1 Corinthians 4
1 This is how a person should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the hidden truths of God.
Munhu ngaatirangarire sezvizvi, sevabati vaKristu, nevachengeti vezvakavanzika zvaMwari.
2 Now what is required of stewards is that they are found to be trustworthy.
Uyezve, zvinotsvakwa pavachengeti, kuti ani nani awanikwe akatendeka.
3 But for me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. For I do not even judge myself.
Asi kwandiri chinhu chidiki-diki kuti nditongeswe nemwi, kana nekutonga kwevanhu; asi neni handizvitongesi.
4 I am not aware of any charge being made against me, but that does not mean I am innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
Nokuti handirangariri chinhu kwandiri, zvakadaro handinzi ndakarurama neizvozvo; asi anonditonga ndiIshe.
5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment about anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his praise from God.
Naizvozvo regai kutonga chinhu nguva isati yasvika, kusvikira Ishe auya, iye achabudisawo pachena zvinhu zvakavanzika zverima, uye acharatidza mazano emoyo; uye ipapo munhu umwe neumwe acharumbidzwa naMwari.
6 Now, brothers, I applied these principles to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that from us you might learn the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” This is so that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against the other.
Zvino zvinhu izvi, hama, ndinozvifananidzira neni naAporo nekuda kwenyu, kuti mudzidze kwatiri kuti musafunga kupfuura zvakanyorwa, kuti umwe arege kuzvikudza neumwe muchipikisa umwe.
7 For who sees any difference between you and others? What do you have that you did not freely receive? If you have freely received it, why do you boast as if you had not done so?
Nokuti ndiani wakaita kuti usiyane nevamwe? Uye chii chaunacho chausina kugamuchira? Uye kanawo wakagamuchira, unozvikudzirei seusina kugamuchira?
8 Already you have all you could want! Already you have become rich! You began to reign—and that quite apart from us! Indeed, I wish you did reign, so that we could reign with you.
Matoguta, matofuma, matonga kunze kwedu; ndinodawo kuti mutonge, kuti isuwo titonge pamwe nemwi.
9 For I think God has put us apostles on display as the last in line in a procession and like men sentenced to death. We have become a spectacle to the world—to angels, and to human beings.
Nokuti ndinofunga kuti Mwari wakatigadza isu vaapositori vekupedzisira, sevakatemerwa rufu; nokuti takaitwa chiokerwa kunyika, nekuvatumwa, nekuvanhu.
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we are held in dishonor.
Isu tiri mapenzi nekuda kwaKristu, asi imwi makachenjera muna Kristu; isu tine utera, asi imwi makasimba; imwi munokudzwa, asi isu tinozvidzwa.
11 Up to this present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally beaten, and we are homeless.
Kusvikira nguva ino tine nzarawo, uye tine nyota, uye takashama, uye tinorohwa netsiva, uye tiri vambeyi,
12 We work hard, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless. When we are persecuted, we endure.
uye tinoshingaira tichishanda nemaoko edu pachedu; tinoti tichitukwa tinoropafadza, tinoti tichishushwa tinotsunga moyo;
13 When we are slandered, we speak with kindness. We have become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world and the filthiest of all things.
kana tichinyeyewa tinonyengerera; tinoitwa setsvina yenyika, marara ezvinhu zvese, kusvikira ikozvino.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to correct you as my beloved children.
Handinyoreri zvinhu izvi kuti ndikunyadzisei, asi savana vangu vanodikanwa ndinokunyeverai.
15 For even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Nokuti kunyange mune varairidzi zvuru gumi muna Kristu, zvakadaro hamuna madzibaba mazhinji; nokuti muna Kristu Jesu ini ndakakuberekai kubudikidza neevhangeri.
16 So I urge you to be imitators of me.
Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai: Ivai vatevedzeri vangu.
17 That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere and in every church.
Nemhaka iyi ndatuma Timotio kwamuri, anova mwana wangu anodikanwa, uye wakatendeka muna Ishe, achakuyeuchidzai nzira dzangu dziri muna Kristu, sezvandinodzidzisa kwese pakereke imwe neimwe.
18 Now some of you have become arrogant, acting as though I were not coming to you.
Zvino vamwe vakazvikudza sezvinonzi handiuyi kwamuri.
19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills. Then I will know not merely the talk of these who are so arrogant, but I will see their power.
Asi ndichauya kwamuri nekukurumidza, kana Ishe achida, uye ndichaziva, kwete shoko revanozvikudza, asi simba.
20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
Nokuti ushe hwaMwari hahuzi pashoko, asi pasimba.
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?
Munodei? Ndiuye kwamuri netsvimbo here, kana murudo nemweya weunyoro?
