1 Qorontos 3
1 Yaa obboloota, ani akka namoota foonii warra Kiristoositti daaʼimman taataniitti malee akka namoota Hafuuraatti isinitti dubbachuu hin dandeenye.
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
2 Waan isin nyaata jabaa nyaachuu hin gaʼiniif ani aannan isiniif kenne malee nyaata cimaa isinii hin kennine. Dhugumaan isin amma iyyuu nyaachuu hin dandeenye.
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3 Isin amma iyyuu nama foonii ti. Sababii hinaaffaa fi wal qoccoluun isin gidduu jiruuf isin nama foonii mitii? Akkuma namoota kaaniitti jiraattu mitii?
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
4 Namni tokko, “Ani kan Phaawulos” jedhee, inni kaan immoo, “Ani kan Apholoos” yoo jedhe isin namuma qofa mitii ree?
For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
5 Egaa Apholoos eenyu? Phaawulosis eenyu? Isaan warra akkuma hojii Gooftaan tokkoo tokkoo isaaniitiif kenneetti tajaajilanii dha; isin immoo karaa isaaniitiin amantan.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
6 Ani nan dhaabe; Apholoos bishaan obaase; Waaqni garuu ni guddise.
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7 Kanaafuu Waaqa isa guddisu sana malee namichi dhaabu yookaan inni bishaan obaasu sun homaa miti.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8 Inni dhaabus, inni bishaan obaasus tokkuma; tokkoon tokkoon isaaniis akkuma dadhabbii isaaniitti gatii ni argatu.
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
9 Nu warra Waaqa wajjin hojjennuu dha; isin lafa qotiisaa Waaqaa ti; ijaarsa Waaqaatis.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10 Anis ayyaana Waaqni naa kenneen akkuma ogeessa ijaarsaa tokkootti hundee buuseera; namni kaan immoo isa irratti ijaaraa jira. Garuu tokkoon tokkoon namaa akkamitti akka ijaaru of eeggachuu qaba.
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
11 Namni tokko iyyuu hundee duraan buufame sana malee kan biraa buusuu hin dandaʼuutii; hundeen sunis Yesuus Kiristoos.
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Namni kam iyyuu yoo hundee sana irratti warqeen, meetiin, dhagaa gatii guddaatiin, mukaan, citaan yookaan hoffaan ijaare,
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 guyyaan sun waan ifatti isa baasuuf hojiin isaa maal akka taʼe ni beekama. Innis ibiddaan ifatti baafama; ibiddi sunis qulqullina hojii nama hundaa ni qora.
his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
14 Yoo wanni inni ijaare utuu hin gubatin hafeef inni gatii isaa ni argata.
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
15 Namni hojiin isaa jalaa gubate kam iyyuu gatii isaa ni dhaba; inni mataan isaa garuu ni oolfama; taʼus akka nama ibidda keessa darbeetti oolfama.
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
16 Isin akka mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa taatanii fi akka Hafuurri Waaqaa isin keessa jiraatu hin beektanii?
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
17 Eenyu iyyuu yoo mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa balleesse, Waaqni isa ni balleessa; manni qulqullummaa Waaqaa qulqulluudhaatii; manni qulqullummaa sunis isin.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 Eenyu iyyuu of hin gowwoomsin. Isin keessaa namni tokko yoo addunyaa kana irratti ogeessa of seʼe, inni akka ogeessa taʼuuf gowwaa haa taʼu. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Ogummaan addunyaa kanaa fuula Waaqaa duratti gowwummaadhaatii. Kunis isa, “Inni ogeeyyii haxxummaa isaaniitiin qaba” jedhamee barreeffamee dha.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20 Akkasumas, “Gooftaan akka yaadni ogeeyyii faayidaa hin qabne ni beeka” jedhameera.
And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21 Kanaafuu eenyu iyyuu namaan hin booniin! Wanni hundinuu keessaniitii;
Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
22 Phaawulosis taʼu Apholoos yookaan Keefaan yookaan addunyaan yookaan jireenyi yookaan duuti yookaan wanti amma jirus taʼu wanti dhufu hundinuu keessan;
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
23 isin kan Kiristoos; Kiristoos immoo kan Waaqaa ti.
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
