1 Koriniti 3
1 Na ko ahau, e oku teina, kihai i ahei te korero ki a koutou me taku ki te hunga i te Wairua, engari i te kikokiko, ano ki nga kohungahunga i roto i a te Karaiti.
Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
2 He waiu taku i whangai atu na ma koutou, ehara i te kai maro: kiano hoki i taea e koutou te kai maro, a kahore nei ano i taea e koutou inaianei:
I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,
3 Kei te kikokiko tonu hoki koutou: i te mea kei a koutou tonu te hae, te totohe, te wehewehe, ehara oti koutou i te hunga i te kikokiko, e haere ana i runga i ta te tangata ritenga?
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions amongst you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
4 I tetahi hoki ka ki nei, Ko ahau no Paora; me tetahi atu, Ko ahau no Aporo, ehara oti koutou i te hunga i te kikokiko?
For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?
5 Tena ko wai a Aporo? a ko wai a Paora? He minita i whakapono ai koutou; ki ia tangata i ta te Ariki i homai ai.
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
6 Naku i whakato, na Aporo i whakamakuku; na te Atua ia i mea kia tupu.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
7 Heoi he kore noa iho te kaiwhakato, he kore noa iho te kaiwhakamakuku, engari te Atua nana nei i mea kia tupu.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
8 Na ko te kaiwhakato, ko te kaiwhakamakuku, kotahi tonu raua: otira ka rite ki tana ake mahi te utu e riro mai i tena, i tena o raua.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 He hoa mahi hoki matou no te Atua: he mara koutou na te Atua, he whare hanga na te Atua.
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
10 Kei te ritenga o te aroha noa o te Atua i homai nei ki ahau, kua whakatakotoria e ahau te tunga, he pera me ta te tohunga; a ko tetahi atu kei te hanga whare ki runga. Otira kia tupato ia tangata ki tana whare e hanga ai ki runga.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
11 E kore hoki tetahi tangata e ahei te whakatakoto i tetahi tunga ke atu i tera kua oti nei te whakatakoto, ara i a Ihu Karaiti.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Engari ki te hanga tetahi ki runga ki te tunga he koura, he hiriwa, he kohatu utu nui, he rakau, he tarutaru, he otaota;
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 Ka whakakitea te mahi a tetahi, a tetahi: ma te ra hoki e whakaatu, no te mea ka whakakitea e te kapura; a ma te kapura tonu e whakamatautau te mahi a tena, a tena, he pehea tona ahua.
each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
14 Ki te mau tonu te mahi a tetahi e hanga ai ki runga, ka riro i a ia he utu.
If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
15 Ki te wera te mahi a tetahi, ka maumauria tana: ko ia ia ka ora; otira me te mea ma roto i te ahi.
If any man’s work is burnt, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Kahore oti koutou i matau, he whare tapu koutou no te Atua, a kei roto i a koutou te Wairua o te Atua e noho ana?
Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
17 Ki te whakangaromia e tetahi te whare tapu o te Atua, ka whakangaromia hoki ia e te Atua; he tapu hoki te whare o te Atua, a ko koutou taua whare.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
18 Kei hangarau tetahi ki a ia ano. Ki te mea tetahi he tangata mohio ia i roto i a koutou i tenei ao, tukua ia hei kuware kia tupu ai hei tangata whakaaro. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise amongst you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Ki te Atua hoki he kuware noa nga whakaaro mohio o tenei ao: kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Ka mau i a ia te hunga whakaaro i runga i to ratou tinihanga:
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
20 Me tenei hoki, E matau ana te Ariki ki nga whakaaro o te hunga whakaaro, he tekateka noa.
And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”
21 No reira kei whakamanamana tetahi ki te tangata: no koutou hoki nga mea katoa:
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
22 Ahakoa a Paora, a Aporo, a Kipa, te ao, te ora, te mate ranei, nga mea onaianei, nga mea ranei e takoto mai nei, no koutou katoa;
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 A ko koutou no te Karaiti, ko te Karaiti no te Atua.
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
