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 any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.
2 Yon sèl bagay yo mande yon jeran, se pou l' yon moun serye.
Now it is required of stewards, that a man 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.
But to me it matters very little that I am judged by you, or by any earthly court.
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.
Indeed I do not even judge myself; for though I know nothing against myself, yet that does not vindicate me; for he who judges 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 make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men’s hearts. Then each man’s due praise will come to him 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.
Now these things, brothers, I have applied in a figure to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to go beyond what is written; that none of you be puffed up for the 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 a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received 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.
But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign 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.
But it seems to me that God has exhibited us apostles, last of all, like men doomed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the whole world, both to men and to angels.
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?
For Christ’s sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.
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.
Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.
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.
Homeless men, we toil, working with our own hands.
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.
When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o’-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!
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 am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, 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 though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ Jesus, you can have but one father. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
16 Tanpri, pran egzanp sou mwen.
I beg you then to imitate my example.
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.
With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every 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.
Now some are puffed up, as though 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 come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.
20 Paske, nan peyi kote Bondye wa a, pale anpil pa di anyen, se fè ki tout bagay la.
For the kingdom of God is not in talk, 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
Which do you want? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?
