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Okwawukana mu Kkanisa

(A)Nange abooluganda ssaasobola kwogera nammwe ng’ab’omwoyo, naye nayogera nammwe ng’ab’omubiri era ng’abaana abawere mu Kristo. (B)Nabanywesa mata so si mmere enkalubo, kubanga mwali temunnagisobola. Naye era ne kaakano temunnagisobola, (C)kubanga mukyafugibwa mubiri. Naye obanga mukyalimu obuggya n’ennyombo, temufugibwa mubiri era temutambula ng’abalina empisa z’abantu obuntu? (D)Kubanga omuntu yenna bw’agamba nti, “Nze ndi wa Pawulo,” n’omulala nti, “Nze ndi wa Apolo,” olwo temuba ng’abantu obuntu?

Kale Apolo ye ani? Ne Pawulo ye ani? Baweereza buweereza ababakkirizisa, nga Mukama bwe yawa buli omu. (E)Nze nasiga, Apolo n’afukirira, kyokka Katonda ye yakuza. Kale bwe kityo oyo asiga n’oyo afukirira si be bakulu wabula Katonda akuza. (F)Oyo asiga kaakano n’oyo afukirira bali bumu, era buli omu aliweebwa empeera ye okusinziira ku mulimu gw’aliba akoze. (G)Kubanga ffe tuli bakozi abakolera awamu ne Katonda, ate mmwe muli nnimiro ya Katonda, muli nnyumba ya Katonda.

10 (H)Okusinziira ku kisa kya Katonda ekya mpeebwa, ng’omuzimbi ow’amagezi, nazimba omusingi, kaakano omulala aguzimbako. Naye buli aguzimbako yeegenderezenga bw’aguzimbako. 11 (I)Kubanga tewali n’omu ayinza kuteekawo musingi mulala okuggyako ogwo ogwateekebwawo, ye Yesu Kristo. 12 Naye Omuntu bw’aguzimbisaako ezaabu, effeeza, n’amayinja ag’omuwendo n’emiti, n’essubi, oba ebisasiro; 13 (J)omulimu gwa buli omu gulirabibwa, kubanga omuliro guligwolesa ku lunaku olwo, era omuliro ogwo gwe gulyoreka omulimu gwa buli omu nga bwe guli. 14 Omuntu kye yazimba ku musingi ogwo bwe kirisigalawo, aliweebwa empeera. 15 (K)Naye omulimu gw’omuntu yenna bwe gulyokebwa omuliro, alifiirwa, kyokka ye yennyini alirokolebwa, naye ng’ayita mu muliro.

16 (L)Temumanyi nti mmwe muli yeekaalu ya Katonda era nga Omwoyo wa Katonda abeera mu mmwe? 17 Omuntu yenna azikiriza Yeekaalu ya Katonda, Katonda alizikiriza omuntu oyo; kubanga Yeekaalu ya Katonda ntukuvu, ye mmwe.

18 (M)Omuntu yenna teyeerimbalimbanga; omuntu yenna bwe yeerowoozanga okuba omugezi mu mmwe mu mirembe gino afuukenga musirusiru alyoke abeere omugezi. 19 (N)Kubanga amagezi ag’ensi eno, bwe busirusiru eri Katonda. Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, “Akwatira abagezi mu nkwe zaabwe.” 20 (O)Era kyawandiikibwa nti, “Mukama amanyi ng’ebirowoozo by’abagezi temuli nsa.” 21 (P)Noolwekyo waleme kubaawo muntu n’omu yeenyumiririza mu bantu, kubanga byonna byammwe, 22 (Q)oba Pawulo oba Apolo oba Keefa oba nsi, oba bulamu, oba kufa, oba bintu ebya kaakano, oba ebijja, byonna byammwe, 23 (R)nammwe muli ba Kristo, ne Kristo wa Katonda.

The Church and Its Leaders

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(F) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?

What, after all, is Apollos?(H) And what is Paul? Only servants,(I) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed,(J) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(K) For we are co-workers in God’s service;(L) you are God’s field,(M) God’s building.(N)

10 By the grace God has given me,(O) I laid a foundation(P) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.(Q) 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(R) because the Day(S) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(T) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(U) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(V)

16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(W) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(X) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(Y) by the standards of this age,(Z) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(AA) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(AB) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](AC) 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(AD) All things are yours,(AE) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(AF) or Cephas[c](AG) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(AH)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(AI) and Christ is of God.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter