1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,
Kuom mano, ji onego okwanwa kaka jotich Kristo, kendo kaka jorit weche mopondo mag Nyasaye.
2 and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
To ongʼere ni joma omi tich mar rito nyaka bed jo-adiera.
3 and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,
An awuon ok lichna ka uyala kata ka oyala e od bura moro amora mar dhano. Chutho kata an awuon ok anyal yalora kenda.
4 for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right — and he who is discerning me is the Lord:
Chutho ok ane gimoro ma aketho, to mano ok onyisa ni aonge ketho. To Ruoth ema ngʼadona bura.
5 so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.
Kuom mano kik ungʼad bura kapok kinde ochopo, to rituru biro mar Ruoth. En owuon noel e lela gik masani opondo e mudho, kendo enonyis paro duto mopondo e chuny dhano. E kindeno ema ngʼato ka ngʼato noyud pak moa kuom Nyasaye.
6 And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,
Jowetena, koro asewuoyo kodu ka akonyora gi nyinga kod nying Apolo kaka ranyisi mondo uyud konyruok, kupuonjoru kuomwa tiend wach mawacho niya, “Kik ukal weche mondiki.” Mano biro miyo ok udhial ngʼato moloyo nyawadgi.
7 for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?
Angʼo momiyo iparo ni iber moloyo ngʼat machielo? Angʼo ma in-go mane ok omiyi? To ka gima in-gono nomiyi, to angʼo momiyo isungori mana ka gima ne ok omiyigo?
8 Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,
Un ero un gi gik moko duto mudwaro kendo usedoko jo-mwandu! Usebedo ruodhi, to wan uwewa oko! Mano kaka agombo ni ne ubed ruodhi adier mondo wan bende wabed ruodhi kaachiel kodu!
9 for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last — as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;
Nikech nenorena ni Nyasaye oseketowa wan joote, ka joma odongʼ chien bangʼ ji, kendo mana ka joma osengʼadnegi buch tho mondo onegi e dier pap. Oseketwa wabedo joma piny duto rango kendo malaike kod ji bende rangowa.
10 we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
Wan wafuwo nikech Kristo, to un to uriek ei Kristo! Wan wanyap, to un to uroteke! Un imiyou duongʼ, to wan to ochawa!
11 unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
Nyaka koroni kech kayowa kendo riyo oloyowa. Warwako lewni mokidhore okidhore, kendo isandowa malit, ka waonge kata kar dak.
12 and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
Watiyo matek gi lwetewa. Ka ikwongʼowa, to wagwedho joma kwongʼowa; kisandowa, to wayie isandowa asanda;
13 being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become — of all things an offscouring — till now.
bende ka iyanyowa, to wadwoko gi weche mangʼwon. Nyaka koroni wasedoko machal gi yugi mag piny; wachalo gik mowit oko ni onge tich!
14 Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
Ok andiknu wechegi mondo akuodgo wiu, to andikonugi mondo ajiwu, kaka nyithinda mageno.
15 for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I — I did beget you;
Kata obedo ni un gi ji alufu apar ma ritou e Kristo, to uonge gi wuone mangʼeny, nikech kuom Kristo Yesu, an ema ne abedo kaka wuonu kane ayalonu Injili.
16 I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
Kuom mano, akwayou mondo ulu timna.
17 because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
Mano emomiyo aoronu Timotheo, ma en wuoda mahero, kendo ma ja-adiera kuom Ruoth. Obiro paronu kit ngimana kuom Kristo Yesu, ma ok opogore gi gik mapuonjo kuonde duto, e kanisa.
18 And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;
Jomoko kuomu sunga omako, mana ka gima ok abi biro iru.
19 but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;
To abiro biro mapiyo ka Ruoth Nyasaye oyie, kendo kabiro, to anadwar ngʼeyo ok mana kaka josungago wuoyo kende, to bende napenjgi teko ma gin-go.
20 for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?
Nikech pinyruoth Nyasaye ok otenore mana kuom weche miwacho gidhok, to otenore kuom teko maduongʼ.
21 what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?
Koro ere gima udwaro? Udwaro ni mondo abi iru katingʼo boka, koso abi gihera kod chuny mamuol?
