1 KwabaseKhorinte 3

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

And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ.

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

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. And indeed, even now, you are not able; for you are still carnal.

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

And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?

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

For if one says, “Certainly, I am of Paul,” while another says, “I am of Apollo,” are you not men? But what is Apollo, and what is Paul?

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

We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.

6 Mina ngahlanyela, uApolosi wathelela, kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhulisa.

I planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.

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

And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth.

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

Now he who plants, and he who waters, are one. But each shall receive his proper reward, according to his labors.

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

For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.

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, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.

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

For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.

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

But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,

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

each one’s work shall be made manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And this fire will test each one’s work, as to what kind it is.

14 Uba umsebenzi womuntu awakhe phezulu usima, uzakwemukela umvuzo.

If anyone’s work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward.

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

If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire.

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

Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

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

But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.

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 anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly 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. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.”

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,

And so, let no one glory in men.

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

For all is yours: whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. Yes, all is yours.

23 lina-ke lingabakaKristu, loKristu ungokaNkulunkulu.

But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.