1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Munhu ngaatirangarire sezvizvi, sevabati vaKristu, nevachengeti vezvakavanzika zvaMwari.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Uyezve, zvinotsvakwa pavachengeti, kuti ani nani awanikwe akatendeka.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment: yea, I judge not my own self.
Asi kwandiri chinhu chidiki-diki kuti nditongeswe nemwi, kana nekutonga kwevanhu; asi neni handizvitongesi.
4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Nokuti handirangariri chinhu kwandiri, zvakadaro handinzi ndakarurama neizvozvo; asi anonditonga ndiIshe.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have 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 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you on account of one may be puffed up against another.
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 maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Nokuti ndiani wakaita kuti usiyane nevamwe? Uye chii chaunacho chausina kugamuchira? Uye kanawo wakagamuchira, unozvikudzirei seusina kugamuchira?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Matoguta, matofuma, matonga kunze kwedu; ndinodawo kuti mutonge, kuti isuwo titonge pamwe nemwi.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
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 ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Isu tiri mapenzi nekuda kwaKristu, asi imwi makachenjera muna Kristu; isu tine utera, asi imwi makasimba; imwi munokudzwa, asi isu tinozvidzwa.
11 Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Kusvikira nguva ino tine nzarawo, uye tine nyota, uye takashama, uye tinorohwa netsiva, uye tiri vambeyi,
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it:
uye tinoshingaira tichishanda nemaoko edu pachedu; tinoti tichitukwa tinoropafadza, tinoti tichishushwa tinotsunga moyo;
13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
kana tichinyeyewa tinonyengerera; tinoitwa setsvina yenyika, marara ezvinhu zvese, kusvikira ikozvino.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Handinyoreri zvinhu izvi kuti ndikunyadzisei, asi savana vangu vanodikanwa ndinokunyeverai.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Nokuti kunyange mune varairidzi zvuru gumi muna Kristu, zvakadaro hamuna madzibaba mazhinji; nokuti muna Kristu Jesu ini ndakakuberekai kubudikidza neevhangeri.
16 Therefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Naizvozvo ndinokukumbirisai: Ivai vatevedzeri vangu.
17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where 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 are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Zvino vamwe vakazvikudza sezvinonzi handiuyi kwamuri.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.
Asi ndichauya kwamuri nekukurumidza, kana Ishe achida, uye ndichaziva, kwete shoko revanozvikudza, asi simba.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Nokuti ushe hwaMwari hahuzi pashoko, asi pasimba.
21 What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Munodei? Ndiuye kwamuri netsvimbo here, kana murudo nemweya weunyoro?
