1 Wakorintho 6

1 Umunu yomo angave nulitatizo nunine, inogwagwa ukhuluta ulibalasa lyelyo vanchila nuvolyeli bila yahuluta khovavo vikhwesaya?

[Now another matter]: When any of you [believers] accuses another believer about some matter, he takes that matter to judges who are not believers, [for them to decide the case], instead of asking God’s people [to decide it]. (That is disgusting!/Why do you do that?) [RHQ]

2 Samulumanyile ukhuta avakhelesite vovikhega ekhelunga? Inave mwikhega ekhelunga, samuwesya ukhumula amambo gagosia ga muhimu?

[I want] you to know that [we who are] God’s people will [some day] judge those who are unbelievers. [RHQ] So, since you will be judging unbelievers, you certainly are capable of judging between [believers who disagree on] small matters! [RHQ]

3 Samulumanyile ukhuta aya tukhega ava malaika? Mukheasi elekhu saidi, tuwesya ukhwamula amambo aga maisha aga?

(You should keep in mind that we will even judge angels!/Do you not know that we will even judge angels?) [RHQ] So we certainly should be able to judge about [matters that relate to how we] conduct our lives here on earth!

4 Khama tuwesya ukhuhega amambo ga maisha aga, khama tuwesya ukhuhela inopigwa khuvaiosa vihesaya?

Therefore, when you [believers] have a dispute, you should certainly not choose as judges [to decide your case] people whom the congregation cannot respect [because those judges are not believers]! [RHQ]

5 Ninchova aga khusoni nchenyo asipali unyalukhara khata yumo amambo vonunu ekhekolo nu khekolo?

I am saying this to make you ashamed. Surely there is someone among you who is wise enough to judge disputes between believers! [RHQ]

6 Ulya khuva umuyevelile isalunchi ukeresite yumo iluta khulibalasa tena nukelesite uyunge, ninongwa incho nchivekhiwa khungega nungwa incho nchivekhiwa khungega hungwa uyusikhwamini!

But instead, some believers [among you] accuse other believers in a legal court. And what is worse, you let the cases be judged by unbelievers {unbelievers judge the cases}!

7 Uvoyelweli ukhuta khulinama tatisyo uvakhelesite agaletile uvo sumbufu khulyomwe. Khehi uhutesehaga khumavivi? Khehi mukhwedeha ukhusyoviwa?

The fact that you have any lawsuits among you [shows that] you have completely failed [as Christians] (OR, [allowed Satan to] defeat you). You should [allow other believers] to wrong you [without taking them to court!]! [RHQ] You should not accuse them when [they] cheat you! [RHQ]

8 Leno muvombile imbivi nukhusiva avange, nawo wuwa kaha navadada venyo!

But [what is happening is that] some of you are cheating others and doing wrong to them. [That is bad]. But you are doing that to fellow believers, [and that is worse]!

9 Samulumanyili ukhuta avanchila woyelweli savakhanchitame uvutawala wa Nguluve? Mteukhwamini uvodesi. Avamalaya, avavikhwabudu ekhe hwani, uwoligu, ukhulawiti,

(You should keep in mind that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule./Do you not know that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule?) [RHQ] Do not be deceived {Do not deceive yourselves} [by thinking wrongly about these matters]. People who are sexually immoral, or who worship idols, or who (commit adultery/have sex with someone to whom they are not married), or who happily allow others to commit homosexual acts with them, or who take the initiative in committing homosexual acts,

10 ukhunywa, ekhyoyo, uwogaji, avipoha, avavidukha-asikholi hata yomo khulyomwe uyakheva inchitawa uvotawala wa Nguluve.

or who are thieves, or who desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or who are drunkards, or who slander others, or who are swindlers, will not enter the place where God rules.

11 Navo vakhavile baadhi yawo yumwe. Ulyahova tayali mwesuhile, tayali mwesuhile, ululyokho va tayali mtengiwe nu Nguluve, ulya khuva muvombikhe uvoyelye khuvolongolo kya Nguluve khulitawa lya daada u Yesu Klisite numbalanche u Nguluve veto.

Some of you previously did things like that. But [God] has freed/cleansed you [MET] [from your sinful behavior]. [He] has set you apart for himself. [He] has erased the record of your sins [because you trusted] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of what the Spirit of our God [has done for you].

12 “Ifinu vyoni sawa khulyone”, ulyakhova siohela khenu helene faida. “Une sanehatawaliwo na hemo khaifyo.

[Some of you may say], “God allows us to do anything [that he does not forbid].” But [I would reply], “[That is true], but not everything that God permits us to do helps us.” [Yes, as some of you say], God permits us to do anything [that he does not forbid]. But as for me, I will not let anything make me [its slave; that is, I will not do anything that will gain control over me in such a way that I will not be able to stop doing it].

13 “Chakula ni kwa ajili ya tumbo, na tumbo ni kwa ajili ya chakula,” lakini Mungu atavitowesha vyote. Mwili haujaumbwa kwa ajili ya ukahaba, badala yake, mwili ni kwa ajili ya Bwana, na Bwana atauhudumia mwili.

[Some of you may also say], “Food is just for [us to put in] the stomach, and the stomach is just for [us to put] food [in]. And since God will do away with food and stomachs [when he gives us our new bodies, what we do with our bodies sexually does not affect us any more than eating food does.” But what you have concluded is wrong, because] the Lord does not [want us to use] our bodies to do sexually immoral things. Instead, the Lord [wants us to use our bodies in ways that please him]. Also, the Lord [wants us to do what is good] for our bodies.

14 UNguluve akhatonchosinche uNguluve ayikholochusya nayoeye khungu incha mwene.

God, by his power, caused the Lord [Jesus] to live again after he died, and he will cause us to live again after we die, [which shows that he is very concerned about our bodies].

15 Samulumanyile ukhuta emivele gwenyo ilongine nuu Nguluve muwesya ndaheki ukhuhumya fiungo ifya Klisite, nukhuluta khulunganisya nu kahaba? Haiwezekani!

You should keep in mind that your bodies belong to Christ. [RHQ] So, should I [or any other believer] [RHQ] take our body, which belongs to Christ, and join it [sexually] to a prostitute? No, certainly not!

16 Samulomanyile ukhuta uyilonga na nu kahaba iva mbele gomo nu mwene ndulule nchovile elimenyu, “Vavele viva imbele gomo.”

When a man has sexual relations [EUP] with a prostitute, [it is as though] their two bodies become one body. (You should never forget that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ] What [Moses] wrote [about people who join together sexually is], “The two of them will become [as though they are] one body.”

17 Uyilongana nu Nguluve iva ivanu mepo yumo popaninye inave.

But anyone who is united {who joins himself} to the Lord becomes one with him spiritually.

18 Munyile uvuligu! “Khela munu uyivomba imbivi khonji khumbele gwa mwene. Umunu ivomba imbivi khumbele gamwene.

Always (run away from/avoid) committing sexually immoral acts. Other sins that people commit do not affect their bodies, but those who commit sexually immoral acts sin against their own bodies.

19 Samulumanyile ukhuta imevele nginyo ukhuta nyumba ya mepo umbalanche, uyitama igati ndimwe, yuywa mkhapewiwe ukhuhuma khwa Nguluve? Samlomanyile ukhuta sio yomwe?

(Keep in mind that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit./Do you not know that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit?) [RHQ] The Spirit, whom God gave you, lives within you. You do not belong to yourselves. You belong to God,

20 Mukhagoliwe khugalama, pomuginye u Nguluve khu mivele khenyo.

[because when his Son died for you it was as though] [MET] [God] paid a price for you. So honor God by [how you use] your bodies!