1 Wakorintho 10
1 Ndugu zangu, sitaki mkose kufahamu ukweli huu kwamba baba zetu walikuwa wote chini ya wingu na kwamba wote walipita katikati ya bahari.
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, how that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 Wote wakabatizwa kuwa wa Mose ndani ya lile wingu na ndani ya ile bahari.
and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 Wote walikula chakula kile kile cha roho,
and did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 na wote wakanywa kile kile kinywaji cha roho, kwa maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa roho uliofuatana nao, nao ule mwamba ulikuwa Kristo.
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
5 Lakini Mungu hakupendezwa na wengi wao, kwa hiyo miili yao ilitapakaa jangwani.
Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Basi mambo haya yalitokea kama mifano ili kutuzuia tusiweke mioyo yetu katika mambo maovu kama wao walivyofanya.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Msiwe waabudu sanamu, kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa, kama ilivyoandikwa, “Watu waliketi chini kula na kunywa, kisha wakainuka kucheza na kufanya sherehe za kipagani.”
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Wala tusifanye uzinzi kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa watu 23,000 kwa siku moja.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Wala tusimjaribu Kristo, kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa kwa kuumwa na nyoka.
Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.
10 Msinungʼunike kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakaangamizwa na mharabu.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
11 Mambo haya yote yaliwapata wao ili yawe mifano kwa wengine, nayo yaliandikwa ili yatuonye sisi ambao mwisho wa nyakati umetufikia. (aiōn g165)
Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. (aiōn g165)
12 Hivyo, yeye ajidhaniaye amesimama, aangalie asianguke.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 Hakuna jaribu lolote lililowapata ambalo si la kawaida kwa wanadamu. Naye Mungu ni mwaminifu; hataruhusu mjaribiwe kupita mnavyoweza. Lakini mnapojaribiwa atawapa njia ya kutokea ili mweze kustahimili.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
14 Kwa hiyo wapenzi wangu, zikimbieni ibada za sanamu.
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 Nasema watu wenye ufahamu, amueni wenyewe kuhusu haya niyasemayo.
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 Je, kikombe cha baraka ambacho tunakibariki, si ushirika katika damu ya Kristo? Mkate tuumegao, si ushirika wa mwili wa Kristo?
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
17 Kwa kuwa mkate ni mmoja, sisi tulio wengi tu mwili mmoja, kwa kuwa wote twashiriki mkate mmoja.
seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.
18 Waangalieni watu wa Israeli: Je, wale wote walao dhabihu si ni wale watendao kazi madhabahuni?
Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
19 Je, nina maana kwamba kafara iliyotolewa kwa sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote? Au kwamba sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote?
What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 La hasha! Lakini kafara za watu wasiomjua Mungu hutolewa kwa mashetani, wala si kwa Mungu. Nami sitaki ninyi mwe na ushirika na mashetani.
But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with devils.
21 Hamwezi kunywa katika kikombe cha Bwana na cha mashetani pia. Hamwezi kuwa na sehemu katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya mashetani pia.
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils.
22 Je, tunataka kuamsha wivu wa Bwana? Je, sisi tuna nguvu kuliko yeye?
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vitu vyote vilivyo na faida. “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vyote vinavyojenga.
All things are lawful; but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful; but all things edify not.
24 Mtu yeyote asitafute yaliyo yake mwenyewe, bali kila mtu atafute yale yanayowafaa wengine.
Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbour’s [good].
25 Kuleni chochote kinachouzwa sokoni, bila kuuliza swali lolote kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience sake;
26 Kwa maana, “Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana.”
for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
27 Kama ukikaribishwa chakula na mtu asiyeamini nawe ukikubali kwenda, kula kila kitu kitakachowekwa mbele yako bila kuuliza maswali kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
28 Lakini kama mtu yeyote akikuambia, “Hiki kimetolewa kafara kwa sanamu,” basi usikile kwa ajili ya huyo aliyekuambia na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:
29 Nina maana dhamiri ya huyo aliyekuambia, wala si kwa ajili ya dhamiri yako. Lakini kwa nini uhuru wangu uhukumiwe na dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
30 Kama nikila kwa shukrani, kwa nini nashutumiwa kwa kile ambacho kwa hicho ninamshukuru Mungu?
If I by grace partake, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Basi, lolote mfanyalo, kama ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Msiwe kikwazo kwa mtu yeyote, wawe Wayahudi au Wayunani, au kwa kanisa la Mungu,
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
33 kama hata mimi ninavyojaribu kumpendeza kila mtu kwa kila namna. Kwa maana sitafuti mema kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe bali kwa ajili ya wengi, ili waweze kuokolewa.
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved.
