1 Wakorintho 11
1 Nifuateni mimi, kama na mimi ninavyomfuata Kristo.
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Sasa nawasifu kwasababu ya vile mnavyonikumbuka katika mambo yote. Nawasifu kwasababu mmeyashika mapokeo kama nilivyoyaleta kwenu.
Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
3 Basi nataka mfahamu ya kuwa Kristo ni kichwa cha kila mwanaume, naye mwanaume ni kichwa cha mwanamke, na ya kuwa Mungu ni kichwa cha Kristo.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4 Kila mwanaume aombaye au atoae unabii akiwa amefunika kichwa anakiabisha kichwa chake.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5 Lakini kila mwanamke aombae au kutoa unabii hali kichwa chake kikiwa wazi anakiaibisha kichwa chake. Kwa maana ni sawa sawa na kama amenyolewa.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoureth her head: for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.
6 Ikiwa kama mwanamke hatafunika kichwa chake, na akatwe nywele zake ziwe fupi. Maana ikiwa ni aibu mwanamke kukata nywele zake au kunyolewa, basi afunike kichwa chake.
For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.
7 Kwani haimpasi mwanamume kufunika kichwa chake, kwa sababu yeye ni mfano na utukufu wa Mungu. Lakini mwanamke ni utukufu wa mwanamume.
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 Maana mwanamume hakutokana na mwanamke. Bali mwanamke alitokana na mwanamume.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:
9 Wala mwanamume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke. Bali mwanamke aliumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamume.
for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
10 Hii ndio sababu mwanamke anapaswa kuwa na ishara ya mamlaka juu ya kichwa chake, kwa sababu ya malaika.
for this cause ought the woman to have [a sign of] authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 Hata hivyo, katika Bwana, mwanamke hayupo peke yake pasipo mwanamume, au mwanamume pasipo mwanamke.
Howbeit neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.
12 Maana kama vile mwanamke alitoka kwa mwanamume, vile vile mwanamume alitoka kwa mwanamke. Na vitu vyote hutoka kwa Mungu.
For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.
13 Hukumuni wenyewe: Je! ni sahihi mwanamke amuombe Mungu hali kichwa chake kikiwa wazi?
Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?
14 Je hata asili peke yake haiwafundishi ya kwamba mwanamume akiwa na nywele ndefu ni aibu kwake?
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?
15 Je asili haiwafundishi ya kwamba mwanamke akiwa na nywele ndefu ni utukufu kwake? Maana amepewa zile nywele ndefu kama vazi lake.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16 Lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote anataka kubishana juu ya hili, sisi hatuna namna nyingine, wala makanisa ya Mungu.
But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
17 Katika maagizo yafuatayo, mimi siwasifu. Maana mnapokusanyika, sio kwa faida bali kwa hasara.
But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 Maana kwanza, nasikia ya kuwa mkutanikapo kanisani, kuna migawanyiko kati yenu, na kwa sehemu ninaamini.
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.
19 Kwa maana ni lazima iwepo misuguano kati yenu, ili kwamba wale waliokubaliwa wajulikane kwenu.
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20 Kwa maana mkutanikapo, mnachokula sio chakula cha Bwana.
When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:
21 Mnapokula, kila mmoja hula chakula chake mwenyewe kabla wengine hawajala. hata huyu ana njaa, na huyu amelewa.
for in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 Je hamna nyumba za kulia na kunywea? Je mnalidharau kanisa la Mungu na kuwafedhehesha wasio na Kitu? Niseme nini kwenu? Niwasifu? Sitawasifu katika hili!
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
23 Maana nilipokea kutoka kwa Bwana kile ambacho nimewapa ninyi ya kuwa Bwana Yesu, usiku ule aliposalitiwa, alichukua mkate.
For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, how that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
24 Baada ya kushukuru, aliuvunja na kusema, “Huu ndio mwili wangu, ulio kwa ajili yenu. Fanyeni hivi kwa kunikumbuka mimi.”
and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 Na vivi hivi akachukua kikombe baada ya kula, na kusema, “Kikombe hiki ni agano jipya katika damu yangu. Fanyeni hivi mara nyingi kila mywapo, kwa kunikumbuka mimi.”
In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as oft as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.
26 Kwa kila muda mlapo mkate huu na kukinywea kikombe, mwaitangaza mauti ya Bwana mpaka atakapokuja.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.
27 Kwa hiyo, kila aulaye mkate au kukinywea kikombe hicho cha Bwana isivyostahili, atakuwa amejipatia hatia ya mwili na damu ya Bwana.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 Mtu ajihoji mwenyewe kwanza, na hivyo aule mkate, na kukinywea kikombe.
But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
29 Maana alaye na kunywa bila kuupambanua mwili, hula na kunywa hukumu yake mwenyewe.
For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.
30 Hii ndiyo sababu watu wengi kati yenu ni wagonjwa na dhaifu, na baadhi yenu wamekufa.
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31 Lakini tukijichunguza wenyewe hatutahukumiwa.
But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 Ila tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, twarudiwa, ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na dunia.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33 Kwa hiyo, kaka na dada zangu, mkutanikapo mpate kula, ngojeaneni.
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.
34 Mtu akiwa na njaa, na ale nyumbani kwake, ili kwamba mkutanikapo pamoja isiwe kwa hukumu. Na kuhusu mambo mengine mliyoandika, nitawaelekeza nitakapokuja.
If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.
