1 Corinzi 11
1 Siate miei imitatori, siccome io ancora [lo son] di Cristo.
[Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.
2 OR io vi lodo, fratelli, di ciò che vi ricordate di me in ogni cosa; e che ritenete gli ordinamenti, secondo che io ve li ho dati.
I praise you because you remember all the things [that I taught you] and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do.
3 Ma io voglio che sappiate, che il capo d'ogni uomo è Cristo, e che il capo della donna [è] l'uomo, e che il capo di Cristo [è] Iddio.
[Now], I want you to know that the one who has authority over [MTY] every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God.
4 Ogni uomo, orando, o profetizzando, col capo coperto, fa vergogna al suo capo.
[So] if any man [wears a covering over] his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself [SYN].
5 Ma ogni donna, orando, o profetizzando, col capo scoperto, fa vergogna al suo capo; perciocchè egli è una medesima cosa che se fosse rasa.
Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like [SIM] [women who are ashamed because] their heads have been shaved.
6 Imperocchè, se la donna non si vela, si tagli anche i capelli! Ora se è cosa disonesta per la donna il tagliarsi i capelli, o il radersi il capo, si veli.
So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], they should let someone shave their heads [so that they will be ashamed]. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair [short] or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them].
7 Poichè, quant'è all'uomo, egli non deve velarsi il capo, essendo l'immagine, e la gloria di Dio; ma la donna è la gloria dell'uomo.
Men should not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], because they represent what God is like [MET] and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are.
8 Perciocchè l'uomo non è dalla donna, ma la donna dall'uomo.
[Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that] because [God] did not make [the first] man, [Adam], from the [first] woman, [Eve]. Instead, he made that woman [from a bone that he took] from the man.
9 Imperocchè ancora l'uomo non fu creato per la donna, ma la donna per l'uomo.
Also, [God] did not create [the first] man [to help] the woman. Instead, [he] created the woman [to help] the man.
10 Perciò, la donna deve, per cagion degli angeli, aver sul capo [un segno del]la podestà [da cui dipende].
For that reason, women should wear something [to cover] their heads [as a symbol of their being under their husbands’] [MTY] authority. They should also [cover their heads] so that the angels [will see that and rejoice].
11 Nondimeno, nè l'uomo [è] senza la donna, nè la donna senza l'uomo, nel Signore.
However, remember that [even though God created the first] woman from [the first] man, all other men [have been born] from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, [including men and women], come from God.
12 Perciocchè, siccome la donna [è] dall'uomo, così ancora l'uomo [è] per la donna; ed ogni cosa [è] da Dio.
13 Giudicate fra voi stessi: è egli convenevole che la donna faccia orazione a Dio, senza esser velata?
Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for [RHQ] women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads?
14 La natura stessa non v'insegna ella ch'egli è disonore all'uomo se egli porta chioma?
(Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?) [RHQ]
15 Ma, se la donna porta chioma, che [ciò] le è onore? poichè la chioma le è data per velo.
But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because [God] gave them long hair to be like a [beautiful] covering [for their heads].
16 Ora, se alcuno vuol parer contenzioso, noi, nè le chiese di Dio, non abbiamo una tale usanza.
But whoever wants to argue [with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that] we [apostles] do not [permit] any other custom, and the [other] congregations of God do not have any other custom.
17 OR io non vi lodo in questo, ch'io [vi] dichiaro, [cioè], che voi vi raunate non in meglio, ma in peggio.
Now I want to tell you [about some other things]. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good [things do not happen]. Instead, bad things [happen].
18 Perciocchè prima, intendo che quando vi raunate nella chiesa, vi son fra voi delle divisioni; e ne credo qualche parte.
First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group [to worship God], you divide into groups [that are hostile to each other]. To some extent I believe that is true.
19 Poichè bisogna che vi sieno eziandio delle sette fra voi, acciocchè coloro che sono accettevoli, sien manifestati fra voi.
It seems that you must divide into [groups that despise each other] in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you [God] approves of!
20 Quando adunque voi vi raunate insieme, [ciò che fate] non è mangiar la Cena del Signore.
When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].
21 Perciocchè, nel mangiare, ciascuno prende innanzi la sua propria cena; e l'uno ha fame, e l'altro è ebbro.
But [what happens when] you eat is that each person eats his own meal before [he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else]. As a result, [when the meal is over], some people are [still] hungry and others are drunk! [So it is not a meal that honors the Lord].
22 Perciocchè, non avete voi delle case per mangiare, e per bere? ovvero, sprezzate voi la chiesa di Dio, e fate vergogna a quelli che non hanno? che dirovvi? loderovvi in ciò? io non vi lodo.
([You act as though] you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]?) [RHQ] Do you not realize [RHQ] [that by acting selfishly in this way], it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people [in your group] whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that [RHQ]? Do [you expect] me to praise you [about what you do] [RHQ]? I certainly will not praise you!
23 Poichè io ho dal Signore ricevuto ciò che ancora ho dato a voi, [cioè: ] che il Signore Gesù, nella notte ch'egli fu tradito, prese del pane;
The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {[Judas] enabled [the enemies of] the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.
24 e dopo aver rese grazie, lo ruppe, e disse: Pigliate, mangiate; quest'è il mio corpo, il qual per voi è rotto; fate questo in rammemorazione di me.
After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. [Then he gave it to his disciples] and said, “This bread [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my body, that [I am about to sacrifice] for you. Eat bread in this [way again and again] to remember my [offering myself as a sacrifice for you].”
25 Parimente ancora [prese] il calice, dopo aver cenato, dicendo: Questo calice [è] il nuovo patto nel sangue mio; fate questo, ogni volta che voi [ne] berrete, in rammemorazione di me.
Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup [MTY] [of wine]. He [thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples], saying, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my blood [that will flow from my body] ([to put into effect/to establish]) the new agreement [that God is making with people]. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that [my blood flowed for you].”
26 Perciocchè, ogni volta che voi avrete mangiato di questo pane, o bevuto di questo calice, voi annunzierete la morte del Signore, finchè egli venga.
[Remember that] until the Lord [Jesus] returns [to the earth], whenever you eat the [bread that represents his body] and drink the wine [MTY] [that represents his blood], you are telling other people that he died [for you].
27 Perciò, chiunque avrà mangiato questo pane, o bevuto il calice del Signore, indegnamente, sarà colpevole del corpo, e del sangue del Signore.
So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine [MTY] in a way that is not proper [for those who belong to the Lord] are guilty of [acting in a way that is contrary to what] our [Lord intended when he offered] his body [as a sacrifice] and his blood [flowed when he died].
28 Or provi l'uomo sè stesso, e così mangi di questo pane, e beva di questo calice.
Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine [MTY], he should think carefully about [what he is doing],
29 Poichè chi [ne] mangia, e beve indegnamente, mangia e beve giudicio a sè stesso, non discernendo il corpo del Signore.
because if anyone eats [the bread that represents Christ’s body] and drinks [the wine that represents his blood] without recognizing that all God’s [people should be united, God will] punish him [for doing that].
30 Perciò fra voi vi [son] molti infermi, e malati; e molti dormono.
Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died [EUP] because of [the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine].
31 Perciocchè, se esaminassimo noi stessi, non saremmo giudicati.
If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
32 Ora, essendo giudicati, siamo dal Signore corretti, acciocchè non siamo condannati col mondo.
But when the Lord judges [and punishes] us [for acting wrongly], he disciplines us [to correct us], in order that he will not [need to] punish us when he punishes [the people who do not trust in Christ] [MTY].
33 Per tanto, fratelli miei, raunandovi per mangiare, aspettatevi gli uni gli altri.
So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat [food to remember the Lord’s dying for you], wait until everyone [has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food].
34 E se alcuno ha fame, mangi in casa; acciocchè non vi rauniate in giudicio. Or quant'è alle altre cose, io [ne] disporrò, quando sarà venuto.
Those who are so hungry [that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived] should eat in their own homes [first], in order that when you gather together God will not judge [and punish them for] ([being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about]) [others]. And when I come [to Corinth] I will give you instructions about other matters [concerning the Lord’s Supper].
