Bakorintha I 6
1 Go ka nna jang fa o na le sengwe kgatlha nong le Mokeresete yo mongwe, o “ya kwa Molaong” o ya go kopa tshekelo ya boheitane go go atlholela mo boemong jwa go e tseela kwa Bakereseteng ba bangwe go ya go atlhola gore ke ofe wa lona yo o siameng?
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
2 A ga lo itse gore letsatsi lengwe rona Bakeresete re tlaa atlhola re be re busa lefatshe? Jalo ke eng fa lo sa kgone go atlhola le tsone dilonyana tse di nnye tse di mo gareng ga lona.
Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 A ga lo lemoge gore rona Bakeresete re tlaa atlhola re bo re duela baengele ba ba mo legodimong. Jalo lo tshwanetse go atlhola matshwenyego a lona mono lefatsheng ka bomotlhofo jo bogolo.
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?
4 Ke eng fa jaanong lo ya kwa baatlhoding ba ba kwa ntle ba e seng Bakeresete?
If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?
5 Ke leka go lo tlhabisa ditlhong. A ga go na ope mo phuthegong yo o botlhale thata go atlhola dingongorego tse?
I say [this] to move you to shame. What, cannot there be [found] among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,
6 Mme mo boemong jwa se, Mokeresete o isa yo mongwe tshekong mme a sekise mokaulengwe wa gagwe fa pele ga batho ba ba sa dumeleng.
but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
7 Go nna le ditshekisano tse di ntseng jalo lo le Bakeresete go raya gore lo fentswe e le ruri. Ke eng fa lo sa ineele mo patikong? Mme lwa tlogela go ntse jalo? E tlaa bo e le tlotlo e kgolo mo Moreneng fa lo ineela go tsiediwa.
Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?
8 Mme mo boemong jwa gone moo, lona ka bolona ke lona ba lo dirang phoso, lo tsietsa ba bangwe, le e leng bone ba bakaulengwe ba lona tota.
Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.
9 A ga lo itse gore ba ba dirang dilo tse di ntseng jalo ga ba na seabe mo Bogosing jwa Modimo? Lo se ka lwa itsietsa. Ba ba tshelang botshelo jo bo makgapha, ba ba obamelang medimo ya disetwa, bagokagadi kgotsa banna ba ba tlhakanelang dikobo le banna ka bone ga ba na seabe mo bogosing jwa one. Le fa e le magodu, kgotsa batho ba ba bohula, matagwa, bakgadi kgotsa baikgagapedi.
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 Nako nngwe bangwe ba lona ba kile ba bo ba ntse jalo mme jaanong dibe tsa lona di tlhatswitswe, mme lo beetswe fa thoko go nna ba Modimo, mme o lo amogetse ka ntlha ya se Morena Jesu Keresete le Mowa wa Modimo o lo se diretseng.
And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
12 Ke ka dira sengwe le sengwe se ke se batlang fa Keresete a sa nkganele, mme dilo dingwe tsa dilo tse ga di a ntshiamela. Le fa ke letlelelwa go di dira, ke tlaa gana go di dira fa ke akanya gore di ka dira sekgopi se se ntseng jalo mo go nna se ke se ka keng ka se kganela motlhofo fa ke batla go se kganela.
All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 A ke re, tsaya kgang ya go ja, Modimo o re neile go nna le keletso ya dijo le mpa go di sila. Mme moo ga go reye gore re tshwanetse go ja go feta jaaka re batla. Se akanyeng gore go ja go botlhokwa, ka gore letsatsi lengwe Modimo o tlaa di nyeletsa tsoo pedi, mpa le dijo. Mme boaka ga bo a siama: mebele ya rona ga e a direlwa moo, mme e diretswe Morena, mme Morena o batla go tlatsa mebele ya rona ka bo ene.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
14 Le gone Modimo o tlaa tsosa mebele ya rona mo baswing ka nonofo ya gagwe fela jaaka a tsositse Morena Jesu Keresete.
and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.
15 A ga lo lemoge gore mebele ya lona ke ditokololo tsa ga Keresete? Jalo a ke tshwanetse go tsaya tokololo ya ga Keresete ka e kopanya le seaka? Le goka!
Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.
16 Le gone a ga lo itse gore fa monna a ikopanya le seaka o nna tokololo ya sone le sone se nna tokololo ya gagwe? Gonne Modimo o re bolelela mo Dikwalong gore ka fa ponong ya one bobedi bo nna motho a le mongwe.
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
17 Mme fa o ineela mo Moreneng wena le Keresete lo a kopana lo nna motho a le mongwe.
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Ke gone mo ke lo rayang ke re tshabang boaka. Ga go na sebe sepe se se amang mmele jaaka sebe se.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 A ga lo ise lo ithute gore mmele wa lona ke legae la Mowa O O Boitshepo o Modimo o lo o neileng, le gore o nne mo teng ga lona? Mmele o e leng wa lona ga se wa lona.
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
20 Gonne Modimo o o rekile ka tlhwatlhwa e kgolo. Jalo dirisang bontlha bongwe le bongwe jwa mmele wa lona go galaletsa Modimo, ka gore ke wa one.
for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
