¹Be my imitators, even as *I* also [am] of Christ.

¹Niigeni mimi kama ninavyomwiga Kristo.

²Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

²Nawapeni hongera kwa sababu mnanikumbuka na kwa sababu mnayashikilia yale maagizo niliyowapeni.

³But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's head God.

³Lakini napenda pia mjue kwamba Kristo ni kichwa cha kila mwanamume, na mwanamume ni kichwa cha mkewe, na Mungu ni kichwa cha Kristo.

⁴Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

⁴Basi, kila mwanamume anayesali au anayetangaza ujumbe wa Mungu huku amefunika kichwa chake, huyo anamdharau Kristo.

⁵But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].

⁵Na mwanamke akisali au kutangaza ujumbe wa Mungu bila kufunika kichwa chake, anamdharau mumewe; anayefanya hivyo ni sawa tu na mwanamke aliyenyoa kichwa chake.

⁶For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

⁶Mwanamke asiyefunika kichwa chake, afadhali anyoe nywele zake. Lakini ni aibu kwa mwanamke kukatwa nywele zake au kunyolewa; basi, afadhali afunike kichwa chake.

⁷For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

⁷Haifai mwanamume kufunika kichwa chake, kwa kuwa yeye ni mfano wa Mungu na kioo cha utukufu wake Mungu; lakini mwanamke ni kioo cha utukufu wa mwanamume.

⁸For man is not of woman, but woman of man.

⁸Mwanamume hakutoka kwa mwanamke, ila mwanamke alitoka kwa mwanamume.

⁹For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

⁹Mwanamume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke, ila mwanamke aliumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamume.

¹⁰Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

¹⁰Ndiyo maana mwanamke hufunika kichwa chake, iwe ishara ya mamlaka yaliyo juu yake, na pia kwa sababu ya malaika.

¹¹However, neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the] Lord.

¹¹Hata hivyo, mbele ya Bwana mwanamke si kitu bila mwanamume, naye mwanamume si kitu bila mwanamke.

¹²For as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but all things of God.

¹²Kama vile mwanamke alivyotokana na mwanamume, vivyo hivyo mwanamume huzaliwa na mwanamke; kila kitu hutoka kwa Mungu.

¹³Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?

¹³Amueni wenyewe: Je, inafaa mwanamke kumwomba Mungu bila kuvaa kitu kichwani?

¹⁴Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?

¹⁴Hata maumbile yenyewe huonyesha wazi kwamba kwa mwanamume kuwa na nywele ndefu ni aibu kwake mwenyewe;

¹⁵But woman, if she have long hair, [it is] glory to her; for the long hair is given [to her] in lieu of a veil.

¹⁵lakini kwa mwanamke kuwa na nywele ni heshima kwake; nywele zake ndefu amepewa ili zimfunike.

¹⁶But if any one think to be contentious, *we* have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.

¹⁶Kama mtu anataka kuleta ubishi juu ya jambo hili, basi, na ajue kwamba sisi hatuna desturi nyingine, wala makanisa ya Mungu hayana desturi nyingine.

¹⁷But [in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not praise, [namely,] that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

¹⁷Nikiwa bado nawapeni maagizo haya, siwezi hata kidogo kuwapa ninyi hongera kuhusu haya yafuatayo: mikutano yenu ninyi waumini yaleta hasara zaidi kuliko faida.

¹⁸For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].

¹⁸Awali ya yote, nasikia kwamba mnapokutana pamoja hutokea mafarakano kati yenu. Nami naamini kiasi,

¹⁹For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

¹⁹maana ni lazima fikira tofauti ziweko miongoni mwenu, ili wale walio thabiti wapate kutambulikana.

²⁰When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.

²⁰Kweli mnakutana, lakini si kwa ajili ya kula chakula cha Bwana!

²¹For each one in eating takes his *own* supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

²¹Maana mnapokula kila mmoja hukikalia chakula chake mwenyewe, hata hutokea kwamba baadhi yenu wana njaa, na wengine wamelewa!

²²Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.

²²Je, hamwezi kula na kunywa nyumbani kwenu! Au je, mnalidharau kanisa la Mungu na kuwaaibisha hao wasio na kitu? Niwaambie nini? Niwasifu? La hasha! Si kuhusu jambo hili.

²³For *I* received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

²³Maana mimi nilipokea kwa Bwana yale maagizo niliyowaachieni: kwamba, usiku ule Bwana Yesu aliotolewa, alitwaa mkate,

²⁴and having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me.

²⁴akamshukuru Mungu, akaumega, akasema: "Huu ndio mwili wangu ulio kwa ajili yenu; fanyeni hivi kwa kunikumbuka."

²⁵In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me.

²⁵Vivyo hivyo, baada ya kula, akatwaa kikombe akasema: "Hiki ni kikombe cha agano jipya linalothibitishwa kwa damu yangu. Fanyeni hivi, kila mnapokunywa, kwa kunikumbuka."

²⁶For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

²⁶Maana kila mnapokula mkate huu na kunywa kikombe hiki, mwatangaza kifo cha Bwana, mpaka atakapokuja.

²⁷So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

²⁷Kwa hiyo, kila aulaye mkate huo au kunywa kikombe cha Bwana bila kustahili, atakuwa na hatia dhidi ya mwili na damu ya Bwana.

²⁸But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

²⁸Basi, kila mtu ajichunguze mwenyewe kwanza, ndipo ale mkate huo na anywe kikombe hicho;

²⁹For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

²⁹maana anayekula na kunywa bila kutambua maana ya mwili wa Bwana, anakula na kunywa hukumu yake yeye mwenyewe.

³⁰On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

³⁰Ndiyo maana wengi kati yenu ni dhaifu na wagonjwa, na wengine kadhaa wamekufa.

³¹But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

³¹Kama tungejichunguza wenyewe vizuri hatungeadhibiwa hivyo.

³²But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

³²Lakini tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, tunafunzwa tuwe na nidhamu, ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na ulimwengu.

³³So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

³³Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, mnapokutana kula chakula cha Bwana, kila mmoja amngoje mwenzake.

³⁴If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.

³⁴Na kama kuna yeyote aliye na njaa, na ale nyumbani kwake, ili kukutana kwenu kusisababishe hukumu. Lakini, kuhusu yale mambo mengine, nitawapeni maelezo nitakapokuja.