1 Ukorontiyawa 4
1 Idi zikin duru ama, hani, gusi arere Ugomo Asere wanu anu inta utize tini hunzi ta sere.
As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.
2 Wannu agino me anyara ana kadura ka meme wa cukuno anu zatu amadini.
This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.
3 Abanna me ahira am, imum icingili ini iwuzam tize timi kobbo, nyani a nire ni kobbo nidang, abanna mi indake in wuzi nicce num tize tini kobbo.
I however am very little concerned at undergoing your scrutiny, or that of other men; in fact I do not even scrutinize myself.
4 Intam nyani abusa tire tize a nicce num, unu guna inzom in madini, Ugomo Asere maniunu wuza um tize tini kobbo.
Though I am not conscious of having been in any way unfaithful, yet I do not for that reason stand acquitted; but He whose scrutiny I must undergo is the Lord.
5 Barki ani me, kati i weki tize tini kobbo uganiya udaa, Ugomo Asere Unu aye, indi pogizo vat tirorunga sa ti raa a mariu. Ma kuri burko utirze uti mum mu a muruba, abine ani madi kem ununziko ahira ahira Asere.
Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.
6 Anu henu, inki ma inko iruba in nan ka pollos barki shime, gusi ahira aru me ani idi manza tizen, tize me unu guna ana “kati e akki imum be sa anyetike”. Ya cukuno uguna kati uye anyimo ashi me mapoh ma bezi uguna mateki uye anyimo ashi me.
In writing this much, brethren, with special reference to Apollos and myself, I have done so for your sakes, in order to teach you by our example what those words mean, which say, "Nothing beyond what is written!" --so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry, for one teacher against another.
7 Abanna me aveni ma ira usas ushi me naa ayee? Nyanini izini ige be sa daki anyanki shi ini ba? Inki anyanki shi ini nyanini ya wuna izina tire igiri kasi daki anya shi inii?
Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?
8 Ya mu kem nononzo vat tironga aige be sa inyara! Ya mu cukuno anu kem! Ya mu tuba bezi tigomo-abanna sarki nigoo nan haru! Ane ani, unyara iruba in, barki ti wuzi ti Gomo nigoo nan shi.
Every one of you already has all that heart can desire; already you have grown rich; without waiting for us, you have ascended your thrones! Yes indeed, would to God that you had ascended your thrones, that we also might reign with you!
9 Ubassa um haru a hana akadura, Ugomo Asere saokin duru ani goo na dumo kasi anabu sa ameki we tize ani kobbo tu huna. Ta cukuno imum uhira aje unee, a hana akatuma ka Asere, uhana anabu.
God, it seems to me, has exhibited us Apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; for we have come to be a spectacle to all creation--alike to angels and to men.
10 Ta cukuno anu zatu urosa imum barki Ugomo Asere, abanna me shi anu urose wani anyimo Ugomo Asere, haru anu sisikime uni, a shi ana nikara wani, azome nu hira uru anyo iri mum, a shi benne anu a dandang.
We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
11 Uye uge uganiya me, tizin nu wuza awe ikomo nan ni weh ni gmei, anu uzenzeng, takuri ta cukuno ta dira tukura.
To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.
12 Ta wuza matum kang, tizim in katuma in tari tiru uganiya sa a jorkon duru, ti wuza biringara bi rere, uganiya sa ti zin nu kunna apum ti ke ti tiri iruba.
Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;
13 Uganiya sa a zogizon duru tibo tize anyino unyinza utize ta cukuno, ahira agina a zikan tironronga tire-re sa tizi zenze ti madini.
when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.
14 Daki ma nyetike ti mum mu tige me barki in nya shi mu me, ane ani barki be sa wa raa uruba im.
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
15 Inka izi nanu inta anu akure ukiran anyimo Asere, izo shi aka acco gbardang, abanna mi ma cukuno Yeso Ugomo Asere unu bezi utize ta sere.
For even if you were to have ten thousand spiritual instructors--for all that you could not have several fathers. It is I who in Christ Jesus became your father through the Good News.
16 Barki ani me in tisa shi icukuno gusi mime.
I entreat you therefore to become like me.
17 Ine ini ma tuma Timoti a hira ashi me, unu hem ina nu, unu kaba anu anyimo Ugomo Asere, in ringi shi tinaa me anyimo Ugomo Asere, Kusi abezi utize sa in bezizi anyimo tidenge.
For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Christian teacher--the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.
18 Ana me aye a shi me wa cukuno unu tiri igiri wa wuza gusi in da hanan ahira a wa me.
But some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that I am not coming to Corinth.
19 Indi e ahira ashi me azo unu daddankino, in ki Ugomo Asere ma hem, abini me ani indi rosi tize tanu tiri ubigiri, indi kuri in iri nikara niwome.
But, if the Lord is willing, I shall come to you without delay; and then I shall know not the fine speeches of these conceited people, but their power.
20 Abanna me, tigomo tasere azo tize tini cas tizi abanna me ta cukuno in nikara.
For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.
21 Nyani I nyara? in e ahira a shi me unu impo amaru nyani unu hem nyani in bibe bitize bi ruba isheu.
Which shall it be? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?
