1 Wakorintho 10
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Ndugu, nataka mjue kwamba babu zetu wote walikuwa chini ya ulinzi wa lile wingu, na kwamba wote walivuka salama ile bahari.
1For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
2Wote walibatizwa katika umoja na Mose kwa lile wingu na ile bahari.
2And all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud, and in the sea:
3Wote walikula chakula kilekile cha kiroho,
3And did all eat the same spiritual food,
4wakanywa pia kinywaji kilekile cha kiroho, maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa kiroho uliowafuata; mwamba huo ulikuwa Kristo mwenyewe.
4And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)
5Hata hivyo, wengi wao hawakumpendeza Mungu, na maiti zao zilisambazwa jangwani.
5But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert.
6Sasa, mambo hayo yote ni mfano tu kwetu; yanatuonya sisi tusitamani ubaya kama wao walivyotamani.
6Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things as they also coveted.
7Msiwe waabudu sanamu kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Watu waliketi kula na kunywa, wakasimama kucheza.”
7Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Wala tusizini kama baadhi yao walivyozini, wakaangamia siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9Tusimjaribu Bwana kama baadhi yao walivyomjaribu, wakauawa na nyoka.
9Neither let us tempt Christ: as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.
10Wala msinung'unike kama baadhi yao walivyonung'unika, wakaangamizwa na Mwangamizi!
10Neither do you murmur: as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11Basi, mambo hayo yaliyowapata wao ni kielelezo kwa wengine, na yaliandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, ambao mwisho wa nyakati unatukabili.
11Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12Anayedhani amesimama imara ajihadhari asianguke.
12Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.
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.
13Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.
14Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, epeni ibada za sanamu.
14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols.
15Naongea nanyi, watu wenye busara; jiamulieni wenyewe hayo nisemayo.
15I speak as to wise men: judge ye yourselves what I say.
16Tunapomshukuru Mungu kwa kikombe kile cha baraka, je, huwa hatushiriki damu ya Kristo? Na tunapoumega mkate, je, huwa hatushiriki mwili wa Kristo?
16The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?
17Kwa kuwa mkate huo ni mmoja, sisi, ingawa ni wengi, tu mwili mmoja; maana sote twashiriki mkate huohuo.
17For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread.
18Chukueni, kwa mfano, Wayahudi wenyewe: kwao, wenye kula vilivyotambikiwa madhabahuni waliungana na hiyo madhabahu.
18Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
19Nataka kusema nini, basi? Kwamba chakula kilichotambikiwa sanamu ni kitu zaidi ya chakula? Na hizo sanamu, je, ni kitu kweli zaidi ya sanamu?
19What then? Do I say, that what is offered in sacrifice to idols, is any thing? Or, that the idol is any thing?
20Hata kidogo! Ninachosema ni kwamba tambiko wanazotoa watu wasiomjua Mungu wanawatolea pepo, sio Mungu. Sipendi kamwe ninyi muwe na ushirika na pepo.
20But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.
21Hamwezi kunywa kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha pepo; hamwezi kushiriki katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya pepo.
21You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord, and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils.
22Au je, tunataka kumfanya Bwana awe na wivu? Mnadhani tuna nguvu zaidi kuliko yeye?
22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.
23Vitu vyote ni halali, lakini si vyote vinafaa. Vitu vyote ni halali lakini si vyote vinajenga.
23All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify.
24Mtu asitafute faida yake mwenyewe, ila faida ya mwenzake.
24Let no man seek his own, but that which is another’s.
25Kuleni chochote kile kiuzwacho sokoni bila ya kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu;
25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat; asking no question for conscience’ sake.
26maana Maandiko yasema: “Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana.”
26The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
27Kama mtu ambaye si muumini akiwaalikeni nanyi mkakubali kwenda, basi, kuleni vyote atakavyowaandalieni bila kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu.
27If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you will be willing to go; eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
28Lakini mtu akiwaambieni: “Chakula hiki kimetambikiwa sanamu,” basi, kwa ajili ya huyo aliyewaambieni hivyo na kwa ajili ya dhamiri, msile.
28But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols, do not eat of it for his sake that told it, and for conscience’ sake.
29Nasema, “kwa ajili ya dhamiri,” si dhamiri yenu, bali dhamiri yake huyo aliyewaambieni. Mtaniuliza: “Kwa nini uhuru wangu utegemee dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
29Conscience, I say, not thy own, but the other’s. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
30Ikiwa mimi nashiriki chakula hicho huku namshukuru Mungu, kwa nini nilaumiwe kwa chakula ambacho kwa ajili yake nimemshukuru Mungu?”
30If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?
31Basi, chochote mfanyacho iwe ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu.
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
32Msiwe kikwazo kwa Wayahudi au kwa Wagiriki au kwa kanisa la Mungu.
32Be without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:
33Muwe kama mimi; najaribu kuwapendeza wote kwa kila njia, bila kutafuta faida yangu mwenyewe ila faida ya wote, wapate kuokolewa.
33As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that may be saved.
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