¹For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and 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.

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

²Wote walibatizwa katika umoja na Mose kwa lile wingu na ile bahari.

³and all ate the same spiritual food,

³Wote walikula chakula kilekile cha kiroho,

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

⁴wakanywa pia kinywaji kilekile cha kiroho, maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa kiroho uliowafuata; mwamba huo ulikuwa Kristo mwenyewe.

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

⁵Hata hivyo, wengi wao hawakumpendeza Mungu, na maiti zao zilisambazwa jangwani.

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

⁶Sasa, mambo hayo yote ni mfano tu kwetu; yanatuonya sisi tusitamani ubaya kama wao walivyotamani.

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.

⁷Msiwe waabudu sanamu kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: "Watu waliketi kula na kunywa, wakasimama kucheza."

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

⁸Wala tusizini kama baadhi yao walivyozini, wakaangamia siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu.

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

⁹Tusimjaribu Bwana kama baadhi yao walivyomjaribu, wakauawa na nyoka.

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

¹⁰Wala msinung'unike kama baadhi yao walivyonung'unika, wakaangamizwa na Mwangamizi!

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.

¹¹Basi, mambo hayo yaliyowapata wao ni kielelezo kwa wengine, na yaliandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, ambao mwisho wa nyakati unatukabili.

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

¹²Anayedhani amesimama imara ajihadhari asianguke.

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].

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.

¹⁴Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁴Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, epeni ibada za sanamu.

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

¹⁵Naongea nanyi, watu wenye busara; jiamulieni wenyewe hayo nisemayo.

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?

¹⁶Tunapomshukuru Mungu kwa kikombe kile cha baraka, je, huwa hatushiriki damu ya Kristo? Na tunapoumega mkate, je, huwa hatushiriki mwili wa Kristo?

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

¹⁷Kwa kuwa mkate huo ni mmoja, sisi, ingawa ni wengi, tu mwili mmoja; maana sote twashiriki mkate huohuo.

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

¹⁸Chukueni, kwa mfano, Wayahudi wenyewe: kwao, wenye kula vilivyotambikiwa madhabahuni waliungana na hiyo madhabahu.

¹⁹What then do I say? that what is 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?

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.

²⁰Hata kidogo! Ninachosema ni kwamba tambiko wanazotoa watu wasiomjua Mungu wanawatolea pepo, sio Mungu. Sipendi kamwe ninyi muwe na ushirika na pepo.

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.

²¹Hamwezi kunywa kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha pepo; hamwezi kushiriki katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya pepo.

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

²²Au je, tunataka kumfanya Bwana awe na wivu? Mnadhani tuna nguvu zaidi kuliko yeye?

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

²³Vitu vyote ni halali, lakini si vyote vinafaa. Vitu vyote ni halali lakini si vyote vinajenga.

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

²⁴Mtu asitafute faida yake mwenyewe, ila faida ya mwenzake.

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

²⁵Kuleni chochote kile kiuzwacho sokoni bila ya kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu;

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

²⁶maana Maandiko yasema: "Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana."

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.

²⁷Kama mtu ambaye si muumini akiwaalikeni nanyi mkakubali kwenda, basi, kuleni vyote atakavyowaandalieni bila kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu.

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;

²⁸Lakini mtu akiwaambieni: "Chakula hiki kimetambikiwa sanamu," basi, kwa ajili ya huyo aliyewaambieni hivyo na kwa ajili ya dhamiri, msile.

²⁹but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another 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 with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for?

³⁰Ikiwa mimi nashiriki chakula hicho huku namshukuru Mungu, kwa nini nilaumiwe kwa chakula ambacho kwa ajili yake nimemshukuru Mungu?"

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

³¹Basi, chochote mfanyacho iwe ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu.

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

³²Msiwe kikwazo kwa Wayahudi au kwa Wagiriki au kwa kanisa la Mungu.

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