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.

I also, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as those who are not spiritual, 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 fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it. Nor indeed are ye able even now;

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 unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

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 while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not [[like common]] 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 is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave 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 planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.

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 then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.

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.

And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

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-laborers; ye are God's field, ye are 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 bestowed on me, I, as a skilful master-builder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.

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 one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.

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!

But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

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 every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every one's work 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 which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive 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 any one's work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through 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?

Know ye not, that ye are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth 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 defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; 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 thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become 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 that taketh 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 knoweth the thoughts 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 then let no one glory 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 to come, —all are yours;

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

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