1 Va Korinte 10
1 Ni mi suni kuti mwi zibe, bakwangu, beshetu ba bena mukunsi ka makope, mi baba hiti mukati kewate.
I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 Bonse chi ba kolobezwa kwa Mushe mukunsi ka makope ni mwi wate,
that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;
3 imi bonse baba lyi ku zilyo zi swana zi jolola.
and that they all ate the same supernatural food,
4 Bonse ba banwi kuzi nyo zi swana zi jolola. Kakuti baba nwi kwi ivwe lijolola, mi ilyo ivwe nji Kirisite.
and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.
5 Mihe Ireeza kana a ba ku tabite ni bungi bwa bo, ni zitunta zi ba kuhasene mu muzuka.
Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were struck down in the desert.
6 Linu izi zintu zi bali mutala kwetu, kuti kazi tubi ahulu muchibi ubu mubaba tendele.
Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our ancestors longed.
7 Kanzi mulapeli ziswaniso, ubu njabo. Ubu muku ba ñolelwe, 'Bantu kabe kale hansi kunwa ni ku lya, ni ku buka ni ku zana.”
Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says – ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.’
8 Kanzi tubi ni busangu, ubu mu baba tendeli. Mwi zuba lyonke, bantu ba tita zikiti za makumi o beli ni zo tatwe chi ba fwa ke baka lyezo nzintu.
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
9 Lya hanu kanzi tu biki Kirisite he tatubo, ubu bungi bwa bo muba batendeli mi chi ba haiwa inzoka.
Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they were, one after another, destroyed by snakes.
10 Mihape kanzi mutongoki, ubu muba batongokeli abo ni ku haiwa ke ingeloi.
And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 Linu izo zintu ha zi ba ku tendahala ibali mutala kwetu. Zi ba ñolwa kutu eleza — iswe tukezililwe inako ya ma manimani. (aiōn g165)
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come. (aiōn g165)
12 Ni hakuba bulyo yo hupula kuti u zimene a tokomele kanzi na wi.
Therefore let the person who thinks that they stand take care that they do not fall.
13 Ka kwina miliko yibabi ise zibehele ku bantu. Mihe, Ireeza u shiyeme. Kese na zumine kuti ni mu likiwe ku hitiliza ha musika. Ka muliko ka mihe inzila mwese mu balehele, kuti mu wole kozo za yo.
No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all humanity. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
14 Ni haina bulyo, inwe ba nisuna, mu siye ku lapela ziswaniso.
Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.
15 Ni wamba kwenu ubu bantu be mihupulo, kuti ni mu watule zina wamba.
I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.
16 Inkomoki ye mbuyoti yitu litumela kayo, kana kuti tuli yabelelanga malaha a Kirisita? Chinkwa chi tu gamona, kana kuti tuli yabalelanga inyama ya Kirisite?
In the cup of blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the body of the Christ?
17 Kakuti kwina bulyo chinkwa chonke chi zwile, iswe tubangi twinyama yonke. Twense tu hinda ku chinkwa chonke chi zwile.
The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
18 Mu lole ku bantu ba Maisilaele: kana ibali abo baba lyi kuchitabelo ba bena ha katala?
Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?
19 Chizi chi ni kwete ku wamba linu? Kuti chi swaniso chintu? Kapa zina zilyo ze chi tabelo che chiswaniso chintu?
What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?
20 Kono ni wamba zintu zi ba tendela chitabelo bahedeni, mihe ba ha nzi zintu ku madimona isini kwe Ireeza. Ka nisuni kuti inwe mube ubu madimona!
No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles are offered to demons and to a being who is no God, and I do not want you to share with demons.
21 Ko woli kunwa mwi inkomoki ye Ireeza ni kunwa mwi inkomoki ya madimona. Ko woli kulila he ntafule ye Ireeza ni he ntafule ya madimona.
You cannot drink both the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
22 Kapa tu shamaeta Ireeza kuti abe ni fufa? Tu kolete ku muhita nji?
Or are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord? Are we stronger than he?
23 Zintu zonse ziya chemilawo, 'kono kana kuti zonse zina intuso.' Zintu zonse ziya che milawo, kona kana kuti zintu zonse zi zakisa bantu.
Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
24 Ka kwina yo swanela ku gana zintu cha kwe yenke. Cho kuti zumwi ni zumwi a gane zintu zi swanela yo bambene naye.
A person must not study their own interests, but the interests of others.
25 Mu wola ku lya zintu zonse zi wuzwa mu mauzikizo, musa bunzi ipunzo ibaka le zwalo.
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
26 Mihe, “ikanda ye Ireeza, ni zina mwateni zonse.”
for the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.
27 Heba muntu ya sa zumine ha mi sumpila ku zilyo, mini musuna ku yenda, mulye chonse chete ba miletele ni musa buzi impunzo ibaka le zwalo.
If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.
28 Kono heba zumwi na wamba kwenu, Izi zilyo zizwa ku chitabelo cha mahedeni, sanzi mu lyi. Ke baka lyo zuna wa mi wambila, ni ke baka le zwalo.
But, if anyone should say to you ‘This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,’ then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.
29 Ka ni toloki i zwalo lyako, kono izwalo li bamwi. Mihe chinzi ikatulo yangu ha yi atulwa ni zwalo lya zumwi?
I do not say your scruples, but his. For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?
30 Heba ni ni lya ni nili tumele, ka ni nyaswe bule ha chintu chi ni bali tumeli?
If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?
31 Ni haina bulyo, ni heba mulya kapa munwa, kapa icho chonse chi mutenda, mu tende zonse che kanya ye Ireeza.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.
32 Kanzi mu hi mulandu ku Majuwishi kapa ku Magirike, kapa kwi Keleke ye Ireeza.
Do not cause offense either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God;
33 Ni suni ku tabisa bamwi bantu mu zimwi zintu. Kani suni ku tenda zintu zi sakwa ime nenke, kono ni zibamwi. Ni tenda izo kuti ba ka puluswe.
for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.
