1 KwabaseKhorinte 11
1 Banini ngabalandeli bami, njengoba lami okaKristu.
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Messiah.
2 Ngiyalibabaza-ke, bazalwane, ukuthi liyangikhumbula ezintweni zonke, lokuthi libambelele ezimisweni njengoba ngalinika.
Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
3 Kodwa ngithanda ukuthi lazi, ukuthi inhloko yawo wonke amadoda nguKristu; lenhloko yowesifazana yindoda; lenhloko kaKristu nguNkulunkulu.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Messiah is God.
4 Yonke indoda ekhulekayo loba eprofethayo, ikhanda limboziwe, ilithela ihlazo ikhanda layo.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors 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 dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
6 Ngoba uba owesifazana engagubuzeli, futhi kagele; kodwa uba kukubi kowesifazana ukugela kumbe ukuphucwa, kagutshuzelwe.
For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
7 Ngoba indoda kayifanele ukumbomboza ikhanda, ngoba ingumfanekiso lodumo lukaNkulunkulu; kodwa owesifazana uludumo lwendoda.
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 Ngoba indoda kayivelanga kowesifazana, kodwa owesifazana endodeni;
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
9 ngoba futhi indoda kayidalelwanga owesifazana, kodwa owesifazana indoda;
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
10 ngenxa yalokhu owesifazana kufanele abe lamandla phezu kwekhanda ngenxa yezingilosi.
For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 Kodwa indoda kayingaphandle kowesifazana, lowesifazana kangaphandle kwendoda, eNkosini.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
12 Ngoba njengoba owesifazana evela endodeni, ngokunjalo lendoda ivela ngowesifazana, kodwa konke kuvela kuNkulunkulu.
For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
13 Ziboneleni lina; kufanele yini ukuthi owesifazana akhuleke kuNkulunkulu engambombozanga?
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
14 Imvelo uqobo lwayo kayilifundisi yini, ukuthi uba indoda ilenwele ezinde, kulihlazo kuyo?
Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
15 Kodwa uba owesifazana elenwele ezinde, kuludumo kuye. Ngoba inwele uziphiwe ukuthi zibe yisimbombozo.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 Kodwa uba umuntu ebonakala elenkani, thina kasilawo umkhuba onjalo, ngitsho lamabandla kaNkulunkulu.
But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's congregations.
17 Kodwa ngokulaya lokhu kangilibabazi, ngoba libuthana ngokungekuhle kodwa ngokubi.
But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you 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 of all, when you come together in the congregation, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
19 Ngoba kufanele ukuba lobubhazuka futhi phakathi kwenu, ukuze labo abaqinisileyo babonakale phakathi kwenu.
For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
20 Ngakho nxa libuthana ndawonye, lokhu kakusikho ukudla isidlo seNkosi;
When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
21 ngoba ngulowo lalowo uthatha kuqala esakhe isidlo ekudleni, lomunye ulambile, lomunye udakiwe.
For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunk.
22 Kanti kalilazo izindlu zokudlela lezokunathela? Kumbe lidelela ibandla likaNkulunkulu, liyangise yini abangelakho? Ngingathini kini? Ngingalibabaza kulokhu yini? Kangilibabazi.
What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's congregation, and put them to shame who do not have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
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 also I delivered to you, that the Lord Yeshua on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
24 isibongile yasihlephuna, yathi: Thathani, lidle, lokhu kungumzimba wami owahletshunelwa lina; lokhu kwenzeni ukungikhumbula.
When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me."
25 Ngokunjalo lenkezo, sebedlile, yathi: Inkezo le iyisivumelwano esitsha egazini lami; lokhu kwenzeni, loba nini liyinatha, ukungikhumbula.
In the same way he also took the cup, after the meal, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."
26 Ngoba loba nini nxa lisidla lesisinkwa, linatha linkezo, litshumayela ukufa kweNkosi ize ifike.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
27 Ngakho loba ngubani odla lesisinkwa kumbe anathe inkezo yeNkosi ngokungafanelanga, uzakuba lecala lomzimba legazi leNkosi.
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 Kodwa umuntu kumele azihlole, ngokunjalo-ke adle okwesinkwa anathe okwenkezo;
But let a person 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 who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the body.
30 Ngenxa yalokhu banengi kini ababuthakathaka labagulayo, lenengi lilele.
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31 Kodwa uba besizihlolile thina, besingayikwahlulelwa;
For if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
32 kodwa nxa sisahlulelwa, sikhuzwa yiNkosi, ukuze singalahlwa kanye lomhlaba.
But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 Ngakho, bazalwane bami, nxa libuthana ukuthi lidle, kalibomelelana.
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
34 Njalo uba omunye elambile, kabokudla ekhaya; ukuze lingabuthaneli ukugwetshwa. Okuseleyo-ke, ngizakulungisa mhla ngifikayo.
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
