1 Wakorintho 4
1 U munu atuvalaghe ndeti ufwe ukhuta tulivavombi va Klisite na valoleli va wayelweli wa Nguluve.
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 Khuelie ekhinogiwa khudoleli ave va kukhuveliwa.
This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.
3 Khulyone khenu khedebe fineko nikhegiwa numwe uvukhegi uwa khemunu. Pwu sanikhe hega yune ni mwene.
I however am very little concerned at undergoing your scrutiny, or that of other men; in fact I do not even scrutinize myself.
4 Sanikhega yune nimwene, sio khukhuta une nene golofu. Ve Nguluve uvieghugega.
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 Pwu muleghe ukhunchova uvukhigi usikhi wusakhufiue, wuakhale ukhwincha Utwa. Aveigega ulumuli inogwa inogwa inchikhuhisi nukhusisimula uvunogwe vwu numbula. Pwu khila munu alapokhelaga uluginio lwa mwene ukhuhuma kwa Nguluve.
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 Lino, lukolo nuveng'a nchavago, yune nemwene nu Apolo nivombile inyiho inchi khwa ajili yenu. Nilumanyile ukhuta ukhuma khulyufwe muwesya ukhuukhumanye umwa khunchovela, “Muleghe ukukhuluta khuvulogolo vuwkhesimbiwe.” Pwu asikhuli umunu uyange uviekheginia pakyaya nine.
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 Pwu veni uveilola ukhuta satuhwanine na vange? Khekhi ukhyu linakyo ukhyosawambilile vuvule? Kama wambilile vuvule, kheki mukheginia wu samuvombile ewo?
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 Lino mlenafyo fyoni ufyo mughanogwa gwa! Ulu muvile nuvutayali mteginle ukhulogoncha nu khunchova khuliko ufyese! Lino nikhuvadovela ukhulongoncha vunonu ukhuta tulogonchage panie numwe.
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 Lino pwu nisaga u Nguluve atuvikhile ufye tuvasukhwa nukhutuvonesya uvusilelo vwa ndaba ugwa lulundamano ndavanu avakhegiwe ukhubudiwa. Tuvile nde sikuku khukheluga, khu va sung'wa na khuvanu.
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 Ufye tulivakonyofu kwa Klisite, umwe mulinekhisa kwa Klisite. Tulivadekhedekhe, umwe mle na makha. Mdwadiwa, ufwe tubediwa.
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 Mpaka lino tulinenjala nekyumila, tulivanchila mienda, tulavanchila vutamo.
To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.
12 Tuvomba embombo na magha, na mavokho geto yufwe, wutubediwa, tukhuvasaya, wututesegha, tukhwumilila.
Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;
13 Vwa tudukhiwa, twivuncha khuvudekhedekhe. Tuvile, tuvaliliwa ukhuta tubeliwe nekhelunga, tulikhakha la kumbombo nchoni.
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 Sanisimba inogwa enchi uvakoncha isoni umwe, nikhuvakilivula umwe khama vana vago yumwe nivaganile.
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
15 Ndamugave mlinava mwalimu vingi makumi elfu khwa Klisite, mnchila va baba vingi. Ulwa khuva kwa Yesu Klisite ukhugendela ilimenyu.
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 Nikhuvadova mg'ogage une.
I entreat you therefore to become like me.
17 Vulevule nasukhile u Timotheo, khuliumwe, vagane vago na mwivana mwivekhe kutwa. khuvakumbusya injila nchago khwa Klisite, nduwunimanyisya khuniipelela.
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 Lino avange vig'eginia, wovivomba ukhuta sanilincha khulyume.
But some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that I am not coming to Corinth.
19 Nikhwincha khulyume usikhi usupi, u Dada ag'egane. Pwu nikhulumaya sio mameye gavene vavo vikheginia, pwu nilo la amakha gavene.
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 Ulwa khuva uludeva lwa Nguluve salwiva mumamenyu, wiwa mumakha.
For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.
21 Mwinogwa khikhi? Ninche khulimwe nulubinki au nulugano, ne numbula iya khisa.
Which shall it be? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?
