1 Korintiana 4
1 Ee te zao ty hatao’ ondaty, te mpitoro’ i Norizañey zahay, mpamandroñe o raha mietake aman’ Añahareo.
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Mbore paiaeñe amo mpamandroñeo t’ie ho zoeñe migahiñe.
Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
3 Tsy loho vente’e amako ty fibiribiria’ areo naho ty fañereñerea’ ondatio; fa ndra izaho tsy mizaka ty vatako.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment: yes, I judge not my own self.
4 Toe tsy apotako te inoñe ty hanesehañe ahy, f’ie tsy mahahaha ahy, toe i Talè ro hizak’ ahy.
For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Aa le ko mizaka aolo’ ty andro’e, ampara’ ty fitotsaha’ i Talè, Ie ty hampalange o raha mietake an-kamoromoroñañeo naho ho bentabentare’e o fisafirin’ arofoo; izay vaho songa ho toloran’ Añahare ty engeñe mañeva.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.
6 I tsaraeñey ry longo, le fa nirazañeko ami’ty vatako naho i Apolosy ty ama’ areo, soa t’ie hioke ama’ay te tsy andikoareñe o sinokitseo tsy mone hibohabohàñe ty raike naho injeñe ty ila’e.
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself, and [to] Apollos, for your sakes; that ye may learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you on account of one, may be puffed up against another.
7 Aa vaho ia ty nampitoabotse anahareo? Inoñe ama’ areo ty tsy rinambe’ areo? Aa naho toe nandrambe le inoñe ty irengea’ areo hoe tsy nandrambe?
For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?
8 Fe eneñe nahareo! Toe mpañaleale! Fa mpanjaka ndra te tsy eo zahay! Eka, ho nirieko t’ie nimpanjaka, hitraofa’ay fifeheañe!
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 Ataoko te napon’ Añahare amboli’e zahay Firàheñe ho sambaeñe, hoe nafàtse havetrake; amy t’ie nanoen-ko fisambà’ ty voatse toy naho o anjelio vaho ondatio.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 Seretse zahay ty amy Norizañey, fe mahihitse amy Norizañey nahareo! Maleme zahay fe maozatse nahareo! Asiñeñe nahareo, vaho mavoeñe zahay!
We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honorable, but we [are] despised.
11 Ampara’ ty ora toy, le mifeake naho miheahea zahay, rota, finofopofoke, vaho tsy aman’ akiba.
Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
12 Mifanehake, mitoloñe amo taña’aio; ie onjireñe, itatà’ay; ie samporeraheñe, ifeaha’ay;
And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
13 ie terateraeñe, imanea’ay taroñe. Natao ho leotse ami’ty voatse toy zahay, forompo’ ze he’e pak’ henane.
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
14 Tsy nisokirako hanalatse anahareo ‘nio, fa t’ie ho vereñe hoe anak’ isoko.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn [you].
15 Aa ndra te ale-ale ty mpañana’ areo amy Norizañey, tsy maro ty rae’ areo; fa izaho ty nampiareñe anahareo am’ Iesoà Norizañey amy talili-soay.
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Aa le osiheko t’ie hihambañe amako.
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 Izay ty nañitrifako i Timoty anake kokoako naho migahiñe amy Talè; ie ty haniahy anahareo o satako amy Norizañeio, manahake ty fañòhako mbeombeo amo hene Fivorio.
For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who will bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Akore te ao ty mirengevoke hoe te tsy ho pok’ ama’ areo iraho.
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 F’ie ho avy aniany naho satri’ i Talè, le tsy ho rendreko ty enta’ o mpitoabotseo fa ty haozara’e.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.
20 Tsy saontsy i Fifehean’ Añaharey, fa ozatse.
For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
21 Inoñe arè ty satri’ areo? Hinday doda hao t’ie pok’eo, ke fikokoañe naho hamoràn-troke?
What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness?
