1 Koriniti 11

1 Kia rite ta koutou ki taku, me taku ka rite nei ki ta te Karaiti.

Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

2 Na, e whakamoemiti ana ahau ki a koutou, mo koutou ka mahara ki ahau i nga mea katoa, ka pupuri hoki i nga whakarerenga iho, i aku i tuku atu na ki a koutou.

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them on you.

3 Na e mea ana ahau kia matau koutou, ko te Karaiti te o nga tane katoa; ko te tane te o te wahine; ko te Atua ano te o te Karaiti.

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the head of every man, that man is the head of woman, and that God is the head of the Christ.

4 Ko te tangata e inoi ana, e poropiti ana, me te hipoki ano te upoko, e whakaiti ana ia i tona upoko.

Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his head;

5 Ko te wahine ia e inoi ana, e poropiti ana ranei, kahore nei he hipoki o te upoko, e whakaiti ana ia i tona upoko: e rite tonu ana tena ano kua oti tona te heu.

while any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

6 Ki te kahore hoki te wahine e hipokina, kia waruhia hoki ia: ki te mea he mea whakama ki te wahine kia waruhia, kia heua ranei, me hipoki ia.

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, she should keep her head covered.

7 E kore hoki e tika mo te tane kia hipokina tona upoko, ko te ahua hoki ia, ko te kororia o te Atua: ko te wahine ia te kororia o te tane.

A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning the likeness of God and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.

8 Ehara hoki i te mea no te wahine te tane, engari no te tane te wahine;

For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.

9 Kihai ano te tane i hanga ma te wahine, engari ko te wahine ma te tane.

Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

10 Koia i tika ai hei runga i te o te wahine te tohu o te mana, he mea mo nga anahera.

And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

11 Ahakoa ra, e kore te tane e motuhia ketia i te wahine, e kore ano te wahine e motuhia ketia i te tane, i roto i te Ariki.

Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;

12 No roto hoki i te tane te wahine, waihoki i na te wahine mai te tane: na te Atua ano ia nga mea katoa.

for just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.

13 Ma koutou tonu e whakaaro: he mea pai ranei kia inoi hipokikore te wahine ki te Atua?

Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?

14 E kore ranei te whakaaro maori nei ano e ako i a koutou, ki te mea he makawe roroa o te tane, he mea whakatutua tera mona?

Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

15 Tena ki te mea he makawe roroa o te wahine, he mea whakakororia tera mona: kua hoatu hoki ona makawe ki a ia hei hipoki.

a woman’s long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

16 Otira ki te mea he ahua totohe tetahi, kahore o matou ritenga pera, kahore hoki o nga hahi a te Atua.

If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point – well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.

17 I ahau ia e korero nei i tenei ki a koutou, kahore aku whakamoemiti ki a koutou, kahore hoki koutou e whakamine mo te pai, engari mo te kino.

In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.

18 Na ko te tuatahi, i a koutou ka whakamine ki roto ki te hahi, ka rongo ahau he wehewehenga kei roto i a koutou; a e whakapono ana ahau ki tetahi wahi.

To begin with, I am told that when you meet together as a church there are divisions among you. In part I believe this,

19 Kua takoto hoki kia whai titorehanga koutou, kia kitea ai te hunga e paingia ana i roto i a koutou.

indeed, there must be parties among you, so that the people of real worth become known.

20 Na, ka huihui koutou ki te wahi kotahi, e kore e taea kia kai i te hapa a te Ariki:

When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s Supper;

21 I te mea hoki e kai ana koutou, ka kai tena, tena, i tana hapa i mua atu i tetahi: a ka hiakai tetahi, ka haurangi tetahi.

for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

22 He aha? Kahore koia o koutou whare e kai ai, e inu ai koutou? e whakahawea ana ranei koutou ki te hahi a te Atua, e mea ana hoki kia whakama te hunga kahore nei a ratou mea? Kia pehea atu taku kupu ki a koutou? kia whakamoemiti oti ahau ki a kou tou mo tenei mea? e kore ra ahau e whakamoemiti.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

23 Kua riro mai hoki i ahau i te Ariki taku i tuku atu ra ki a koutou, ara, i taua po i tukua ai ia, i tangohia e te Ariki, e Ihu, te taro:

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you – how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,

24 A ka mutu te whakawhetai, ka whatia e ia, na ka mea ia, Tangohia, kainga; ko toku tinana tenei ka whatiwhatia nei mo koutou: meinga tenei hei whakamahara ki ahau.

and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said “This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me.”

25 Me te kapu ano i te mutunga o te hapa, me tana mea ano, Ko te kawenata hou tenei kapu i runga i oku toto: meinga tenei i nga inumanga katoa hei whakamahara ki ahau.

And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying “This cup is the new covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me.”

26 I nga wa katoa hoki e kai ai koutou i tenei taro, e inu ai i tenei kapu, e whakakitea ana e koutou te matenga o te Ariki, kia tae mai ra ano ia.

For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death – until he comes.

27 Mo reira ki te kai he tetahi, ki te inu he i te kapu a te Ariki, ka whai hara ia i te tinana, i nga toto, o te Ariki.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord’s cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offense against the Lord’s body and blood.

28 Engari kia uiui te tangata ki a ia ano, ka kai ai i taua taro, ka inu ai i taua kapu.

Let everyone look into their own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

29 No te mea ki te kai he, ki te inu he tetahi, e kai ana, e inu ana i te whakawa mona, te whakaaro ko te tinana o te Ariki.

For the person who eats and drinks brings a judgment on themselves by their eating and drinking, when they do not discern the body.

30 No konei hoki he tokomaha i roto i a koutou e ngoikore ana, e mate ana, he tokomaha ano kua moe.

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

31 Me i whakawa hoki tatou i a tatou ano, kihai i whakataua te he ki a tatou.

But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.

32 Ki te whakawakia ia tatou, he mea whakaako tatou na te Ariki, kei tukua ngatahitia tatou me te ao ki te he.

Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed on us with the rest of the world.

33 Heoi, e oku teina, ka huihui koutou ki te kai, me tatari tetahi ki tetahi.

Therefore, my friends, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.

34 Ki te hiakai tetahi, hei roto i tona whare kai ai; kei ai to koutou huihuinga hei take whakawa. Ko era atu mea hoki, maku e whakatika ina tae atu ahau.

If anyone is hungry, they should eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment on you. The other details I will settle when I come.