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 reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

2 Yon sèl bagay yo mande yon jeran, se pou l' yon moun serye.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

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.

and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man’s Day, but I do not even judge myself,

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 have been conscious of nothing for myself, but I have not been declared right in this—and He who is discerning 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.

so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from 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.

And these things, brothers, I transferred to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us you may learn not to think above that which has been written, that you may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

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 makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? And if you also received, why do you glory as not having received?

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.

Already you are having been filled, already you were rich, apart from us you reigned, and I also wish you reigned, that we also may reign together 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 think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and 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] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;

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.

to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,

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 labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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.

being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.

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.

Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but I admonish as my beloved children,

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 if a myriad of child-conductors you may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I begot you;

16 Tanpri, pran egzanp sou mwen.

I call on you, therefore, become followers 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.

because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the LORD, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

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.

And some were puffed up as if I were not coming to 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 quickly to you, if the LORD may will, and I will not know the word of those puffed up, but the power;

20 Paske, nan peyi kote Bondye wa a, pale anpil pa di anyen, se fè ki tout bagay la.

for not in word is the Kingdom of God, 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 do you wish? Will I come to you with a rod, or in love, also with a spirit of meekness?