1 Akoritho 10
1 Napala mwenga muntange muinja ni nlombo bango, ya kuwa tate bitu babile pae ya liunde ni bote bapeta mu bahari.
I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 Bote batibatizwa bawe ba musa nkati ya liunde ni nkati ya bahari,
that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;
3 ni bote balya chakulya chechelo cha roho.
and that they all ate the same supernatural food,
4 Bote banywea munkanwa chechelo cha roho. Mana banywea kuoma mu'mwamba wa roho uliobafuata, ni mwamba woo wabile ni Kristo.
and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.
5 Lakini Nnongo apendezwa kwaa muno ni baingi babe, ni miti zao zabile zatitawanyilwa mu'lijangwa.
Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were struck down in the desert.
6 Bai makowe aga yote yabile mifano kwitu, ili twenga kana tube bandu ba tamaniya ganoite kwaa kati bembe bapangite.
Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our ancestors longed.
7 Kana mube baabuduo sanamu, kati benge bembe baabile. Ayee nga kati yaaiandikilwe, “Bandu batame pae kabalya ni nywaa, ni batiuluka ni kucheza kwa tamaa ya umalaya.”
Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says – “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.”
8 Kana tuupange uasarati kati baingi bembe baapangite. Bawile lisoba limo bandu ishirini na tatu ka sababu yee.
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
9 Kana tumjaribu Kristo, kati baingi babe bapangite ni batiharibiwa ni nyoka.
Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they were, one after another, destroyed by snakes.
10 Na kana munung'unike, kati baingi babe baanung'unike ni kuharibiwa ni malaika ba mauti.
And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 Bai makowe aga gapangite kati mifano kwitu. Gaandikilwe ili kutuonya twenga-tuliofikiriwa ni miishio ga zamani. (aiōn g165)
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come. (aiōn g165)
12 Kwa eyo kila ywa ajionae kuwa ayemi awe makini kana aje tomboka.
Therefore let the person who thinks that they stand take care that they do not fall.
13 Ntopo lijaribu lyaliwapatike mwenga lyabile lya kawaida ya bandu. Ila Nnongo nga mwaminifu. Alowa kubaleka kwaa mjaribiwe pitya uwezo winu. Pamope ni jaribu ywembe alowa kuwapeya nnango wa pitya, ili muweze kulistamili.
No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all humanity. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
14 Kwa eyo, apendwa wango, muikimbie ibada ya sanamu.
Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.
15 Nabaya ni mwenga bandu mubile ni malango, ili muamue nnani lyanilongela.
I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.
16 Kikombe cha baraka twatibarikia, nga ushirika kwaa wa mwai ya Kristo? Mkate wolo tuumegao, nga ushirika kwaa wa yega ya Kristo?
In the cup of blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the body of the Christ?
17 Kwa kuwa mkate ni umo, twenga twabile banyansima mu'yega pamope. Twenga twabote twapokeya mkate yumo kwa pamope.
The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
18 Mugalole bandu ba Israel: Je! balo bote balya dhabihu ni ashiriki kwaa mu'madhabahu?
Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?
19 nilongela namani bai? Ya kuwa sanamu ni ilebe? Au ya kuwa chakulya chaboyilwe sadaka kwa sanamu ni ilebe?
What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?
20 Lakini nalongela nnani ya ilebe yelo yaiboywile sadaka bandu apagani ba mataifa, ya kuwa batitoa ilebe yee kwa nchela na kwa Nnongo kwaa. Ni nenga napala kwaa mwenga shirikiana na nchela!
No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles are offered to demons and to a being who is no God, and I do not want you to share with demons.
21 Muweza kwaa nywea kikombe cha Ngwana ni kikombe cha nchela. Muweza pangika na ushirika katika meza ya Ngwana na katika meza ya Nchela.
You cannot drink both the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
22 Au twatia Ngwana wivu? Twabile ni ngupu zaidi yake?
Or are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord? Are we stronger than he?
23 Ilebe yote ni halali, “lakini ni yote yaifaika kwaa. Ilebe yote ni halali,” lakini ni yote kwaa yabachenga bandu.
Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
24 Ntopo hata yumo ywapala yanoite yake kae. Badala yake, kila yumo ywapala yanoite ya ywenge.
A person must not study their own interests, but the interests of others.
25 Mwaaweza lyaa kila kilebe chakipemewa kusoko kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
26 Mana “dfunia ni mali ya Ngwana, ni yooti yaijazayo.”
for the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.
27 Ni mundu ywaaminiya kwaa akibaalika lyaa, ni mwapala yenda, mulye chochote cha awapeile bila kunaluya maswali ga dhamiri.
If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.
28 Lakini mundu mana aabakiye, “Chakulya chee chaboka mu'sadaka ya apagani,” kana mulyee. Ayee nga kwa ajili yake ywaamakiye, na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
But, if anyone should say to you “This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,” then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.
29 Ni nenga nimaanisha kwaa dhamiri yitu, ila dhamiri ya yolo ywenge. Mana mwanja namani uhuru wango uhukumilwe ni dhamiri ya mundu ywenge?
I do not say your scruples, but his. For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?
30 Mana itei nenga natumya chakulya kwa shukrani, kwa mwanja namani nitukanilwe kwa ilebe ambayo nimeshukuru kwacho?
If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?
31 Kwa eyo, chochote mwakilya au kunywa, au chochote chamukipanga, mpange yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Nnongo.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honour of God.
32 Kana mbakoseshe Ayahudi au Ayunani, au likanisa lya Nnongo.
Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God;
33 Mujaribu kati nenga yanijaribie kubapendeza bandu bote kwa makowe yote. Nitafuta kwaa faida yango mwene, ila ya baingi. Ni nenga napanga lee ili bapate lopolelwa.
for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.
