1 KwabaseKhorinte 11
1 Landelani isibonelo sami, njengalokhu lami ngilandela isibonelo sikaKhristu.
Be ye imitators of me, as I am of the Messiah.
2 Ngiyalibonga ngokungikhumbula ezintweni zonke langokubambelela emfundisweni njengokuyethula kwami kini.
Moreover I commend you, my Brethren, that in all things ye are mindful of me, and that ye hold fast the precepts as I delivered them to you.
3 Kodwa ngifuna ukuba likwazi ukuthi inhloko yamadoda wonke nguKhristu, lenhloko yowesifazane yindoda, lenhloko kaKhristu nguNkulunkulu.
And I would have you know, that the head of every man is the Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of the Messiah is God.
4 Yonke indoda ekhuleka loba iphrofithe ikhanda layo limboziwe ihlayaza ikhanda layo.
Every man, who prayeth or prophesieth with his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
5 Lowesifazane wonke okhuleka loba aphrofithe ikhanda lakhe lingembozwanga uhlayaza ikhanda lakhe, kufana lokuthi ikhanda lakhe liphuciwe.
And every woman, who prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoreth her head; for she is on a level with her whose head is shaven.
6 Nxa owesifazane engambozi ikhanda lakhe, angagela inwele zakhe; kodwa nxa kulihlazo ukuthi owesifazane agele loba aphuce inwele zakhe, kumele alimboze ikhanda lakhe.
For if a woman be not covered, let her also be shorn; but if it be shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7 Indoda akumelanga imboze ikhanda layo, ngoba ingumfanekiso lodumo lukaNkulunkulu kodwa owesifazane uludumo lwendoda.
The man, indeed, ought not to cover his head, because he is the likeness and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 Ngoba indoda kayivelanga kowesifazane kodwa owesifazane wavela endodeni
For the man was not from the woman, but the woman from the man.
9 njalo indoda kayidalelwanga owesifazane kodwa owesifazane wadalelwa indoda.
Neither was the man created for the woman's sake, but the woman for the man's sake.
10 Ngakho-ke, njalo ngenxa yezingilosi, owesifazane kumele abe lophawu lwamandla ekhanda lakhe.
For this cause ought the woman to have on her head the mark of authority, because of the angels.
11 Kodwa eNkosini, owesifazane weyeme endodeni, lendoda yeyeme kowesifazane.
Nevertheless, the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in our Lord.
12 Ngoba njengoba owesifazane wavela endodeni, ngokunjalo indoda layo izalwa ngowesifazane. Kodwa izinto zonke zivela kuNkulunkulu.
For as the woman was from the man, so the man is by the woman; and every thing is from God.
13 Zahluleleni ngokwenu: Kulungile yini ukuba owesifazane akhuleke kuNkulunkulu ikhanda lakhe lingembozwanga?
Judge for yourselves, among yourselves; is it becoming, that a woman pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Imvelo yezinto uqobo kayilifundisi yini ukuba nxa owesilisa elenwele ezinde, kulihlazo kuye,
Doth not nature teach you, that in a man, if his hair groweth long, it is a reproach to him?
15 kodwa owesifazane nxa elenwele ezinde, kuludumo lwakhe? Ngoba waphiwa inwele ezinde njengesimbozo.
But for a woman, if her hair is abundant, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 Nxa umuntu efuna ukuba lenkani ngalokho, kasilawo omunye umkhuba, lamabandla kaNkulunkulu kawalawo.
But if any one is contentious about these things, we on our part have no such custom, nor hath the church of God.
17 Kuziqondiso ezilandelayo angilincomi, ngoba imihlangano yenu yenza ububi obunengi kulobuhle.
This which I now enjoin, is not as praising you; for ye have not made progress, but have deteriorated.
18 Okokuqala, ngizwa kuthiwa nxa libuthene njengebandla, kulokwahlukana phakathi kwenu, njalo ngiphosa ngikholwe.
Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19 Akuthandabuzeki ukuthi kufanele kube lokungavumelani phakathi kwenu ukuba kubonakale ukuthi yibaphi abenu abamukelwe nguNkulunkulu.
For there are to be contentions among you, that the approved among you may be known.
20 Lapho libuthene, akusiSidlo seNkosi elisidlayo,
When therefore ye come together, ye eat and drink, not as is becoming on the day of our Lord.
21 ngoba ekudleni kwenu, lowo lalowo wenu uyaqhubeka engamelelanga omunye. Omunye usala elambile, omunye adakwe.
But, one and another proceedeth to eat his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 Kanti kalilamakhaya yini okudlela lokunathela kuwo? Kumbe liyaleyisa yini ibandla likaNkulunkulu lidumaza lalabo abangelalutho na? Ngizakuthini kini na? Ngingalincoma ngenxa yalokhu na? Impela hatshi!
What! have ye no houses in which ye can eat and drink? Or, despise ye the church of God, and shame them who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.
23 Ngoba eNkosini ngamukela lokho lami engakudlulisela kini ukuthi: INkosi uJesu, ngalobobusuku eyanikelwa ngabo, yathatha isinkwa,
For I have received from our Lord, that which I imparted to you; that our Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
24 kwathi isibongile, yasihlephuna yathi, “Lokhu kungumzimba wami, ongowenu; yenzani lokhu njengesikhumbuzo sami.”
and blessed, and brake it, and said: " Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for your sakes: thus do ye, in remembrance of me."
25 Ngokunjalo, emva kokudla yathatha inkezo, yathi, “Inkezo le iyisivumelwano esitsha egazini lami; yenzani lokhu izikhathi zonke lapho liyinatha, njengesikhumbuzo sami.”
So, after they had supped, he gave also the cup, and said: " This cup is the new testament in my blood: thus do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me."
26 Ngoba lapho lisidla isinkwa lesi linatha lenkezo le, litshumayela ukufa kweNkosi ize ibuye.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye commemorate the death of our Lord, until his advent.
27 Ngakho-ke, lowo odla isinkwa loba anathe inkezo yenkosi ngokungafanelanga uzakuba lecala lokwenza isono ngomzimba langegazi leNkosi.
He therefore, who eateth of the bread of the Lord, and drinketh of his cup, and is not worthy of it, is guilty of the blood of the Lord, and of his body.
28 Umuntu kumele azihlole phambi kokuba adle isinkwa loba anathe inkezo.
For this reason, a man should examine himself, and then eat of this bread, and drink of this cup:
29 Ngoba lowo odlayo anathe engawukholwa umzimba kaKhristu udla anathe ukwahlulelwa kwakhe.
for, whoever eateth and drinketh of it, while he is unworthy, eateth and drinketh condemnation on himself, by not discerning the body of the Lord.
30 Yikho-nje abanengi phakathi kwenu bebuthakathaka begula, njalo labanye benu sebelele.
For this cause, many among you are diseased and sickly, and many sleep.
31 Kodwa nxa sizahlulela kasiyikwahlulelwa.
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 Lapho sisahlulelwa yiNkosi, siyajeziswa ukuze singalahlwa lomhlaba.
But when we are judged by our Lord, we are really chastised, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 Ngakho-ke, bazalwane bami, nxa libuthene ukuba lidle, kumele lidle ndawonye.
Wherefore, my Brethren, when ye assemble to eat, wait ye one for another.
34 Nxa omunye elambile, kabokudla ekhaya, ukuze kuthi lapho selibuthene kungabi lokwahlulelwa. Ekufikeni kwami ngizalipha ezinye iziqondiso.
And let him who is hungry, eat at home; that ye may assemble, not for condemnation. And as to other things, I will give you directions when I come.
