1 Wakorintho 11
1 Nifuateni mimi, kama na mimi ninavyomfuata Kristo.
Be imitators of me, just as I am an imitator of Christ.
2 Sasa nawasifu kwasababu ya vile mnavyonikumbuka katika mambo yote. Nawasifu kwasababu mmeyashika mapokeo kama nilivyoyaleta kwenu.
Now I praise you because you remember me in everything. I praise you because you hold fast to the traditions just 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.
Now I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, that a man is the head of a woman, and that God is the head of Christ.
4 Kila mwanaume aombaye au atoae unabii akiwa amefunika kichwa anakiabisha kichwa chake.
Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors 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 any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is the same thing as if her head were shaved.
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 will not cover her head, she should cut her hair short. If it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or for her to shave her head, let her cover her head.
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 should not have his head covered, since 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 man was not made from woman. Instead, woman was made from man.
9 Wala mwanamume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke. Bali mwanamke aliumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamume.
For neither was man created for woman. Instead, woman was created for man.
10 Hii ndio sababu mwanamke anapaswa kuwa na ishara ya mamlaka juu ya kichwa chake, kwa sababu ya malaika.
This is why the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11 Hata hivyo, katika Bwana, mwanamke hayupo peke yake pasipo mwanamume, au mwanamume pasipo mwanamke.
Nevertheless, in the Lord, the woman is not independent from the man, nor is the man independent from the woman.
12 Maana kama vile mwanamke alitoka kwa mwanamume, vile vile mwanamume alitoka kwa mwanamke. Na vitu vyote hutoka kwa Mungu.
For as the woman comes from the man, so does the man come from the woman. And all things come from God.
13 Hukumuni wenyewe: Je! ni sahihi mwanamke amuombe Mungu hali kichwa chake kikiwa wazi?
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Je hata asili peke yake haiwafundishi ya kwamba mwanamume akiwa na nywele ndefu ni aibu kwake?
Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him?
15 Je asili haiwafundishi ya kwamba mwanamke akiwa na nywele ndefu ni utukufu kwake? Maana amepewa zile nywele ndefu kama vazi lake.
Does not nature teach you that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair has been given to her as a covering.
16 Lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote anataka kubishana juu ya hili, sisi hatuna namna nyingine, wala makanisa ya Mungu.
But if anyone wants to argue about this, we do not have any other practice, nor do the churches of God.
17 Katika maagizo yafuatayo, mimi siwasifu. Maana mnapokusanyika, sio kwa faida bali kwa hasara.
But in the following instructions, I do not praise you. For when you come together, it is 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 in the first place, I hear that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19 Kwa maana ni lazima iwepo misuguano kati yenu, ili kwamba wale waliokubaliwa wajulikane kwenu.
For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
20 Kwa maana mkutanikapo, mnachokula sio chakula cha Bwana.
For when you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.
21 Mnapokula, kila mmoja hula chakula chake mwenyewe kabla wengine hawajala. hata huyu ana njaa, na huyu amelewa.
When you eat, each one eats his own food before the others have their meal. One is hungry, and another becomes drunk.
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!
Do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!
23 Maana nilipokea kutoka kwa Bwana kile ambacho nimewapa ninyi ya kuwa Bwana Yesu, usiku ule aliposalitiwa, alichukua mkate.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when 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.”
After he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this to remember 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 the same way he took the cup after supper, and he said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, to remember me.”
26 Kwa kila muda mlapo mkate huu na kukinywea kikombe, mwaitangaza mauti ya Bwana mpaka atakapokuja.
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
27 Kwa hiyo, kila aulaye mkate au kukinywea kikombe hicho cha Bwana isivyostahili, atakuwa amejipatia hatia ya mwili na damu ya Bwana.
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 Mtu ajihoji mwenyewe kwanza, na hivyo aule mkate, na kukinywea kikombe.
Let a person examine himself first, and in this way 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 who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment to himself.
30 Hii ndiyo sababu watu wengi kati yenu ni wagonjwa na dhaifu, na baadhi yenu wamekufa.
That is why many among you are weak and ill, and some of you have fallen asleep.
31 Lakini tukijichunguza wenyewe hatutahukumiwa.
But if we examine ourselves, we will not be judged.
32 Ila tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, twarudiwa, ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na dunia.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
33 Kwa hiyo, kaka na dada zangu, mkutanikapo mpate kula, ngojeaneni.
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one 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 anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. And about the other things you wrote, I will give directions when I come.
