१ कोरिन्थी 4
1 यसरी कुनै व्यक्तिले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टका सेवकहरू र परमेश्वरको गोप्य सत्यताको भण्डारे ठान्नुपर्छ ।
Let each one so think of us as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 यस सम्बन्धमा, भण्डारेहरू विश्वासयोग्य हुन आवश्यक छ ।
Now it is required in stewards, that each one be found faithful.
3 तर म तिमीहरूबाट र मानिसको अदालतबाट जाँचिनु मेरो निम्ति अति सानो कुरा हो । किनकि म आफैँ पनि मेरो जाँच गर्दिनँ ।
But with me, it matters very little, that I should be judged by you, or by the judgment of men: indeed, I do not judge myself.
4 मेरो विरुद्धमा कुनै अभियोग भएको मलाई थाहा छैन, तर यसको अर्थ म निर्दोष छु भन्ने चाहिँ होइन । परमेश्वरले नै मेरो न्याय गर्नुहुन्छ ।
For, though I am conscious of no wrong, yet by this I am not justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
5 यसकारण समय आउनुभन्दा अगि वा येशू आउनुभन्दा अगि कुनै पनि कुराको बारेमा न्याय नगर । उहाँले अन्धकारमा लुकाइएका कुराहरूलाई ज्योतिमा ल्याउनुहुनेछ, र हृदयका उद्देश्यहरू प्रकट गर्नुहुनेछ । त्यसपछि हरेकले परमेश्वरबाट आफ्नो प्रशंसा पाउनेछ ।
So, then, judge nothing before the time, till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secret works of darkness, and will also make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall each have his praise from God.
6 अब भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरूका खातिर मैले र अपोल्लोसले यी सिद्धान्तहरू प्रयोग गर्यौँ, ताकि तिमीहरूले “जे लेखिएको छ, त्योभन्दा बाहिर नजाऊ” भन्ने भनाइको अर्थ बुझ्न सकौला । तिमीहरू एउटाको पक्षमा लागेर अर्काको विरुद्धमा नलाग भनेर यो भएको हो ।
And these things, brethren, I have, in figure, applied to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think more of teachers than what has been written; and that no one of you be vain of one to the injury of another.
7 किनकि कसले तिमीहरू र अरू मानिसहरूका बिचमा फरक देख्छ? तिमीहरूसँग भएको कुन कुरा तिमीहरूले सितैँमा पाएका होइनौ र? तिमीहरूले त्यो सितैँमा पाएका छौ भने तिमीहरूले त्यसरी नपाएको झैँ गरेर किन घमण्ड गर्छौ?
For who gave you distinction, as a teacher? And what have you as a teacher, that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast, as if you had not received it?
8 तिमीहरूले चाहने कुराहरू तिमीहरूले अगाडि नै पाइसकेका छौ! तिमीहरू अगिबाटै धनी भएका छौ! तिमीहरूले हामीविना नै शासन गर्न सुरु गरेका छौ! वास्तवमा, तिमीहरूले शासन गर भन्ने म चाहन्छु ताकि हामी पनि तिमीहरूसँगै शासन गर्न सकौँ ।
You, Corinthians, are already full; you are already rich; you have reigned as kings independently of us. And that you did indeed reign, that we also might reign with you!
9 किनकि मलाई यस्तो लाग्छ कि परमेश्वरले हामी प्रेरितहरूलाई मृत्युदण्ड पाउन लागेका मानिसहरूलाई जस्तै मारिनेको भिडको पछिल्लो लहरमा प्रदर्शनमा राख्नुभएको छ । हामी संसार, स्वर्गदूतहरू र मानिसहरूका बिचमा तमाशा भएका छौँ ।
For I think that God has appointed us the apostles, to the lowest place, as under sentence of death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
10 हामी ख्रीष्टको निम्ति मूर्ख छौँ, तर तिमीहरू ख्रीष्टमा बुद्धिमानी छौ । हामी दुर्बल छौँ, तर तिमीहरू बलिया छौ । तिमीहरूले आदर पाएका छौ, तर हामीले अनादर पाएका छौँ ।
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.
11 यो वर्तमान घडीमा हामी भोकाएका र तिर्खाएका छौँ; हाम्रा कपडाहरू फाटिएका छन्; हामी नराम्ररी कुटिएका छौँ; हामी घरवारविहीन भएका छौँ ।
Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and are maltreated, and wander about without a home,
12 हामी आफ्नै हातले कडा परिश्रम गर्दछौँ । मानिसहरूले गिल्ला गर्दा हामी तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिन्छौँ । सतावटमा पर्दा हामी सहन्छौँ ।
and labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
13 मानिसले हामीलाई निन्दा गर्दा हामी दयापूर्वक बोल्छौँ । हामी संसारले इन्कार गरेको फोहोर कुराहरू र सबैभन्दा घिनलाग्दा कुराहरूजस्ता भएका छौँ र अझ पनि हामीलाई यस्तै ठानिन्छ ।
when defamed, we entreat; we have become like the outcasts of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
14 तिमीहरूलाई शर्ममा पार्न मैले यो कुरा लेखेको होइनँ, तर मेरा प्रिय बालकहरूको रूपमा तिमीहरूलाई सुधार गर्नको निम्ति लेख्छु ।
I do not write these things that I may make you ashamed; but as my beloved children I admonish you.
15 किनकि ख्रीष्टमा तिमीहरूका दस हजार अभिभावक भए तापनि तिमीहरूका धेरै जना पिता छैनन् । किनकि सुसमाचारद्वारा म ख्रीष्टमा तिमीहरूका पिता बनेँ ।
For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 त्यसैले, मेरो अनुकरण गर्ने होओ भनी म तिमीहरूलाई आग्रह गर्छु ।
I exhort you, therefore, be imitators of me.
17 यसकारण, मैले तिमीहरूकहाँ मेरा प्रिय र प्रभुमा विश्वासयोग्य बालक तिमोथीलाई पठाएँ । मैले हरेक स्थान र हरेक मण्डलीमा सिकाएबमोजिम ख्रीष्टमा मेरो जीवन कस्तो छ सो उनले तिमीहरूलाई सम्झना गराउनेछन् ।
For this reason have I sent to you Timothy, who is my son, beloved and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways that are in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.
18 म फेरि तिमीहरूकहाँ आउँदिनँ भन्ने ठानेर तिमीहरूमध्ये कोही अहङ्कारी भएका छन् ।
Now, some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you;
19 तर यदि परमेश्वरको इच्छा भयो भने म त्यहाँ चाँडै नै आउनेछु । त्यसपछि म ती अहङ्कारीहरूको कुरा मात्र होइन, तर तिनीहरूको शक्ति हेर्नेछु ।
but I will come to you quickly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the speech of those who have become arrogant, but the power.
20 किनकि परमेश्वरको राज्य कुरामा होइन, तर शक्तिमा छ ।
For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
21 तिमीहरू के चाहन्छौ? म तिमीहरूकहाँ कसरी आऊँ, छडी लिएर वा प्रेम र नम्रताको आत्मामा?
What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of gentleness?
