1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Je! Mtu wa kwenu akiwa ana daawa juu ya mwenzake athubutu kushitaki mbele ya wasio haki, wala si mbele ya watakatifu?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Au hamjui ya kwamba watakatifu watauhukumu ulimwengu? Na ikiwa ulimwengu utahukumiwa na ninyi, je! Hamstahili kukata hukumu zilizo ndogo?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Hamjui ya kuwa mtawahukumu malaika, basi si zaidi sana mambo ya maisha haya?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
Basi, mkiwa na mahali panapohukumiwa mambo ya maisha haya, mwawaweka kuwa waamuzi hao waliohesabiwa kuwa si kitu; katika kanisa?
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
Nasema hayo nipate kuwatahayarisha. Je! Ndivyo, kwamba kwenu hakuna hata mtu mmoja mwenye hekima, awezaye kukata maneno ya ndugu zake?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
Bali mwashitakiana, ndugu kwa ndugu, tena mbele yao wasioamini.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Basi imekuwa upungufu kwenu kabisa kwamba mnashitakiana ninyi kwa ninyi. Maana si afadhali kudhulumiwa? Maana si afadhali kunyang'anywa mali zenu?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Bali kinyume cha hayo ninyi wenyewe mwadhulumu watu na kunyang'anya mali zao; naam, hata za ndugu zenu.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Au hamjui ya kuwa wadhalimu hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu? Msidanganyike; waasherati hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala waabudu sanamu, wala wazinzi, wala wafiraji, wala walawiti,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
wala wevi, wala watamanio, wala walevi, wala watukanaji, wala wanyang'anyi.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Na baadhi yenu mlikuwa watu wa namna hii; lakini mlioshwa, lakini mlitakaswa, lakini mlihesabiwa haki katika jina la Bwana Yesu Kristo, na katika Roho wa Mungu wetu.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Vitu vyote ni halali kwangu, lakini si vyote vifaavyo; vitu vyote ni halali kwangu, lakini mimi sitatiwa chini ya uwezo wa kitu cho chote.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Vyakula ni kwa tumbo, na tumbo ni kwa vyakula; lakini Mungu atavitowesha vyote viwili, tumbo na vyakula. Lakini mwili si kwa zinaa, bali ni kwa Bwana, naye Bwana ni kwa mwili.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
Naye Mungu alimfufua Bwana, na tena atatufufua sisi kwa uweza wake.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Je! Hamjui ya kuwa miili yenu ni viungo vya Kristo? Basi nivitwae viungo vya Kristo na kuvifanya viungo vya kahaba? Hasha!
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
Au hamjui ya kuwa yeye aliyeungwa na kahaba ni mwili mmoja naye? Maana asema, Wale wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Lakini yeye aliyeungwa na Bwana ni roho moja naye.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Ikimbieni zinaa. Kila dhambi aitendayo mwanadamu ni nje ya mwili wake; ila yeye afanyaye zinaa hutenda dhambi juu ya mwili wake mwenyewe.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Au hamjui ya kuwa mwili wenu ni hekalu la Roho Mtakatifu aliye ndani yenu, mliyepewa na Mungu? Wala ninyi si mali yenu wenyewe;
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
maana mlinunuliwa kwa thamani. Sasa basi, mtukuzeni Mungu katika miili yenu.
