¹Ivai vateveri vangu, seniwo ndiri waKristu.

¹Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.

²Zvino ndinokurumbidzai hama, kuti munondirangarira pazvinhu zvose, muchichengetedza zvimiso, sezvandakakumikidza kwamuri.

²And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

³Asi ndinoda kuti muzive kuti musoro wemurume umwe neumwe ndiKristu; uye musoro womukadzi murume; uye musoro waKristu ndiMwari.

³and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

⁴Murume umwe neumwe unonyengetera kana kuporofita ane musoro wakafukidzwa unozvidza musoro wake.

⁴Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

⁵Asi mukadzi umwe neumwe unonyengetera kana kuporofita nemusoro usina kufukidzwa, unozvidza musoro wake; nekuti ndizvo zvimwe nokuveurwa.

⁵and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

⁶Nekuti kana mukadzi asingafukidzwi ngaagerwewo; asi kana chiri chinyadzo kuti mukadzi agerwe kana kuveurwa, ngaafukidzwe.

⁶for if a woman is not covered — then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven — let her be covered;

⁷Nekuti murume zvirokwazvo haafaniri kufukidza musoro, sezvaari mufananidzo nekubwinya kwaMwari; asi mukadzi kubwinya kwemurume.

⁷for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

⁸Nekuti murume haabvi kumukadzi; asi mukadzi unobva kumurume;

⁸for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

⁹kana murume haana kusikirwa mukadzi, asi mukadzi murume;

⁹for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

¹⁰nekuda kweizvozvi mukadzi unofanira kuva nesimba pamusoro wake, nekuda kwevatumwa.

¹⁰because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

¹¹Kunyange zvakadaro murume haazi kunze kwemukadzi nemukadzi haazi kunze kwemurume muna Ishe.

¹¹but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

¹²Nekuti mukadzi sezvaanobva kumurume, saizvozvo murumewo unobva kumukadzi, asi zvinhu zvose zvinobva kuna Mwari.

¹²for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.

¹³Zvienzanisei imwi, zvakafanira here kuti mukadzi anyengetere kuna Mwari asina kufukidzwa?

¹³In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

¹⁴Kunyange chisikigo pachacho hachikudzidzisii here, kuti kana murume ane vhudzi refu, chinyadzo kwaari?

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

¹⁵Asi kana mukadzi ane vhudzi refu, rukudzo kwaari; nekuti vhudzi rakapiwa kwaari chive chifukidzo.

¹⁵and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

¹⁶Zvino kana mumwe achiratidza kuva negakava, isu hatina tsika yakadaro, kunyange kereke dzaMwari.

¹⁶and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

¹⁷Zvino mukuraira uku handirumbidzi, nekuti munounganira kwete zvakapfuura kunaka, asi zvakaipisisa.

¹⁷And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

¹⁸Nekuti chekutanga kana muchiungana mukereke, ndinonzwa kuti kupatsanurana kuripo pakati penyu; pamwe ndinozvitenda.

¹⁸for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],

¹⁹Nekuti kupatsanuka kunofanira kuva pakati penyu, kuti avo vakatendeka vaonekwe pakati penyu.

¹⁹for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

²⁰Naizvozvo kana muchiungana panzvimbo imwe, uku hakusi kudya chirayiro chaIshe;

²⁰ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord`s supper;

²¹Nekuti pakudya umwe neumwe unotanga kutora chirayiro chake; uye umwe une nzara, uye umwe wakadhakwa.

²¹for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

²²Ko hamuna dzimba dzekudyira nekumwira here? Kana munozvidza kereke yaMwari, muchinyadzisa avo vasina chinhu? Ndichatii kwamuri? Ndingakurumbidzai here pane izvi? Handingakurumbidziyi.

²²why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

²³Nekuti ini ndakagamuchira kuna Ishe ichowo chandakagamuchidza kwamuri, kuti Ishe Jesu neusiku hwaakatengeswa wakatora chingwa,

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

²⁴zvino wakati avonga akamedura, akati: Torai, idyai, ichi muviri wangu unomedurirwa imwi; izvi itai muchindirangarira.

²⁴and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye — to the remembrance of me.`

²⁵Nenzira imwecheteyo mukombewo, shure kwekurayira, achiti: Mukombe uyu isungano itsva muropa rangu; izvi itai, nguva dzose kana muchimwa mukundirangarira.

²⁵In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] — to the remembrance of me;`

²⁶Nekuti nguva dzose kana muchidya chingwa ichi nekumwa mukombe uyu, munoparidza rufu rwaIshe kusvikira asvika.

²⁶for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;

²⁷Naizvozvo ani nani unodya chingwa ichi, kana kumwa mukombe waIshe zvisakafanira, uchava nemhosva yemuviri neropa raIshe.

²⁷so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

²⁸Zvino munhu ngaazviongorore, saizvozvo ngaadye zvechingwa nekumwa zvemukombe.

²⁸and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

²⁹Nekuti unodya nokumwa zvisakafanira, unozvidyira nekuzvimwira kutongwa zvaasingatsauri muviri waIshe.

²⁹for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink — not discerning the body of the Lord.

³⁰Nemhaka iyi vazhinji pakati penyu indonda nevarwere, nevazhinji varere.

³⁰Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

³¹Nekuti dai taizvinzvera tomene, hatizaitongwa.

³¹for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

³²Zvino kana tichitongwa, tinorangwa naIshe, kuti tirege kunzi tine mhosva pamwe nenyika.

³²and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

³³Naizvozvo, hama dzangu, kana muchiungana kuti mudye, miriranai.

³³so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

³⁴Uye kana umwe ane nzara, ngaadye kumba; kuti murege kuunganira kunzi mune mhosva. Zvasara ndichazvigadzira kana ndichisvika.

³⁴and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.