1 VaKorinde 3
1 Hama, ndakanga ndisingagoni kutaura nemi savanhu vomweya asi savanhu venyama, vacheche zvavo muna Kristu.
As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.
2 Ndakakupai mukaka, kwete zvokudya zvikukutu, nokuti makanga musingagoni kudya. Zvirokwazvo, hamusati mava kugona kudya nazvino.
I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to bear it.
3 Nokuti muchiri venyama. Nokuti sezvo pakati penyu pachine godo negakava, ko, hamusi venyika here? Ko, hamusi kufamba savanhuwo zvavo here?
You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings?
4 Nokuti kana mumwe achiti, “Ini ndiri waPauro,” mumwe achiti, “Ini ndiri waAporosi,” ko, hamusi vanhuwo zvavo here?
When one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere worldlings?
5 Aporosi chiiko? Uye Pauro chiiko? Varanda bedzi; vamakatenda kubudikidza navo mumwe nomumwe sezvaakapiwa naShe.
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.
6 Ini ndakasima, Aporosi akadiridza, asi Mwari ndiye akameresa.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.
7 Saka naizvozvo anosima kana anodiridza haazi chinhu, asi Mwari chete, iye anomeresa zvinhu.
So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.
8 Munhu anosima nomunhu anodiridza vane chinangwa chimwe, uye mumwe nomumwe wavo achapiwa mubayiro maererano nezvaakabata pabasa rake.
Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service.
9 Nokuti tiri vabati pamwe chete naMwari; muri munda waMwari, muri imba yaMwari.
For we are God’s fellow workers; and you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
10 Nenyasha dzandakapiwa naMwari, ndakaronga nheyo somuvaki akachenjera, uye mumwewo ari kuvaka pamusoro payo. Asi mumwe nomumwe ngaachenjere kuti anovaka sei pamusoro payo.
According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master- builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.
11 Nokuti hakuna mumwe angaronga dzimwe nheyo kunze kwaiyo yakarongwa kare, inova ndiyo Jesu Kristu.
The foundation is already laid - Jesus Christ - and no man can lay another.
12 Zvino kana munhu achivaka panheyo iyi achishandisa goridhe, kana sirivha kana mabwe anokosha, kana matanda, kana uswa, kana mashanga,
On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man’s work will be made manifest.
13 basa rake richaonekwa kuti rakaitwa nei, nokuti Zuva iro richazvibudisa pachena. Richaratidzwa nomoto, uye moto uchaedza basa romumwe nomumwe.
The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man’s work, of what quality it is.
14 Kana zvaakavaka zvikagara, iye achagamuchira mubayiro wake.
If any man’s work - the building he has made - stands the test, he will be rewarded.
15 Kana zvikapiswa, iye acharasikirwa: asi iye pachake achaponeswa: asi souya abuda mumoto.
If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as it were through the flames.
16 Ko, hamuzivi here kuti muri temberi yaMwari uye kuti Mweya waMwari anogara mamuri?
Do you not know what you are God’s sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you?
17 Kana munhu achiparadza temberi yaMwari, Mwari achamuparadza; nokuti temberi yaMwari itsvene, ndimi temberi yacho.
If any one tear down God’s sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
18 Musazvinyengera. Kana mumwe wenyu achizviti akachenjera namaonero enyika ino, ngaave “benzi” kuti ave akachenjera. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Nokuti uchenjeri hwenyika ino upenzi pamberi paMwari. Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: “Anobata vakachenjera pamano avo,”
For the philosophy of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. It is written, He snares the wise in their own craftiness,
20 uye zvakare, “Ishe anoziva kuti mifungo yavakachenjera haina maturo.”
and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, how futile they are.
21 Naizvozvo ngakurege kuva nomunhu anozvikudza pamusoro pavanhu! Zvinhu zvose ndezvenyu,
So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;
22 angava Pauro kana Aporosi, kana Kefasi, kana nyika, kana upenyu, kana rufu, kana zvazvino, kana zvinouya, zvose ndezvenyu,
Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things present or things to come; all things are yours;
23 uye muri vanhu vaKristu, uye Kristu ndewaMwari.
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
