1 KwabaseKhorinte 10

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

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 futhi bonke babhabhathizwa kuMozisi eyezini lasolwandle,

and were all baptized to Moses in the cloud and in 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 all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock that accompanied them; and the rock was Christ;

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

but with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.

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

Now these things were warnings for us, in order that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted.

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

And do not ye become idolaters, as some of them did; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport.”

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

Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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

Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and were destroyed by the serpents.

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

And do not ye murmur, as some of them murmured, and perished by the Destroyer.

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

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

12 Ngakho lowo ocabanga ukuthi umi, kabone ukuthi kawi.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he 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 temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

15 Ngikhuluma njengakwabahlakaniphileyo; lina yehlukanisani engikutshoyo.

I speak as to wise men, judge ye what I say.

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

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? the loaf which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?

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

For we, the many, are one loaf, one body; for we all share in that one loaf.

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

Look at Israel by natural descent. Have not those who eat of the sacrifices, communion with the altar?

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

What do I say then? That what is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?

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

Nay, but that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

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

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons; ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and the table of demons.

22 Kumbe sizayivusela ubukhwele iNkosi? Kambe silamandla kulayo?

Shall we provoke the Lord to 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 lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all things are not edifying.

24 Kakungabi khona ozidingela okwakhe, kodwa ngulowo lalowo okomunye.

Let no one seek his own pleasure, but the good of others.

25 Konke okuthengiswa esilaheni kudleni, lingabuzi lutho ngenxa yesazela;

Whatever is sold in the market that eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience;

26 ngoba umhlaba ungoweNkosi lokugcwala kwawo.

for “the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.”

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

And if one who is an unbeliever inviteth you to a feast, and ye choose to go, eat whatever is set before you, without asking any 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 any one say to you, This hath been offered in sacrifice to an idol, do not eat of it, on account of him that showed you this, and from a regard to conscience;

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

conscience I mean, not thine own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty to be judged by another conscience [[than my own]]?

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

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I to be evil spoken of in a matter for which I give thanks?

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

Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

32 Lingabi ngabakhubekisi lakumaJuda lakumaGriki lebandleni likaNkulunkulu;

Give no occasion of stumbling either to Jews or Greeks, or to the church of God;

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

as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.