1 Wakorintho 10
1 Nataka ninyi mjue kaka na dada zangu, ya kuwa baba zetu walikuwa chini ya wingu na wote walipita katika bahari.
Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 Wote walibatizwa wawe wa Musa ndani ya wingu na ndani ya bahari,
and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 na wote walikula chakula kile kile cha roho.
and all ate the same spiritual food;
4 Wote walikunywa kinywaji kile kile cha roho. Maana walikunywa kutoka katika mwamba wa roho uliowafuata, na mwamba ule ulikuwa ni Kristo.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
5 Lakini Mungu hakupendezwa sana na wengi wao, na maiti zao zilisambazwa jangwani.
However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Basi mambo haya yote yalikuwa mifano kwetu, ili sisi tusiwe watu wa kutamani mabaya kama na 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 wengine wao walivyokuwa. Hii ni kama ilivyoandikwa, “Watu walikaa chini wakila na kunywa, na waliinuka kucheza kwa tamaa za mapenzi.”
Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
8 Tusifanye uasherati kama wengi wao walivyofanya. Wakafa siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu kwa sababu hiyo.
Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
9 Wala tusimjaribu Kristo, kama wengi wao walivyofanya na wakaharibiwa kwa nyoka.
Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
10 Na pia msinung'unike, kama wengi wao walivyonung'unika na kuharibiwa na malaika wa mauti.
Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
11 Basi mambo hayo yalitendeka kama mifano kwetu. Yakaandikwa ili kutuonya sisi - tuliofikiliwa na miisho ya zamani. (aiōn g165)
Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come. (aiōn g165)
12 Kwa hiyo kila ajionaye amesimama awe makini asije akaanguka.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.
13 Hakuna jaribu lililowapata ninyi lisilo kawaida ya wanadamu. Ila Mungu ni mwaminifu. Hatawaacha mjaribiwe kupita uwezo wenu. Pamoja na jaribu yeye atawapa mlango wa kutokea, ili mweze kustahimili.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
14 Kwa hiyo, wapendwa wangu, ikimbieni ibada ya sanamu.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 Nasema nanyi kama watu wenye akili, ili muamue juu ya ninalosema.
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
16 Kikombe cha baraka tubarikicho, si ushirika wa damu ya Kristo? Mkate ule tuumegao, si ushirika wa mwili wa Kristo?
The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
17 Kwa kuwa mkate ni mmoja, sisi tulio wengi tu mwili mmoja. Sisi sote twapokea mkate mmoja kwa pamoja.
Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
18 Watazameni watu wa Israeli: Je! Wale wote walao dhabihu si washiriki katika madhabahu?
Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 Nasema nini basi? Ya kuwa sanamu ni kitu? Au ya kuwa chakula kilichotolewa sadaka kwa sanamu ni kitu?
What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 Lakini nasema juu ya vitu vile wavitoavyo sadaka watu wapagani wa Mataifa, ya kuwa wanatoa vitu hivi kwa mapepo na sio kwa Mungu. Nami sitaki ninyi kushirikiana na mapepo!
But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
21 Hamwezi kunywea kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha mapepo. Hamwezi kuwa na ushirika katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya mapepo.
You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
22 Au twamtia Bwana wivu? Tuna nguvu zaidi yake?
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vyote vifaavyo. “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vyote viwajengavyo watu.
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.
24 Hakuna hata mmoja angetafuta mazuri yake tu. Badala yake, kila mmoja angetafuta mazuri ya mwenzake.
Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
25 Mnaweza kula kila kitu kiuzwacho sokoni bila kuuliza -uliza kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,
26 Maana “dunia ni mali ya Bwana, na vyote viijazavyo.”
for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”
27 Na mtu asiyeamini akiwaalika kula, na mnataka kwenda, kuleni chochote awapacho pasipo kuuliza maswali ya dhamiri.
But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.
28 Lakini mtu akiwaambia, “Chakula hiki kimetokana na sadaka ya wapagani,” msile. Hii ni kwa ajili yake aliyewaambia, na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.”
29 Nami simaanishi dhamiri zenu, bali dhamiri ya yule mwingine. Maana kwanini uhuru wangu uhukumiwe na dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
30 Ikiwa mimi natumia chakula kwa shukrani, kwanini nitukanwe kwa kitu ambacho nimeshukuru kwacho?
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for something I give thanks for?
31 Kwa hiyo, chochote mnachokula au kunywa, au chochote mfanyacho, fanyeni yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu.
Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Msiwakoseshe Wayahudi au Wayunani, au kanisa la Mungu.
Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
33 Jaribuni kama mimi ninavyojaribu kuwapendeza watu wote kwa mambo yote. Sitafuti faida yangu mwenyewe, bali ya wengi. Nami nafanya hivi ili wapate kuokolewa.
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
