1 Wakoritho 4
1 Vulevule pepene umuunhu ikutuvalila usue, avavimbi va Kilisite kange vimilili va vusyefu vwa lweli uvwa Nguluve.
So, people ought to consider us [apostles] (OR, Apollos and me) to be [merely] servants of Christ. God has given to us [(exc) the work of] telling others the message that God has now revealed to us.
2 Mu ulu, kino kilondua ku vwimilili kwekuuti vavisaghe vakuhuvilua.
With respect to doing that, those who are given work are required {give others some work to do require them} to do that work faithfully.
3 Looli kulyune une kiinu kidebe kyongo kuva muhighua numue nambe uluhighilo lwa kimuunhu. Ulwakuuva nanikuhigha nambe june nemwene.
I am not concerned whether you or [the judges in] some court decide whether I have done my work faithfully or not. I do not even judge myself [about that].
4 Nanikuhigha june namwene, uluo nakwekuuti une june nanilighwa kyang'haani. Ghwa Mutwa juno ikuhigha.
I do not think that I have done anything wrong, but that does not prove that I have done nothing wrong. The Lord is the one who judges me.
5 Pa uluo, namungajovaghe uluhighilo ku sooni ija n'siki naghufikile, ghwakwisa u Mutwa juno. Juno ikuvavika pavuvalafu ghooni ghano gha fisime ku ng'iisi nakufwikula uludonya lwa mwojo. Apuo umuunhu ghweni ikwupilagha ulughinio lwamwene kuhuma kwa Nguluve.
So, stop evaluating any of us [(exc)] before the time [when God judges everyone] [MTY]! Do not judge us before the Lord comes. He is the one who will reveal the sinful things that people have done secretly. He will even reveal what people have thought. At that time God will praise each person as [each one of them deserves].
6 Lino, vakulu vango numue vamwanilumbu vango, june nemwene nu Apolo nivingilila uvutavike uvu vwimila umue. Ulwakuuti kuhuma kulyusue luvanoghile kumanyila kulyumue ifyovele kwekuuti kiki, “Ulakilililagha kukila ndavule kilembilue.” Ulu kwekuuti nakwale nambe jumo kulyumue ughwa kughinia kukiila ujunge.
My fellow believers, I have [told you] all these things as illustrations of myself and Apollos. I have done this for your sake, in order that you may learn [to live according to] the saying, “Do not act contrary to what is {what they have} written [in the Scriptures].” If you follow that rule, you will not be proud of one [spiritual leader] and despise another.
7 Ulwakuuva ghweni juno juno ipungilanila kulola nu junge? Kyekinukiki kino UKlinakyo nukakyupilile vuvule? Nave umalile kukwupila vuvule, kiki mukughinia nave fye mukavombile vuvule?
(No one has made any of you superior to others!/Why do any of you think that you are superior to others?) [RHQ] [All the abilities] that you have, you received [from God]. [RHQ] So if you received them all [from God], (you should not boast [thinking], “I got these abilities [from myself], [not from God]!”/why do you boast [thinking], “I got these abilities [from myself], [not from God]?”) [RHQ]
8 Lukwiline mulinafyo fyooni fino muvela mulonda! Lukwiline mulinuvumofu! Mutengwile kutema- ulwakuuti muhalile kukila usue! Looli nikuvasumila uvuhasi uvunofu ulwakuuti tuhalaghe palikimo numue.
[It is disgusting that you act as though] [IRO] you have already received everything that you need [spiritually]. You act as though [IRO] you were [spiritually] rich (OR, you had received all [the spiritual gifts you need]). You act as though [IRO] you had already begun to rule as kings with Christ. Well, I wish that you really were ruling [with him], in order that we [apostles] might also rule with you!
9 Pa uluo nisagha u Nguluve atuvikile usue vasung'ua heene ikutusona vavusilile mulukindi lwa maandamano na ku vaanhu vano vahighilue kubudua. Tulindavule ulusejo lwa iisi, kuvanyamola na muvaanhu.
But it seems as though God has put us [apostles] on display, [like prisoners] at the end [of the victor’s parade]. We [(exc)] are like men who have been condemned to die, who have been put in the arena where everyone can see [the wild animals] killing them. And not only people, but even angels all over the world [are watching us, as people] watch those who are performing a play [in a theater].
10 Usue tulivayasu vwimila vwa Kilidite, looli umue mulivanyaluhala mwa Kilisite. Tulivavotevote, looli umue muliningufu. Mukwoghopua, looli usue tusyojolivua.
Many people consider us to be [IRO] fools because [we preach about] Christ, but you proudly [think [IRO] that] you are wise because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ. Many people [consider us] [IRO] to be unimpressive, but you [proudly think that you] impress others. People respect you, but they do not respect us.
11 Nambe unsiki ughu tulininjala ni kyumilua, tughajile amenda, tulinimumuko, kange tulisila pakukala.
Up to this present time we have often been hungry. We have often been thirsty. We have ragged clothes. Often we have been beaten {others have beaten us}. We [have traveled so much that we] have no regular homes to live in.
12 Tuvomba imbombo ningufu, namavoko ghitu jusue. Pano tusyojolua, tufunya. Unsinki ghuno tupumusivua, tukuguda.
We work very hard [to earn a living]. When we are cursed [by people] {When [people] curse us}, we [ask God to] bless them. When we are persecuted {When [people] cause us to suffer}, we endure it.
13 Pano tulighwa, tukwamula nuvuhugu. Kwetule, kange tujighe tuvalilua kuuva heene tukanilue ni iisi na makakala ku ghooni.
When we are slandered [by people] {When [people] slander us}, we reply kindly to them. Up to now, [unbelievers consider us to be worthless] [MET], [as though we were] just garbage.
14 Nanilemba agha ghooni ulwakuuti nivapelele u sooni umue, looli kukuvaghumbatila umue heene vanha vango vano nivaghanile.
I am writing this to you, not to make you feel ashamed, but instead to warn you as [though you were] my own dear children.
15 Nambe kuuti mulivavulanisi ifijigho fya mbilima mwa kilisite, musila va Nhaata viinga. Ulwakuuva nili Nhata ghwinu mwa Yesu Kilisite kukilila ilivangili.
I say that because as [an apostle of] Christ Jesus I [was the first one who] proclaimed the good message to you. As a result, I was the one who enabled you to have eternal life. So even if there were thousands of Christians who instruct you [MET], I am the only one who became [like] a father to you.
16 Pa uluo nikuvapelepesia munyighaghe une.
So I urge you to [live for Christ] the way I do.
17 Apuo fyenambe nikamwomwile kulyumue u Timotheo, vaghanike vango kange mwaana mfwihu kwa Mutwa. Ikuvakumbusiagha isila sango mwa Kilisite, ndavule nivulanisivue poni naku ng'ong'ano soni.
In order to [help you do that], I have sent/will be sending Timothy to you. I love him [as though he were] my son. He serves the Lord faithfully. He will remind you of the way I conduct my life [as one who] (has a close relationship with/belongs to) the Lord. The way I conduct my life is the same as how I teach [others to live] in all the congregations [to whom I have spoken].
18 Lino vamonga mulyumue vukughinia, vivomba hene nanilikwisa mulyumue.
Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come there [to rebuke your congregation about what they are doing].
19 Looli nikwisa kulyumue linolino, nave u Mutwa angakele. Apuo pe nilikagula na ghe masio ghavanave vanovikughinia, looli nililolagha ingufu sivanave.
But if the Lord wants me to come, I will come to you soon. Then I will not [pay any attention to] what those proud people say. Instead, I will find out [whether they have God’s] power.
20 Ulwakuva uvutua vwa Nguluve navuva mumasio looli mu ngufu. Mulonda kiki?
Remember that God [judges whether or not we are letting him] rule [our lives], not by [listening to how we] talk, but [by seeing whether his] power [is present] ([among us/in our lives]).
21 Nise kulyumue nulugudo nakuuva nulughano namunumbula ijavulugu?
So which do you prefer? Do you want me to come to you and punish you [because you have not changed your ways], or shall I come to you and act lovingly and gently toward you [because you have done what I told you to do]?
