1Ilaq a ɣ-ḥesben yemdanen belli d iqeddacen kan n Lmasiḥ i nella, d wid i gwekkel Sidi Ṛebbi i wessefhem n lbaḍna-ines.
1Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of [the] mysteries of God.
2Acu i nețṛaǧu deg win i nwekkel ɣef lḥaǧa ? Nețṛaǧu a nețkel fell-as !
2Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3Nekk, ur iyi-d-tewqiɛ ara ma yella tesḍelmem-iyi kunwi neɣ ma isseḍlem-iyi ccṛeɛ n yemdanen ; nekk daɣen ur sḍelmeɣ ara iman-iw,
3But for me it is the very smallest matter that I be examined of you or of man's day. Nor do I even examine myself.
4ɣas akken ur iyi-isseḍlem ara wul-iw, mačči d ayagi ara d-isbeggnen belli d aḥeqqi i lliɣ, axaṭer d Sidi Ṛebbi ara yi-ḥasben.
4For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
5Daymi ur țḥasabet ara uqbel lweqt, uqbel tuɣalin n Ssid-nneɣ ; d nețța ara d-isbeggnen s tafat-is ayen yeffren di ṭṭlam, ara d-ibeggnen daɣen ayen yeffren deg wulawen. Imiren yal yiwen ad isɛu ccan yuklal ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.
5So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise from God.
6Ay atmaten, ayen akka i d-nniɣ fell-i akk-d Abulus nniɣ-t-id iwakken aț-țfehmem lmeɛna n lemtel-agi : « Ur țɛeddit ara akkin i tilas n wayen yuran » ; ilaq yiwen ur ixeddem lxilaf ger yemdanen, iwakken ad izuxx s yiwen deg-sen.
6Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the [lesson of] not [letting your thoughts go] above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for [such a] one against another.
7Ihi anwa i k-yessulin ccan sennig wiyaḍ ? Acu ur k-d-nekki ara s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi deg wayen akk tesɛiḍ ? Imi d nețța i k-d-yefkan, acuɣeṛ i tețcekkiṛeḍ iman-ik am akken mačči s ɣuṛ-es i k-d-yekka ?
7For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving?
8Atan teṛwam yakan, tuɣalem d imeṛkantiyen ! Tuɣalem d imḍebbṛen mbla nukni, acḥal bɣiɣ lemmer ț-țideț tzemrem i yiman-nwen iwakken a nḍebbeṛ s tdukli !
8Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that *we* also might reign with you.
9Nukni yellan d imceggɛen n Lmasiḥ, yefka-yaɣ Ṛebbi imukan ineggura ; aql-aɣ am wid ibuṣan, am wid i tețɛassa lmut, tfeṛṛeǧ deg-nneɣ ddunit meṛṛa, am lmalayekkat, am yemdanen.
9For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
10Nukni d imehbal ɣef ddemma n Lmasiḥ, ma d kunwi d iɛeqliyen di tikli-nwen akk-d Lmasiḥ ! Nukni nefcel, kunwi tesɛam tazmert ; nukni nețwaḥqeṛ ma d kunwi tesɛam ccan !
10*We* [are] fools for Christ's sake, but *ye* prudent in Christ: *we* weak, but *ye* strong: *ye* glorious, but *we* in dishonour.
11Ar tura, aql-aɣ neqqim i laẓ d fad, neɛra, nețwet, nețmenṭar si tama ɣer tayeḍ ;
11To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,
12nețɛețțib iman nneɣ a nexdem iwakken a d-nawi aɣṛum-nneɣ s ifassen-nneɣ. M'ara ɣ-reggmen nukni nețbarak-iten, m'ara ɣ-țqehhiṛen nukni nețțawi-yasen,
12and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];
13m'ara d-inin ayen n diri fell-aneɣ nenehhu-ten. Ar tura ḥesben-aɣ am iḍumman n ddunit, am ineggura n yemdanen.
13insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.
14Ur wen-d-uriɣ ara ayagi iwakken a kkun-sneḥcameɣ, meɛna iwakken a kkun-sfehmeɣ am arraw iw i ḥemmleɣ.
14Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].
15Ɣas ma llan ɛecṛa alaf yemdanen i kkun isselmaden deg webrid n Lmasiḥ, yiwen n baba-twen kan i tesɛam di Lmasiḥ, imi d nekk i kkun-id-yewwin ɣer webrid n Lmasiḥ s Lexbaṛ n lxiṛ.
15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.
16A kkun-weṣṣiɣ ihi aț-țeddum am akken ddiɣ nekkini.
16I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.
17Ɣef wayagi i wen-ceggɛeɣ Timuti, mmi eɛzizen di Lmasiḥ, iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken a wen-d-yesmekti amek i leḥḥuɣ deg webrid n Lmasiḥ, akken i t-sselmadeɣ di mkul tajmaɛt n watmaten.
17For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in [the] Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways [as] they [are] in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
18Kra deg-wen ikcem-iten zzux, ɣilen ur n-țṛuḥuɣ ara a kkun-ẓreɣ ?
18But some have been puffed up, as if I were not coming to you;
19Meɛna ma yebɣa Sidi Ṛebbi, qṛib a n-aseɣ ɣuṛ-wen. Ad ẓreɣ widak-agi yețzuxxun, mačči d imeslayen-nsen kan iwumi ara ḥesseɣ meɛna ad waliɣ ayen iwumi izemren.
19but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.
20Axaṭer tazmert n tgeldit n Sidi Ṛebbi mačči d imeslayen kan ara ț-id-isbeggnen, meɛna d lecɣal.
20For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
21D acu i tebɣam ? A n-aseɣ ɣuṛ wen s uɛekkaz, neɣ s wul yeččuṛen d leḥmala akk-d leḥnana ?
21What will ye? that I come to you with a rod; or in love, and [in] a spirit of meekness?