Bakorintha I 3

1 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke ntse ke bua le lona jaaka ekete lo santse lo le bana mo bo-tshelong jwa Sekeresete, ba ba sa latelang Morena, mme lo latela dikeletso tsa lona; ga ke ka ke ka bua le lona jaaka fa ke ka bua le Bakeresete ba ba nonofileng, ba ba tletseng Mowa O O Boitshepo.

And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.

2 Ke tshwanetse go lo otla ka mashi e seng ka dijo tse di thata, gonne ga lo ka ke lwa kgona go di sila. Mme le jaanong lo santse lo tshwanetswe ke go otlwa ka mashi.

I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

3 Gonne lo santse lo le Bakeresete ba ba botlana, ba lo laolwang ke dikeletso tsa lona; e seng tsa Modimo. Fa lo huhegelana mme lo ikaba ka ditlhopha tse di omanang, a se ga se supe gore lo sa le bananyana, lo batla tsela e e leng ya lona? Le fa go ntse jalo, lo dira jaaka batho ba eseng ba Morena gotlhelele.

for ye are yet carnal. For whereas [there are] among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

4 Mme ke foo, lo omana ka gore a ke mogolo go feta Apolose, ebile lo kgaoganya phuthego. A se ga se supe gore lo godile go le gonnye mo Moreneng?

For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men?

5 Nna ke mang, mme Apolose ene ke mang mo e leng gore re ka tsosa kgang? Ka goreng, gonne re batlhanka ba Modimo fela, mongwe le mongwe wa rona o na le dinonofo tse di faphegileng, mme ka thuso ya rona lo dumetse.

Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.

6 Tiro ya me e ne e le go jala peo mo dipelong tsa lona, mme tiro ya ga Apolose e ne e le go e nosetsa, mme e ne e le Modimo fela, e seng rona, o o godisitseng peo mo dipelong tsa lona.

I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

7 Motho yo o jalang kgotsa yo o nosetsang ga a botlhokwa thata, mme Modimo o botlhokwa gonne ke one o o godisang dilo.

So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.

8 Apolose le nna re badiri mmogo ka maikaelelo a a tshwanang, le fa mongwe le mongwe wa rona a tlaa duelelwa tiro ya gagwe e a e dirileng ka bonatla.

But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

9 Re badiri mmogo le Modimo. Lona lo tshimo ya Modimo, ebile; lo kago ya Modimo e seng ya rona.

For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

10 Modimo mo bopelonoming jwa one o nthutile gore ke ka nna moitseanape wa moagi jang. Ke tlhomile motheo mme Apolose o agile mo go one. Mme yo o agang mo motheong o tshwanetse go tlhokomela thata.

According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

11 Gonne ga go na ope yo o ka tlhomang motheo ope wa boammaaruri go gaisa o re setseng re na nao, ebong Jesu Keresete.

For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Mme go na le mekgwa e le mentsi thata e e ka dirisiwang go aga mo motheong oo. Bangwe ba dirisa Gauta le Selefera le maje a a phatsimang; bangwe ba aga ka dikgong, le bojang, kgotsa ka lotlhaka!

Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

13 Mme go tlaa tla lobaka lwa tlhatlhobo ka letsatsi la ga Keresete la Katlholo go bona mofuta wa didirisiwa tse moagi mongwe le mongwe o di dirisitseng. Tiro ya mongwe le mongwe e tlaa tsenngwa mo gare ga molelo go re botlhe ba tle ba bone gore a e tlaa tshegetsa selekanyo sa yone kgotsa nnyaa, le gore go bonwe ka fa go dirilweng ka teng.

the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.

14 Ke gone ka moo modiri mongwe le mongwe yo o agileng mo motheong ka didirisiwa tsa dikago tse di siameng, le yo tiro ya gagwe e santseng e eme, o tlaa bona tuelo ya gagwe.

If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.

15 Mme fa ntlo e o e agileng ee sha, o tlaa nna le tatlhegelo e kgolo. Ene ka boene o tlaa bolokwa, mme o tlaa bolokwa jaaka motho yo o falolang mo kgabong ya molelo.

If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire.

16 A ga lo lemoge gore lotlhe lo ntlo ya Modimo, le gore Mowa wa Modimo o nna mo go lona mo tlung ya one?

Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

17 Fa mongwe a leswafatsa kgotsa a senya legae la Modimo, Modimo o tlaa mo senya. Gonne legae la Modimo le itshepile le phepa, mme ke lona legae leo.

If any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

18 Lesang go itsietsa. Fa lo ikaya lo le botlhale jo bo feteletseng, jaaka go lejwa ka fa ponong ya maemo a lefatshe le, go ka nna botoka go beela mo gotlhe fa thoko mme lwa nna dieleele go na le gore lo bo lese bo lo busetsa kwa morago mo botlhaleng jwa boammaarruri jo bo tswang kwa godimo. (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)

19 Gonne botlhale jwa lefatshe ke boeleele mo Modimong. Jaaka mo lokwalong lwa ga Jobe gotwe, Modimo o dirisa botlhale jwa motho go mo tshwara; o kgotswa mo “botlhaleng” jwa gagwe mme a we.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.

20 Gape, mo lokwalong lwa Dipesalema re boleletswe gore Morena o itse sentle ka botlalo gore mogopolo wa motho o akanya jang, le boeleele le go tlhoka ga one.

And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

21 Jalo se ikgantsheng ka go sala morago batlhalefi ba lefatshe le. Gonne Modimo o setse o lo neile sengwe le sengwe se lo se tlhokang.

So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.

22 O lo neile Paulo le Apolose le Petere go nna bathusi ba lona. O lo neile lefatshe lotlhe go le dirisa, le botshelo le lone loso ke batlhanka ba lona. O lo neile tsa motlha ono le tsotlhe tsa o o tlang. Tsotlhe ke tsa lona,

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or [the] world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;

23 ebile lo ba ga Keresete, mme Keresete ke wa Modimo.

and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.