1 KwabaseKhorinte 3

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

And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Messiah.

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

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,

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

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and living by human standards?

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

For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?

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

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.

6 Mina ngahlanyela, uApolosi wathelela, kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhulisa.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.

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

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, 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 which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds on it.

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

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah.

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

But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;

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

each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.

14 Uba umsebenzi womuntu awakhe phezulu usima, uzakwemukela umvuzo.

If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

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

If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

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

Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Ruach lives in you?

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

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which 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 anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become 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 traps the wise in their craftiness."

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

And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."

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

Therefore let no one boast about people. 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 Kefa, 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 Messiah's, and Messiah is God's.