१ कोरिन्थी 4
1 यसरी कुनै व्यक्तिले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टका सेवकहरू र परमेश्वरको गोप्य सत्यताको भण्डारे ठान्नुपर्छ ।
This is how a person should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the hidden truths of God.
2 यस सम्बन्धमा, भण्डारेहरू विश्वासयोग्य हुन आवश्यक छ ।
Now what is required of stewards is that they are found to be trustworthy.
3 तर म तिमीहरूबाट र मानिसको अदालतबाट जाँचिनु मेरो निम्ति अति सानो कुरा हो । किनकि म आफैँ पनि मेरो जाँच गर्दिनँ ।
But for me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. For I do not even 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 ।
I am not aware of any charge being made against me, but that does not mean I am innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
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 ।
Therefore do not pronounce judgment about anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive 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 ।
Now, brothers, I applied these principles to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that from us you might learn the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” This is so that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against the other.
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 sees any difference between you and others? What do you have that you did not freely receive? If you have freely received it, why do you boast as if you had not done so?
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 ।
Already you have all you could want! Already you have become rich! You began to reign—and that quite apart from us! Indeed, I wish you did reign, so that we could 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 God has put us apostles on display as the last in line in a procession and like men sentenced to death. We have become a spectacle to the world—to angels, and to human beings.
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 held in honor, but we are held in dishonor.
11 यो वर्तमान घडीमा हामी भोकाएका र तिर्खाएका छौँ; हाम्रा कपडाहरू फाटिएका छन्; हामी नराम्ररी कुटिएका छौँ; हामी घरवारविहीन भएका छौँ ।
Up to this present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally beaten, and we are homeless.
12 हामी आफ्नै हातले कडा परिश्रम गर्दछौँ । मानिसहरूले गिल्ला गर्दा हामी तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिन्छौँ । सतावटमा पर्दा हामी सहन्छौँ ।
We work hard, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless. When we are 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 we are slandered, we speak with kindness. We have become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world and the filthiest of all things.
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 to shame you, but to correct you as my beloved children.
15 किनकि ख्रीष्टमा तिमीहरूका दस हजार अभिभावक भए तापनि तिमीहरूका धेरै जना पिता छैनन् । किनकि सुसमाचारद्वारा म ख्रीष्टमा तिमीहरूका पिता बनेँ ।
For even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
16 त्यसैले, मेरो अनुकरण गर्ने होओ भनी म तिमीहरूलाई आग्रह गर्छु ।
So I urge you to 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 ।
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere and in every church.
18 म फेरि तिमीहरूकहाँ आउँदिनँ भन्ने ठानेर तिमीहरूमध्ये कोही अहङ्कारी भएका छन् ।
Now some of you have become arrogant, acting as though 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 soon, if the Lord wills. Then I will know not merely the talk of these who are so arrogant, but I will see their power.
20 किनकि परमेश्वरको राज्य कुरामा होइन, तर शक्तिमा छ ।
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
21 तिमीहरू के चाहन्छौ? म तिमीहरूकहाँ कसरी आऊँ, छडी लिएर वा प्रेम र नम्रताको आत्मामा?
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?
