¹ከእናንተ አንዱ ከባልንጀራው ጋር ሙግት ቢኖረው በቅዱሳን ፊት በመፋረድ ፋንታ በዓመፀኞች ፊት ሊፋረድ ይደፍራልን?

¹Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

²ቅዱሳን በዓለም ላይ እንዲፈርዱ አታውቁምን? በዓለምስ ላይ ብትፈርዱ ከሁሉ ይልቅ ትንሽ ስለሚሆን ነገር ልትፈርዱ አትበቁምን?

²Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

³የትዳር ጉዳይ ይቅርና በመላእክት እንኳ እንድንፈርድ አታውቁምን?

³Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

⁴እንግዲህ ስለ ትዳር ጉዳይ የፍርድ ቤት ቢያስፈልጋችሁ በቤተ ክርስቲያን የተናቁትን ሰዎች ፈራጆች አድርጋችሁ ታስቀምጣላችሁን?

⁴If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?

⁵አሳፍራችሁ ዘንድ ይህን እላለሁ። እንደዚህ ነውን? በወንድሞች መካከል ሽማግሌ ሊሆን የሚችል አንድ አስተዋይ ሰው በእናንተ ዘንድ አይገኝምን?

⁵I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

⁶ነገር ግን ወንድም ወንድሙን ይከሳል፥ ይህም በማያምኑ ፊት ይደረጋልን?

⁶But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!

⁷እንግዲህ ፈጽሞ የእርስ በርስ ሙግት እንዳለባችሁ በእናንተ ጉድለት ነው። ብትበደሉ አይሻልምን? ብትታለሉስ አይሻልምን?

⁷Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

⁸ነገር ግን እናንተ ትበድላላችሁ ታታልሉማላችሁ፥ ያውም ወንድሞቻችሁን።

⁸No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

⁹ወይስ ዓመፀኞች የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንዳይወርሱ አታውቁምን? አትሳቱ፤ ሴሰኞች ቢሆን ወይም ጣዖትን የሚያመልኩ ወይም አመንዝሮች ወይም ቀላጮች ወይም ከወንድ ጋር ዝሙት የሚሠሩ

⁹Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

¹⁰ወይም ሌቦች ወይም ገንዘብን የሚመኙ ወይም ሰካሮች ወይም ተሳዳቢዎች ወይም ነጣቂዎች የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት አይወርሱም።

¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

¹¹ከእናንተም አንዳንዶቹ እንደ እነዚህ ነበራችሁ፤ ነገር ግን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም በአምላካችንም መንፈስ ታጥባችኋል፥ ተቀድሳችኋል፥ ጸድቃችኋል።

¹¹Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

¹²ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ ሁሉ ግን አይጠቅምም። ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ በእኔ ላይ ግን አንድ ነገር እንኳ አይሠለጥንብኝም።

¹²“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

¹³መብል ለሆድ ነው፥ ሆድም ለመብል ነው፤ እግዚአብሔር ግን ይህንም ያንም ያጠፋቸዋል። ሥጋ ግን ለጌታ ነው እንጂ ለዝሙት አይደለም፤ ጌታም ለሥጋ ነው፤

¹³“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴እግዚአብሔርም ጌታንም አስነሣ እኛንም በኃይሉ ያስነሣናል።

¹⁴Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

¹⁵ሥጋችሁ የክርስቶስ ብልቶች እንደ ሆነ አታውቁምን? እንግዲህ የክርስቶስን ብልቶች ወስጄ የጋለሞታ ብልቶች ላድርጋቸውን? አይገባም።

¹⁵Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

¹⁶ወይስ ከጋለሞታ ጋር የሚተባበር አንድ ሥጋ እንዲሆን አታውቁምን? ሁለቱ አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ ተብሎአልና።

¹⁶Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two,” says he, “will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

¹⁷ከጌታ ጋር የሚተባበር ግን አንድ መንፈስ ነው።

¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

¹⁸ከዝሙት ሽሹ። ሰው የሚያደርገው ኃጢአት ሁሉ ከሥጋ ውጭ ነው፤ ዝሙትን የሚሠራ ግን በገዛ ሥጋው ላይ ኃጢአትን ይሠራል።

¹⁸Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

¹⁹ወይስ ሥጋችሁ ከእግዚአብሔር የተቀበላችሁት በእናንተ የሚኖረው የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ቤተ መቅደስ እንደ ሆነ አታውቁምን? በዋጋ ተገዝታችኋልና ለራሳችሁ አይደላችሁም፤ ስለዚህ በሥጋችሁ እግዚአብሔርን አክብሩ።

¹⁹Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

²⁰for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.