Korintotɔwo 1 3
1 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, nyemete ŋu ƒo nu na mi abe ame siwo tsi le Gbɔgbɔ me ene o, ke boŋ abe vidzĩwo, ame siwo mede ŋgɔ le kristotɔnyenye ƒe agbenɔnɔ me o eye wogale agbe le ŋutilã me abe ame siwo menye kristotɔwo o ene.
Brothers, I was not able to address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ.
2 Le esia ta nyemate ŋu ana nuɖuɖu sesẽ mi be miaɖu o, ke boŋ notsi ko mana mi elabena miaƒe dɔgbowo metsi atu nuɖuɖu sesẽ o. Va se ɖe fifia hã la, notsi ko wòle be mianɔ nonom
I gave you milk and not solid food, because you were not ready yet. Alas, you are still not ready,
3 elabena va se ɖe fifi hã la, miegale ko abe ɖeviwo ene le kristotɔwo ƒe agbenɔnɔ me. Nu sia nu si dze mia ŋu lae miewɔna, ke menye ɖe Mawu ƒe didi dzi o. Nu si tututu fia be mieganye ɖeviwo ko lae nye ale si miema ɖe hatsotso vovovowo me, eye dzre, ŋuʋaʋã kple liʋĩliʋĩlilĩ sɔŋ xɔ aƒe ɖe mia me. Le nyateƒe me la, miaƒe nuwɔnawo dze ko abe ame siwo menya Aƒetɔ la kura o la tɔ ene.
because you are still fleshly! For since there is envy, strife and divisions among you, are you not carnal and acting like ordinary people?
4 Mikpɔ ɖa, mia dometɔ aɖewo le gbɔgblɔm be, “Míawoe nye Paulo ƒe amewo,” bubuwo hã be, “Míawoe nye Apolo yomedzelawo,” ke ɖe miaƒe nuwɔna sia mesɔ kple ŋutilãmenɔnɔ tɔ oa?
For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
5 Ke ame ka tututue nye Apolo alo nye Paulo ŋutɔ, be mianɔ dzre wɔm ɖe mía ta? Mawu ƒe dɔla maɖinu siwo wòna ŋutete tɔxɛ aɖewo ko míenye eye to míaƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me la, miexɔ Mawu dzi se.
Who then is Paul, who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord has given to each one?
6 Dɔ si Mawu de asi nam koe nye be mado nuku la ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, eye Apolo hã ƒe dɔe nye be wòade tsi nukuawo. Ke Mawu ŋutɔe na be nukuawo tsi, eye wotse ku le miaƒe dziwo me.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God keeps making it grow.
7 Nukudola kple ame si de tsi nukuawo la ƒe dɔ mele vevie abe Mawu, ame si na be nukuawo tsi la tɔ ene o.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.
8 Nye kple Apolo la, dɔ ɖeka ma ke ko wɔm míele. Taɖodzinu ɖeka koe le mía si, ke Mawu axe fe na mía dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe le ale si wòdo vevi ɖe eƒe dɔ ŋu la nu.
Now he who plants and he who waters are at one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 Mawu ƒe hadɔwɔlawo ko míenye, ke miawoe nye Mawu ƒe agble kple eƒe xɔ si wòtu, menye nye kple Apolo tɔwoe mienye o.
Yes, we are God's coworkers; you are God's ‘field’, God's ‘building’.
10 Le Mawu ƒe amenuveve si wònam ta la, meɖo gɔmeɖokpe abe xɔtula aɖaŋutɔ ene, eye ame bubu va le etum ɖe edzi. Ke ele na ame sia ame be wòakpɔ nyuie tso ale si wòtui la ŋuti.
According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, while another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds;
11 Elabena ame aɖeke mate ŋu aɖo gɔmeɖokpe bubu aɖeke anyi si to vovo tso esi li xoxo, si nye Yesu Kristo la gbɔ o.
for no one can lay any foundation other than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Gake xɔtunu vovovowo li si woate ŋu atsɔ atu xɔe ɖe gɔmeɖokpe la dzi. Ame aɖewo tua xɔ kple sika, klosalo alo kpe xɔasi bubuwo, ame bubuwo hã tsɔa ati, aƒla alo be gɔ̃ hã tua xɔe.
Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
13 Ke ele be ame sia ame naɖo ŋku edzi be ne Kristo ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃ŋkeke la ɖo edzi la, woado xɔtunu vovovoawo kpɔ. Woatsɔ dzo ado ame sia ame ƒe dɔwɔna kpɔ, akpɔe ɖa be eƒe dɔ la anɔ te mahã?
the work of each will become evident; because the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. Yes, the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.
14 Ame siwo ƒe dɔ mefia le dzo me o la axɔ woƒe fetu.
If the work that anyone built endures, he will receive a reward.
15 Ke ne ame aɖe ƒe xɔ fia le dzoa me la ekema ebu nu gã aɖe gake woaɖe eya ŋutɔ abe ame si woɖe le dzo bibi me ene.
If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, albeit so as through fire.
16 Ɖe mienyae be Mawu ƒe xɔe mienye, eye Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ le mia me oa?
Do you (pl) not know that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 Ne ame aɖe ke atse do ŋunyɔ, eye wògblẽ Mawu ƒe aƒe sia la, Mawu hã atsrɔ̃ ame ma enumake, elabena Mawu ƒe aƒe la nye teƒe kɔkɔe si me ɖiƒoƒo aɖeke mele o eye miawo tututu nye aƒe sia.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; because God's temple, which you are, is holy.
18 Mikpɔ nyuie be miaganɔ mia ɖokuiwo flum o. Ne mia dometɔ aɖe bu be yenyaa nu ŋutɔ le amewo ƒe nukpɔkpɔ nu la, ekema ele be wòawɔ eɖokui bometsilae hafi ate ŋu anye nunyala vavãtɔ tso dziƒo. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become ‘foolish’ so that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Elabena xexe sia me ƒe nunyawo katã nye bometsitsi le Mawu ƒe ŋkume. Abe ale si woŋlɔ ɖe Hiob ƒe agbalẽ me ene be, “Elé nunyalawo le woƒe ayemenuwɔwɔwo me.”
Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”;
20 Wogagblɔe na mí le Psalmowo ƒe agbalẽ hã me be, “Aƒetɔ la nya be nunyalawo ƒe susuwo katã le wodzoe abe ɖetifu ko ene.”
and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.”
21 Eya ta nɔviwo, miganɔ dadam ɖe amegbetɔ dzi o! Nuwo katã nye mia tɔ,
So then, let no one boast in men, for all things are yours:
22 eɖanye Paulo loo, alo Apolo o, Kefa, xexe sia me agbe, ku, egbeŋkeke alo etsɔ si gbɔna o, wo katã nye mia tɔ,
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, whether the world or life or death, whether things present or things to come—all are yours,
23 eye mienye Kristo tɔ, ale Kristo hã nye Mawu tɔ.
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
