1 Korint 4
1 Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun Korent, se pou nou rekonèt se sèvitè Kris la mwen ye, tankou yon jeran Bondye mete reskonsab plan travay li yo ki te kache.
Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:
2 Yon sèl bagay yo mande yon jeran, se pou l' yon moun serye.
And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
3 Pou mwen menm, nou te mèt jije m', lèzòm te mèt jije m' nan tribinal yo, sa pa di m' anyen. Mwen menm, poutèt pa m', mwen pa jije tèt mwen non plis.
As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.
4 Konsyans mwen pa repwoche m' anyen, se vre. Men, sa pa vle di mwen inonsan pou sa. Se Seyè a ki sèl jij mwen.
For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
5 Se poutèt sa, pa prese jije pesonn anvan lè a rive. Se pou nou tann Seyè a vini. Se li menm k'ap mete deyò tou sa ki te kache, tou sa ki t'ap fèt nan fènwa. L'ap devwale tout kalkil lèzòm t'ap fè nan kè yo. Lè sa a, chak moun va resevwa lwanj yo merite nan men Bondye.
Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
6 Frè m' yo, nan tout bagay sa yo, si m' pran egzanp sou mwen ak Apolòs, se te pou byen nou. Mwen ta vle nou pran egzanp sou nou pou n' ta ka konprann sans pawòl la ki di: Rete nan limit yo ban nou an. Piga pesonn pran pati pou yon moun kont yon lòt.
Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.
7 Kilès ki di ou pi bon pase lòt yo? Kisa ou genyen se pa Bondye ki ba ou li? Enben, nan kondisyon sa a, poukisa w'ap fè grandizè pou sa ou genyen an tankou si se pa Bondye ki te ba ou li?
For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?
8 Atò, nou gen tan gen tou sa n' te bezwen? Nou gen tan rich kont kò nou? Nou gen tan tounen wa anvan mwen? Mwen ta byen kontan si nou ta tounen wa tout bon, pou m' te kapab wa tou ansanm avèk nou.
Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
9 Men, nou menm apòt Kris yo, gen lè Bondye mete nou dèyè nèt. Nou tankou moun yo kondannen amò pou yo touye sou plas piblik; nou tounen yon espektak pou tout moun, ni pou zanj yo nan syèl la, ni pou moun sou latè.
For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.
10 Poutèt Kris la, nou menm apòt yo, nou tankou moun fou. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, gen lè nou gen bon konprann nan Kris la? Nou menm apòt yo, nou fèb. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, gen lè nou gen fòs kouraj? Nou menm apòt yo, y'ap meprize nou tankou chen. Men, nou menm moun Korent yo, yo respekte nou nèt ale?
We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
11 Jouk koulye a nou anba grangou, nou swaf dlo, nou manke rad, y'ap bat nou, n'ap plede mache san nou pa gen kote pou n' rete.
Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
12 N'ap fatige kò nou travay pou n' ka manje. Lè yo joure nou, nou mande benediksyon pou moun k'ap joure nou; lè yo pèsekite nou, nou mare kè nou.
And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
13 Lè yo pale nou mal, nou menm se byen nou di pou yo. Jouk koulye a, y'ap konsidere nou tankou fatra ki nan lemonn, dènye kras moun ki sou latè.
We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
14 Mwen pa ekri nou tout bagay sa yo paske mwen vle fè nou wont non. Men, se vle mwen vle fè nou wè rezon, tankou pitit mwen renmen anpil.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.
15 Menm si nou ta rive gen dimil (10.000) moun k'ap kondi nou nan lavi n'ap mennen ansanm ak Kris la, nou pa ka gen anpil papa. Si n'ap konsidere lavi n'ap mennen ansanm ak Kris la, se mwen menm ki papa nou, paske se mwen menm ki te pote bon nouvèl la ban nou.
For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
16 Tanpri, pran egzanp sou mwen.
Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
17 Se pou sa menm m'ap voye Timote, pitit mwen nan Seyè a, ban nou. Se yon pitit mwen renmen anpil, li menm tou li fèb pou mwen. La fè nou chonje tout prensip k'ap dirije lavi m'ap mennen nan Kris la. Se menm prensip sa yo m'ap moutre toupatou nan tout legliz yo.
For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.
18 Gen kèk moun nan mitan nou ki gen tan gonfle lestonmak yo ak lògèy. Yo mete nan lide yo mwen p'ap vini wè nou.
Some are puffed vp as though I woulde not come vnto you.
19 Enben, si Bondye vle, m'ap vin wè nou anvan lontan. Lè sa a, m'a wè sa bann grandizè sa yo ka fè apre tou sa yo di a.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
20 Paske, nan peyi kote Bondye wa a, pale anpil pa di anyen, se fè ki tout bagay la.
For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
21 Kisa nou pito? Nou ta vle mwen vin ak yon baton pou nou, osinon avèk renmen, avèk dousè nan kè mwen pou nou? Libètinaj nan legliz la
What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?
