¹For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

¹Pamusoro pazvo hama handidi kuti murege kuziva, kuti madzibaba edu ose akanga ari pasi pegore sei, uye vose vakayambuka nemugungwa,

²and all were baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

²uye vose vakabhabhatidzwa muna Mozisi mugore nemugungwa;

³and all ate the same spiritual food,

³uye vose vakadya chikafu chimwe chemweya,

⁴and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed [them]: (now the rock was the Christ;)

⁴uye vose vakamwa zvimwiwa zvimwe zvemweya, nekuti vakamwa padombo remweya rakavatevera; uye dombo iro rakange riri Kristu.

⁵yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.

⁵Asi neruzhinji rwavo Mwari haana kufadzwa; nekuti vakaparadzwa murenje.

⁶But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.

⁶Zvino zvinhu izvi zvakava zvifananidziro kwatiri, kuti tirege kushuva zvinhu zvakaipa, sezvavakashuvawo.

⁷Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

⁷Uye musava vanamati vezvifananidzo, sevamwe vavo; sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Vanhu vakagara pasi kudya nekumwa, vakasimuka kutamba.

⁸Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

⁸Uye ngatirege kuita upomhwe, sevamwe vavo vakaita upombwe, vakafa nezuva rimwe zvuru makumi maviri nezvitatu.

⁹Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.

⁹Uye ngatirege kuidza Kristu, sevamwe vavowo vakamuidza, vakaparadzwa nenyoka.

¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

¹⁰Murege kun'un'una sevamwe vavowo vakan'un'una, vakaparadzwa nemuparadzi.

¹¹Now all these things happened to them [as] types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

¹¹Zvino zvinhu izvi zvose zvakavawira kuti zvive mifananidziro; uye zvakanyorwa kuva yambiro yedu takasvikirwa nekuguma kwenyika.

¹²So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

¹²Naizvozvo unofunga kuti umire ngaachenjere, zvimwe ungawa.

¹³No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].

¹³Hakuna muidzo wakakubatai kunze kwewakajairika kuvanhu vose; asi Mwari wakatendeka, usingatenderi kuti muidzwe kupfuura pamunogona napo; asi pamwe nemuidzo uchaitawo nzira yekupukunyuka, kuti mugone kuutakura.

¹⁴Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁴Naizvozvo, vadikamwa vangu, tizai kunamata zvifananidzo.

¹⁵I speak as to intelligent [persons]: do *ye* judge what I say.

¹⁵Ndinotaura sekune vakachenjera; imwi zvisarudzirei zvandinotaura.

¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not [the] communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not [the] communion of the body of the Christ?

¹⁶Mukombe weropafadzo watinoropafadza, hausi kugoverana kweropa raKristu here? Chingwa chatinomedura hachisi kugoverana kwemuviri waKristu here?

¹⁷Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf.

¹⁷Nekuti isu vazhinji tiri chingwa chimwe, muviri umwe; nekuti isu tose tinogovana chingwa chimwe.

¹⁸See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?

¹⁸Tarirai Israeri panyama; vanodya zvibayiro havasi ivo vanodyidzana nearitari here?

¹⁹What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

¹⁹Zvino ndotii? Kuti chifananidzo chinhu here? kana chakabayirwa chifananidzo chinhu here?

²⁰But that what [the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.

²⁰Asi kuti zvinhu zvinobayirwa nevahedheni, vanozvibayira madhimoni kwete kuna Mwari; zvino handidi kuti mudyidzane nemadhimoni.

²¹Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and [the] cup of demons: ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of [the] table of demons.

²¹Hamungamwi mukombe waIshe nemukombe wemadhimoni; hamungagovani patafura yaIshe nepatafura yemadhimoni.

²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

²²Ko tinozvimutsira godo Ishe here? Takasimba kumupfuura here?

²³All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.

²³Zvinhu zvose zvinotenderwa kwandiri; asi zvinhu zvose hazvibatsiri. Zvinhu zvose zvinotenderwa kwandiri; asi zvinhu zvose hazvivaki.

²⁴Let no one seek his own [advantage], but that of the other.

²⁴Kusava neunozvitsvakira zvake, asi umwe neumwe zveumwe.

²⁵Everything sold in the shambles eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.

²⁵Idyai zvose zvinotengeswa pamisika yenyama musingabvunzi chinhu nekuda kwehana;

²⁶For the earth [is] the Lord's and its fulness.

²⁶Nekuti nyika ndeyaIshe nekuzara kwayo.

²⁷But if any one of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are minded to go, all that is set before you eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.

²⁷Zvino kana mumwe wevasingatendi akakukokai, uye muchida kuenda, zvose zvinoiswa pamberi penyu idyai musingabvunzi chinhu nekuda kwehana.

²⁸But if any one say to you, This is offered to holy purposes, do not eat, for his sake that pointed it out, and conscience sake;

²⁸Asi kana mumwe akati kwamuri: Ichi chakabayirwa kuzvifananidzo; musadya nekuda kwaiye wakuratidzai, uye nekuda kwehana; nekuti nyika ndeya Ishe nekuzara kwayo.

²⁹but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

²⁹Asi hana ndinoti, isati iri yako asi yeumwe; nekuti kusununguka kwangu kunoenzanisirwei nehana yeumwe?

³⁰If *I* partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for?

³⁰Kana ini ndichidya ndichivonga, ndingagonyomberwei nekuda kwechinhu chandinovonga?

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory.

³¹Naizvozvo kana muchidya kana kumwa kana chipi nechipi chamunoita, itai zvose kuti Mwari akudzwe.

³²Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.

³²Regai kugumbusa zvose kuvaJudha kana kuvaGiriki kana kukereke yaMwari.

³³Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

³³Seniwo ndinofadza vose pazvose, ndisingatsvaki rubatsiro rwangu, asi rwavazhinji, kuti vaponeswe.