1 Wakorintho 3
1 Ndugu, mimi sikuweza kusema nanyi kama watu mlio na huyo Roho. Nilipaswa kusema nanyi kama watu wa kidunia, kama watoto wachanga katika maisha ya Kikristo.
As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.
2 Ilinibidi kuwalisheni kwa maziwa, na si kwa chakula kigumu, kwani hamkuwa tayari kukipokea. Hata sasa hamko tayari.
I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to bear it.
3 Maana bado mu watu wa kidunia. Je, si kweli kwamba bado uko wivu na magombano kati yenu? Mambo hayo yanaonyesha wazi kwamba ninyi bado ni watu wa kidunia, mnaishi mtindo wa kidunia.
You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings?
4 Mmoja wenu anaposema, “Mimi ni wa Paulo”, na mwingine, “Mimi ni wa Apolo”, je, hiyo haionyeshi kwamba mnaishi bado kama watu wa dunia hii tu?
When one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere worldlings?
5 Apolo ni nani? na Paulo ni nani? Sisi ni watumishi tu ambao tuliwaleteeni ninyi imani. Kila mmoja wetu anafanya kazi aliyopewa na Bwana.
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.
6 Mimi nilipanda mbegu, Apolo akamwagilia maji; lakini aliyeiotesha mbegu ni Mungu.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.
7 Wa maana si yule aliyepanda mbegu, au yule aliyemwagilia maji; wa maana ni Mungu aliyeiwezesha mbegu kuota.
So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.
8 Yule aliyepanda na yule aliyemwagilia maji wote ni sawa, ingawa kila mmoja atapokea tuzo lake kufuatana na jitihada yake mwenyewe.
Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service.
9 Maana sisi ni ndugu, wafanyakazi pamoja na Mungu; na ninyi ni shamba lake; ninyi ni jengo lake.
For we are God’s fellow workers; and you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
10 Kwa msaada wa neema aliyonipa Mungu, nimefaulu, kama mwashi stadi mwenye busara, kuweka msingi ambao juu yake mtu mwingine anajenga. Basi, kila mmoja awe mwangalifu jinsi anavyojenga juu yake.
According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master- builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.
11 Hakuna mtu awezaye kuweka msingi mwingine badala ya ule uliokwisha wekwa, yaani Yesu Kristo.
The foundation is already laid - Jesus Christ - and no man can lay another.
12 Juu ya msingi huo mtu anaweza kujenga kwa dhahabu, fedha au mawe ya thamani; anaweza kutumia miti, majani au nyasi.
On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man’s work will be made manifest.
13 Iwe iwavyo, ubora wa kazi ya kila mmoja utaonekana wakati Siku ile ya Kristo itakapoifichua. Maana, Siku hiyo itatokea na moto, na huo moto utaipima na kuonyesha ubora wake.
The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man’s work, of what quality it is.
14 Ikiwa alichojenga mtu juu ya huo msingi kitaustahimili huo moto, atapokea tuzo;
If any man’s work - the building he has made - stands the test, he will be rewarded.
15 lakini kama alichojenga kitaunguzwa, basi, atapoteza tuzo lake; lakini yeye mwenyewe ataokolewa kana kwamba ameponyoka kutoka motoni.
If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as it were through the flames.
16 Je, hamjui kwamba ninyi ni hekalu la Mungu, na kwamba Roho wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu?
Do you not know what you are God’s sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you?
17 Basi, mtu akiliharibu hekalu la Mungu, Mungu atamharibu; maana hekalu la Mungu ni takatifu, na hekalu hilo ni ninyi wenyewe.
If any one tear down God’s sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
18 Msijidanganye! Mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu akijidhania mwenye hekima mtindo wa kidunia, heri awe mjinga kusudi apate kuwa na hekima ya kweli. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Maana, hekima ya kidunia ni upumbavu mbele ya Mungu. Kwani Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: “Mungu huwanasa wenye hekima katika ujanja wao.”
For the philosophy of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. It is written, He snares the wise in their own craftiness,
20 Na tena: “Bwana ajua kwamba mawazo ya wenye hekima hayafai.”
and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, how futile they are.
21 Basi, mtu asijivunie watu. Maana kila kitu ni chenu.
So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;
22 Paulo, Apolo na Kefa, ulimwengu, maisha na kifo; mambo ya sasa na ya baadaye, yote ni yenu.
Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things present or things to come; all things are yours;
23 Lakini ninyi ni wa Kristo naye Kristo ni wa Mungu.
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
