1 Abhakorintho 3
1 Nane, kolo nuyilombo bhane, saga nayanjile namwe hansi abhantu bhishimoyo, hansi abhantu bhebhele. Hansi abhana abhadodo wha Kristi.
But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded – mere infants in the faith of Christ.
2 Nabhamwelezezye izibha sagenyama, afwatanaje sagamwali tayali alye inyama. Nahata isalezi sagamulitayali.
I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.
3 Afwatanaje amwe musele mlibhebele. Afwatanaje uwivu na madiho galoleha mmiongoni mwenyu. Eshi sagamukhala alengane nobele, nahuje, sagamujenda hansi ikawaida yishibinadamu?
While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other people do?
4 Afwatanaje weka ayanga, “Ihumwanza u Paulo” Uwamwawo ayanga,” ihumwanza u Apolo,” sagamukhala hansi abhanadamu?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?
5 U Apolo yunani? nu Paulo yunanu? Bhatumi bhola wamwa mweteshe, whola wowonti ugosi apelile ijukumu.
What, I ask, is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
6 Ane natolile, u Apolo aponyizye amenze, ila Ongolobhe akuzizye.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 Eshi, watolile na waponyizye amenze saga shoshonti. Ila Ungolobhe wakuzya.
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
8 Eshi watota na waponya amenze wonti hantu heka, na kila weka aiposhela umushahala gwake alengane ni mbombo yakwe.
In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labor.
9 Afwatanaje ate tilibhawomba mbombo bha Ngolobhe, amwe muli bustani ya Ngolobhe, lijengo lya Ngolobhe.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.
10 Alengane ni neema ya Ngolobhe yimpewilwe hansi uzenji ugosi, naubheshele umusingi, nu wamwawo azenga pamwanya yakwe. Ila umuntu abhe shinza lwazenga pamwanya yakwe.
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;
11 Alenganaje nomo uwamwawo wawezya azenje umusingi uwamwawo hani yaguguzengwilwe, ambago yu Yesu Kristi.
for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 Isalezi, nkesho weka wenyu azenga pamwa yakwe whiwelihela, ihela, amawe gisamani, amkwi, amasole, au amatondo,
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 imbombo yakwe yayibhawazi, huzelu wishasenya wayihulolesya. Afwatanaje yailolesewa numoto. Umoto gwailenga uwinza wimbombo yakila weka shawombile.
the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.
14 Nkesho shoshonti umuntu shazenjile shaisyala, umwene aiposhela izawadi.
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.
15 Nkesho imbombo ya muntu yayiteketela humoto, ayipata ihasala. Ila umwene yoyo ayiwawuliwa, hansi shila ayepile mumoto.
If anyone’s work is burnt up, they will suffer loss; though they themselves will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.
16 Saga mumenye aje amwe mlishibhanza sha Ngolobhe naje uMpepo wa Ngolobhe akhala muhati yenyu?
Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?
17 Nkesho umuntu ahuli nanganya ishibhanza sha Ngolobhe, Ongolobhe uyihunanganya umuntu ola. Afwatanaje ishibhanza sha Ngolobhe shinza, nesho namwe.
If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.
18 Untu asajikhopele mwene, nkesho wowonti mwikundi lenyu asebha aje ali ninjele katika uwakati owu, abhe hansi “ukwelengusu” ndiyo abhabhe ninjele. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a ‘fool,’ that they may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Afwatanaje injele yensene ukwelengusu whilongolela lya Ngolobhe, Afwatanaje isimbiwilwe, “Bhakhata abhenjele huhila zyawo”
For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of – ‘One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,’
20 Na tena “Ugosi azimenye ensewo bhinjele nuubatili.”
And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 Esho umuntu asajituntumulile abhanadamu! Afwatanaje ivintu vyonti vyenyu.
Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –
22 Nke yu Paulo, au yu Apolo au yu Kefa, au anse, au khalo, au afwe, au vintu vivileho, au vyavyaibha. Vyonti vyenyu,
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!
23 namwe ni wa Kristi nu Kristi wa Ngolobhe.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
