1 KwabaseKhorinte 11

1 Banini ngabalandeli bami, njengoba lami okaKristu.

Be my imitators, even as I also [am] of Christ.

2 Ngiyalibabaza-ke, bazalwane, ukuthi liyangikhumbula ezintweni zonke, lokuthi libambelele ezimisweni njengoba ngalinika.

Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

3 Kodwa ngithanda ukuthi lazi, ukuthi inhloko yawo wonke amadoda nguKristu; lenhloko yowesifazana yindoda; lenhloko kaKristu nguNkulunkulu.

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's head God.

4 Yonke indoda ekhulekayo loba eprofethayo, ikhanda limboziwe, ilithela ihlazo ikhanda layo.

Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

5 Kodwa wonke owesifazana okhuleka kumbe aprofethe ikhanda lingambombozwanga, ulithela ihlazo elakhe ikhanda; ngoba lokhu kufanana-ke lophuciweyo.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].

6 Ngoba uba owesifazana engagubuzeli, futhi kagele; kodwa uba kukubi kowesifazana ukugela kumbe ukuphucwa, kagutshuzelwe.

For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

7 Ngoba indoda kayifanele ukumbomboza ikhanda, ngoba ingumfanekiso lodumo lukaNkulunkulu; kodwa owesifazana uludumo lwendoda.

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

8 Ngoba indoda kayivelanga kowesifazana, kodwa owesifazana endodeni;

For man is not of woman, but woman of man.

9 ngoba futhi indoda kayidalelwanga owesifazana, kodwa owesifazana indoda;

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

10 ngenxa yalokhu owesifazana kufanele abe lamandla phezu kwekhanda ngenxa yezingilosi.

Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

11 Kodwa indoda kayingaphandle kowesifazana, lowesifazana kangaphandle kwendoda, eNkosini.

However, neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the] Lord.

12 Ngoba njengoba owesifazana evela endodeni, ngokunjalo lendoda ivela ngowesifazana, kodwa konke kuvela kuNkulunkulu.

For as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but all things of God.

13 Ziboneleni lina; kufanele yini ukuthi owesifazana akhuleke kuNkulunkulu engambombozanga?

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?

14 Imvelo uqobo lwayo kayilifundisi yini, ukuthi uba indoda ilenwele ezinde, kulihlazo kuyo?

Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?

15 Kodwa uba owesifazana elenwele ezinde, kuludumo kuye. Ngoba inwele uziphiwe ukuthi zibe yisimbombozo.

But woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long hair is given [to her] in lieu of a veil.

16 Kodwa uba umuntu ebonakala elenkani, thina kasilawo umkhuba onjalo, ngitsho lamabandla kaNkulunkulu.

But if any one think to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.

17 Kodwa ngokulaya lokhu kangilibabazi, ngoba libuthana ngokungekuhle kodwa ngokubi.

But [in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not praise, [namely, ] that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

18 Okokuqala ngoba nxa libuthana ebandleni, ngizwa ukuthi kukhona ukwehlukana phakathi kwenu; njalo nganxanye ngiyakukholwa.

For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].

19 Ngoba kufanele ukuba lobubhazuka futhi phakathi kwenu, ukuze labo abaqinisileyo babonakale phakathi kwenu.

For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

20 Ngakho nxa libuthana ndawonye, lokhu kakusikho ukudla isidlo seNkosi;

When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.

21 ngoba ngulowo lalowo uthatha kuqala esakhe isidlo ekudleni, lomunye ulambile, lomunye udakiwe.

For each one in eating takes his own supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

22 Kanti kalilazo izindlu zokudlela lezokunathela? Kumbe lidelela ibandla likaNkulunkulu, liyangise yini abangelakho? Ngingathini kini? Ngingalibabaza kulokhu yini? Kangilibabazi.

Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.

23 Ngoba mina ngakwemukela eNkosini, lokho lami engalinika khona, ukuthi iNkosi uJesu ngobusuku eyanikelwa ngabo yathatha isinkwa,

For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

24 isibongile yasihlephuna, yathi: Thathani, lidle, lokhu kungumzimba wami owahletshunelwa lina; lokhu kwenzeni ukungikhumbula.

and having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 Ngokunjalo lenkezo, sebedlile, yathi: Inkezo le iyisivumelwano esitsha egazini lami; lokhu kwenzeni, loba nini liyinatha, ukungikhumbula.

In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me.

26 Ngoba loba nini nxa lisidla lesisinkwa, linatha linkezo, litshumayela ukufa kweNkosi ize ifike.

For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

27 Ngakho loba ngubani odla lesisinkwa kumbe anathe inkezo yeNkosi ngokungafanelanga, uzakuba lecala lomzimba legazi leNkosi.

So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

28 Kodwa umuntu kumele azihlole, ngokunjalo-ke adle okwesinkwa anathe okwenkezo;

But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 ngoba odlayo anathe ngokungafanelanga, uzidlela azinathele isigwebo, engawehlukanisi umzimba weNkosi.

For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

30 Ngenxa yalokhu banengi kini ababuthakathaka labagulayo, lenengi lilele.

On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

31 Kodwa uba besizihlolile thina, besingayikwahlulelwa;

But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

32 kodwa nxa sisahlulelwa, sikhuzwa yiNkosi, ukuze singalahlwa kanye lomhlaba.

But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

33 Ngakho, bazalwane bami, nxa libuthana ukuthi lidle, kalibomelelana.

So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

34 Njalo uba omunye elambile, kabokudla ekhaya; ukuze lingabuthaneli ukugwetshwa. Okuseleyo-ke, ngizakulungisa mhla ngifikayo.

If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.