1 Wakorintho 11
1 Nifuateni mimi, kama na mimi ninavyomfuata Kristo.
Be 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, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm 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 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, 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 every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she 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 is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.
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 covered, because 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 is not from woman, but woman from man;
9 Wala mwanamume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke. Bali mwanamke aliumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamume.
for man wasn’t created for the woman, but 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 the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
11 Hata hivyo, katika Bwana, mwanamke hayupo peke yake pasipo mwanamume, au mwanamume pasipo mwanamke.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of 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 woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
13 Hukumuni wenyewe: Je! ni sahihi mwanamke amuombe Mungu hali kichwa chake kikiwa wazi?
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
14 Je hata asili peke yake haiwafundishi ya kwamba mwanamume akiwa na nywele ndefu ni aibu kwake?
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor 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 has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to 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 seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
17 Katika maagizo yafuatayo, mimi siwasifu. Maana mnapokusanyika, sio kwa faida bali kwa hasara.
But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you 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 you come together in the assembly, 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 also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
20 Kwa maana mkutanikapo, mnachokula sio chakula cha Bwana.
When therefore you assemble yourselves 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.
For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. 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, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
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 that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on 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.”
When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory 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 the same way he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
26 Kwa kila muda mlapo mkate huu na kukinywea kikombe, mwaitangaza mauti ya Bwana mpaka atakapokuja.
For as often as 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.
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will 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 examine 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 who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s 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.
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
32 Ila tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, twarudiwa, ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na dunia.
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned 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.
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
