1 Korint 3
1 Epi mwen, frè m yo, mwen pa t kab pale avèk nou menm tankou moun ki plen lespri Bondye, men tankou moun lachè yo, tankou ti zanfan piti nan Kris yo.
But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded – mere infants in the faith of Christ.
2 Mwen te bannou lèt pou nou bwè olye gwo manje; paske nou potko kab resevwa l. Anverite, menm koulye a, nou poko kapab,
I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.
3 pwiske nou toujou nan lachè. Paske akoz gen jalouzi ak konfli pami nou, èske nou pa nan lachè, epi èske nou p ap mache tankou lòm natirèl?
While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other people do?
4 Paske lè youn di: “Mwen se moun Paul”, epi yon lòt: “Mwen se moun Appollos”, èske nou p ap aji kòmsi se lòm natirèl ke nou ye?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?
5 Alò, ki moun Apollos ye? E ki moun Paul ye? Se sèvitè pa sila nou te vin kwè yo, menm jan Senyè a te bay opòtinite a yo chak.
What, I ask, is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
6 Mwen te plante, Appollos te awoze, men Bondye te fè l grandi.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 Alò, se pa ni sila ki plante a ni sila ki awoze a ki anyen, men Bondye ki fè l grandi a.
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
8 Alò, sila ki plante a ak sila ki awoze a se youn; men chak moun va resevwa pwòp rekonpans li selon pwòp travay li.
In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labor.
9 Paske nou se ouvriye parèy avèk Bondye. Nou menm se chan Bondye a, kay la ke L ap bati a.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.
10 Selon gras Bondye ki te ban mwen an, kon yon mèt k ap bati byen saj, mwen te poze yon fondasyon. Men konsa, se yon lòt k ap bati sou li. Konsa, fòk chak moun pridan sou jan li bati sou li a.
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;
11 Paske pèsòn pa kapab poze okenn lòt fondasyon sof ke sila ki poze deja a, ki se Jésus Kri.
for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 Alò, si nenpòt moun bati sou fondasyon an avèk lò, ajan, bijou presye, bwa, zèb sèch, oswa pay,
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 zèv a chak moun va vin byen parèt. Paske lajounen va fè l vin parèt klè, akoz sa gen pou revele avèk dife. Epi dife a, li menm, va fè prèv valè zèv chak moun.
the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.
14 Si zèv a yon moun ki bati sou li a rete toujou, li va resevwa yon rekonpans.
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.
15 Si zèv a yon moun vin brile, li va soufri pèt, men li menm, li va sove kòmsi, se pa dife.
If anyone’s work is burnt up, they will suffer loss; though they themselves will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.
16 Èske nou pa konnen ke nou se tanp Bondye a, e ke Lespri Bondye a rete nan nou?
Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?
17 Si yon moun detwi tanp Bondye a, Bondye va detwi li, paske tanp Bondye a sen, e se sa nou ye.
If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.
18 Pa kite pèsòn twonpe tèt li si yon moun pami nou panse ke li saj nan tan sila a, li oblije vin fou pou li kapab vin saj. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a ‘fool,’ that they may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Paske sajès mond sa a se foli devan Bondye. Paske sa ekri: “Se Li menm ki kenbe saj yo nan pwòp koken pa yo.”
For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of – ‘One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,’
20 Epi ankò: “Senyè a konnen panse a saj yo, ke yo initil.”
And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 Donk, pa kite pèsòn vante tèt li pou moun. Paske tout bagay se pou nou menm,
Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –
22 sof ke se Paul, oswa Appollos, oswa Céphas, o lemonn, o lavi, o lanmò, bagay prezan yo, oswa bagay ki gen pou vini yo; tout apatyen de nou menm.
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!
23 Epi nou apatyen a Kris; e Kris apatyen a Bondye.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
