1 KwabaseKhorinte 11

1 Banini ngabalandeli bami, njengoba lami okaKristu.

BE ye imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

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

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the injunctions as I delivered them unto you.

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

But I desire you to take notice that the head of every man is Christ; but the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

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

Every man praying or prophesying, holding a veil over his head, dishonoureth his head;

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 unveiled, dishonoureth her head; for it is one and the same thing, as if she were shaven.

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

For if the woman be not veiled, let her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled.

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

For a man indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 Ngoba indoda kayivelanga kowesifazana, kodwa owesifazana endodeni;

For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

9 ngoba futhi indoda kayidalelwanga owesifazana, kodwa owesifazana indoda;

Also the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

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

Therefore ought the woman to retain upon her head this badge of authority, because of the angels of the churches.

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

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord.

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

For as the woman was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.

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

Judge among yourselves, is it decent for a woman to be praying to God without a covering?

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

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

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

But if a woman let her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given her for a covering,

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

But if any man mean to be contentious about it, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

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

But in the matter I am going to denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet 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 in the first place, when ye assemble in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

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

For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be made manifest among you.

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

When therefore ye assemble in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

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

For one in the eating it taketh before another his own supper: 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.

What! have ye not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

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

For I received of the Lord what also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf:

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

and when he had blessed it, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: do this 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 he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye 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 eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come.

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

Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

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

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

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

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not distinguishing the Lord’s body.

30 Ngenxa yalokhu banengi kini ababuthakathaka labagulayo, lenengi lilele.

For this cause many are diseased and infirm among you, and some asleep in death.

31 Kodwa uba besizihlolile thina, besingayikwahlulelwa;

For if we thoroughly judged ourselves, we should not be judged of the Lord.

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

But being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.

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

Wherefore, when ye meet together to eat the Lord’s supper, wait for one another.

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

And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I come.