1 Vakolinto 3
1 Valongo vangu, nanga hotola kulongela na nyenye ngati vandu mwemuvi na Mpungu wa Chapanga. Naganikiwayi kulongela na nyenye ngati vandu va pamulima, ngati vana vadebe muwumi wa Chikilisitu.
And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ.
2 Yaganikiwayi kuvaliha kwa mavele, lepi kwa chakulya chiyumu, muni mwajitendelekili lepi kupokela. Ndi mbaka hinu mwakona kujitendelekela.
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,
3 Muni nyenye mwakona vandu va pamulima. Wu, lepi chakaka kwakona kuvi na wihu na ngondo pagati yinu? Mambu ago gilangisa njwe kuvya nyenye mwakona vandu va pamulima, mwitama wumi wa chimundu.
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 Mmonga winu peijova, “nene ndi mlanda wa Pauli,” Na yungi ijova, “nene ndi mlanda wa Apolo,” Wu, yeniyo yilangisa lepi kuvya mwakona mwitama ngati vandu va mulima uwu?
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?
5 Hinu, Apolo ndi yani? Na Pauli ndi yani? Tete ndi vatumisi va Chapanga, mwativaletili nyenye sadika. Kila mmonga winu ihenga lihengu leapewili na BAMBU.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.
6 Nene namijili mbeyu na Apolo ayitilili manji, nambu Chapanga ndi mweaimelisi.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.
7 Mweamijili na mweayitalili manji chindu lepi, Chapanga ndi mwamelisi mbeyu.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.
8 Yula mwamijili na mweiyitalili manji voha vamonga, Chapanga yati akumpela njombi kila mundu ndava ya lihengu laki leakitili.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 Muni tete ndi vahenga lihengu va Chapanga, na nyenye ndi mgunda waki. Mewawa nyenye ndi lijengu la Chapanga.
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
10 Ndava ya ubwina wa Chapanga nipewili lihengu ili, ngati mundu mweavi na luhala mweijenga, navikili mkingisa mundu yungi ijenga panani yaki. Ndi chabwina kila mundu alola bwina cheijenga.
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 Kawaka mundu mweihotola kuvika mkingisa panani ya mkingisa wungi, neju ya wula weumali kuvikiwa ndi Yesu Kilisitu.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Panani ya mkingisa wenuo mundu ihotola kujenga kwa zahabu, feza amala maganga, ihotola kujenga kwa mikongo, mahamba amala manyahi.
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;
13 Nambu lihengu la kila mundu yati lilolekana ligono Kilisitu peakuyifiyula. Muni ligono lenilo yati wihumila motu, na motu wenuo ndi yati wipima ubwina wa lihengu la kila mundu peavi.
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 Yikavya cheajengili mundu panani ya mkingisa wenuo chitinyika lepi na motu wenuo, yati ipewa njombi,
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
15 Ngati chajengili yati chitinyika, yati ikosa njombi yaki, nambu mwene yati isanguliwa ngati mundu mwealemili mumotu.
If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Wu, mumanyi lepi kuvya nyenye ndi Nyumba ya Chapanga, na Mpungu wa Chapanga witama mugati yinu?
Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
17 Hinu, mundu mwaihalabisa Nyumba ya Chapanga ya msopi, Chapanga yati akumuhalabisa mewa, muni Nyumba ya Chapanga, yene ndi nyenye.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Mundu yoyoha akotoka kujikonga, pagati yinu kujilola kuvya avi na luhala wa pamulima, mbanga avyai myimu muni apatayi luhala lwa chakaka. (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 Muni luhala lwa pamulima ndi uyimu palongolo ya Chapanga. Mayandiku Gamsopi gijova, “Chapanga akuvadapa vevavi na luhala mukuchejela kwavi.”
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He traps the wise in their craftiness."
20 Na Mayandiku gangi gijova, “BAMBU amanyili kuvya maholo ga vevavi na luhala kuvya gangali lihengu.”
And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
21 Hinu, mundu akotoka kuvamekela vandu. Muni kila chindu ndi chinu.
Therefore let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,
22 Yikavya Pauli amala Apolo amala Kefa, mulima amala wumi amala lifwa, mambu ga hinu amala gegibwela goha ginu nyenye.
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 Nambu nyenye ndi vandu va Kilisitu, na Kilisitu ndi wa Chapanga.
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
