1 Abhakorintho 11
1 Mufuate ani ndeshe ani shihufuata UKristi. Ishi imbatima pipo muhunkumbuha humambo ganti.
Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.
2 Imbatima mugakhata amaposhelo ndeshe shingaletile humwinyu.
I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them on you.
3 Ishi ihwanza mumanye aje uKristi litwe lya kila nume, wope yenume litwe lya kila nshi, na huje Ungulubhi litwe lya Kristi.
But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the head of every man, that man is the head of woman, and that God is the head of the Christ.
4 Kila nume yaputa afumye ubhunabii itwa lyakwe libhanje ligubibashe na ahulikenyensya itwe lyakwe.
Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonours him who is his head;
5 Kila nshiyalabha au afumye uunabii abhanje agubishe itwe lyakwe nkesaga agubiha itwe ahulikenyensya itwe lyakwe. Pipo alisawa nu muntu yasyenkuye isisi.
while any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonours him who is her head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.
6 Nke unshi agubishe itwe lyakwe asyenkule insinsi zyakwe ziwe mfupi. Maana zyinso umuntu unshi asyenkule insisi zyakwe au akatwe basi azigubishe itwe lyakwe.
Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, she should keep her head covered.
7 Si hwanziwa unume agubishe itwe lyakwe, pipo umwene shifani ishi tuntumu uwa Ngulubhi. Lakhini tuntumu uwanume.
A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning the likeness of God and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.
8 Unume sagahafumile hwa nshi ila unshi ahafumiline nu nume.
For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.
9 Unume saga abhumbilwe kwajili ya nnshi. Ila unshi ahabhumbilwe kwajili ya nume.
Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
10 Ndyo maana unshi ahwanziwa abhe ishala na mamlaka hwitwe lyakwe kwa sababub ya malaika.
And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.
11 Hata shimisho hwa Gosi, unshi nuno bila nume au unume nila nshi, unume numo.
Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;
12 Maana ndeshe unshi nkahafumile hwa nume, shishila unume ahafumiline nu nshi. Ni vintu vyonti vifuma hwa Ngulubhi.
for just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.
13 Muyilonje mwimimwi: Lyoli! unshi apute Ungulubhi bila agubishe itwe lyakwe?
Judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?
14 Afume imandi sebhamanyizya iya huje unume nkabha ni nsisi intali tuntumhukwakwe? maana apewilwe zila insisi intali ndeshe umwanda wakwe?
Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,
15 Je afume imandi sebhamanyizya huje unshi nkabha ni nsisi intali tuntumu wakwe?
a woman’s long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
16 Maana apewilwe zila insisi intali ndeshe umwenda wakwe. Nku umuntu wowonti ahwanza adalisye wala ishibhanza sha Ngulubhi.
If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point – well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.
17 Hundajizyo zyezihwinza, ani sihubhatima. Maana amwi lwe mubhungana se hwi faida ila huhasala.
In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.
18 Maana ihumvwa, huje lwe mubhungana mshibhanza, huli nu lugabhanyo kati yinyu nani hadodo ihwitiha.
To begin with, I am told that when you meet together as a church there are divisions among you. In part I believe this,
19 Kwa ihwanziwa zibhe intaamyo kati yinyu aje bhabhaala, bhebhitihwilwe bhamanyishe hulimwe.
indeed, there must be parties among you, so that the people of real worth become known.
20 Maana lemubhungana shemulya seshalye sha Gosi.
When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s Supper;
21 Lwe mulya kila muntu alya ishalye shakwe yuya kabla ya bhanji sebhaliye. hata unu ali ni nzala, unu akholilwe.
for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!
22 Je semuli ni nyumba iyalile na mwelele? Je mzarabhunye ishibhanza sha Ngulubhi na hubhapele insoni bhesebhali na Hantu? Njanje henu hulimwe? Imbatime? Simbatuma hwi ili!
Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.
23 Maana nahaposhile afume hwa Gosi shila shimbapiye amwi aje Ugosi uYeesu, usiku alongwa ahejile ikati.
For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you – how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,
24 Baada ya salifye, abhuvunzile naje ubhu wembili wani, “Ubhu we mbili wani, wewili kwaajili yinyu. Mubhombe ishi hunkumbushe ani.”
and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said ‘This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me.’
25 Nashinishi ahejile inshikombe baada yalye, naje “Ishikombe ishi ndajizyo midanda lyani.” Mbhombe ishi hahinji kila le mumwela hwa hunkumbushe ani.”
And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying ‘This cup is the new covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me.’
26 Uwakati wowonti lemulya ishalye ishi na hushimwelele ishikombe, mlumbilila ufwewa Yesu mpaka lwa hayiyinza.
For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death – until he comes.
27 Kwa hiyo wowonti ya lya ishalye au hushimwelele ishikombe isho isha Yesu sheyihwanziwa, abhabhe ayipiye ubhibhi wimbili ni danda lya Yesu.
Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord’s cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord’s body and blood.
28 Umuntu ayibhuzilizye yuyo asuti, nkalyanje ishalye na mwelele ishikombe.
Let everyone look into their own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
29 Maana yalya na mwele bila asubhilile ubili alya na mwele alongwe hwakwe yuyo.
For the person who eats and drinks brings a judgment on themselves by their eating and drinking, when they do not discern the body.
30 Nduyo maana abhantu abhinji bhabhinu bhamo bhafwiye.
That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.
31 Lakhini nke twayenya timti setahayilongwa ishibhakaka.
But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.
32 Ila lyetilongwa nu Yesu, tiwelwa ili huje tisahalongwe peka ni nnsi.
Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed on us with the rest of the world.
33 Ishi, bhakaka na dada bhani, lwe mubhungama mpate alye, mugulilane.
Therefore, my friends, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.
34 Umuntu nkani nzala alye hukhaya yakwe hujelwe mubhungana peka nsahabhe hulongwi humambo aganjige msimbile naibhabhuzya lyenayiyinza.
If anyone is hungry, they should eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment on you. The other details I will settle when I come.
