچارَیَدْبھِ رْیُشْمابھِرَنْیَیح کَیشْچِنْ مَنُجَے رْوا مَمَ پَرِیکْشَنَں مَیاتِیوَ لَگھُ مَنْیَتے ہَمَپْیاتْمانَں نَ وِچارَیامِ۔ |
4 I do not think that I have done anything wrong, but that does not prove that I have done nothing wrong. The Lord is the one who judges me.
| مَیا کِمَپْیَپَرادّھَمِتْیَہَں نَ ویدْمِ کِنْتْویتینَ مَمَ نِرَپَرادھَتْوَں نَ نِشْچِییَتے پْرَبھُریوَ مَمَ وِچارَیِتاسْتِ۔ |
5 So, stop evaluating any of us [(exc)] before the time [when God judges everyone] [MTY]! Do not judge us before the Lord comes. He is the one who will reveal the sinful things that people have done secretly. He will even reveal what people have thought. At that time God will praise each person as [each one of them deserves].
| اَتَ اُپَیُکْتَسَمَیاتْ پُورْوَّمْ اَرْتھَتَح پْرَبھوراگَمَناتْ پُورْوَّں یُشْمابھِ رْوِچارو نَ کْرِیَتاں۔ پْرَبھُراگَتْیَ تِمِرینَ پْرَچّھَنّانِ سَرْوّانِ دِیپَیِشْیَتِ مَنَساں مَنْتْرَناشْچَ پْرَکاشَیِشْیَتِ تَسْمِنْ سَمَیَ اِیشْوَرادْ ایکَیکَسْیَ پْرَشَںسا بھَوِشْیَتِ۔ |
6 My fellow believers, I have [told you] all these things as illustrations of myself and Apollos. I have done this for your sake, in order that you may learn [to live according to] the saying, “Do not act contrary to what is {what they have} written [in the Scriptures].” If you follow that rule, you will not be proud of one [spiritual leader] and despise another.
| ہے بھْراتَرَح سَرْوّانْییتانِ مَیاتْمانَمْ آپَلَّوَنْچودِّشْیَ کَتھِتانِ تَسْیَیتَتْ کارَنَں یُیَں یَتھا شاسْتْرِییَوِدھِمَتِکْرَمْیَ مانَوَمْ اَتِیوَ نادَرِشْیَدھْبَ اِیتّھَنْچَیکینَ وَیپَرِیتْیادْ اَپَرینَ نَ شْلاگھِشْیَدھْبَ ایتادرِشِیں شِکْشاماوَیورْدرِشْٹانْتاتْ لَپْسْیَدھْوے۔ |
7 (No one has made any of you superior to others!/Why do any of you think that you are superior to others?) [RHQ] [All the abilities] that you have, you received [from God]. [RHQ] So if you received them all [from God], (you should not boast [thinking], “I got these abilities [from myself], [not from God]!”/why do you boast [thinking], “I got these abilities [from myself], [not from God]?”) [RHQ]
| اَپَراتْ کَسْتْواں وِشیشَیَتِ؟ تُبھْیَں یَنَّ دَتَّ تادرِشَں کِں دھارَیَسِ؟ اَدَتّینیوَ دَتّینَ وَسْتُنا کُتَح شْلاگھَسے؟ |
8 [It is disgusting that you act as though] [IRO] you have already received everything that you need [spiritually]. You act as though [IRO] you were [spiritually] rich (OR, you had received all [the spiritual gifts you need]). You act as though [IRO] you had already begun to rule as kings with Christ. Well, I wish that you really were ruling [with him], in order that we [apostles] might also rule with you!
| اِدانِیمیوَ یُویَں کِں ترِپْتا لَبْدھَدھَنا وا؟ اَسْماسْوَوِدْیَمانیشُ یُویَں کِں راجَتْوَپَدَں پْراپْتاح؟ یُشْماکَں راجَتْوَں مَیابھِلَشِتَں یَتَسْتینَ یُشْمابھِح سَہَ وَیَمَپِ راجْیاںشِنو بھَوِشْیامَح۔ |
9 But it seems as though God has put us [apostles] on display, [like prisoners] at the end [of the victor’s parade]. We [(exc)] are like men who have been condemned to die, who have been put in the arena where everyone can see [the wild animals] killing them. And not only people, but even angels all over the world [are watching us, as people] watch those who are performing a play [in a theater].
| پْریرِتا وَیَں شیشا ہَنْتَوْیاشْچیویشْوَرینَ نِدَرْشِتاح۔ یَتو وَیَں سَرْوَّلوکانامْ اَرْتھَتَح سْوَرْگِییَدُوتاناں مانَوانانْچَ کَوتُکاسْپَدانِ جاتاح۔ |
10 Many people consider us to be [IRO] fools because [we preach about] Christ, but you proudly [think [IRO] that] you are wise because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ. Many people [consider us] [IRO] to be unimpressive, but you [proudly think that you] impress others. People respect you, but they do not respect us.
| کھْرِیشْٹَسْیَ کرِتے وَیَں مُوڈھاح کِنْتُ یُویَں کھْرِیشْٹینَ جْنانِنَح، وَیَں دُرْبَّلا یُویَنْچَ سَبَلاح، یُویَں سَمّانِتا وَیَنْچاپَمانِتاح۔ |
11 Up to this present time we have often been hungry. We have often been thirsty. We have ragged clothes. Often we have been beaten {others have beaten us}. We [have traveled so much that we] have no regular homes to live in.
| وَیَمَدْیاپِ کْشُدھارْتّاسْترِشْنارْتّا وَسْتْرَہِیناسْتاڈِتا آشْرَمَرَہِتاشْچَ سَنْتَح |
12 We work very hard [to earn a living]. When we are cursed [by people] {When [people] curse us}, we [ask God to] bless them. When we are persecuted {When [people] cause us to suffer}, we endure it.
| کَرْمَّنِ سْوَکَرانْ وْیاپارَیَنْتَشْچَ دُحکھَیح کالَں یاپَیامَح۔ گَرْہِتَیرَسْمابھِراشِیح کَتھْیَتے دُورِیکرِتَیح سَہْیَتے نِنْدِتَیح پْرَسادْیَتے۔ |
13 When we are slandered [by people] {When [people] slander us}, we reply kindly to them. Up to now, [unbelievers consider us to be worthless] [MET], [as though we were] just garbage.
| وَیَمَدْیاپِ جَگَتَح سَمّارْجَنِییوگْیا اَوَکَرا اِوَ سَرْوَّے رْمَنْیامَہے۔ |
14 I am writing this to you, not to make you feel ashamed, but instead to warn you as [though you were] my own dear children.
| یُشْمانْ تْرَپَیِتُمَہَمیتانِ لِکھامِیتِ نَہِ کِنْتُ پْرِیاتْمَجانِوَ یُشْمانْ پْرَبودھَیامِ۔ |
15 I say that because as [an apostle of] Christ Jesus I [was the first one who] proclaimed the good message to you. As a result, I was the one who enabled you to have eternal life. So even if there were thousands of Christians who instruct you [MET], I am the only one who became [like] a father to you.
| یَتَح کھْرِیشْٹَدھَرْمّے یَدْیَپِ یُشْماکَں دَشَسَہَسْرانِ وِنیتارو بھَوَنْتِ تَتھاپِ بَہَوو جَنَکا نَ بھَوَنْتِ یَتوہَمیوَ سُسَںوادینَ یِیشُکھْرِیشْٹے یُشْمانْ اَجَنَیَں۔ |
16 So I urge you to [live for Christ] the way I do.
| اَتو یُشْمانْ وِنَیےہَں یُویَں مَدَنُگامِنو بھَوَتَ۔ |
17 In order to [help you do that], I have sent/will be sending Timothy to you. I love him [as though he were] my son. He serves the Lord faithfully. He will remind you of the way I conduct my life [as one who] (has a close relationship with/belongs to) the Lord. The way I conduct my life is the same as how I teach [others to live] in all the congregations [to whom I have spoken].
| اِتْیَرْتھَں سَرْوّیشُ دھَرْمَّسَماجیشُ سَرْوَّتْرَ کھْرِیشْٹَدھَرْمَّیوگْیا یے وِدھَیو مَیوپَدِشْیَنْتے تانْ یو یُشْمانْ سْمارَیِشْیَتْییوَمْبھُوتَں پْرَبھوح کرِتے پْرِیَں وِشْواسِنَنْچَ مَدِییَتَنَیَں تِیمَتھِیَں یُشْماکَں سَمِیپَں پْریشِتَوانَہَں۔ |
18 Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come there [to rebuke your congregation about what they are doing].
| اَپَرَمَہَں یُشْماکَں سَمِیپَں نَ گَمِشْیامِیتِ بُدّھوا یُشْماکَں کِیَنْتو لوکا گَرْوَّنْتِ۔ |
19 But if the Lord wants me to come, I will come to you soon. Then I will not [pay any attention to] what those proud people say. Instead, I will find out [whether they have God’s] power.
| کِنْتُ یَدِ پْرَبھیرِچّھا بھَوَتِ تَرْہْیَہَمَوِلَمْبَں یُشْمَتْسَمِیپَمُپَسْتھایَ تیشاں دَرْپَدھْماتاناں لوکاناں واچَں جْناسْیامِیتِ نَہِ سامَرْتھْیَمیوَ جْناسْیامِ۔ |
20 Remember that God [judges whether or not we are letting him] rule [our lives], not by [listening to how we] talk, but [by seeing whether his] power [is present] ([among us/in our lives]).
| یَسْمادِیشْوَرَسْیَ راجَتْوَں واگْیُکْتَں نَہِ کِنْتُ سامَرْتھْیَیُکْتَں۔ |
21 So which do you prefer? Do you want me to come to you and punish you [because you have not changed your ways], or shall I come to you and act lovingly and gently toward you [because you have done what I told you to do]?
| یُشْماکَں کا وانْچھا؟ یُشْمَتْسَمِیپے مَیا کِں دَنْڈَپانِنا گَنْتَوْیَمُتَ پْریمَنَمْرَتاتْمَیُکْتینَ وا؟ |
