1 Corinthians 10
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
1Ndugu, nataka mjue kwamba babu zetu wote walikuwa chini ya ulinzi wa lile wingu, na kwamba wote walivuka salama ile bahari.
2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
2Wote walibatizwa katika umoja na Mose kwa lile wingu na ile bahari.
3They all ate the same spiritual food
3Wote walikula chakula kilekile cha kiroho,
4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
4wakanywa pia kinywaji kilekile cha kiroho, maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa kiroho uliowafuata; mwamba huo ulikuwa Kristo mwenyewe.
5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
5Hata hivyo, wengi wao hawakumpendeza Mungu, na maiti zao zilisambazwa jangwani.
6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
6Sasa, mambo hayo yote ni mfano tu kwetu; yanatuonya sisi tusitamani ubaya kama wao walivyotamani.
7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
7Msiwe waabudu sanamu kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Watu waliketi kula na kunywa, wakasimama kucheza.”
8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
8Wala tusizini kama baadhi yao walivyozini, wakaangamia siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu.
9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
9Tusimjaribu Bwana kama baadhi yao walivyomjaribu, wakauawa na nyoka.
10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
10Wala msinung'unike kama baadhi yao walivyonung'unika, wakaangamizwa na Mwangamizi!
11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
11Basi, mambo hayo yaliyowapata wao ni kielelezo kwa wengine, na yaliandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, ambao mwisho wa nyakati unatukabili.
12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
12Anayedhani amesimama imara ajihadhari asianguke.
13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
13Majaribu mliyokwisha pata ni ya kawaida kwa binadamu. Mungu ni mwaminifu, naye hataruhusu mjaribiwe kupita nguvu zenu, ila pamoja na majaribu, yeye atawapeni pia nguvu ya kustahimili na njia ya kutoka humo salama.
14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
14Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, epeni ibada za sanamu.
15I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
15Naongea nanyi, watu wenye busara; jiamulieni wenyewe hayo nisemayo.
16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
16Tunapomshukuru Mungu kwa kikombe kile cha baraka, je, huwa hatushiriki damu ya Kristo? Na tunapoumega mkate, je, huwa hatushiriki mwili wa Kristo?
17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
17Kwa kuwa mkate huo ni mmoja, sisi, ingawa ni wengi, tu mwili mmoja; maana sote twashiriki mkate huohuo.
18Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
18Chukueni, kwa mfano, Wayahudi wenyewe: kwao, wenye kula vilivyotambikiwa madhabahuni waliungana na hiyo madhabahu.
19Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
19Nataka kusema nini, basi? Kwamba chakula kilichotambikiwa sanamu ni kitu zaidi ya chakula? Na hizo sanamu, je, ni kitu kweli zaidi ya sanamu?
20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
20Hata kidogo! Ninachosema ni kwamba tambiko wanazotoa watu wasiomjua Mungu wanawatolea pepo, sio Mungu. Sipendi kamwe ninyi muwe na ushirika na pepo.
21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
21Hamwezi kunywa kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha pepo; hamwezi kushiriki katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya pepo.
22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
22Au je, tunataka kumfanya Bwana awe na wivu? Mnadhani tuna nguvu zaidi kuliko yeye?
23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
23Vitu vyote ni halali, lakini si vyote vinafaa. Vitu vyote ni halali lakini si vyote vinajenga.
24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
24Mtu asitafute faida yake mwenyewe, ila faida ya mwenzake.
25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
25Kuleni chochote kile kiuzwacho sokoni bila ya kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu;
26for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
26maana Maandiko yasema: “Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana.”
27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
27Kama mtu ambaye si muumini akiwaalikeni nanyi mkakubali kwenda, basi, kuleni vyote atakavyowaandalieni bila kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu.
28But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
28Lakini mtu akiwaambieni: “Chakula hiki kimetambikiwa sanamu,” basi, kwa ajili ya huyo aliyewaambieni hivyo na kwa ajili ya dhamiri, msile.
29the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
29Nasema, “kwa ajili ya dhamiri,” si dhamiri yenu, bali dhamiri yake huyo aliyewaambieni. Mtaniuliza: “Kwa nini uhuru wangu utegemee dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
30If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
30Ikiwa mimi nashiriki chakula hicho huku namshukuru Mungu, kwa nini nilaumiwe kwa chakula ambacho kwa ajili yake nimemshukuru Mungu?”
31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
31Basi, chochote mfanyacho iwe ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu.
32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
32Msiwe kikwazo kwa Wayahudi au kwa Wagiriki au kwa kanisa la Mungu.
33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
33Muwe kama mimi; najaribu kuwapendeza wote kwa kila njia, bila kutafuta faida yangu mwenyewe ila faida ya wote, wapate kuokolewa.
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