1 KwabaseKhorinte 3

1 Lami-ke, bazalwane, bengingelakukhuluma lani njengabakomoya, kodwa njengakwabakwenyama, njengakwabayizingane kuKristu.

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you, as to spiritual men, but as to those who are carnal, as to babes in Christ.

2 Ngalinathisa uchago, kungeyisikho ukudla okuqinileyo; ngoba belingakenelisi, yebo lakhathesi kalikenelisi;

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you were not then able to bear it; indeed, not even now are you able;

3 ngoba lisengabenyama; ngoba lokhu kukhona phakathi kwenu umhawu lokuphikisana lokwehlukana, kalisibo abenyama, lihamba ngokwabantu yini?

for you are yet carnal. For, since envy and strife and divisions are among you, are you not carnal, and do you not walk as men?

4 Ngoba nxa omunye esithi: Mina ngingokaPawuli, lomunye athi: Mina okaApolosi, kalisibo yini abenyama?

For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are you not carnal?

5 Kanti uPawuli uyini, loApolosi uyini, kodwa izisebenzi elakholwa ngazo, lanjengoba iNkosi yanika kulowo lalowo?

Who, then, is Paul? and who is Apollos? Ministers by whom you have believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.

6 Mina ngahlanyela, uApolosi wathelela, kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhulisa.

I planted, Apollos watered: but God made to grow.

7 Ngakho ohlanyelayo kasilutho, loba othelelayo, kodwa uNkulunkulu okhulisayo.

So, neither he that plants nor he that waters is any thing: but God that makes to grow.

8 Ohlanyelayo kanye lothelelayo banye; kodwa ngulowo lalowo uzakwemukela owakhe umvuzo njengowakhe umsebenzi.

But he that plants and he that waters are one; and each one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

9 Ngoba siyizisebenzi zikaNkulunkulu kanye laye; liyinsimu kaNkulunkulu, liyisakhiwo sikaNkulunkulu.

For we are fellow-laborers for God: you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

10 Ngokomusa kaNkulunkulu engiwuphiweyo, njengomakhi omkhulu ohlakaniphileyo ngabeka isisekelo, lomunye wakha phezu kwaso. Kodwa kakube ngulowo lalowo abone ukuthi wakha njani phezu kwaso.

According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on this. But let every one take heed how he builds on this.

11 Ngoba akulamuntu ongabeka esinye isisekelo ngaphandle kwaleso esibekiweyo, esinguJesu Kristu.

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which, is Jesus Christ.

12 Kodwa uba umuntu esakhela phezu kwalesisisekelo igolide, isiliva, amatshe aligugu, izigodo, utshani, inhlanga,

If any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

13 umsebenzi walowo lalowo uzavela obala; ngoba usuku luzawudalula, ngoba luzavezwa emlilweni; umlilo uzahlola umsebenzi walowo lalowo ukuthi unjani.

each man’s work shall be made manifest; for the day shall make it manifest, for it is revealed with fire: and the fire shall try each man’s work, what sort it is.

14 Uba umsebenzi womuntu awakhe phezulu usima, uzakwemukela umvuzo.

If any man’s work abide, which he builds on this, he shall receive a reward;

15 Uba umsebenzi womuntu uzatshiswa, uzalahlekelwa; kodwa yena uqobo ezasindiswa, kodwa ngokunjalo njengangomlilo.

if any man’s work be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so, as through fire.

16 Kalazi yini ukuthi lilithempeli likaNkulunkulu, lokuthi uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlala kini?

Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

17 Uba umuntu echitha ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uzamchitha yena; ngoba ithempeli likaNkulunkulu lingcwele, eliyilo lina.

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

18 Kakungabi khona ozikhohlisayo; uba umuntu phakathi kwenu ecabanga ukuthi uhlakaniphile kulumhlaba, kumele abe yisithutha, ukuze ahlakaniphe. (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself: if any one among you is considered as wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)

19 Ngoba inhlakanipho yalumhlaba iyibuthutha kuNkulunkulu. Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ubamba abahlakaniphileyo ebuqilini babo;

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: He takes the wise in their own craftiness.

20 njalo lokuthi: INkosi iyayazi imicabango yabahlakaniphileyo, ukuthi iyize.

And again: The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

21 Ngakho kakungabi khona ozincoma ngabantu; ngoba zonke izinto ngezenu,

Therefore, let no one glory in men; for all things are yours,

22 loba uPawuli, loba uApolosi, loba uKefasi, loba umhlaba, loba impilo, loba ukufa, loba izinto ezikhona, loba izinto ezizayo; konke ngokwenu,

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours:

23 lina-ke lingabakaKristu, loKristu ungokaNkulunkulu.

and you are Christ’s: and Christ is God’s.