¹And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.

¹Ndugu, mimi sikuweza kusema nanyi kama watu mlio na huyo Roho. Nilipaswa kusema nanyi kama watu wa kidunia, kama watoto wachanga katika maisha ya Kikristo.

²I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

²Ilinibidi kuwalisheni kwa maziwa, na si kwa chakula kigumu, kwani hamkuwa tayari kukipokea. Hata sasa hamko tayari.

³for ye are yet carnal. For whereas [there are] among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

³Maana bado mu watu wa kidunia. Je, si kweli kwamba bado uko wivu na magombano kati yenu? Mambo hayo yanaonyesha wazi kwamba ninyi bado ni watu wa kidunia, mnaishi mtindo wa kidunia.

⁴For when one says, *I* am of Paul, and another, *I* of Apollos, are ye not men?

⁴Mmoja wenu anaposema, "Mimi ni wa Paulo", na mwingine, "Mimi ni wa Apolo", je, hiyo haionyeshi kwamba mnaishi bado kama watu wa dunia hii tu?

⁵Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.

⁵Apolo ni nani? na Paulo ni nani? Sisi ni watumishi tu ambao tuliwaleteeni ninyi imani. Kila mmoja wetu anafanya kazi aliyopewa na Bwana.

⁶*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

⁶Mimi nilipanda mbegu, Apolo akamwagilia maji; lakini aliyeiotesha mbegu ni Mungu.

⁷So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.

⁷Wa maana si yule aliyepanda mbegu, au yule aliyemwagilia maji; wa maana ni Mungu aliyeiwezesha mbegu kuota.

⁸But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

⁸Yule aliyepanda na yule aliyemwagilia maji wote ni sawa, ingawa kila mmoja atapokea tuzo lake kufuatana na jitihada yake mwenyewe.

⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

⁹Maana sisi ni ndugu, wafanyakazi pamoja na Mungu; na ninyi ni shamba lake; ninyi ni jengo lake.

¹⁰According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

¹⁰Kwa msaada wa neema aliyonipa Mungu, nimefaulu, kama mwashi stadi mwenye busara, kuweka msingi ambao juu yake mtu mwingine anajenga. Basi, kila mmoja awe mwangalifu jinsi anavyojenga juu yake.

¹¹For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹¹Hakuna mtu awezaye kuweka msingi mwingine badala ya ule uliokwisha wekwa, yaani Yesu Kristo.

¹²Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

¹²Juu ya msingi huo mtu anaweza kujenga kwa dhahabu, fedha au mawe ya thamani; anaweza kutumia miti, majani au nyasi.

¹³the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.

¹³Iwe iwavyo, ubora wa kazi ya kila mmoja utaonekana wakati Siku ile ya Kristo itakapoifichua. Maana, Siku hiyo itatokea na moto, na huo moto utaipima na kuonyesha ubora wake.

¹⁴If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.

¹⁴Ikiwa alichojenga mtu juu ya huo msingi kitaustahimili huo moto, atapokea tuzo;

¹⁵If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but *he* shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire.

¹⁵lakini kama alichojenga kitaunguzwa, basi, atapoteza tuzo lake; lakini yeye mwenyewe ataokolewa kana kwamba ameponyoka kutoka motoni.

¹⁶Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

¹⁶Je, hamjui kwamba ninyi ni hekalu la Mungu, na kwamba Roho wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu?

¹⁷If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.

¹⁷Basi, mtu akiliharibu hekalu la Mungu, Mungu atamharibu; maana hekalu la Mungu ni takatifu, na hekalu hilo ni ninyi wenyewe.

¹⁸Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

¹⁸Msijidanganye! Mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu akijidhania mwenye hekima mtindo wa kidunia, heri awe mjinga kusudi apate kuwa na hekima ya kweli.

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.

¹⁹Maana, hekima ya kidunia ni upumbavu mbele ya Mungu. Kwani Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Mungu huwanasa wenye hekima katika ujanja wao."

²⁰And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

²⁰Na tena: "Bwana ajua kwamba mawazo ya wenye hekima hayafai."

²¹So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.

²¹Basi, mtu asijivunie watu. Maana kila kitu ni chenu.

²²Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or [the] world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;

²²Paulo, Apolo na Kefa, ulimwengu, maisha na kifo; mambo ya sasa na ya baadaye, yote ni yenu.

²³and *ye* [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.

²³Lakini ninyi ni wa Kristo naye Kristo ni wa Mungu.