1 KwabaseKhorinte 10

1 Kangithandi-ke ukuthi lingazi, bazalwane, ukuthi bonke obaba bethu babengaphansi kweyezi, njalo bonke badabula ulwandle,

Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea

2 futhi bonke babhabhathizwa kuMozisi eyezini lasolwandle,

—all were baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea—

3 labo bonke badla ukudla kunye komoya,

and all ate the same spiritual food

4 futhi bonke banatha okunathwayo kunye komoya; ngoba banatha edwaleni lomoya elabalandelayo; lalelodwala lalinguKristu.

and drank the same spiritual drink; because they kept drinking from a spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that Rock was the Christ.

5 Kodwa ubunengi babo uNkulunkulu wayengathokozi ngabo; ngoba bachithwa enkangala.

For all that, God was not pleased with most of them—their carcasses were scattered around the desert!

6 Lalezizinto zaba yizibonelo kithi, ukuze singaloyisi okubi, njengalokhu labo baloyisa.

Now these things became examples for us, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

7 Njalo lingabi ngabakhonza izithombe, njengabanye babo; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Abantu bahlala phansi ukudla lokunatha, basebesukuma ukudlala.

And do not become idolaters, just like some of them; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to amuse themselves.”

8 Njalo kasingaphingi, njengabanye babo abaphingayo, basebesiwa ngasuku lunye inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lantathu.

And let us not fornicate, just as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand died!

9 Njalo asingamlingi uKristu, njengabanye babo futhi bamlinga, basebebhujiswa zinyoka.

Neither let us test the Christ, just as also some of them did—and were destroyed by the snakes!

10 Lingasoli-ke, njengabanye babo labo basola, babhujiswa ngumbhubhisi.

And do not grumble, just as also some of them did—and were executed by the destroyer!

11 Lalezizinto zonke zabehlela labo kube yizibonelo, njalo zabhalelwa ukuba yisixwayiso sethu, osekufike ukucina kwezikhathi. (aiōn g165)

Now all these things happened to them as examples and were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. (aiōn g165)

12 Ngakho lowo ocabanga ukuthi umi, kabone ukuthi kawi.

So then, let him who thinks he stands be careful that he does not fall!

13 Kakulakulingwa okulibambileyo ngaphandle kokusebantwini; kodwa uNkulunkulu uthembekile, ongayikuvuma ukuthi lilingwe ngokungaphezu kwamandla enu, kanti kanye lesilingo uzakwenza lendlela yokuphepha, ukuze libe lamandla okusithwala.

No testing has overtaken you except what is common to man, and God is competent, who will not allow you to be tested beyond what you can stand, but with the testing will also provide the way out, that you may be able to endure it.

14 Ngakho-ke, bathandiweyo bami, balekelani ukukhonza izithombe.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry!

15 Ngikhuluma njengakwabahlakaniphileyo; lina yehlukanisani engikutshoyo.

I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.

16 Inkezo yesibusiso esiyibusisayo, kayisiyo yini eyokuhlanganyela kwegazi likaKristu? Isinkwa esisihlephunayo, kayisiso yini esokuhlanganyela komzimba kaKristu?

The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing of the body of Christ?

17 Ngoba thina abanengi siyisinkwa sinye, simzimba munye; ngoba thina sonke sihlanganyela lesosinkwa sinye.

Since the loaf is one, we, the many, are one body, because we all partake of that single loaf.

18 Khangelani uIsrayeli ngokwenyama; abadlayo imihlatshelo kabasibo yini abahlanganyela lelathi?

Consider the physical Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

19 Ngithini pho? Ukuthi isithombe siyilutho yini? Kumbe ukuthi okuhlatshelwe izithombe kuyilutho?

So what am I getting at? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

20 Kodwa ukuthi izinto abezizwe abazihlabayo, bazihlabela amadimoni, njalo kungeyisikho kuNkulunkulu; kodwa kangithandi ukuthi libe lenhlanganyelo lamadimoni.

Rather, that the things pagans sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to become participants with the demons.

21 Lingenathe inkezo yeNkosi lenkezo yamadimoni; lingehlanganyele itafula leNkosi letafula lamadimoni.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.

22 Kumbe sizayivusela ubukhwele iNkosi? Kambe silamandla kulayo?

Are we going to provoke the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

23 Zonke izinto zivunyelwe kimi, kodwa kayisizo zonke izinto ezisizayo. Zonke izinto zivunyelwe kimi, kodwa kayisizo zonke izinto ezakhayo.

All things are ‘permissible’ for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are ‘permissible’ for me, but not all things edify.

24 Kakungabi khona ozidingela okwakhe, kodwa ngulowo lalowo okomunye.

Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being.

25 Konke okuthengiswa esilaheni kudleni, lingabuzi lutho ngenxa yesazela;

Eat whatever is being sold in the meat market, asking no question for the sake of conscience;

26 ngoba umhlaba ungoweNkosi lokugcwala kwawo.

since “the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness.”

27 Njalo uba omunye kwabangakholwayo elinxusa, njalo lithanda ukuya, dlanini konke okubekwa phambi kwenu, lingabuzi lutho ngenxa yesazela.

If some unbeliever invites you and you decide to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

28 Kodwa uba umuntu esithi kini: Lokhu kuhlatshelwe isithombe; lingadli ngenxa yalowo olitshelileyo, langenxa yesazela; ngoba umhlaba ungoweNkosi lokugcwala kwawo.

But if anyone says, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of the speaker and of the conscience; since “the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness.”

29 Kodwa isazela ngithi, esingeyisiso esakho, kodwa esomunye; ngoba kungani inkululeko yami yahlulelwe yisazela somunye?

‘Conscience’ I say, not your own but that of the other. Now just why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

30 Njalo uba mina ngomusa ngihlanganyela, ngikhulunyelwani kubi ngalokho mina engikubongayo?

If I partake with thanks, why be slandered over something I give thanks for?

31 Ngakho uba lisidla, loba linatha, loba lisenzani, konke kwenzeleni udumo lukaNkulunkulu.

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

32 Lingabi ngabakhubekisi lakumaJuda lakumaGriki lebandleni likaNkulunkulu;

Give no offense, either to Jews or to Greeks or to the Church of God

33 njengami futhi ezintweni zonke ngithokozisa bonke, ngingadingi olwami usizo, kodwa olwabanengi, ukuze basindiswe.

—even as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own profit but that of the many, that they may be saved.